Reflection and Retrospective
Overall this term was a productive one for me. I learned a lot about the concepts of spectacle, power and memory. I feel pleased with the blogging I’ve done but perhaps I could have improved it by doing a little everyday rather than a lot spaced throughout the term. Still, I would like to think that this will actually be read and not just noted at the amount of posts I’ve done. I’ve tried my best to avoid irrelevant conjecture etc as that is not really what I like. I prefer to be straight to the point when it comes to academic stuff and module criteria. However, the two blogs about The Matrix and Little Big Planet are a lot more about my opinion rather than the opinion of others and my view on them but I think this is okay when I consider Little Big Planet because not many people take videogames very seriously yet and so it could be the pioneering of this kind of analysis.
Or not.
I didn’t find it particularly easy to get into a rhythm of blogging. It’s not something I’m used to. I tend to just read up, learn and understand something and be content. Proving what I now know and giving evidence etc I understand is part of university life and I think my posts are full of relevant content. So in that sense I’m pleased, but I’ve still not found a comfort zone with this kind of reporting. That is something I need to work on.
I think the artifacts I made over the term have been well realised, but I will always be overly critical of my own work and if given the opportunity, I would redo them all again in a more controlled, organised and clear way.
I’ve had a lot of opportunity to critique the work of others this term, and I’ve definitely enjoyed that. It has given me a confidence boost, but also made me bitter of work out there being made with no purpose.
To summarize, there’s a lot of improvement I could do with concerning blogging, research and personal reflection in an academic way. However, I firmly believe that I’ve followed the criteria’s requirements and avoided a lot of regurgitated info and personal uneducated speculation.
Here’s to term two.
Curtis Riley
