Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

First KH title I'v played on handheld. If you've played the ps2 titles and haven't tried Birth by Sleep because you think the PSP may take away from the KH universe, you'll be happy to know it doesn't. Its not a major piece of the KH puzzle, but far from a let down. Set years before the events of KH1, the story doesn't answer any major questions posed by previous titles, but rather just expands your KH experience. Character design again by Tetsuya Nomura so gamers that like to feel emotion form the characters will be happy. Players find them selves playing as one of 3 specialised (power, magic, speed) main  characters, plus an extra unlockable character, that is in no way too hard to unlock.
Experienced KH'ers will have no problems playing this one after the first few minutes of real game play, the PSP controls lacking a second analogue (BRING ON THE VITA) is to blame for this, but as all handheld gamers know, this is not too horrid to get used to. The action side of things is not as fluent as one would like, but considering how graphically impressive this title is for the PSP I have no problem looking past this. Once I had the timing for the attacks down the combat became almost second nature. Lots of attack variations, and multiple 'super modes' which activations depend on the latest elemental attack you used which is something I haven't seen before. The RPG side is pretty basic, the more you fight the more your skills improve. you are able to 'meld' your abilities and skills, which is just combining them to create new skills, not too indepth but the alchemy fan in me was pleased.
When you tire of the main story (if you play in 8 hour bursts like me, it will) there are a few mini games which surprisingly work well! Board based, an extreme version of volley ball with fruit (only way I can describe it simply), and racing (think Mario kart 64).
TBH it was hope of new revelations in the KH universe that made me play the game. There wasn't anything too, jaw dropping in that sense, found. Even though I know I will eventually play this to 100%, even if the game was a fail, I feel its a solid game. Nothing new or too exciting happening in a critical context, but masses of that Kingdom Hearts/Disney magic if that's what your after. KH BBS is good.

Goldring NS1000

During this post I will be comparing the Goldrings against the NC7's.

I picked up mine from www.superfi.co.uk, through www.play.com, for £60 delivered. This was a bargain, I searched hard for a couple of days and £60 was the cheapest I could find for a spanking new set. Normally selling around £120 mark at many outlets.
First thing I noticed was the headband design, an unusual shape, not in a bad way, but not in a good way either. Keeps the set on my ears very nicely, I would dare say thanks to this headband you could pull of a gentle jog with these. Oval shaped cups, major difference to the simple circle ones used previously but, preferred straight away, could tell the noise leaking would be at a far lower rate without even turning them on! The feel of the plastic seems to be far nicer, but remember, these are brand new. Sponge padding to the headband, not very dense but very comfortable still. They stretch over my head with dreads out or under a hat, and there is tension when putting them on even, in a hurry. Detachable high quality left side only cable, very handy for swapping to and from your phones to speakers, computer etc... The design will turn a few heads, and I haven't seen another soul in them. Blackbox offer a set with the exact same design and a very similar spec in grey and blue, I prefer this to the safer option of grey, black and silver Goldring went for. The noise cancellation switch, is small and fiddly, especially with gloves on, I feel far less.... slick (for want of better wording) when turning these on as I have to play for a couple of seconds as opposed to a smooth swift swipe from my index finger. My favourite visual feature is how the cover for the battery, I had to look in the manual to find it! The outer of the right cup swivels out exposing the battery! 
If the difference in sound could be visualised as a brick wall, the Goldrings are a very neat well made wall. The NC7's are equally well made, but form older bricks of a slight lower quality (...LOL). The NC7s do cancel noise very well, but the sound coming from them is no way as clear and crisp as the GR's. The GR's are louder, I have the volume constantly 2 notches lower with them. Although I feel bass is more apparent with the NC7's but, is pronounced and clearer with the GR's. You feel as though your in more of a silent environment listening to music with the GR's, the NC7's simply keep out unwanted sound. I cant go into great detail on the difference in the noise cancelling tech between the two as I don't understand it any more that the Goldrings clearly have better cancelling properties.
Really and truly there is no comparison between these two, I feel a little harsh on the NC7's for putting them up against the NS1000s, they are in 2 different leagues. It would not be foolish to pick the NC7's over the NS1000s considering the almost £100 price difference, as the NC7s are a good pair of noise cancelling headphones. If you are passionate about your music, if you NEED to hear every wobble and hit, the go for the NS1000's. TBH I don't imagine I would have purchased them at the full price without trying the NS1000s first, you can get the VERY similar, but apparently slightly lower sound quality Blackbox M10's for £100 without looking very hard. If the NS1000's weren't on offer for such a good price I doubt I would have ever owned a pair.