Blog 12/13

At the beginning of the course I had no idea what "playing the whole game" really meant. But with the culmination of reading Hoekman's book, completion of projects and assignments, and as the weeks and lectures went by, I began to realize that "playing the whole game" is really an iterative process. It isn't about coming up with an idea and implementing it right away. It goes deeper than that. From the beginning stage of identifying the problem and what the users want and need to creating prototypes, testing them, and implementing the final concept are again all an iterative process. Completion of one of these steps is not considered "playing the whole game" but rather going through each step, continually refining your work, and improving upon your last idea are all components of "playing the whole game." Furthermore, "playing the whole game" is not done by a single individual. The game ought to be played with a team where there are other minds to bounce ideas and concepts off of. There has been a long-instilled phrase coined "the more the merrier" and, as cheesy as it may sound, can apply directly to the "playing the whole game" and HCI Design.

- Mik Patel