Let Me Set Some Things Straight

First of all, let me formally apolagize for the lake of posts over the past month.
Y'all need to understand, a good post, a proper post, like most things in life takes time.
I cant just pop them up overnight. You should see my pile of draft posts. Its gotten to the point where I feel that I owe it to you to come out with an amazing, thoughtfull and all round brilliant post.
But the thing is, thats not always so easy. When it comes to tPoP, I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I dont like to spurt out random posts with no real relevence, and my post always have a point. Thats why I have been in such a dillema over the last month. I simply dont care about anything in particular enough to spend all my time posting. My pwnage has gone undisturbed if you would like.

But here I am now, with a few Ideas to work with. So this is just a post to tell you that I understand that you are all upset about a tPoPless month, but just bear with me, and I will continue to give you the bloggy goodness that you crave.
Dont expect weekly posts, but Ill get around to it dont worry. Over the next month or so I will be polishing and posting the drafts that I have recently written, so it shouldnt be too much of a strain on me.

So yea, just sit tight, and enjoy the stream of posts that'll soon be coming at ya, like a beam, like a ray, like a buzzard!

Shut the Fuck up, I will post when I have the time

nuff said...

I Admit, It's Frustrating Being the Best

Most of you should remember my recent spike of popularity, that is now gone and things have returned mostly to normal.

Since the dying down of the crowds, I've been a little lazy and reluctant to post.

however this ends now as I give a big old STFU!

Seriously, it seems like everyday that i recive requests asking me to "review this" "review that" "mention me" "do a segment on..." "Try to include this". And its really driving me crazy! So, instead of doing the relevenct perspective journalism peice i was planning on doing, this post is going to be a cluster-fuck of all the ridiculous shit that people have asked me to do.

Now, know that I'm not doing this because I want to, but more as a way to spite those that have been asking things of me.

lets begin...

Grand theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damned has been described as the best downloadable c...

The "Ipod" as we know it is undoubtebly one of the most useful and clever "gadgets" that is av...

The Xbox Live Marketplace is well known for its huge amounts of  useless crap, much like the i...

When i first walked into the Cinema I really did not have high expectations for "Fired Up", this...

Music through the ages has often been the only thing to keep those "unreliable" people functio...

For a more serious style of blog, I recomend that you look for one particular blog, called Repeat...

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OK, so i didnt get THAT many requests.

but surely someone out there can feel my anger and resentment, for having so many people love the blog, and wish for their own say in something that they enjoy reading...

jesus, when I talk about the things I Think about I really come off like a dickhead dont I?

Anyway, enough of that bitch.

One Request that I am happy to make is advertising the band "Comrade Wayne" This is the musical stylings of duo Jack Price and Jack D'arcy.

two Musicians who really have made an art of creating catchy, soulful music and lyrics, while keeping a light hearted, youthful feel to everything they do. I seriously think that they are worth checking out at http://www.myspace.com/littlepipcowbell

Allthough that Comrade Wayne bit was supposed to be a "review" so to speak, reviewing Music isnt really my forte, so i thought i might just do a bit of advertising. Spread the word, you know?

Well, thats tonights thingo, im not really happy with the post i just did to be honest, so Ill make sure to write that Perspective journo Piece next time.

unless something annoys me and I have to vent on this thing...

...again

A Change of Heart

over the last week or so, I have been reading other peoples blogs, getting a feel of the "competition" so to speak.
Mostly I've liked what I have read, allthough its completely changed my perception of what a "Blog" is.
let me explain... Throughout my travels on the inter-highway and on the blogosphere (now theres a metaphor or two) I've realised that People use blogs for so many different reasons.
Whether its to bitch, or to use some "cyberspace" to make a funny or two, or trying to make something deep and philosphical. Its made me stop and think about what I am doing.
Am i bitching?
I do seem to complain alot.
Am I making Funnies?
I've been known to....
Am I being deep, douchy and philosophical?
Once again, I try to touch on some of that stuff occasionly

After thinking about this for a good couple of days, I have come to the (modest) conclusion that my blog does all of that, that I am attempting to do everything.
If you read every post I have made over the last year or so. My tone, subject matter, everything has changed. Its my way of constantly trying to find the winning formula.
Looking at recent viewings and comments, i think i have finally found it with my "Back to my Roots" post.
I look forward to doing more posts in that style in the future.

