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Games for players and educators to study and discuss critically. Games should be taught in schools, just like any other kind of literature, and good conversations about games will help make that happen!

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Recommended December 5, 2015
Difficult decisions that must be made quickly make Papers, Please an interesting experience, and it also demonstrates a few ways to ramp up challenge.
Recommended December 5, 2015
This game plays with perspective and expectations/tropes to both comic and critical effect; also worth discussing how well it implements consequences.
Recommended December 5, 2015
Text adventures have much in common with short stories and novels, for obvious reasons, but CoG's games adopt RPG elements as well.
Recommended December 5, 2015
A plot-rich game driven by character development and moral choices, as well as classic RPG gameplay; also a cornerstone of the industry's history.
Recommended December 5, 2015
Here, choices change the ending of the story by actually determining the pre-game past in a method of storytelling only possible in a game.
Recommended December 5, 2015
Transhumanism and cyberpunk are increasingly relevant; while flawed in a few well-documented ways, this game is still a pack-leader for these genres.
Recommended December 5, 2015
Worth discussion, if not in-class play, for the impact it had on the industry, turning "shooters" into games that eventually became so much more.
Recommended December 5, 2015
A story more divergent than other media can offer. Also worth discussing how much fiction with "strong female characters" still relies on sexist tropes.
Recommended December 5, 2015
Short and sweet, this is an excellent way to discuss HOW games can tell stories: exploration of setting, use of audio and puzzles, use of dark humor...
Recommended December 5, 2015
Choice and consequence here means more than a fork in the plot, but also dealing with the emotional impact on your characters.
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