The Phenomenal Photoblitz

The Phenomenal Photoblitz

by @HumIsDum

| #photoblitz, ds106, Syndicated
September 17, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer Make a Photograph In Front of a Building: A Photo Frame is Rectilinear. Fill That Frame With a Circular Object: Make a Photo of a Thing That Is Not Like the Other Two in the Picture: Yellow is an Attention-Getting Color. A Photo is Dominated by Yellow: Take a Photo That MakesContinue reading "The Phenomenal Photoblitz"
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Skills in Stills

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, ds106photography, Syndicated
September 17, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer Selection:Before taking a photo, it’s important to ask yourself if that photo will be good. Some things are, in all honestly, not worth taking pictures of. Rainbows, however, are always worth capturing on camera, which is exactly what I did in this photograph. Contrast:It’s through contrast that different elements of a shotContinue reading "Skills in Stills"
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Moments of Light: My Experience with Photography

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, photoreflection, Syndicated
September 16, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer Photography has always been something I’ve had a passing interest in. The first photos I ever remember taking were done using my Nintendo 3DS camera in 2011. Back then, I’d mainly take photos of my toys, posing them dynamically for fun shots. Nowadays, I typically only partake in photography if something particularlyContinue reading "Moments of Light: My Experience with Photography"
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Return of the Obra Dinn – Gaming Journal 9/12/21

by @HumIsDum

| Gaming Journal, Syndicated
September 12, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer As I progress further through Return of the Obra Dinn, I continuously find myself surprised at every turn and glued to the edge of my seat. The fact that a game with this much depth has been created using nothing but still 3-D dioramas is incredibly impressive. Oftentimes, these scenes are framedContinue reading "Return of the Obra Dinn – Gaming Journal 9/12/21"
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Weekly Reflection: 9/10/21

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklyReflection
September 10, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer Third time’s the charm! Once again, we find ourselves at the end of another week in DS106. Time flies when you’re working hard and having a good time! The first assignment of this week was to read either the first chapter of The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media, orContinue reading "Weekly Reflection: 9/10/21"
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Zero-Day Abandonware

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments2495
September 10, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer My name is Molly.I met my partner through speed dating of all things.He’s transmasculine, and that isn’t an issue for me.What is an issue is that God-awful faux hawk.We’ve spent hours on FaceTime.We’ve shared in our love of crunk.But even after all my Google searches,I still can’t find a reason to tolerateContinue reading "Zero-Day Abandonware"
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An Original Character Has Appeared!

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, FanficAssignments, FanficAssignments1022, Syndicated
September 10, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer The Fairyfloss Kingdom is a magical place of gumdrops, unicorns, and glitter. It’s everything a little girl could ever dream of! But the princess of this kingdom, Rainbow Fairyfloss, is goth, and absolutely hates it. She’s more into black than pink. Being the princess of a fairy tale kingdom comes with aContinue reading "An Original Character Has Appeared!"
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Another Week, Another Collection of Daily Creates

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, Syndicated
September 10, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer With week three coming to close, it’s time once more to reflect on the Daily Creates I completed throughout the week. 9/8/21: On Wednesday, our task was simple, yet strange; We had to take a picture of the shoes we were wearing that day. When I first saw this prompt, I hadContinue reading "Another Week, Another Collection of Daily Creates"
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Daredevil Slush

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2104
September 9, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer I’m a man of few words. At least, that’s how I’ve been since the accident. See, I was something of a daredevil. I liked to live dangerously, seeking the thrills that gave my life meaning. However, like Icarus, I eventually flew too close to the sun. This race was going to beContinue reading "Daredevil Slush"
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The Surface Singularity

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments
September 9, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer Beyond the heavy sky once lied a world out of our reach. This dry land we find ourselves upon now was once ruled by primates. Our ancestors, though intelligent, lacked the capacity to comprehend the world of those above. The same could be said for their understanding of our world, however. DespiteContinue reading "The Surface Singularity"
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Games & Culture: 9/9/21 Homework

by @HumIsDum

| Gaming Journal, Syndicated
September 8, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer Game Review: Dark Souls II Continuing on with my series of FromSoftware reviews, I’ll next be covering the infamous sequel to Dark Souls, Dark Souls II. It’s no secret that this game is the least well-received Soulsborne game developed by FromSoftware. Ask any Dark Souls fan which game they think is theContinue reading "Games & Culture: 9/9/21 Homework"
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Digital Branches

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, Syndicated
September 8, 2021

Response to ‘Kurt Vonnegut on the Shape of Stories‘ and ‘The Machine is Us/ing Us’ by Michael Wesch by Thomas Pulsifer Watching Kurt Vonnegut’s lecture on how traditional stories follow very similar plot structures was entertaining, though not all that surprising. When I write, I attempt to follow the Hero’s Journey template in order toContinue reading "Digital Branches"
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Link Before You Speak

