1) What is the title of the book (fiction) you are currently reading?
I tend not to read books unless it is an absolute necessity which for many years I haven’t had to do which in my favour has been quite good seeing as I don’t tend to enjoy myself when I read.
2) What is the title/topic of the book (non-fiction) you are currently reading (or the last non-fiction book you read?
As I said before I don’t tend to read books if I don’t have to so I am not currently reading anything nor can I even possibly remember what the last non-fiction book I read.
3) What was the last live performance (music, drama or dance) you attended?
The last performance I attended was back in 2009 at the o2 academy in London to watch Neyo which was a birthday gift; it was a reasonable performance but got a tad bit boring towards the end.
4) What is the title of the last film you saw at the cinema/online or watched on DVD?
This would be The Blind Side which is on a true story on the life of an American football player called Michael Oher, which shows the struggles that he went through in his life to the point where he is at now in a professional career playing for the Baltimore Ravens as an OT (Offensive Tackle).
5) How often do you read the newspaper?
I would say I read a newspaper about once a week perhaps twice on a Saturday and a Sunday but its only for the purpose of reading the sports sections.
6) Which art gallery/ museum/ exhibition did you last visit?
The last exhibition I attended was Euro Gamer Expo in London’s Earls Court. It was a great day out to London with the opportunity to experience the gameplay of games that are yet to be released on general sale and to speak and to meet new people.
7) How many hours a week do you spend playing video games?
Now I don’t spend much time playing games because I don’t have the time to play games so I would say about 10 – 15 hours a week, but before I spent way too much time playing video games I would say in the reign of about 25-30 hours a week!
8) How many hours a week do you spend playing games other than video games?
To be honest 0 hours a week, I don’t tend to play traditional types of games such as board games when I have my Xbox 360 readily available to play whenever I want or if I get bored playing that then some sort of a game on my iPhone.
Hi Patricio,
ReplyDeleteYou may find reading fiction can be a useful source of inspiration for your work as a games designer, while non-fiction will help you get to grips with many of the practical and technical tasks that you will encounter on the course. There will also be regular reading tasks scheduled in a couple of the modules you are taking, so you'll soon get into the habit of posting your responses to those readings here, in your games studies blog.
Hi Patricio,
ReplyDeleteThere's a list of blog topics for Critical Games Studies in the module area of the Wolsey VLE. You can use this as a check-list to make sure you have covered all the key areas when you are updating your blog.