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Writer's Block

2011-08-24T15:28:00.001+01:00

It's such a struggle to write this, because just like what the title says, I'm currently suffering from writer's block. Now I can say it's because I haven't got anything to write about, (which is true), but the real reason is because I lost my Muse.

I'm not going to truly get into it, (it's a REALLY long story. Like two years of events long), but all I will say is that, I fell out of love with my inspiration. Now I'm trying to find another thing to inspire me, in the meantime I've been feeling lazy.

This laziness has spread to other projects such as my films. Kill//Watch was supposed to be out this month, but now it's been pushed back to October, and even that is looking unlikely. I'll have to motivate myself quick, because there is no way I'm leaving this til Christmas, or even next year.

I'm gonna go figure out how I'm gonna organize the film schedule.

Later Guys!

Hey... Maybe I am over my writer's block!

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A Tribute To a Friend (Joke)

2011-06-23T23:23:00.003+01:00

Three Months? DAMN!

2011-05-10T22:49:00.001+01:00

Guess how I'm going to start this. I'm going to use a five letter word, that begins with 'S' and has two 'R's in it. If you said sorry, then you're correct. If not... I'd rather not talk about it.

Sorry guys for the lack of updates! I've had such a lot of university work, that my breaks were me doing my work at a slightly slower pace.

Anyway new things!

1) I've redesigned my 'Playa' blog! It's now called 'Play This!', and now features me talking about game news, reviews and films. Check it out here >> http://playthis-blog.blogspot.com/ <<

2) I uploaded the first few videos from my four day trip from last year. That was the video series I was talking about in February. So far only two out of the four has come out. Here's the first one >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIXxvz9rdVA <<

3) I did a prank call which was quite funny if I must say. I called up my friend pretending to be our lecturer saying that she missed her deadline. Let's say she wasn't very amused. You can listen/watch it here >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feNoCsqdXM4 <<

4) And last but not least... the announcement of my latest film!

Three weeks ago I released the teaser trailer for my latest film, 'Kill//Watch'. Kill//Watch is about a man who is terrorized by a serial killer, and his struggle to escape the psychopath and grab control of his own life.

From the name you can kind of tell what type of film it is. That's why I didn't want to reveal the name, thus me I calling it Project Different, or what ever I called it. I named it that because it was different to anything I've ever done. I really want it to be a trilogy, but let's first see how this one does.

You can watch the teaser trailer here >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxcfeH59BP4 <<

Kill// Watch should be out by August, but look out for more updates until then.

That's it for now. Thanks for sticking with me for so long. Check out my other blog. I should be updating that every day with at least one story. I'll update this blog with more interesting things. I can see how hearing me talk about videos can get a bit boring. Thanks though guys.

G

Update 27/2/10

2011-02-27T17:05:00.001Z

Second update of the year! I would celebrate but I feel a bit tired at the moment, so I'll save the celebrating for later. Let's talk about some new videos!

My friend's mixtape was released on Friday, so I uploaded two more unseen videos from the interview.The first video is him talking about life, and the second is him talking about 'haters'. The links to all of them are at the end.

My review of DC Universe Online is nearly finished, so expect a load of complaints and insults slung at the developers.

Project Different isn't dead. So far I've been writing the script. I realized that it's shorter than what it should be. To rectify that, I'm remaking the beginning of the film. Hopefully it'll make the film make more sense, plus it helps with the characterization.

Expect to see it this summer. Hmm shall we say May? Until then look out for smaller videos.

'Til next week

Gameplaya

(Update will be edited when I'm at my laptop)

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Ahh break over

2011-02-05T15:33:00.002Z

Well guys I'm back here again after another long hiatus. Do I have much for you? Hmm kinda.

In January I did a promotional interview for my friend 'The Definition'. It turned out ok. It wasn't exactly how i wanted it. If you watch the first 3-4 minutes, then you'll see my original concept. However if you watch the rest of the interview, you'll see his bland idea (sorry mate). [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeaOEQEdA0Q ]

The next video from the interview will be up this weekend.

If you watch the videos you'll realise that they're not on my normal channel. I'm using my main one for personal and random game related things. GameplayaTV is for high effort videos, and GameplayaFilms247 is for... well films.

I have some other personal videos in the pipeline that you should see soon. Hopefully it'll be as good as I imagined it.

