Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast

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4pm today: it's Retro Roulette! We're sticking with the Game Boy, and testing out a new retro build with it. New game every 10mins, with requests and time tampering from the chat!

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Starting in 10mins! Fursday Fartnootin'! Solo No Build and Podsquad action! Watch grown men lose at a game allegedly aimed at kids!

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(*He didn't. Probably still has it. Swine)

Eddie Kingston was my first ever 'Do you have a Sharpie I can borrow? I'll catch you at the end'* I got from a wrestler, and is what lead to me carrying at least half a dozen when I started working wrestling events.

Absolute genius, and I’m surprised at the relative lack of CDC’s

-Ash

Briefly thought you were talking about Goldeneye there…

-Ash

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Some of the cast and crew - Andrea Deck, Mac MacDonald, Kathryn Drysdale, Matthew Lewis, Laurel Lefkow, Corey Johnson, Dirk Maggs, Tom Alexander (front),Angela Curiello, David Darlington

Rutger Hauer records his lines as 'Ash'

The ensemble Cast in the tiny Audible studio (since replaced by a bigger and better one) LtoR Mac MacDonald, Matthew Lewis, Andrea Deck, Laurel Lefkow, Abdul Salis, Corey Johnson, Barbara Barnes, Regina Brandolino, Nathan Osgood

10 years ago this week we were recording ALIEN OUT OF THE SHADOWS at Audible Studios in London.

Y'know, I think I'm happy enough with this position...

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The annual listener survey is still open (forms.gle/KjNmk3G9YyDf...), and will be until the end of February! This is because myself and Cliff will be streaming The Floppies 2026 LIVE and in person on the evening of Thursday 12th of March! It'll surely be a very dignified and solemn affair.

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Reddy, Deaddy, REDEMPTION! Time to hitch a wagon and head to the old west for the Switch 2 enhanced version of Red Dead Redemption. How much will I remember? How much will I have forgotten? What elements will have aged like milk in the noon sun? Find out from 5pm on twitch.tv/underconsolepod

(* There is a chance that I may hop on 2-3hrs earlier on Sunday for a bonus Red Dead session, but it will entirely depend how long other work takes)

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Changing up the streaming schedule for this week to fit around work and recording:
Mon 09/02 - 5PM GMT - Red Dead Redemption: Switch 2 Edition - Part 1
Thurs 12/02 - 5PM GMT - Multiplayer Madness
Sun 15/02 - 5PM GMT - Retro Roulette*

This was a fun old chat, nice to delve into a magazine without having to worry about how it ties into that months core episode. 😂

-Ash

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The polls are done, and starting Monday 9th Feb… we’re going wicky wicky Wild Wild West with RED DEAD REDEMPTION on the Switch 2.

Hitch your wagon up now: twitch.tv/underconsolepod

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Didn’t know you’d done a video on Shrek spin offs…

CharlyVonKarma - Twitch TIME TO D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-DRAW!

www.twitch.tv/charlyvonkarma - Already shaaared but Charly is trying to hit her goal of 100 Followers, already hit it but if you don't already give her a follow and check her awesome art :)

In just over an hour.. GAME BOY Retro Roulette! New game every 10 mins… ish. Want more or less? That’s up to you the viewer!

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(* And the Gameboy Colour... but not the Gameboy Advance. Not this time).

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Tonight from 5pm! Another round of retro roulette and this week... it's the turn of that little grey brick of wonder, THE GAMEBOY!*

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Same! Would love to see a book on it, especially if it included some of the unofficial appearances of T800 types… I’m looking at you, Revenge of Shinobi!

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Once more unto Dead Format (PC)! A game I thought was going to be recorded in SP, but it feels more like an LP... final stream? Who knows! We continue our journey regardless.

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Stream today will be starting at around 17:15! Just need to a few extra minutes to move stuff around then we’re back to Dead Format… possibly for the last time. Probably not. We’ll see!

-Ash

* I hope. I’m enjoying Dead Format but boy howdy it’s going longer than I expected. Or I’m worse at it than most. 🤷‍♂️

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Schedule for this week:
Wed 4th Feb from 5pm - Dead Format (PC)
Fri 6th Feb from 5pm - Retro Roulette

There will be some Fortnite on Thursday but that may be off stream, but of course people will be welcome to join me on Squad.

Next week should be a full 3 stream week! With a new long play game!*

Lots of sympathy/empathy. The Day job has been brutally kicking my ass for all of January (lots of unexpected incidents). Hoping the fact half the people I support are going to conferences and the like for the first half of Feb will give me a chance to catch my breath.

-Ash

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And we're live! It's a Retro Roulette Friday! A randomiser picking from over 400 Spectrum games PLUS the chance for you to request specific games!*

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(* No Text adventures, RPG's, strategy, etc.)

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Don't worry, it can be like The Traveling Wilburys Volume 2. It'll never official exist, you just skip to the next one. Then in years to come, fans will make up their own 23 by editing together matches from different events.

-Ash

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Twitch stream begins in just under an hour! It's gonna be Retro roulette of some kind! Probably with The Spectrum! 10mins per game as standard, with more or less time dictated by you... yes YOU! And also anyone else who might be watching.

4pm GMT, over on twitch.tv/underconsolepod