Day: First five Mondays
Time: 3:00-4:50 p.m.
Location: Girvetz 1108
Enrollment Code: 25502
Description:
This introduction to the academic study of games and gaming will address
interactive simulations; first-person shooters; interactive fiction
(text-adventure games); serious or persuasive games; alternate reality
games; and texts as playable instruments. Our historical trajectory will
move from early computer games such as Spacewar to contemporary
military simulations.
Professor Rita Raley, English, teaches in the areas of globalization and the digital humanities, including courses on war and media, electronic literature, code, and cultures of empire.
Email: raley@english.ucsb.edu