I wrote a few articles this month. Both of them were about video games and crime.
[ http://gameolosophy.com/consoles/dont-you-hate-it-when-you-get-sex-through-xbox-live/ ]
[ http://gameolosophy.com/games/hide-your-kids-sexual-predator-found-in-call-of-duty/ ]

I don't think I've done anything else. I do however have a new hate for my sat nav. Long story short, it took me in completely the wrong direction, to the point where it sent me on the motorway. Not only did I waste my petrol, I missed all my lessons that day.

Well I'll see you guys next week.

Gameplaya

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A Little Respect (Plot)

2010-12-08T15:30:00.001Z

For a few years now, Clarke Bell has been in love with Lamia Pandora, but he's been struggling to tell her.

Every so often she goes through a different phase, which Bell changes to accompany them.

How long will Bell have to wait for the girl of his dreams to realise his feelings?

While writing this plot, I realised that if I say one more sentence, I could ruin the whole film. There really is so much in this film, that it's hard to write about.

Right now you guys just have to trust me on this. If I haven't said it already, this is supposed to be the smartest film I've ever written.

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Update: 6/12/10

2010-12-06T13:45:00.001Z

I'be got very exciting news! I've started writing my next film! Is it Project Difference you say? No that's already been written. This is a completely different film. This one is a comedy/drama whereas Project Difference is a thriller with horror elements.

It looks like this one might come out before PD because I have more people on board for this, and it's much easier to shoot. Hopefully this one will be out around April. Shooting for this one starts later this month.

I put up a video of some tram ride from Walt Disney's Movie Studios, or whatever it's called. It's about ten minutes long, and it's quite boring so your not missing anything.

That's it for now! I'll make a separate post about the nrw film's story. It doesn't have a name yet because I'm still writing it.

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Update 18/11/10

2010-11-18T18:02:00.001Z

Yoooooo guys! I'm back, sorry about the long delay between updates. I started university, and a part time job, so juggling the both of them (with added homework), has been really hard. Nevertheless, on with the news!

I finally bought my new HD camcorder. The sad thing is I haven't used it properly yet, but it seems really good!

Not too sure if I put any videos up between the last update. I made a review of all the PS2 games I had, which I made about a year ago, which I finally released. Hmmm no new articles either.

Project Difference (I think that's what I calling it at the moment), is really coming! Filming starts next month. I'm trying to get more people on board at the moment, so far I have a few people starring in it which is good, but I could always do with more. The first teaser trailer should be out around Christmas time, so look forward to that!

Well guys, seeing that I have a app on my phone which I can use to blog (sadly an android app), I can blog on the go. See you guys later.

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Update: 25/08/10 - 05/09/10

2010-09-06T00:03:00.004+01:00

Another week, another update. Hi! How you guys doing? Still jiggling? Sorry I've been saying that all day.

This week has been eventful. My university was acting like I never got in, but I actually did ages ago. Ahh that wasn't funny. I still haven't found appropriate car insurance yet, which is annoying because I have my car, it's spotless, and I can't drive it. Well I do need a proper paying job first, because I need petrol money!

I put two videos up this week, which is nice I guess. One video was me driving my new car for the first time, and the second one is me ripping up my old English work. I filmed it a few weeks ago, but I wanted to put it up as soon as I was positive I was never going to repeat it. Links for both videos at the end.

Last time I told you guys that I was finishing a Heavy Rain spoiler free review, and yes I finished it. I think it's pretty good, but I'm bias towards myself. I also wrote an article about the Mojowijo. If you don't know what it is then read this http://gameolosophy.com/consoles/wii/nintendo-wii-sex-toy-coming-very-soon.

Well I got a few ideas for GameplayaTV, but seeing that my camera is well and truly busted, that's going to be hard. It looks like I'm going to have to use my Christmas money to buy a new camcorder. Ahhh back to saving again. I make good videos right? I entertain you guys yeah? Bloody pay me then! Nah I'm just kidding, but it would be nice.

See yah guys next week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyOhMFZ5KP4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vQY8Dh9JIw

http://gameolosophy.com/games/action/heavy-rain-review-spoiler-free/

http://gameolosophy.com/consoles/wii/nintendo-wii-sex-toy-coming-very-soon

Update: 10/08/10 - 24/08/10

2010-08-24T18:15:00.002+01:00

It's been a fortnight already? Jeeez. So crap happened. I could end it there, but I guess you guys would want me to elaborate so I will.

