The UC Game Lab is an interdisciplinary institute dedicated to the teaching and research of playable media, including analog and digital games.
The UC Game Lab promotes engagement with playable and interactive media in teaching, research, and design. The Lab is a playable archive of analog and digital games in which to examine and understand the functions, essences, and effects of games and play.
10/14/2024
Please help us welcome Julia Bond Ellingboe to the The Charles Phelps Taft Research Center at UC on October 29th in a conversation with Kat Jones about worldbuilding and vampires!
Then you can catch Jay Africa running their Octavia Butler game adaptations on November 14-15!
01/21/2022
Interested in playing an RPG or perhaps a board game with the UC Game Lab this semester?
Fill out this form by January 31st and we'll include you!
UC Game Lab -- Spring 2022 Tabletop Gaming Event Survey Welcome! The UC Game Lab is an entity run by Dr. Evan Torner that organizes events, materials, and curriculum development opportunities related to games and playable media. This survey will help him coordinate Spring 2022 tabletop game sessions, which are both part of his course (FILM 2008 / 7005 Ga...
We're back in-person!
Drop by our open house in the Max Kade Center, 7th floor Old Chem, from 10 am - 2 pm for snacks and games!
09/27/2020
Tony Block Faux Skater, as featured on the UC Game Lab stream!
WINSTON'S WORLD, A short, self-reflexive platform game by Charles Harte, Hayden Schiff, Nick Klawitter, and Patsy Schomaeker, one of the excellent final projects from DMC 1000.
12/05/2019
UC Game Lab Open House
Wednesday December 11th
10 am - 4 pm
736 Old Chem (Max Kade Center)
Come play games, eat food, and take a study break!
Bring your own game prototypes if you have any!
08/28/2019
UC Game Lab invites you to:
OPEN GAMING
Every Friday through December 6
Langsam Library 4th Floor STRC
1-4 pm
(Video games, board games, card games, RPGs, etc.)
05/30/2019
Missing Game of Thrones? Check Out the Board Game in the STRC The Student Technology Resources Center (STRC), located on the fourth floor of the Walter C. Langsam Library, has collaborated with the UC Gaming Club to be named an official Game Lab. As such, the ST
04/28/2019
Come join us for our semi-annual Open House!
Wednesday May 1, 2019
10 am - 4 pm
736 Old Chem
04/06/2019
UC Game Lab at the Bicentennial Day Open House!
11/21/2018
UC Game Lab Open House!
December 12th, Max Kade Center
Refreshments provided.
Come learn about Game Design and Game Studies at UC, and bring any game projects you've been working on!