Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast

It's time to get a good grip on your pink plastic pistols and RELOAD as Cliff and Ash take a closer look at Time Crisis for the PS1, the arcade original, as well as the back and forth rivalry between Sega and Namco.Also: Mother in law jokes and literal toilet humour.Read the Shmuplations interview translation here: https://shmuplations.com/timecrisis/Join the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

O' Canada! Our... well, not the home nor native land of Ash and Cliff, but it's certainly a cool place to be! UCP takes a trip north of the border for the debut episode of The Electric Playground from 1997. Your hosts look at footage from E3, press junkets from Namco, and have their first 'on podcast' experiences with the cult of personality that is Tommy Tallarico, and his opinions on game difficulty and StarFox 64.Watch the debut episode of the Electric Playground HEREWatch HBomberguy's ROBLOX_OOF.mp3 documentary HEREWatch Slope's Game Room Intellivision Amico Scandal documentary HEREJoin the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

Cliff and Ash drop in on our good mate Shingzy and see what else he was doing, other than making his plumber 3D.We have a look at Silicon Graphics bringing in their good mate in, Paradigm Simulation, to help them show off what the Ultra 64 could be and how that developed in to a sequel to the game that had previously shown off what the SNES could do.Join the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

A five week month brings us another Focus Extra as Ash sits down for a chat with a man who is a podcaster, a writer, an editor, a gamer, in fact someone who's probably more qualified to host the podcast than he is: Paul Monaghan, Co-Founder of The Maximum Power Up Podcast and most importantly for todays episode: Editor of Pixel Addict MagazineFind Paul on TwitterFind Pixel Addict on TwitterFind Addict Magazines on InstagramFind all current, back issues and side projects on their WebsiteJoin the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

Cliff and Ash spend 30mins being visually assaulted by crash zooms, VT's, and paid promotional consideration, all in the name of selling a magazine: It's GamePro TV!Watch the episode hereFind out more about The MADE hereJoin the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

But what if Resident Evil with Dinosaurs? What if next evolution of survival horror? What if laws of diminishing returns?Ash and Cliff focus their motion based attention on PS1 era 'Panic Horror' game DINO CRISIS for this months UCP Focus.Also: Some important information about the Famicom game SWEET HOME that you may not know.Join the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

Ash returns to Bits, after not being blown away by it in UCP's original run, however, he is not alone, as Cliff faces an old foe in Titus Interactive and looks forward to talking about Shadowman... which will definitely happen... probably.Watch the episode we're talking about HERE & HERE.Join the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

We need your help listener! Ashdros has declared war. He's invaded the Clifflat System, and trying to take UCP. Our army alone can not do the job. Hurry UCN!Ash & Cliff blast off through Tori gates and into a deep dive on how Argonaut went from bedroom developer, to pioneering 3D gaming and followed by possible breaches of Nintendo licensing, where Nintendo did the most un-Nintendo thing they've ever done... they offered them a contract?!GOOD LUCK!Join the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

Cliff and Ash go back to Games World, but not as we've seen it before. We look at Tuesday 22nd June 1993 to visit the creepy House of Gaming, where they review games, talk a lot about the sportsball, the bus timetable, pinball crossovers and movies that will change the world for ever... probably... Get ready to find out what GM members of staff get up to in the off season!Watch the episode we're talking about HERE.Join the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com