Within the month I'll be needing to hand in my first 3 assignments for university. To put it simply, I'm happier about 2 of them now than i was last night.

The assignments I have are:

• Programming principles: Submit a sample of the exercises I've been given through the module
• Ludology: Re-make a game from the 8-16 bit era Game Maker and present it as ( Read more... )

Normally, most people who had only caught about 5 hours sleep would be shattered when they got up, but strangely enough, when i got up this morning, i actually had some get-up-and-go. the complete opposite of this time 2 weeks ago.

The late bedtime was due to a combination of getting in at 8:30 from the anime and manga society, then having to wash- ( Read more... )

Up to now, I've not been a fan of energy or stimulation drinks, and would choose something else given the choice, but today a can of relentless was a necessity ( Read more... )

 Having been at Derby for coming up two-and-a-half days, I thought I’d better write an update.

( Yes, This is a long one. The rest is under the cut. )

I have dealt with a lot of stubborn software over the years, but none has caused me as much trouble as The Sims 3.

I bought The Sims with the intention that it would be my last gave for a while as I'm not going to be getting much money for the foreseeable future. When i got the core game it worked, to an art.

Initially it worked fine, for the  ( Read more... )

You may have noticed that all of my entries in this blog so far have been between 11pm and 4am, this is because currently my sleeping patterns are shot, and have been ever since the year 13 prom.

I was so tired after the prom i told mum not to wake me; having hit the sack at about 2:30 pm, i woke 11 hours later. This meant that when it came to ( Read more... )