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#Dispatches: Finding my Own Writing Style

#Dispatches: Finding my Own Writing Style

by | Sep 5, 2019

Even at this early stage in learning the ways of academic writing, I’ve come to find that there's a lot of variation in style, depending on who you talk to. It seems there are several ways in which people approach their writing. I have one friend who likes to write in...

#Dispatches: PhD Proposal Submitted

#Dispatches: PhD Proposal Submitted

by | Sep 1, 2019

This weekend I’ve finally submitted my PhD proposal, now I have my fingers crossed that it makes the grade. It’s been a hard but interesting few weeks getting acclimatised to the ways of academic research, but it’s definitely been worth it. Thanks to Sylvester Arnab (my director of studies), Richard Hillier, Alan Richards, and Jonathan […]

There’s Madness to the Method

There’s Madness to the Method

by | Aug 28, 2019

I’m going to use this site to record my thoughts and ideas, starting with relatively unstructured snippets that I can start to combine into more considered concepts. At least that’s the idea. I think it’ll help to get thoughts onto ’paper’, so to speak. I’m hoping the...

GamUp Remixes the Game Design Workshop in Egypt

GamUp Remixes the Game Design Workshop in Egypt

by | Aug 27, 2019

I was chuffed to find out that my instructional post about Game Design Rapid Prototyping Workshops had been discovered on Medium (where I reposted it ☺️) and used by the team at GamUp to conclude their Game Jam Night in Egypt back in February. Susan Abadir kindly...

#Dispatches: Updates from the Coalface

#Dispatches: Updates from the Coalface

by | Aug 25, 2019

I've been squirrelled away of late preparing my PhD proposal and it's been quite the journey so far. 😅 Apart from constantly questioning my ability to string even the shortest of sentences together, it's been a valuable learning experience. It's also given me the kick...