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 ...

A group of researchers in MIT’s Education Arcade are trying to harness the power of MMO games to teach high school students to think like scientists and mathematicians. Their game, The Radix Endeavor, ...

A bite-sized computer game exploring the effects of Einstein's special theory of relativity is the first output from the MIT Game Lab made available online. In A Slower Speed of Light, the player ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has released a first-person game that helps showcase science with entertainment. Called A Slower Speed of Light, this visually-stimulating game centers around ...

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 ...

In China, city development through effective planning and real estate investment is serious business, but learning about it can be fun and games. Thanks to a new approach developed at MIT, a game ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.