| Sep 6 | Introduction | |
| Sep 11 | Pac-Man
Aarseth, “Introduction: Ergodic Literature” (online) | |
| Sep 13 | Robot Unicorn Attack
Frasca, “Simulation versus Narrative” (online) | |
| Sep 18 | Portal | |
| Sep 20 | Portal 2 | |
| Sep 25 | Portal and Portal 2
Jenkins, “Game Design as Narrative Architecture” (online) | |
| Sep 27 | Thomas Was Alone | |
| Oct 2 | Plants vs Zombies | |
| Oct 4 | Plants vs Zombies
Juul, “Introduction” (online) | |
| Oct 16 | Anna’s Quest | |
| Oct 18 | Anna’s Quest | |
| Oct 23 | Half-term test | |
| Oct 25 | World of Warcraft | |
| Oct 30 | World of Warcraft | |
| Nov 1 | World of Warcraft
Simons, “Narrative, Games, and Theory” (online) | |
| Nov 6 | Minecraft | |
| Nov 8 | Minecraft | |
| Nov 13 | Minecraft
Bogost, “The Rhetoric of Video Games” (online) | |
| Nov 15 | BioShock | |
| Nov 20 | BioShock | term essay due |
| Nov 22 | BioShock
Tavinor, “Bioshock and the Art of Rapture” (online) | |
| Nov 27 | Spore | |
| Nov 29 | Spore | |
| Dec 4 | Half-term test | |