BK's Little Rants & Stuff

The End Of BK's Little Rants & Stuff

2012-02-03T19:47:00.001+00:00

This is my last blog...Or well, on here. I am moving to a different account, so that I have everything on one email. As currently I have my blog (This) and my youtube GamePlay account on two different emails. So, I am moving onto my new account, and will start a blog on there. You can find it Here please go there, and subscribe or w/e it is you do on blogger, and I am sure to start using it soon. I will not be deleting this blog/account for a month, once that month is over ( March 3rd ) I will de-active the account. So, Peace!

Katawa Shoujo

2012-01-26T22:56:00.001+00:00

So.. Katawa Shoujo.. or 'Disability Girls' is a dating sim game. I first heard of it on one of the latest Oh No! Video Games podcasts, which was named 'Don't play Katawa Shoujo', Now, they made some fair point, which I will not mention here ( not because they are horrid or insult the game as such, but because I really don't want to go and open up iTunes and listen to the podcast just to hear their views on the game again) saying that it isn't good at all.

The game is quite ( used lightly ) disturbing. The fact that it is an 18+ game, may pinpoint the reason why.

I will be writing a review on it soon enough, because I want to, once I have played through all the routes you can take. ( there are about 5, only one is quite short )

So yeah, other than that, I am going to start blogging at least once a week, like I said I would have. Even if it is only Tom that currently follows me.. because he is like a stalker over the internet to me, the only difference is that I actually know him, and we are good friends.

Byeeeeeeeee

Long time no update

2012-01-06T21:15:00.000+00:00

Well, this is the first blog entry of the new year. Yayyy HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!1
Now on to some other, relatively serious matters;

Since I was banned from youtube in November, I got my account unbanned after a week, which meant I could go through with my goal to reach 200 videos, which I reached with 1 day to spare in 2011. Now that we are in 2012 I have a new goal for the end of the year, Which I shall say in a moment dear reader.

I have also started a new walkthrough series on my channel, (Click here to see) where I play game demos, and a series for a new game I am playing ( click the link to see it ). I also plan on starting a Minecraft Survivle series ( single player) with a bunch of mods. I have already installed the mods onto my minecraft file and am ready to start recording the series, but I don't have a name for it, nor do I have the amount of viewers/subscribers that would actually help with the series.

Of course, I also need to find myself a job, and move out, so that I can actually start doing youtube properly, at any time of day seeing as whilst living with my parents, I only have a limited time space that I can actually be loud and not be shouted at for being so. Also, I need to advertise my youtube channel to get viewers & subscribers so that the possibility of being partnered would arise.

I am, though, working with some other gamers on youtube making videos, and have to organize what to do with a new friend. All shall be revealed.

Oh, and before I forget, my new goals ( or resolutions ) for 2012 are to 1) Get up to 600 (or more) videos on youtube, 2) start building a subscriber base, 3) get a job 4) save money that I get, rather than spending it on new games on steam and at the pub. & of course 5) what all people do or say as a new years resolution/goal for the new year, lose at least 20+ pounds. or 20+kg throughout the year. Knowing me, 1 is the only one that will actually happen.

Thanks for reading,
- BK

Update on YouTube ban

2011-11-27T18:35:00.001+00:00

As of writing the last blog post, a YouTube rep got in contact with my friend, who emailed the rep directly, and got me unsuspended. So now BiziKilaPlays is back up and changes have been made. Also, I have videos uploading. In the mean time I have been playing fable 3 and compleating the game, along with checking of the SWTOR beta, which I must say, is amazing. Some of the movement looks goofy, and I hope noone from the companies see's this :p

I was having fun for six months, and now it's over...

2011-11-17T18:17:00.001+00:00

So for the last six months I was making YouTube videos, let's plays, on some games and was generally having fun. But now it's all over, I have been suspended for no reason. Okay, a reason was given, but being the only one that had access to the page and the uploads, I know full well that no rules were broken. I spent six months on it as is probably the longest time I've spent on any project of mine, and the longest time I have actually had fun. I am in the process of trying to contact YouTube, with help from my good friend Tom, to try and get my account back from the depths of hell so that I can continue. I was half way through two game series for Christ sake. Okay I didn't have many subscriber or viewers, but I don't care. What's wiered about it is that it happened a couple of days after I applied to become a partner (just for fun, I knew I wasn't going to get on the partners project) so yeh.

