Welcome
One & All
*Warning - this blog may contain a wall of boring text*
So,
cant say I’ve ever been much of a blogger nor kept any type
of diary so this whole noting down my daily/weekly goings on is new
and kind of interesting to me. So if you find yourself falling asleep
half way through one of my blogs I do apologise and I’ll try harder
to entertain you a bit more in future. Lets start the intro shall
we....
Hi,
my names Elliot. I'm 24 and currently residing in Ipswich. And if you
now thinking "Where the F**k is Ipswich?" I'll provide you
with a helpful link HERE
A Brief History Of Me
Before
we get stuck into the here and now I just want to rewind the clocks a
little and give you a brief incite into ermmmm...me. I was born in a
little city called Ely
and spent pretty much my whole childhood there. I've worked mainly in
the hospitality industry (Café’s, Hotels, Restaurants etc.) since
finishing school at 17 and have only now realized that this was a bad
choice in a career. I moved to Ipswich almost 4 years ago now
with family (Wow how time flys!) but 6 months of this was spent
backpacking around NewZealand aka Middle Earth. Now back here in lil'old Ipswich making
my next big career move.
The Here And Now
I'm
currently studying Computer Games Design which I’ll probably end up
referring to as "CGD" in future posts. This is my first
year on the course and I’m really enjoying it thus far, there’s
lots of interesting people with the same dreams and ambitions as
myself which is a great environment to be in when you want to learn.
And yes we do learn things in this course, not just sit around
playing games all day (well...maybe sometimes)
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So
as part of one of our modules, we (the first years) are tasked with
setting up a blog for your viewing pleasure. We we're given questions
to answer and told to post them here as part of our intro post, so
without further ado, I give you my answers.
Q.
Last Fictional book you read?
A.
Golden Compass, 4 years ago. Enjoyed it a lot and started reading the
2nd book but never managed to finish it.
Q.
Last non-Fiction book you read?
A.
Honestly cant remember, probably something to do with games design or
travelling
Q.
Last concert / play / show you went to?
A.
Nothing comes to mind but my favourite concert I went to was in
Blenheim, New Zealand where I saw Katchafire
(NZ Reggae band)
Q.
Last Movie you watched?
A.
Looper
Q.
How often to you read the news?
A.
Well I try to read the guardian online everyday. I don’t really
read any other newspapers, Especially not The Sun.
Q.
Last Exhibition you went to?
A.
Eurogamer 2012, Earls Court, London. It was a Uni trip for our
induction week but that still counts!
Q.
How often do you play games?
A.
Before starting the CGD course I would estimate around 30-40hrs a
week but now with the busy schedule of a student I’m down to around
10-15hrs a week, if that.
Q.
How Often do you play none computer games (E.g. board games)
A.
Hardly ever but I’m starting to play a few card games and board
games now but mainly for research reasons.
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So now you know alittle about me and what this blog will be about I hope you will follow it and maybe write back to me with questions or advise and stuff like that. I'll be trying to keep this blog upto date as much as I can but if you notice I havent posted anything inawhile start messaging me to get back on the case!
Catchya all laters!
Elliot
