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Welcome back to my blog guys. I was kind of hoping there would be no bogs to do this term at all as they were pretty stressful last semester but I will get on with it and give it my best shot. This module actually sounds very interesting and I ma excited to keep researching and adding to my parts of the book.

I spent way over 3 hours doing research for this. My two chosen topics are key components of game design and stages of game design. these are two topics that kind of excite me and make me want to dive into these blogs head first. the first thing I did was list all the who, what ,why ,where and when. these questions actually really helped me get a focus on what I was researching
these are my answers

who- I started my who by finding all about the people behind the games, I found out that first game was made in 1972 and it was all very interesting

what- for the what part I went into detail about  what are the key elements in games . in my opinion a story and good visuals are the key opponents of a game as they are what draw you in and make you want to play it even more.

why- for why I had to delve further than usual. I had to go into detail as of why people actually started playing video games in the first place. this kind of just opened up a can of worm hole with peoples opinion but the main summary was that people wanted to experience a world that is not possible from them to experience in the real world.

when - for when I really struggled to find articles about it but I will go more into this in the coming weeks.

I really enjoyed the video on how to create a search strategy. this has given me tons of
 information that I can use when I am trying to come up with ideas for future projects.

as you can see I put all my research onto this rubic and filled out by following your 10 steps you gave.

I really look forward to writing about these topics more in the coming weeks

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