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  • Introduction
    • Age of Empires, Souvik Mukherjee
    • Angry Birds, Gregory Steirer and Jeremy Barnes
    • Ball-and-Paddle Games, Michael Z. Newman
    • BioShock Infinite, Mark J. P. Wolf
    • Borderlands, Matthew Thomas Payne and Michael Fleisch
    • Braid, Jesper Juul
    • Clash Royale, Mia Consalvo
    • Cookie Clicker, Sebastian Deterding
    • Counter-Strike, Emma Witkowski
    • Don’t Starve, Christopher Hanson
    • EVE Online, Kelly Bergstrom
    • FIFA, Steven Conway
    • Game Dev Tycoon, Casey O’Donnell
    • Grand Theft Auto V, Harrison Gish
    • Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, Shira Chess
    • King’s Quest, Anastasia Salter
    • LEGO Dimensions, Derek Johnson
    • Leisure Suit Larry, Adrienne Shaw
    • Medal of Honor, Tanner Mirrlees
    • Minecraft, James Newman
    • Miyamoto/Kojima, Jennifer deWinter
    • NBA 2K16, TreaAndrea M. Russworm
    • NES D-pad, David O’Grady
    • Night Trap, Carly A. Kocurek
    • PaRappa the Rapper, Katherine Isbister
    • Papers, Please, Miguel Sicart
    • Pelé’s Soccer, Ian Bogost
    • Planescape: Torment, Evan Torner
    • Pokémon Go, Randy Nichols
    • Quake, Henry Lowood
    • Shovel Knight, John Vanderhoef
    • Sid Meier’s Civilization, Peter Krapp
    • Sniper Elite III, Amanda Phillips
    • Tempest, Judd Ethan Ruggill and Ken S. McAllister
    • Tetris, Rolf F. Nohr
    • The Last of Us, Soraya Murray
    • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Dan Golding
    • The Queerness and Games Conference, Bonnie Ruberg
    • Tomb Raider, Jessica Aldred
    • Walden, a game, Tracy Fullerton
    • Age of Empires, Souvik Mukherjee
    • Angry Birds, Gregory Steirer and Jeremy Barnes
    • Ball-and-Paddle Games, Michael Z. Newman
    • BioShock Infinite, Mark J. P. Wolf
    • Borderlands, Matthew Thomas Payne and Michael Fleisch
    • Braid, Jesper Juul
    • Clash Royale, Mia Consalvo
    • Cookie Clicker, Sebastian Deterding
    • Counter-Strike, Emma Witkowski
    • Don’t Starve, Christopher Hanson
    • EVE Online, Kelly Bergstrom
    • FIFA, Steven Conway
    • Game Dev Tycoon, Casey O’Donnell
    • Grand Theft Auto V, Harrison Gish
    • Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, Shira Chess
    • King’s Quest, Anastasia Salter
    • LEGO Dimensions, Derek Johnson
    • Leisure Suit Larry, Adrienne Shaw
    • Medal of Honor, Tanner Mirrlees
    • Minecraft, James Newman
    • Miyamoto/Kojima, Jennifer deWinter
    • NBA 2K16, TreaAndrea M. Russworm
    • NES D-pad, David O’Grady
    • Night Trap, Carly A. Kocurek
    • PaRappa the Rapper, Katherine Isbister
    • Papers, Please, Miguel Sicart
    • Pelé’s Soccer, Ian Bogost
    • Planescape: Torment, Evan Torner
    • Pokémon Go, Randy Nichols
    • Quake, Henry Lowood
    • Shovel Knight, John Vanderhoef
    • Sid Meier’s Civilization, Peter Krapp
    • Sniper Elite III, Amanda Phillips
    • Tempest, Judd Ethan Ruggill and Ken S. McAllister
    • Tetris, Rolf F. Nohr
    • The Last of Us, Soraya Murray
    • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Dan Golding
    • The Queerness and Games Conference, Bonnie Ruberg
    • Tomb Raider, Jessica Aldred
    • Walden, a game, Tracy Fullerton
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User's Guides to Popular Culture
How to Play Video Games

Edited by Matthew Thomas Payne and Nina B. Huntemann

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