Gemma from the Red Patrollers took some more pics with a decent camera, that handle the light so Ill stick em up as I get them!
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Failure to Launch screening
Who ever said camera phones handle the light well should be shot. Anyway, here is 1 pic from the Failure to Launch screening tonight. If you look carefully (and I mean carefully) you should be able to pick out at least 2 RedFM staff. It was very busy with people still spilling in as I was leaving. The Haribo made a welcome return and as of this moment, no one lost an eye...hang on the phone is ringing...maybe I spoke too soon!
Gemma from the Red Patrollers took some more pics with a decent camera, that handle the light so Ill stick em up as I get them!
Gemma from the Red Patrollers took some more pics with a decent camera, that handle the light so Ill stick em up as I get them!
Brand new "harder" Cork Talks Back quiz on my bebo page. Click View All on the quizzes section
Again, the hour nailed me this morning. Im really feeling it, for the first time ever! Im getting up at the same "old time" but at the new time. Either way its annoying me! I had a free gaf last night as Ger went off to see I-Keano and stayed in her parents place. So after a few hours of hookers and binge drinking myself and the dog hit the hay. Well the hookers and binge drinking maybe a lie. But the dog stayed in the bed last night, and I didnt roll over and kill him, nor did he piss on top of my head!
I got home for around 1 and settled down for an American Chopper double onslaught. Its the end of the fan bike series, thankfully. Some of these people were a bit annoying to be honest. They win there dream bike and its like "Oh yeah, sound" I want tears and jumping for joy and swearing and smashing things up..not "Oh yeah, sound" I take that in for an hour, and fire up the Xbox 360 to take on Far Cry Insticts Predator. Mess around for about an hour and look on in awe at the wonderful water effects. Other than that, Im not too impressed...just yet. Myself and Bilbo hop into the bed and settle down for the second episode of American Chopper. The dog falls asleep within minutes, and Im just waiting for it to be over!
Last night on the show, one caller claimed that she was fed up of looking for part time work because loads of foreign nationals are taking the jobs. She had been trying for nearly a year, and no joy. Alot of foreign nationals called into the show to give their views, which was great. Its brilliant to see we have such a wide and diverese audience. More people called in to tell me I was too hard on the girl because I said maybe she wasnt good enough to get hired. Lets face it, and I know from being in management, you dont hire somebody thats not good enough for the job. I do accept that some employers are exploiting foreign nationals over here. Some callers related tales of going into shops where the staff havent a word of English. Heres my question...If they dont have a word of English, how the f£$% did they do an interview!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also spoke to Pat O Shea (he was one of the cork legends on Des Bishops Joy in the Hood) about Corks newest comedy night that hes setting up. The popping of their cherry takes place in Qubiclo on Drawbridge St on Thursday night. €5 admission, €3 for a Student and €4 if you know a good Gynecologist!
Our Vogue Beauty Clinc (On Princess St) promotion continues tonight and this time theres some pretty cool prizes for the men. So ladies, you can be in with the chance of winning a back / chest wax for the love of your life! Some other cool prizes to go with this as well, but Ill keep them under my belt for the moment!
The Failure to Launch screening is on tonight at 7pm so make sure, if your going, you get there early. Im announcing as usual and tonight the Haribo are back. For anyone thats never been to a RedFM screening before where Im announcing, Ill be making it rain sweets. Not as impressive as it sounds, particualry if you get a packet into the eye! Again, we're not liable!
A few people were looking for me to set up a Cork Talks Back quiz on my bebo page
and so I did. Its the most simple quiz ever, yet people are getting poor results. One thing I was surprised by the number some people thought they used to ring into the show. I hammer the arse outta the numbers every night and again here they are...
To CALL in 1850 704 106
To TEXT in 086 8273336
Keeping with all things bebo, hopefully by the end of the week Ill be able to offer some small Cork Talks Back prize pack for the best whiteboard on me bebo page. Other than that, I have to go. See ya at the screening and talk to you on air from 9pm!
Oh yeah, brand new Cork Talks Back quiz 2 on the bebo page NOW!!!!
I got home for around 1 and settled down for an American Chopper double onslaught. Its the end of the fan bike series, thankfully. Some of these people were a bit annoying to be honest. They win there dream bike and its like "Oh yeah, sound" I want tears and jumping for joy and swearing and smashing things up..not "Oh yeah, sound" I take that in for an hour, and fire up the Xbox 360 to take on Far Cry Insticts Predator. Mess around for about an hour and look on in awe at the wonderful water effects. Other than that, Im not too impressed...just yet. Myself and Bilbo hop into the bed and settle down for the second episode of American Chopper. The dog falls asleep within minutes, and Im just waiting for it to be over!
