Hi you! Many, many thanks to our guest presenters for this episode - Sting & Shaggy!
Hiya, here's one more special before we kick off the new series! Resident Evil 2, Lucius III and Hello Neighbo(u)r are the main games covered in this episode.
Hello folks, hope you're keeping well. If not, try this episode! Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, Subnautica: Below Zero, Astroneer and Eastshade are the main games covered in this episode.
The new Consolevania website is about to launch. Let's not blow it, team!
This month we've got reviews of Super Blood Hockey for Switch, Death Mark for Switch and Ghost Giant for PSVR.
Introductions: Hitler, Legend, Mr. Robert, Mr. Ryan Reviews: Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (PS2), The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Xbox), Bujingai (PS2), Siren (PS2) Regular Sketches: Legend, Hitler (rant), An Overblood reference One-off Sketches/Features: The Shenmue drinking game, an extensive interview with a games retailer
Reviews: Glass Rose (PS2), Kya (PS2), Biohazard: Outbreak (PS2), Romance Of The Three Kingdoms VIII (PS2), .hack//INFECTION (PS2) Regular Sketches: Legend, Cosplay (Virtuoso), Hitler (complains to the retailer GAME) One-off Sketches/Features: Cosplay - The Consolevania Way, A Day In The Life, Videogaming c. 50,000 BC
Introductions: Kenny, John Gacy Reviews: Syberia II (Xbox), Driv3r (Xbox), Showdown: Legends of Wrestling (Xbox), Full Spectrum Warrior (Xbox), Spiderman 2 (platform unclear) Regular Sketches: Hitler (an update from the front) One-off Sketches/Features: Robert Florence appears on local television (in regards to Manhunt and the phrase "bummed in the gob" as part of a bet on the rllmuk forums), End of Level Boss
Introductions: Peter Molyneux, Joanne, Sammy Miller, Louise, Shigsy Reviews: Winning Eleven 8 (PS2), Gradius V (PS2), The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (Xbox), Michigan (PS2) Regular Sketches: Legend, Kenny, Tap Tap Tap, John Gacy's Kiddies' Corner One-off Sketches/Features: The 'Ten' Best N64 Games Ever
Reviews: Halo 2 (Xbox), Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2005 Season (Xbox), Tales of Symphonia (GameCube), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) Regular Sketches: Legend (rap), Tap Tap Tap (DDR), Top 10 (SNES games), Hitler (home video), Sammy Miller (GTA: San Andreas), John Gacy (karaoke), The Shigsy Show ("Let's Say Nintendo's Doomed!", parody of Let's Call the Whole Thing Off), Kenny ("You're the Best! Around!") One-off Sketches/Features: Consolevania: RISE!, Master Chef Chief, Decision Commander, The Deer Hunter (with lightguns), CV Top Gear, Dominik Diamond
Reviews: None (Consolevania Game Awards) Regular Sketches: John Gacy (Santa), Hitler (meets Patrick Moore), Mr. Kenny (As a Christmas present) One-off Sketches/Features: Consolevania Game Awards 2004, Jesus on Xbox, Eddie Murphy
Introductions: Courtney Reviews: Overblood (PSOne), Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube) Regular Sketches: Hitler (and his plans to take over the show), Consolevania News, Tap Tap Tap (while escaping from Hitler), John Gacy (out in the woods), In reference to the previous episode, Kenny kills Mr. Robert as Mr. Ryan, who is ignorant of this, sings "You're the best! Around!" One-off Sketches/Features: Mr. Ryan's evil girlfriend, Resident Evil: Tumblers, Criswell
Reviews: A selection of Commodore 64 titles (with emphasis on Castle of Terror), A selection of ZX Spectrum titles, Speedball 2 Regular Sketches: Hitler (parodying Davros), Legend, Kenny (parodying the Master), Consolevania News with Noel Edmonds One-off Sketches/Features: Doctor Who-themed links, Jimmy Saville, old games adverts
Reviews: Batman Begins (Xbox), Conker: Live & Reloaded (Xbox), 7 Sins (PS2), Battlefield 2 (PC) Regular Sketches: Legend, John Gacy (interrupting a review of Another Code on the Nintendo DS), Manpuncher vs Boxhead One-off Sketches/Features: Metal Gear Solid 3 re-edited and voiced by Lylatians, Live from Tokyo, CV MILF search
Introductions: Mister Jeff Minter, Kevin Leddins Reviews: Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (Xbox), Sid Meier's Pirates! (Xbox), Guild Wars (PC), Overblood 2 (PS) Regular Sketches: Hitler (in Pimp My Console, a parody of Pimp My Ride), Consolevania News One-off Sketches/Features: Consolevania Dance Off, Robert's Impersonation Spot, Consolevania Tips (featuring Osama bin Laden), A games-oriented re-edit of Perversion for Profit, NSJ (parody of New Games Journalism)
