A visual aid that goes with my ENGL 680 project... Probably not interesting to anyone, just uploading it to this site to back it up in case my USB drive fails me in class.

1. From Pen to Controller: The Importance of Narrative in Video Games By Shainna Sticklen

4. The Sims 2, with its five expansion packs, is the best-selling game of all time. It allows players to create and write their own stories and family histories.

5. The Guildmaster, who provides the player with his/her quests.

6. A map of Albion

8. This hero has quite a fan base in his home village (the hearts denote NPCs who have crushes on him).

9. An example of an attractive hero with a “good” alignment, as opposed to an unattractive hero with an “evil” alignment.

10. A screenshot of one of the villages in the game.