Syllabus
The course will be taught every two weeks on Wednesdays 10:50 - 12:20 AM, in the room no. 303 at Hybernská 3. We start on February 15, 2023. If you want to be enrolled to the course you have to attend the first lecture.
Introduction
Video Games and Globalization
Game Design and Development
Video Games and Politics
Video Games and History
Video Games and Religion
Project Presentation
Annotation
The course provides deeper insight into the field of game studies and familiarizes students with its contemporary issues. The topics of the course include video game design and development, persuasive video games, game industry in the 21st century, and relationships between video games, politics, history, and religion.
The course aims to develop students’ deeper understanding of video games medium and the ability to design and develop serious games. The course is taught in English.