DIY IAP: MIT Gaming from the Inside Out
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Update March 2012: MIT was ranked #2 school in the nation to study video game design by Princeton Review.
One product is a stream of games that you can download and play for free. Play a Gambit game—there are four featured games for download and 30 more prototypes to toy with.
Another result is understanding what is intriguing about games. Watch a recent video titled Marc LeBlanc's eight kinds of fun to learn about psychology of gaming.
During IAP, GAMBIT held a session to introduce this year's MIT Mystery Hunt, an annual puzzle competition, and hosted a night of problem solving. Relive the 2012 Mystery Hunt—and see the problems and the solutions.
The GAMBIT website is a cornucopia of game riches:
Listen to a podcast with Terri Brosius and Dan Thron, members of the highly influential Looking Glass Studios, pioneers of 3D first-person narrative game design.
Watch the GAMBIT Summer Summit 2011 closing keynote by Jeff Orkin of the MIT Media Lab and Cognitive Machines titled "Next Generation A.I. & Gameplay: Big Data, Big Opportunities."
Find out how to take part in the annual Summer Game Development Program For Undergraduates.
Beginning February 20, a new video exploring the origins and processes of developing each project will be posted on Mondays. Watch the trailer.
More about Games at MIT
- MIT is betting that games will be a key learning tool in the future. A new $3 million grant will support the MIT Education Arcade's development of a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) to help high school students learn math and biology.
- Learn how to play the Mercury Game, a negotiation simulation that is designed to teach people about the role of science in international environmental policy making
- Test your invention IQ with the Lemelson-MIT Program's interactive Brain Drain game and other games.
- The Tech reviews The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, released in December.
- Read earlier Slice posts on Flu Math Games and other Video Learning and Play Platform Wars, a Sloan simulation.