# Student Handout — Professional Game Review Project

- Link: https://doss.academy/course-2-game-design-development-principles/unit-2-game-genres-critical-game-analysis/lesson-3-professional-game-review-project/student-handout/
- Published: 2026-10-18T12:27:26-04:00
- Author: matthew.leffler@jefferson.kyschools.us

Course 2: Game Design & Development Principles / Unit 2: Game Genres & Critical 
Game Analysis / Lesson 3: Professional Game Review Project

## Professional Game Review Writing Rubric.

Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________

## Explore and practice

Review structure modeling, rubric walkthrough, and game analysis drafting. CainOnGames
video: Do Gamers Know What They Like? (discussion and analysis).

## Record your work

Describe what you tried, show your work or attach your artifact, and explain what
your evidence demonstrates.

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## Use the vocabulary

Game Review, Ludic Criticism, Gameplay Analysis, Mechanics Evaluation, Technical
Performance, Audio/Visual Critique, Level Design, Pacing, Replayability, Scoring
Rubric

Use relevant terms above to explain one part of your work.

## Check and reflect

 * I completed the assigned activity and recorded my work.
 * I used lesson vocabulary accurately.
 * I can explain one thing I learned and one question I still have.

## Resources

 * **Do Gamers Know What They Like?**
 * YouTube loads only when you press play.
 * [Watch on YouTube (opens in a new tab)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCjHipuMir8)