Barry Aldridge's Life

My First Doctor Who Memory

2011-11-21T11:24:00.000Z

Hello everyone

I was going to do a different blog entry yesterday but couldn't get the right things to say but lucky though I was Twitter this morning and I was reading the Doctor Who Bar Blog and was reading a blog about Tom's earilest memory of watching Doctor Who and he mentioned the 4th Doctor and the story Logopolis.

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As it is approaching the 48th anniversary of Doctor Who in 2 days and of course Doctor Who Series 6 is being released on DVD & Blu-Ray today, I thought I would talk about my earilest memory with Doctor Who.

I remember it being a Wednesday Autumn night being a 5 year old and it was 1988. I was in a living room just playing with my toys and then on the tele was something a programme that had some errie music and had a wonderful title sequence that was filled with space and stars. It looked wonderful for its time and still does now.

I remember the first story I ever watched very well and it involved the Daleks which was a real concidence to lead into later on. When I saw the first episode of Remembrance Of The Daleks I felt there was something special with the programme. The Doctor was the 7th played by Sylvester McCoy and the companion was Ace played by Sophie Aldred

The setting was very important because it had a link with the very first Doctor Who story back in 1963. The Doctor and Ace go back to investigate whats going on and find there are two dalek factions going after the Hand Of Omega. I wont spoil anymore and let you watch the story. I loved the cliffhangers in episodes 1 & 2 for this story.

Here's a fan trailer of the story

I felt in love with the show after that story thinking at first it was a series of 4 episodes and glad there was, although the rest of the story wasnt as good as the first story but it was fun to watch. Seeing the doctor being a sort of hero/anti-hero that saves the earth and wondering who is he really?

After that I watched the next series which had 4 fantastic stories which included the first time seeing Brigader Lethbridge-Stewart in a story called Battlefield. I really felt the show got so good by the last two stories of that season that I was wanting more. During that time I thought it had taken a rest but found out years ago that it was cancelled by the end of 1989. So the 1990s had no Doctor Who for a long time. I didnt know during that time that it cancelled. It was great and it led to some dark times that made me stop watching the programme by the end of 1990s until it came back in 2005.

One day or maybe tomorrow I will talk about what happened during the 1990s with my Doctor Who fandom, how I got into the Older Doctors and later on with the new Doctors up to Matt Smith.

Thanks for reading

Barry Aldridge

Uncharted 3 Drake's Deception Review & Explorers Edition Unboxing

2011-11-03T12:16:00.000Z

Hey everyone

I am Uncharted mad this week, as the third game in the series has come out on the Playstation 3 and I did two videos within two days.

Here is an unboxing of the Explorer's Edition which is a really rare collectors edition which sold out very quickly

Here is my review of Uncharted 3 in which I give a perfect score

Im not going to lie, that game is amazing and so brilliant. I had non stop playing which is unheard of for me.

Love the series, Love the characters and Love all the stories from all 3 games.

Who knows if there is going to be a fourth game one day.

Take care

Barry

Batman Arkham City Review (Playstation 3)

2011-10-25T11:47:00.001+01:00

Hey Guys

I know I havent done a blog post in a while.

I have gotten back into Game Reviews and I did Batman Arkham City for the PS3.

I also did unboxing of the collectors edition a couple of days before.

Take everyone

Barry

Doctor Who Reviews - (Day Of The Daleks Special Edition) & (The Girl Who Waited)

2011-09-11T10:50:00.000+01:00

Hey guys

Here is my 2 latest doctor who reviews

Take care

Barry

Night Terrors (Doctor Who) Review, Audioboo Update & Internet Live Shows I took part

2011-09-08T19:39:00.000+01:00

Hey guys

Here is my post which contains a review, an audioboo of whats been happening with me and two live Internet Shows I took part in with ThoseVideoGuys and TalkingWho

8th September 2011 update (mp3)

Thats all for now.

Speak soon

Barry

My Concerns for Doctor Who & Doctor Who (Let's Kill Hitler) Series 6 Episode 8 Review.

2011-08-28T23:16:00.001+01:00

My concerns for Doctor Who (mp3)

Here is my review of Doctor Who (Let's Kill Hitler)

Update 26th August (Audioboo Version)

2011-08-26T21:46:00.001+01:00

Update 26th August (mp3)

Bad Patches

2011-08-23T22:16:00.000+01:00

Hey everyone.

Still blogging which is really good and I keep coming out with topics to talk about. Normally videos help but nowadays it is easier for me to do written entries. Now I am repeating myself.

Normally August is a very mixed month where at the beginning is totally brilliant then by the end of the month it turns into real blues, I was going to curse but I thought no way.

It feels like a curse the end of this month as something really bad happens around me that makes my summer end badly whether it was a member of the family passing away or something going wrong in my life. School had sometimes been like that for me but its down to things happening in my life.

Crazy but true. Im normally really positive when in situations but I feel like when I am work when it comes to this time of year in which I hate it. OK I wont talk about my job anymore haha, unless something really funny happens there.

Everyone in life goes through bad patches for thick or thin. Later on in a week's time I will probably laugh about this haha.

Til next time

Barry

Back In The Saddle

2011-08-21T09:17:00.000+01:00

Hello everyone

It has been a long time since I last did a blog post talking about what's been going on? It feels like everyone is doing it as well that they dont do blog posts anymore but thats understandable as we all have lives to live and doing what is best for us.

We all wish it was either 2007 and 2008 when everyone was doing blogging but at the end its like growing up and find different things to do and some even move on but hey I have been more busy with my job, voluntary work and doing youtube videos which I am still having fun doing.

Since my last proper blog post in May, I have done a holiday in Bath and also did a gathering there which was good. I always love Bath and the West Country. Wished I live there, it could happen one day maybe when I retire.

The job at Tescos I am not enjoying all the time but still hanging on there because it helps with the rent money at home which is good.

I went to BBQ for my Voluntary which was good and met all the readers which is good.

I have been playing less video games lately but did get Tony Hawk Shred the other day and the board controller is a mixed bag at the moment and I did an unboxing the other day.

Hope to do review in a bit of time but need to play it more. I need to do lots of reviews of different games. I find doing video reviews better than written ones. When it comes to programme or film reviews I would find it easier to do written ones because there is a lot more to explain. I can do Doctor Who reviews in video but sometimes it needs a written article to help it. I may try get back into them as well.

Here is my latest Doctor Who Review

Finally I have been getting into a Thundercats marathon and I have reached half way and up to disc 13 out of 24, which amazes me indeed. Having a struggle at times but will keep going. I cant stop "Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats Ho" haha.

I will blog in a couple of days my afterthoughts of my day at Summer In The City, once I have all the interviews up.

See you guys soon

Barry

LA Noire Review (Playstation 3)

2011-06-28T22:12:00.000+01:00

Here is my review of LA Noire a game created by Team Bondai and Rockstar Games.

Good points

Facial Graphics are outstanding and wonderful to look at
Great Missions
Controls are cool

Bad Points

Open World is very similar to GTA and doesnt offer too much
Controls can be problems to remember at times

Overall 4.5 out of 5.

The music in the intro is "Enter The Party" from Incompetech.com by Kevin McLeod and is a royalty free site.

Doctor Who (1996) Film Review

2011-06-11T17:12:00.002+01:00

The intro is created by Matt Gambell

Matt's channel - http://www.youtube.com/mattgambellknowsbest

The music for the Intro is "Scheming Weasel" from InCompetech.com created by Kevin MacLeod which is a royalty free.

Doctor Who Review of the 1996 film starring Paul McGann as the 8th Doctor Who. Who has to save the world from the Master played by Eric Roberts. Daphne Ashbrook plays the Companion Grace.

Written by Mathew Jacobs and Directed by Geoffrey Sax

PLOT (Spoilers)

As the film opens, The Master has been tried on Skaro and found guilty of a "list of evil crimes,". His death sentence at the hands of the Daleks has been carried out. His last wish was for his remains to be returned to Gallifrey by his archenemy, the Doctor, currently in his seventh incarnation.

During the trip back to Gallifrey in the Doctor's TARDIS, the vessel shakes, causing the box containing the Master's remains to shatter and allowing a sentient ooze to escape from it. The ooze enters the TARDIS controls and forces an emergency landing in Chinatown in San Francisco, California on New Year's Eve 1999. As the Doctor steps from the TARDIS to find his bearings, he is shot by a gang who are chasing down Chang Lee, a young Chinese-American man. Lee calls for an ambulance, and the Doctor is rushed to a nearby hospital. The surgeons find, through X-rays, that the Doctor has two hearts, but they assume the x-ray image is a double exposure. As cardiologist Dr. Grace Holloway starts to operate with a cardiac probe, the Doctor wakes up, tells her that he needs a beryllium atomic clock, and then falls into a seizure, eventually flatlining. Dr. Holloway declares the Doctor dead, and his body is placed into a morgue. Lee steals the Doctor's possessions, including the TARDIS key, and runs off. Meanwhile, the ooze, which had stowed itself away on the ambulance, attacks and takes over the body of the ambulance driver, Bruce. When Bruce's wife questions his odd behaviour, the Master, now controlling his body murders her.

Late in the night, the Doctor regenerates into a new body, and leaves the morgue in a state of confusion, donning parts of costumes intended for the New Year's Party later that night. He follows Dr. Holloway as she leaves the hospital, and convinces her that he is the same man she operated on earlier. Dr. Holloway, who has lost her job at the hospital as a result of the disastrous operation on him, takes the Doctor to her home. Meanwhile, Lee has returned to the TARDIS with the key, and entered the time machine. The Master arrives soon afterwards and tells Lee that the Doctor stole the TARDIS from him, as well as his body, which he wants to retrieve. He convinces Lee to open the Eye of Harmony thanks to his human retinal pattern.

Infamous 2 Hero Edition and early thoughts of the game

2011-06-08T19:43:00.000+01:00

Hey everyone

I got Infamous 2 today a couple of days before the UK release. Here is unboxing of the Hero Edition I got from Play.com.

I had a go at the game and its demo and I am really impressed with the game. You go into a big battle with the Beast that was mentioned by Kessler in the first game. What a battle too. It was really awesome. I feel that Sucker Punch haven't lose it at all with this game. Its a real joy, I will admit the Hero Edition is a bit high on price on what you get. So far I would give it 4.5 out of 5.

Heres a trailer of Infamous 2

Doctor Who Reviews (The Doctor's Wife) & (The Rebel Flesh)

2011-05-25T07:42:00.000+01:00

Hey Guys

I realised I havent put up on my blog my last couple of Doctor Who reviews and now I am.

(The Doctor's Wife)

(The Rebel Flesh)

Thats all for now

Barry

Barry Aldridge Face 2 Face With MattGambellKnowsBest (Series 2 Episode 10)

2011-05-17T21:34:00.000+01:00

Hey everyone

Good news is that Face 2 Face is now back and it is with my friend Matt Gambell

Face 2 Face is now back again after 11 months and thought of finishing off Series 2.

My guest today is Matt Gambell also known as MattGambellKnowsBest

Matt's channel - http://www.youtube.com/mattgambellknowsbest

The collab that I mentioned is called "Console Wars" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEJfkD22AeI

The Music I used in the opening and ending titles is called "Free Whips" from the Hip Hop section and is from http://www.royaltyfreeinstrumentals.com/ which is a royality free music site.

Spoilers Are A No No (Audioboo)

2011-05-11T20:44:00.000+01:00

Hey everyone

Today's entry is an audioboo talking an interview that Steven Moffat had on Radio 5 Live eariler this morning talking about that people who spoil Doctor Who for others.

Doctor Who boss 'hates' fans who spoil show's secrets

Here are my thoughts on spoilers done by fans and media critics.

Listen!

Be back soon with an exciting project that everyone can take part in.

Barry

Spring Mood Is Wonderful

2011-05-10T13:46:00.000+01:00

Hey everyone

I thought I would do a normal blog today just talking about the mood of Spring and how wonderful it can be.

I have always preferred Spring to Summer and Autumn. I would consider Summer as the worst because it gets too warm. I love the air in Spring because it feels really fresh and even though Winter is very cold, the air in that is fresh as well but freezing haha.

The Spring to me always bring a new beginning in phase of my life, I think it does in people. I have stayed local a lot lately for the weather as we have been very lucky. A couple of weeks ago it felt like Summer in terms of weather and temperature which was different as I dont mind some differences. Its one of those things that can fully understand when you reach an certain age or when you are smart enough to understand.

Short thought of Spring.

I have been catching on Doctor Who a lot lately watching not only the new series and the classic series either on DVD or Youtube.

Thats all for now

Barry

Doctor Who (Curse Of The Black Spot) Series 6 Episode 3 Review

2011-05-07T22:17:00.002+01:00

Hey everyone

Here is my review of Curse Of The Black Spot, latest Doctor Who review

Portal 2 Review (Playstaion 3)

2011-05-03T20:32:00.000+01:00

Hey everyone

Here is my review of Portal 2 for the Playstation 3.

Fun enjoyable game and you have to have a high IQ to really enjoy the game in my book.

4.75 out of 5 overall

The music in the intro is "Enter The Party" from Incompetech.com which is a royalty free music site from Kevin McLeod.

