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So recently I seemed to have recovered something of my old creative mojo. Winning the award for the TRON game earlier this year has galvanised me somewhat and so I've been setting out to prove I'm more than a one trick pony games designer. In the last month or so I've completed several games for playtesting and I'm already talks with a prospective publisher. Without wishing to jinx it I hope it's the first onto brighter and better things.

This creative streak also led me to audition for a part in a stage version of Terry Pratchett's Carpe Jugulum directed by a friend of mine in east London later this year. It was a pretty nerve-wracking experience but quite fun. I wasn't lucky enough to land a major role, but I did offered a minor one. Only I've had to turn it down as they changed the performance dates and it clashes with a holiday I've already booked. Tsk.

And on the subject of holidays this last weekend I was away in France visiting one set of parents to celebrate my step-mum's birthday. Quite frankly I would much rather have been in London to celebrate TheQuestion's birthday instead but duty called. It was nice to get away from work nonetheless and the weather was awesome. The trip was however slightly marred by the fact I picked up a throat infection on the way out and had to spend the entire time not sleeping and not drinking.

On the big screen I've recently seen X-Men First Class (pretty good) and Transformers 3 (terrible). Next up will be Harry Potter 7.2, Captain America and Super 8. On the small screen the Chicago Code just finished (very good), and The Cape (pretty bad) just started. Dexter season 5 and Supernatural season 6 are pretty cool too but nothing compares to the awesomeness that was A Game of Thrones, which is now over (until next year). To make up for it I did pick up the hardback of George R R Martin's latest A Dance With Dragons, which I burned through in less than a week leaving me wanting more....