Aware of how quickly the end of November will come, and also mindful of the time I must allow for researching and drafting the Research Report, I begin work immediately.
Actually this aspect is far from easy. I have avoided buying Grand Theft Auto V, knowing how much "research time" I invested in Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite earlier this year. The piratical pleasures of AC Black Flag will have to take a break in the Bahamas.
The Xbox tray *pings* excitedly when I accidentally brush it's oh so sensitive load button as I reach for the power socket. The revered disc of Skyrim rushes out to greet me like an overexcited cave bear cub... But, no.
I prepare for a more distant horizon now.
A First next Summer will secure my future self the reward of a Playstation 4; a gift from my girded self now to the Games Art and Design Graduate Victorious then.
We love the Art of Gaming, and we have to have knowledge of our fast evolving medium. Whenever I play a game I am constantly aware of the Art style and aesthetics of "the work", use of the virtual space and how it effects Gameplay, Navigation and flow. How 3d models are arranged, re-used, textured and lit. The mysterious hidden art of good UI design, only noticeable when exceptionally effective or terribly jarring.
How the design of the Gameplay and progression supports narrative, and vice versa, and at their most effective and emotionally enthrallling when they intermesh and both support the main themes and purpose of the piece.
Rivers of celluloid meander like treacle; the newer emerging forms of digital media are mercurial, living quicksilver moving out beyond the screen.
A student of Film surely has a similar dilemma, as does any Creative. How much time should be invested to appreciate and absorb the history and wider culture of fellow creatives? How to balance being aware of the background radiation with attending to the glowing embers in one's own hands?
For now then, I shall forge a new game with the Fire of Knowledge that burns in me.
Onwards...
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