Monday, May 31, 2010
Bank Holidays (AudioBoo)
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
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
A Update Vlog from my Youtube
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
I will do a written post very soon
Barry
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Prototype Review (Playstation 3)
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"
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Hip Hop Music - Thank You & RIP Guru
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
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
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Hows my life going? (14th April)
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
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
Friday, April 02, 2010
World Autism Awareness Day 2010 - Today I stand up for Autism
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
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
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Daveyboyz & Barry Aldridge in Brighton (August 2008) & Conflict/Beef
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
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
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Social Network Break is going excellent, Youtube Community Videos and Yakuza 3
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
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
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Taking Holidays from Social Network Sites, God Of War III and Another Response Coming
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
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
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Happenings from Barry's World 10/3/2010
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
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
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Barry Aldridge Face 2 Face With Casey Margolis (Series 2 Episode 8)
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
Monday, January 04, 2010
Goals For 2010
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
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Christmas Happenings, VlogRelay and 2010.
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
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
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Project For Awesome 2009 - National Autistic Society & Uncultured Project
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
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Excited for Christmas and Short bit on Harry Potter Films
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
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
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Tom Milsom Launch Party Gig/Face 2 Face With Daveyboyz and I Dont do Face 2 Face for Status
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
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
Friday, December 04, 2009
One Facebook account is all I need and Face 2 Face With PJ & Lex
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
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
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Fun Times, Reviews and Face 2 Face With Crabstickz
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
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
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Im in Flame Mode, Face 2 Face With WilsonTech1, Past video I did and Rememberance Day
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
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
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Challenges
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
Thats all for now
Barry
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
Thats all for now
Barry
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