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