I got my Vita late (2017), and had a bunch of fun with it at purchase. However 2018 it really came into its own when I had to travel overseas for work and the key was going light. From crappy flights, to nights in places where it wasn’t even safe to have the window open, the Vita kept me sane. -Ash

Live now! I'm a giant stompy robot! Beep boop! I SAID BEEP BOOOOOP! -Ash twitch.tv/underconsole...

From 6pm! It's another FORTNITE FRIDAY! Starting in No Build BR, and then waiting to see who turns up and joins the podsquad! -Ash twitch.tv/underconsole...

Few minutes later than expected but I'm going live with my first play of @babystepsgame.bsky.social over on twitch.tv/underconsole...

Right... enough pivoting and revolving with timings this week: Tonight from 8:30pm until LATE! We'll be taking some BABY STEPS! Then Friday from 6pm it's FARTNOOT FRIDAY! Then Sunday from 1pm it's a retro stream as I try to finally finish off Ghost Hunter on PS2. twitch.tv/underconsole...

Bit of an odd schedule this week due to some potential freelance paid work but: Tuesday: 16:30-19:30: Retro: Ghosthunter (PS2) Thursday: 19:00-22:00: Modern: TBC Friday: 18:00-21:00: Modern: Fortnite Friday! Follow and enable notifications over on twitch.tv/underconsole...

2 years of laughter. Credit to @horsenburger.bsky.social

Now live on twitch.tv/underconsole... doing my final 30mins of prep. The jitters are here folks! -Ash

Fletcher Moss #Parkrun Not the day for a fast one but I think under 37 minutes which I would absolutely take. Expected it to be very wet but the rain stayed off. Beautiful parkrun & relatively flat. Also Parakeets. Better running to @underconsolepod.bsky.social podcasts than @tna.sh (sorry Tim!)

In just over 2hrs and 45mins I will do my first radio show in just over 13 years. The software is as cantankerous as always. I can't believe this same platform has ruled dominant for over 20 years... and yet we continue! From 3pm UK Time (10 EST) listen to me soar or crash and burn: www.irock109.com

Was sorting laundry and had a video on of @greigarjohnson.bsky.social making a working prop of the Hitchhikers Guide. Naturally (to me at least) he made a 5min film to show it off, and I was overjoyed to see @tombellforever.bsky.social as Ford. Beaurifully done. Bravo! -Ash youtu.be/-431pDOiYRQ?...

Going live over on Twitch! Streaming Fartnoot and wanting to level up... then later: Phasmophobia! If I can convince people to join a noob first time player. >.> -Ash twitch.tv/underconsole...

Slight amendment: Stream starting from 6pm tonight. Been working longer than my normal hours and I really just need to leave the house for a few before sitting back at the same desk! -Ash

Back before UCP, before podcasts, back when the world was somewhat brighter, I used to do Radio shows. Now I’m doing one again! On Saturday 20th Sept, from 3-6pm BST on irock109.com, I’m sitting back behind the desk and seeing if I can remember what all the buttons do! 😬 -Ash

And we're live! And I've discovered we lost the last 10-15mins of gameplay from the last time we streamed it! Time to re-run the fun! twitch.tv/underconsole...

Going live in 30! Join me from 5PM for one final run at Ghosthunter on the PS2, where Yakko Warner fights a wizard or something. It'll be fine, I'm sure. twitch.tv/underconsole...

Live in 25! Life! Death! Seduction! Trolleys! twitch.tv/underconsole...

Streaming Schedule for this week! 15/09, 5PM BST (Today!): The Trolley Solution concludes! 17/09, 5PM BST (Wednesday!): Ghost Hunter (PS2) concludes! 19/09, 5PM BST (Friday!): Fortnite, maybe some Phasmophobia? twitch.tv/underconsole...

A bus I was on earlier today had a driver in training. Guy talking him through the route was lovely, patient and very chill. He was giving instruction at one point on making sure it was safe to pull away (people sat down, etc), and said it’s important because if you don’t check and someone falls…

The demo got me hooked, and the past 2.5hrs playing the Trolley Solution just flew by. Can't wait to get back to it. Thanks to @bydandans.bsky.social for hanging out, answering questions, providing hints, and being called a variety of rude words by myself as I navigated his creation. -Ash

6 Hrs wasn't enough! More Streaming! Lets create some chaos with some Trolleys! The Trolley Solution begins now! twitch.tv/underconsole...

This was a lot of fun! However, (ironically for something based on public transport) the event ran to schedule! So I’m taking a break and then from 6pm I’ll be streaming @bydandans.bsky.social The Trolley Solution. Decide who lives and who dies! Seduce a trolley! Https://twitch.tv/underconsolepod

Thanks to @mysticalmachinegun.bsky.social for pointing out I wasn't wearing appropriate safety gear, I'm now decked out in a Hi-Viz jacket for Tram Bowling! twitch.tv/underconsole...

