I still have to come up with a good title..

Well today I was taking a break between the usual zombie slaughter and Combine massacre, so I decided to try something new: Go.

I had no idea about what Go was, until about 20 minutes ago, when I read this bit:
“Go is infamously difficult for computer programs to play well. While chess software has won against grandmasters, the best Go programs are routinely beaten by intermediate human players.“

The article linked to a separate site, built as an interactive manner to teach the game.
Step by step, the site provides flashy mini-applications that guide you through the basics (and I guess more advanced strategies) of the game, in a very light and straightforward manner.
Having decided that there was no way that I would have sit through the whole lesson cycle, I decided it was time to start my crusade of Go domination. Read the rest of this entry »

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