CMS.300/CMS.841  Intro to Videogame Theory

Final Presentation Schedule

Instructions: Each student will have exactly 7 minutes to present their analysis. There is no time for any technical presentation aids. All the presentations will be made to the whole class in room 4-153. I strongly urge everyone to attend all sessions. You can learn both from each other's presentation and feedback.

- Wed, May 7
Aparicio, Amanda M.
Bhandari, Nishchal
Charles, Garron M.
Chew, Richard E.
Coffrin, Jane S.
Dorleans, Rosemond G.
Enstad, Brady J.
Gonzalez, Daniel J.

- Mon, May 12
Green, Ari M.
Karelina, Maria
LaPenta, Bethany A.
Larson, Dion
Lima, Nicholas D.
Martinez, Germain
Ng, Kevin Y.
Root,Johnathon R.

- Wed, May 14
Shah, Nikki A.
Smith, Austin Wade
Straznickas, Zygimantas
Suarez, Aaron O.
Taylor, Hannah C.
Thomas, Shawn M.
Wagner, Travis L.
Yates, Taylor Reid

Announced on 30 April 2014  1:38  p.m. by Mikael Jakobsson

Cardboard Jam at MIT, May 3 & 4 - registration free for MIT students

Join us the weekend of May 3 & 4 for Cardboard Jam! Over these two days, participants will form teams to make non-digital games using simple materials: paper, pencil, cards, and board.
http://gamelab.mit.edu/event/cardboard-jam/

This weekend is a practice session to exercise your creativity in game design and your skills in iteration and play testing. It is designed to be beneficial to both novice and experienced game designers. No prior experience is necessary!

This event is open to the public. Registration is $20 (free for current MIT Students).

Register for the Game Jam today!
http://gamelab.mit.edu/event/cardboard-jam/

Rik Eberhardt
Studio Manager - MIT Game Lab
Comparative Media Studies | Writing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
http://gamelab.mit.edu
Twitter: @MITGameLab

Announced on 23 April 2014  1:44  p.m. by Mikael Jakobsson

Wednesday April 23 Lecture

Hi students! Please note that there is no lecture on Monday next week, instead we will have a lecture on Wednesday April 23, so all students should come to room 4-153. You do not have to prepare keywords for the reading and the videos, but come prepared to discuss the topic.

/mj

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Mikael Jakobsson, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
CMS | MIT Game Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Announced on 17 April 2014  1:21  p.m. by Mikael Jakobsson

Friday Games With Ste Curran March 14 @ 4:00 pm

Ste Curran is visiting the MIT Game Lab to give us a taste of his unique style of game related storytelling by reading his story The Queen to us, as well as showing his soon to be released game Karaokards which recently was successfully funded on Kickstarter.

Come join us at MIT in building 26, room 153 or watch online on our Twitch.TV channel.

More info: http://gamelab.mit.edu/event/friday-games-karaokards/

Announced on 12 March 2014  1:54  p.m. by Mikael Jakobsson

Henry Jenkins Returns

Henry Jenkins, the author of one of this week's readings gives a talk at MIT tomorrow. All info here:
http://cmsw.mit.edu/event/henry-jenkins-returns/

Announced on 05 March 2014  4:19  p.m. by Mikael Jakobsson