Week 4 EoC: Death Race Jeopardy.

With today’s game, we were separated into teams to play Jeopardy based on the definitions we have been learning in the book for the past four weeks. All of the games were created by us, and right there the biggest problem we were faced with was cohesion. Not all of the games made much sense since some people had put a little less effort in creating a well rounded working game. Some of the questions were confusing to understand, and others were misspelled and grammatically incoherent. But thankfully the majority of the games were understandable enough.
As for the teams, well the member who had obviously studied had a chance to stand out and help their team, and those that hadn’t of course didn’t. As the teams continued to separate, those that had studied began to group together more, leaving out the stragglers to fall into their own teams. Even though this might seem unfair to some, you have to remember those that had studied didn’t have to deal with this problem, for they were doing well no matter what team they were in. So there wasn’t any unfairness amongst the group, and I would say this game was very effective in rewarding those that had studied, and allowing those that hadn’t to learn from the game itself.
As for the words that stuck out the most in my head, electronic filing of patent information comes to mind since I would have an interest in using this service if I ever have to file for a patent. Double patent comes to mind since I was interested in knowing what the legal laws were when two people apply for the same invention at the same time, and finally the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office comes to mind since that administrative branch was mentioned in every answer.

Week 3 EoC: Jeopardy challenges and opportunities

In studies, it tends to get a bit hard remembering every definition, detail, and categorizing everything you’ve learned coherently in your mind. When studying, I think everyone has difficulty understanding everything they read, it also gets pretty hard when you’ll be testing by your knowledge later. Dates, names and definitions always seem to be the hardest ones especially. In order for a person to really absorb everything they have learned, the information acquired sometimes needs to be familiarized with that person by a means only he or she could interpret, or anther words, it’s easy to remember names when faces are involved.

Now when it comes to patent laws and practices, you can’t get any more confusing to a student unless you change the translation into German.  For some people a subject matter like this might as well be in German for they’ll still have as much learning what they’ve read. So the question becomes how does one manage to memorize such a field of study for themselves or anyone to understand?

Well, to tell you what! The answer beats me, I mean since we’re talking about any individual; I guess it would all depend on them figuring all of that out for themselves. But at least for me, and with this assignment of creating a Jeopardy game base on Patent Laws and such, I guess I have kind of hit home since my major just happens to be Game Art Production.  So I’m creating a game here, and I have to learn just how much is needed to create a well rounded game where the questions are categorizes the way they need to be, and how the questions relate to each other. By creating this game I will have to organize all the details to make sense, and not just for me but to anyone that would need to play this game. So in a sense, this just might be the best way to study and remember.

Week 1: EoC.....My Voice

I was raised to be a Trekkie by my dad, and one of the things I always found fascinating about the Star Trek Universe were the Holodecks that were aboard every ship. You see in Star Trek at least starting with The Next Generation, you would find a room with a hologram projector that could create both solid and non solid images of people, places, and things. The point of this room was for recreation for members aboard the ship to delve into their fantasies in a form of escapism. Pretty much what video games are becoming today, a form of interactive fantasy where a person could delve into a world created by oneself or another for the purpose of relieving stress during their time of leisure.  In my life time, I’ve seen video games go from a child’s activity to this; video games are becoming an interactive experience that can now delve into any matter that were once only associated with films and literature. All my life, I’ve always had a fascination with movies and storytelling, and thanks to this new medium I’ve pretty much found a new way to delve into my own stories and adventures.

Week 2: EoC...What I think of Lawyers

To ask my opinion about lawyers, two things come to mind, what has been my personal experience with anyone in that profession, and how has that differed from the opinion I’ve gained from the popular opinion. The way I see things, when it comes to popular opinion, you’re mostly just being exposed to stereotypes and negative feedback, generally most people prefer to hold a bad opinion about a person or thing over a good, and that is how stereotypes are created. So obviously when it comes to what I have learned about lawyers based on the popular opinion has been a negative one, the jokes about lawyers being blood sucking vampires comes to mind and that they are out to use people for their own financial gain.

Now when it comes to my personal opinion, fortunately and unfortunately I can’t say much since I really haven’t had much of a chance to form a strong input. I’ve never had to consult with one over a case, and I’ve never had to go to a trial to see them in action. Personally, my only experience has been through family, considering one of my cousins just happens to be one, my cousin Victor is a lawyer but considering his relations with me I can expect him to interact with me differently compared to a non relative.

So overall, I would have to say my opinion of lawyers is a bit of dread, dread that one day I will have to deal with one and find out whether or not all the stuff said is true. I dread that one day I will be placed into that situation and the process will end up costing me dearly. Fortunately since  I do have a family member in the profession, in the future I do plan on consulting with him if anything is to come up, hopefully he’ll be able to do more than just give me advice.