It is currently Monday 5th October and I have now completed my first week of education in computer games programming. It's been a pretty interesting week and for the most part I've enjoyed it. At the moment my timetable consists of five classes: computer environments which deals with how to properly communicate with other people about computers both in a verbal and written manner, software development 1 which deals with the basics of computer programming, ludology which is basically the study of video games, computer architecture which deals with how computers work and basic maths tech which deals with all the basic mathematics required for computer programming.

Computer architecture and software development have really so far only been going over what I already know but I still enjoy even simple programming and it's always good to refresh your knowledge of things. Computer environments is a class I really wasn't expecting and I don't quite know how they've built an entire module around it but I can see why it's there and if it's what is necessary to learn how to be a good games programmer then I'm all for it. Basic maths tech has definitely been the most difficult so far as I was expecting a simple slow-paced introductory lecture but they threw us right in at the deep end with a two hour lecture on powers, algorithms and algebra and while I did manage to understand all of this it very much suggests that this is going to be a very hard subject. For one thing they are trying to pack an entire a-level maths course into one semester of my CGP course. My best lesson so far has been ludology where our main assignment has been to produce a three minute presentation on one obscure video game and while I'm not the first to jump at a chance for public speaking in front of a bunch of strangers, making a presentation on Geometry Wars has actually been the most fun part about my course so far. I look forward to next week.

One notable thing about my experience at university so far is that my sleeping pattern is all over the place. Maybe it will regulate itself eventually but I will fall asleep or wake up pretty much any time of the day, regardless of when it is or what my sleeping pattern for the day before was. For most of the week university can start at any time from 9:00 to 12:00 and finish at any time from 12:00 to 16:00. But the thing that really throws me is on Wednesdays, right in the middle of the week, I have a single lesson from 19:00 to 20:00. It also doesn't help that as I live in the university halls of residence, loud music can come blaring through the walls at almost any time. I guess this is just something I'm going to have to live with.

As for playing video games there hasn't actually been a whole ton of that going on this week. I hoped to have completed Halo 3: ODST by now but things haven't quite gone according to plan. I'd like to thank my parents very much for bringing up my Wii and Xbox 360 but when I went to set up my brand new TV I discovered the manufacturers hadn't put in the power cable they should have and so for the past week I've still had to stick to PC and DS gaming. I'm getting a replacement cable mailed to me which should arrive tomorrow which I'm very excited and very relieved about.

Thanks to all of you who have been reading. This week I'll leave you with what is, in my opinion, one of the funniest Giant Bomb quick looks so far, this quick look at Darkest of Days. Enjoy your gaming everybody.

-Gamer_152