This relatively unknown industry has been able to introduce complex skills and work around structural gaps and obstacles to create the foundations for a potentially viable technology and creative industry.
Podcast: Philip Jones, “Gaming in Color”
A discussion of Gaming in Color, a full-length documentary of the story of the queer gaming community, gaymer culture and events, and the rise of LGBTQ themes in video games.
Philip Jones: “Gaming in Color”
Gaming in Color is a full length documentary of the story of the queer gaming community, gaymer culture and events, and the rise of LGBTQ themes in video games.
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.
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?”
Todd Harper: “Fight Like Gentlemen: The Culture of Fighting Games”
A talk on the fighting game community, its spiritual and physical roots in the arcade, common practices, and how issues of ethnicity and gender collide.
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.