Last night on the show, one caller claimed that she was fed up of looking for part time work because loads of foreign nationals are taking the jobs. She had been trying for nearly a year, and no joy. Alot of foreign nationals called into the show to give their views, which was great. Its brilliant to see we have such a wide and diverese audience. More people called in to tell me I was too hard on the girl because I said maybe she wasnt good enough to get hired. Lets face it, and I know from being in management, you dont hire somebody thats not good enough for the job. I do accept that some employers are exploiting foreign nationals over here. Some callers related tales of going into shops where the staff havent a word of English. Heres my question...If they dont have a word of English, how the f£$% did they do an interview!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also spoke to Pat O Shea (he was one of the cork legends on Des Bishops Joy in the Hood) about Corks newest comedy night that hes setting up. The popping of their cherry takes place in Qubiclo on Drawbridge St on Thursday night. €5 admission, €3 for a Student and €4 if you know a good Gynecologist!
Our Vogue Beauty Clinc (On Princess St) promotion continues tonight and this time theres some pretty cool prizes for the men. So ladies, you can be in with the chance of winning a back / chest wax for the love of your life! Some other cool prizes to go with this as well, but Ill keep them under my belt for the moment!
The Failure to Launch screening is on tonight at 7pm so make sure, if your going, you get there early. Im announcing as usual and tonight the Haribo are back. For anyone thats never been to a RedFM screening before where Im announcing, Ill be making it rain sweets. Not as impressive as it sounds, particualry if you get a packet into the eye! Again, we're not liable!
A few people were looking for me to set up a Cork Talks Back quiz on my bebo page
and so I did. Its the most simple quiz ever, yet people are getting poor results. One thing I was surprised by the number some people thought they used to ring into the show. I hammer the arse outta the numbers every night and again here they are...
To CALL in 1850 704 106
To TEXT in 086 8273336
Keeping with all things bebo, hopefully by the end of the week Ill be able to offer some small Cork Talks Back prize pack for the best whiteboard on me bebo page. Other than that, I have to go. See ya at the screening and talk to you on air from 9pm!
Oh yeah, brand new Cork Talks Back quiz 2 on the bebo page NOW!!!!
Monday, March 27, 2006
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Xbox 360 Review
G.R.A.W. as its commonly known has been one of the more anticipated titles for the Xbox 360 since the console was relased back in December. G.R.A.W. is a squad based shooter taking place in either the 1st or 3rd person perspective! Personally, I feel the 3rd person is where its at. The detail alone on your player, who goes by the name of Scott Mitchell, is amazing. Ill get to the graphics in a minute! The general gist of the story is that you find yourself in Mexico city after Mexican rebels take over a summit. The Canadian president is after hitting the bucket and the US and Mexican prezzers are missing. You've guessed it, you and your squad are on a mission to find the Presidents in question.The game opens with a selection of training missions which will give you a general understanding of the controls and the mechanics of the game! Theres quite alot of controls in the game, but after about an hour you'll be ordering your men around a tactical map and calling in air strikes. In G.R.A.W. not only do you control your team as to how they react in a situation, point out who to shoot at and where to go, you also get to control AC's, Tanks and Choppers. You get to order these when the game decides when is the right time. Its not as if you can call in a gunship for any old reason. Some levels have you holding tough until you get a message over the radio calling for you to point out some targets. Then the gunship arrives and kicks some serious backside, while you and your men run for cover! Other levels have you controlling an armoured car, which will happily go forward or backwards blowing things up, while offering a nice spot for you and your squad to get some cover. Parts of the game also allow you to ride in the Choppers holding on to a big machine gun, shooting at anything that moves! This happens early on in the game and its then do you appreciate how wide and vast the landscape is.
Buildings of all shapes and sizes are as far as the eye can see, all shimmering away in the hot Mexican sunshine. The graphics are superb through out. On the top left of the screen you can see the various views from your team, chopper or whatever else your controlling. Things explode with debris, smoke and flames. Lights shimmer in the distance, choppers fly over head. Some of the graphics really have to be seen to be believed. The audio is equally impressive. Your squad scream and shout and say "Thanks" when you administer some medical attention to a wounded comrade! Buildings and vehicles make very convincing bangs and your array of weapons make all the right sounds!This is a very ambitious game, and UBISOFT have almost pulled it off. The game does have its faults though, mainly in various bugs. The first bug I came across was during the training, not 20 minutes into the game. It was a simple task, to move your squad to a point on the tactical map. No matter how many times I moved them to the exact spot, the game would not let me exit the map. I had to restart to pass the training point. Another bug I found was the level where your trying to get the Mexican president to an extraction point. After a long and hard gun battle, the chopper flys in and we make for the extraction point. Nothing happens.
