Grades

Final grades are submitted for the semester–check your email for comments and gradesheets. Have a great semester break!

Final Grades

Final grades are up on the Engrade site–if you need a full gradesheet and can’t log in, you can request one via email. Additional comments on the final projects will be forthcoming through email. Enjoy the semester break!

Last Day of Class

Project turn-in:

If your project is online, post a link as a comment to this post.

If your project is not online (research paper or game design document), email it to asalter (at) ubalt.edu.

If you have a project file too large for email, turn it in via usb drive during class today.

We will be having informal presentations with quick discussions of everyone’s work during class today.

In Class Reflective Essay:

Roger Ebert claims that “no video gamer now living will survive long enough to experience the medium as an art form.” Using your experience with the subjects we’ve discussed this semester, imagine that you are forming a response to Ebert’s argument to add to the heated debate in the comments on his article. You can take either side of the debate. Write a concise (one page) reflection, keeping in mind the evolution of video games over the last thirty years and the possible futures it portends.

Email your reflection to asalter (at) ubalt.edu.

Closing Matters:

  • Remember to hand in any borrowed books you still have–if you did not bring them, make other arrangements to return them or leave them in my office mailbox (UBaltimore, AC200).
  • If you have outstanding late assignments, email those to me by midnight tonight.
  • Final grades are updated on the Engrade site with all late work I’ve received so far.
  • Class evaluations will be completed today.

Why Technology Fails: Mimetic interfaces, experimental design, and peripherals

Power Glove (1989)

Sega Activator (1993)

Virtual Boy (1995)

DDR (1998)

Playstation Eyetoy (2003)

Nintendo DS (2004)

Gizmondo (2005)

Guitar Hero (2005)

Wii Sports (2006)

Rock Band (2007)

Playstation Move (2010)

Kinect (2010)

Kinect vs Sony (2010)

Nintendo 3DS (2011)

Sang Kim – Bejeweled Prezi

http://prezi.com/qjycg1pkobx1/bejeweled-and-casual-games/

MMOs

EverQuest and World of Warcraft MMORPG Addiction:

German Kid obsessed with games:

Alvaro Giorgetta – Doom

Doom

Tomb Raider: modern game (Jose Vargas)

http://prezi.com/ycwr9gdxo8iq/modern-games-tomb-raider/

James Le -=|-|=- BlazBlue: The Continuum Trigger?

BlazBlue: The Continuum Trigger?

StarCraft II Jing-Wang

http://prezi.com/fd_82szv0x_x/starcraft-ii/