Doctor Who (Day Of The Moon) Series 6 Episode 2 Review

2011-05-01T07:22:00.002+01:00

Here is my review of Day Of The Moon (Second episode of Doctor Who Series 6)

Talking Who Episode 2 (Impossible Astronaut/Planet Of The Spiders Reviews)

2011-04-28T17:00:00.000+01:00

Hey guys

I took part in an Internet show called Talking Who with Elisar and Sean

We talked about

1) The Impossible Astronaut
2) Predictions for Day Of The Moon
3) Planet Of The Spiders DVD Review
4) Sarah Jane CBBC Tribute show
5) Doctor Stew

Here is the show

Mortal Kombat Review (Playstation 3)

2011-04-26T12:01:00.001+01:00

Hey everyone

Here is my review of Mortal Kombat which came out last week, I will say some of the images maybe distrubing to some people because Fatalities and X-Ray attacks are performed. If you are distrubed by these, do enjoy.

Talking Who Appearence Coming On Wednesday

2011-04-24T23:33:00.000+01:00

Hey Everyone

Hows it going? Right I got some excellent news to present you to you guys. I am going to be part of vodcast talking about Doctor Who called "Talking Who".

Elisar and Sean asked me to if I wanted to take part in talking about Doctor Who and I said yes because I am a fan of the Doctor Who.

I saw Episode 1 of their Talking Who where they did a tribute to Elisabeth Sladen, talked about the new series and other news, which you can see below. Does go on for 51 minutes.

In the week that I am being a guest host on Talking Elisar, Sean and I will be reviewing The Impossible Astronaut and the DVD of Planet of the Spiders along with discussing the latest Doctor Who news.

Join us live in the chat room and tweet us your comments and reviews and we will be reading out some of them live on the show.

Watch Those Video Guys Talking Who Episode 2 straight after Those Video Guys:

http://www.youtube.com/thosevideoguys - click on LIVE (Youtube Live)
http://live.thosevideoguys.tv (Ustream Live)

Wednesday 27th April
9pm UK
4pm New York
1pm Los Angeles

Hope you can come along guys, if you like watching me or a fan of Doctor Who.

Will blog again soon

Barry

Doctor Who (The Impossible Astronaut) Series 6 Episode 1 Review

2011-04-23T20:57:00.002+01:00

Elisabeth Sladen 1948-2011 (RIP) Tribute

2011-04-22T10:21:00.001+01:00

Hey everyone

I was asked by people on Youtube and PSN to give my thoughts on Elisabeth Sladen who passed away on Tuesday by Cancer.

Here it is my tribute to one of the best companions in Doctor Who.

Crysis 2 Nano Edition & Mortal Kombat 9 Kollectors Edition Unboxings

2011-04-20T20:41:00.000+01:00

Hey Guys

Today I got two collector editions of two different games

Crysis 2 Nano Edition

Mortal Kombat 9 Kollectors Edition

iPad 2 Review

2011-04-19T17:44:00.002+01:00

Hey Guys

I forgot to put in this blog a week ago my review of the iPad 2 which Im still using now and I think it is really cool.

Here is my review

Have a great day everyone

Barry

Doctor Who Planet Of The Spiders DVD Review

2011-04-18T10:37:00.000+01:00

Hey everyone

With Doctor Who beginning again on Saturday with the new series, I decided to get back into the flow with reviews again and I decided to review a Classic series story that comes out today on DVD but I got it on Saturday through the post.

PLANET OF THE SPIDERS


Planet Of The Spiders UK DVD Cover

This is Jon Pertwee's last outing as the Doctor and also stars Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. The story is about when a former UNIT member Mike Yates takes Sarah Jane to a Tibetan retreat to show her a group of men using meditation rituals to make contact with an alien power. Turns out to be a connection from Earth to Metebelis 3 which was previously mentioned in the Green Death. On Metebelis 3 it is a planet ruled by Spiders who are masters over man on the planet who want the crystal back, in which Doctor stole and got back from Jo Grant in a letter.

Now the Doctor has to go back to Metebelis 3 to face his worst fear of the Great One who is a giant spider and all of mankind.

I remember first watching this story on UK Gold back in 1998 when they were doing on a Sunday morning depending on the time they were shown. If it was 4 parter it would be 9am in the morning but 6-7 parters would be a 6am start for the story.

This story was written by Robert Sloman and Barry Letts (Uncredited), they came out with a great story, not the best 6 parter story but a good one indeed. I felt the performances of Jon Pertwee was still top of his game and brought the best out of everyone and that is something I notice when I watch Troughton, Tom Baker, Matt Smith as well which is a brilliant quality.

I loved Jonny Kane's performance of Tommy who starts off as someone who has learning difficulties and then once he looks into the crystal he becomes a genius and a great protector. I liked how Sloman and Letts wrote that piece. I do notice in the commentary that Letts said they couldnt do that anymore which I can understand which people would find it a bit shocking how someone with learning difficulties can be treated.

I wished that Nicholas Courtney was in it more but it felt more of an off Earth story than a Earth Story which was one of the reasons why Pertwee decided to leave. Richard Franklin makes an appearence as Captain Yates who is not with UNIT after what happened in Invasion of The Dinosaurs, it was nice twist.

It does feature a lot of actors that were in past Pertwee stories that I didnt know until I watched the Final Curtain.

They were a lot of comedy moments in there which helped the pacing of the story that if it was too serious then I would have lost interest in the story.

I liked how Jon's Doctor was scared in this story when confronting the Great One and thought it gave it some important value that Pertwee's doctor had to face a demon/fear that would lead into the next step.

I loved the final scene involving the Doctor, Sarah Jane and The Brigader where the Doctor is close to death and the touching scene and dialogue from them is really moving and made you close to tears. I thought the way they did the regeneration wasnt the best but the build up to it was great.

Great story overall with great picture and sound quality again from the BBC and 2Entertain.

Onto the extras I listened to the commentary after watching the story later on Saturday and found it interesting to listen to and features Elisabeth Sladen, Nic Courtney (RIP), Richard Franklin, Barry Letts (RIP)and Terrance Dicks. I always enjoy listening to stories by Letts and Dicks on the production which you gave some insight behind the scenes of any story which is great. I was a bit surprised that Elisabeth Sladen was only in the commentary and not in the documentary but to know she doesnt like Spiders back then.

The Final Curtain documentary was really good to watch as it starts with Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks talking about why they wanted to leave and why Jon Pertwee wanted to leave. We will never know why Pertwee really wanted to leave as Pertwee had said that he would have stayed on if his friend Shaun Sutton had paided him more money in which Letts says it is nonsense that Pertwee left because the family was breaking up. It was great to see some Pertwee Archive interview footage in this documentary as it helped with certain parts.

Glen Allen was the narrator in this documentary and did really good job with it. Allen produced a great flow into linking parts of the documentary together which is needed. Great documentary

I liked the Jonny Kane documentary where he talked about that he was in character when he went on a taxi price from his place to the BBC which didnt please the security guard afterwards and it was nice to know that he did Theatre before Doctor Who. Some funny stuff in there.

Directing Who with Barry Letts is really interesting and was glad it was recorded before Letts death in October 2009. He talked how he made the switch from an actor to a director and how he involved with Doctor Who at first with the Enemy Of The World story starring Patrick Troughton. It was good when he became producer that he was allowed to direct at least one story per season under his run. Letts also talked about the Classic Serial that he did afterwards. Now the music used I know is called "Eternal Hope" from Kevin MacLeod because I used this piece of music in my World Autism Awareness Day video that I did eariler in the month, which was really cool.

The Now & Then documentary was good to see where they filmed and what they turned into now which is great for any fan.

The Omnibus Edition is a shorter version but done as 105 minute film version of the story which is one they showed to audiences in 1974 the day before Tom Baker's debut story "Robot"

Overall I found the DVD to be a real joy to watch with the story being good and the extras being fantastic as they seem to get better in every release that I get.

I give this 9/10 defintely worth getting if you are a Pertwee fan and a Doctor Who fan

Bye for now and cant wait until Saturday

Barry

Becoming Youtube Stars Event in London 14th of April 2011

2011-04-16T17:13:00.000+01:00

Hey everyone

The other day I went to Becoming Youtube Stars event in North Greenwich, London at Ravensbourne Design College by the O2.

I did an audioboo to talk about the day and a Youtube video about the event.

Listen!

Had real fun at the event.

Barry

Yakuza 4 Review (Playstation 3)

2011-04-10T19:25:00.001+01:00

Great Days Are Always Around

2011-04-08T18:30:00.000+01:00

Hey everyone

I realise that I havent done a normal blog entry in a really long time talking about whats going on in my life but I have Youtube, Audioboo and Dailybooth just to help me out.

Anyway I decided to give my blog another go. Lots of great things have happened to me lately and I felt that I wanted to share them.

I went to a Bristol Youtube Gathering 13 days ago and it proved to be one of the best gatherings I ever went to. It so reminded me of 2007 and early 2008 gatherings I went to because it felt new and fresh. As a friend said on Facebook it is a new generation of Youtubers that attended the event and had fun along the way. It was a wonderful feeling returning to Bristol. I consider it a place like Bath a place away from Home that made me feel comfortable.

There are a number of gathering videos including a couple of outstanding ones from my friend Ray (Ir0nIsland)

I know it is a lot of videos but there are some really funny ones and well edited ones. Bristol 2011 gathering will be remembered.

After that everything that was a dream became a reality apart from my Dad going into Hospital for a shoulder injury, lucky though he had an operation and is ok, I hope to see him again in hospital if not this weekend maybe next week before I go for the Youtube Stars event in London.

Like I said in the title, great days are always around as long you dont take them for granted.

On Wednesday I got an Ipad 2 through the post as I ordered one as soon they were in stock at Tescos because I get a 10% discount and Im loving it. On the same day it was when Michael Aranda was trapped in France which is a surprise, I hope he does get back into the UK but at the same moment no luck.

On Thursday I received my prize from a competition that I won for review of the month for my review of Gran Turismo 5 I did back in November.

I won all this kit and problem is I aint got a Desktop PC so it could be a while before I can try out this kit but hope to one day. My friend Michael (Micgamer16) suggested I could give it away to my subscribers in a competition, if I remember one day and if I feel I aint going to get any use out of it after a while.

Heres a picture of the kit

What a week for me but I hope others are having a great week at the moment.

Also I would like to leave on a positive note

Its always brilliant to see a great video from my man NSG and his friends Miz Kaz and Logic

Take it easy everyone

Barry

World Autism Awareness Day 2011 2nd April

2011-04-02T05:18:00.000+01:00

Here it is my video for World Autism Awareness Day 2011

Have a great day

Barry

Why Dont Video Game Shows Exist Anymore?

2011-03-17T10:09:00.000Z

I remember a time as a child there used to be a few video game shows that was TV whether it was Free TV (ITV and Channel 4) or Sky. There are three shows that I can remember

Gamesmaster (Channel 4 between 1992 and 1998)
Games World (Sky 1 between 1993 and 1995)
Bad Influence (ITV Yorkshire Production between 1992 and 1996)

These three shows formed my childhood in the later years leading to my Teenage years. These three shows were very good in their own way.

Gamesmaster was a show presented by Dominik Diamond and Patrick Moore apart from Series 3 done by Dexter Fletcher who I thought was good in small doses but Dominik was way better in the presenting role. Never saw Patrick Moore to be a gamer type probably someone who thought of doing the show just for money but thats my opinion.

There was Games World which I found more interesting probably because it was 5 days a week and it would have Monday and Friday doing the main show and the rest of the week covered by reviews, Live show and cheats in the first series. By the second series they had a series called Barry JoyPad's which featured a pre-fame David Williams from Little Britain which was a really funny show on a Tuesday, bit childish for my liking nowadays but hey. I remember Jet from Gladitors was in it and god she was hot.

Finally there was Bad Influence which was more a feature show on a Thursday afternoon on CITV when it was free TV and not have its own channel like now. I liked that they focused on the game in more detail than the other two shows and felt more for a younger audience but felt it didnt have the punch of GamesMaster and Games World.

In 1996 Bad Influence was put to dust as it was a shame that people werent watching that I have found out.

By 1998 all 3 of these shows were gone. Games Master didnt fit into the Channel 4 under their new controller I found out recently and ended a week before my 15th Birthday. Games World really sucked in 1998 by doing 15 minute segments every morning along with the new series that everyone knows as a Pokemon.

Its weird, I think it was also a period where I lost interesting in gaming in a way. I dont know I was more into watching music videos and TV shows also trying to get my coursework.

A lot of people take video games only for the younger market but thats not true maybe around that period of the mid 90's I would have believed that.

The mainstream media in my view dont take video games seriously at all unless it is the release of a new Grand Theft Auto or Call of Duty which have been labeled for Criticism for being really violent and real. There are times with the media that I feel that they only report on it when they havent tried out the game itself then I would believe their argument.

I have played of God Of War games and its more violent than them two but doesnt get the media coverage of them two games.

Im going off the point here, I know there are video game programming on Youtube and Internet but I do wish there was one show like the 3 I mentioned that was on TV but then again people have said TV is dead.

Ah well I thought I would leave you with clips from each of the 3 shows to give you an idea

Thanks for reading everyone

Barry

GamesMaster Series 1 Episode 1

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Games World

Beat The Elite (Friday Show from Series 1)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Here is a clip with Games Mistress being played by Gladitor Jet

Bad Influence

Series 2 episode looking into the Atari Jaguar

Family Guide to Computers

World Autism Awareness Collab Details and London yesterday (Audioboo)

2011-03-10T16:21:00.001Z

Hey guys

this entry is going to be audio based about World Autism Awareness Collab that Rose and I want to do

Listen!

Here's the video about the collab

Have a great day everyone

Barry

New Reviews - Dragon's Lair and Killzone 3

2011-03-07T19:49:00.000Z

Hey everyone

Here is my latest entry with the last 2 game reviews I did.

