Ptp: Reframing the Question(s)

How can I differentiate my mod from existing Fallout: New Vegas mods?

What elements can I add to my mod to make it unique?

These are important questions that must be asked in order to make my mod a unique experience that is unlike existing content.

These must always be in the back of my mind so that I can keep the experience fresh. Questions like these can help me avoid cliches and tired mechanics so that I can create a truly unique experience that sticks with the player after they are done playing it. The best advertisement for my future works would be if this project was memorable and a way to achieve that is to keep these questions in mind.

Thanksgiving Photo Scavenger Hunt

2. Chaotic aggressive visual texture

This texture comes from my computer, which I am thankful for because it lets me play games.

7. D-i-s-t-a-n-c-e

A distance shot of 30th street station, which I am thankful for, because without it I would not be able to visit my family easily.

4. A completely blurred nonrepresentational shot of color.

A shot of my blueish grey sheets, which I am thankful for, because without them I would be lying directly on my matress.

13. My hand holding something.

A photo of my hand holding my keys, which I am thankful for letting my access and secure my stuff.

Port of Traits

Cognitive Recognition- Week 07

Taken from  Pictorial mnemonics for phonics by Ehri, Linnea C; Deffner, Nancy D; Wilce, Lee S:

Evaluated whether picture mnemonics help prereaders learn letter-sound associations in 2 experiments with 20 1st graders (Exp I), 30 preschoolers, and kindergartners (Exp II). Pictures integrating the associations were compared with disassociated pictures and with a no-picture control condition. Ss in the integrated-picture group learned 5 letter-sound associations (e.g., f, /f/), each represented by a picture whose shape included the letter (e.g., letter f drawn as the stem of a flower) and whose name (flower) began with the letter’s sound. Ss in the disassociated-picture group learned letter-sound associations with pictures having the same names as the integrated pictures, but drawn differently–without letter shapes. Ss in the control group learned associations with picture names but no pictures. Prior to letter-sound training, all groups were taught how to segment the initial sounds of the picture names. Results reveal that Ss taught with integrated mnemonics learned more letter-sound associations and also more letter-picture associations than did the other 2 groups, which did not differ. Integrated pictures were effective because they linked 2 otherwise unconnected items in memory. It is concluded that the shape of letters included in pictures reminded learners of previously seen pictures with those shapes whose names began with the relevant letter sounds.

This is a very uncontroversial study, being that most of us learned to read and write through some sort of mnemonics. That being said, it is still important to realise just how useful mnemonics are in teaching nubile readers how to parse words and letters and derive their meanings. Mnemonics are a tried and true learning technique that most of us were exposed to when learning the alphabet, by being shown pictures with the letters similar to the mnemonics discussed in this article.

Rebus Quote

Your Name is Now Rebus

Cognitive Recognition- Week 06

Continuing from last week’s post, this week I will investigate one of the main influence of Edgar Allen Poe, who influenced H.P. Lovecraft. In my research of Poe’s influences, I made the discovery that Percy Bysshe Shelley influenced Poe a great deal. Shelley is most known for his short Ozymandias, which is one of my favourite stories because of how succinct and poignant it is. Percy Shelley’s second wife was also none other that Mary Shelley, the author of the literary classic Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. 

Mind Map

Cognitive Recognition- Week 5

Previously, I spoke of the horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, one of my favourite authors. Being one of the greatest horror authors and one of my favourites, I wanted to know who inspired him, and I was not disappointed. According to my research, Lovecraft’s biggest literary influence was none other than the horror icon, Edgar Allan Poe. I am no stranger to Poe, Casque of Amontillado is one of my favourite stories, and the fact that he was Lovecraft’s influence is both surprising and exciting. Digging deeper, it appears that influences for both of these greats were traumatic life experience. In the case of Poe, it was the death of his wives, and in the case of Lovecraft, it was his regular night terrors. It is amazing that these horror icons not only were inspired by similar things, but that one influenced the other.

An Aquatic Adventure

I think the story went like this:

Mr. Smiley went into the ocean to seek a child companion, once in the ocean, he caught the attention on un’prn’ncbl, who started to chase him so he could eat him, outside of R’lyeh. Grumpy fish saw this and came up with a scheme to use these two in an evil plot. The two were inducted into this plot, an the group began to terrorize the ocean. Eventually, the three had a existential crisis about their actions and enrolled in a support group lead by a venus fly trap lady. The three made good progress and eventually became well behaved aquatic citizens.