Video Games and Human Values Initiative

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Class discussion for "Living Epic" online course

The idea is that this thread will be our virtual classroom. Someday, this will all be done in a virtual world, and we'll be putting stickie…

Started by Roger Travis

85 Jan 21, 2009
Reply by Warren Nesteruk

Interview analysis for "Living Epic" course

To analyze a game developer interview, listen to the interview, and then post replies here that discuss possible comparisons between the ro…

Started by Roger Travis

5 Jan 16, 2009
Reply by David Colon

Serious Games and VGHVI

The first two contributions to our discussion about how VGHVI might relate to the Serious Games Movement have been posted. Stephen Schafer'…

Started by Roger Travis

0 Jan 15, 2009

Talking about talking about talking about games

This is a thread to catch extended (that is, longer than 140 characters) thoughts about how the game-critic-blog community might or might n…

Started by Roger Travis

3 Jan 15, 2009
Reply by David Carlton

Exploration/Survival

Hey everyone. I'm entering my last semester in the NYU Art Education grad program and I'm about to dive into my thesis. Its a game. I'm po…

Started by Seadog

5 Jan 12, 2009
Reply by Joe Osborn

What's the best argument against people who say video games are destroying society?

I've got various thoughts, mostly centering on my work on games as essentially ancient, but I think I'll just throw it out there.

Started by Roger Travis

30 Jan 4, 2009
Reply by David Colon

Games, symbols, and allegory

This topic comes from Jeff Howard, and it seemed very appropriate in a season freighted with so many symbols both sacred and secular. Jeff…

Started by Roger Travis

2 Dec 30, 2008
Reply by Joe Osborn

Gaming session planning for "Living Epic"

This topic is for students of the Living Epic courses (as well as those who might like to play with them) to plan gaming sessions. The rubr…

Started by Roger Travis

0 Dec 29, 2008

The Chief Link: An Examination of the Bards' Foray into the Video Game Realm

Our proposal for the PCA/ACA National Conference in New Orleans was accepted. I have set up a wiki for notes and any thoughts that you may…

Started by Matthew Teutsch

2 Dec 28, 2008
Reply by Matthew Teutsch

How does a videogame make a point?

Let's take what seems to me to be a really obvious example, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR). The light/dark system, wherein…

Started by Roger Travis

7 Dec 18, 2008
Reply by Géza Éder

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