The game design reader: a Rules of play anthology

Interstitial: How to win "Super Mario Bros" : Topic essays / Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman

Interstitial: Cosplay : Texts: Bibliography ; Chart of texts and topics

Interstitial: Urban invasion : Nature and significance of play as a cultural phenomenon / Johan Huizings ; The definition of play: the classification of games / Roger Caillois

Shoot club: the DOOM3 review / Tom Chick

Interstitial: Collateral romance : Construction of a definition / Bernard Suits ; I have no words & I must design / Greg Costikyan ; The cabal: valve's design process for creating half-life / Ken Birdwell ; Interstitial: Urban games : Semiotic domains: is playing video games a "waste of time?" / James Gee

The evil summoner FAQ v1.0: how to be a cheap ass / Mochan ; Play and ambiguity / Brian Sutton-Smith ; A theory of play and fantasy / Gregory Bateson ; "Complete freedom of movement": video games as gendered play spaces / Henry Jenkins

Interstitial: DDR step charts : Format abstract design tools / Doug Church ; Game theory / William Poundstone ; Games and design patterns / Staffan Björk and Jussi Holopainen ; Tools for creating dramatic game dynamics / Marc LeBlanc ; Game analysis: Centipede / Richard Rouse III

Interstitial: Indie game jam : Unwritten rules / Stephen Sniderman

Beyond the rules of the game: why are rooie rules nice? / Linda Hughes ; Changing the game / Bernard DeKoven ; The design evolution of magic: the gathering / Richard Garfield

Interstitial: Blast theory : Eyeball and cathexis / David Sudnow ; Frames and games / Gary Alan Fine ; Bow, nigger / always_black ; Cultural models: do you want to be the Blue Sonic or the Dark Sonic? / James Gee

Interstitial: Red vs. blue : Interaction and narrative / Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern ; Game design as narrative architecture / Henry Jenkins ; Adventure as a video game: Adventure for the Atari 2600 / Warren Robinett ; Eastern front / Chris Crawford

Interstitial: Serious games : The lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat / F. Randall and Chip Morningstar ; Hearts, clubs, diamonds, spades: players who suit MUDs / Richard Bartle ; Declaring the rights of players / Raph Koster ; Virtual worlds: a first-hand account of market and society on the cyberian frontier / Edward Castronova

Interstitial: Painstation : Coda: piercing the spectacle / Brenda Laurel

Interstitial Le Parkour : Interstitial credits ; Final word / Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman.