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World Event Quests
World Event Quests are not like regular quests. They have a limited timeframe, and usually involve going somewhere or doing something in the real world. They are not affiliated with other questlines.
Because of this, they are often worth more, and they grant NAPS on top of the 7500 available.
Everyone at the Table: World Event Quest, Available until September 21st. (50 NAPS for every crew member who participates | World 1).
Theoretical Questlines
Progressing through the theoretical questlines will require you to consider the context, political implications, and social worlds that video games occupy- focusing on research, analysis, and critical thinking. Note that quests with arrows have prerequisite quests that must be completed. Click a quest to start exploring!
Critical Games Questline
The Critical Games questline will prompt you to dive into considerations of the world of gaming and identity—with consideration to feminist, critical, and intersectional theory, and of gender, race, and sexuality.
Available Quests:
- 1. Gals and Gaming (Unit 1 | 25 NAPS| Research Badge)
- 2. A Critical Hit (Unit 1 | 50 NAPS | Presentation Badge)
- 3. A Case of Identity (Unit 2 | 75 NAPS| 1 Presentation Badge)
Social Games Questline
The Social Games questline will prompt you to explore the interdependent relationship between gaming and social media– and the social role of video games in our culture. It will invite you to explore social media campaigns, social gaming, and game media.
Available Quests:
- 1. The Corrupted Blood Incident (Unit 1 | 50 NAPS| 1 Research Badge | 1 Presentation Badge)
- 2. Going Undercover (Unit 2 | 50 NAPS | 1 Research Badge | 1 Presentation Badge)
- 3. Re-Tweet (Unit 3 | 100 NAPS (+ bonus) | 1 Collaboration Badge)
Political Games Questline
The Political Games questline will invite you to explore how institutional politics shape and are shaped by video games. Examining recent political emphasis will be important to the work here, but also examining the political commentary of games themselves.
Available Quests:
- 1. Playing Politics (Unit 1 | 25 NAPS| 1 Presentation Badge)
- 2. Red vs. Blue? (Unit 2 | 50 NAPS | 1 Research Badge [New!])
- 3. Haptic Feedback (Unit 4| 125 NAPS| 1 Collaboration Badge)
Elemental Questlines
Progressing through the elemental questlines will require you to analyze, draw connections between, and compose in new mediums. These questlines focus on multimodal composition and analysis.
The Visual Elements Questline
The visual elements questline will invite you to explore visual rhetoric, images, and how they play a role in games and digital circulation. This questline will also invite you to consider how we compose in visual mediums on a regular basis through social media (Instagram, Snapchat, etc.).
Available Quests:
- 1. The Backstory (Unit 1 | 25 NAPS)
- 2. Now it’s a Party! (Unit 1 | 25 NAPS| 1 Collaboration Badge)
- 3. Set the Stage (Unit 2 | 50 NAPS)
- 4. Seeing is Believing (Unit 3 | 100 NAPS| 1 Collaboration Badge)
The Video Elements Questline
The video elements questline will invite you to explore digital rhetoric through video, and how video works in and around video games. It will also involve looking at the deeply entangled relationship between video and video games, and the relationship of YouTube/Twitch and eSports to the gaming experience. At higher levels, you will begin composing in video.
Available Quests:
- 1. The Title Shot (Unit 1 | 25 NAPS)
- 2. The Cast (Unit 1 | 50 NAPS| 1 Collaboration Badge)
- 3. Frame by Frame (Unit 3| 100 NAPS (+ bonus) | 1 Collaboration Badge)
- 4. … and Subscribe! (Unit 4 | 25 NAPS)
The Audio Elements Questline
The audio elements questline will invite you to explore composition through sound, music, and mixing, as well as exploring things like music and sound design in games. At higher levels, you will be invited to compose using your own audio formats.
Available Quests:
- 1. Mic Check (Unit 1 | 25 NAPS)
- 2. Kill the DJ (Unit 1 | 50 NAPS| 1 Collaboration Badge)
- 3. Not Another Podcast (Unit 3 | 100 NAPS + bonus | 1 Collaboration Badge)
- 4. Hear Me Now? (Unit 4 | 25 NAPS)