Pay to play, pay to play more. Free to play gone mad...

Had this video linked to me from a friend. I couldn't agree more... I love the Free to play system, especially after working in a games company developing them about the time when the likes of Blacklight Retribution came out, and more recently: Planetside 2.

As for games that use the traditional gaming model, and then charge for additional in game content that sucks. (I'm looking at you Bethesda - Horse Armour?) But as mentioned here... games that you pay for then are pretty much pushed into spending more to get the proper gaming experience... to hell with that. I say just don't pay at all. They are essentially building a game that is broken or incomplete, and then making you pay to fill the holes... OCTAE*... ones that may be worth it, but they wont be core to the gaming experience, just cheap tag on's... but I don't see any.

*Of Course There Are Exceptions.

Data Science - The Msc Begins.

Greetings all!

I am feeling rather geeky today. As I may have mentioned in previous posts, I have just started an Msc in Data Science. Whilst I wont discuss course content in detail here (that may be somewhat disagreeable to those that put in the effort to assemble the curriculum) I will likely put up a few posts on what it entails, and what I am doing with it.

For now, know this: It is the 2nd day of the course, and it is a lot of work... a lot of work with a lot of new faces... and it is a buttload of fun!

For now, here is an interesting article that gives a little overview on Data Science.

http://uk.emc.com/collateral/about/news/emc-data-science-study-wp.pdf

Laters
-V

What I'm up to

It has been a decidedly quiet couple of months on the Blog front, for that I apologise. I have been spending the majority of my time trying to keep sane, holiday period, family and making let's plays. From Monday I return to uni to start my Masters in Data Science. Im not entirely sure how I feel about this yet, family calls it me just wanting to be an eternal student, but I rather fancy the career prospects at the end of it! :-)

That is all for now, just a little update. I will likely post more once my brain is in action on various topics I will be covering as a method of revision, so prepare to be geeked upon.

-V