Introductions: Cameron and Fraser, TEAM Previews: Final Fantasy 12 (PS2) Reviews: Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (PS2), Dragon Quest VIII (PS2), Shadow of the Colossus (PS2), Trapt (PS2) Regular Sketches: Consolevania News with Jessica Fletcher, TEAM call out Codemasters (The Art of the Square-Go) One-off Sketches/Features: QuizVania (Quizmania parody), Special Report undercover visit to a games shop attempting to false advertise games, Rockstar Presents Table Tenni$, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker/I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am) parody, Dangers of the Nintendo DS
Reviews: Lula 3D (Console Unspecified), Final Fight Streetwise (PS2), New Fantasia (Coin-Op), ThriXXX Technology Games: 3D Sex Villa & Hentai 2 3D (PC) Regular Sketches: Consolevania News Africa, TEAM 'So Who's Next?' One-off Sketches/Features: Night Trap with Robert and Ryan, Reggie Fils-Aime on J Allard, Psychic Detective, Alicia Rhodes & Pornstar Game Addiction
Reviews: Makai Kingdom (PS2), Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Xbox 360), Far Cry Instincts: Predator (Xbox 360), Dreamfall (Xbox) Regular Sketches: John Gacy's Top Ten Kids Games, End of Level Boss and Mid Level Sub Boss: Tickets to E3 One-off Sketches/Features: Phoenix Wright defends O.J. Simpson, Shoes on the Roof, Marble Madness, KOEI Spotlight, Hatris: Get it on!, Reggie Fils-Aime & J Allard: Purple Rain (with sex scene filmed by Ken Kutaragi)
Introductions: Louie "The Light" Gunn Reviews: Sensible Soccer 2006 (Xbox), World Poker Tour (PS2) & Stacked (Xbox), Urban Chaos: Riot Response (Platform Unspecified), Hitman: Blood Money (Xbox 360) Regular Sketches: Ask Kenny, TEAM call out Rare, Manpuncher vs. Boxhead 2 Proposal One-off Sketches/Features: Next Gen Overblood,Football (as dubbed by International Super Star Soccer 98's announcer) Michael McDonald's music for Halo 3, Louie "The Light" Gunn: Videogame Standup
Reviews: Naked War (PC), Galactic Civilizations 2 (PC), The Ship (PC) Indie Roundup: Bullet_Candy, Narbacular Drop, Nero, Tremulous, Break Quest, New Star Soccer 3 Regular Sketches: Ask Kenny, Kevin Leddins - NSJ Picketing One-off Sketches/Features: Finding the Coathanger Mic, Exclusive Behind the Scenes Footage including interviews with "Director" Brian Blessed
Reviews: Lack of Love (DC), Blue Stinger (DC), Maken X (DC), Illbleed (DC) Regular Sketches: Kenny leaves to become king of the alternate universe One-off Sketches/Features: The Alternate Dreamcast Universe, Rab on Lovematch (TV Dating Parody), Rab plays Uno with Xbox Live Vision, Father Segato - Ten Steps to Segasm, Rab and Ryan pitch Consolevania to Dragons' Den
Introductions: Max: The Consolevania Computer, Ziggy Springsteen, Edith and Rosemary, Emilio Zerg & his boyfriend Dave, Victor Douglas Ramshorn III & Emily Reviews: Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (PC), Rogue Galaxy (PS2), Overlord (360), PS3 Roundup Regular Sketches: The Boys move into Consolevania Towers, Meeting Ziggy Springsteen, Edith and Rosemary's Frightful Memories: Mad Panic Coaster, Rab and Ryan ask Max about Kenny, Kenny returns to our dimension and visits Ryan's old house to destroy Overblood One-off Sketches/Features: Ken Kutaragi on the road, Emilo Zerg & Dave's Funk-isizer roundup, Victor's Video Diary: Dead or Alive Xtreme
Introductions: Richard Rankin, Bullet Time & MC Meatshield Micro Reviews: Big Brain Academy (Wii), Armored Core 4 (360), Torrente 3: The Protector (PS2), G1 Jockey (Wii), The Darkness (360), Global Defence Force Tactics (PS2) Bullet Time & MC Meatshield Micro's Roundup: FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage (360), Ouendan 2 (DS), Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PS3) Regular Sketches: Kenny visits Consolevania Towers after getting an invite to a party held by Peter Molyneux and returns to the boys, Rab and Ryan hijack Nintendo's Keynote speech E3 2007, Edith and Rosemary's Frightful Memories: Escape from Monster Manor, Rab has a chug One-off Sketches/Features: Woglinde Street (Has he seen my trousers?), Ziggy Springsteen's Subliminal Messages: Buy a PS3, Bonus Feature: Halo 3 Live Action Film
