Shane
What is the title of the
book (Fiction) that you are currently reading, or what is the title of the last
fiction book that you read?
I am currently reading the book The
Call of Cthulu and other weird tales, which is written by H.P. Lovecraft. I
really enjoy reading horror fiction and after reading the short by H.P
Lovecraft which is titled The Call of Cthulu I wanted to read his other stories
as I knew that he was a horror fiction writer, so when I saw the book with Call
of Cthulu and other weird tales I picked it up and started to give it a
read.
What is the title/topic of the book
(non-fiction) that you are currently reading, or what is the last non-fiction
book that you read?
I don’t often read non-fiction books but at
the moment I am reading some material that is needed for my course at
University and the book that I am reading is Game Design a Book of Lenses by
Jesse Schell.
What is the last live performance
(music, drama or dance) that you attended?
Live performance –
The last and one of the only live performances that I have been to was the 2014
Kerrang Tour, it was in Brixton and it was some of the most fun I have had.
Kerrang are a magazine, radio station and T.V channel that play rock and metal
which are my favourite genres of music.
What is the title of the
last film that you saw at the cinema/online or watched on DVD?
The last film that I had seen at the
cinema was Guardians of The Galaxy which was a pretty good film that I enjoyed
a lot, I wish I had seen it in IMAX but it was just as good in 2D. I don’t
have a large collection of DVDs but the ones that I do have are watched
multiple times by me and my favourite film of all time is V for Vendetta which
is the most recent DVD I have watched.
How often do you read a
newspaper? (Which one? Online or physical)
Newspapers – I don’t really read newspapers but when
I do I tend to read them online instead of having physical copies, I only
really read local papers like the Ipswich star. There is a reason I don’t tend to read them and that is
because I get most of my news via the news channels like BBC news and Sky news.
What art gallery / museum
/ exhibition did you last visit?
The last museum that I visited was the Ipswich museum a couple of months ago, I didn't really go for any specific reason but
my most liked area of the whole museum is the Egyptian section I have always
had an interest in the Egyptians so whenever I get the chance to read more
about them I will take it.
How many hours a week do you spend playing
video games?
I try to only spend 5-6 hours on video games
if I can. I have been playing a lot of FTL: Faster Than Light over the last
couple of weeks, I have also been playing a lot of The Binding of Isaac I find
both of these games fun and challenging in their own ways, I have not yet been
able to complete FTL but i'm working on it.
How many hours a week do
you spend playing games other than video games?
I have only just started to play non
video games like board games, card games and text based adventure games, but
only yesterday did I start to play Dungeons and Dragons properly and I spent a
good 3 and a half hours playing Dungeons and Dragons with a group of other
players. So I hope to achieve at least the same amount of time on non-video
games every week.
Hi Shane,
ReplyDeleteYou might find H. P. Lovecraft gives you some great inspiration for atmosphere in the games you design (although hopefully not *all* the games you design!) One of my favourite Lovecraft stories is "The Beast in the Cave".
As for DVD and video, you may be pleased to discover that you can stream video via the library catalogue! (for educational purposes, of course) and the library also has a large DVD collection.
The Guardian has a good section on games, so you can keep up with games-related news online, while the library has PC Gamer and Edge magazine in the journals room.