@MITGameLab

Exploring the Potential of Play at MIT!

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MIT's Independent Activities Period is a great time to try out new things. @MITstudents and others are welcome to join us for a 3-day workshop on all things Train Games, Jan 23-25, 11am-5pm each day. Registration is required, spaces are limited. calendar.mit.edu/event/iap_2…

IAP 2024: Train Game Workshop (Choo-Choo)

Join Mikael Jakobsson and Rik Eberhardt from the MIT Game Lab, together with train game industry insider Jason Begy for this three-session, non-credit playsploration of train-related board games....

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New Best of 2023 list includes @criticalplay & @hopfka's "Playing Oppression" and "Earlier" (published by @SemiotextePress). Thank you!
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The Best Books of 2023 ➡️ bit.ly/3RxxZje It won’t surprise PopMatters readers that many of our best books of 2023 are excavations of our increasingly clamorous culture. It wasn’t a year for escapism. #BestOf2023
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We were excited to be featured in MIT News yesterday! "Serious play at the MIT Game Lab" - news.mit.edu/2023/serious-pl…

Serious play at the MIT Game Lab

The MIT Game Lab helps students think critically about the games they’ve often been playing for years, and prepares them to engage in thoughtful design practices themselves.

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Exciting event for those thinking about games, play, and theme parks!
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Thanks all for coming out last night! Ya'll brought some exciting games & it was amazing seeing @SnoozyKazoo's Turnip Boy Robs a Bank on the huge screen! We can't wait to be back in the spring, huge thank you to our hosts @mitopenspace + @MITGameLab and sponsor @skymapgames 💖
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Our book is now available as a free download! Check it out here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mono…
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We've rolled back the PC version of "A Slower Speed of Light" that you can download from our website. It only supports keyboard/mouse but it's more stable on Windows. Mac and Linux downloads stay on the 2020 version, with controller support. gamelab.mit.edu/slower
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Demo night at @bostonindies in the @mitopenspace - test some games and get some pizza tonight ! – at Cambridge, MA
People playing video games outdoors at the Kendall Open Space

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Getting ready for a day-long workshop at @risd - “Playing Counter-Colonialism”. Looking forward to the prototyping and play session this afternoon! mailchi.mp/b461aeed1dcf/play… – at Providence, RI
Mikael Jakobsson next to first slide of talk “The Mechanics of Oppression and How to Subvert Them”

ALT Mikael Jakobsson next to first slide of talk “The Mechanics of Oppression and How to Subvert Them”

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Hosting @bostonindies again at @mitopenspace (1st time in-person since Feb 2020). Happy to have them here! They’ll be back next month with a Demo Night. – at Cambridge, MA
Various local Boston Indies sitting in the MIT Open Space and freezing in the April evening chill while listening to a fun panel!

ALT Various local Boston Indies sitting in the MIT Open Space and freezing in the April evening chill while listening to a fun panel!

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Anyone at #PAXeast - come play Promesa, a family board game designed at MIT Game Lab by the Popcicleta collective about Puerto Rico and the debt imposed by the US government, at the Unpub booth today from 2:30-6pm! arts.mit.edu/promesa-board-g… – at Boston, MA
Map of the tabletop area at PAX East with the Unpub booth highlighted - it’s near the queue room in the center of that row, next to Gamewright.

ALT Map of the tabletop area at PAX East with the Unpub booth highlighted - it’s near the queue room in the center of that row, next to Gamewright.

Promesa board game: a neoprene mat with an illustrated map of the archipelago of Puerto Rico, with game pieces (a rubber platform with plastic gems, and other gems on the board itself).

ALT Promesa board game: a neoprene mat with an illustrated map of the archipelago of Puerto Rico, with game pieces (a rubber platform with plastic gems, and other gems on the board itself).

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We’re live at #paxeast - @hopfka is ready to take on Promesa with you!
Promesa board (a neoprene May with an illustrated map of Puerto Rico) set up on a table with Mikael staring intently at it. A banner is beside him with artwork from the game and a QR code for the website popcicleta.org/promesa

ALT Promesa board (a neoprene May with an illustrated map of Puerto Rico) set up on a table with Mikael staring intently at it. A banner is beside him with artwork from the game and a QR code for the website popcicleta.org/promesa

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The artwork by @sodapopcomics is amazing when seen in person!
Closeup of promesa board and box (zoomed in view of Puerto Rico in greenfield on a blue background, with illustrations of Arecibo and other iconic locations)

ALT Closeup of promesa board and box (zoomed in view of Puerto Rico in greenfield on a blue background, with illustrations of Arecibo and other iconic locations)

Closeup of promesa banner (zoomed in view of Puerto Rico in greenfield on a blue background, with illustrations of Arecibo and other iconic locations). QR code points to Popcicleta.org/promesa for more information

ALT Closeup of promesa banner (zoomed in view of Puerto Rico in greenfield on a blue background, with illustrations of Arecibo and other iconic locations). QR code points to Popcicleta.org/promesa for more information

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Register for a webinar introducing the new #MITxPRO Professional Certificate in Game Design - webinar is Feb 13, 11am US-Eastern. emeritus.zoom.us/webinar/reg…
Two people working on a 3D game project together. Captioned MIT xPRO Professional Certificate in Game Design, 6 months, online

ALT Two people working on a 3D game project together. Captioned MIT xPRO Professional Certificate in Game Design, 6 months, online

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Happy new year and new book! You can preorder our new book (w/ @hopfka) Playing Oppression now!! amazon.com/Playing-Oppressio…

Playing Oppression: The Legacy of Conquest and Empire in Colonialist Board Games

Board games conjure up images of innocuously enriching entertainment: family game nights, childhood pastimes, cooperative board games centered around resource management and strategic play. Yet in...

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@EMERITUS_INST21 Dec 2022
Take a forward-thinking, inclusive approach to #gamedesign. Learn from MIT expert instructors who actively practice game design and conduct research in @MITGameLab emrt.us/mo-pcgd-tw-bp @MITxPRO #gamedevelopment
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GameLab researcher Dr. Mikael Jakobsson (@hopfka) presented some of his work on boardgames at this terrific event that brought scholars from across the Institute together (organized by Kat Cizek & @opendoclab): news.mit.edu/2022/worlding-g…

Using game engines and “twins” to co-create stories of climate futures

The inaugural WORLDING workshops at MIT matched world-class climate story teams with relevant labs and researchers across MIT.

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Special event, Nov. 30! @LupeFiasco presents “Rap Theory & Practice: an Introduction” (in-person @MIT and streamed) cmswm.it/3EFM4pB. It'll be "an exploration into the underlying fundamental functions, structures, and principles of rap." @MIT_SHASS @LITatMIT @ArtsatMIT
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Join CMS/W: Faculty openings for Native American Studies and Chinese Language and Culture cmswm.it/3Boqlj7

Faculty openings for Native American Studies and Chinese Language and Culture

Application deadline: November 1, 2022.

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