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Weekly Writings (PDF)

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)

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 - 1.0MB)
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)