<metaproperty="og:title"content="GSAS-1600: History And Culture Of Games">
<metaproperty="og:description"content="This course surveys 5000 years of game history, from ancient Sumer/Sumerian to the latest next-generation consoles and MMOGs. In parallel with this historical tour, several major theories will be examined about the nature of play and the nature of games. Along the way, it will also look at how games and play influence the cultures they are found in, and how culture in turn influences how people structure their leisure time will also be considered.">
This course surveys 5000 years of game history, from ancient Sumer/Sumerian to the latest next-generation consoles and MMOGs. In parallel with this historical tour, several major theories will be examined about the nature of play and the nature of games. Along the way, it will also look at how games and play influence the cultures they are found in, and how culture in turn influences how people structure their leisure time will also be considered.
<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202401&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI] [HInq]
<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202409&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI] [HInq]
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<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Nicholas J. Mizer</li>
<li>Brandi Lee Ann Brace</li>
</ul>
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Seats Taken: 0/38
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<thclass="year">2023</th>
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<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202301&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI] [HInq]
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<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Ralph G Noble</li>
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Seats Taken: 23/22
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<tdclass="term fall offered">
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<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202309&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI] [HInq]
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<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Brandi Lee Ann Brace</li>
</ul>
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Seats Taken: 18/19
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<thclass="year">2022</th>
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<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202201&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI] [HInq]
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<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Nicholas J. Mizer</li>
</ul>
<spanclass="course-capacity">
Seats Taken: 24/22
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<tdcolspan="2"class="term summer not-offered">
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<tdclass="term fall offered">
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<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202209&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI] [HInq]
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<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Nicholas J. Mizer</li>
</ul>
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Seats Taken: 43/38
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<thclass="year">2021</th>
<tdclass="term spring offered">
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<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202101&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI] [HInq]
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<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Nicholas J. Mizer</li>
</ul>
<spanclass="course-capacity">
Seats Taken: 21/19
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<tdcolspan="2"class="term summer not-offered">
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<tdclass="term fall offered">
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<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202109&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI] [HInq]
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<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Nicholas J. Mizer</li>
</ul>
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Seats Taken: 25/19
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<thclass="year">2020</th>
<tdclass="term spring offered">
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<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202001&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI] [HInq]
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<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Nicholas J. Mizer</li>
<li>Michael F Lynch</li>
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Seats Taken: 55/57
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<tdclass="term summer2 offered">
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<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202005&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI]
</span>
<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Michael F Lynch</li>
</ul>
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Seats Taken: 18/19
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<tdclass="term summer3 not-offered">
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<tdclass="term fall offered">
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<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202009&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI] [HInq]
</span>
<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Nicholas J. Mizer</li>
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Seats Taken: 42/38
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<thclass="year">2019</th>
<tdclass="term spring offered">
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<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201901&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI]
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<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Rebecca Kane Rouse</li>
<li>Michael F Lynch</li>
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<spanclass="course-capacity">
Seats Taken: 44/38
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<tdclass="term summer2 offered">
<divclass="view-container detail-view-container">
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<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201905&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI]
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<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Michael F Lynch</li>
</ul>
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Seats Taken: 25/25
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<tdclass="term summer3 not-offered">
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<tdclass="term fall offered">
<divclass="view-container detail-view-container">
<spanclass="term-course-info">
<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201909&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI] [HInq]
</span>
<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Nicholas J. Mizer</li>
<li>Rebecca Kane Rouse</li>
</ul>
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Seats Taken: 72/76
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<thclass="year">2018</th>
<tdclass="term spring offered">
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<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201801&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI]
</span>
<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Michael F Lynch</li>
<li>Rebecca Kane Rouse</li>
</ul>
<spanclass="course-capacity">
Seats Taken: 37/38
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</td>
<tdclass="term summer2 offered">
<divclass="view-container detail-view-container">
<spanclass="term-course-info">
<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201805&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI]
</span>
<ulclass="prof-list">
<li>Michael F Lynch</li>
</ul>
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Seats Taken: 5/50
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<tdclass="term summer3 not-offered">
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<tdclass="term fall offered">
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<ahref="https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201809&subj_in=GSAS&crse_in=1600&schd_in=">History And Culture Of Games (4c)</a> [CI]