Videogames.
Snowboarding, Baseball, French Toast, and the Call of Duty franchise.
At the moment I pretty much live for gaming news, I eat it up with blogs, RSS feeds and numerous gaming sites on a daily basis. Anyway, I'm lucky enough to tackle the coolest and most interesting gaming topics on a daily basis. Good times.
Here's a short documentary video of a stunt we pulled back when I was with AOTS. Enjoy:
Music
I can enjoy just about any type of music so long as it doesn't give me a headache. Then again, I find that a lot of the time I need music that will give me a headache.
No particular order:
Lauren Hill
Muse
Rise Against
System of a Down
Rage Against the Machine
Lagwagon
Eminem
John Williams
Less Than Jake
Sublime
Harry Connick Jr
Frank Sinatra
Jay Z
Kanye West
Jazz
...and everything else.
Movies
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Longest Day
The Sting
The Great Escape
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Empire Strikes Back
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Last Samurai
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Enemy at the Gates
Road to Perdition
Rad
The Princess Bride
...and about 3,000 other movies that I'm too tired to add.
Television
Dog Fights on History Channel
Entourage
Adult Swim
Band of Brothers
Kenshin: Samurai X
Samurai Champloo
Snorks
Top Cat
Books
Recently finished "Shooter" by Jack Coughlin.
Heroes
Cal Ripken Jr
Paul Newman
MacGyver
William Goldman
My Parents
I'm currently working for a G4 television show called X-Play! I've been tasked with handling the videogame news segment Gaming Update, five days a week. I strive to get the most recent and topical news on the show everyday, but sometimes its tough to match the speed of the internet while producing TV segments. The transition from AOTS to X-Play has been pretty smooth. I've only been called a traitor by about twelve different people so far.
Anyway, both shows are obviously great. I do miss Attack from time to time, but the AOTS staff is about fifteen feet from my desk anyway and getting to work on X-Play is one of the best opportunities I've ever had. I'm loving every minute of it.
Here's a look at a recent Gaming Update segment. Be sure to visit www.g4tv.com/xplay for the latest in video game news!
As much as I enjoy keeping up with the latest in video games, its not the only thing I do or care about. I also follow many pro sports and try to participate in as many sports year-round as I can. In the summer I'm mostly involved with baseball and softball and in the winter I hit the mountains for some snowboarding. Mammoth is calling for me, can't wait to get back up there.
Jade Raymond was one of the coolest guests I’ve ever had a chance to produce. She’s very intelligent, energetic, and always smiling. I was lucky enough to be able to chat for a few minutes before this segment went live to air. We talked about Rock Band vs. Guitar Hero, game design, and pre-orders (I let her know that I switched my pre-order from Crysis to Assassin's Creed, good move no?). I also had a chance to talk with the level designer of Prince of Persia:SoT and Assassin’s Creed, which was pretty damn cool. The Ubisoft Montreal team worked really hard on Assassin's Creed and I think it shows in the game's storyline, graphics and gameplay. Can't wait to see what types of projects Jade and the folks at Ubisoft kick out in the near future. Hint: "Tom Clancy's Mega Combine Every Franchise We Have Into One Game"
Who I'd like to meet: I'd like to meet Vin Scully the longtime and legendary announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers. I think I'd also enjoy getting a chance to talk to the legendary screenwriter William Goldman about his projects and writing style.
Please help Walter Koenig, "Chekov from Star Trek TOS", Get His Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Walter has been nominated for his star and waltersstar.com has raised the money to manufacture and install the star (Thanks!). All Walter needs now is the votes of the Walk of Fame Committee. Write to the Walk of Fame Committee a polite letter in your own words, why you think Walter should have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. These NEED to be letters from each individual fan in the fan's own words. Not copies, Not form letters, Not chain letters. Walk of Fame Committee c/o Hollywood Chamber of Commerce 7018 Hollywood Boulevard, 2nd Floor Hollywood, CA 90028
Hey Kook wanna go golfing on saturfay may 2nd in evening? Then sun u and Vicky are invited over here for my little going away thingy on may 3rd if you guys arent doing anything! just some hanging out BBQ and swimming.
hey we have a new EP done and posted to our myspace page--we worked really hard on it and we hope you love it! come by and check it out.. and post "i want just this ashtray" on our comments and we'll send you the EP for free...
*Note: The bottom right of the box reads [ENTER CONTEST] [VIDEOS] Click on [Videos] The top right of the box reads [MOST RECENT] [HIGHEST RATED] Click on highest rated. You will see me in a Star Trek TOS yellow shirt shaking hands with Danny Bonaduce. Click on that small picture to the right of me and Danny. My video will start playing to the left.
My video is listed as: Star Trek is my... Gary B.
To vote: just go to the top of my video and it reads: Rate video ^^^^^ (click on the 5th delta shield and it will come up "SUPERB"
That's me Gary (a.k.a.) Mr. Spock, Chekov,Sulu,Captain Kirk,Uhura,Scotty and Spock 2004 LA.
That's me, Captain Gary Barclay Starbase 06 CO accepting Starbase of the year award from Fleet Admiral Andy Sams.
ok the first thing i see when i get home from hawaii...a fireworks stand...you are some how behind this arnt you... you were cooking up a develishly evil guess what joke...dont worry i know you are to blame for this and i will still fall for the joke hit me up next time you come to the desert
