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Week - 1 |
Definition of the concept of play in a historical context |
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Week - 2 |
Ancient games and their cultural impacts |
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Week - 3 |
Physical games in the Middle Ages and pre-modern era |
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Week - 4 |
Development of tabletop games and role-playing systems |
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Week - 5 |
Emergence of electronic entertainment devices in the 20th century |
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Week - 6 |
The Atari and arcade era |
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Week - 7 |
Evolution of home consoles and the Nintendo/Sega age |
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Week - 8 |
Computer games and graphical development |
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Week - 9 |
Historical emergence and transformation of game genres |
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Week - 10 |
Narrative and aesthetic transformations in games |
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Week - 11 |
Independent game developers and digital publishing |
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Week - 12 |
Rise of mobile, social, and cloud-based games |
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Week - 13 |
Ethical debates and censorship related to game history |
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Week - 14 |
Game museums, archives, and cultural memory studies |