Reviews: Bioshock (360), Space Giraffe (360), Pipi & Bibi's (360), Zombie Virus (PS2), Robin Hood Quest/Snow Queen Quest (PS2), GrimGrimoire (PS2), Railfan (PS3) Regular Sketches: Safe Gaming by Sammy Miller: Portables One-off Sketches/Features: "In Defense of Beastiality" by Peter Molyneux, The head of Phil Collins, RATSAMAN LeGeORGE: halo cury (sic), Rab and Ryan play Wii Fit Notes: 25677-3 was released virally over BitTorrent, the reason given was that the fictional Sponsors of the show (introduced in Season 3 Episode 1) and Ziggy Springsteen felt that the episode was unfit to be released and that Rab and Ryan were to be suspended from further involvement with the show. In itself, it is not a conventional episode of Consolevania using dadaist and obscure sequences and parodies in both the reviews and sketches. Game footage is recorded in the 'classic' style of filming the TV with a video camera. The alternate name The Black Episode is in reference to The Black Album, an album by Prince, which was pulled before release, and featured a similar catalogue number.
Reviews: NASCAR '08 (360), Two Worlds (360), NASCAR '08 (360) One-off Sketches/Features: Zack Eastwood's guide to dating, Top ten games of all time (the top three being Archlord, Lair, and NASCAR '08), Viewers' jokes ('Knock knock' 'Who's there?' 'Forzamo' 'Forzamo who?' 'Forzamo Torsport') Notes: This episode was supposedly produced by the Sponsors after Rab and Ryan were removed from the show; instead, it is presented by the erstwhile Ziggy Springsteen and Zack Eastwood, both of whom separately review NASCAR '08 during the show. Following the release of this episode, an announcement was posted on the Consolevania news page stating that the Sponsors had terminated their relationship with Ziggy Springsteen, and that all rights to Consolevania had reverted to the original owners.
Consolevania: Lost and Found was output to a videotape and strapped to a bin at the side of the River Clyde in Glasgow. The tape was definitely recovered. Lost and Found has never been distributed by the finder and is not currently available for download.
This episode starts out with "This episode of consolevania was found on a German filesharing website. the uploader is unknown", acting in a similar way to The Black Episode of Season 3. It marks the end of Consolevania, and reading more will reveal how the episode goes. It appears to be a pretty standard Consolevania episode - Consolevania Christmas Carol, a Christmas Special. The plot sees Kenny deciding there is no Christmas, with Ryan, Rab and Joanne (most likely) appearing as the ghosts of Christmas Specials Past, Christmas Present Time, and Christmas Specials Future (based on the Dickens "A Christmas Carol" story of course). In between these is "CONSOLEVANIA'S TOP TEN GAMES OF 2008 (in no particular order)", with the games listed in the Segments segment. However, while the Top 10 Games section starts normally, it later turns to Rab Florence voicing his concerns about continuing Consolevania and the decision to stop doing it as of this episode, marking it as the last episode produced by the team until they returned after an 8 year hiatus in 2017.
Consolevania returns after an 8 year hiatus with a brand new season delivered exclusively through Patreon. Reviews: Dogchild (PS4), The Flame in The Flood (PC), Tales of Berseria (PS4) Regular Sketches: End of Level Boss and Mid Level Sub Boss One-off/features: Switch advert, Game Roundup, Know What I Meme?,The Consolevania Podcast
It's a consolevania episode by everything starts with the letter "n". Reviews: Nioh (PS4), Night in The Woods (PC), NieR:Automata (PS4) One-off/Feature: Steve and Persona 5, Ca lender Girl, Gerry interviews non-gamers about games, Bobby Brown Hair, The Lies Booth, Rap against "alt-right" gamers
Reviews: Mass Effect Andromeda (PS4), Paradigm (PC), Domina (PC), Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch), Stories Untold (PC) Regular Sketches: Edith and Rosemary (Zool) One-off/Features: consolevania Info News (British games), An ode to Peter Moore, Elon Musk likes Overwatch, Dave Desper: Game Truth Dispenser,
Big thanks to Liam Ginty, John T Morton, Zachary, John Sideserf, Brian Kent, Eddie Green and John Veness. They should all team up and be the Brockhampton of games comedy. WE write the lines though, so don't EVER forget that. Anyway enjoy the episode. There's a lot going on in your life. Relax with consolevania.
