Sunday, January 15, 2017

Prologue

        The first thing I'd like to mention is that I have a major interest in video games, and will typically try to relate the things I work on to be more game-related. One example would be how I retained information in history classes back in middle/high school. Back in my old history classes, we'd go over key world history events, such as the life of Cleopatra, and I would interpret these events as the sort of cutscenes one would see in old Fire Emblem games.
        Haven't you ever played a video game while a show was playing on the T.V. in the background? Sometimes I'll watch something required for school at the same time as drawing a sketch or playing a video game, and when I look back at the sketch or a particular moment in the game, I remember details about the video I had in the background. So even if it appears that I'm not paying attention, I'm actually subconsciously linking the information absorbed into visually imagery, to better remember it. The more interest I have in a subject I tend to be more attentive and make more of an effort to remember them, such as: math, video games, strategy, movies, or more informational subjects like greek mythology, politics, or sexuality.
       When I go forward with writing responses to the reading, I will gravitate more to what I viewed as the most memorable moments, and will also try to link something in the reading to a video game or some other related form of media. And on a last note, I would consider myself rather liberal and I typically address things from a "logical" point of view, or rather how I view logic. I tend to be stubborn when confronted with opposing views, and they may prove to be more difficult to write about. I do sincerely believe that I try to act as fairly as I can.With that said, this will conclude my prologue and should contain the key information about me in order to understand why I might write about topics in a particular manner.

2 comments:

  1. Jared, I think that this analysis of yourself is truly fascinating since you major in Game Art and Design. You chose to continue studying something you were passionate about at an early age, and this is something I completely identify with. The idea that you translate historical events into game cutscenes is an intriguing way to remember information. It becomes a visual analogy, which is amazing to me. This prologue shows that you have great self analysis, and that you are self aware. This prologue makes me want to continue reading.

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  2. I think it is pretty great that you have that sort of talent. it seems you are interested in Game Art. I like to play games to but I am more in the game than pay attention to other things. You are pretty great to analysis things more carefully. This story that you talked about might help me to find a way to analysis my reading in my way some day.

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