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Seminar Schedule

Following is our tentative seminar schedule.

February 8, 2002
CMS SHOWCASE

February 15, 2002: Spring Kick-Off
Activities: Review Fall Deliverables; Kick off Spring

Game of the Week:Grand Theft Auto III

February 22, 2002: Emerging Game Genres
Activities: Rhythm/ Music/ Action Games
Speaker: Alex Rigopulos, Harmonix Music
Game of the Week: FreQuency; Rez

March 1, 2002: Online Communities
Activities: Design Review, Cuckoo Time
Speaker: Judith Donath
Readings: Koster, Bruckman
Game of the Week: Lineage

March 8, 2002: Design Review
Activities: Review Prototypes 5-8
Game of the Week: Jet Set Radio Future
* Due: Game Documentation, Draft

March 15, 2002: Game Presentations, Science Media, Game Design
Activities: Present Games, Examine Scoop!, Science & Media
Speaker: Tom Keating, Mark Weston
Game of the Week: TBA
* Due: Game Documentation, Final

March 22, 2002: GDC
Activities: Clean up Design Documents, Brainstorm games 9-10

March 29, 2002: Spring Break

April 5, 2002: Edutainment Markets / Presentations
Activities: Present finished prototypes, Edutainment
Speaker: Kent Quirk, Cognitoy
Game of the Week: MindRover
* Due: All Media, Prototypes 1-8.

April 12, 2002: Learning & Play
Speaker: Alvaro Galvis, Concord Consortium
Readings: Crawford: Concepts.
Game of the Week: TBA
* Due: Proposals 9-10

April 19, 2002: Game Testing
Activities: Game Testing with Wally.
Game of the Week: Chemistry Board Game

April 26, 2002: Design Review
Activities: Review 9-10

May 3, 2002: Presentation Review
Activities: Review Prototypes 9-10
Game of the Week: GTT Prototypes
* Due: Design Document Drafts, 9-10

May 10, 2002: Final Documents Review
Activities: Review Prototypes 9-10
* Due: Final Design Document Drafts, 9-10

Due: Game Prototypes 1-10; GTT Year-End Report

Fall Lab Seminar Schedule

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