Dragon's Lair (PSN)

Killzone 3 (Playstation 3)

Another entry coming soon

Barry

Nicholas Courtney 1929 - 2011 (RIP

2011-02-23T10:07:00.001Z

Nicholas Courtney who was best known as Bridager Lethbridge-Stewart passed away eariler this morning, I have done an audioboo and Doctor Who Online has done a video doing a wonderful Tribute to the actor.

Listen!

Birthday and Other Updates (Written Blog at last)

2011-02-21T10:23:00.000Z

Good Morning Guys

I have not done a written blog in a long time and I have nearly forgotten how to do one of these. I know that some people who read my blog in the past may have moved on which is understandable. Lately my posts have been Youtube videos, as I had nothing esle to say with it.

Anyway things have been a little strange for me. I have been waking up at 4am quite a bit lately which isnt good for my body clock. I had to wake up at that time for the early morning shifts at my job but it stuck with my me for last couple of days. I hope it does disappear after my shift today otherwise I feel I am in trouble.

I have been watching a lot of Top Gear over the last couple of weeks, it includes these

I have to say I like the Challenges and Adventures DVDs they released as they are more interesting to see than testing car dvds which I dont mind watching on TV once and then thats it.

My birthday the other week was really good and had some fun the next few days afterwards. On my birthday I took my family out for a meal to Harvester and it was fun then I got back to find out I had a package and needed to pay £15 for a custom charge which is digusting and never going to order a lot in one order from the states again. I also got a load of presents which include a couple of toys which are shown here

My Toy Shelf

Im proud of all the toys.

The Following day I went to Portsmouth to see Danny and we looked around. We also went to the D Day Museum which was really good as we watched a film about D Day and the leading days of the second World War. It was interesting indeed then at around 5 o'clock we went on the Spinnaker Tower and it was scary at first but got used to the height afterwards. It was brilliant up there.

Saturday I had a gathering for my birthday and it was awesome

Had a long day in Jubilee Gardens, Convent Garden with the Apple Store and Cybercandy, Forbidden Planet and then Leicester Square which left to do other stuff in London and then leaving at around 7 as I was so tired.

Thats it for now everyone. I hope to keep doing written blogs again.

I know they losing touch or people have moved onto Tumblr as I dont like it. Hey it happens it happens.

Take it easy everyone

Barry

Barry Aldridge Asks (17) & Console Wars Videos

2011-02-20T09:34:00.000Z

Hey Guys

Just some videos in this blog post, I hope one day I will be able to do written posts again.

Barry Aldridge Asks (17) - Best Film You Have Ever Seen?

Console Wars Video With Matt Gambell

Be back soon

Barry

Why Are Video Games Important To Me (Part 1)

2011-02-08T19:12:00.000Z

I decided to do a response to AGEntertainment talking about how video games are important to me.

AG's channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/AGentertainment

In this first part I discuss about how I got into gaming and my first console NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)

Games mentioned Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario Bros 3, Punch Out and many others

Friends (TV Sitcom) Looking Back Review

2011-02-03T19:03:00.000Z

Over the last week I looked on my DVD/Blu-Ray and Video Game shelves and found Friends Season 1-10 Boxset and felt like doing a looking back review.

Information about Friends from Wikipedia

Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in the borough of Manhattan, New York City. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The original executive producers were Crane, Kauffman and Kevin S. Bright, with numerous others being promoted in later seasons.

Kauffman and Crane began developing Friends under the title Insomnia Cafe in November/December 1993. They presented the idea to Bright, with whom they had previously worked, and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the series to NBC. After several script rewrites and changes, including a second title change to Friends Like Us, the series was finally named Friends and premiered on NBC's coveted Thursday 8:30 pm timeslot. Filming for the series took place at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California in front of a live studio audience. After ten seasons on the network, the series finale was promoted by NBC, and viewing parties were organized around the U.S. The series finale (the 236th episode), airing on May 6, 2004, was watched by 52.5 million American viewers, making it the fourth most-watched series finale in television history and the most watched episode of the decade.

Friends received positive reviews throughout most of its run, becoming one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. The series won many awards and was nominated for 63 Primetime Emmy Awards. The series, an instant hit from its debut, was also very successful in the ratings, consistently ranking in the top ten in the final primetime ratings. It is now often regarded by critics to be one of the finest shows in television history. The series made a large cultural impact, which continues today. The Central Perk coffee house that was featured prominently in the series has inspired various imitations throughout the world. The series continues in syndication worldwide. All 10 seasons are available on DVD. The spin-off series Joey was created to follow up with the series after the finale.

Little Big Planet 2 Review (Playstation 3)

2011-01-24T21:49:00.000Z

This is my review of Little Big Planet 2 for the Playstation 3.

Little Big Planet 2 website - http://www.littlebigplanet.com/

It is created by Media Molecule a UK Based gaming company.

The Narrator is Stephen Fry

It is a wonderful game that has a creativity and great storyline within the single player.

5/5 overall.

The Intro music is "Enter The Party" by Kevin McLeod from Incomptech.com which is a royalty free site music.

Plot/Story Mode (Single Player/Multiplayer)

Players continue Sackboy's journey after the events of the first game and the portable version are brought to an end. An inter-dimensional vacuum cleaner appears over the skies of LittleBigPlanet and begins to suck up its inhabitants, including Sackboy. Larry Da Vinci, the leader of a semi-secret semi-organised group known as "The Alliance", comes to Sackboy's rescue saving him from what they call "The Negativitron." The organisation is dedicated to battling with "The Negativitron" and defeating it before it destroys Craftworld.

Information on the game from Wikipedia
While still retaining the three-layer, 2.5D nature of the original title, with the player controlling their Sackboy characters, players are not restricted solely to platforming levels, and can now choose to create many types of levels including racing, puzzle and role-playing games. The player may also choose to create and customise their own heads-up display to accommodate their game type. New animation recording options are available and players will be able to create full-motion cut-scenes to go with their level design, manipulate the camera for both cut-scenes and gameplay, and record their own sound effects for use in the level. As well as including a wide selection of original and licensed music, the game also includes a robust music sequencer. Multiple levels can be linked together, so that finishing one level immediately takes the player to the next in the series.

Aim for 2011 - Writing Challenge

2011-01-05T11:24:00.000Z

Hey everyone

Here is an aim I want to do in 2011

Barry

Project For Awesome 2010 (National Autistic Society)

2010-12-18T18:44:00.000Z

Hey everyone

This entry I was meant to do yesterday but saved it for today and it is about the Project For Awesome 2010. I have taken part in the Project For Awesome for the last 4 years and I have always supported the charity "National Autistic Society" which is very close to my heart

Here is my video

I really like the ending to the video with Ruby. What a dog.

I also found out that the National Autistic Society did a video for the Project For Awesome which is fantastic.

Here is theirs

Which I am so happy about

I also did an audioboo talking about the Project For Awesome.

Listen!

I think this is fantastic, the Project For Awesome and hope it comes back for a fifth year. About to get some rest, so then I can watch the Live show at Midnight my time.

Take care and as John Green would say "Best Wishes"

Barry

Going ons, update and taking part in Project For Awesome 2010

2010-12-13T12:24:00.000Z

Hey guys

Here is another entry from me using Audioboo and Twitvid.

Listen!

Here is the post I recieved this morning (Bit random)

Thats all for now

Barry

Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Let Down so far

2010-12-10T12:30:00.000Z

Hey everyone

I am going to do two entries today and the first one is about an Advent Calendar I got last month and feel it is a let down so far.

Oh yeah the quality is different because I used Twitvid.

Have a great one until later on

Barry

Audioboo talking Tuition Fees and Doctor Who Books that is amazing + A Christmas Collab I took part in

2010-12-09T19:59:00.000Z

Hey Everyone

Here is an audioboo talking about my views on Tuition Fees in brief and a Doctor Who book that I really like and glad to get while I was in Brighton

Listen!

Also before I go I took part in a Christmas collab and its for Gibbo's All I Want For Christmas which I liked taking part last year and was asked to do it again

Thats all for now

Barry

Donkey Kong Country Returns Review (Nintendo Wii)

2010-12-08T14:52:00.002Z

Hey everyone

Here it is my review of Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Nintendo Wii.

I love this game a lot.

The graphics and gameplay are brilliant but it is really hard to play.

It is a brilliant challenge that makes you come back for more

5/5 overall.

The music in the titles is "Enter The Party" from Incomptech.com which is a royalty free site.

This is my entry for today and enjoy

Barry

GetFeaturedGlobal and I could have been Dead 5 years ago

2010-12-07T18:25:00.000Z

Hey guys

Todsy's entry is basically just a video talking about GetFeaturedGlobal and something I talked about on audioboo a while ago.

Here's the video where I explain the mixture of news

Here's the original audioboo I did a while ago

Listen!

In other news I am starting to work on my review of Donkey Kong Country Returns and it is going well. I got the footage of me playing the game and Im happy to keep going with it. It will be up either Wednesday or Thursday.

Take it easy guys

Speak soon

Barry

5th Of December Update (Audioboo) and Evening update

2010-12-05T11:05:00.001Z

Hey Everyone

Here is my latest update on Audioboo

Listen!

I will update this entry later on with the EDIT and the time just tell my day.

Barry

EDIT 8:15pm 5/12/2010

I had a long afternoon thinking about Monty Python and the Lumberjack song, I had talked about this song in my blog in the past but I totally love this song.

I have been watching District 9 and it is one of those films that is so good on Blu-Ray, glad I got it on there.

A Fifa Goal that makes me laugh

2010-12-04T23:14:00.000Z

OK I have mentioned this on Twitter and Facebook but I cant stop watching this clip.

If you love Fifa games you will love this.

Back soon

Barry

Update 3rd December (Audioboo)

2010-12-03T20:02:00.000Z

Todays blog entry is just an audioboo talking about whats going on with my life today.

Listen!

Im so glad from the comments so far I got on audioboo that say that Rationing should not be done nowadays but listen to the boo to know what I am on about.

Take Care

Barry

Bazzerspot is coming back and with Audioboo again.

2010-12-02T19:25:00.000Z

Hey guys

Its been a long time since I last did a blog entry and decided to bring it back with some audioboos of today

First of all I have noticed some people I know have started to write blogs again which is brilliant and sometimes when you see someone doing something you aint been done in a while and you used to do that. You actually want to get back into the groove of things.

Listen!

Here is an eariler of today update I did

Listen!

Before I go I have to admit I was surprised about how my latest review of Gran Turismo 5 is going and I noticed some of the big video game websites havent released a video review of the game which shocks me, ah well. At least I was able to do before them only once which is cool.

Here is the review

Take it easy everyone and speak soon

Barry

TV Is overrated, Bath Spa Gathering (21st of August) and other updates.

2010-07-15T12:01:00.000+01:00

Hey Guys

I havent done an entry for a while and thought of doing one with loads of stuff to explain.

Oh yeah sorry for the quiet levels on my audioboo must have covered the mic or was far away.

Listen!

BATH SPA GATHERING (21st of August 2010)

OK I have decided to organise a Youtube Gathering in Bath Spa

Facebook Group link is here - Facebook Page for the Gathering

We will be meeting at Bath Spa train station at 12:30 and then we will wait a bit just in case for others to arrive. Around 1:00 we will do lunch if people need because some may have travelled a long way to get to the gathering. Then after that we will see what happens

I will be arriving a couple of hours eariler and if you want to contact me for saying if you are arriving late.

My e-mail address for contacting me about the gathering is Barry832003@googlemail.com

Thats the information for the gathering done.

OTHER AUDIOBOOS HAVE DONE

Listen!

Listen!

Listen!

OK thats all for now

Barry

I wish people were honest if I done something wrong.

2010-07-04T09:11:00.000+01:00

Listen!

Just something that bothers me a bit.

AudioBoo Special - (GetFeaturedUK, Dog Poo, Best Buy, Nodding Dog & IT Crowd)

2010-07-02T22:23:00.000+01:00

Hey everyone

I got a few audioboos to want to put up here.

First of all I did one on GetFeaturedUK

Listen!

The next one I did was about Dog Poo Aftermath and talking about Best Buy
Listen!

Here's the original boo that I was originally keeping as an audioboo but decided to put it on my blog

Listen!

Finally I did an audioboo about a Nodding Dog I bought in Portsmouth and watching a sitcom called the IT Crowd

Listen!

OK Thats all for now

Barry

Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Video Review) & GetFeaturedUK (AudioBoo)

2010-06-30T12:45:00.000+01:00

Hey Guys

Got a mixture entry today with a video review and an audioboo

The first one is my latest game review of Super Mario Galaxy 2 and I have to say it is totally.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a platforming video game developed by Nintendo for the Wii.

The game's levels are galaxies filled with minor planets and worlds. While its gameplay is based on that of its predecessor, the game was updated with gravity effects and new power-ups. It is the fourth original 3D platformer in the Mario series, after Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy. Upon its release, Super Mario Galaxy 2 met with critical acclaim, and it has been listed as one of the highest-rated video games ever

This is one of the best games I have ever played. The creativity of the game is off the charts and gives Nintendo the edge. The mix of 2D and 3D is fantastic.

I give this game 5 out of 5. Best game of the year so far and could be overall by the end of the year.

The second part of this entry is about GetFeaturedUK

I did an audioboo talking about GetFeatured set up by DoctorBenjy, CheekTV and Jack from OMFGItsJackandDean

Listen!

