MIT Game Lab

Empty front of a classroom with banner image for the event on the screen and a few people on the right side.

Lecture hall in the Stata Center filled with great folks from the local gamedev community

Glad to host @bospostmortem.bsky.social this month and speaker, @annamegill.com talk about Game Writing tonight. (At least one of us at the lab is a huge Threshold Kids fan).

Board game Promesa on a table ready for you to come play with us!

Find us at table G2 - we’re here until close!

Image of Promesa board game: a blue play mat featuring an illustration of the archipelago of Puerto Rico on top of which is a dark blue silicon tarp (an upside down bit bowl) with an array of multicolored gems balanced on top and spread over the mat.

Learn more about the game at
www.mjson.net/promesa

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And this Sunday, we'll be at Boston FIG with our cooperative boardgame about the debt crisis in Puerto Rico, Promesa! Come to the Cyclorama in Boston and play our game with us!
www.bostonfig.com/festival-2025/

We're excited to host special guests Sherria Ayuandini and @gregisonthego.bsky.social who will join @hopfka.bsky.social and Rilla Khaled in a discussion about the role of games in challenging diplomatic hegemonies.

We have partnered with MIT's Global Humanities Initiative to explore games, play, and systems across deep time and deep space. Join our forum on Friday, Dec 12 @ 10am (US-Eastern) to learn about our projects. comparativeglobalhumanities.mit.edu/5th-mit-glob...

We’re playing Daybreak and CO2: Second Chance after the talk.

Zoom call with Matt Leacock, sharing short video clips of how the game works).

Started with a talk about the design of Daybreak by Matt Leacock! We are very appreciative of his time. (Video will be posted later this month).

Conference room with Daybreak (board game) set up in front and audience listening to Matt Leacock talk to us!

Excited to run a Climate Game workshop with MIT’s System Awareness Lab & Scheller Teacher Education Program today! We’re critiquing and playing #boardgames that imagine #climate futures.

Mixing beats, history, and technology MIT research scientist, game designer, DJ, and alumnus Philip Tan teaches the course CMS.303/803/21M.365 (DJ History, Technique, and Technology) at MIT.

Our researcher and designer, Philip Tan, profiled in MIT News on his work in DJ culture and technology news.mit.edu/2025/mixing-...

IAP 2025: Playing Workers – Worker Representation and Resistance in Board Games Worker placement games are beloved by modern board gamers. The act of placing cubes or discs in factories or farms to increase production and profit is certainly enticing, but what do the workers want...

Today at 10am EST, our @hopfka.bsky.social talks with Striking Flint and Heading Forward designer @johndubois.bsky.social about his work in #boardgames. More details (including Zoom link) here calendar.mit.edu/event/playin... (sponsored by MIT Morningside Academy for Design)

IAP 2025: Playing Workers – Worker Representation and Resistance in Board Games Worker placement games are beloved by modern board gamers. The act of placing cubes or discs in factories or farms to increase production and profit is certainly enticing, but what do the workers want...

Talking about "Playing Workers" at the #mitgamelab and Morningside Academy for Design. Fingers crossed my recording setup works - hope to post them next week! #boardgames calendar.mit.edu/event/playin... (John du Bois talks with us tomorrow at 10am)

IAP 2025: Playing Workers – Worker Representation and Resistance in Board Games Worker placement games are beloved by modern board gamers. The act of placing cubes or discs in factories or farms to increase production and profit is certainly enticing, but what do the workers want...

Board game playing event - Playing Workers: worker representation and resistance, Jan 30 & 31 calendar.mit.edu/event/playin...

Query the Quandary: A Game Writing Workshop When storyboarding a game, how do you create interesting problems that really make your players go “hmm”? How do you write a conflict that is both fun and challenging? At Query the Quandary, you will...

Writing workshop around dilemmas in video games - a preview of our current research work for MIT undergrads calendar.mit.edu/event/query-...

Assassin's Guild has a big 10-day LARP, Jan 24-Feb 2 - superheroes and supervillains will be spotted around campus assassin.mit.edu/web/Games_of...

Make Noise Jam Four weeks of music and making! Live jamming • Guest speaker • Workshops We invite all MIT community members tojoin us and learn how to cobble simple circuits, microprocessors, and playful interf...

Make Noise Jam - 4 weeks of music and making (we've got a guest speaker this Wednesday - drop in and play with us!) calendar.mit.edu/event/make-n...

MIT Mystery Hunt / Puzzle Club The MIT Mystery Hunt is an internationally renowned puzzle competition which takes place every January on MIT campus and attracts hundreds of participants from all over the world.

Mystery Hunt - 4 days of puzzle solving starts Jan 17 puzzles.mit.edu

Short thread of a ton of fun and playful activities for MIT Students and Community members this IAP (Independent Activities Period - our January/Winter semester).

MIT Mystery Hunt / Puzzle Club The MIT Mystery Hunt is an internationally renowned puzzle competition which takes place every January on MIT campus and attracts hundreds of participants from all over the world.

The MIT Mystery Hunt starts in 4 days! puzzles.mit.edu

Philip tan (right) at a table talking to students (3 pictured) about playing with musical toys. A couple stylophones are on the table.

View of the full Voxel Lab with a bunch of synthesizers in the foreground (mostly Korg equipment) and a table with 15+ students around it listening to Philip talk about playing with musical toys.

First session of our Make Noise Jam #mitiap event hosted by @mitgamelab.bsky.social & the MIT Voxel Lab - Philip Tan starts us out by playing some Otomatone & Stylophones at us!

Was exciting to have our Open Houses featured at MIT News yesterday! news.mit.edu/2023/serious...