I wrote quite a lot of articles this month. Been on a crazy writing spree, ranging from reviews to sexual predators luring teenage boys with Xbox 360s. Nice? Here's a link to a few of the articles I've written. Expect a Heavy Rain spoiler free review in a few days.

http://newsflavor.com/world/usa-canada/woman-pays-for-sex-with-xboxes/

http://gameolosophy.com/games/action/grand-theft-auto/plants-vs-zombies-vs-crime/

http://gameolosophy.com/consoles/playstation/oh-sony-what-have-you-done/ (I wrote this one a week before)

Other than that, not much happened. Well I got into university, and I bought my first car, but that's it. Sorry if I don't sound very excited, but I'm kind of in a boring mood. I'm going to try and lived up for tonight. I'm going to make a few videos, and post them in the week.

Talking about videos, I haven't put any up in a long time. Hopefully that will all change.

See yah next time guys!

G

Back Guys (I'm not happy though)

2010-08-10T12:35:00.002+01:00

Well I'm back from France, and a lot of bad happened to me. I was accused of taking someone's retainers, someone lost my mp3 player, people kept dropping food on me and I was deprived of food to name a few.

The worse thing to happen though, was my camera breaking. The screen decided to stop working, and now I'm forced to buy a new one. I'm looking at this positively though, because now I can upgrade to HD. This means that Project Difference or what ever the project name is, will be in HD.

Until I get the new camcorder (Sony HDRCX115EB), there will be NO WTF Files or any high production videos. I got a whole bunch of videos I've already filmed. I'll release them at least once a week, to show that I'm still here.

I'm just going to take this time to write stuff. Oh I might work on my book! I haven't done anywork on that in ages.

This Week (26/7/10 - 1/8/10)

2010-08-01T00:40:00.003+01:00

This week... Nothing really happened. I didn't do any filming for Project Difference, or anything else. However I thought up, and wrote my third film! Well the first part of it. I feel like releasing this one in parts every few months, and when put together it'll amount to about an hour. More on that to come next week.

There is NO WTF Files this week or next week seeing that I'm going to be out of the country. Hopefully I will be putting videos up from my trip. Usually (no offence Dad), the trips are quite boring to watch back on film. I don't mean that the trips themselves are boring, but it's really one of those, you have to be there for yourself things.

Well the only video I uploaded this week, was a video my friend made on the last day of school using my camera. Quite entertaining, but you'll really benefit from the video if you knew us.

The week before I uploaded a video called Wisdom Wednesday. It sucked. I had an idea, I went with it, and it sucked. I'm not going to do another one unless people ask. I also uploaded the first episode of WTF Files season 2. I felt good shouting at a camera again. I'm glad to be doing it after two years. I'm still tweaking the show, so hopefully the next one will be shorter and funnier. This one wasn't really that funny but I've got a really funny one coming soon.

Well like I said I'm off this week. I'll be in France by the way. I got few ideas for other short films. I'm going to try and write some when I'm on that bloody coach. Lets hope I don't get interrupted.

Til' next week guys!

Gameplaya

WTF Files Season 2 Episode One Tonight

2010-07-23T21:28:00.002+01:00

Or maybe tomorrow. It really depends on YouTube, and it's uploading time. Hopefully it'll be on tonight, if not, then expect it early tomorrow.

Good Filming

2010-07-20T15:58:00.006+01:00

Today I went filming around Chigwell, and I feel that I got quite a lot of good shots. I have to admit it was quite embarrassing filming in front of A LOT of people, but I think it went well.

A guy asked me what I was filming, and I just said a school film project. Yeaaaah... I had to lie. I was filming near a park which had a whole bunch of little kids in it. I didn't want him to think that I was a paedophile!

Anyway here's a few teaser pictures for the new movie. Enjoy :)

Why the first episode of WTF Files season two wasn't released today

2010-07-16T23:47:00.002+01:00

Well the reason why it wasn't released today, is because I haven't even started it properly. I've made the outline of the new season. I know what the topics are, and what the skits are going to have in them, but I just haven't been focusing on it like I should. Don't worry though, It is coming out next week on the same day, along with another video on Wednesday. I'll post a video tomorrow hopefully, to make it up to you guys.

See you around

New Website

2010-07-15T21:48:00.002+01:00

Well I'm back...again, and this time I have a new webiste which is http://gameplayainc.webs.com/. Now that old Piczo one is kind of dead now (I locked it because of maintenance... that never happened), so I've started to use this one. I just started to fix it properly so expect it to look better in the future, but right now I'm going to concentrate on my other projects.

Talking about other projects, filming will start on my new one next week (which we'll refer to as Project Different). The reason why I'm currently calling it Project Different is because it is so different from what I'm used to, but I'm sure I can do it. I hope to release it by the end of the year, around the same time I released 'Molly Wants To Play!' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxbUXXaA_y4).

