After looking through several past blogs I've posted, I noticed a few issues and items that kept coming up with each one. First off, I'd like to apologise for lying to all of you.
See, in many previous posts, I promised many, MANY game reviews to be on the way, to be gracing you fine people on a regular basis. Little Big Planet, Fallout 3, TWEWY, and most recently, a Professor Layton review have all been promised by me, and I've yet to deliver. The thing is, while I would love to write reviews for every game I own, a problem keeps rearing its ugly head at me. To put it bluntly, I am a slow writer. Heck, typing this blog alone will take me two hours to finish, with not even counting the editing. Typing up game reviews takes even longer, especially if they're to be of top quality. Pierst179, if you're reading this, I salute you for continuing to write such fantastic and detailed reviews on a regular basis. With enough hard work, I may be able to meet half of your abilities.
Anyway, again sorry for the lack of anything and everything from me. I will continue to TRY and write as much as I can, though I will make no more promises about doing so.
Getting back on track, the second item I saw in past blogs is that every school semester, I would give impressions of the courses I am taking. With this being my fifth year in High School (some call it the victory lap or "super 12"), I thought it would be appropriate to do the same thing again this year.
Always having a knack for math, I decided to raise my own difficulty bar and took Advanced Functions, one of the hardest math courses available. It is a preparation course for Calculus, another course I will be taking in Febuary. With one week in, I can't say we've tackled any hard problems yet, but I'm sure they're around the corner. The two hours of homework everyday (again, slow writer) is what will keep me from gaming and blogging most, though it definitely won't stop me.
Next up is English Literature, a course I would've not even consider four years ago. It was only a year and a half ago that I started to take an interest in English in general, and it was Writer's Craft that boosted my enjoyment in the medium. Taking English Literature is the next step, and we will be reading extensively in the course, which I am very happy about. One of the books we will read is Pride and Prejudice, so if you've read it then please let me know if you liked it.
Wanting to learn more about Coding and software (specifically video games), I am also taking Computer Science this year. It's a somewhat similar to the Game design course I took last year, but with more of a focus on C++ and assembly code. It's only been a week, and I already know fancy terms like branching and preambles. I'm extremely excited for the things to come in this course, and I can't wait to try and build my own game with this knowledge.
Lastly is a course that really is just filler, but can still be fascinating. Theory of Knowledge is a course that teaches you to be a critical thinker, and to not always take things as 100% true. In one of our classes for example, we discussed the question "How do you know you exist?", and before long people where talking about theories and ideas I thought would only ever be heard in a movie like The Matrix. It's a strange, but potentially fun course.
So...how DO you know you exist?
That's all from me at the moment guys. Keep reading, keep blogging, and I'll catch you next time.