Article – Art at A level

Having just finnished my AS level art course I think I can speak with some degree of authority on the issue, unlike Si, who was speculating in his last (but very good) article.

The actual mark you recieve for your art exam is negligable, you can pass art comfortably but fail your exam. The reason is simple, they do not care about your final outcome, it just doesn’t matter, in art what is important is your book – this is clearly wrong. When I walk around an art gallery I look at the pieces they have produced, their paintings, sculptures or (*shudders*) installation pieces. What I don’t expect to do when I walk around a gallery is flick through an artists sketch book, half baked ideas and prelimenary sketches, interesting of course but not as impressive – or good as their actually art pieces.

Article – Different Subjects should have different approaches

It’s half an hour until my Further Maths exam. One and a half hour of pure tormenting mathematics. And that’s just writing your candidate number down. This has led me to think – are exams the answer?

If you f**k up an exam, that’s it. You’re screwed. Of course you can retake it, but that would add another load of pressure onto an already pressurized revision scedule. However, if no exams were taken, it’s very difficult to justify a mark (a percentage mark – or even a grade). In the same way that reviews in magazines are regularly criticised, you or your parents may not agree with the grade given to you.

The CWg Summer 2005 Awards Shortlist

The first CWg award ever (apart from the crappy 2003 one) will arrive soon! Here are the shortlists – 10 entries per award – in alphabetical order.

Events of this Week

17 May – Edge Release
19 May – gamesTM Release
19 – 21 May – E3 2005

20 May Game Releases

Pac Pix (DS)
7 Sins (PC, PS2)
Boiling Point: Road to Hell (PC)
Hellforces (PC)
Road To Glory (PC)
Martin Mystere (PC)
Top Gear RPM Tuning (Xbox)

Politics – Random Election Parties

The Following are all election parties which ran for the UK election on 5 May 2005
(The linked ones are the ones which I could find a website for)
Source: The Times, 7/5/5, Election Insert

Review – Rome: Total War (PC)

Format: PC
Minimum Spec:
Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Pentium III 1 GHz
256 MB RAM
300 MB free hard disk space
64 MB video card
DirectX 9.0b
Publisher: Activision
Producer: The Creative Assemble
Genre: ‘Total’ Strategy
Price: £28 new, £10 – 20 second hand (May 2005), £5 – £15 ebay (May 2005)
Origin: UK
Reviewer: Sideath

Time for a change, methinks, after 3 DS reviews (Polarium (7), WW: Touched (8) and Yoshi’s Touch & Go (8)accordingly), for still currently my main games platform, the PC. And what better way to start with the classic Rome: Total War?

Official, Full, British Election Results. In full.

5 May 2005
UK General Election
(brackets) – compared to 2001