Games: Week 1

For this unit, we have an exercise to help you start thinking about games. This exercise has two parts and can take no more than 15 minutes (although you can work on it as long as you like). First, set a timer for 10 minutes and write down the name of every game you have ever played.  It doesn't matter what kind of game it is, just list every game. When your timer goes off, categorize the games according to whatever groupings you feel are meaningful - number of players, common mechanics, location, theme. Whatever groupings you think are important or interesting.

You can compile your categories for submission in text or visually, whichever works for you. Once you have your document, image or spreadsheet, post it to a filesharing website (see our list if you don't already have a service your use).  BE SURE TO MAKE THE DOCUMENT PUBLICLY VIEWABLE so that you classmates can see your work.

Post a link to your list of games in the FORUMS (or just paste it in). Check out how your peers responded.

Childhood games
Simon Says
Jump rope
Marbles
Hop Scotch

Youth games
Baseball
Running bases
Basketball
Life
Strategy
Civil war
Football

Young adult/mature games Pong
Card games
Civilization
Rise of Rome

* Please provide feedback to the 3 participants whose posts appear below yours in the Assignment 0.1 forum thread. We'd like everyone's list to receive feedback. *

Consider the Peer Review Guidelines (located in the Collaboration section of this unit) and the following prompts:

• Briefly compare and constrast your choice of groupings with the participant's. Comment on how the participant's list may have reshaped your thinking.
• Note one grouping you find to be particularly interesting and explain why.