The worst part about this blog entry is trying to type it from an iPhone, avoiding ciggarette smoke going into my eye, god that hurts.

Anyway, that's it for now. Peace. (Y)

Started work

2011-09-15T14:28:00.001+01:00

So today I had to work at 4:30AM this morning, and left my house at 5:20AM to meet my uncle for a lift to WORK. Yes, that's right folks, I now have a job. 7am - 4pm in a warehouse in Watford. You get paid by piece ( or w/e, you get paid for how much work you do) which isn't terrible, it just means I gotta work like a horse. Today for example I made about £28... Which I won't see till next week.. Bleh. Ah well, at least i found a job and I'm going to get paid. Which means I have to candle the jobseekers claim that I signed for yesterday...

Location:Oakfields Ave,Knebworth,United Kingdom

Wait.. Who.. Where?

2011-08-22T11:07:00.000+01:00

Ughhhh. I'm slowly waking up from a 3 week long dream where I had damn all internet. Wait.. It wasn't a dream? AHHHHHHHH

Okay anyway. So I was on a 3 week long holiday from the end of July to mid August, fun and all, but I had a severe lack of sleep, and when I did sleep it was uncomfortable but I have managed to sleep in some uncomfortable places before -like a floor..and an armchair sat right up...and a car- but that's beyond the point, I was drained by mosquitoes in the three weeks, so I don't think I need to donate any blood for at least a year -.-' ( Or actually I need to book an appointment..) erm.. yeh, so I didn't have a lot of internet in the three weeks, which is mainly why I haven't written a blog post in so long, nor had I uploaded videos and why I am uploading them now at home.

Last night I went out with some friends to St Albans, and we hadn't eaten all day but screw it, we went to the pub anyway. I mean, we're lads & we very much like to drink so we had plenty to drink. I stumbled back to my friends house where my mum was waiting for me, needless to say she was pissed off about having to go pick her drunk son up. Do you know what you get if you mix alcohol with an empty stomach? I mean, a lot of alcohol!? ...
Yeh, it's not pretty. But feeling much better now, and I guess I will post more blogs as time goes by and possibly about interesting, or what I find interesting, things. So that's it for today, possibly a week.. Good bye (:

Oh before I leave you all, I would appreciate it if you, yes you.. the one reading this, could go and subscribe to My vlogs and My Games Page

College Interviews

2011-07-13T21:21:00.001+01:00

Hello, if you are reading this, it is probable that you have come from the v-log, or my facebook.. or my twitter, either way. Lets get this thing started;

So I had a interview on Monday for Job Seekers, which was just to help me find a job, and to get a little extra money, for travel to a from work (if I manage to get any) and a bit of money on the side. Well that was at 10:40am in Stevenage town.. I woke up at 11:20am -.-' well that's one day gone. I didn't call them to tell them that I had over slept or anything, which was a bad idea. But I am going to try and apply again when I get back from Italy in August. Why wait until then to book another interview, I don't hear you ask? Well it's mainly because I won't be in England until August, and it takes less than a week to process, from what I have seen, and I don't want to have the interview, if I get it, whilst I'm on holiday. So yeah.

Second;

I had two interviews today (Wednesday 13th July) The first one for Media Production. Well we (me & the teacher) decided it wasn't really something I was interested in, which is actually true. Before I got into the interview ( which I was 40 minuets late to, due to train time tables but that's in my vlog at: (V-log) I thought that the course would be composed of Image and/or video editing, and recording. Which is in fact something I am interested in. But it was mainly theory and research, which is something that I am not, I repeat, NOT interested in. So yeh.

The second interview was for Music Tech. Which before I went into the interview I thought was mainly about making music via music software (such as Logic, Pro-Tools etc.) which I, again, am interested in. Mainly because it is something I do (make music, that is), and I would have loved to study and gain a decent amount of knowledge for that and attempt to get into the music industry and become a producer (the kind that make the music). When I actually got into the interview, I found out that it was mainly about the recording side of the music industry, i.e. working in a recording studio, mixing the audio etc. I had/have the grades to get into the level 3 course, and I have done a level 2 course already, so I could get into it. But they said, and I quote ' you don't seem to be very sure you want to do this, I think you just want to get back to college and not have to get a job'. Dude, I've been trying to get a job for 2 years, and I did the damn Electrics course because my parents got me to. It was not something I was interested in, but I finished it to get the damn qualification! Ugh.