Please also check out this video by Benjy, Gary and Jack

Thats all today

Barry

Face 2 Face is Back with Mr Buchanan, Old Memories (AudioBoo)

2010-06-25T08:39:00.000+01:00

Hey Guys Its been a long time since I did a written blog and was going to be audio at first but thought nah I couldn't do it written.

First of all FACE 2 FACE is back -

Its with a youtuber by the name of MrBuchananToYou who I think is a fantastic vlogger and makes brilliant points within his videos.

OK onto the story of how it happenend I saw that Kris did some brilliant vlogs ranging from Politics and what is going on in Youtube so I thought I will contact him and he accepted which was brilliant.

I was going getting the questions together and send them to Kris then a week later I got his footage back and everything was going smoothly then a problem got in with the audio going wrong later in the footage but lucky though it wasnt a difficult problem to solve then I put Kris's footage on another site then converted into another file type that helped the audio better when it was going wrong.

It was weird that it played normal with no problems in Windows Media Player but when in my editing software it was unpredictable but anyway I was able to do it right and I replaced the audio from the original file that Kris send me and it took some time to put the audio syncing with the video but I did it.

Thanks again Kris.

Like Kris said in his interview about his future that the only way Im going to stop making youtube videos is when I treat it like a chore.

The next part is an audioboo where I mention talking about old memories

Listen!

Double AudioBoo (Eminem Album, Oasis, England in Last 16 and Youtube winning lawsuit over Viacom)

2010-06-23T22:35:00.000+01:00

Hey guys

I did a double audioboo today

The first one is talking about Eminem's and Oasis's new albums that have come out in the last couple of weeks.

Listen!

The second one is talking about the brilliant day not only with the World Cup and Youtube winning over Viacom

Listen!

OK I hope I havent taken too much time.

Also I did a video response yesterday about Defending Video Games that came from Charlieissocoollike.

Here is Charlie's video

Here is my response although it isnt much of a response

Anyway thats all I got today

Speak soon

Barry

West Country Gathering???

2010-06-21T11:40:00.000+01:00

OK I have been thinking about a gathering around the summer time and I know there are loads of them coming up in London that include Summer In The City. There is also Vidcon coming up soon and sadly I cant attend any of them because of work and money, I know lame excuses right but can't be helped.

I feel there is a lot of gatherings happening in London and I felt it needs a different location and I always loved the West Country and thinking of doing one in August especially the 21st when I am off work.

I was chatting to my friend Gears and thinks Bristol is best and Im sort of on Bath after our discussion but who knows.

Here's my audioboo explaining the same thing but also little factors.

Listen!

Thats all for now

Barry

Newquay Memories (AudioBoo)

2010-06-20T08:13:00.000+01:00

Listen!

Englands Poor Performance with Algeria (AudioBoo)

2010-06-18T22:02:00.001+01:00

Listen!

Thats all I am going to say.

E3 Sony Press Conference Thoughts & Apeman Project I took part in

2010-06-16T20:03:00.000+01:00

Hey Guys

This blog is going to be in 2 parts.

Part 1 is my thoughts on the E3 Sony Press Conference from Audioboo

Listen!

I do yawn quite a bit in that because I just woke up and it was 7am when I recorded it.

The second part is the Apeman Project that was organised by Calum aka (Calumrb22) who did this flash animation which I took part along with DoctorBenjy, ItsCalum010 and VerityattheDisco which was cool to do and I liked the final outcome. Well done Calum.

Goodness this is the first written blog I have done in a while and may get back into the groove of it.

Back soon

Barry

Day Before World Cup & Face 2 Face is coming back

2010-06-10T12:33:00.002+01:00

Listen!

World Cup is coming and Im really excited

Listen!

Working on the next Face 2 Face and hope to bring it back really soon.

Barry

Brilliant Sunday Night - Soccer Aid & BAFTA bit with Charlie and Inbetweeners

2010-06-07T07:58:00.001+01:00

Listen!

The Doctor Who review I did

Video Of The Day (3rd June) BillTVMacon - Face With Lips Parody

2010-06-03T11:27:00.001+01:00

Todays video of the day well is a parody of Face 2 Face done by BillTVMacon and RogueBlueJay. Totally brilliant.

Youtube Vs Viacom

2010-06-03T08:36:00.002+01:00

Listen!

Here is the original article from AlanDistro aka Fallofautumndistro

The Sideshow Coalition

Video Of The Day (2nd June) J.B. Dazen - Tea (live)

2010-06-02T08:22:00.000+01:00

I decided to bring back Video of the Day and today is a song I heard from TheEditingShop's Intro and it was done by JBDazen called "Tea" what a great song and its a live performance.

Obessions and What's Happening?

2010-06-02T07:36:00.001+01:00

Listen!

Talking about obessessions and whats going on with me today.

Why did I buy a Fridge?

2010-06-01T17:45:00.001+01:00

Listen!

I talk about buying a fridge and how I am getting on with Red Dead Redemption on the Playstation 3.

Bank Holidays (AudioBoo)

2010-05-31T11:43:00.002+01:00

Listen!

I will do a mix variety of entries which include Video (Youtube), Written and Audio (AudioBoo) as blog entries to say whats going on.

Bye for now.

Barry

A Update Vlog from my Youtube

2010-05-26T14:30:00.002+01:00

Today I decided to have my blog post be a vlog post telling you what I have been up to.

I will do a written post very soon

Barry

Prototype Review (Playstation 3)

2010-05-13T10:50:00.000+01:00

This is a review of Prototype on the Playstation 3 also available on PC and Xbox 360

Prototype is an action-adventure video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision.

Prototype website - http://www.prototypegame.com/us/index...

The game is set in New York City, where a virulent plague is spreading through Manhattan. Those infected are mutated into hideous monsters. The United States Marine Corps, under the command of the black ops organization BlackWatch, is dispatched to contain it, putting the entire island under quarantine. At the center of it is the protagonist, Alex Mercer, a shapeshifter with no memory of his past. Alex has the ability to absorb other individuals, taking on their biomass, memories, experiences, and physical forms. Through this process, Alex comes to remember his own past and the secret behind the virus infecting Manhattan and him. Alex can also shapeshift into more specialized forms for attack, defense or sensory enhancement. All of these together are intended to give players multiple ways to complete their objectives. Parallel to the game's storyline is the ability to play the game as a sandbox-style video game giving the player freedom to roam Manhattan.

Good points
Some of the graphics
Alex Mercer
Cool superpowers

Bad points
Graphics
Too many enemies to fight at once

The Opening Music came from http://www.incompetech.com/ and the track is called "Enter The Party"

Hip Hop Music - Thank You & RIP Guru

2010-04-20T19:38:00.004+01:00

Hey everyone

I thought I would do a blog post to say I love Hip Hop Music I know this may surprise a lot of people but it doesnt surprise me that people would think that.

Hip Hop music influenced me to come up with Real Name No Gimmicks at the beginning of my videos. How did this come about some of you asked and I mentioned it a long time but thought I will mention it again.

I was getting ready to go to a Kanye West gig in Brighton in November 2007 and then I was listening to a lot of hip hop and then suddenly it came from this song done by Obie Trice listen between 0:22 to 0:38 of this video -

Here are the lyrics just in case -

Yeah, Obie Trice, real name no gimmicks
I came in the game, profane no image
I came in the game, with a name
I was given from a mayn who ain't give a fuck about his child-ren
I proclaim the name though, never in vain no

Thats how Real Name No Gimmicks came out of me and became a catchpharse to people on Youtube. So I thank Hip Hop music for giving me that to help me with that but also with confidence that while people say Hip Hop music creates negativity which the media say, I felt it creates something more positive apart from people who talk about guns and knives with no moral lesson to learn from.

Hip Hop music gave me the courage to become more upfront in certain ways of expressing opinions although people may try to shut me down sometimes and they are right to but other times I feel I need to make a stand against others and I never back down.

Like for example I was talking about Summer In The City in one of my blog entries where I said I felt I went to much better gatherings than that one and while someone came to me to say their points, I still stood by my points and understood a couple of points that someone was coming back at me with. Now Im listening to it again It gives me more courage to not give a flying toss about haters but anyone who has something constructive to say then I will listen to what they have to say and then give my point if I feel if there is something I can say back.

THANK YOU HIP HOP MUSIC

OK onto the second topic I want to talk about and what made me want to write this blog about thanking Hip Hop music for giving me the real name no gimmicks catchpharse.

Today a rapper by the name of Guru passed away. Guru had been battling with cancer for over a year and I will admit it was the first time I heard about it, maybe it was because I lost the passion to listen to Hip Hop because of corporations bleeding the genre dry or I lost interest in a lot of web sites and focused on my youtube. Its always sad to hear about someone passing away through cancer and to someone who voiced his true opinions about the music, its sad to hear they passed away.

He was part of the Rap Duo Gang Starr with producer DJ Premier (one of the best producers in Hip Hop music ever). Guru was one of those rappers who made me think about life instead of the darker stuff that was happening. He had a flow that was very unique to other rappers I heard and one of the best yet. I got into Gang Starr/Guru really late and the first album I heard was "Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr"

Even his longtime partner Solar said to MTV "The world has lost one of the best MCs and hip-hop icons of all-time — my loyal best friend, partner, and brother, Guru,"

Guru was one of those rappers that made you think about situations that was going on with the world that doesnt revolve around death.

I remember hearing some stuff from an old album done by Sway & King Tech "This Or That" that there are two rules that rappers should look into

1) Think about what you are saying on wax (Record) that any rapper will say whatever they want to gain publicity

The second one is something that youtubers have talked about in the past

2) Selling out by jumping into a suits and listening to the label and getting told what to do.

This is where I felt that respected Gang Starr a lor more after hearing that intro on Sway & King Tech's album. What I mean is artists mainly mainstream some of them will say anything they want to get attention and make it in the industry. Thats where I learned the word Beef and how artists would compete with each other.

Im going off topic

Guru you will be missed, may you rest in peace, my heart goes out to his family, friends, DJ Premier and Solar who lost a great person.

Here is a selection of my favourite Guru/Gang Starr videos including a freestyle he did with FaithSFX someone that NSG knows.

I will like to say Guru you will be missed by a lot of people that you have influenced with your music and thanks for making me understand that life should be something important and not think about death when I was teenager.

This track dropped onto Youtube yesterday and it was a track done by BOB featuring Eminem & Hayley Williams from Paramore. This is a great track that is about imaging if they were thinking about what could happen.

I may include Hip Hop tracks more in the future for my blogs. Take it easy everyone and have a great night.

Barry

Hows my life going? (14th April)

2010-04-14T20:47:00.003+01:00

Hey Guys

Its been some time since my last entry and it was Good Friday when I did a quick one for World Autism Awareness Day and I felt really happy with how that video turned out in the end. Got great support from people including Gary (CheekTV), CheekyChen, Pixonu, Liliesarelike (Charlie Mcdonnell's Mum), John Green and lot more people showing support for the video.

This is a huge thanks to everyone watching and leaving a comment. I did have an e-mail from someone who produced a website called Autism151. They contacted me yesterday asking if they could put my video onto their site and I said yes.

I am now on the site with the video and you can go here Autism151 Website

Its really good that someone from a site contacted me and loved what I did for WAAD. I love that.

OK another point I want to bring up the previous blog entry called "Daveyboyz & Barry Aldridge in Brighton (August 2008) & Conflict/Beef" I received a comment from Nerimon asking me a question "Can 'Squash That Beef' be the motto of the YouTube community?", now I think this could be a good idea as while I dont get involved with things going on but I feel there should a message to say there are people including me tired hearing about conflicts among the community.

So yeah Im with Nerimon on this one. I think that DFTBA Records should sell the T-shirt if they think it is a good idea. Probably wont be but who knows.

Right back to my life, yesterday my mate Arron came round for a visit to see me and we had a blast. Played on a few games including Rock Band 2 and Beatles Rock Band and that was fun.

We tried to come up with a number of video ideas but we were able to do one idea that I wanted to do for a while and it was doing an MTV Crib spoof video.

I do a crib one a long time ago and felt it is hard to watch nowadays so I privated that video and a new Youcrib video.

I got the idea from NSG who did one back in December

Now onto how the video was made. The beginning bit with the outside was Arron's idea and I told him what to say and thats it and then the rest was uncut and it was 10 minutes long once we finished filming and had to take out bits where I rambled on about certain stories which werent funny so I took them out and it made the final video better. To have background music was Arron's idea as well, as he remembers the days of MTV Cribs which is cool. Some people have said the music is a bit loud at certain points but hey its a learning curve.

I started to do Doctor Who reviews a couple of weeks ago and I have to say Im having fun doing them.

I am going to continue with this as I am having fun doing them. I cant wait til Saturday's episode with the Winston Churchill and The Daleks.

Before I go I have bought a load of PS3 games and thought I would what I think quickly

Yakuza 3 - Great game with a great storyline but can be boring at times
Just Cause 2 - Fun and over the top action game, controls can be a problem
Brutal Legend - Funny game but takes time to get used to
Bioshock 2 - Need to play more haha

OK Im done and hope there is more blogs to come.

OK Bye

Barry

World Autism Awareness Day 2010 - Today I stand up for Autism

2010-04-02T10:52:00.001+01:00

Hey Guys

I did a blog last year about World Autism Awareness Day and this year I decided to do a video

Have a great Easter weekend everyone.

Barry

Daveyboyz & Barry Aldridge in Brighton (August 2008) & Conflict/Beef

2010-04-01T07:37:00.004+01:00

Hey Guys

Im at NSGs at the moment just chilling out and its around half 7 in the morning and feel good. OK good news for me is that Davey unprivated our collab we did in Brighton which I found funny to do.

