Become a Game Master for an Educational Alternate Reality Game!
Jason Haas, Scot Osterweil
Wed Jan 19, 04-06:00pm, E15-301
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None, but prior CMS or Teacher Education courses helpful
Join fellow MIT undergraduates to learn more about an exciting UROP opportunity for Spring 2011. The MIT Education Arcade will be debuting its first Curated Game, connecting middle schoolers to the scientists and museums of the Smithsonian Institution, and we need student Game Masters. This event is informational about the nature of the game and the work for the semester. You'll see student work already done for the game and learn more about this exciting opportunity!
Contact: Jason Haas, E15-309, (617) 715-4052, jhaas@MIT.EDU
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Game Design Challenge: You've Just Got Two Students and a Microphone
Rik Eberhardt, Sara Verrilli, Clara Fernandez-Vara, Abe Stein
Tue-Thu, Jan 18-20, 25-27, 11am-04:00pm, NE25-375, Lecture: 11am-1pm/Lab: 2pm-4pm
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2011
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: "Geared for Freshmen and Sophomores."
Have you ever wanted to make a video game but didn't know where to start? This class will provide the tools and instruction required to create what we're calling a 'one-button audio game'. Students in the class will work in pairs to create one game using an engine created at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab codenamed 'Click to Speak'. As part of the challenge, the games are audio only and only using sounds produced with a simple microphone.
The class is scheduled to run for two weeks. Each week consists of 6 hours of lecture and guided work time, with 3 or more additional hours of lab time. Topics covered in lectures include: game design, writing dialog for games, designing characters and themes, recording audio, and developing for the one-button audio game engine, 'Click to Speak'. The games will be featured and available for download from the GAMBIT website at the end of the two weeks (but the students will own the work created).
Participants should be Freshmen or Sophomores at MIT, Harvard, or Wellesley who are interested in designing games but have not yet had the chance to do so. No programming experience is required. Lecture 11am to 1pm/Lab 2pm to 4pm
Contact: Rik Eberhardt, NE25-383, x4-2173, reberhar@mit.edu
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Is This On? (Learn To Be a College DJ)
Generoso Fierro
Mon Jan 10, 06-07:30pm, 50-030, Walker Memorial Basement/WMBR
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Signup by: 10-Jan-2011
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Checking levels, making a segue, cueing vinyl (vinyl-what's that?)
Get to know your campus radio station (WMBR) as DJ Generoso teaches you various skills of doing a radio show. Then, learn some history of WMBR (the first punk rock radio show in the USA), have a tour of the station and obtain membership information.
Freshly baked cookies and milk will be provided because Andy would've wanted it that way.
OPEN ONLY TO WMBR Students, Staff and Faculty.
Contact: Generoso Fierro, 13-2090, x3-5965, generoso@mit.edu
Cosponsor: WMBR Radio
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Play StarCraft 2
Philip Tan
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
In IAP, students will be creating maps for Blizzard Entertainment's real-time strategy game, StarCraft 2. (See the "StarCraft 2 Map Editing" IAP course for details.) Play their creations and give them vital feedback while crushing your enemies! From January 24th to January 26th from 3-5 PM, come to the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab above Legal Sea Foods in Kendall and play a couple of matches against other students. This IAP series will culminate on January 27th with a multiplayer tournament based entirely on the new maps from NOON-6PM! Good luck and have fun!
Join us at 4PM on Tuesday and Wednesday for pro-gamer analysis of the new maps with Sean Plott a.k.a. Day [9], the 2007 WCG Starcraft Pan American Champion and host of Day [9] Daily online show!
Contact: Generoso Fierro, NE25-385, x3-5038, generoso@mit.edu
Philip Tan
Mon Jan 24, 03-05:00pm, NE25-311, FREE PLAY!
Philip Tan
Tue Jan 25, 03-05:00pm, NE25-311, FREE PLAY!
Philip Tan
Wed Jan 26, 03-05:00pm, NE25-311, FREE PLAY!
Philip Tan
This IAP series will culminate on January 27th with a multiplayer tournament based entirely on the new maps!
Thu Jan 27, 12-06:00pm, NE25-311, TOURNAMENT!