Today it's raining and there's horribleness outside. So I'm going to do something silly: A 6hr+ stream featuring: Densha De Go, The Trolley Solution, and of course The World Tram Driver Championship 2025. Starting in around 15mins! twitch.tv/underconsole...

Tomorrows Tram Championship stream was just going to be a bit of a giggle and some Densha De Go... but I just found out one of my favourite Nextfest demo's, 'The Trolley Solution' was released today! TROLLEYS ARE TRAM ADJACENT! So we'll be hot swapping between the two! WOO! -Ash

Time to kick ass and chew gum. And I've got some gum. Cinnamon flavoured. It's nice. You'd like it. Lets run around creating chaos! twitch.tv/underconsole...

Live from 5…. FAAAAAAARTNOOOOOT FRIIIIIDAY! Also: New OBS theme. Come along and see what breaks first, me or the theme. twitch.tv/underconsole...

You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.

Gonna repost my own reply thread to @demontomatodave.bsky.social as I'm not sure many people know there are (at least) two recordings by Ray Parker Jr. of Ghostbusters floating around out there, and no one seems to really know *why* the second version exists, or when exactly it was recorded. -Ash

And we're live! And I cannot remember where I was in the game or what I was doing. WOOOOOOOOOO!!! twitch.tv/underconsole... -Ash

Live from 5pm! WE'RE BACK BABY! Twitch stream where we continue to shamble towards the end of Ghosthunter on the PS2. Where else will you hear Joe Morton, Rob Paulsen and Michael *frickin* Gambon all give a convincing performance in a game? Nowhere. That's where. twitch.tv/underconsole...

Finally! Finally self uploaded gif support. FINALLY! -Ash

Streaming schedule for this week: Wednesday 10th Sept from 5pm BST : Ghost Hunter on PS2 Friday 12th Sept from 5pm BST : Fortnite Friday Saturday 13th Sept from 10am BST : Densha De Go & World Tram Driver Championships watchalong! -Ash twitch.tv/underconsole...

Hello! I'm John (Some people call me Ed - don't ask). I'm passionate about looking at social history through old media. Expect forgotten TV shows, movies, game shows, random physical VHS finds. We also play video games, old and new. 📺 twitch.tv/oddtrots 📷 instagram.com/oddtrots 🌐 oddtrots.com

I concur, also follow @jlsoryu.bsky.social as they are just as lovely. -Ash

We spoke at length with @st1ka.bsky.social (who is quoted in this article) last October: shows.acast.com/underconsole... Learning about the gaming landscape of 90s Portugal, really helped add texture to our episode on the 'Gamesmaster x Terminator x Fetishwear' Sega driven show CyberMaster. -Ash

THE NEVERENDING STORY with @katemccabe.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...

This one is pretty much everything I wanted it to be, and the filth levels do not surprise me in the slightest. #Prolapse

Our new podcast is up now, it's about Toadmen, and the first of our drunk episodes and I'm too embarrassed to listen. Read more at www.boo-foons.co.uk

And then 28 years later to the day, 2 guys launched a weekly retrospective podcast that would cover… Every. Single. Episode. 126 original episodes, 3 reboot episodes, 2 live shows, multiple interviews and many side quests later, the podcast concluded with episode 200…

I'll be attending Retro World Expo in Hartford, CT next weekend, where I'll be giving a panel on Actually Decent Movie Licensed games on Friday evening and hanging around the whole weekend. Come say hi!

The great reshuffle of 2025 continues, and my base setup is in place… kind of. Nothing is cabled up, that comes later. First stream in new location *hopefully* by end of the coming week. -Ash

Absolutely pukka grub there. Sorted, respect due. Set for the day. -Ash

I would *love* more ALIEN full cast audios. I know they’re legacy/non-canon (oh no… how terrible… not canon 🙄), but I loved Earth Hive/Nightmare Asylum/Female War runs. Especially before Alien 3 came out and it was Newt/Hicks/Ripley’s story going forward. -Ash

There won’t be any regular streams this week as after today it’s room moving time! Tonight’s Patreon community stream will be the last one from the old location! There may be some ‘Just chatting’ streams whilst I get stuff up and running, but it’s unknown if that’ll be this week or next.

Yeah, streaming this one will be fun… 🙄😂

This is a very good reason to keep liking, reposting, quoting and replying. Annoying Cliff is a life giving energy straight into my soul! -Ash

It’s a note taking day, and in theory within the next 2hrs I’ll have note frameworks for all of Septembers episodes. I may have even started watching our core episode for October. The breathing room this gives will be *delicious*.

I’d feel sheepish that the most engagement I’ve had on any post on this platform is because I posted a reminder of a cool moment in a cool Videogame, and happened to tag one of its creators… but it was a great moment. 😂