-- MichaelCurtis - 30 May 2009

Our First Friday: May 29, 2009

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ARG Workshop and Group Meetings

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Today was another early-starting day. We began with a tasty breakfast at 8:15am and then moved into the ARG (Affinity Research Groups) workshop at 8:30am. I feel like it was helpful for most people, but not to brag about Meyerhoff, but leadership and teamwork was drilled into us during our Summer Bridge. Nonetheless, it's necessary to have a refresher and the only way to have a concrete understanding of a subject is to be able to teach it, which is part of what we were required to do. Even though it ran from 8:30 to 1:30, it didn't seem overwhelming or overbearing at all. In fact, it seemed to pass really quickly.

During lunch today, which was more tasty than breakfast, our research group and mentors met to brainstorm, create and prioritize tasks. I hope I have an idea of what the project entails, but I feel like the digital game development should be the least important thing and we should focus on the communication between EEG and software. It's easy for gamers to get carried away by what they believe is a cool idea, even though they don't realize how long it could take to implement. If we are still going to have our first milestone be a blackjack game that can communicate with the EEG, we won't need a pro middleware game engine.

HamadiMcIntosh - 29 May 2009 - 14:00

I liked your idea for the hunting game.