EECS 494: Assignment 1

Game Analysis: Emotion

Assigned: September 5, 2012

Due: 3:10pm, September 10, 2012, in class - hard copy!


Pick a game you have played where you had a strong emotional reaction (one of the 14 emotions in the handout).

1.      Describe the overall game in 1 paragraph.

2.      Describe at least three emotional responses you had in the context of specific game play.

3.      Select one of those instances of emotional response and analyze it according to the relevant appraisals associated with it in the other handout. Write one or two sentences for each of the relevant appraisals, providing how the relevant appraisal arose in the game play.

Your analysis should be at no more than 2 pages long, single spaced, 12pt font, 1 inch margins.