For my project...I wrote. I didn't plan. I didn't structure. I didn't formulate. I simply wrote. That's why it's called 'Musings on the Alternate Reality' and not 'An Essay on the Alternate Reality.'

My main focus is gaming because I see it as the closest thing we have to the scifi image of 'virtual reality,' but I also spend some time writing about dreams.

It's almost entirely conjecture. Some might call it the ramblings of a madman. But it's really just the result of this course which, though it educated me and fascinated me, ultimately left me confused and uncertain about the nature of "the virtual and the false."

In that I believe the course succeeded. I don't think the course was meant to give us an answer but rather to make us think. And it certainly did that. My brain hurts right now but that might be because it's 4:44 AM.

I don't think that I'd ever fully understand all of the concepts covered in the course nor do I believe that anyone could. It all falls in the gray area but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be studied. In fact, I believe the indefinable quality of our topic of study makes it more worthy of our attention. Other disciplines with 'right' and 'wrong' answers are all well and good but it's the examination of the unknown, no matter how futile, that's truly rewarding.

Awesome class, and I hope someone drops the Graphic Novel course so I can force-add that.