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, Syndicated
September 8, 2021

Response to ‘I link, therefore I am’ by Zacharias Szumer by Thomas Pulsifer Hypertext is something I’ve been passionate about for quite some time now. Having learned about the history of hyperlinks in my Applied Digital Studies course a few semesters ago, I was excited to see it pop up again here. I’ve spent anContinue reading "Link Before You Speak"
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Games & Culture: 9/7/21 Homework

by @HumIsDum

| Gaming Journal, Syndicated
September 6, 2021

Game Review: Dark Souls (2011) It’s time for the second review in my series of FromSoftware reviews! This time, I’m covering the iconic classic that redefined gaming as a whole: Dark Souls. As mentioned in my previous review, due to licensing issues, Dark Souls is actually as blatant a ripoff of Demon’s Souls as FromSoftwareContinue reading "Games & Culture: 9/7/21 Homework"
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Weekly Reflection: 9/3/21

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
September 3, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer Another week has come to a close, and this time, I’ve actually managed to complete the assignments before the end of the week! Our first order of business was to learn the art of writing assignment posts. Alan Levine’s post on the subject was very well put together, and made it perfectlyContinue reading "Weekly Reflection: 9/3/21"
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‘Erased’ and The Ending that Needs to be Erased

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, FanficAssignments, fanficassignments374, Syndicated
September 3, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer When I saw the prompt for this assignment, I was relieved; Finally, an excuse to rant about this anime. Be warned: There will be spoilers ahead. For those who have never seen it, ‘Erased‘ is an anime that follows Satoru Fujinuma, a young adult living in Japan that has the inexplicable abilityContinue reading "‘Erased’ and The Ending that Needs to be Erased"
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Another Day, Another Blogpost

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments2392
September 3, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer Ever since I started meditating a few years back, I’ve found myself gaining a much greater appreciation for nature’s beauty. I try to meditate about 40 minutes every day, and I encourage anyone reading this to do so as well! While the sights of the outside world are certainly lovely, the thingContinue reading "Another Day, Another Blogpost"
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A Blocky Cabin by the Virtual Sea: Back to Basics!

by @HumIsDum

| designassignments, DesignAssignments2618, ds106, Syndicated
September 3, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer The number of assignments to choose from in the Assignment Bank is pretty overwhelming, but when I saw Jonah Helbling’s assignment to build a house in Minecraft, I couldn’t resist. Minecraft is easily my favorite game, and my favorite part of Minecraft is building. So, after spending some quality time in SurvivalContinue reading "A Blocky Cabin by the Virtual Sea: Back to Basics!"
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Reflection upon Creation: Daily Creates for the Week of 9/3/2021

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, Syndicated
September 3, 2021

8/30: One Word Review: Artificial Intelligence Art For our first Daily Creates assignment of the week, we were tasked with choosing a painting generated by artificial intelligence and review it with a single word. The painting I chose was “Brand New Star,” a painting by the T34MW@RK AI. This painting stood out to me becauseContinue reading "Reflection upon Creation: Daily Creates for the Week of 9/3/2021"
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Return of the Obra Dinn – Gaming Journal 9/2/21

by @HumIsDum

| #games&culture, Syndicated
September 2, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer Being a huge fan of ‘Papers, Please,’ I’d been looking forward to eventually getting around to playing ‘Return of the Obra Dinn.’ Now, thanks to my Games & Culture class, I have the perfect excuse! The first thing I notice about Obra Dinn is that the graphics are extremely minimalist, which, I’dContinue reading "Return of the Obra Dinn – Gaming Journal 9/2/21"
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Weekly Reflection: 8/27/21

by @HumIsDum

| Syndicated
August 28, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer While this week was certainly a handful, it wasn’t without it’s valuable lessons. In terms of the course material itself, while there was quite a bit of it, it was all very fun and came with an immense amount of creative freedom. As someone who does their best to avoid social media,Continue reading "Weekly Reflection: 8/27/21"
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Hopeful Accomplishments

by @HumIsDum

| ds106goals, Syndicated
August 28, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer I believe it can go without saying that I hope to accomplish all of the goals set out in UMW’s general education learning requirements. That being said, there are a couple things in particular I’d like to achieve in this course. For one, I’d like to have my creativity put to theContinue reading "Hopeful Accomplishments"
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Bob Ross and the Legend of the Secluded Lake

by @HumIsDum

| Syndicated
August 28, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer When I signed up for this class, I definitely wasn’t expecting to be assigned a viewing of Bob Ross. But don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining! I’m practically always watching Bob Ross in my free time (Though I have yet to actually follow along with a canvas of my own.) AsContinue reading "Bob Ross and the Legend of the Secluded Lake"
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First Blog for DS106

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, Syndicated
August 26, 2021

I’m Thomas and I’m excited to be a part of this class! I absolutely love writing so this should be fun.
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