Also, the guy was a bit of a douche about the fact I was late to the first interview, over exaggerating ' If you were 40 minuets late to a job interview you wouldn't get the job' Oh really? I'm sorry I don't own the god damn train. I know his point, and I understand what he meant. But really? No need to to mention it more than 3 times, and especially if I don't really have any control over it. Yes I could have left half an hour earlier, but I am not looking to see if there are no delayed train at 8am! Ugh. None the less.

Oh, also I have done the workings out and have to the conclusion that I will spending around £50 a week.. which is £200 a month = roughly £2,400 a year ( only counting college days, Mon - Fri ) on traveling to and from Welwyn Garden City. That's a lot of money. Plus it's a two year course, so thats £4,800 (around that) in both years, of just train travel. I would not be earning any money in the mean time, because its a 9am-5pm course, and a lot of the work/research is to be done at home. Ah, what I will not do for college.

I am going to be looking for courses here in Stevenage, at the college here in town. I'll see if there's is anything that I am interested in and possibly

Mic Problems

2011-07-10T14:50:00.000+01:00

Remember that Review I did for my headset? (if not: here you go) well...

Half way through a skype call with an American friend of mine, the mic stopped working. It may only be my headset, but that's pretty shitty =/

Thankfully it works a bit, so I could pull the last episode of a custom Minecraft map recording outta my ass, although the audio is crappy. If my friend didn't get a warenty, I may have to contact plantronics and bitch... or just try to see if its a problem with the headset itself. Hopefully it's not my fault, I mean they weren't perfect when I first tried them, but yeh. Well, I'll see what the hell's wrong with them.

Hello Mr.Blog, We meet again!

2011-07-08T20:14:00.000+01:00

Okay, title aside, I have a couple of things to say.

1) I woke up today with a damn neck cramp or something, I don't know, it just hurts like hell :(

2) Sonisphere is going on right now, so when ever I go out to my back garden, its like a very poor quality, free concert. I would have loved to go there this year as well, but I only really like slipknot out of the bands that are playing from today until sunday. Oh, but Sum 41 are also there.. :'( I want to see them both but I don't really like the other bands playing! But it's still awesome hearing the bass and screams of the guitar! WOO METAL!! YEAH!! \m/ :P

C) I have 3 interviews next week.
Interview 1) Mon 11th July - JobSeekers, So I get a little extra money to help with travel, and some help looking for a damn job.

Interview 2) Wed 13th July - College - Media course. I have to be at Welwyn Garden City (10 mins from Stevenage by train) at 10am, and I have to bring a portfolio with me.. Would that be a portfolio of the images I've made and crap with photoshop? also, would my videos be okay for it?

Interview 3) Wed 13th July - College - Music course, still at Welwyn Garden City, but at 1pm, and I have to just fill out a little information tick box thing telling them I've used music programs before.

Well, excuse me whilst I figure it out, and start making a portfolio.. and enjoying sonisphere from my back garden :D

The dentist

2011-07-07T16:29:00.001+01:00

Don't be scared, my Dentist was a really nice woman. Not bad looking either. But, contrary to the to the title of this post, this isn't anything to do with dentists. Other than the top. So I've filmed at least two episodes for my let's play channel on youtube, of a minecraft custom map. I plan on trying to do a pokemon lie let's play, and maybe even a Mother let's play. But I need to get mother first. So, to the interwebs!

Oh btw the channel is: http://www.youtube.com/BiziKilaPlays

A new episode will be out today.

And now the journey home

2011-07-05T16:12:00.001+01:00

Had a paractical exam for about half an hour earlier, where I had to test an electrical circuit. I read what I had to do and how to do it about 3 times just before I had to go in and do it, it went right over my head. Needless to say, I passed. Now to get home, read my mail, and film sone YouTube videos. Yay. Oh btw, passing means I'm a level 2 qualified electrician. So I can do it all, but sign off any work.

I'm better at reviews than most other things.

2011-07-03T19:48:00.001+01:00

I was talking to an old buddy of mine about the headset I got and how l was having slight problems with audio recording for my let's play series on youtube -turns out audacity is shit- and I sent him a link to my review because there is a link to a google image searh result for my headset. Well apparently he read through my review and mentioned it was good, bar the typo of 'ea-pods' rather than 'ear-pods' and how I incorectly used a capital letter. But still generally I knew I am pretty good At writing as that's what I did for the better partnof my last 2 years of secondary school and recieved a B grade in my English creative writing whilst I was writing a book. Which I should either get back to, or just pretend it was meant to be a 4 chapter long shirt story.. Either way.

