July 2018
Boston Indies: July, Lecture TBA
The MIT Game Lab is happy to host the Boston Indies group this July for their monthly meeting. This month features a lecture, TBA when details come in.
Find out more »August 2018
Play Labs 2018 Demo Day
Come join us for Play Labs' Demo Day @ MIT, a playful tech accelerator hosted by the MIT Game Lab. Batch 2 consists of 10 startups working with playful tech, including VR/AR/AR/esports for entertainment, gaming, and business applications.
Find out more »Boston Indies: August Demo Night
Sponsored by the MIT Game Lab
The MIT Game Lab is happy to host the Boston Indies group this August for their monthly meeting. This month features their regular Demo Night
Find out more »September 2018
Boston Indies: September, Lightning Talks
The MIT Game Lab is happy to host the Boston Indies group this September for their monthly meeting. This month features a round of 'Lightning Talks' - short talks, rants, or raves from members of the Boston Indies communities about topics that are important to them.
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BostonFIG Fest 2018
Sponsored by the MIT Game Lab The Boston Festival of Indie Games is a celebration of independent game development with emphasis on the New England and neighboring regions. The Boston Festival of Indie Games seeks to support and showcase the efforts of independent game developers by providing an inclusive, safe, family-friendly event that encourages attendees to share and interact with games in various media, from video games to tabletop games and beyond. The Boston Festival of Indie Games is focused …
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Find out more »October 2018
Boston Indies: October, Gwen Frey “The Secret to Success in Indie Games”
The MIT Game Lab is happy to host the Boston Indies group this September for their monthly meeting. In this talk The Molasses Flood Founder and CFO Gwen Frey outlines her strategy for starting an indie studio and launching a successful indie game. She will use examples from her experience co-founding The Molasses Flood, detailing what worked and what didn't work for their team as they built their studio and launched their flagship title The Flame in The Flood.
Find out more »November 2018
Boston Indies: November, Demo/Hack Night
The MIT Game Lab is happy to host the Boston Indies group this September for their monthly meeting. This month features a round of 'Lightning Talks' - short talks, rants, or raves from members of the Boston Indies communities about topics that are important to them.
Find out more »January 2019
IAP 2019: Discotheque Music and Technology
IAP class: The disk jockey - selector, crate digger, musical host, turntablist. This seminar looks at the evolution of music, technologies, and practices of the modern discotheque. Join us every Thursday afternoon for hip-shaking vibes and music in the Lewis Music Library!
Find out more »IAP 2019: Board Games and Counter Colonialism in the Americas
IAP Class, limited enrollment: What messages and ideologies are embedded in the games we play, why does it matter, and how can we do better? In this two day workshop, we will look at contemporary board games with colonialist themes set in the Americas. We will discuss and play the games using a critical postcolonial lens in order to see how we can understand the function of these cultural artifacts in a greater political context. We will look at problematic issues which are prevalent in current commercial games, but we will also look at examples of counter-colonialist games.
Find out more »IAP 2019: Discotheque Music and Technology
IAP class: The disk jockey - selector, crate digger, musical host, turntablist. This seminar looks at the evolution of music, technologies, and practices of the modern discotheque. Join us every Thursday afternoon for hip-shaking vibes and music in the Lewis Music Library!
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