Wraith: Games that feature a realistic depiction of a historical event are just a portion of the paper. Take for example the first two Call of Duty games. Those are based on actual historic battles, and while they feature an action-oriented slant, they are essentially a re-enactment of the battle. Obviously some of them are made for story telling, but consider the Pavlov's House mission and the fact that it actually happened.

Then you have the games like Assassin's Creed and Uncharted that use a historical character or event and alter it for story telling. Masyaf is a real castle and was a home of the actual Assassin group during the Crusades. Robert de Sable was a real person, as was Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia). The difference in games like this is that they take a historical approach but stylize it. It's exactly as the Extra Credits article says, that approach is still going to reach out to a portion of the audience and have them research it on Wikipedia. Hell, even a game like Wolfenstein can facilitate research. Did you know the Kreisau Circle was a real group?

EDIT: This is going to be a long ass paper. I have to hit 6 pages minimum, but I JUST got finished with Assassin's Creed and I'm starting on Page 3. Spent almost two paragraphs showing the similarities between Al Mualim and Rashid ad-Din Sinan and some of the events of the game and their relation to the third crusade.

Wraith: Just wanted to throw an update on this thread:

I have almost finished my paper. I'm at 9 pages without footnotes, and am in my closing arguments. I would like to thank the suggestions that everybody gave. Some of them I was able to use, others I couldn't. Not because they aren't valid, far from it, I just don't have the time to research every single game (especially the Simulations) and some of the basic concepts overlap. A few suggestions inspired me to change some of my listed games. I should be done with it in a day or two, so if anyone is still interested in it, let me know.

It's ACTUALLY for an Interpreting the Past class, but I based my argument on the fact that the interpretations of historic events facilitate learning, so it's more of a video games and history paper with examples of interpretation.

EDIT: Oh, and screw MLA format. I want to use proper footnotes!