diff --git a/controller.rb b/controller.rb
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+require_relative "model"
+require_relative "view"
+
+class Controller
+  def execute
+    loop do
+      run_menu
+      input = gets.chomp.upcase
+      print "\n"
+      sleep 1
+      case input
+      when "S"
+        run_game
+      when "R"
+        display_move_list
+      when "Q"
+        quit_gracefully
+      else
+        puts "You aren't very good at this, are you?"
+      end
+      sleep 1
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+    def run_menu
+      Menu.new.list_options
+    end
+
+    def quit_gracefully
+      puts "Quitting gracefully..."
+      print "\n"
+      sleep 2
+      %x( ^c )
+    end
+
+    def display_move_list
+      if @game
+        puts "\tX\t|\tO\t"
+        puts "----------------+-----------------"
+        @game.move_list.each_slice(2) do |pair|
+          x1 = pair[0].loc[:x] + 1
+          y1 = pair[0].loc[:y] + 1
+          print "\t#{x1}, #{y1}\t|"
+          if pair[1]
+            x2 = pair[1].loc[:x] + 1
+            y2 = pair[1].loc[:y] + 1
+            print "\t#{x2}, #{y2}"
+          end
+          print "\n"
+        end
+      else
+        puts "No last game to review."
+      end
+    end
+
+    def run_game
+      @game = Game.new
+      @board = Board.new
+      @board.draw
+      while !@game.winner? do
+        new_move
+      end
+      sleep 1
+      print "It's over. "
+      if @game.winner? == "X" || @game.winner? == "O"
+        puts "#{@game.winner?}'s win."
+      else
+        puts "It's a tie.  How dull..."
+      end
+    end
+
+    def new_move
+      input = get_input
+      while !valid?(input) do 
+        input = get_input
+      end
+      move = Move.new(input)
+      @game.register(move)
+      @board.add_to_pixel_array(move)
+      @board.draw
+    end
+
+    def get_input
+      print "row (1-3): "
+      x = gets.chomp.to_i - 1
+      print "column (1-3): "
+      y = gets.chomp.to_i - 1
+      {x: x, y: y}
+    end
+
+    def valid?(input)
+      x = input[:x]
+      y = input[:y]
+      if x < 0 || x > 2 || y < 0 || y > 2
+        puts "That move is out of bounds"
+        false
+      elsif !@game.grid[x][y].nil?
+        puts "That square is already full"
+        false
+      else
+        true
+      end
+    end
+
+end
+
+Controller.new.execute
+
diff --git a/model.rb b/model.rb
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+class Game
+  attr_reader :move_list, :grid
+  
+  def initialize
+    @move_list = []
+    @grid = [[nil, nil, nil],[nil, nil, nil],[nil, nil, nil]]
+  end
+
+  def register(move)
+    x = move.loc[:x]
+    y = move.loc[:y]
+    @grid[x][y] = move.symbol
+
+    @move_list << move
+  end
+
+  def winner?
+    result = false
+    # check rows, columns for winner
+    for i in 0..2
+      result ||= (@grid[i][0] == @grid[i][1] && @grid[i][1] == @grid[i][2] && @grid[i][2])
+      result ||= (@grid[0][i] == @grid[1][i] && @grid[1][i] == @grid[2][i] && @grid[2][i])
+    end
+    # check diagonals for winner
+    result ||= (@grid[0][0] == @grid[1][1] && @grid[1][1] == @grid[2][2] && @grid[2][2])
+    result ||= (@grid[0][2] == @grid[1][1] && @grid[1][1] == @grid[2][0] && @grid[2][0])
+
+    # check for tie
+    # interesting project: better tie-detecting method
+    result ||= @move_list.count >= 9
+  end
+
+end
+
+class Move
+  attr_reader :symbol, :loc
+  @@count = 0
+
+  def initialize(location)
+    @@count += 1
+    @id = @@count
+    @loc = location
+    @symbol = @id.even? ? "O" : "X"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/view.rb b/view.rb
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+++ b/view.rb
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+class Menu
+  def list_options
+    puts ""
+    puts "(S)tart game"
+    puts "(R)eview last game"
+    puts "(Q)uit"
+    puts ""
+    print "Your choice: "
+  end
+end
+
+class Board
+
+  def initialize
+    # for good presentation, square width and height should both be even
+    @square_width = 6
+    @square_height = 4
+    @pixel_array = []
+    set_pixel_array
+  end
+
+  def draw
+    @pixel_array.each{ |row| puts row.join }
+  end
+
+  def add_to_pixel_array(move)
+    x_dim = pixelize(move.loc[:x], @square_height)
+    y_dim = pixelize(move.loc[:y], @square_width)
+    @pixel_array[x_dim][y_dim] = move.symbol
+  end
+
+  private
+  def total_length(square_length)
+    3 * square_length - 1
+  end
+
+  def set_pixel_array
+    for row in 1..total_length(@square_height)
+      row_output = []
+      for col in 1..total_length(@square_width)
+        if row % @square_height == 0 && col % @square_width == 0
+          row_output << "+"
+        elsif row % @square_height == 0
+          row_output << "-"
+        elsif col % @square_width == 0
+          row_output << "|"
+        else
+          row_output << " "
+        end
+      end
+      @pixel_array << row_output
+    end
+  end
+
+  def pixelize(value, square_length)
+    (value + 0.5) * square_length - 1
+  end
+
+end