Critical Games Design lesson 1 Interviewer questions
What is the title of the book (fiction) you are currently reading (or the last fiction book you read)?
The last fiction book that I read was Enid Blytons's The Faraway Tree. It was a fantastic and enchanting story about a magic land up in a tree.
What is the title/topic of the book (non fiction) you are currently reading (or the last non fiction book you read)?
The last non-fiction books I read was Stephen Hawkins A Briefer History Of Time. A fantastic insight into the inner workings of the universe
What was the last live performance you attended?
The last live performance I saw was Dragonforce in leeds. They are a Heavy Metal band well known for their song Through Fire and Flames on the xbox game guitar hero.
What is the title of the last film that you saw at the cinema/online or watched on DVD?
The last film I watched was 21 Jump Street. A great comedy with lots of laughs where two old high school students become unlikely friends and join the police force.
How often do you read a newspaper?
I dont read a newspaper however I do watch the news everyday
Which art gallery/museum/exhibition did you last visit?
The last exhibition I visited was Eurogamer Expo at Earls Court
How many hours a week do you spend playing computer games?
Currently including weekends is around 50 hours
How many hours a week do you spend playing games other than video games?
Well as of now I have joined the course gaming society where we play fantasy card games and other board games so around 5 hours
Hi Jason,
ReplyDeleteFifty hours a week is a massive investment of time (a 35 hour week full time job pales in comparison!). The student-led gaming group that meets on a Wednesday may offer some balance with some other gaming-related activities.
Well Eddy as you can see that blog was posted about 3 weeks ago so on that date the work load wasn't as it is now. Thank you for criticising me on my answer to my question. I am well aware of the gaming societies extra gaming activities even at the date of this blog you can see that in answering the last question I attend the weekly meeting. So since then the workload at university has increased my gaming time has now decreased plus as you can see later in my blog I have spent many hours in my own time doing valuable research on relevant topics needed for my modules.
ReplyDeleteHi Jason,
ReplyDeleteI can see you are blogging prolifically, and the blog will provide you with a useful repository of the ideas you have developed, games you have worked on and responses to various readings, study-visits and other activities over the course of the year. Obviously, if you continue to make blog posts during the second and third year of the course, the blog will even more useful a record.
That said, however, there doesn't appear to be many entries related to the material covered in the Introduction to Critical Games Studies module: if you look back over your notes from the last few weeks you'll see that several of the sessions have a related blog task (for example, in week two, the blog task asked you to identify games that correspond with Caillois' games categories; the blog task associated with the library resources session asked you compile a short bibliography).
Do, please, look back over your notes and ensure that the blog is complete in terms of the topics covered on the Introduction to Critical Games Studies module.