It was a shame that Davey privated it after it was uploaded because a lot of my family got the joke and some youtubers got the joke. They were some who didnt get it because of the humour and they are good friends of mine which is cool, then there were some who didnt get it maybe because of jealously that I got to work with Davey which some of my friends think and they could be right.

Davey if you read this PLEASE DONT UNPRIVATED THE VIDEO. I know you get worried with public conscience but FUCK THAT if you like what we did keep it up. I know I had some issues with you at one point but I let it go and thats how we were able to do a Face 2 Face. I feel Im getting too old to get into beef with other youtubers to me its more laughable seeing other youtubers arguing over things.

Oh yeah I have heard about and read DoctorBenjy's blog about the state of Youtube of what he thinks, Nerimon's comments to the blog in the comments and Tom Milsom's reponse to Benjy's blog on his website. I will say I am not going to get involved with my views. I only got caught with reading them on Tuesday while they were posted last Thursday because of doing with Tescos between that time period.

To me any situation of conflict or the word I like Beef nowadays is considered laughable because it reminded of me beefing with others when I was younger while I took seriously when I was younger nowadays I consider it more of a laugh and look back in the time and just say how stupid we were. Some of the beefs I had in the past have been squashed or moved on but at least they got resolved.

I know that some people one day when they had an issue with someone either in real life or on the internet will either a) squash their situation or b) move on from the situation and get on with life. Thats the two outcomes of any situation that involves conflict.

OK moving on to the final talk.

I always love it when BillTVMacon comes out with something good. Hes one of my favourite youtubers

OK Got to go Im about to fall off NSG's chair haha.

Peace

Barry

Social Network Break is going excellent, Youtube Community Videos and Yakuza 3

2010-03-30T20:36:00.001+01:00

Hey guys

Since my post I havent used Twitter in 5 days and its really good and Im kinda of glad to as well. I have been on a couple of twitter pages offline just to check on Game and Gaming deals which sort of breaks it but I havent left a tweet in that long so it still counts in my view.

Anyway I feel a lot more refreshed without Twitter, Dailybooth and Formspring at the moment as they arent the most important thing in the world. Real life and work have become more important at the moment. I may come back but at the moment will have to wait and see.

OK I did the video response to AaronCast86's question about I found the Youtube Community a few days early but I got it done.

Also a few other people have done responses to Aaron which is great to hear all the different stories.

DrakeSizzle

Katrina aka Walllofweird

YourAverageAdam

There are many other videos that talk about this which you can look at and there are loads of different stories on this topic and its great.

I may go and see NSG this week as I have been meaning to for a while since I last saw him in October for the launch of his DJ Hero in an exclusive showcase. I always love going to see NSG as one of the most amazing people I have ever met. Defintely good times.

I have decided to buy Yakuza 3 on the PS3 which is awesome because it looks a really fun game judging on what you can do and it has a different feel to other open world games like Grand Theft Auto.

Im excited to play this game, it has been out in Japan for a year and the fourth game came out in Japan a week after the third game was released over here in the UK. So im excited about that if it makes a release and if I like the third game.

Finally I have been watching Fantastic Mr Fox a lot lately on Blu-Ray and it is one of my favourite films ever.

OK time to end it

Barry

Taking Holidays from Social Network Sites, God Of War III and Another Response Coming

2010-03-25T21:45:00.001Z

Hey guys

The other day I reached a decision that I may take a holiday from Twitter and Dailybooth. I will never use Formspring again.

The reason behind not using Twitter is maybe some of the negativity that I read from people its sad that people use it for anger issues on whether they want but oh well it just reached a point to me. The other reason is I dont have time to use it nowadays unless it is promoting my videos or someone else's videos because of living life and going to work whether it is Tescos or voluntary work. I agree it can be distracting having so many social network sites to keep up with and it is nice to get on with my own life.

With Dailybooth I cant think of any pictures that could be creative plus I havent taken a picture in over a week so it doesnt matter.

I finally got God Of War III which I got the ultimate trilogy edition boxset

I also did a review the other day to give my thoughts

I finally finished playing the game and I have to say WHOA on the ending and it is fantastic. Its one of those games I would go back to again and again like I said in the review. I picked up on the extra skins that I got with the edition I bought and they are all really cool. The bonus videos looking at behind the scenes of the game are really cool to watch to understand

I maybe doing another video response which is great because I miss doing normal vlogging on Youtube. Its another response to Aaroncast86 which I may upload either Sunday or early next week which I mentioned to him on Youtube.

Its about how you got into the Youtube community in the first place and I like this idea. I really want to get back into vlogging again because I have done a lot of videos on gaming which is still vlogging in some aspects but normal vlogging about life is something I want to get back into.

OK thats it for now. I hope to do a proper entry soon and take care.

Barry

Happenings from Barry's World 10/3/2010

2010-03-10T12:47:00.003Z

Hey everyone

Its been a long time since I last did a blog entry talking about whats been going on with me I will say I tried a number of times to do a blog entries but because of whats been happening if it was something happening on the Internet or being busy with work, voluntary work and enjoying life.

I aint going to deny this but when DoctorBenjy decided to leave the Internet and Youtube I lost some confidence for a couple of weeks when it came to writing a blog. I felt that Benjy is a great person and someone that people are going to miss. I didnt wanted to reveal that until the time was right and I felt ok writing blogs again.

I havent written a proper blog since last year. I did a couple of entries showing videos I had done. One of them was the Goals for 2010. Here's an update on them goals.

The Three New Year Resolutions are

1) Do a Sport and get healthy - Sadly I havent found a sport yet to do
2) Do More Travelling - Been doing some travelling but to the same places that I usually go to
3) Be Happy and Positive - I have been positive and happy for a lot of the time like I said I had a couple of dark moments.

OK quickly sum up of the last couple of months

January - Well nothing much was happening just been enjoying real life and had a couple of dark moments wondering what to do. I went back to Portsmouth and thought it was cool.

February - Had a good birthday, went down to Brighton twice one on my birthday with family and the next day with my mate Arron and thats all I can remember.

I know it was really short hey oh well.

Spring is coming and I always love Spring. I prefer Spring to Summer and I prefer Winter to Summer as well. I never like the weather being too hot at all. I feel if the weather is hot I feel we are heading to armageddon (DONT ASK). The weather has been good with bright sun but cold air, bit too cold at times when I go walking my dog Ruby. Ruby is great if you are wondering, she is defintely the best dog I ever had, she is now a dog from the beginning of this month. She's just laying down while I am writing this.

I have bought a couple of big games over the last couple of weeks which are really good and I hope I will do reviews on them in the next couple of weeks.

Heavy Rain (Playstation 3)

Heavy Rain is a very addictive game that puts you on the edge of your seat and the presentation is brilliant. It does remind me of the Fahrenheit game I had on the original Xbox. Review for this will be coming.

Final Fantasy XIII (Playstation 3)

I had done an unboxing of the Final Fantasy XIII on yesterday when the game was finally released in Europe and America and I found it to be really cool to see what was inside the edition

I have played a bit through the game and it is a good game, not as good as Final Fantasy VII and X but still great to play.

There is one more game Im getting next week which I am really excited about and it is called.

God Of War III

God Of War storyline which I had done some research is brilliant and something I get a real thrill out of it. This next video is a spoiler for the first two God Of War games.

Im hoping to get this edition of God Of War III which I saw on the Playstation Blog

Its the ultimate trilogy edition that comes with a lot of shit

Once open, you will find the following items:

* God of War III (of course!)
* God of War Collection (gentle reminder, this is God of War and God of War II, remastered in HD, running at 60 fps, with Trophy support, all on one Blu-ray Disc)
* Extra game content downloadable via PlayStation Network:
* God of War Combat Arena containing an exclusive environment and seven challenges to complete
* Dominus character skin
* Apollo character skin
* Phantom of Chaos character skin
* Forgotten Warrior character skin
* Special audio bonus
* God of War Trilogy Soundtrack – God of War I, II, and III scores from the game (3 CDs in total)
* God of War: Blood and Metal EP – a heavy metal homage featuring original music inspired by God of War (downloadable via PSN)
* Additional content:
* Artbook
* Postcards

(According to the Playstation Blog) even though I have to fork out £100 but I know its going to be worth it.

Thats what is happening in my life and thoughts about games I have got and Im getting hold of soon

Speak Soon

Barry

Barry Aldridge Face 2 Face With Casey Margolis (Series 2 Episode 8)

2010-03-02T13:07:00.001Z

Face 2 Face is back.

Its with an actor Casey Margolis who had parts in Superbad, Ugly Betty and The Hangover.

Casey is a great guy, really awesome.

I will blog proper soon guys

Barry

Goals For 2010

2010-01-04T11:13:00.002Z

I talk about 3 new year resolutions I have for this year and 2 past ones I have succeed on

The two I have passed are

1) Give up Alcohol completely (2006)
2) Do a Challenge (2008) - The Challenge was to give up the Internet for a week.

The Three New Year Resolutions are

1) Do a Sport and get healthy.
2) Do More Travelling
3) Be Happy and Positive

Christmas Happenings, VlogRelay and 2010.

2010-01-02T05:24:00.003Z

Hey everyone

Its been a couple of weeks since my last entry and its my first in 2010. Now after the Project For Awesome which I felt really happy with the video I decided to give Youtube and Internet a bit of a rest accept for twitter with some updates.

Anyway I had a great christmas with the family and got some really presents which included a cookie monster T-shirt, Count Duckula DVDs and Transformers Revenge Of The Fallen Blu-Ray. Although I had a bit of a cold over christmas Having Ruby made christmas even better as well.

I met up with Arron and John (IRL friends) a couple of times and it was great. The first before christmas in London for some laughs and then again in Eastbourne just before the new year and it was great being with them again. I dont normally see them until weeks but seeing them twice in 8 days was great. I hope they had a great start to the new year.

I watched the Doctor Who christmas specials and thought whoa that was amazing. I wont give away the story because people outside the UK get it today I think or tomorrow Im not sure. It was something special and I cant wait for Matt Smith to get started his opening trailer for his run looks really promising.

Going to have some fun this year as well. I am going to be taking part in a collab channel on Youtube with 3 other youtubers who are Dr Noise, SongsFromPaul and SweetAfton23 and its called VlogRelay

As quoted from the channel page "We're just 4 people collabing to get to know each other. The channel rules are quite simple. One person posts their video and the next person has 3 days with which to post their video. That means, nobody is ever on a set day and everyone has plenty of time to respond. Simple, effective VLOGGING. :)"

Easy and could be great fun for me to do this. In the past I would say no to collab channels as I felt it would be the same as other collab channels and wasnt in the mood to join any but now with this one I found the idea of it being different from others and Im in the mood to take part in.

Vlogrelay Channel

Now 2010 should be a great year for me as I did enjoy 2009 as well. I want to get involved with a sport this year and keep at it for the year. I may think about doing pool or snooker.

Now a friend on Youtube Aaroncast86 did a video explaining his 7 Keys to Accomplishing your Goals which I found most useful

I will look back at this video and figure out my goals for the next coming year as well. Even though I left a comment on Aaron's video but I said I would get back to think about New Year Resolutions.

Finally just before the new year I have been playing a lot of computer games last year and I did a top 5 video games of 2009 in my opinion based on ones I have played.

Thats it for now and Happy New Year everyone.

Barry

Project For Awesome 2009 - National Autistic Society & Uncultured Project

2009-12-17T08:35:00.002Z

Yes its that time of the year again. It is the Project For Awesome. This year I am still sticking to the same charity which is the National Autistic Society and also at the end of the video I mention the Uncultured Project which is awesome.

I have donated 20 pound to both The National Autistic Society and The Uncultured Project yesterday to show support for both causes.

It is a UK based Charity.
Why am I supporting the National Autistic Society?

The rceason I am supporting it is because when I was three years old, I was diagnosed with Autism.
I was sent to the Maudsley Hospital In London . I don’t remember this so I asked my parents who told me that we were sent there to be assessed because didn’t talk or take much noticed of what was going on. As you can see my language is really good now.
My parent joined to NAS and was given a lot of information and advice
I went to a special school called Griffin Manor which was a school for autistic kids .
When I was 9 I transferred to a main stream school. Being used to a very structured and caring community I found the social side in the main stream school very hard to cope with. My classmates were very kind and tried hard to involved me in their games but I wasn’t interested.
As I got older I realised that having friends is really important because it’s nice to share stories and have the same interests.
Facts about Autism
1. Around 2.3 million people are affected by autism. This includes family members and professionals involved in the care and support of people with autism.
2. 40% of all children with autism wait more than three years for a clear diagnosis.
3. Adults with autism say that finding a suitable job would improve their lives more than anything else. Only 15% of adults in England (and 11% in Wales) are in full-time paid employment.
4. 25% of children with an autism spectrum disorder had been excluded from school at least once.
5. People with autism often want to make friends but due to their disability find it difficult
6. Boys are four times more likely to develop autism than girls
7. Autism is a complex developmental disability involving a biological or organic defect in the functioning of the brain
8. Autism has nothing whatsoever to do with the way parents bring up their children
9. Autism is an invisible disability - most people with an autism spectrum disorder look just like anyone else who does not have this condition
10. Autism is a lifelong developmental disability with no cure. Children with autism grow up to be adults with autism
Why should people donate to the National Autistic Society?

The reason people should donate is because so then the NAS helps people with autism. As quoted on their website “We champion the rights and interests of all people with autism and aim to provide individuals with autism and their families with help, support and services that they can access, trust and rely upon and which can make a positive difference to their lives.”

