#topic question

If you carried a purse did you still carry one after having kids, or did the diaper bag double as your purse? Is there a reason you chose one over the other?

So, haven’t really posted anything in a while.

With deadlines for other modules in december, then the holidays (during which I got stranded abroad without my laptop) I fell a squootch behind on creative research. However, I’ve been on some mad catch up for the past half week or so.

I’m unsure what exactly to post here other than a generic “yes, I’m doing things” post, but I do at least have a stronger plan now.

I’ve been doing a lot of reading research and filling up my RefWorks bibliography with plenty of articles and such that I’ve found extremely useful towards really crystallising what it is I want to write about, and giving me a clearer picture of what I’ll be focussing my essay on. This, in turn, has helped put me on a set direction for the practical, as I now know of something I can do that will tie in nicely with the essay and hopefully serve to actually support the point I will be making.

Speaking of which, to summarise what it is I’ll be focussing on, is discussing why pushing realistic and modern graphics is not always necessary and sometimes does little other than harm or hinder the appearance and expression of a game. I’ll be questioning whether aiming for realism in graphics is actually beginning to become a lazy artistic choice, despite its high development costs.

Pixel art won’t be so much the central focus of the essay any more, and will now be more of a case study in which to debate the topic.

Hello All, 

We received a question asking about the coming out experience. I'll be making a video shortly, answering that question, and I'll be linking that here.