I am using the following subroutine with strict in order to read a supplied file and return it's contents in an array. I am getting errors saying I cannot use the words passed to the function as Barewords, when I quote them, the program returns nothing, even though the file exists. Subroutine:

sub ReadFile
{
        #Declare Variables
        #
        my ($game, $file) = @_;
        my $dir = "$ENV{HOME}/settings/$game/$file";

        #End if dir not exist
        #
        return unless -d $dir;

        #Read the file and create the array
        #
        open(FILE, $dir)||die("Cannot open file : $!");
        my @contents = <FILE>;
        close(FILE);

        #Cut trailing \n
        #
        chomp (@contents);

        #Return the array
        #
        return @contents;
}
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Program that calls on the sub

#!/usr/bin/perl5

use strict;
use warnings;

use HLDS;

my @games = HLDS::ReadFile(HL1, HL1.txt);

foreach my $game (@games) {
        print "$game\n";
}
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Here are the Errors when I don't quote the strings...

Bareword "HL1" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at ./games.pl li
+ne 8.
Bareword "HL1" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at ./games.pl li
+ne 8.
Bareword "txt" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at ./games.pl li
+ne 8.
Execution of ./games.pl aborted due to compilation errors (#1)
Uncaught exception from user code:
        Bareword "HL1" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at ./gam
+es.pl line 8.
Bareword "HL1" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at ./games.pl li
+ne 8.
Bareword "txt" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at ./games.pl li
+ne 8.
Execution of ./games.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
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Any thoughts...

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