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Games by the Book: An Exhibit

Hayden Memorial Library 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge

The games showcased in this exhibit demonstrate that there is a wide variety of approaches one can follow in adapting literary works into games.

George Lakoff, “The Brain’s Politics: How Campaigns Are Framed and Why”

MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater 20 Ames Street, Cambridge

Everything we learn, know and understand is physical โ€” a matter of brain circuitry. This basic fact has deep implications for how politics is understood, how campaigns are framed, why conservatives and progressives talk past each other, and why progressives have more problems framing messages than conservatives do โ€” and what they can do about it.