In this talk, Dartmouth’s Mary Flanagan reveals how games can be sources of deep human inquiry and introspection.
Global Game Jam 2014 at MIT
The Global Game Jam is the world’s largest game jam event taking place around the world at physical locations, a 48-hour a hackathon focused on game development.
Push Button Game Jam
Students who attend will form teams and create design and technical prototypes that will eventually become full fledged games by the end of the month.
MIT Alumni in the Game Industry
The MIT Game Lab has invited a number of local MIT alumni in the game industry to talk about their experiences entering the industry.
Podcast and liveblog: Mary Flanagan
When it comes to games, Mary Flanagan asks, “how do we move people to be an effective force for change, for their own welfare and the welfare of others?”
Podcast and Liveblog: Todd Harper, “The Culture of Digital Fighting Games”
The culture of fighting games — digital games of competitive martial arts-style combat—is one of the most interesting and contentious of gamer subcultures.
MIT Overseer Observer Mod for StarCraft 2
The MIT Overseer project aims to provide casters with real-time graphics to help them tell the story of a game while it is in progress.
