All Heart and no soul

Currently playing
Firstly I would like to declare that I have finished with The legend of Zelda :Twilight princess. I did not complete it 100% but I am finished with the game. My in game collections look a little like this at the end:

• 45 / 45 Heart pieces
• 26 / 26 golden bugs
• 55 / 60 poe souls
• Every upgrade (with the exception of frog lure)

It's done now, and I need not ever look back. Other than that I've just been playing RE4 wii edition and practicing on guitar hero to rack up my star power. ( tho someone likes getting the top score on my game :/ )

Currently Reading
Current reading is still 'rules of play', I'll prob give a full review when I have finished it. I've also recently started reading 'The God Dellusion' by Richard Dawkins, which i'll hold any judgement on till i read a bit more.

Currently Listening to
This Week 'Lifehouse' has been on my playlist quite a bit with this song in particular: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHfzrqLIniE

Also 'Jars of clay' frequently increased their play count this week, can be heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjOpDQqW910

Other honourable mentions go to the following:

FFVI, Terra's theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExqC2T232sk
'Robot high school' by My robot friend - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7quH25cszo

Other
That's all for now as I have to get organized because I will be going to miami for 3 weeks on holiday where i will probably drink 2 or 3....

... times my own body weight in alcohol each night. Hey don't look at me like that!

Well me off for now, till next time.

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Gone, like yesterday is gone,
Like history is
Gone, just trying to prove me wrong
And pretend like you're immortal

'Gone' by Switchfoot

Mental Block

I haven't done bugger all today... well I've done less than I normally do anyway.
Some sort of mental block, though I dislike referring to it as a block because I would find it hard to believe that there is a Lego-ish shaped object lodged in my head blocking the path of my thoughts and if it was physically there, not being able to concentrate would rank low on my concerns.

But that aside I have been able to do some reading, mainly on 'Rules of Play' by Katie Salen & Eric Zimmerman. Has some nice concepts that can be applied not only to games design but all design processes. It also points out the progression of games' social development amongst other medium.
If nothing else It's an interesting read and has somewhat made me think about my approach to games design and development with more consideration for planning and testing.

*YAWN* yeah I know that was boring. I have been really lazy with completing games lately as well, I';m determined I'm gonna beat Twilight Princess tomorrow. Also been neglecting practice on Guitar Hero which is a shame because i just started being able to tackle some hard mode songs.

Well I'm off ( as if anyone would read this ).
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"I'll be here for you today,
Even when you run away,
Cos when u run away,
My eyes will stay focused on tomorrow"

- 'Focused on Tomorrow' by Kazzer

Why Re-type?

Hey to all the people who are reading this with nothing better to do; this is my first blog.
I'll probably use this blog for everything... 'cos i'm not organised, but primarily it will be used for all the fun adventures i will be having in games development [/sarcasm]

As for the blog title 'Why re-type?'
Why do I always have to re - type my password and email address whenever I sign up to something. I mean really, do you actually expect me to do it when i have the ability to copy and paste.

I thought I'd give this blog stuff a try so i don't have to keep track of my notes and I can just post them here when something pops into my head. Also because a good friend of mine has a blog on here and when i get a link I will post it ... if he lets me .

In any case everyone ( and by that I mean no - one) check back to see if I've updated or just to see how bad I'm failing, whichever suits you're fancy; I'll try my best to put something up on a regular basis.

Well I'm off to finish some more reading and get some ideas for work.

-Firestreak