Rhetoric & Gaming – Introduction

Week One / Class One

Look, we’re in the news!

Let’s go over the syllabus.

Let’s talk about video games a bit. And let’s introduce the first project.

I will do this by asking something(s) that has nothing to do with the first project. A series of questions. A poll. Which of the following are sports:

  • football
  • chess
  • baseball
  • golf
  • hockey
  • figure skating
  • basketball
  • diving
  • olympic wrestling
  • cheerleading
  • professional wrestling
  • billiards
  • marathon running
  • long jump
  • speed skating
  • skateboarding
  • cross country skiing
  • competitive eating
  • soccer
  • boxing
  • synchronized swimming
  • NASCAR
  • ballroom dancing
  • darts
  • snowboarding
  • darts

After you have answered these questions, I will ask you to form into teams of 3. Each team will have to compare answers, identifying which questions:

  1. they all identify as a sport
  2. 2/3 identify as a sport
  3. they all identify as a non-sport

The group must then write a definition of what constitutes a sport that encompasses all of #1 and all of number #2. The definition should also make clear what isn’t a sport (not which things are sports, but which qualities preclude something from being classified as a sport).

These definitions should be posted to Blackboard.

Then I will explain what on Earth this has to do with the first project.

Homework:

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