Plantronics GameCom 367 Closed Ear Gaming Headset Review

2011-07-02T01:47:00.002+01:00

Hello. My friend went to America and got me these headphones (image) and I have been using them for the past few days, and today I felt like I should write a little review about the.. Even though I will probably do a video review, demonstrating them and showing them. Okay, let's go:

The Plantonic GameCon 367 headset is actually really comfortable. The ear-pods fit around your ears, and as the box says, there is no pressure on your ears, it is evenly distributed around them so you can sit them comfortably on your head. Being closed ear headsets everything around you is much quieter so you can keep focused on what ever it is you are doing, be it gaming, playing music, or making music, or even on skype with friends & family.

The cable length is around 6.5FT and has 3.5MM gold plated plugs - or jacks if you call them that, like me- and a small click wheel style volume/mic control halfway up the cable. Trust me, these things are loud!
The sound is amazing, the feel is great, I'm not sure what the material Plantonic used for the ear-pods and the bit that rests on your head, but I want a truck full of it, or at least enough to cover my room with.

It does also have a mic, at first glance you wouldn't believe me. But when you look carefully you can see a hidden mic boom on the left. For easy access. Once pulled out, you can extend it by what seems like less than 1inch, but makes a lot of difference.

I may be saying this because I love - Love, with a capital 'L' - this headset, but I honestly can not find a fault in these, for now. I'm sure along the line something will develop. But that will probably just be ware & tare, and me being a clumsy idiot and dropping them. The only complain I DO have, is the 6FT cable, I think it's too long. But I won't as soon as I get a new computer and will have the wires round the back of the tower.

So as it seems, I give these 9/10.

Why 9/10 and not 10/10? Because, if you keep them on for a long time with not regular intervals, you will started to swear around your hears because of the material of the 'ear-pods' does not let anything in the space. Also, these ( I'm not sure if my headset was slightly damaged in transit or not) leak a lot of sound.

Other than that, I think they are amazingly perfect. Especially for what I need them for, and for regular computer gamers. Tomorrow I will show the off, if you will, and demonstrate how the are.

Plantronics GameCom 367 Closed Ear Gaming Headset: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

2011-07-01T00:56:00.000+01:00

Plantronics GameCom 367 Closed Ear Gaming Headset: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories < these are what I have, and these are what I shall write a review about tomorrow. Why tomorrow? Because I've been with a friend the last two days, and I've been testing them out and seeing if there are any faults, and seeing how they are. But that's all to come tomorrow evening. For now, go and watch my latest gaming vid at http://www.youtube.com/BiziKilaPlays :)

My mates back and review tomorrow.

2011-06-28T23:18:00.001+01:00

So my friends back from his month long holiday in America so I've got some stuff he brought me back, a bottle of coke zero...CHERRY! We don't have that here in the uk. Also he brought me some cheesits o.O and of course, my awesome headset. So tomorrow I should be; a) drink the coke and eat the cheesits, or at least finish the beer that's in my room. B) film a vlog. C) try out my new headset and the d) write a review here About them, which means I need to spell check, use correct grammer, and not fuck about. Then I'll be okay to film my lp's :) oh, and I'm sleeping on my couch because my friends sleeping on my bed and has been since like 8pm whilst I've been drinking beer and playing mafia 2 on xbox :p

Location:Stevenage, United Kingdom

Adsense

2011-06-25T19:54:00.002+01:00

So now my adsense account is possibly temporally disabled. ah well, wasn't getting anything anyway.

Random update practically about nothing

2011-06-25T17:48:00.001+01:00

Um not too sure what I could or should say today, I should possibly get to work on som lyrics, or at least look at some of the crap I'm gonna be writting about. Oh btw, we're at a friends house and they have a choc lab :)

Re: whilst in college

2011-06-24T22:37:00.001+01:00

Yeah, I failed. Back next week to try to pass. 3rd times the charm. So they say.