National Autistic Society Youtube Channel - http://uk.youtube.com/user/NationalAutisticSoc

National Autistic Society Website - http://www.nas.org.uk/

Think Differently about Autism campigan video - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-tB4J00xkC4

Think Differently Website - http://www.think-differently.org.uk/

Uncultured Project Youtube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/unculturedproject

Uncultured Website - http://www.uncultured.com

The Project For Awesome was started by John & Hank Green (Vlogbrothers)

Vlogbrothers Channel - http://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers

OK I will be doing another post later today around 11pm GMT showing some of the causes I have found on Youtube and worth checking out.

Thats it for now

Barry

Excited for Christmas and Short bit on Harry Potter Films

2009-12-12T20:35:00.003Z

Hey Guys

I am really excited for Christmas, its under 2 weeks away and I feel its going to be a good one, even better than last year where my spirit for the holiday wasnt there but now I feel great that everything is going to be fine with family coming down on Christmas Eve which is awesome. My favourite christmas present ever was a Nintendo Entertainment when I was 6 years old and always has been my favourite.

The good thing also is that I have been doing a load of collab clips for different youtubers over the last couple of weeks which is cool whether it is a collab for christmas or just for another time.

One of the collabs I send a clip for is for a youtube user called Gibbo1988 who did his 3rd All We Want For Christmas Collabs. It also features Nalts, Geriatric1927, Smivadee, Iggy35, Aaron of Blame Society Films, Greg of MediocreFilms, TDKnuckle and more. I felt really proud taking part in this as it felt really heartwarming and great to do. Well done Gibbo.

I love collabs they are awesome and this year Im glad Im taking part in them again which is awesome.

OK for the last few days I have been watching the Harry Potter films from the beginning and it brings back good memories of how good the eariler were and having KFC Meal when watching the first film for the first time. I still have the same opinions about the films. 1st one I loved it, 2nd one a favourite, 3rd one a bit better this time but weak at points, 4th one loving it. Going to the 5th one later tonight again. the 6th one "Half Blood Prince" was a let down with some of the story making no sense and felt weak at a lot of points. But still a good film even with the bad points.

Thats it for now. Im watching some more Harry Potter and preparing my Project For Awesome video.

Barry

Tom Milsom Launch Party Gig/Face 2 Face With Daveyboyz and I Dont do Face 2 Face for Status

2009-12-08T22:45:00.003Z

Hey Guys

Welcome to another blog entry with Barry Aldridge

OK Saturday was a real blast when I went to see Alan (TEMP) in the morning and early afternoon then I spend some time in London for the afternoon before heading off to the gig in the evening to see the launch of Tom Milsom's 2nd album "Painfully Mainstream"

I had a real fun night out at the gig and it was great seeing people there and Im sorry I didnt get a chance to say goodbye as I had to rush home and lucky though I did as trains were up the wall and I had to rush onto a train to get me back home and took an hour longer to get back but still worth going to the gig.

OK I did another Face 2 Face interview today a week after the last one and todays one is with Daveyboyz

Now I know that this interview would get a mixed reaction that people have problems with Davey and I had an issue with him at one point about things he did but lucky though it wasnt a big problem with him at all from me and I really like his videos.

OK the story of this interview is that I did the interview with Y2KJonRichards and Davey left a comment saying he wanted to do it but my list of guests was full at the time and forgot to ask Davey at that point then with Smivadee interview a while ago and then Daveyboyz left a comment saying he was up for it and I said yes defintely and send an email and Davey was happy. Sent him the questions and he send me his answers back a few days after and I got the interview done 2 days later. This one was good and I liked Davey's answers.

Thanks Davey

OK about 30 minutes ago I received a question on Formspring with someone saying "You used to be a big fan of "helping the little guy out"." Now Im still helping out the little guy by watching videos and if they wanted to help out with anything then they can ask, its very simple. Its not being rude as some people would think, I think of it as more of a respect thing. Someone asked me if they could help out with Face 2 Face and I said they could help out with the interview by doing an intro and it was in the first 10 seconds of the PJ & Lex interview.

Now the next part this person said that I was doing interviews with PJ, Daveyboyz, Crabstickz just to help out my status on Youtube, as this is not the case. Now with Crabstickz I dis ask him but with PJ and Daveyboyz they asked me whether it was on Skype, Twitter or Youtube comments plus I like watching their videos and I knew they would come out with a great interview. It aint about getting more subscribers as I never think about numbers because then I know that content would turn crap.

If I only did interviews with certain youtubers to gain subscribers then yes It would tarnish me but right now I dont think it has tarnished me at the moment.

In my last blog entry I did mention suggestions that people have come up with for future Face 2 Face interviews which I will do after the New Year.

It was a good question but it left me bugged out but that's their opinion and I aint going to let it bother now.

On a final note I love the new albums by Tom Milsom and Hank Green shown in this picture

OK Thats it for now

Bye for now

Barry

One Facebook account is all I need and Face 2 Face With PJ & Lex

2009-12-04T10:14:00.002Z

Hey Guys

Hows it going? Hope everything is good with everyone and I have been trying to think of a blog entry but felt stuck but now I got some stuff to talk about HOORAY.

Before I begin talking about the stuff in the title I will mention I will be up London on Saturday for a couple of things. First of all I will be visiting my friend Alan for the morning to play on PS3 with Tekken 6 and I know I will lose every match because I know I will suck at it. I will be staying there til around 1 or 2 in the afternoon.

Then later in the day at around 6 to 7 o'clock in the evening I will be going to a gig organised by Tom Milsom, Eddplant and Alex Day aka Nerimon to celebrate the UK launch of Tom Milsom's 2nd album "Painfully Mainstream" in which it is an exciting event not only it is a gig but it is more like a gathering where people can meet other people and watch Alex, Ed and Tom perform live its that great. Im still waiting for my copy of Tom Milsom's 2nd album and I know its going to be good like his first album.

OK onto the topics in hand. The first thing I will talk about is Facebook, a couple of months I decided to open a second facebook for Internet friends and keep the original just for real life friends and any online friends I talk to regularly but this has turned out to be a bad idea. I can not keep up with both and decided that I left a message on my second one saying I will not be using that anymore and using the original one so in the new year I will be deleting the "Barry RNNG Aldridge" facebook account and just keeping the "Barry Aldridge" one in the future. It was a bandwagon to me that seemed like a good idea but in the end it wasnt mend to be, ah well.

OK Finally I will be talking the last Face 2 Face I did which was with KickThePJ & TyrannosaurusLexxx

OK how did this come together well, after uploading the Crabstickz interview and watching it PJ contacted me on Skype saying he liked and was willing to do an interview which was fantastic news for me and could be a good opporunity, now originally it was going to be a solo interview. I was thinking about the questions for PJ and then one of my family mentioned about Lex being with PJ and then I remembered that Lex wanted to do it as well, so I contacted PJ saying would Lex be ok being asked some questions and guess what it was perfect timing and PJ said Lex would love to do it and then I figured out some questions for them and send them off. Got the answers back on Monday morning and put together the interview on Tuesday as you can see there.

I can say I have had back some really good feedback from the interview which was awesome. Even had feedback from people I havent heard from in ages like Laurbubble, J0ames and Amycakes which was awesome. InstantMashUp came up with a really comment saying he liked the double act and said I should more of them because they are quicker and more interesting that is indeed true but problem with that is the chemistry has to be right and they have be together which I did reply that it could be tricky to do but will give it a try in a future interview. Loved the feedback guys.

OK I did ask on Twitter to say who do you think I should interview next on Face 2 Face and got some really good ones like Lomasca, Pixonu, JohnCox88, The GadgetDude and others which is all really good. Now once I send that out there a couple of people who wanted to have interviews a while ago and they contacted me. One of them has send me their footage yesterday evening which was awesome and the other Im waiting on their footage which is cool. So some of them suggestions I could ask in the new year If I remember.

Now November was a busy month for me overall but this month could be another busy month for me on Youtube with Face 2 Face interviews that I got to put out which one of the guests I know people may not like but this person did ask to do this which is fine. What I can say if I get the footage from the other person, I will be interviewing people who know about.

Not only them I will be doing a video about the gig Im going on Saturday and hoping to get some footage and posting it on my Youtube channel which should be awesome, I got the Project For Awesome video to do on December 17th, I will be doing a Christmas Eve video as well with a couple real life pals that I have known since College plus I got a New Year video that is going to be about Computer games. So I got another busy month ahead on Youtube. I like busy months on Youtube.

Anyway I got to go and get ready for work, I may do a blogtv tonight after work at around 8 for an hour then heading off to bed to go to Alans place on Saturday Morning and then the gig in the evening.

Bye for Now.

Barry

Fun Times, Reviews and Face 2 Face With Crabstickz

2009-11-25T20:53:00.002Z

Hey Guys

Its a little while since my last blog post and its amazing really because I was so hooked with Blogger last month because of BEDO (Blog Every Day October) that I was able to calm down this month. To be honest I am having the best month in a really long time.

My real life stuff has been fantastic with work going so well with Tescos that can be mixed but at least I am doing a job which is 10 times better than staying at home doing nothing all day. My mate Arron has got some temp work with Gamestation which is awesome and Its looking on up with stuff on the Internet that views for my videos this month have been really good even the unboxing of Modern Warfare 2 still surprises me. Since my last blog entry I have done 2 game reviews which both of them are different types of games and for different systems.

The first one I did is Modern Warfare 2 (Playstation 3)

Modern Warfare 2

Good Points
- Excellent Graphics
- Outstanding Voice Acting
- Special Ops and Multiplayer are both brilliant

Bad Points
- Single player storymode is a huge letdown
- Reminds me of a hollywood film the script of the story

Modern Warfare - 4 out of 5.

The second one I did on Monday is New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo Wii)

Good Points
- Reminds me of old Mario games
- Very challenging game
- Fantastic single player mode
- The Multiplater looks fantastic (I have only seen footage)

Bad Points
- Multiplayer is offline and not Internet
- Avoid using the Nunchunk

New Super Mario Bros. Wii gets 4.5 out of 5.

Now with my next review I would like to review an old school classic game which I consider one of the greatest games of all time - Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo, the one that started it all.

I hear its coming out Friday on the Wii Virtual Console which I will getting more Wii points and if so I will do a review on this classic and gives some thoughts on how I felt about playing back in 1993 which I was 10 years old.

OK and finally I did a Face 2 Face last week and boy this one was a special one for me and its with Chris also known as Crabstickz.

Crabstickz is one of the funniest guys on Youtube and I believe he has a really bright future on the Internet. He comes out with stuff that would make you laugh all the time. Now on the story about how this got together. It was back last month and I asked Chris over Twitter private messages and he said he would love to do it but had university work to do for his final year which I can understand. So it was a bit of time later and when Chris uploaded his Halloween special he said he was ready which was to do this and we both kept it a real secret which was awesome.

So I did the questions and send them off to Chris and then I thought I would add Chris on Skype as well. When I send Chris the questions he said could he ask some questions in which I said yes and when the final interview he asked me my favourite film, favourite game and my thoughts on the Xbox 360. Which was really cool. I even spoke to Chris on Skype and he is one of the nicest guys ever. He was worried about the footage he send me because it went on for 11 minutes and I watched twice and thought it was fantastic, so came my part and added an extra 2 minutes to make it nearly 14 minutes and to be fair I was starting to get nervous about it.

Once I uploaded the interview onto Youtube my concern was how people would respond to it and it did 10 times better than I thought it did and it was amazing how well it did. Thank you everyone for the great comments and great feedback and made us feel really good.

Chris is an excellent guy and I hope I will meet him one day for a gathering and I felt this interview again is one of my favourites.

Thanks again Crabstickz

OK Thats it for now

I will write a proper blog entry another time just feeling excited with everything going on at the moment.

Barry

Im in Flame Mode, Face 2 Face With WilsonTech1, Past video I did and Rememberance Day

2009-11-11T19:53:00.002Z

Hey Guys

I have been doing really well lately with lots of stuff happening to me which is really cool.

Before todays Face 2 Face interview with WilsonTech1 which I will get onto in a bit my last couple of videos have done really well and its some gaming videos, which one of them is a review and the other is an unboxing of a major game that came out on Tuesday.

Now with the DJ Hero Review it took a bit of time to do with the notes I had to take for the game which took a day and so then I had to do the reviewing part and then the next day I did the gameplay footage and had some editing to do trying to make it shorter. I have put up the video on this blog before in the last entry and will do again just one more time because I am proud of this review.

The review has done really well, had some great feedback from a lot of different youtubers on the review. I have seen that the UK Editor of Youtube Jamie who is a really great guy to chat with and listens to the community for UK Youtube. Well anyway Jamie has seen the video as well when underneath the Jamie Cullum article it has recently watched "DJ Hero Review", that has made me happy thanks for watching Jamie.

OK then on Monday I did an unboxing video for the Modern Warfare 2 Hardened Edition which I got a day early.

The unboxing only took 2 minutes and 30 minutes to put up on Youtube and got nearly 4,000 in 1 day. OMG. I find it surprising but at least the review is going to be good. I am hoping to make the review of Modern Warfare 2 by next Monday. So far it is a great game and the third mission is a bit distrubing but not a big deal as people in the media have made it out to be.

Now onto the Face 2 Face interview that I have put up today with WilsonTech1 aka SchoolTechTV

To me this is an interview I have been looking forward to since the start of the second series now originally I wanted Lamarr to be the first guest of the second series back in August which I send him the questions, then 12 hours he send me an e-mail saying he was quitting the internet which has surprised me and a lot of the community. About a couple of months after Lamarr decided to come back onto the Internet which to lots of people and myself is fantastic news.

