Student Journal

Week 1 | Sea of Thieves

For my one hour of video game play, I chose to play Sea of Thieves.

Sea of Thieves is an online Xbox One game. I played it a couple of times this summer and downloaded it onto my Xbox app on my PC. Having already made an avatar, the game let me choose what kind…

Doodle Jump — the Ultimate Classic iOS game

I still remember the first time when I saw someone playing Doodle Jump on the iPhone…

Week 1: Florence — Apple Design Award Winner Game

Florence tells you romance and relationship of…

Week 1: Fancy Pants

I didn’t play many video games in my youth, but there was one game that I can still recall falling into an obsessive state over, begging for extra computer time just to make it to the end. That game was called Fancy Pants Adventures. Now that we have spent some time studying video game…

Week 1: A Look at Bloons Tower Defense

Perhaps one of the games most of us played at earlier ages is Bloons Tower Defense. This…

Week 1 Firewatch

The game I chose for this week is Firewatch, produced by Campo Santo Studio. As a non-frequent game player, I was recommended to play Firewatch for its unique aesthetic and scene structure. Frankly speaking, the images on the introduction page was the only reason I decided to spend an hour on it…

ShenZhen I/O: Becoming an Expat Software Engineer

“Build circuits. Write code. RTFM.” — Steam Store…

Describing my experience of playing Sims 3

A few years back I used to see my friends playing Sims 3 and if they would ask me at that time to play the game I would say that I do not have time for such a boring and dull game. I believe, these would have been my words because I really never got a…

Week 1 Homework: Playing “Life is Strange — Episode 1”

“Life is Strange” was the first graphic adventure video game I played and I was recommended by a friend to try it out. The game started off up on a hill where Max Caulfield, the protagonist, was seen trying to get to the lighthouse…

Week 1

The game I chose was the all-time classic Pac-Man. This 2D game doesn’t have a storyline but is a favorite among gamers and non-gamers all around the world. The player is set in the role of a circular character which eats dots in a maze. All the while, the player is alert at all times in order to not be caught by…