Pyramid Head, could you get the pizza out of the oven?
VideoGaiden is a Scottish video game review / sketch comedy show which runs on BBC 2 Scotland. The show used to be called Consolevania, and existed solely online, but some sublime genius at BBC 2 Scotland decided they needed more exposure. They mention Rez in their first episode, and give Psychonauts a glowing review in the second episode. They’re just that cool. The best part is, the first three episodes are available online for free, and even better are the three episodes of Consolevania available online. The only real downside is that the Scottish accents are difficult to understand for us damn dirty yanks, but that just means you’ll have to watch each episode a few times to catch everything, which is not a bad thing.
After watching all of VideoGaiden and all of Consolevania, my internal voice now has a Scottish accent, and I’m afraid to try to talk to anyone because my outside voice might have a Scottish accent too.
Update: For some reason the website has decided to start blocking anyone with an IP address outside of the UK from watching the VideoGaiden episodes, which is really really stupid. The Consolevania episodes still work, though.
Update Update: All six episodes are available as AVIs here, although it’s unclear how long that link will be good, so go get them now!!
December 3rd, 2005 at 3:43 pm
People in the UK pay for the BBC with a special tax on TVs (yes, really. Well, sorta really), so technically it’s not supposed to be free for foreign people.
Doesn’t stop you all using the website, though.
December 6th, 2005 at 12:58 am
Yes, yes; the Alternative Minimum Primur Noctis they’re introducing in the US has really got us going ’round. Of course, insurers^Wfreedom brigade have managed an XviD round with the materiel and it’s much much more handy than even Dr. Who (what is it now, Dr. Who Re, or Dr. Who Flash? OVA or TV? *cough*Help seed*rrAAAghem!* .)
Of course, if you just used a proxy in the UK, you still find that the materiel is being served in a RealPlayer wrap. A bit of a special tax in itself, all ‘arbitrary code allowed’ licenses being the same.
Nice stuff, should produce nice criticism.