When we were discussing the interview I wanted to see if he wanted to answer on why he left the Internet but lucky though Lamarr said he would talk about that before I even mentioned it, so we were ready to roll and send the questions again and a couple of new ones relating to why he left.

When I got Lamarr's footage back it was brilliant and his answers were great. I think he explained his departure really well, I can totally related to it as I nearly wanted to leave because I felt I was doing things to get edgier, pleasing everyone on the site and get more views but now I want to do things my own way and have pride in what I do.

To me this interview with WilsonTech1 is one of my favourites from the whole Face 2 Face series. Lamarr was a brilliant guest to have and he is a big fan of Face 2 Face from the comments I got from him, he is a legend in the making please watch the interview.

Do Check out Lamarr's Youtube Channel his SchoolTechTV videos are really cool to watch. I loved his interview with Charlie.

OK onto the next topic a year today is the day when I posted up this video onto Youtube. Barry Aldridge Asks (6) - First channel you ever subscribed to?

I felt really proud of this video and it was a good question to ask and got people interested including one CorporalCadet on his secondary channel.

He did a really good response and about a couple of days I woke up out of my bed at 6am in the morning checked on my video Barry Aldridge Asks (6) on the stats thinking they had gone up on views a bit and found out I got featured on the Australia, Canada and New Zealand homepages on Youtube, holy crap. Around that time I was just recovering from the shock of my UK Feature a couple of weeks before. It was a great feeling and it was at point where I was almost there with my comfort zone on Youtube, but I will explain more another time.

Today is Rememberance Day for the fallen soldiers of both World Wars. I do agree with AngryAussie on his video about that it should be a day to remember all the soldiers that lost their lives in any war.

I totally agree with everything said in this video by AngryAussie, well said Andrew.

Thats all for now

Barry

Challenges

2009-11-08T10:34:00.003Z

Hey guys

Hows it going? I was thinking about challenges recently which have been good to talk about.

I always wondered what is a good challenge for me and how do I go about it. I always wanted to have a good challenge and its something I want to do.

I always wanted to try Bungee Jumping but my fear of heights can get in the way and ruin it for me. Ah well. For people who want to know about Bungee Jumping here it is

Its like jumping into another world.

There are a number of challenges that I have done with the Internet which I thought would never happen

1) I completed a week without the Internet
2) Helped out with charities like Childern In Need in 2007 and Comic Relief this year
3) I have done two Project for Awesome videos for National Autistic Society which one of them got featured last year
4) Got Featured on The UK Front Page of Youtube
5) Got Featured on the Australia, Canada and New Zealand Youtube Front Pages of Youtube
6) Got Featured on The Global Front Page of Youtube (Special Thanks to the Vlogbrothers)
7) Got Featured on the Nerdfighters Ning for my Comic Relief video.
8) Finally been so many gatherings and had fun at them all.

I do have other challenges I do want to succeed with the Internet.

Im starting to do Gaming reviews as you noticed with DJ Hero I did 3 days ago and I have to say its doing really well, better than expected. Looks like I will continue down the gaming path. I hope one day that the Gaming editors on Youtube will notice my reviews but I doubt it. Who knows. I would love to get spotlighted in the gaming section which would be awesome.

There are other challenges I would love to do outside of the Internet like exploring other locations and going out more once the time off comes from my workplace.

It could be completing an old computer game that I hadnt finished like Super Mario Bros 2.

I am excited about Tuesday at first I thought I would get Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 early but more likely I will get it on Tuesday, good thing is that it is a day off for me.

Im really excited for this game, I may do an unboxing of the game before I put up my next Face 2 Face as people will know that Call Of Duty games are a big deal. I may put up two videos next week, so who knows.

OK finally Angry Video Game Nerd's 3rd part of Castlevania games is finally up

Video Games | ScrewAttack | Angry Video Game Nerd: Castlevania Part III

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Thats all for now

Barry

DJ Hero Review (Playstation 3 Renegade Edition)

2009-11-05T14:13:00.002Z

Hey guys this is just a short entry to say I have done a review the other day on Youtube for a game called "DJ Hero Renegade Edition"

It is fantastic game

Good
- Brilliant Graphucs
- Brilliant Character Designs
- Cool DJs
- Brilliant mix of Music
- Best Music game ever,

Bad
- Crossfader can be a pain
- The price is really high. Regular edition from £90 to £110 and Renegade Edition from £130 to £170

Thats all for now.

Barry

Scary Movie Reviews

2009-11-01T08:09:00.002Z

Hey guys

It feels strange to do a blog the day after finishing my challenge of doing a Blog Every Day In October. It felt really good and like I said yesterday I felt really proud of finishing it.

Now yesterday after the blog entry I decided to watch some films with a bit of a scare but mainly comedy. They were the Scary Movie series of films. So today I am going to review. Before I begin I was surprised to get a reply from Musicfromblueskies on Twitter saying he would rather be in a coma than doing the Scary Movie Marathon but hey thats his opinion. Onto the films.

Scary Movie 1

Basically this film is taking the mick out of the first Scream film which I have seen. From the beginning to the end. The very first scene I felt with Carmen Electra was a bit over the top and very stupid. So the first 5 minutes not off to a good start. I felt the rest of the film got better later on. I felt critics never respect Wayan Brothers style of how they made films. I felt some of the jokes were flat at times but there was some great laughs. I still love the Wassup bit from the film.

I couldnt stop laughing at it and Im glad that it has its own chapter on the DVD so if you aint in the mood to watch the whole film, you can watch that one bit. The jokes were great but a bit over the top. I liked the characters but got a bit silly at times but I felt the characters got better in the second film. I love some of the pop references to it. I feel the Shorty character who is one of my favourite characters in the series was slightly weaker in this one than the second one which I thought he was a better character in.

It contains a lot of weed and sex jokes which a lot of people could find offensive but I like it, its different to mainstream culture while adding some pop culture jokes.

Overall I liked the film not my favourite but it was good, I dont why critics hated it but I think they dont understand certain humour which I was able to research over time.

Scary Movie 2

Now onto my favourite in the series totally fantastic. It took the mic out of eariler horror films that my family and cousins were telling me about. I also did some research before watching this to find out which films they took the mick out of. Basically its the same cast from the first film accept for a few people and they stay over a haunted house for few days under the Professor played by Tim Curry. The jokes were really cool in this and I love the sillyness of the film. The offensive parrot cracked me up and I feel the Shorty character is a lot more funny in this and I like it.

I feel it wasnt rushed as a film and had a lot of laughs which was great. Its one of them films that cheers you up. I will say that the deleted scenes on the DVD could have made it into the final film, they were so funny to watch.

I give it 4 out of 5 and its my favourite in the series.

Scary Movie 3

Right once the Wayan Brothers left the franachise and other people took over, I was feeling like Im glad they got a third one out. The critics were praising this film and I thought finally I'll get it on DVD and I did. It took the mick out of current films and current stories which was a different idea, I will give it that but I am sorry but this one is overrated a bit. The Jokes were funny in this but it didnt have the appeal that the original ones had. I love Leslie Nelisen as the president, as he is always good in the spoofs but it didnt take the mick out of horror films, apart from The Ring and another I cant remember whats it called.

I loved the 8 Mile bit where George was trying to rap. I felt the writers (I heard Kevin Smith was a ghostwriter) tried too hard to make it a classic. The Alien part was funny a bit silly which was cool. I think they did a little too hard but watching yesterday It was a good film but could have been better. The critics I think do hate on the Wayan Brothers a bit.

Overall I give it 3.5 out of 5.

Scary Movie 4

Now onto the final one and personally the worst in the series. I liked it when I first watched it but I felt the jokes and taking the mick of War Of The Worlds and The Grudge wasnt the best idea. At points they really tried to hard to be funny but it didnt work.

This is not the worst film I have seen but it is the worst in the series. I hope they dont make anymore of these films otherwise it would ruin the legacy that the first 3 films had.

This is going to be short but dont see this one.

I give it 2 out of 5.

Thats all for now.

Bye

Barry

October 31st: Halloween & Final Summing Up

2009-10-31T11:13:00.003Z

Hey Guys

This is the final entry of Blog Every Day October which I am really glad that it is come to an end. On today it is known as Halloween. It started off as an American holiday then soon became worldwide.

Now I will say that I don't like Halloween at all. Now if I was living America I wouldn't go there and diss Halloween because it is an American holiday but now it is getting popular in the UK has upset me a bit. I don't mind little kids dressing up and doing trick and treat with their mum and dad but older kids it is strange. I know people are going to hate me but I don't get what Halloween is about. Sure we do need a scare sometimes but I never like to get scared, I get it too easily. I wasnt scared too much when I went to the London Dungeon a year ago but there were certain points I did and that was cool. I hate that there are a lot of sequels to horror films like Friday the 13th Part 5 or somewhere higher.

I didnt mind the Scream films because the first plot had a little plot and was really cool concept.

The only scary films I really like is spoofs mainly the Scary Movies 1 & 2. Even though critics loved 3 & 4 I didnt like them as much. I do like the Wayan Brothers films better than the David Zucker's ones. The David Zucker had really smart comedy but it didnt gel with me unlike the Airplane films he did in the 80s.

I will watch all 4 films after watching Sin City which I got on Blu-Ray, going to give my dvd to mate Arron.

OK and finally since this is my last day doing Blog Every Day October I have enjoyed doing it going through many different things like Walking Day, National Poetry Day, The Barry Aldridge T-Shirts which are still selling, Reviews on films like Hot Fuzz & Batman and Robin, My Opinion on Selling Out, Going for an operation on removing 3 teeth and other topics. Im really glad I did this, its another challenge I have done and feel glad to do it.

It does feel good when you complete a challenge, its something unique that no one can take away from you.

OK onto my final video of the day goes to Liliesarelike known as Charlieissocoollike's Mum and so she did a great video involving puppets.

Thats it everyone I dont know when my next blog entry is but who knows.

Barry

October 30th: Operation Aftermath & DJ Hero (First Play)

2009-10-30T19:53:00.005Z

Hey Guys

This is the 30th entry of Blog Every Day October

OK Today I had my operation on my teeth today which the original plan was to remove two teeth when I went to the dentist clinic today and I was nervous and when I went into the clinic I was nervous with the injections but got there in the end.

In the end they had to remove three teeth which included another wisdom tooth that had to go too, I was so numb for a while and where the teeth were originally there are in pain during the day. Im feeling fine now.

Its strange that I recovered a lot quicker than I thought, I thought I would be in bed all day but I was able to stay up and about after my mouth finishing staying numb from the injections.

Afterwards when I got back home I got DJ Hero via courier and this picture has been put on my dailybooth

The Other picture is showing inside the Case/Table.

Once I was able to get the game up and running I started to get hooked, on a first couple of plays, I think it is a brilliant game, defintely one of my games of the year. It seems to be more of a challenge than guitar hero where you have to remember more stuff to do like the Euphoria button, fader and waving the sounds about. The scratching at first is difficult but I got to master it very quickly.

Here's a picture of me trying out also shown on Dailybooth

I have completed the tutorial (Beginners Level) to proceed to play the game and sets. I got through the first couple of playlists and its awesome stuff. I love this game and cant wait to review it. My grip at the moment which is something people will agree on is the price £99 for the normal edition and £125 to £150 for the Renegade Edition but it didnt stop me although it is an early christmas present from the family and I love them for it.

OK Video of the day keeping in the spirit of DJ Hero being released today in UK, Europe and Australia, heres a trailer promoting the game with Eminem and Jay-Z in it

Thats it for now

Last entry tomorrow

Bye

Barry

October 29th: Dentists and Operation Tomorrow

2009-10-29T13:40:00.002Z

Hey Guys

Welcome to the 29th entry of Blog Every Day October. Today I was going to talk about something but I thought I'll tell you whats happening to me over the next couple of days.

Tomorrow I got to have an operation on my teeth which one of them removed will be a wisdom tooth that is nearly gone and the other is a tooth near the front that is nearly gone as well. I know I will come out a bit of wreck because having teeth removed really does hurt. I will be not allowed to eat anything 4 hours before the operation so I will be having something after I get out, I will be having drinks mainly Orange Juice and Yops.

Anyway I and a lot of other people really dont like dentists at all, well going to them but normally the dentists I have are really friendly people and know what to do but its more of the nerves of going is the problem I have. Its something I have to deal with everytime.

Watching Doctor Benjy's video about Dentists does remind me of them a bit of how they operate.

Really good stuff.

So for final thoughts I am nervous about tomorrow seeing if it is going to succeed or not. I hope so.

Right onto the video of the day and Im going to choose an old song from Hank Green which is going to be appear on 2nd album "This Machine Pwns n00bs" called "I Know (Ten Words Song)

I totally love this song still. I cant wait for Hanks 2nd album to drop.

Thats it for now

Barry

October 28th: Reviews (They should done if own the product) & Chameleon Circuit Album Review

2009-10-28T08:30:00.004Z

Hey Guys

This is the 28th entry of Blog Every Day October (BEDO), 3 more entries after this one and then I am done.

OK Todays entry is about reviews and its always good to see people doing reviews, now I love to read a review whether if someone is being positive or negative about a film, computer game, dvd or whatever it is something I really like to read. If its a short review its great to read and the longer ones are even better that they give details on what they think about every apsect of a film or game and every track on an album which is great.

