The Art Of Gaming

Completing my first year of college was a significant part of my life and I feel like I have improved on many skills that will help me in the future. Time management was something that I really struggled with when it came to secondary school. I would constantly do my homework last minute and I had no motivation whatsoever when it came to studying for tests. I sense that being in college has shaped my time management skills since the projects / assignments are right up my alley.  I have been using some strategies to help me with my time management like writing down checklists, and keeping a journal with all my due dates in it. For this semester I'm most likely going to procrastinate less after that long break we had, I was constantly bored and I needed to keep myself busy and now I have exactly that!  For Multimedia I feel like working ahead will keep me occupied, I'm doing it right now and I don't feel like i've wasted any time so I'm going to try and keep that posi...

First week of college is done and dusted, So far this module has given everyone an opportunity to connect with each other online especially when it comes to twitter and slack. People are sharing their blogs on twitter and I've had two people comment on my blog through the app which is fantastic. I've talked with my college friends back and forth on what we can do with our blogs to make them more aesthetically pleasing and i've already dabbled with the blogger HTML after learning about it in first year! One of the technology tools Shaun recommended was bookmarking important websites or images that we have used in our blogs which I did! So far I have an article that I read on Growth Mindset bookmarked in my browser and I'm starting to use Pinterest to get my brain going when it comes to new ideas and creative inspiration.  Image editing won't really be a problem as I have photoshop installed on my laptop and I really enjoy editing photographs especially when they...

I'm thrilled to take this module because it is a new challenge that I'm eager to face. I'm really glad that our lecturer gives us tasks to do every week because it keeps me busy! I'm looking forward to figuring out how Unity 3D works by doing various projects but I'm also a little bit scared because i've heard people say that coding is pretty difficult. As you can tell my blog is already filled up with posts and I'm enjoying the experience of writing them out. When it comes to the extra credit tasks they're going to be very helpful if I have all my work finished and I'm experiencing boredom.  I was having a look at the tutorials on how to create some very interesting games with Unity3D and I never thought I would be on my way to creating games like that! After buying my PS4 I was an addict when it came to new game releases, obviously companies who create life-like games will be nothing compared to what we're going to be doing in MultiMedia but le...

Before I got offered a place in the course that I'm doing now, I had an extremely fixed mindset when it came to secondary school work and exams. I almost always failed at my classes and had disappointing teacher/parent meetings to the point that my mam stopped going to them because they would always say the same things. Teachers would always express disappointment in my grades and whenever I did slightly better than before it was never good enough. Looking back on it now, I don't really miss secondary school because of how much I didn't like it. I hated the grades system and I hated their negative feedback! Going to college was probably the best decision I have ever made, I feel like I have more control over my assignments and projects, the feedback I get helps me improve extremely and I don't want to give up when it comes to a challenge because I can do things my way instead of having to follow something by the book like secondary schools teach.  I never really heard o...

 I added my own twitter account in the sidebar so everyone reading my blog can get a sense of what I'm doing this year for Multimedia!  If you would like to post your twitter on your blog - HERE is a step by step on how to do so.

 Hi! My name is Anna Zurawska and I am a second year Creative Digital Media student.  My first ever year of college was a once in a lifetime experience and I'm so happy that I chose this course, it opened my eyes and it made me use parts of my brain that I didn't know were possible to reach. I never thought I would be able to find softwares such as Photoshop and Illustrator straightforward. I'm so happy how my assignments and projects turned out and I can't wait for what second year has to offer. I don't really want to talk about the pandemic because I know a lot of people are sick of hearing about it so I'm just going to show everyone my cat that I got over the break 😁😁. Frodo sleeping anywhere and evrywhere The first picture is a recent one I took, look how big he is compared to the second one !! Frodo in the first pic looking at my cockatiel like she's a big juicy steak His name is Frodo and he sleeps 22 hours a day. Whenever my boyfriend comes home fro...

  During November 2018 I bought myself a PS4 after my first job paid me, I never really bothered with gaming consoles before that other than the PS1 and the PS2 many many years ago. With my PS4 I bought a fresh copy of Red dead redemption 2 because I was a big fan of the first red dead redemption and Rockstar games Inc itself.  Leading up to the release of Red dead redemption 2, I was initially cynical because I did not think it would surmount the success of the first game. During my gameplay I was pleasantly surprised by the level of detail that went into it. I appreciate a good story particularly when it comes to a game that you can play yourself. I instantly fell in love with the main character Arthur Morgan. Usually when you introduce a new character in a sequel / prequel to a game that has already been made previously, you're kind of sceptical because you were so invested in the first game, you don't want them to ruin the experience for you.  Playing Red dead redempt...