[GAMBIT-UROPS-summon] GAMBIT IAP Offerings! Make Games, Play Games, and Watch Great Films this January!

[Richard Eberhardt]

Hi all -

GAMBIT and Comparative Media Studies have a number of courses, workshops, and fun sessions this IAP for anyone interested in games or film. Please forward this to anyone you might think is interested.

All of the info (times, dates, RSVP information) is at:
http://student.mit.edu/iap/nscms.html

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Want to: MAKE GAMES?

GAME DESIGN CHALLENGE: YOU'VE JUST GOT TWO STUDENTS AND A MICROPHONE 
Tue-Thu, Jan 18-20, 25-27, 11am-04:00pm, NE25-375, Lecture: 11am-1pm/Lab: 2pm-4pm

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. 

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Want to: MAKE LEVELS?

STARCRAFT 2 MAP EDITING 
Mon Jan 24, 11am-04:00pm, NE25-311, Lecture 11AM to Noon/Lab 12-4
Tue Jan 25, Wed Jan 26, 12-04:00pm, NE25-311

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. 

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Want to: PLAY GAMES?

PLAY STARCRAFT 2 

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 4-6 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. Good luck and have fun! 

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Want to: WATCH FILM?

THREE FILMS BY NOBUHIRO YAMASHITA

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. 

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOHN CARPENTER

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/ 

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Also, friends of the lab from the Education Arcade will be holding an info session about working with them as Game Masters for a game of theirs this Spring:

Become a Game Master for an Educational Alternate Reality Game! 
Jason Haas, Scot Osterweil 
Wed Jan 19, 04-06:00pm, E15-301


Go to the IAP website for more info and RSVP information:
http://student.mit.edu/iap/nscms.html

Rik Eberhardt
Studio Manager
Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab