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Rhetoric and Gaming 9.2 / The Research Project

Posted on October 23, 2014 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Project 2 Reflection So far this semester, I have asked you to think about video games in terms of two common concerns of the humanities: art/aesthetics and gender/race. In the first project, we explored whether/how games facilitate higher-level aesthetic experience: … Continue reading →

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Walter Ong: Writing is a Way of Being

Posted on October 18, 2014 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Lecture notes on Ong: Below are my lecture notes on Ong. Here’s the quick version: Ong, along with Eric Havelock, were among the first scholars to argue that literacy was more than a tool that simply communicates what human think. … Continue reading →

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Rhetoric and Gaming / 8.1 / Bogost and Reading Theory

Posted on October 14, 2014 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Via request, I have extended the due date on the second project to next week, providing you with one additional weekend to work together. But I will start on our next units this week: both the unit dealing with rhetoric … Continue reading →

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New Media Production / Week 7

Posted on October 9, 2014 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Editing Audio In terms of sound editing, it seems like Audacity is still the best choice. It is a free, open-source project available for both PC and Mac: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Here’s some tutorials for working with Audacity. I’m sure you can … Continue reading →

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New Media Production / Week 6

Posted on October 2, 2014 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

On tonight’s agenda: Share Kalman videos Talk about potential Kalman projects Check in re: sf0 and SuperBetter Talk about videography Stockman Old School / New School Zefrank 9-12: College 1 9-13: College 2 7-14: Ugly MySpace Ill Doctrine Rivers’ Series … Continue reading →

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Rhetoric & Gaming: 6.1 Project 2 Proposal

Posted on September 30, 2014 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

In today’s class I want your groups to produce a project proposal. The following should be a google doc that is shared with me. The proposal should include the following elements: Group Names Project Description: medium, a 2-3 sentence summation … Continue reading →

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New Media Production / Week 5

Posted on September 25, 2014 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

MEmorials First, I want to let Michelle present her MEmorial. Shipka Second, I want to spend time thinking about Shipka’s Toward a Composition Made Whole. I got the page numbers wrong in the homework section last week (I meant for … Continue reading →

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Rhetoric & Gaming 5.1: Race and Gaming, Tricky Terms

Posted on September 23, 2014 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

This week I wanted to open our discussion of race and gaming by explicating out a few important binary terms. This is my response to Factual Feminist’s response to Sarkeesian’s video, in which I flush out a bit of what … Continue reading →

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New Media Production / Week 4

Posted on September 18, 2014 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Mea Culpa // Cyberduck Deepest apologies for the FileZilla mishap. Sourceforge used to be a reputable site, and FileZilla used to be a respected project. I failed to do my due diligence here and I apologize. Apparently, Cyberduck is still … Continue reading →

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Rhetoric & Gaming / Week 4 / Class 2: Project Day

Posted on September 18, 2014 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Quickie: SuperBetter I’ve gotten a few email questions asking “what should I be doing with SuperBetter?” My quick answer here is: us it. If you go through the introductory process, then you have already selected or articulated a personal problem … Continue reading →

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