Well to be fair, I think you’ve broken every chance of that with your answer. So you’re screwed, mate. With the TSA crowd, is there anybody you’d like to meet? Possibly at Eurogamer?
Yeah, well I want to meet in person the NuTSAck crew. I’ve been enjoying all the chats, and playing Left 4 Dead all the time with them. Everyone should buy that and play with us, it’s awesome. I know that Yogdog and DuffyBox are going to Eurogamer, so that should be good fun. I’d also like to meet AG2297 too.
That’s about it, really. I tend to keep myself to myself, so just those guys.
You could have chosen some hot females, but you’ve gone for guys.
Oh, well Hanny is a given. I’ll see her at some stage.
Ah, she’ll appreciate this, because she’s just been described as a hot female.
Well, whatever… But she’s a good friend of ours too.
She doesn’t really need her ego massaged any more. She’s a female on a site 99.9% male membership, anyway, so she doesn’t need anymore attention. So we’ll move on. Right, any hidden talents and skills? Kill a man at 20 paces with a pistol?
Well, I sing. That’s something for you. Not like when I’m singing as I’m playing some Left 4 Dead, that you get annoyed at.
That’s a bit like listening to someone deranged enough to sing along to music on a bus.
I sing, and I’m quite proficient at Judo as well. And I know Krav Maga.
You’ll have to explain that for the people who think there’s something wrong with the recording.
It’s an offensive protection martial art used by the Israeli Special Forces. The ethos of it is basically that one person is going to hospital, and the other’s going home, and you want to go home. It’s trying to get you an avenue of escape. So that was an interesting two days intensive course.
An avenue of escape, you say? By learning moves such as ‘The Shredder’?
‘The Shredder’ is brilliant.
It sounds like a violent version of The Three Stooges.
Funnily enough, when I was there there was someone a bit shy about doing ‘The Shredder’, and the instructor said to him “You look like something out of The Three Stooges.” Basically Krav Maga involves scratching, gouging and biting someone’s face. Like, if they’ve grabbed hold of you or something, just to try and get yourself out of it.
So it’s basically taught you to behave like a rabid fox. I suppose, if you look more mental than your attacker, you make them think twice.
That’s one of the things, they teach you to try and be really vocal. Or if someone approaches you in a way you don’t like, your instinctive reaction would be to put your hands up. So that’s your stance immediately for Krav Maga, your hands are up, and then you start shouting “Leave me alone!” and “Go away!” really loudly so that you look psychotic so that nobody would go near you.
This was taught to you where, sorry? At a mental hospital?
No, no. It was taught by the guy who brought Krav Maga to Ireland, actually.
I think you should deport him, fella. This might be the perfect time to wrap things up. I do have one more question, which is what have you been playing recently outside of your review material?
I’ve just been playing Left 4 Dead every night, and also been playing Dirt 3 and F1 2010 as well. I bought inFamous 2 a few weeks ago and I still haven’t played it. In fact, I’ve yet to finish the first one, which means the second is on hold.
To be honest, the last game I reviewed was White Knight Chronicles, and I put 36 hours into that, so I haven’t had much time to play anything else. I’ve got to get the second going for a review as well now, so hopefully I get to play something else after that.
Great, we can nag you about that in the coming weeks. Any final words?
Listen to the NuTSAck podcast, everybody! It’s usually every Thursday, although sometimes we’re late. Actually, submit some topics for us to talk about. And read my reviews on MediaKick. You can follow me on Twitter if you want.
Thanks everybody for bothering to listen, and I’m probably not as psychotic as you think.
If anyone wants the truth just send me a message and I’ll tell you all about Phill for a small fee!
Thanks to Mike for doing the interview with a tricky customer like Phill. Come along next week, where I’ll be chatting a certain Cook…
Origami Killer
very long but interesting review. I had a feeling your name was a reference to tenacious D. Im yet to listen to any podcasts at all :( and btw nice gun
Origami Killer
review? i meant interview, sorry just woke up :p
nemesisND1derboy
Cheers :)
You really should listen to the podcasts :P
minerwilly
When i first glanced at that picture i thought he was playing a banjo !
TSBonyman
An enjoyable read, nice to meet you Phill!
Ryan1991
You wouldn’t want to meet me?!
Expect a turkey by the end of the year :P
nemesisND1derboy
Haha!
Funnily enough, when Mike asked me that question I thought of TSA people. Weirdly enough, although you and Davs frequent TSA, I didn’t think of you as TSA people. Of course I’d want to meet you dude :P
MadJunkBoy
nice read=) and nice to meet u Phill… *waves happily*
and just like u i will be lost in the skyrim game!! its going to be awesome =)
aerobes
Great stuff as usual. Really enjoying these Meet the Reader pieces and the audio component adds another angle to the text.
With everyone on the site with which we all interact, it’s nice to be formally introduced. Loving the “Just give me an excuse to shoot you” LA cop style vibe you’ve got going on. :D
bunimomike
Lesson learnt, tef. I’ll shut up from time-to-time for the next one. Promise! :-)
teflon
Not as many comments this time round either…
I can’t tell if people are simply wandering around Page 3 looking for boobies, or if they’re scared away by Phill’s Irish accent, big shooter, and eye-gouging defence techniques… ;)
Toby M [Dexter17]
Some really good stuff, nice to meet you! I probably don’t listen to nuTSAck as much as I should, but I’m always seeing you around here and on Twitter so I’m not sure whether I could handle any more!
Also, thanks for the mention, much appreciated. Now you’ve made me feel guilty for not getting an article up this weekend!
The Lone Steven
Nice to meet you again Phil.
Everyone should head to the NuTSAck thread and suggest some topics for them as i’m starting to get lonely in that thread. I’m the only one who suggests topics on a weekly bases.
It seems that Tef is afraid of a shotgun wielding perverted NuTSacker and decided to get another Perverted NuTSAcker to do his job.:p
Also Phil on the next podcast, i demand you sing.SING GODDAMIT OR I WILL Err, i didn’t think this out.:p
Anyway, nice to meet you Phil who Phil people with a podcast.(see what i did there);)
Rocket_345
I’d be careful at demanding him to do stuff Steve. He’s got a big shotgun and he’s got that look about him that he’s looking for an excuse to use it.
Rocket_345
Nice to meet you Phil. I’ve listened to a few of the NuTSAck podcasts and their really good. I like these meet the reader articles aswell.