UNBOXING Goes Professor Mode With Mid-Summer Syllabi Exchange
This week on UNBOXING, Laine and Joost dive deep into the academia side of things, giving listeners a rare behind-the-scenes look at how they design and teach their flagship video game courses. With the fall semester approaching, they plunge into their syllabi—sharing pedagogical philosophies, favorite assignments, and the big updates they’re planning for this year.
Joost outlines his course’s focus on the intersection of culture and commerce in games, while Laine offers a look into what a course on the critical political economy of the games industry looks like for them. Alongside this juicy syllabi swap, your hosts discuss the recently announced buy now, pay later feature in games, and the announcement of Nintendo’s (questionable) casting choices for the Legend of Zelda live action movie set to come out in 2027.
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