Language
English (en)
Date Uploaded
Summer 6-30-2026
Activity source
Original
Summary
Students will research a video game industry professional, develop questions about their career, interview them, edit the interview into a transcript, and discuss this process during an in-class presentation.
Extended Summary
Students will develop an oral history project focused on an individual currently or formerly involved in the video game industry from anywhere around the world (e.g., a retailer, arcade owner, developer, quality assurance tester, modder, esports player, Twitch broadcaster, composer, actor, journalist). The project involves researching an individual, developing questions about their career, interviewing them, editing the interview into a transcript, and discussing this process during an in-class presentation.
Student Learning Objectives
- Locate and evaluate sources by cross-referencing information.
- Conduct a chronologically structured oral history interview that combines both prepared and extemporaneous questions.
- Compare simulated and actual responses to articulate the value of interviewing human subjects as a method of original research.
- Contribute to the preservation of video game history by interviewing an industry professional about their career.
Assignment Type
Both in-class and out-of-class
Course level
300
Used in course?
yes
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Global Game Industries (FILM 3380)
Type of Student-AI Collaboration Required
Human-generated with AI assistance or revision
Type of AI Task(s)
Conversation or Debate Practice
Second Type of AI Task
Literature Review/Bibliography
Third Type of AI Task
True/False
Uploader/Author Affiliation
Faculty
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Document Type
Teaching Material
Recommended Citation
Fleury, James, "Oral History Project (for "Global Game Industries")" (2026). Generative AI Teaching Activities. 11.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/ai_teaching/11