Lewis Brindley

"The thing is..."

Lewis Alan Brindley (a.k.a. Grandma Hitler or Hat Boy) is the managing director at Yogscast Ltd. and plays the character 'Xephos' in the popular Shadow of Israphel series of videos. Lewis attended the University of Manchester in the 2002-2006 period studying chemistry. His previous jobs include technology scientist, organic chemist and freelance science journalist. His interests include computing, audio and video editing and gaming. By his past jobs it should be clear why he is often considered the more intellegent half of his bromance with Simon Lane. Lewis is the son of Allen Brindley. Although not currently playing World of Warcraft Lewis was most recently playing a Gnome Warrior called Zephos. Lewis's Minecraft character is called Xephos.

Lewis is also allergic to nuts according to Hannah's Advent Calender Day 7 .

Education and career
Lewis Brindley was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford and studied Chemistry at the University of Manchester from 2002 to 2006.

In 2000, Lewis (then  only 16 years old) entered The Daily Telegraph/BASF Young Science Writer Awards  with his article  Breathe slowly and keep asthma at bay.  In the article, Lewis reveals that he had asthma his entire life, but that his condition was improved by "Buteyko," a Russian method that uses "breath-holding" and "reduced breathing techniques". Lewis  won the "younger category" of the awards for his article on the alternative asthma treatment, and had a picture taken with Princess Anne.

The Royal Society of Chemistry was the place of employment for Lewis Brindley while he worked there as a Freelance Science Writer/Journalist from August 2006 to September 2010. Brindley's experience included "writing news and features for the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine Chemistry World: more than three hundred articles published," and "regular attendance at press briefings across the country and reporting back from conferences abroad, such [as] the EU Chemistry Congress held in September 2008 in Turin." Several of the articles written by Lewis Brindley and published in Chemistry World can be found on the website of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Family and relationships
Lewis has revealed that his father's name is Allen Brindley, or possibly Alan Brindley,

It is possible that Lewis Brindley's full name and address of 2003 can be found on the website 192.com as Lewis A. Brindley, along with Alan W. Brindley, Janet L. Brindley and Ralph G. Brindley  Presumably, Lewis Brindley of the Yogscast could have still been living with his parents Alan and Janet in 2003, as he was only about 19 years old at that point. However, further research is required before it can be determined whether the Lewis A. Brindley listed on the website is indeed the Lewis Brindley of Yogscast fame.

Lewis Brindley does in fact have a brother, as revealed in the YoGPoD episode 26: Your Granddad Was A Bee? ( 18/01/2010), where Lewis mentions that he saw the movie Avatar with his brother. However, Lewis has never mentioned his brother's name, so it is still unknown whether he is named Ralph or not.

Lewis is currently dating Hannah. There are two rumoured ways that Lewis could have met Hannah; Simon first insisted that she was working as a waitress in a Tiki Bar, which Lewis was visiting. However Lewis denied this and said that she was a Yognau(gh)t who sent him photos of herself (both were revealed in "The Nodrassil Radio Interview [Long Version]").

The Yogscast
Simon and Lewis began uploading videos to YouTube in July 2008. Their YouTube channel, BlueXephos, initially started out as a World of Warcraft "How-to" channel, in which they uploaded videos of their guild (Ye Olde Goone Squade) killing bosses, with commentary on how to beat said boss in the foreground. The first episode of the YogPod was released in on the 5th of Febuary 2009 and was recorded during the snowy days of February which occured that year, thus, the first episode was named 'Snowcast'.

Trivia

 * If you prefer Lewis over Simon, you are a Yognaut (as in 'astronaut'), rather than a Yognaught (as in 'nought' or zero).
 * Lewis' birthday is on the 22nd October.
 * Lewis repeatedly whistles when he speaks, although he always denies having a gap in his teeth.
 * It has been said that Lewis, along with Simon, is a member of the secret society known as The 1956 Club.
 * Other interesting traits Lewis has includes his strange laugh and that he is scared of anything with more legs than him.
 * He's also rumoured to be the son of God, which Simon revealed. Simon then also told us that he is in fact God and that he created the Earth in six days and the YogPod on the seventh. This however contridicts the fact that Allen Brindley is Lewis' father, unless Simon is Allen, or Simon was talking bullshit.
 * Lewis's old glasses are somewhere at the bottom of a river in California.

Quotes

 * "Fuckin' Hell!"
 * "Flippin' heck!"
 * "Are you alright there, friend?"
 * "Let me just kill this pig..."
 * "We're not retreating, we are advancing in a different direction!"
 * "I've got it, I've got it, I've got it, I've got it, I've got it, I've got it."
 * "Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on."
 * "Ohp?"
 * "Oh no, you dead?!"
 * "Um, does anyone have any pork?"
 * "The thing is..."
 * "I shouldn't have done that. That's probably cheating."
 * "Poosh the butan."
 * "I may die at this point, however..... shit."
 * "Careful, friend!"
 * "Um, holy shit, son."
 * "Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Aaaaaaaarrgh!"
 * "Oh God Simon, what is going on?"
 * "Oh God Simon, what are you doing?"
 * "Oh God Simon, where are you?"
 * "Oh God Simon, what have you done?"
 * "This game is beautiful."
 * It's good isn't it? (When showing Simon new stuff)
 * "GAMES AWESOME."
 * "Siiimoonnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!"
 * "You're like a naughty school child!"
 * "/give honeydew 46 1"
 * "I just did a little trump!"
 * "Not much to motorboat there, to be honest."
 * "Oh goodness me!"
 * "My brain's lagging."
 * "Re *whistle* cently"
 * "Balls to this, I'm cheating"
 * "HAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!"
 * "Ooof, oh"
 * "Oh, blimey, I think I need a cup of tea and a sit down after that"
 * "Op, crikey."
 * "Eiffel Tower!"
 * "Oh God, that cow's moo got cut off!"
 * "Man up Bitch!"
 * "AWWWWWWWWW!!!!
 * "Fucking hells bells!"
 * "I enjoy being able to feel Notch's lovely face against my buttocks."
 * "Oh.. Wait look theres a leeeev v v ver here. (After Simon says "Where?) Look look look, its right here."
 * "Hup, Hup, Hup, Hup, Hup *while jumping*."
 * "Simon, you've turned into a robot again"
 * "Balls to you!"
 * "You can't build the walls out of pork."
 * "How does trees work?"
 * "Cummin' in your eye!"
 * "What, What Happened?"