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As soon as i tell people what i do they think that it is just all about stuffing around playing video games. FYI, i have completed a Bachelors Degree in Popular Music (which i had to work my ass of to get into), then i did an honors degree in Pop Music, i got first class honours for (also had to work my ass off) and now im doing my Ph.D in popular music as well. I was originally only going to be creating a video game soundtrack and then writing about the processes of semiotic selection, but i have decided to act as producer of a whole game.
Studying video games is very difficult, despite what you think. Mainly due to the fact that there is little "legitimate research available and the methodologies being used to examine video games are horrible in the fact that they dont consider the role of the active spectator (or the gamer.)
I have to deal with cultural theories, like the postmodern, structuralist and post structuralist moethods. as well as dealing with rhizomatic narrative. It is a pain in the ass.
Lastly, you get idiots who work in the film industry who think they automatically know everything there is about video game narration etc and you as a academic have to deal with these wankers all the time.
Sorry for the rant, but it pisses me off that video games arent taken more seriously. Just look at the attention films are getting know, to see how long it will take video games before they are accepted as forms of artistic expression |
