Steam vs. The Nexus

Steam and the Nexus are two places to get mods for games, i will be talking about Skyrim mods here. Steam is free to download mods on and i believe you need to pay a one time fee for the Skyrim nexus but i am not 100% sure on that. Most people will say Steam is easier to use because you just need to hit one button but in my opinion the Nexus is better because you can use the Nexus mod manager and I think it is easier once you get used to it. Also the Nexus has a lot more mods than Steam does. Overall I prefer the Nexus over Steam but I do tend to use both so I urge you to try out both and see which you like more.

The pay for mods event

A while back steam decided to make people pay for game mods, thus trying to make more money then they already make. This pissed people off in the modding community rightfully so, they protested this greatly and eventually steam stopped making people pay for mods. This event is infamous in the modding communities and while not be forgotten anytime soon.

Xpadder

Xpadder is a program that allows you to assign keyboard and mouse prompts to a controller thus allowing you to play games that don't have controller support with a controller. It has a very easy to use interface that takes very little time to learn. This program costs $10 and I suggest giving it a try if you like playing games with controllers.

Skyrim Creation Kit

I've been playing a lot of skyrim on pc lately so I tjought I'd talk about the creation kit. The creation lit is a program released be Bethesda which allows people to create mods for Skyrim. I'm not very good at it myself but i have seen so very talented mod creators. I think it is a great idea for games to include this level of mod support and more games should do it.

Graduation ceremony project

Recently my IMP class had to make a video for our CAT South graduation ceremony. Each person was responsible for a different part of the video and it was our first time working with a project manager. I think it went pretty well but was very unorganized and chaotic. Hopefully next time we will be more organized and do a better job.

What is Pixel Art?

Pixel art is a type of digital art that uses pixels too create an image. Pixel art is used in many games and is fairly easy to create. The hardest part of creating it is shading whoch is a pain in the ass. Pixel art is very widely used and is bery fun to make I suggest giving it a try.

                                                                  Example of pixel art

Time Management

Time management of an extremely important skill to have and it applies to pretty much all aspects of life. Especially in the media production field because your bosses and clients will give you deadlines and you have to meet them or else you dont get paid or might lose your job. So if you can manage your time efficiently you won't get very far in life.

Digital or physical music/movies

When you ask someone if they prefer cds or MP3s they will probably say MP3s because its easier. I would have to agree with that although i still like cds as well, because they can be played on a lot of things. When it comes to movies and tv shows i prefer dvds because for some reason I always think that it will get taken down and you wont be able to find it again so i will always go dvds over digital for that. What do you prefer?