https://door.donau-uni.ac.at/o:5800 Exploring the Potential of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind as a Commercial-off-the-Shelf Tool for Wicked Crisis Learning Atmaja, Pratama Wirya Pratama Wirya Atmaja 0000-0001-7919-9005 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur Sihanato, Andreas Nugroho Andreas Nugroho Sihanato 0000-0002-0347-4477 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur Hadiwiyanti, Rizka Rizka Hadiwiyanti University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur University of Krems Press text eng Today’s wicked crises, i.e., those with serious consequences and dilemmatic solutions, threaten our future, especially in the absence of proper education on them, including through narrative games and other ludonarrative media. To avoid the high cost of developing such media, we can utilize commercial off-the-shelf (CotS) media, although choosing a suitable one can be non-trivial. One potential CotS medium for this purpose is The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, widely praised for its unique and complex in-game world. The world is in an apocalyptic crisis, which manifests as a supernatural blight, a strange sleepwalking epidemic, and other, more horrific and fantastical threats. We argue that due to this crisis and its presentation, the game, despite following some high-fantasy tropes, can provide a valuable learning experience for the player regarding today’s wicked issues and how best to navigate them together with other citizens of Earth. We analyze this learning aspect by considering existing requirements and design patterns of ludonarrative media for learning, including our model of how ludonarrative media facilitate the player’s cognitive, affective, and sensorimotor learning domains. We then recommend ways to effectively apply the game for wicked crisis learning, which include modding the game to, among others, enrich its branching narrative and enhance its narrative clarity. Wicked crises learning domains ludonarrative media ommercial off-the-shelf media The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ https://door.donau-uni.ac.at/api/object/o:5800/download 10.48341/78xy-r315 https://door.donau-uni.ac.at/o:5827 application/pdf 2.08 MB 2025-11-14