Presidential Photos

I attended the Presidential photo talk close to two weeks ago, and although we don't have class this Thursday it's probably about time I posted about it. The speaker was Eric Draper and he basically discussed some of his experiences photographing President G. W. Bush. He covered some funny moments, when he first started he had accidentally gotten caught up in Clinton's motorcade at the inauguration. And some serious moments, when the President committed troops to Iraq and 9/11.

I actually enjoyed the talk a lot, it was more enlightening to see the President as an average person at times. In addition, Mr. Draper discussed how he moved to a digital archive, and rotated pictures he had taken throughout the weeks in some room or hallway in the white house.

- I didn't have a camera, so no-go on the image verification that I was there Dr. Louis.

Lagoon/LagoonCraft

Many games are military simulations, including Lagoon which Dr. Louis presented on Thursday. They need to be designed to be realistic, so anyone interested in the results of the scenario can evaluate themselves or others. But they also need to be fun to play, in the case of Lagoon students can actually play Lagoon on their own time and improve on previous experiences.

Lagoon covers the serious games aspect well, it's both fun to play (at least initially) but it serves its purpose as an AI interface for instructors.

As I've worked with Lagoon/LagoonCraft before I knew its purpose and how it related to games. What I did learn was everyone's views on Lagoon from an art and journalism standpoint.