LAS 101 (004):  
First Year Seminar--Games We Play

University of Maine

Sandra J. Berkowitz

Fall 2001

 

From the course catalog:

Students explore a variety of current interdisciplinary topics in small seminars limited to incoming first-year students.  Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.  Cr 3.

What are we going to be doing this semester?

Syllabus

Assignments

E-Reserve Readings at Fogler Library can be found at:  
University of Maine System -All Locations

 

Some links that you might find interesting:

Games

PrezGame  (The War Room -- A Campaign Simulation Game)

691ritual

Drinking games and effect upon student alcohol consumption Dr. Ruth Engs

Game Archeologies

GameDev.net -- Biology and Gaming Why Women Don't Play Games

Gamer Grrlz

Games, Gamers and Gaming Culture

gamingpeople frameset

Implications of Online Gaming

National Institute on Media and the Family

RPGnet - The Inside Scoop on Gaming

The Development of the social culture of multi-player action games on the PC

Traditional African games, a powerful force for education

UC - Videogame Culture Conference

UK Gaming Links Pokemon-General

Video Games and Violence

Video Games Class Home Page

Welcome to GameGirlz.com! - Your Source for Games From a Girlz' Perspective ;)!

Winter 2000 Convergence

videogames.com's Glossary of Video Gaming

Online Gaming Culture

http--www.senate.gov-~commerce-hearings-0321gol.pdf

http--psych-server.iastate.edu-faculty-caa-abstracts-2000-2004-01AB.pdf

ERIC Digest Video Games Reseach, Ratings, Recommendations

Development of Video Game and its Impacts on Societies Socially and Psychologically

Video-game research yields wide-ranging conclusions

Game Culture - for gamers who think and thinkers on games

Video Game Research Site

 

Links to Get You Started on Your Research
(You may find these links useful.  You may not.  You may use others.  Just have a point of departure on your research quest.)

Search Engines

AltaVista

Dogpile

Google

Ixquick

Northern Light Search

Writing and APA Style Issues

Fogler Library Style Guides  (for information on APA style issues)

University of Maine Writing Center Online

Evaluating Websites

Evaluating Web Pages, Guide to Library Research  (Duke University Library)

Evaluating Web Sites  (Cornell University Library)

Native Web Site Evaluation  (an interesting site from the University of Arizona to help us think about additional issues of culture and representation.)