All student work on this page appears courtesy of the students listed with each file, and is used with permission.
Weekly Writings (PDF)
Project responses.
| READINGS |
RESPONSES |
| Salen & Zimmerman. pp. 77-81 and 122-155. |
(PDF) |
| Salen & Zimmerman. pp. 83-86 and 296-313. |
(PDF) |
| Salen & Zimmerman. pp. 9-13 and 476-502. |
(PDF) |
| Salen & Zimmerman. pp. 9-13 and 728-753. |
(PDF) |
| Salen & Zimmerman. pp. 27-31 and 642-669. |
(PDF) |
| Frasca, G. "Simulation Versus Narrative: Introduction to Ludology." |
(PDF) |
| Salen & Zimmerman. pp. 33-36 and 670-689. |
(PDF) |
Choosing a Game (PDF) and Videogame Analysis (PDF)
Project papers.
| NAME |
GAME(S) |
PAPERS |
PRESENTATIONS |
| Tom Brown |
Halo I, II & III |
(PDF) |
|
| Benjamin Chang |
Tales of Symphonia |
(PDF) |
|
| Anonymous |
Disgaea 2 and Wrath: Unleashed |
(PDF) |
Why the Hell am I Playing This? A Defense of Wrath Unleashed (PDF) |
| Megan Firko |
Knights of the Old Republic |
(PDF) |
Moral Dilemmas in the Star Wars Universe (PDF) |
| Adalberto Garza |
Knights of the Old Republic I & II, and Fable |
(PDF) |
|
| Paul Groudas |
Final Fantasy III |
(PDF) |
Compelling Environmental Storytelling (PDF) |
| Ben Kravit |
Bioshock |
(PDF) |
Learning a Whole New World: from Design Spaces to Agency (PDF) |
| John Lee |
Battle for Middle Earth |
(PDF) |
|
| George Lin |
Wii Sports and Guitar Hero III |
(PDF) |
Video Games as Simulation, Story, and Sport (PDF) |
| Justin Moe |
Evil Genius, Overlord, Black and White 2, Knights of the Old Republic II |
(PDF) |
Pokemon Pearl (PDF - 1.0 MB) |
| Matthew Peairs |
Psychonauts and the Sly Cooper series |
(PDF) |
|
| Nick Ristuccia |
Syphon Filter series |
(PDF) |
Syphon Filter (PDF) |
| John Rogosic |
World of Warcraft |
(PDF) |
Within the Game (PDF) |
| Sarah Sperry |
Civilization series |
(PDF) |
|
| Brian Syverud |
Half-Life series |
(PDF) |
Half-Life (PDF) |
| Karena Tyan |
Kingdom Hearts II and Dirge of Cerberus |
(PDF) |
Kingdom Hearts I vs. Kingdom Hearts II (PDF) |
| Gregory Vargas |
F.E.A.R., Bioshock, and Resident Evil I |
(PDF) |
|
| Sisi Zhu |
The Sims 2 and MySims |
(PDF) |
Real Life Games: The Sims 2 and MySims (PDF) |
| Franklyn Lau |
The Sims 2 |
|
The Sims 2: a Game for Almost All Players (PDF) |