…but they do face dissertations. Orgtheory provides a link to Violet – an award winning text based adventure of a graduate student attempting to finish 1,000 words on his dissertation.
Bonus: MC Frontalot on the dangers of Grues and text based adventures.
Edit: The game was quite the procrastination tool and had a nice payoff – and I may have to go back for some of the easter eggs.
Michael A. Allen is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Boise State University. His research focuses on international conflict, military alliances, and quantitative methods in international relations and comparative politics.