MIT CMS.608 / CMS.864 Game Design, Fall 2010

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1.25×	17h 12m 19s
1.5×	14h 20m 16s
1.75×	12h 17m 22s
2×	10h 45m 12s

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Shortest33m 23s

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1	Lecture 2: Iterative Design	47:21	2025-09-16
2	Lecture 3: Where Do Game Ideas Come From?	48:43	2025-09-16
3	Lecture 4: Prototyping	33:23	2025-09-16
4	Lecture 5: Assignment 1 Brainstorming and Team Formation	1:18:24	2025-09-16
5	Lecture 6: The Social Function of Games	1:00:09	2025-09-16
6	Lecture 8: Strategy, Skill, and Chance, Part 1	1:30:07	2025-09-16
7	Lecture 9: Strategy, Skill, and Chance, Part 2	1:09:10	2025-09-16
8	Lecture 12: Knowing Your Players	1:12:14	2025-09-16
9	Lecture 18: Puzzles	1:15:18	2025-09-16
10	Lecture 19: Abstraction and Simulation	1:22:06	2025-09-16
11	Lecture 20: What is Intellectual Property?	58:57	2025-09-16
12	Lecture 21: Games as Teaching Tools	1:22:33	2025-09-16
13	Lecture 23: Creating Sequels	41:56	2025-09-16
14	Lecture 25: Fiction and Stories in Games	1:24:31	2025-09-16
15	Lecture 27: Games as Art	1:20:02	2025-09-16
16	Lecture 30: Clients for Assignment 3 Visit	1:26:06	2025-09-16
17	Lecture 31: Assignment 3 Brainstorming and Team Formation	48:20	2025-09-16
18	Lecture 32: Live Action Games	1:26:22	2025-09-16
19	Lecture 33: Ethics in Games	1:04:42	2025-09-16

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