January was by far the most difficult month yet in terms of writing my thesis. Work continues to weigh down on my spirits, and has required much more of my time (and gasoline) than it had in any of the previous months. If I were still in the Thesis Colloquium, I wonder if I could have accomplished more than I had? The blog posts slowed down considerably, and my actual writing was nearly nonexistent. My third section, "Video Game Rhetoric and Serious Play" never really got off the ground until the very end of the month, when I met with my thesis advisor for the first time in a month.
All of that is a thing of the past now as we enter the final 11 weeks of the Final Project though! I can firmly say that I am inspired once more, and cannot wait to tear into this next section. I have conducted more research in the past two weeks than in the previous past two months-- I have loads of information relevant to Barry Brummet's theories on Rhetoric, on South Korean society and the impact of StarCraft, as well as on the Serious Play Conference and the types of educational games that were on display there. I have scheduled regular biweekly meetings with my professor, and feel that these will be the extra boost I need in order to get work done, as I would feel like an idiot to show up without any progress. Also, I am back to tutoring at MCC again, which means access to their library/EBSCOHOST has been renewed! I will keep on working hard, and will check back in periodically to report how things are going.
That being said, although this blog is a component of the Final Project, the posts are going to slow down considerably. The majority of the research has been completed, so I won't have many new thoughts to add on here. While there are new games, new articles, and new blog posts coming out on a daily basis, I have to have a cut off date where I stop adding little tidbits to try and beef up the argument, and instead focus on strengthening the argument I have already made with better phrasing, more persuasive language, and unique to this project, with a convincing and well crafted video component. I want to thank everyone who has checked in on here, who has left me comments or spoken to me about the blog, and who has supported me through the biggest challenge of my academic career. I will still post Progress Reports on here, just for those who want to see how the project is coming along, and may put a couple insightful things here and there. Thank you all again!
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