MADE Classroom: An Analysis of Gaming Peripherals

MADE Classroom: An Analysis of Gaming Peripherals

Learn about a variety of peripherals throughout video gaming history. Try them out and discuss how they affected game design decisions!

By The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment

Date and time

Saturday, June 14 · 9:30 - 11am PDT

Location

The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment

921 Washington Street Oakland, CA 94607

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

Age: 8 to 13

This class is a 1.5 hour lesson that teaches students the history and thought process behind the design of gaming peripherals through history. Students will learn about how gaming controllers are made and have an understanding of how to approach making a controller of their own.

Organized by

The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment is a 501c(3) nonprofit aimed at expanding access to our digital heritage and celebrating the diversity of its contributors. We do this by preserving digital entertainment, restoring its playability, educating about its creation, and using it to engage the community.