Here we go again

Ive noticed that over the last few days, there has been a huge spike in hits for this blog....

F*CK YEA!

Im so happy right now, and glad that after 9 months of on and off posting, its finally taken off.
Lets continue this trend, because i swear that im now to thrilled to let it die again... so, do me a solid and tell the world of this blog, so it can get enough hits, be featured and become massivly popular, then ill advertise and make a little money off this shindig...
there you have it, thats my plan. A little far fetched i know, but at this rate, it should work... possibly...
maybe...
probably not...

Along with the increase in hits, there has also been a bit of an extra effort on my part, i have posted 3 times this week, thats got to be some kind of world record.
I mean, im doing this completely pro bono.
Well I better stop it with the self flattery, ill get started now

I really only wrote this short post here to thank all the new viewers for scoping me out... If you enjoy the blogoshpere, check out some of my friends blogs
http://incredious.blogspot.com/
http://thethoofmin.blogspot.com/
http://yawatblog.blogspot.com/

those are all great blogs made by school friends of mine, all with some cool things to say.
anyway, once again, this post was really only to thank you and i guess its a bit of a welcome home gift for my biggest (i hesitate to say) fans, who have been at cadets
Keep reading tPoP and spread the word, but keep it quiet

back to my roots: its thinking time

As I sit here on my kitchen bench, eating my cereal and watching my parents as they do their same old morning routine. I start to notice things about them, and their daily routines and lifestyles.
Currently, they are both sitting at opposite ends of a table, drinking their own completely seperate coffees, reading their own seperate newspapers, and reading their own seperate email inboxes. They occasionally pause to show the other something that they might have read, or something that a friend of theirs has sent them.
I begin to realise that I have many vivid images and memories of them doing exactly this.
this is because they do it every saturday, and have for as long as I can remember. They must enjoy this, because they sub consiously end up doing it, even when we are out of town, or at someone elses house.
While watching them go about this "routine" of theirs, I realise that these two people right in front of me, are completely content at the moment, forgetting all their troubles as they ironically read about the problems of others in an article titled "Rot in Hell, Rudd tells people smugglers"

Allthough i have a lot of quarrels with my parents, one thing I have always admired is their sence of contentness for their dreary middle class lives.
This is where the scene I have painted has some relevence in my subject matter, the video games industry.
This is an Industry that is always pushing for greater things,for great technological achievements. But by doing this, as i have come to realise, they are failing to acomplish what they first set out to do, to entertain.
As games get more and more mainstream and the "quality" apparently goes up, all money is spent on marketing, and updating hardware. And all those who (in the words of Jarett Cale) "Play Games for Game-play" are left with a below adverage piece of dribble that happens to look shiny and polished.
This is all I have time for, so I wont elaborate too much, but think about the kind of games that would be released these days if the games industry were more like my parents, content with what they have.
Would our games stay as good as the ones released in the great N64 days, or would games just be the dribble we have today... without the polishing?

im a quitter, im a blogger, im not a real jogger

HA, here I am again, with a bang... again. (of course refering to my hilarious title)



Today Im feeling really alone because everyone I know is at a freaking cadet camp... even the girls! (i know right?)

so Im doing what every reasonable person does at a time of desperation when they just need to feel loved... HITTIN THE INTERNET!



I Find myself in this pickle because I'm a quitter, i quit cadets so now Im stuck at home, it may seem like maybe I should have continued cadets from this last statement but you have to realise.... I'm very lazy

This is actually starting to affect (effect? whats the difference?) me in a very detrimental fashion.

I'm finding that I no longer have the energy to do alot of the things i used to, for example, i haven't read in ages! Whereas i used to read like a book a day. All that cod4 has finally done it, I have lost my attention span. Im pretty sure thats a bad thing, yet i dont really care as much as you think i might. Does this mean that I am so lazy, that i no longer care that I am lazy, i sure hope so, because caring would be a major buzz kill.

thats actually the same reason why i dont post, my laziness.
However i have recently had the ephifany that it truly is quality over quantity, and that I really dont have to push for a deadline or anything like that... however i dont really have the quality either.
So pretty much my 1, no wait... 2 fans are screwed