Second Semester
Now that I've had my first week of class (a much more sane schedule this semester), some first impressions:
- CTWR 518, Introduction to Interactive Writing, Peggy Weil - This class will be split into three main blocks: hypertext fiction, games, AI/bots. The approach thus far seems to be exploring/analyzing/understanding interactive writing as a function of structure. Should be interesting.
- CTIN 511, Interactive Media Seminar, Scott Fisher - this semester the seminar will be about bringing in speakers to talk. Scott wants us to post comments attached to the speaker announcements. Perhaps using something like Rotisserie,
or at the very least installing MTThreadedComments might be a good idea for substantive commenting.
- CTCS 564, Seminar in Digital Game Studies, Tracy Fullerton - an unavoidable scheduling conflict meant missing the first half of class today, but the part that I did attend was fun. We played a hilariously bad game of Werewolf and then talked about gaming in general. So far I'm liking Tracy's approach.
So there you have it, I'm looking forward to the upcoming classes, and also to be able to have enough time to commit time to work, class, and my other projects. It'll still be rough, but hopefully something possible to do and still get some sleep.
Also, from some colleagues' comments, it looks like this will be the second semester I've dodged (well, time-shifted at least) a bullet as I won't be taking the Interactive Animation class this semester.
Posted by leonard at January 15, 2004 07:04 PM