Posted by Ashens on April 11, 2010 at 13:52 pm
Time for more Poundland tat. Must be full moon or something.
Blode and the Giant Bee is referenced in the video – check it out here if you’re interested. (Terrifying to think that must be 8 years old or something by now.)
Two new Tech Dump episodes are coming soon. I SWEAR.
Posted by Ashens on April 3, 2010 at 23:58 pm
Have you always wanted a child’s toy named after the infamously dangerous hallucinogen phencyclidine? Well good news – POP Stations have advanced to the next level and made your dream come true!
If you want to get hold of this Class A tat yourself, I notice there are a couple on American Ebay at the time of writing – Click here to see if any are available.
In other news, we’ve completed two more episodes of Tech Dump which should be online fairly soon. One features stunning animation from Harry Partridge, whilst the other has a man with something stuck to his face. You can’t say we don’t cater for all audiences.
Posted by Ashens on February 1, 2010 at 13:52 pm
They’re still making POP Stations. I don’t know how old this one was though, as they’ve modelled it after something that’s been obsolete for years…
And here’s an announcement video I made for Tech Dump. It features 100% more garage than most of my videos!
Posted by Ashens on January 28, 2010 at 02:17 am
More Chef Excellence? You better believe it, Mister Bloke!
I got up at 2:15am to post this. I hope you appreciate it, you curs.
(That means Tech Dump goes live in less than ten hours. I better get me some sleep.)
Posted by Ashens on January 11, 2010 at 20:40 pm
Hold on to your small change! It’s another Poundland Special, this time helped along by 99p Stores.
I think Chef Excellence will have to make a comeback at some point.
In other news, the BBC Comedy Extra project will be online soon. It’s called Ashen’s Tech Dump. Possibly you will like it.
Posted by Ashens on December 24, 2009 at 16:04 pm
More Christmas tat my girlfriend bought last year? Why yes!
In moaning news, I’m getting really irritated with my HD camcorder. It doesn’t reach enough of a wide angle and the autofocus is slower than a sloth on thorazine, but worst of all the microphone is right on top of the damn thing – which is directly under my face as I film. As a result it picks up ever breath I take and it sounds like I’m hyperventilating or something. But on the plus side the sound and picture quality are fantastic, and it was fairly cheap, so maybe I should just shut up.
(I did buy an external radio mic from Ebay for a few pounds. It sounds like I’m broadcasting from a wind tunnel. Possibly a review will follow.)
I’ve got LOADS of stuff coming in the new year. Another Poundland Special is imminent, my BBC Comedy Extra project should be released in a few weeks (announcement soon), I’m putting together another Terrible Old Games You’ve Probably Never Heard Of, and Trailer Club 70 is being completely rewritten for a relaunch. And that’s just early January. Corks!
Anyway, Merry Feast of Mithras or Whatever!
Posted by Ashens on November 16, 2009 at 22:34 pm
New! Review! For you! And Sue! Too!
Some addenda for this one:
1. At release the Supervision was about half the price of the Gameboy. The games were also about half as much as Gameboy games.
2. The R-Type rip-off for the Supervision is actually called “Alien”.
3. The Motorbike game is apparently a complete rip-off of a Gameboy game called Motocross Maniacs.
4. Turns out the Gameboy Pocket screen was slightly larger than that of the original Gameboy. Sorry.
5. I forgot to mention that it takes 4 AA batteries.
Ah, the joys of obscure technology you can’t find details about.
OTHER NEWS! I recently finished filming a pilot for the BBC Comedy Extra website. It involved lots of talented people who pooled their resources to make me look far less incompetent than usual. More details soon.
Posted by Ashens on September 23, 2009 at 18:32 pm
Well hello Dolly! And greetings to any other dead cloned sheep who may be reading.
What a month it’s been. On the Big Plus side I’ve enjoyed massive success by securing funding* for a pilot of a future project, and filmed a couple of web sketches with proper TV comedians who you’ve probably heard of and everything. On the Big Minus side I’ve spent the best part of the last 40 days drowning in a sea of technical problems, unexpected copyright issues, bizarre legal implications and ill health. Still, it beats working in an office. (As does death by asphyxiation.)
ANYWAY. Here’s a video! Which I had to upload three times before YouTube stopped choking on it. ANYWAY. You’ll notice it’s my first video in bandwidth-tastic HD. I wouldn’t actually recommend watching it in HD – it’s only some hands in front of a sofa and the focus is questionable – but the larger upload seems to drastically increase the quality of the standard version. The actual review is of the Dingoo A320, an almost nifty Chinese handheld emulator console thing.
Have a click on this if you fancy a Dingoo yourself. Ebay is full of them at the moment, so hopefully some programmer-types will pick them up and fix some of the problems. I’ve also heard rumours that game accessory company Blaze are thinking of re-badging the A320 for retail in the UK, which could help the software situation if true.
On a different note, why the flipping heck is YouTube’s large HQ/HD player in 2:1 aspect ratio rather than 16:9? Who on Earth is producing videos in 2:1, let alone uploading them to YouTube? Is it something to do with offering full Hollyowood movies in the future? Why am I wasting my time asking so many questions that nobody can answer? Can I go now? (Yes.)
*By which I mean several people far more competent than me did the hard work securing the funding. Obviously.
