Skip to main content
Unit of study_

ARIN6904: Games and Mixed Realities

2025 unit information

Digital games and other playable media such as mobile and mixed reality devices are increasingly prominent in today’s mediascapes. This unit of study critically examines the aesthetics, politics and everyday uses of these emerging cultural technologies. It draws on new media studies, game studies and digital cultures to explore themes such as the complication of leisure and work spaces, new media industries, gamification, playbour, and virtual and augmented reality.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Arts and Social Sciences

Study level Postgraduate
Academic unit Media and Communications
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
? 
None
Corequisites:
? 
None
Prohibitions:
? 
None
Assumed knowledge:
? 
None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. understand the cultural relevance of mixed reality and computer games
  • LO2. critically examine the aesthetics, politics and everyday use of computer games
  • LO3. generate feasible concepts for computer games
  • LO4. understand the importance of local uses of computer games in the shaping of cultural and media practices
  • LO5. understand the market dynamics and political economies of computer games
  • LO6. understand the ways in which mobile media and computer games generate cultural practices and identities
  • LO7. translate personal and/or societal issues concerning games into a scholarly form relevant for ongoing social research
  • LO8. evaluate the efficacy of different perspectives in relation to contemporary debates about games
  • LO9. understand the critical ethical and political issues associated with mixed reality technologies
  • LO10. demonstrate successful teamwork, involving the ability to participate in collaborative learning activities
  • LO11. demonstrate the development of independent learning and research skills.

Unit availability

This section lists the session, attendance modes and locations the unit is available in. There is a unit outline for each of the unit availabilities, which gives you information about the unit including assessment details and a schedule of weekly activities.

The outline is published 2 weeks before the first day of teaching. You can look at previous outlines for a guide to the details of a unit.

Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2025
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2020
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 2 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2022
Normal day Remote
Semester 2 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

Find your current year census dates

Modes of attendance (MoA)

This refers to the Mode of attendance (MoA) for the unit as it appears when you’re selecting your units in Sydney Student. Find more information about modes of attendance on our website.