Centennial High School – Game Studies

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Game Studies places a heavy emphasis on analysis and historical reasoning. While the content is about video games, the skills focus on critical thinking and writing around four core ideas: the history of video games, game design and analysis, genre studies, industry, culture, and community. The history of video games focuses on developments in the game industry — the cultural patterns and technologies that made video games possible and transformed the industry into what we see today. Game design and analysis gives students a framework for understanding the mind of a game designer — how they craft experiences for players, just as writers craft experiences for readers.