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Game Criticism

Build practical understanding of mechanics, narrative, interface, difficulty, representation, player experience, and context, then use it for analyzing games as designed systems and cultural works.

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Beginner to competitive foundations
Subject area
Humanities
Learning outcomes
4 focused outcomes

Topic overview

Learn the foundations of Game Criticism.

Game Criticism connects mechanics, narrative, interface, difficulty, representation, player experience, and context with practical decisions and tasks. Guided examples, comparison, practice, and feedback help learners apply these ideas to analyzing games as designed systems and cultural works. The goal is to make each step easier to explain, check, and improve.

Learning outcomes for Game Criticism

  1. 1

    Explain the main ideas and vocabulary involved in mechanics, narrative, interface, difficulty, representation, player experience, and context

  2. 2

    Follow a repeatable process for analyzing games as designed systems and cultural works

  3. 3

    Compare examples, identify common mistakes, and improve an approach

  4. 4

    Complete an independent game criticism task and reflect on the result

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How to learn Game Criticism step by step.

01

Build the foundation

Explain the main ideas and vocabulary involved in mechanics, narrative, interface, difficulty, representation, player experience, and context

02

Practise with feedback

Follow a repeatable process for analyzing games as designed systems and cultural works

03

Practise with feedback

Compare examples, identify common mistakes, and improve an approach

04

Apply and reflect

Complete an independent game criticism task and reflect on the result

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