We'll have more news shortly, thank you all again for your continued support, we hope you enjoy the new episode.
Sting & Shaggy's consolevania Hogmanay Hootenanny was released on Patreon 31st December 2018, this episode includes reviews of Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk, Moss and Civilization VI.
Released on Patreon 31st January this episode includes reviews of Resident Evil 2, Lucius III and Hello Neighbo(u)r.
Released on Patreon 28th February this episode includes reviews of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, Subnautica: Below Zero, Astroneer and Eastshade.
Released on Patreon 31st March this episode includes reviews of Shadowgun Legends, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Devil May Cry 5.
Released on Patreon 30th April 2019 this episode includes reviews of Super Blood Hockey, Death Mark and Ghost Giant.
Released on Patreon 31st May 2019 this episode includes reviews of Blood and Truth, Everybody's Golf VR and Oculus Quest VR.
Released on Patreon 30th June 2019 this episode includes reviews of Aces of the Luftwaffe - Squadron, Outer Wilds and Lapis x Labyrinth.
Released on Patreon 31st July 2019 this episode includes reviews of Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Dragon Quest Builders 2.
Released on Patreon 31st August 2019. This episode includes reviews of Telling Lies, Astral Chain and A-Train Exp.
Released on Patreon 30th September 2019. Includes reviews of Daemon X Machina, Control, Untitled Goose Game and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.
Reviews of Dusk Diver, NHL 20 and The Outer Worlds. Released on Patreon 31st October 2019.
... with reviews of Luigi's Mansion 3, Death Stranding and Fallen Order
Reviews: CoD: Mderrrwhatever, Wattam, The C64
The last episode of series seven has reviews of Mosaic, Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered and tmi from Rab.
Series 8 begins, and it's all change. It's the beginning of the Pro-Streaming era for Consolevania, and it's Rab and Ryan on their lonesome, like back in the day. What could possibly go wrong in this series-long saga about the joys of professional streaming?
Here's your Global Isolation Special! Reviews of DOOM Eternal and Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Ryan talking about the Resi 3 remake and Rab going on about the FFVII remake. What other games do they need to remake now? MGS3 and Overblood should be highish on the list obviously. What do you think?
The fluff piece was shot over three days in Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Somehow it was all flung together in time for a screening at an Odeon in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Interactive Games Festival. The documentary was made for Scottish Enterprise to help promote the Scottish Games Industry abroad. With us determined not to spin the documentary in a particular direction, it emerged as a cry for help from struggling independents.
A long collection of Consolevania's work released on YouTube. Reviews: Call of Cthulhu (Mobile), Lego Batman (360), LittleBigPlanet (PS3), Wipeout HD (PS3), World of Goo (PC), Regular Sketches: Warhammer WAR Stories ep1 + ep2, Checkin' The Forums, What Music Goes With It, Molyneux Moments One-off Sketches/Features: Bond Girl, 50 Dollars, Wii Music Steel Drums
At last, the Consolevania team have decided their top 100 videogames of all time, for one historic video series. Today we go from 100-91!
It's the next part of the list thing! Today we go from 100-91!
Part 3 of the top 100. Today we go from 80-71!
Part 4 of the top 100. Today we go from 70-61!
Part 5 of the top 100. Today we go from 60-51!
ONLY ONE LEFT NOW TEAM
Friday Night Consolevania tonight is the final part of our Top 100!
Reviews: Fallout 3 (Rab), Persona 4 (Ryan). Gaming: Independents Day 24.10.08 (Depths of Peril, Synthesia, Barnstorming), Independents Day 31.10.08 (Mount and Blade, Intercept, Crow in Hell). Sketches: Pop!, Checkin The Forums, Andy Ben on FIFA 09, Halo 3: be abused, Ziggy Springsteen: welcome to Consolemania.
