Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Welcome to the official OSFirstTimer house tour... well er, we actually live in an apartment but yea :P
This apartment is located on the northern beaches of Sydney in Australia in a touristy area called "Manly". The block was built in the 1960's. When we moved in, most of the block had a 1960's feel except for the 1980's bathroom and early 2000's kitchen. We renovated the place in 2010 to bring it up to modern living standards.
Overall though, Diana and Ben are sick of the hustle and bustle of Sydney so in January 2018 we are moving into a farm house in tasmania which you can see us visiting in this Jan 2017 vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=h_luAxMufPk
Do remember, it took a LOT of hard work (over 25 years of 7 days per week work combined between Ben and Diana) to be able to afford this place. They didn't "receive an inheritance" or anything like that, it was all through their own hands.
Anyway, hope you guys like the place, it will be up for rent in 2 months once we move to Tasmania in late January so no, we won't be living here anymore (thus why we felt it was appropriate to make a house tour before we moved).
Welcome to the official OSFirstTimer house tour... well er, we actually live in an apartment but yea :P
This apartment is located on the northern beaches of Sydney in Australia in a touristy area called "Manly". The block was built in the 1960's. When we moved in, most of the block had a 1960's feel except for the 1980's bathroom and early 2000's kitchen. We renovated the place in 2010 to bring it up to modern living standards.
Overall though, Diana and Ben are sick of the hustle and bustle of Sydney so in January 2018 we are moving into a farm house in tasmania which you can see us visiting in this Jan 2017 vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=h_luAxMufPk
Do remember, it took a LOT of hard work (over 25 years of 7 days per week work combined between Ben and Diana) to be able to afford this place. They didn't "receive an inheritance" or anything like that, it was all through their own hands.
Anyway, hope you guys like the place, it will be up for rent in 2 months once we move to Tasmania in late January so no, we won't be living here anymore (thus why we felt it was appropriate to make a house tour before we moved).
![[Confirmed] Should Diana Try Video Games Chronologically Through The Ages?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j-83TQrkDW8/mqdefault.jpg "[Confirmed] Should Diana Try Video Games Chronologically Through The Ages?
Edit: Due to the overwhelmingly positive response this idea has had, episode 1 will release on Friday June 5th 2020. Each episode will come out on Friday from this point on for the next 42 weeks assuming things go to plan. Unlike Phase 2 of Gaming Through The Ages, there will be no silly Jason Storyline, it will just be Diana trying out the games as herself :)
Heres a preview screenshot of episode 1: https://ibb.co/BZ5JYch
Recently Ive been getting a LOT of requests for a reboot of Gaming through the ages on my AstralPhaser Channel which basically involved me starting off in the 1970s and playing a game from each year until I reached modern times. The idea behind the series was to watch graphics evolve year by year with more colours, pixels and polygons over time. You can take a look at a summary video of the series I made a few years ago here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v 1LS_SzdUb8
I personally wont be continuing to make the series myself however Ive also recently been getting lots of requests for Diana to go back to playing video games on the terrified mum channel. With the limited time to make videos though, Id rather make videos on this channel as it has a lot more subscribers and thus, people waiting for more videos. And OSFirstTimer serriously needs some more new videos, and I mean now.
At this point, the idea dawned on me. What about mixing 3 of these ideas into one. People want more OSFirstTimer videos, People want more Gaming Through The Ages Videos AND people want more videos of Diana trying out video games. What if I were to bring a very simplified version of Gaming Through The Ages to OSFirstTimer and have Diana playing the games rather than me.
Diana could start off with a game in the late 70s and each episode lasting around 10-30 minutes would feature Diana playing a newer game from the following year which would result in over 40 episodes of the series. I wouldnt have all the in-depth post-game technical information and choices like I did in phase 1 of Gaming through the ages and with Jasmine back at school as coronavirus restrictions are lifted in Australia and my workload from the Sydney gym lowering now, I could pump out a new episode of this every week on OSFirstTimer.
The only issue with this is that Diana trying out video games doesnt really suit the theme of OSFirstTimer which involves Diana trying out either an operating system or some kind of software from a random time period. At the same time though, variety in a YouTube Channel can sometimes be a good thing and in a way episodes would have the same feel as an OSFirstTimer episode. Diana would be trying out various games chronologically and have various tasks to do as set by the games which themselves are technically a form of software.
So what Ill get you guys to do now is vote on this video idea for this channel using the like and dislike buttons. If you want to see weekly videos of Diana playing a game from, lets say, 1978 then 79, 80, 81 and so on in each episode leading to over 40 episodes as we make our way towards 2020 then like this video. If you dont want to see that on this channel then dislike this video. On May 30th, Ill check how many dislikes and likes this video has and if it has more likes than dislikes, Ill start the series next week.")
![Mum Tries Out A Mitsubishi Mirage (2016) [60K Sub Special]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jDy57c7Y-4A/mqdefault.jpg "Mum Tries Out A Mitsubishi Mirage (2016) [60K Sub Special]
As a one off 60K subscriber special episode, we deviate from the idea of testing operating systems to instead see what OSFirstTimer would be like if it was about testing out cars for the first time. Diana just got a new car (to replace her last one she has had for a decade) so this was the perfect opportunity to do this video. Enjoy :)
Task List:
1. Unlock your car remotely
2. What time is it and how many kms has the car driven?
3. Turn on the air conditioner
4. Play music from an iPhone through the car speakers
5. Use the car to make a phone call through your phone.
6. Drive anywhere in Australia and perform a reverse parking.
Back on the topic of operating systems though, check out my less than 3 minute Arch Linux Installation Tutorial on my How To Quickly Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m28veKzJcQ4")
