• the relationship between theory and practice; can theory influence game design?
  
• Understanding games a whole, comprised of part technology, part artwork, and part social convention and interaction.
  
• What does it mean to analyse games?
  
• How are emotions used in games?
  
• Is emergence a key concept, or a misnomer for several unrelated structures?
  
• What is the relation between game structure and game content?
  

• Game Analysis
  
• Gameplay
  
• Ontologies and taxonomies (eg. game design patterns, MDA etc)
  
• Emotions in Games
  
• Emergence
  
• Fun and Experience
  
• Values, Norms, Ideologies
  

You are expected to take active part in the course, which will be run as a seminar with obligatory student presentations.
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I introugen (mandag den 28. august til fredag den 1. september) er øvelsestimerne aflyst. Dvs. at der kun er undervisning fra 10-12.

Exercises have been cancelled during the intro week (Monday the 28th of August to Friday the 1st of September).That means you only have classes from 10AM-12.
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Information om studiestruktur / Information about study structure
Dette kursus er en del af MTG-specialiseringen Design og analyse af spil, som du kan finde beskrevet her:
MTG studiestruktur
For at blive cand.it. i MTG skal du bestå MTG¿s backbonekurser, og desuden gennemføre en 22,5 ECTS specialisering samt to 7,5 ECTS valgfag.

This course is part of the MTG specialization Design and Analysis of Games ¿ find it described here:
MTG study structure
In order to graduate as a MSc in MTG, you need to pass the MTG backbone courses, and also take a 22,5 ECTS specialization and two 7,5 ECTS electives.