Hmm… some developments since my last casual post. Let’s see – I have started and completed Eternal Sonata, started and completed Lego Harry Potter, continued Big Bang Mini, finished Age of Mythology, and started Neverwinter…
Introduction The use of audio in games is integral in creating atmosphere, emotion, tension and ambience, as well story progression (Bridgett, 2010; Whitmore, 2003). Using the Wii game Okami (2008) as our case study, we…
Genres Genre is a classification or categorisation term that essentially describes different types of various entertainment media (Oxland, 2004, p. 24-43). For example, book genres include romance, western, thriller, mystery, horror, or fantasy; and movies…
As promised in my previous post, here is my assignment – I got 14.5/15 but have a tendency to be long-winded and a bit pompous! Must be an academic in the making 😉 Rationale I…
Have started my long-awaited elective for my BA (Internet Communications)… Computer Games at RMIT. We are at week 3 and I’m really enjoying the content and assignments. This really just feels like a nice break…
As you may have guessed, if you’ve been reading my sporadic blog postings, I have finished God of War. In fact, I have also started and finished God of War 2. I am officially God…
Have been wanting to play God of War 3 on PS3, but as I hadn’t played any of the others, I figured that was a bit silly. So last night, after deciding to shelve Endless…
On the behest of my sister-in-law, I have gotten strongly back into playing Dragon Age: Origins (thanks also to the return of my LCD TV after months of it being at the shop). She was…
The time: the early hours of the morning. The place: a dusty alley way in a middle eastern province. The city is already awake and bustling with morning market stalls and people going about their…
Oh dear, it’s been so long since I posted! Well, my blog course is over and I did well. Lots of dramz have occurred since then which have prevented me from posting, but here I…