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A long post today, I've got lots of things to talk about and since a long blog post has been requested, I thought I'd slam it all into one post. So, if you don't like something, scroll down to the next paragraph and carry on.

Today is the Abbots Carnival, and if I'm honest, the novelty is lost on me. Nothing there directly appeals to me anymore, it's all just a bit blegh. Maybe next yeah.

I was proud of this, a cube of blutac! Proving that I have far too much time on my hands. At the time I also had far too much hair on my chin, but thankfully, that changed this morning. I've been scouring the web for indie games lately, to occupy myself, and I'm currently working my way down the list of games I discovered, nothing much special, I might just return to spelunky soon.

On the subject of gaming, I've been reviewing my gaming past, as it were. And I think I'm probably much more of a casual gamer compared to a year ago, where I was still trying to finish that one song on guitar hero on expert. Now I just log on and shoot people when I can be bothered. However, as happens every summer, there are still a few games coming that excite me. The first of these is Super Meat Boy, just because it reminds me of those rock hard platforming games I used to play as a kid. The ones that make you cry and then laugh in your face. And don't give you double jumps and give you sympathetic hints. I like that.

Super Meat Boy Gameplay

The second game isn't actually due until September, but I'm excited all the same. It's Dead Rising 2, a game with lots and lots (and lots) of zombies. But the novelty of killing zombies with virtually everything you find wears off eventually, I loved the first game for the boss fights, mostly psychopaths turned crazy by the fact their local shopping centre had been infested by zombies! It really did create some insane scenarios.

My third and final game is by far the most predictable of the three, it's the video game of Scott Pilgrim! You see, the only reason I decided to write about Summer games today was because last night, a gamplay trailer of Scott Pilgrim was released, yayyy! I really like the retro style of the game, and, well, you'll see.

Scott Pilgrim Gameplay Trailer

In other news, the world cup started yesterday, and I am of course very excited. Long term readers of this blog and my closer friends know that I am a massive sports fan. I didn't mention it here but I caught the end of the French Open (tennis) last week to get me in a sports viewing mood. England's first match is in a few hours time, and I'm so very hyped. I'll probably report my opinion of everything at some point on here. However, the recent increase of sports events this summer has presented a dilema, because although the world cup only happens once every four years, Wimbledon is my absolute favourite event to watch, and it starts at the end of June! Many a tough decision will follow.

What else is moderately significant in my life right now...music! Who's life DOESN'T music make an impact on nowadays. As a matter of fact, I've just finished the first draft of my summer playlist, it's due to change whenever I feel like it, the key Artists Taking Back Sunday, Mint Royale and Scouting for Girls (seriously), but expect Tat to make a serious impact soon. Hopefully very soon. I'll post a full list another time. Speaking of Tat, I didn't post last week's acoustic track, I'll do it now.

Tat - Pessimist

They were supposed to upload their last video yesterday, but no sign of it as of yet. And then they're due to release their second album! Yayyy! You have no idea how hyped I am about this summer.

Oh, and finally, I stumbled across this video the other day, Thought you might be as intrigued as I am by it.

Towards the end, I started subconciously replacing the words "cult leader" and "cult members" with "blogger" and "followers".

And that's it, I'm all posted out, can't ask any more of me.