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Author: Philip Tan

Philip Tan is the creative director for the MIT Game Lab. He teaches CMS.608 Game Design and CMS.611J/6.073J Creating Video Games at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For the past 6 years, he was the executive director for the US operations of the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, a game research initiative. He complements a Master's degree in Comparative Media Studies with work in Boston's School of Museum of Fine Arts, the MIT Media Lab, WMBR 88.1FM and the MIT Assassins' Guild, the latter awarding him the title of "Master Assassin" for his live-action roleplaying game designs. He also founded a DJ crew at MIT.

Friday Games: The Yawhg

By Philip Tan Posted on October 18, 2013 Posted in Events
Friday Games: The Yawhg

This Friday we’ll be playing a “hot potato narrative party game”, The Yawhg! The Yawhg started as a project developed for TIFF Nexus’ Comics vs. Games showcase. Game developer, Damian Sommer, was paired up with comic artist, Emily Carroll, due …

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Friday Games: Europa Universalis IV

By Philip Tan Posted on October 11, 2013 Posted in Events
Friday Games: Europa Universalis IV

In 1492, Columbus created the four-day weekend. (MIT students don’t have classes this coming Monday and Tuesday!) I’ve been meaning to check out Europa Universalis IV since it came out in August. Having been thoroughly baffled by Victoria and EU3 …

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Friday Games: Puppeteer

By Philip Tan Posted on October 3, 2013 Posted in Events
Friday Games: Puppeteer

We’re back! After a long summer and BostonFIG, Friday Games returns to the MIT Game Lab. Join us at 4pm ET in MIT room 26-153 or on our Twitch live stream at http://twitch.tv/mitgamelab. This week, we’ll be looking at Puppeteer, …

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Friday Games: Hokra

By Philip Tan Posted on May 16, 2013 Posted in Events
Friday Games: Hokra

This Friday, the MIT Game Lab will be hosting our most important annual sporting event plus casual end-of-term study break, the International Hokra Association Northeast Regional Championships! Starting on May 17th at 5pm, we will be in a much larger …

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We’re hosting @party this June – New England’s Demoparty!

By Philip Tan Posted on May 13, 2013 Posted in Events Tagged with demo, demoscene, old school
We’re hosting @party this June – New England’s Demoparty!

For the weekend of June 14th, we’ll be hosting the 2013 edition of @party in the Stata Center at MIT! We’ve been a consistent sponsor and attendee of this annual demo party, showcasing a culture of creative computing that is …

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Friday Games: Monaco and Hokra Practice

By Philip Tan Posted on May 10, 2013 Posted in Events
Friday Games: Monaco and Hokra Practice
What's Yours Is Mine

Are you ready for a 4-player afternoon? Want to get a bit of Hokra practice before the tournament next week? Or having trouble rounding up that last member for a big heist? Join us at the MIT Game Lab this …

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Friday Games: QUILTBAG Jam Recap!

By Philip Tan Posted on April 12, 2013 Posted in Events
Friday Games: QUILTBAG Jam Recap!
Picture by Brian Kokernak

Photo by Brian Kokernak Last weekend’s QUILTBAG Jam was a big success, with a larger turnout (and some returning jammers) from the first Gayme Jam we hosted in 2012. There were also several jammers submitting games from remote sites, adding …

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Friday Talks: Televisual Sports Videogames (Abe Stein!)

By Philip Tan Posted on April 3, 2013 Posted in Events
Friday Talks: Televisual Sports Videogames (Abe Stein!)

Instead of Friday Games this week, we’re going to lend our support (and remote scrutiny) to Abe Stein, dauntless audio director, blogger, and grad student at the MIT Game Lab! On April 5th, he will give a short presentation on …

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Friday Games: FTL Faster Than Light

By Philip Tan Posted on March 27, 2013 Posted in Events
Friday Games: FTL Faster Than Light

FTL is an indie game that brings to life everything we know about space travel: targeting engines, redirecting power to shields, evacuating airlocks, teleporting away teams. This starship-management game was an early Kickstarter success and is now a critically-acclaimed example …

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Friday Games: Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm

By Philip Tan Posted on March 14, 2013 Posted in Events
Friday Games: Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm

StarCraft II just had its first expansion pack (remember those?) featuring new units and a new campaign, plus a good number of community features that both reflect the state of eSports and hearken back to the Battle.net of the ’90s. …

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