I'M NOT DEAD!

2009-12-05T20:32:00.003Z

I'M NOT DEAD! Not that you lot care. Anyway sorry that i've neglected my blog, I've been so busy with stuff that I can't remember at this moment.

Oh yeah guys I've been cheating on this blog with another! I've got a new blog, but this is more game related. This is a combination with me and some other gamers. It's gonna be more awesome then being stuck in an elevator with the cast of Phoenix Wright the game!

What just me then?...

Playa (New Blog)
http://playamagazine.blogspot.com

Thoughts on the inFamous demo

2009-05-22T17:51:00.002+01:00

My thoughts on the demo? Well for most of the day I waited for the demo, then I had a DNS error for like over 3 hours, so I went to bed in a extremely bad mood. Therefore me waking up at 1 am to download and play the demo meant that I had a bad first impression of the game. I found it repetitive, tedious and the controls not easy to get used to. When I woke up later on at 8.30 am fully refreshed, I started up that demo and boy did my opinion change!

I turned into a saddo. I actually pretended I was a Greek god and everyone should bow down to me, but thats the beauty of the game, you have so much power that you are a god. Compared to games like GTA IV or Saints Row 2, inFamous uses the same basis. Open world. Free roaming. Loads of stuff to do. But it changes the story and gameplay to fit something new, which is superpowers.

Basically I love the demo. The demo is quite long as well. You can easily sit there playing it for over an hour. There's like 5 missions as well. Also Assassin's Creed and inFamous share the the third person parkour climbing. In my opinion there not the same. AC's climbing is more realistic where inFamous is just speed and action. Plus its a lot harder to fall than in AC which I personally don't like. Who really cares? I pre-ordered mine sometime ago and I'm looking forward to it on friday.

If you a fan of free roaming games like GTA IV or even Spider-Man 2 then this is a must buy. If not... Buy it anyway.

Till next time

Director Gameplaya

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Demo Review

2009-05-21T01:26:00.005+01:00

What can I say about Mr 'I don't need knives to eat because I have blades coming out of my hands' ? Nothing really except the words, epic violence. I could basically end the review right here because I've basically summed up the entire demo. Epic violence. However I won't so if you want to know more, then read on bub!

The demo starts with your heli' getting taken out of the air, and you hurtling towards the ground Just Cause style. While falling your able to control Wolverine in the way of moving up and down, and side to side, allowing him to dodge incoming missiles. Now the graphics look OK. Now i when i mean OK I mean... Umm yeah OK. Compared to the likes of GTA IV and even Wanted: Weapons of Fate, it seems that graphics came a little lower in there tick list. I thought that Wolverine's healing would look more dramatic, and we would get to see a bunch of guts and crap. How's red spots for you ?

The gameplay actually is pretty good. There's a light attack, strong attack, throws and lunges (where Wolverine pounces across the screen to stab a guy in the chest) and environmental attacks and kills. The controls are easy to use and fun. Basically this game is a hack n' slash. There doesn't seem to be a real point to it all, but to do it is fun. Not all games are fun, but this one is, so thats the most important thing .

There's little you can say about a demo. It's harder to talk a game when you miss out things like story and multiplayer and stuff like that, but judging from the demo, you might see a full game review of that by me on YouTube. It's just that good.

8/10

Edit: May I just say the opening cut scene where Wolverine is in the future is just..... A-M-A-Z-I-N-G like grace ! Puts most films to shame!

It's been done !

2009-05-21T01:14:00.002+01:00

Well only the first part. I finished the first part of the short film I'm making called 'Molly Wants To Play!' I don't want to ruin it too much, or at all. All I can says is two things, 1 the music is sick and is made by TEMPHUiBIS on YouTube (look him up!) and it's a LOT better than Karate Man. With my expert knowledge from Media Studies, I feel that this one will probably be by far the most enjoyable one to watch. Hopefully MWTP! will be released some time between the end of July and the beginning of August.

Watch this space!

Director Gameplaya

UFC: Undisputed Demo Thoughts

2009-04-28T22:03:00.003+01:00

I was wrong. Well not really. I do think UFC: Undisputed's grappling controls are a bit confusing. I also think that some characters have an unfair advantage against others, but... I LOVE THAT KICK TO THE HEAD! Ouch. What a beautiful crunch. I'm also loving those beautiful knockouts. At the moment I'm really liking the game. Before I hated it because Chuck Lidell is a lot stronger than the other guy. Plus seeing that the tutorial is so long, I forgot most of the moves when it came to the main fighting.

