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As a child, Philip loved playing the educational game ''Math Blaster: Episode 1 - In Search ''of ''Spot'' in math class. After asking his mum, he got his own computer at the age of 7 so he could play ''Math Blaster'' at home. Windows XP had just been released in Australia, and so the computer came pre-installed with XP.
Diana and Philip tried getting ''Math Blaster'' at the shop, but couldn't find it. Philip, upset, bought some other educational games. After playing the games, he quickly got bored. As Philip did not have the Internet at the time, he decided to explore other parts of XP, like the screensavers, games and help articles. He was amazed at the seemingly unlimited potential of his computer, even without the
Philip spent years exploring Windows XP, until sometime in 2007, when he got the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death Blue Screen of Death] (BSoD). His computer soon stopped working, so he had to get a new one. He bought the computer the day Windows Vista was released in Australia, so the new computer came pre-installed with Vista.
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He eventually became bored with the games and since TMS cured his RSI, he became interested in Windows 8 development, and when it came out, he had his mum try it while filming her, starting the OSFirstTimer channel with that. The channel's main aim was to find the best and worst operating systems (initially the worst operating system was Windows 8 but that changed when Diana tried out MS-DOS). Now, they do it for fun, as his mum (Diana) had a 2013 Alienware 14 laptop with Windows 8 to replace her old Toshiba one with Windows XP. The Alienware laptop also got replaced later with the Lenovo Yoga 510 in August 2017.
They used what they called the
'''[[OSFirstTimer|More about OSFirstTimer]]'''
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=== '''AstralPhaser''' ===
[https://www.youtube.com/user/AstralPhaser AstralPhaser] is a gaming <span>YouTube</span> channel that's home to Philip's ''Gaming Through the Ages'' series where he plays games dating from 1975 to the present day, exploring 41 years of gaming console history. It is also home to the ''AstralPhaser Weekly Chat'' where members of the ''AstralPhaser Central'' Discord server meet, discuss and ask questions
'''[[AstralPhaser|More about AstralPhaser]]'''
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In late 2016, Philip created the [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2wLfbZrHQOxP2e5zkxYRjA YouTube Millionaire] <span>YouTube</span> channel posing the question whether it is possible to make a million dollars on <span>YouTube</span> in the next ten years with a series of different channels. The channel was originally kept secret but is now public.
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Around January 2017, Philip created the [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA6BA33cmiuJKcpW174A-JA%7CTaiB
[[File:TiaB KcilC channel (November 2018).png|thumb|300x300px|''TiaB KcilC YouTube channel'']]
Channel Description: ''This is a channel you ought to click on... What is it? Who knows! Just click on it already!!!''
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At one point in 2013 and early 2014, he had a forum on Freeforums for the OSFirstTimer channel, but constant DDoS attacks from MalwareUp starting in February 2014 caused him to shut down the forum in April. The successor of this forum is currently [http://tech-talk.ml Tech & Talk], which was also eventually (partially) replaced with the ''Astral Phaser Central'' server on Discord. Later, Philip decided to no longer maintain the server, leading to him handing over his administrative rights, leaving the server and the server being renamed to ''bits & Bytes''. More information on ''bits & Bytes'' can be found on its [https://bits-bytes.wikia.com/ official wiki].
== Controversy & Criticism ==
The earliest known controversy goes back to the video ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYTOavWs6Aw Top 3 Worst And Best Operating System User Interfaces (1985-2012)] ''which was published in December 2012. At that time, people misunderstood the video for a '''''World's''' Top 3'' video and/or found the listed operating systems to be loosely tested out by Diana and Phil. The current like-to dislike ratio is around 2.13 likes for every dislike.
Back in April 2013, Philip published a prank video called ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AhJ-fGQsfo OSFirstTimer - Talking About Operating Systems Prank]'' on the OSFirstTimer channel, which got substantial amounts of backlash. The backlash has its roots leading back to 4chan, where users shared that video and described it in a mocking way. The main points they listed is that Phil is ''miserably failing at being funny and relatable ''and that he ''is either an attraction for autistic people or being autistic himself''. Other people would go for making fun of his voice being ''too frog-like''. The backlash eventually grew to the point where the video is having a like-to-dislike ratio of about 1.34 likes for every dislike. Since then, OSFirstTimer was often associated with ''cringe''; in more recent days, the backlash for that video has almost gone away.▼
▲Back in April 2013, Philip published a prank video called ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AhJ-fGQsfo OSFirstTimer - Talking About Operating Systems Prank]'' on the OSFirstTimer channel, which got substantial amounts of backlash. The backlash has its roots leading back to 4chan, where users shared that video and described it in a mocking way. The main points they listed is that Phil is ''miserably failing at being funny and relatable ''and that he ''is either an attraction for autistic people ''or'' being autistic himself''. Other people would go for making fun of his voice being ''too frog-like''. The backlash eventually grew to the point where the video is having a like-to-dislike ratio of about 1.34 likes for every dislike, which is worse than previously listed controversy. Since then, OSFirstTimer was often associated with ''cringe''
However, Phil's general type of humour and his delayed knowledge of internet memes creates controversy as well, so does his overconcern and/or misinformation about topics such as radiation, sunscreens or even geographical knowledge. Religious jokes and references are also made by him and his parents sometimes, especially about the ''devil's number'' 666 and god. These jokes have also built up minimal controversy for the alleged reason of ''them shoving their religion onto other people's faces''.[[Category:Cast]]▼
▲However,
Some viewers have mentioned that his videos are loosely prepared, and that it still feels like as if Diana/Ben '''and Phil''' are trying out operating systems and programs, and not ''just'' Diana or Ben themselves. This means that there are a few things still being improvised and/or not fully researched upon properly, and that up to recent times. On the other hand, other viewers find that Phil is restricting Diana too much, making her actions limited to the things that Philip finds ''interesting or watchable for their viewers/subscribers''. However, Diana's purpose is (or was originally) to be portrayed to be a computer-illiterate person, trying out another operating system/program for the first time and in her '''own''' way. Several scenes were included in videos where even Diana herself questions Philip as to why he is restricting her to do her own actions. Examples are the episodes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Reh15duZMAg Mum Tries Out Solaris 11.1 (2012)] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdRzvw0HhlU Mum Tries Out Solus 1.1 (2016)].[[Category:Cast]]
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