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# 3A. Game Research Paper\*

**Due**: December 21st, 2024 (by 5pm)

**Weight**: 25% of final grade

**Medium**: Any

**Stream**: Game Analysis

**Length:** (\~2000 words)

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Your game research will generally take one of two directions.

1. You will play a game and use it as evidence of , finding evidence of its use and treating it as historical evidence (game as source)
2. Playing a history game, to understand how it represents the world of the past to its audience.&#x20;
3. A series of templates for applying McCall's Historical Problem Space framework will be available on Obsidian.