I had a great time in class Wednesday. Despite my own history working in the game industry, I find it valuable to go back to school and learn a bit more, even if it covers things that I already know. The basics are things we seem to forget about as time goes by, whether it is writing or game design. So, relearning some of them is quite rewarding.
We covered my favorite subject, characters and story. We spoke a great deal about the heroic archetypes and to my amazement, few students had ever heard of this concept. I find it funny when some of the younger students try to contradict these old foundation and think that they've found loopholes that make their particular character or story more unique and original than everything that has already come before. Of course, my teacher does a good job of setting them in place in a fun and enjoyable way.
To top it off, we spent a great amount of time talking about Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. I don't care much about LotR, but I'm a massive Star Wars geek!
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