The best modern video and online games do more than entertain. They also teach–and give players a say in how they learn. MIT is a pioneer in this participatory, games-to-­educate approach, with a ...

Physicists and game developers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Game Lab have launched a video game that teaches players about relativity by slowing down the speed of light. A Slower ...

The place where the video game was invented more than 50 years ago now wants to teach teachers, entrepreneurs and students how to design games for learning — and it is hoping that the end result will ...

Students and researchers of the MIT Game Lab have released an open-source toolkit to simulate the visual effects of special relativity in games and graphics applications. Intended for game developers, ...

Caption: An MIT Game Lab prototype being demonstrated to a group of MIT students. Photo provided by MIT Game Lab. Caption: An MIT Game Lab prototype being demonstrated to a group of MIT students.

GamerGate has engulfed the Internet. It pits two factions against each other: The “gamers’’—people (mostly men) who see video games as part of their identity—claim they’re fighting for ethics in games ...

Another tidbit from Henry Jenkins' blog, and a quick update to my story on game schools: in the intervening months or so since my interviews with the MIT-Singapore International Game Lab crew, they've ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "The world described by Einstein's theory of special relativity is one not explored by many game ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uu7jA8EHi_0] Understanding relativity is hard but playing games is easy. What’s a physicist to do ...

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