Week 7: Writers, Readers, Players, Wreaders

Tuesday, February 26

• In class
  • Discussion of assigned works:
    • Jason Nelson: "Game, Game, Game, and Again Game," "Nothing You Have Done Deserves Such Praise" or "A Nervous System."
    • Christine Wilks: "Fitting the Pattern," "Tailspin," or "Inkubus."
    • Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern: "Façade."
  • Procedural Rhetoric: GOP Arcade, Grita.
• Assignment
  • Install, read/play one work from each bullet listed below:
    • One of Jason Edward Lewis and Bruno Nadeau's PoEMM apps (iOS), one of Jörg Piringer's App Poems (iOS), or #Carnivast by Dreaming Methods and Mez Breeze (Android).
    • Pry by Tender Claws (iOS) or "How to Rob a Bank" by Alan Bigelow (cross-platform).
    • Out There (cross-platform), Voyageur (iOS & Android), or Reigns (cross-platform).
  • Write a post in our Facebook Group in which you discuss the three works you read, and talk about what the interactivity and/or procedural rhetoric (when applicable) contribute to each work. Post your responses before class on Thursday, February 28.

Thursday, February 28

• In class:
  • Discuss 3rd Generation interactive e-lit.
  • Midterm Exam Review
• Assignment:
  • Share your idea for the Major Assignment #1 as a comment on this Facebook post before the end of Friday, March 1.
  • Study for the Midterm Exam (on Tuesday, March 5)
  • Work on your Major Assignment #1 (due Thursday, March 7)