• I wouldn’t say my future is exactly the most planned thing, but it is at least slightly customized to me. I’m a huge fan of video games and art, so I at least feel like I’m moving in the right direction.
• I’m not super interested in travel abroad, but I might be interested in at least visiting Japan.
• I’m a member of the video game club. I play a lot of Super Smash Bros, and I’m thinking of entering the Smash 4 tournament.

The most relatable presenter during the class for me was the presenter who worked with the design on the projects which were shown via a Skype conference. He was a very friendly feeling person and I enjoyed most of the designs shown in the presentation. I was really surprised with the issues with the presentation itself, but honestly, that made him very easy to feel comfortable with. The issues actually made me feel more like he was a normal person and that helped me feel better about the cool projects he presented.

1. My greatest strengths
   1.  Religion and Philosophy – Thinking of philosophical arguments
   2. Foundations of Design – Coming up with an idea
   3. Rhetoric and Composition – Deciding on an idea to write with
   4. Introduction to Video Game History – Knowing prior information on video games
2. For greater success in this course, I need to:
   1.  Become more knowledgeable about people’s thoughs
   2.  Be more effective at making more with less time
   3. Being better at writing
   4. Have more time to study

Computer skills:

1. My computer skills include: Word processing, searching, basic photo editing, basic digital art (pen monitor)
2. I still need to learn: Programming, being better at photo editing/digital art

Research & writing skills:

1. My greatest strengths as a researcher/writer include: Finding usable information online
2. I need to work on these aspects of research and writing: Utilizing physical research tools
3. I learn best & accomplish most when: I have something to listen to to keep my mood up/I take breaks

• Completed Projects
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  • Two projects I’ve completed are a sculpture and a project illustrating different aspects of art with circles.
  • The goal of the sculpture was to draw out a 3d object on a 2d surface and then recreate it in 3d.
• I feel that the sculpture’s biggest strength is that it is relatively accurate to its source material.
• It’s weakest aspect could be how it doesn’t necessarily show off the dowels it was made of and most of what is visible is paper.
• The illustration’s biggest strengths could be considered that they feature several unique designs.
• It’s weakest features might be the craftsmanship on the paper.

Part 1: The presentations shown during last class were fairly interesting. Each of the presenters showed off something different the other ones didn’t. The contents of the presentation on photograph was a very interesting bit perspective. I really liked the designs that were presented by the graphic design presentation and that bit about talking to aliens was really entertaining. The video game presentation, however spoke to me the most. It was nice to know all the different types of people where who make games.

Part 2: http://tumblr.com Tumblr is a very fun, accessible website for me. I appreciate how all one has to do is log into the site and start scrolling down to look at all of the things that have been uploaded.

http://steampowered.com Steam is where I like to do most of my gaming. Its a little hub that handles a lot of different video games from different publishers.

https://cytu.be/ Cytube is a fun website that allows you to watch synchronized videos with other people online. These videos can be from youtube, dailymotion, google drive, and from anywhere else you can grab a direct video really. Its a very fun website for when you just want to watch something with some friends you have online.

http://tvtropes.org Tvtropes is an interesting site where one can read about common patterns in all forms of media. The site is all inclusive, so it includes pretty much everything from books to video games and everything in between. It’s managed like a slightly less serious Wikipedia, so content is typically uploaded with a sense of humor.