Again a restart fixes the problem. I wouldnt have minded so much except I found the level fairly difficult! Bugs aside, the single player game is a really immersive gaming experience. I found myself running through a hail of bullets to get some medical aid to one of my fallen squad. A game that makes you care! Says it all really.16 player multiplayer on Xbox Live is also part of the package. This consists of your regular death and team matches. Capture the terriority etc. and you take on the campaign mode as well with various levels where its up to 16 Live players all in one big squad. Again the graphics are really amazing here, particuarly on the Fishing villiage and Rocky Cove levels. The water effects alone are serious eye candy!
Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is one of the few titles to give the power of the Xbox 360 a half decent workout. It looks great, sounds great and plays great and the Xbox Live experience is great fun. Check it out. 9/10
Another miserable Monday, weather wise anyway. The weather over the last few days hasnt been the best and I got drenched over the weekend! Busy show last night. We kicked off a brand new promotion last night, which is running for the week. We've teamed up with Vogue beauty clinic on Princess St. and have tonnes of goodies up for grabs, for the hers and the hims including brazilians and chest / back waxes!
Looks like the weekends have gone back to going like lightspeed again. The hour caught me, and Im still feeling it, even this morning! I had my parents over on Friday afternoon for a while and Saturday was a really late riser! We took a wander around Mahon Point on Saturday evening, take christ for the "short cut" around the B&Q roundabout, otherwise we'd still be stuck in traffic. Well its not a shortcut per se, more of a strategic move through the traffic! We "decided" we'd go to B&Q instead of Mahon Point SC, but when we got to the roundabout in B&Q we "changed" our mind. The lights at the entrance provide a smooth entrance into MP! At the time there seem to be plenty of other people "changing" their mind as well! Ended up in Bennigans for something to eat after braving the hundreds of people all running round for mother days pressies. Its nice to see the service has improved in Bennigans! No more half hour waits for a starter etc.etc.etc.etc.
I got home last night for around one and settle down in front of Rescue Me. Another TV show that I missed first time round, and its proving addictive. Speaking of TV I caught about 2 minutes of the new Jigs N Reels show thing before I left for the show last night! This wouldnt be my kinda thing, even if they were irish dancing naked. It must be quite bizarre for George Hook though. Going from his radio show, to rugby punditry to "Well...you should be bending your knees a bit more and I didnt like your backstep there". Maybe Im just jealous!
Hopefully in the next 24-48 hours (!) I should have a review up of Ghost Recon Advanced WarFighter on the Xbox 360 up here. Ive been putting in a few hours over the weekend and its pretty cool!
Looks like the weekends have gone back to going like lightspeed again. The hour caught me, and Im still feeling it, even this morning! I had my parents over on Friday afternoon for a while and Saturday was a really late riser! We took a wander around Mahon Point on Saturday evening, take christ for the "short cut" around the B&Q roundabout, otherwise we'd still be stuck in traffic. Well its not a shortcut per se, more of a strategic move through the traffic! We "decided" we'd go to B&Q instead of Mahon Point SC, but when we got to the roundabout in B&Q we "changed" our mind. The lights at the entrance provide a smooth entrance into MP! At the time there seem to be plenty of other people "changing" their mind as well! Ended up in Bennigans for something to eat after braving the hundreds of people all running round for mother days pressies. Its nice to see the service has improved in Bennigans! No more half hour waits for a starter etc.etc.etc.etc.
I got home last night for around one and settle down in front of Rescue Me. Another TV show that I missed first time round, and its proving addictive. Speaking of TV I caught about 2 minutes of the new Jigs N Reels show thing before I left for the show last night! This wouldnt be my kinda thing, even if they were irish dancing naked. It must be quite bizarre for George Hook though. Going from his radio show, to rugby punditry to "Well...you should be bending your knees a bit more and I didnt like your backstep there". Maybe Im just jealous!
Hopefully in the next 24-48 hours (!) I should have a review up of Ghost Recon Advanced WarFighter on the Xbox 360 up here. Ive been putting in a few hours over the weekend and its pretty cool!
