The Game Design Reader A Rules of Play

The Game Design Reader is a one-of-a-kind collection on game design and criticism, from classic cholarly essays to cutting-edge case studies. A companion work to Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman's textbook Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, The Game Design Reader is a classroom sourcebook, a reference for working game developers, and a great read for game fans and players.

Katie Salen is a game designer and interactive designer, as well as Director of Graduate Studies, Design and Technology program, Parsons School of Design Eric Zimmerman is a game designer, game design theorist, and the co-founder and CEO of gameLab

Foreword

x

Warren Spector

Preface

xvi

Katie Salen

Eric Zimmerman

interstitial: How to Win ``Super Mario Bros''

Topic Essays

1

(90)

Katie Salen

Eric Zimmerman

The Player Experience

3

(6)

The Rules of a Game

9

(6)

Gaming the Game

15

(6)

The Game Design Process

21

(6)

Player and Character

27

(6)

Games and Narrative

33

(6)

Game Communities

39

(6)

Speaking of Games

45

(8)

Game Design Models

53

(6)

Game Economies

59

(6)

Game Spaces

65

(6)

Cultural Representation

71

(6)

What Is a Game?

77

(6)

What Is Play?

83

(8)

interstitial: Cosplay

Texts: Bibliography

91

(2)

Chart of Texts and Topics

93

(3)

interstitial: Urban Invasion

Nature and Significance of Play as a Cultural Phenomenon (1955)

96

(26)

Johan Huizinga

The Definition of Play: The Classification of Games (1962)

122

(34)

Roger Caillois

Shoot Club: The DOOM 3 Review (2004)

156

(16)

Tom Chick

interstitial: Collateral Romance

Construction of a Definition (1990)

172

(20)

Bernard Suits

I Have No Words & I Must Design (1994)

192

(20)

Greg Costikyan

The Cabal: Valve's Design Process for Creating Half-Life (1999)

212

(16)

Ken Birdwell

interstitial: Urban Games

Semiotic Domains: Is Playing Video Games a ``Waste of Time?'' (2003)

228

(40)

James Gee

The Evil Summoner FAQ v1.0: How to Be a Cheap Ass (2001)

268

(28)

Mochan

Play and Ambiguity (2001)

296

(18)

Brian Sutton-Smith

A Theory of Play and Fantasy (1972)

314

(16)

Gregory Bateson

``Complete Freedom of Movement'': Video Games as Gendered Play Spaces (1998)

330

(36)

Henry Jenkins

interstitial: DDR Step Charts

Formal Abstract Design Tools (1999)

366

(16)

Doug Church

Game Theory (1992)

382

(28)

William Poundstone

Games and Design Patterns (2005)

410

(28)

Staffan Bjork

Jussi Holopainen

Tools for Creating Dramatic Game Dynamics (2005)

438

(22)

Marc LeBlanc

Game Analysis: Centipede (2001)

460

(16)

Richard Rouse III

interstitial: Indie Game Jam

Unwritten Rules (1999)

476

(28)

Stephen Sniderman

Beyond the Rules of the Game: Why Are Rooie Rules Nice? (1983)

504

(14)

Linda Hughes

Changing the Game (1978)

518

(20)

Bernard DeKoven

The Design Evolution of Magic: The Gathering (1993 | 2004)

538

(20)

Richard Garfield

interstitial: Blast Theory

Eyeball and Cathexis (1983)

558

(20)

David Sudnow

Frames and Games (1983)

578

(24)

Gary Alan Fine

Bow, Nigger (2004) always_black

602

(8)

Cultural Models: Do You Want to Be the Blue Sonic or the Dark Sonic? (2003)

610

(32)

James Gee

interstitial: Red vs. Blue

Interaction and Narrative (2000 | 2005)

642

(28)

Michael Mateas

Andrew Stern

Game Design as Narrative Architecture (2004)

670

(20)

Henry Jenkins

Adventure as a Video Game: Adventure for the Atari 2600 (1983--84)

690

(24)

Warren Robinett

Eastern Front (1941) (2003)

714

(14)

Chris Crawford

interstitial: Serious Games

The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat (1990)

728

(26)

F. Randall Farmer

Chip Morningstar

Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades: Players Who Suit MUDs (1996)

754

(34)

Richard Bartle

Declaring the Rights of Players (2000)

788

(26)

Raph Koster

Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier (2001)

814

(52)

Edward Castronova

interstitial: Painstation

Coda: Piercing the Spectacle (2005)

866

(6)

Brenda Laurel

interstitial: Le Parkour

Interstitial Credits

872

(4)

Index

876

(48)

Final Word

924

Katie Salen

Eric Zimmerman

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