Posts about events held at the MIT Game Lab, such as our weekly Friday Games play sessions, public lectures, and workshops.
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
We’re hosting @party this June – New England’s Demoparty! Read more »
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 …
To continue yesterday’s thread of thinking about diversity in games, I wanted to do a little looking back on April’s QUILTBAG Jam, thinking about how the event went down and the games that came out of it. I want to …
What happens when you bring together role playing, tactical combat, advanced weapon customization, the cold depths of space, and tall tales? Oh, and a whole lot of enemies? Andrew Grant, our Technical Director, will be talking about and playing the …
The IHA Northeast Regional Chapmionships When: Friday May 17th, 5PM Where: MIT Sloan Laboratory 35-225 That’s right! The IHA Northeast Regional Championships are BACK! Last year, Ramiro Corbetta and Robert Yang took home the title and donned the Hokra …
IHA Northeast Regional Championships, May 17th 5PM Read more »
Due to campus closures, Friday Games is postponed to next Friday, April 26. What do you get when you mix Metroid, Castlevania, lucha libre, a bunch of internet references, brightly-colored papercraft-looking graphics, a dash of Mexican culture, and a lot …
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 …