Friday, March 24, 2006
A section of our own Air Studio
The joys of the Southlink, Roll on that Flyover
As I usually start a Friday blog, another week goes by! Above, 2 random pics from my phone. Great show (again! modesty) last night! Lots of concerned people about the Wedding Dress Store, although the solicitor representing them gave plenty of reassurances that all the brides to be will be ok! Some brides to be came on last night and they all made the same point "Why havent we got any phone calls". As any one with half a brain will tell you, a business doesnt go bust over night. Ive seen it happen a few years ago and the writings on the wall for some time. Either way, there seems to be a genuine drive to sort out the would be brides! Hopefully everyone will make it down the aisle! Relationships and suchlike are always a popular topic on the show. Jenny Rodgers from The Irish Examiner was on last night recounting her tales of the various forms of dating, from dating agencys to dating weekends away. €500 for a dating agency, and you get 3 calls from other singletons. €1500 is the price in Dublin. This knocked me for six, I know desperate times call for desperate mesaures but for that kind of mone, you'd probably get better satisfaction in a strip club. Which might be a bit harsh I hear some of you think to yourself, but I really dont think you can buy true love. You'll find it when your not looking for it. Think about it, go out planning to get your hole and most of the time the only thing you'll get close to is scratching your hole. Dont go looking for it and you end up buying new bed springs! I remember a couple of years ago being inside Nite Owls (thats now gone) and the same group of guys would do laps of the club, week after week. Maybe they were training for a marathon or something, but I never saw them pick up anyone. The whole place would stare at em. Funny shit!
The bebo stuff is off the chart all together. It must be overtaking the myspace scene. There more or less the same, but bebo is kinda like the puppets on Sesame St, everyone loves em young and old. Myspace is like the adults on Sesame St. serious, funny at times but not for everyone! Welcome to the worlds worst analagy. I spent a fair bit last night, after the show, replying to lots of bebo messages. Once again, the bebo page is linked on the right of the screen or just go to vicbarry.bebo.com
When I finally leave, the rain is coming down like theres a pissing contest in heaven! I contemplate for about 30 seconds, town or home. Home wins and I get in after one. By 3am Im being pinned down by some serious bad ass mo fos. Bullets are whizzing by my head. I start lobbing a few smoke grenades to cause a distraction, but it doesnt help. The feckers are still coming. Then an armoured car ploughs into the place and all hell is breaking loose. I get a message on the radio, that air support is on the way, but it cant arrive fast enough. Finally a chopper comes in and radios for me to point out the targets. The big Armoured Car and those fuckin tanks Im yellin!. After more bullets and explosions, I finally get the Mexican president to an extraction zone, but a bug in the game means I have to do the whole thing again! Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is something else, bar the bugs! I get into bed for around 415am and Im still awake at 5! Most be the flashbacks from the firefight!
As they say in Jarhead "Welcome to the Suck" and so it is. Im off back to the suck now so have a good weekend, and drop by the blog and the bebo page over Saturday and Sunday, ya never know theres probably gonna be some more updating!
Nice wan for reading and an even nicer wan for listening
- V
The bebo stuff is off the chart all together. It must be overtaking the myspace scene. There more or less the same, but bebo is kinda like the puppets on Sesame St, everyone loves em young and old. Myspace is like the adults on Sesame St. serious, funny at times but not for everyone! Welcome to the worlds worst analagy. I spent a fair bit last night, after the show, replying to lots of bebo messages. Once again, the bebo page is linked on the right of the screen or just go to vicbarry.bebo.com
When I finally leave, the rain is coming down like theres a pissing contest in heaven! I contemplate for about 30 seconds, town or home. Home wins and I get in after one. By 3am Im being pinned down by some serious bad ass mo fos. Bullets are whizzing by my head. I start lobbing a few smoke grenades to cause a distraction, but it doesnt help. The feckers are still coming. Then an armoured car ploughs into the place and all hell is breaking loose. I get a message on the radio, that air support is on the way, but it cant arrive fast enough. Finally a chopper comes in and radios for me to point out the targets. The big Armoured Car and those fuckin tanks Im yellin!. After more bullets and explosions, I finally get the Mexican president to an extraction zone, but a bug in the game means I have to do the whole thing again! Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is something else, bar the bugs! I get into bed for around 415am and Im still awake at 5! Most be the flashbacks from the firefight!
As they say in Jarhead "Welcome to the Suck" and so it is. Im off back to the suck now so have a good weekend, and drop by the blog and the bebo page over Saturday and Sunday, ya never know theres probably gonna be some more updating!
Nice wan for reading and an even nicer wan for listening
- V
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