![]() ![]() This show involved him and his other friend Wesley Lock, reviewing new video games that had just been released on a scale of 1 to 5. Xleague.TVĪ year after Game Network closed, Larry returned to television to present several shows on the newly created eSports video game channel, XLEAGUE.TV where he presented shows such as Reviewmageddon. It was also there where he met Wesley Lock, who has been with him in various projects ever since.Īfter Game Network closed, Larry went to work for Rapture TV, where he wrote the retro gaming segments of their video gaming show He would also appear as a special guest on several of their episodes. While there, he worked on a series called Game Guru, which was broadcasted by Game Network from 2001 until the channel's demise in February 2006. Larry eliminated all other contestants throughout the week of episodes, but was just pipped for returning for the grand final of the series.īut Larry's first full presenting job was on the satellite TV channel, Game Network. Years later he appeared on the final season of Games World at the age of eighteen. Larry later returned for their "champion of champions" special (consisting of all nine mountain bike winners) and was runner up in the grand final. He won this comeback and was awarded a mountain bike as the prize. However he came back onto the show and played a racing game called Rock and Roll Racing. He sadly lost thanks to the host telling him the wrong buttons to save penalties. ![]() Larry's first appearance on that show had Larry playing on a Sega Megadrive playing a game called Super Kick-Off. ![]() Larry's first major television appearance was on the British Television gaming show Head to Head, presented by Violet Berlin in which he was a contestant on. Larry has also appeared on a number of Polaris' shows, such as the Co-Optional Podcast and voicing a number of LORE episodes. He is also currently planning on becoming an animator. He recently voiced the Pac-Man episode of Did You Know Gaming? as well as regularly appearing in cross-over videos with YouTube personality Stuart Ashen where they often play children's board games from the 1980s or discuss video games. One of his most popular series to date is his "Fact Hunt" series, which are known for providing little-known facts about video games, such as offensive cheat codes/passwords, games that were intentionally bad, games that were released on the same console twice, etc. Currently, Larry provides reviews and retrospectives of various video games on his YouTube channel, as well as his series, Movie Mistakes, where he looks at the top ten on-screen errors of popular/classic movies. Larry originally joined YouTube in 2006 with his "Guru Larry" account, before moving over to "ScrewAttack Europe". He has also been working for several years on a British comedy manga comic series called " Natural Born Kittens" (a sitcom about four teenage demon cat-goddesses living in a London suburban council house) with Alastair Swinnerton, the co-creator of LEGO Bionicle and was to be animated by Madhouse animation. He also did most of the art for an obscure PC game called "Akimbo: Kung Fu Hero" which, according to Larry, no one has ever heard of. Guru Larry's early career began working as a manga/anime artist, working for companies like Bungie and Rockstar Games on Oni, Datel for the Game Boy Advance version of their Action Replay and also for magazine covers such as EDGE amongst other projects. In 2016, Larry received a lordship, under the title of "Lord Bundy of Bloxwich". He is also known for his regular videos with YouTube personality Stuart Ashen. He was also the voice of GAME stores retailer, .uk in their series of pre-order incentive videos online. His shows on ScrewAttack and That Guy With the Glasses include, Games Yanks Can't Wank, Hack-job, Pop-Up Review, Wez and Larry's Top Tens and (most famously) Guru Larry's Retro Corner. He has been featured and presented on several British television channels including Game Network, Rapture TV and XLEAGUE.TV and was credited on Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe. By March 2010, he had lost 10 stone (140 pounds, 63 kilograms), and after a year on his Lipotrim diet, Larry announced via his YouTube channel that he had lost 15st (210 lbs, 95 kg). On July 4, 2009, Larry decided to undergo a major lifestyle change, citing his weight as the main reason. His real name is "Larry Bundy", with him adding the "Jr" part himself, purposely spelling it in American English (Larry has been quoted as saying the main reason he added the Jr moniker was originally to avoid confusing postal mail with his father). Guru Larry was born on May 9, 1979, and currently lives in Northwood, London, UK. ![]()
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