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StarCraft 2 Map Editing
Philip Tan
Mon Jan 24, 11am-03:00pm, NE25-311, Lecture 11AM to Noon/LAB 12-3
Tue Jan 25, 12-03:00pm, NE25-311, LAB 12-3PM
Tue Jan 25, 04-05:00pm, NE25-311, Day [9] Guest Discussion
Wed Jan 26, 12-03:00pm, NE25-311, LAB 12-3PM
Wed Jan 26, 04-05:00pm, NE25-311, Day [9] Guest Discussion
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2011
Limited to 10 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Enjoy StarCraft 2 but getting bored with the basic Blizzard maps? Have a great idea for a complex single-player mission, or do you just want to whip up a weird arena for your friends? GAMBIT US Executive Director Philip Tan presents a basic introduction to the StarCraft 2 Galaxy Map Editor by Blizzard entertainment. After the talk, students are invited to create their own maps on their own laptops or in the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab.
Interested students are also encouraged to check out the "Play StarCraft 2" IAP offering and help playtest the new maps!
Join us at 4PM on Tuesday and Wednesday for a live-stream discussion with Sean Plott a.k.a. Day [9] (2007 WCG Starcraft Pan American Champion and host of the Day [9] Daily online show)
Contact: Generoso Fierro, Ne25-385, x3-5038, generoso@mit.edu
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The Life and Death of John Carpenter: A Film Symposium
Michael Rapa, Rik Eberhardt
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
As the annual "Life and Death" film symposium enters its second year we set our site on famed director John Carpenter. Through this symposium we will follow John Carpenter as he tackles most cinematic genres, meshes some of them together and even helped to kick-start a new one. From comedy, to horror, to drama, and to camp join us as we follow the directorial life and death of John Carpenter. This series is all about the films. There will be a brief introduction explaining how a particular film fits into the series, but we are mostly here to watch great movies. Candy provided, feel free to bring your dinner with you.
Web: http://michaelrapa.com/IAP/
Contact: Michael Rapa, NE25-383, (617) 324-8972, mrapa@MIT.EDU
Dark Star
Michael Rapa, Rik Eberhardt
Mon Jan 3, 06:30-09:30pm, 32-141
Assault on Precinct 13
Michael Rapa, Rik Eberhardt
Wed Jan 5, 06:30-09:30pm, 32-155
The Fog
Michael Rapa, Rik Eberhardt
Mon Jan 10, 06:30-09:30pm, 32-141
Escape from New York
Michael Rapa, Rik Eberhardt
Wed Jan 12, 06:30-09:30pm, 32-141
Starman
Michael Rapa, Rik Eberhardt
Mon Jan 17, 06:30-09:30pm, 32-155
The Thing
Michael Rapa, Rik Eberhardt
Wed Jan 19, 06:30-09:30pm, 32-155
Big Trouble in Little China
Michael Rapa, Rik Eberhardt
Mon Jan 24, 06:30-09:30pm, 32-155
They Live
Michael Rapa, Rik Eberhardt
Wed Jan 26, 06:30-09:30pm, 32-155
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Three Films by Nobuhiro Yamashita
Generoso Fierro
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
One of the most exciting young directors to emerge from Japan in recent years, Nobuhiro Yamashita scored an international hit in 2005 with "Linda, Linda, Linda," a comic drama about a schoolgirl band whose lead singer drops out just before a big school festival. Since then, Yamashita has directed a segment of "Ten Nights Of Dreams" (Yume jû-ya) based on the series of short stories by Natsume Sōseki. The bizarrely comedic crime drama "The Matsugane Potshot Affair" (Matsugane ransha jiken) and the superb coming of age film, "A Gentle Breeze in the Village" (Tennen kokekko). All three films and his segment of "Ten Nights of Dreams" will show on consecutive nights for FREE! NO SIGNUP REQUIRED! ALL FILMS WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
Contact: Generoso Fierro, NE25-385, x3-5038
Linda Linda Linda (w short The Eighth Dream)
Generoso Fierro
TONIGHT'S SCREENING:
LINDA LINDA LINDA (2005)
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VXqG7rwSDI&feature=related
(with additional screening of The Eighth Dream from Ten Nights of Dreams)
Thu Jan 6, 07-09:00pm, E51-151, Film starts promptly at 7PM
The Matsugane Potshot Affair
Generoso Fierro
TONIGHT'S SCREENING:
The Matsugane Potshot Affair (2006) - Matsugane ransha jiken -
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOZisAORLOo (no English subtitle trailer available)
Fri Jan 7, 07-09:00pm, E51-151, STARTS PROMPTLY AT 7PM
A Gentile Breeze In The Village
Generoso Fierro
TONIGHT'S SCREENING:
A Gentile Breeze In The Village (2007) - Tennen kokekkô
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49G2IIgVank&feature=related
Sat Jan 8, 07-09:00pm, E51-151, STARTS PROMPTLY AT 7PM
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