Whilst in college

2011-06-24T11:16:00.001+01:00

I'm in college right now, and in theory I should be revising and doing some mock questions to be ready for my exam at 1:30pm (GMT) and hopefully pass it this time. I've done 3 papers with 30 - 40 questions on them, and I'm running out of battery on my iPhone. This is why I hate apple, no fucking battery life -.-'

Well that's it for now, I'll be back to update... Who ever actually reads these blog posts with my result. Wish me luck.

-B.K

Location:Sandpit Ln,,United Kingdom

Blogging with ma iPhone

2011-06-23T16:41:00.001+01:00

This may be one of the only times I use this, but I'm using blogwriter or something. It seems to be a nice, easy to use blogging app on any ios device. Might use this on Fridays before, during, or after college. Even though tomorrow (june 24th 2011) is my last day at college. Well that's it for now, thanks for reading , bye.

This weekend..

2011-06-21T19:34:00.000+01:00

I have no recollection of neither Friday nor Saturday, but I shall blame that on my rubbish memory, anywho, So Sunday was Father's Day, so we had a BBQ -as my family do for most 'holidays'- and then I went to the pub with my old man, my uncle and some dude we know, -he's like my dad's friend's sister's boyfriend or something.. Let's just call him a family friend, since him and his girlfriend have been staying with us for the past week and apparently the woman knows my dad from when they were teenagers or something, back to the story- and ordered some beers, so as a good 18yo son with some money, I payed for a round, and then they rang the bell -.-' ah well, all in all it was an okay Father's Day, he can't complain I didn't get him anything.

Then on Monday (yesterday) I went out with those family friends - referred to in the paragraph above- to St Albans, (UK) and hoped to a pub after walking for a while and had a pint.. or two. Since it was a week day my friend was at college, so me and the peeps* (* see above as 'family friends') agreed that it was okay for me to go off & meet up with my friends and they could go off to the museum thing they were going to go to. Once I met up with my friend, we hopped on a bus and went to Welwyn Garden City -(WGC)- and went to the town, they went gambling and I went along with them, they lost about £20 together (it was 2 of them gambling) after that, they got more money and we went off to the pub, drank a bit, and they gambled a bit more, & I wasted money of buying a ten pack of Mayfair, stupid I know mainly because of the brand, and yeh. So we had about 3/4 pints, of kopparberg -which is some Swedish mixed fruid cider which is really, REALLY nice!- and then 10pm crept up on us and it was time to head off home. So I had to get on the train and walk home as I gambled £3/4 and nearly won £140
So Close! :'(

OH, and I got cider in my eye as well -.-'

MOAR ART

2011-06-18T19:19:00.000+01:00

Well, I don't really think I should call it art, but none the less, I have made a new forum signature, once again, and have two versions of it. It is still a WIP so its obviously not finished, but I don't know what else I can add to it. See it Here & Here

I can't do anything until Wednesday next week -.-'

2011-06-18T01:05:00.000+01:00

Okay so, at night I'm normally on my computer doing random crap till about 1/2am and then I go off to bed, & now I've gotten back into photoshop and really wanted to get into my sig stuff. But I can't, 'cause I know if I do, I'll make quite a bit of noise, and we have guests here for the week, sleeping in my brothers room, so my brother has to sleep on the mattress in my room, and I have to go to bed earlier, which I hate because I can't sleep. But hell.

Moral of the story; I need to find a damn job, and people need to have jobs available! I mean seriously, I've applied to places that where looking for employees, did it all nice and crap, even said I'd work more time than I would be able to, and no one gets back to me -.-' Fuck sake.

In other news, in a week or 2 my friend comes back from the USA, and I shall have an awesome headset, which I think I shall write a review about on here, and I can start doing my Let's Plays much more seriously, and he is bringing me a GameCube game as well, because I have a gamecube *smug look* unfortunately I only have Madden '03..I don't like sports games, but when I got it from cash converters, it was either Madden or NBA -.-' fail games are fail.

Also, I have a retake on my exam next week on Friday, which means -if I pass- I'm a Level 2 qualified electrician, and I shall also mail my application for a different course very soon, I really want to get either into a Music course, or a media course! Radio Dj BiziKila? xD That will be fun to say haha. Or magazine/video editor (: that will be fun. With a capital F-U..N!

Oh Hay

2011-06-16T23:00:00.000+01:00

I've gotten back into photo shop. Well, I've kind of made a slight logo type thing for myself. You can find it Here, and because I saved two versions of it, This one is meant to be a higher quality image.