You can leave this game feeling two things;
1) the controls are too complicated, plus there are far too many of them
2) the amount of detail in this game is vast compared to others. The controls work amazingly, and the amount seem to be worth it !

I can honestly say ... I'm in the middle.

7.5/10

Director Gameplaya out

Next Youtube video

2009-04-17T01:03:00.000+01:00

Hey guys, my next Youtube video is gonna be tomorrow. Yeah so just watch out for that one.

Till next time guys
Director Gameplaya

http://www.youtube.com/user/GameplayaInc

Molly Wants To Play! Update

2009-04-15T01:59:00.000+01:00

Sorry to say this but... we're hit another delay. Filming for Molly Wants To Play! (MWTP!) will start again in late April or early May.

Til next time guys

Director Gameplaya

Youtube Page Update and New Video

2009-04-15T01:01:00.000+01:00

I finally did it ! Well it's nothing to be excited about but it I've finally updated my Youtube page. Before it was really boring, and plain, but now it's up and rearing to go!

Another thing I gotta say. I made a video review about Wanted: Weapons of Fate, and as expected it's nothing like the demo. Watch the review to find out.

Til next time guys

Director Gameplaya

Youtube Channel >> http://www.youtube.com/user/GameplayaInc <<

Wanted: Weapons of Fate (Demo Review)

2009-03-07T22:24:00.000Z

Is sliding to cover fun? Yes. Is blind firing fun? Umm, I guess. Is shooting the doors of an airplane (whilst still in mid flight) fun? Yes. Is seeing the enemies get sucked out fun? Yeah it sure is! Wanted: Weapons of Fate is a fast paced, third person action game, and is a pretty good one for a movie tie in. Now you might dismiss the game on the fact that it is based on a film with mixed reviews, but nevertheless this game is fun, and isn't that what everybody wants?

With the tutorials over, the game places you onto a airplane full of bad guys, and its your task to kill them all. Kill bad guys. Go up to next level. Rinse and repeat. The action changes where your actually in the main cabins. This is where the cover system is handy, an luckily it actually works. With a quick tap of the action button (X on PS3) you move towards cover. From there you have the choice to slide/run to somewhere else, blind fire and curve bullets into heads.

This is the element that makes Wanted unique. The film and comic were famous for that same, extremely strange ability that the characters had. Well it works. Well most of the time. To use it, you have to build adrenaline by killing people, then you have to hold a button and move the line til the person you want to shoot turns grey. It seems simple, and it is, but it is flawed. Once activated, you can't change targets, and at times there's no way you can actually hit someone, making you lose adrenaline because you can't just switch it off, you must pull the trigger. When it works its beautiful, when it doesn't, well that something else.

Wanted is a good game. The shooting is good. The cover system works, and the game is challenging. The curving however is flawed at times. Don't get me wrong, I like it. It's fun, and it's great when you see the little cut scene where the bullet penetrates the body, but when your stuck targeting the guy standing right in front of you, it's pretty useless. Well it is only the demo, so i guess things can change.

8/10

Molly Wants To Play (MWTP): Filming Day One

2009-03-01T22:01:00.000Z

Well I've just finished the opening to Molly Wants To Play and i really feel good about it. I wanted it to be around ten minutes, but seeing that the term 'short but sweet' works some of the time in movies, it could be good. I don't want to waffle on with useless scenes. Just straight to the point. Hopefully I can put this into my portfolio, but anyway.

MWTP is on course for a scary Friday the 13th release. It looks like it might be delayed for convenience, but I want to do this for the 13th. I'd feel better about it. More info soon !

Molly Wants To Play!

2009-02-24T22:51:00.000Z

Ok this might sound like some weird title for this post but I've got a reason.

On Friday 13th of March I will be releasing my first horror movie called 'Molly Wants To Play!'

Yep this again is going to be on a low budget,(umm I'll probably be spending around £0.00 ).

Filming will be starting soon, but minor parts are available.

There will be more info in the coming months.

Can Stress Kill You? (Co-Written by Mr S and Luigi)

2009-02-24T15:20:00.000Z

Dir GP: Recently I've heard that apparently this guy is dying of stress. Well I think thats BULLSHIT! You can't die of stress. You can die of the symptoms but not stress itself.

Luigi: you yourself cause stress no one else can cause stress for you.

Mr S: AIIIIIIIIRRRRR

Dir GP: Is what we all need.