The one thing that annoys me about reviews is that people do them before the product even comes out or if they havent seen the whole film or if they only played a demo of a computer game or havent heard the whole album. It just really pisses me off some of the time, I can understand that they heard certain tracks but dont review yet until you got the album. I noticed this on DFTBA when people were reviewing only certain tracks. It reminded me Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

I was talking to Doctor Noise yesterday about reviews and had a couple of jokes about it but when I mentioned that people were already reviewing Tom Milsom's new CD which aint out until December 1st he thought the same as me. He do a review of Milsom's CD based on he has heard the whole CD while mastering it so I can take Bill's review at face value, which makes me more excited for Tom Milsom's 2nd Album "Painfully Mainstream"

I have pre-ordered Tom Milsom's 2nd Album and Hank Green's 2nd Album as well called "This Machine Pwns n00bs", while I am getting Hank's 1st album over the next few days.

Hanks 1st Album Cover

Hanks 2nd Album Cover

So thats my summing up on reviews, I really dont like when people do reviews before they judge the whole final product.

OK Finally onto reviewing the Chameleon Circuit album that I got a while ago from DFTBA Records.

Now I was send this for free by Alex Day and Alan Lastufka, I dont know why seriously but thanks guys, it was nice getting it from you guys.

Here's a picture of me holding the album from Dailybooth

This came out eariler this year around the summer, there was a lot of hype around the album and it was great. I even send Alex Day a good luck message with the project. People were getting excited which I can understand I love Doctor Who too.

Now the album was getting near and when I recieved the album, I felt like a kid at Christmas and I have to say I was a little let down by this because of the hype. I dont know it didnt seem right the whole flow of the album.

I did like Count The Shadows performed by Liam also known as Littleradge, Blink performed by Charlie Mcdonnell, Exterminate Regenerate and Journey's End both performed by Charlie and Alex.

I wasnt a big fan of Ginger Chris's songs which is a shame as I love his Youtube videos.

I felt it was rushed as an album altogether, I felt there should have been more effort into the final songs.

I hope they are able to do something special with the second album, my final thoughts are an OK album but I felt the hype and some songs were a let down.

I give this album 3 stars out of 5.

OK Finally onto my video of the day and it goes to AlexTheMagix and its a project called "The Grange" and here's a teaser. Im even part of the project when it comes out for Halloween.

If you want to take part in it please contact AlexTheMagix via his Youtube.

OK Thats it for now.

Barry

EDIT - 1pm For some unknown reason my review of Chameleon Circuit album which I have done on DFTBA.com has been removed from the site and I feel really upset at the moment. But I thought I will put up the review again which I have done with this screenshot.

Click on the picture to read my review of Chameleon Circuit that I gave its similar to the one I gave.

If this happens again, it will be a topic for tomorrows blog entry about Criticism (Can People Take It?)

October 27th: James Bond

2009-10-27T11:35:00.002Z

Hey Guys

This is the 27th entry of Blog Every Day October

Today Im going to continue talking about James Bond. Now I have always loved James Bond no matter who played him from Connery to Craig, the role and character of James Bond is always something interesting to watch for me and a lot of people. The first Bond film I ever watched was Goldfinger starring Sean Connery when it was TV when I was a kid.

I consider Goldfinger a classic and one of my favourite Bond films of all time. Such brilliant one liners and the villians were class. I love the films then watched the Roger Moore ones and I became a fan of Bond.

I loved watching the Live & Let Die, The Man with The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me (I reviewed yesterday) and Moonraker after that I didnt like the Roger Moore films of Bond and Timothy Dalton was ok in his role, I did like Licence to Kill as it was so different to other Bond Films.

After a bit I went back to the Connery films and found them interesting to watch and really cool. When Goldeneye was first released I was a bit nervous because I felt the Bond films were going downhill but I wanted to see how Pierce Brosnan would do and he did an excellent on that film and he did the same with Tomorrow Never Dies. After them films Bond were getting dull The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.

Then when Daniel Craig took over the role, I remember everyone eing shocked that he would drag the role into the dirt including me and how wrong everyone was which is great, I rather be wrong at times. Casino Royale was brilliant and took out all of the gadgets that Bond is famous for.

Daniel Craig played a more serious Bond which is a great idea for the Bond to go down, it is a lot darker than past ones which is cool. Sometimes trying to break the 4th wall is an excellent idea.

I recently started to watch the Bond films again when I heard of the passing Joseph Wiseman who played the first ever James Bond Villian (Dr No) and I got hooked back in watching some of Connery's films and the first 4 Roger Moore ones. Great times watching them.

Thats my summing up of James Bond films.

The Video of the day goes to Daveyboyz and its an old Talk With Dave with MakeMeBad35 and I really like this interview, so funny.

Thats it for now, back tomorrow.

Barry

October 26th: The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond) DVD Review

2009-10-26T20:03:00.002Z

Hey Guys

This is the 26th entry of Blog Every Day October.

I couldnt think of a topic to talk about and I decided to talk about James Bond I really like called "The Spy Who Loved Me"

The plot taken from IMDB.Com

"When a massive underwater craft abducts U.S. and Russian submarines, global tensions are heightened to the brink of war. In order to find the true culprit, James Bond joins forces with beautiful Russian secret agent Anya Amasaova. Together they follow a trail that leads to Karl Stromberg, a powerful shipping magnate who is implementing a horrific scheme for world domination. Bond struggles to foil the plot, but Stromberg has provided him with the most lethal adversary: Jaws, a seemingly indestructible steel-toothed giant. Agent 007's adventure takes him to the Egyptian pyramids, under the sea and to a mountaintop ski chase that builds to one of the most amazing stunts ever filmed."

Now this is one of the best James Bond films I have ever seen and its up there with Goldfinger and Live & Let Die which were classics in their own right. I can understand that The Spy Who Loved Me was highly acclaimed by critics as it had a gripping storyline from beginning to end. It was directed by the brilliant Lewis Gilbert who also directed another favourite Bond of mine "You Only Live Twice" and it was really cool and gripping stuff.

My favourite came right before the credits where 007 was trying to espace from the Russians and went off a cliff and opened a parachute with the Union Jack.

It has one of my favourite James Bond themes ever and it was performed by Carly Simon called "Nobody Does It Better"

Im really glad that Roger Moore's Bond was able to develop a brilliant sense of humour which to me is better than Connery any day of the week. There was some great humour when Bond and Anya (Barbara Bach) and they were trying to espace from JAWS, a brilliant villian. Curt Jürgens as Karl Stromberg was also a great villian who wanted to destroy the world and create a new one under the sea which was different to see. This formula was used again in the next one Moonraker.

I did find it a little cheesy and how Bond dealt with Stromberg at the end a bit disppointing but still a brilliant film and loved the film involving Bond, Anya and the Secret Service operations of the British and Russians.

Brilliant film overall 4.5 out of 5.

Video of the day goes to NSG with his beat making magic with the Launchpad from Ableton.

OK Thats it for now

Barry

October 25th: Clocks Changing

2009-10-25T07:42:00.003Z

Hey Guys

Welcome to the 25th entry of Blog Every Day October

Today I am here to talk about the clock changing, now every time the clock changes I deal with it OK, but this time when I woke up I had a problem dealing with it, maybe its because Im getting older and keep forgetting about certain things. Im not a fan of the clocks changing at all I wish they didn't have to do it.

I heard its to deal with some part of Scotland that stays dark until mid morning around 9 or 10 o'clock dont ask me why. I know that everyone has to deal with daylight savings through different periods of the year. Im surprised that I am writing about this at 8am in the morning.

It takes me a couple of days to get used to the new time changes every March and October when it happens. I do hate it when it does go forward an hour as you have less sleep but I didnt mind that when I was a kid. Its something of change to me.

I remember a brilliant video that Smivadee did this year when the clocks moved forward an hour. It was a good video and glad Youtube featured it on the front page here in the UK.

Thats the first thing I thought of when the clocks changed, even though it was a while ago.

In a way I can take the clocks changing normally but today I got a bit confused because I forgot lol. Oh well.

OK onto the video of the day and it goes to Tom Milsom For his Indigo.

Here's the original version he did back in September 2007

and here is the new version that will be released on his 2nd album coming out on the 1st of December on DFTBA Records

Thats it for now

Barry

October 24th: Im surprised I am doing well.

2009-10-24T19:06:00.004+01:00

Hey Guys

Welcome to the 24th entry of Blog Every Day October and before I begin my entry, Fawn (xFAWNx on Dailybooth & 0titch0 on Youtube) has received her T-Shirt today which surprised and proves the postal strike isnt as big as they say in the media.

Thanks Fawn you are a star.

OK onto todays entry which is only going to be a short entry, but Im just not in the mood to do a long one. So I thought I would reflect again on how I am doing and to say I am really surprised that I have reached day 24 and havent stopped, I thought I would stop around day 7 or 8 thinking I couldnt carry on but this world can bring you a lot of surprises and this blog every day October has been made me learn a lot which is awesome. Whether I learned that you can give something a second chance or I have learnt that I can never trust politics all that sort you know.

Its great that I was inspired from past blog every day projects that have been done in the past and its great to see myself getting motivated.

OK Thats it for today and I will do something better for tomorrow when Im a great mood to do other blogs.

OK Video of the day goes to uzoouk for the Dog Adopts Lion. I find this world incredible.

OK thats it for now guys. Speak soon

Barry

October 23rd: I Don't Like Politics

2009-10-23T08:59:00.002+01:00

Hey Guys

Welcome to the 23rd entry of Blog Every Day October, I was a bit worried this morning that Blogger wasnt working properly I know strange ha. It had some error messages but it was ok in the end thank goodness. I only got time to do an entry this morning.

I forgot to mention I was in the latest DFTBA newsletter send by e-mails the other day for my review of Dr Noise's EP. Thanks again DFTBA. Aslo I would like to thank Fawn for retweeting my blog yesterday about the Autism Bill 2009 being passed.

Todays entry is a bit over the top in my books. Its about all about Politics I HATE IT SO MUCH.

I think any type of politics whether it is in parliament or any form of business is never a good thing at all.

I cant stand how people would use politics to try to suit their own needs and egos, which makes me depise the world at times. I hate how our politicans whether it be Labour, Conversative, Lib Dems or other parties are acting childish in the House of Commons. It makes me wonder if they are going to go forward and stay stuck in time with the childish attitudes. Thats what I said on Twitter based on British Politics.

Now when it was announced that the BNP were going to be on Question Time last night, I was really shocked and decided not to watch it because they are another party who think they know what to do but dont really and they are racists that would destroy the UK as we know.

I felt anyone watched Question Time was falling into a trap giving the BNP publicity that they want. So what I did last night is I went to CheekTV's blogtv and chilled out there for a bit and it was nice to see Ian's shed (iiarando) which was really cool.

The only politics that seem to interest me is whats going with Barack Obama as I feel he can bring a change to the world and his words speak of passion like politicans of the past. I wish there are more honest and willing politicans who can help change what we got today.

Thats enough talk of politics makes me mad talking about it but at least I got it out in the open.

Anyway the video of the day goes to Hank Green of the Vlogbrothers with the The Top 10 Greatest Hoaxes of All Time. There are some really good ones in there.

Thats it for now guys

Speak soon

Barry

October 22nd: The Autism Bill has been passed

2009-10-22T15:04:00.003+01:00

Hey Guys

This is the 22nd entry of Blog Every Day October and Im happy today that quite a few things happened and it was so great to hear and do.

OK The main topic is that National Autistic Society was trying to push forward the Autism Bill 2009 and Im happy to say the Bill has been pushed forward which is awesome.

Heres a video to outline the Autism Bill

Here's also a letter from NAS Chief Executive Mark Lever

Dear All,

Today we have made legal history. The Autism Bill has made it through its last parliamentary stage, and upon Royal Assent it will become the Autism Act 2009: the first ever disability-specific law for England.

The Act will guarantee a future Adult Autism Strategy which will put legal duties on local authorities in England to improve services for people with autism. The Strategy will be published in the next six months and we will of course continue to campaign to ensure it is as strong as it can be and makes a real difference to people affected by autism.

The Autism Act started out as a Private Members Bill, drafted by the NAS and taken forward by Conservative MP Cheryl Gillan. Over the past year, thousands of NAS campaigners (including many of you!) have contacted their MP or local newspaper to support the Bill, and it has also had the backing of all the major political parties and 16 other autism charities from around the country.

You can read more about the Autism Act on our website at Autism Act 2009

Best wishes

Mark Lever,

NAS chief executive

It does feel really good when you get to hear news like that. Now with this bill up and running, people with autism can be helped out even more within society.

OK quick run down of today and it has been really good in Brighton.

1) I met comedian Al Murray for a book signing in WHSmiths and what a great bloke and signed my copy of the book. Top guy.

2) While I was in HMV in the Churchill Square Shopping Centre. I saw the DJ Hero being played in action and looked really cool. I didnt have time to play it sadly. I am excited for next Friday. I just want my hands on the game and the controller.

Finally before I go to the video of the day, Im really happy that Fawn has bought one of my T-shirts which is so awesome. The only problem could be late arrival to her because of Postal Strike and will send it out tomorrow even if it takes a little longer.

The video of the day goes to Angry Video Game Nerd and its a new one looking into Castlevania II and Castlevania III

Video Games | ScrewAttack | Angry Video Game Nerd: Castlevania Part II

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

As a Bonus here's the original review of Castlevania II (AVGN's first ever review)

Thats it for now and what a great day it has been. Im glad I made it this far with the blog entries.

Barry