Blog Post 1 on Topic Interests

 Hello everyone! I am looking forward to this semester in ENGL 3450 and believe it will provide a lot of useful information when researching for my capstone thesis Right now I am thinking about using quantitative or mixed methods because they might be the most effective for my research thesis.

The topic I am going to focus on is how to make a video game guide more efficient and user friendly. This topic is appealing to me because I am interested in how game guides can vary from each other as well as seeing what techniques they use to offer the most ease to users. Overall, I look forward to exploring this topic further throughout the semester.




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  1. florence08August 27, 2024 at 10:10 PM

    Hi Collin,

    I LOVE your topic here. There is really a need to do more research on video game guides, especially as you explore their usability for various groups, etc. :)

    Of course, other research angles for this topic might also be possible. Feel free to start plowing through scholarly articles for ideas (I'll also introduce the Lit. Review writing assignment #1 next meeting) and once you're ready to take this a bit further (e.g., narrow to a specific video game, and so on), let me know and maybe we can set a brief meeting to talk about it, ok?

    Am here --

    Dr. B

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