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Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast

Under Consoletation Podcast

UCP 2.0 is here! Join Ash, Cliff & Luke as they explore gaming television from throughout history and around the world! From Starcade to Nick Arcade, from GameCentre CX to Good Game, your hosts will cover a different show every month, with extra episodes diving deep into the games and pop culture events of the time! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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58:33

Focus: Pikmin

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2026/03/19

I want to be the very best... like no one ever was! To plant them is my real test, to pluck them is my cause! Yes, it's the game that used one of the other vowels, PIKMIN! Ash and Cliff go into the origins, question how truthful Miyamoto is, if he likes boiled eggs, and whether the cold weather has caused shrinkage.Also, we talk about the origins of the game. A bit.Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on

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1:50:34

Thumb Bandits - S01E15

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2026/03/05

Ash & Cliff are stumbling back to 2002 for a late night post session kebab whilst they watch Thumb Bandits on Channel 4! There's Slipknot! Pikmin! Slipknot! Smash Bros.! Slipknot! Cancelled games! Slipknot! Wrestling! and also... Slipknot!Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNSs5-fqhm0Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

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1:29:17

Focus: GG Spawn Point S04E01

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2026/02/19

Ash and Cliff go to the younger side of Good Game to check out what the spawnlings are into. They're taking a deep dive into the spin-off show aimed at younger gamers SPAWN POINT. Cliff will vent about Paper Mario, defend the Wii U, and gain another game to add to his 'to play pile'. Ash will end the episode still wondering what Pocket Planes are. It's a trip.Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuu2Q_RH0w8DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THE FLOPPIES:

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2:19:49

Good Game S09E03

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2026/02/05

Greeetings!Welcome to a new month of UCP fun as we dive back into a show that is one of our favourites, Good Game. We revisit Bajo and Hex, as they battle Hex's sugar zoomies, and Bajo's urge to find a game that is the perfect level of discovery, gameplay and storyline (SPOILERS: Nothing meets Goldie Locks needs).The episode consists of arty explorer Proteus, epic JRPG Persona 4 Golden and FPS Crysis 3. As well as Goose taking Cliff and Ash to school to teach them what a Reboot is... Cliff Rant

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1:41:06

Focus: GamesMaster Magazine Issue 2

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2026/01/22

We're going back to GamesMaster! Kind of!Ash and Cliff dive into Issue 2 of the magazine of the TV show from all the way back in January 1993. Cliff goes off schedule, Ash compares Ducks to Cheese, and some letter writers have strong feelings on Atari vs Commodore. It's all there in a standard magazine episode that should have been a nice gentle start to 2026, but really really wasn't.Read the magazine here via Sega Retro: https://segaretro.org/GamesMaster_(magazine)DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THE

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1:33:31

Cyberzone S01E02

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2026/01/08

AWOOGA! Ash and Cliff finally enter the Cyberzone after getting lost in Cyber Swindon... curse that magic roundabout!Craig shouts a lot, Thesp chews the digital scenery, and two of our contestants are from Mensa! Well.. one of them is, but the other did apply!Will Ash and Cliff survive their encounters with the Borg? Can they get their minds around the complexities of the puzzles? Will they know what to do with a duck? Find out... now.Watch Cyberzone here:

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10:34

Bonus: End of year wrap-up & Floppies award launch

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2026/01/01

That's a wrap for recording in 2025, so as Ash and Cliff finish recording January's core episode they take a few moments to reflect on the year gone, as well as launching the survey for this years Floppies awards!Fill in your results here:https://forms.gle/LF4aYLozHfScLDdu6Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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1:37:57

Christmas Special: Emu at Christmas (1984)

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2025/12/18

There's somebody at the door, there's somebody at the door! And somebody at the window! Somebody at the window! And people trapped in a painting! And people trapped in a painting!Yes, it's the UCP Christmas special, and keeping with our core and Extra episodes it's Christmas 1984 as Ash and Cliff visit the Pink Windmill for a show filled with excitement, song and dance numbers, adventure, song and dance numbers, camp robots, song and dance numbers, and high peril. Also, there's song and dance

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1:57:35

Micro Live S01E03 - Christmas Special

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2025/12/04

Ash and Cliff are back in Studio 1 for the Micro Live Christmas Special! The studio is EXTRA flammable today, and that's not just from the brandy bottles hidden around the set, it's also covered in pre-safety code tinsel!As the episode careens towards its end credits, there's hackers, games, animation, drummers, and Cliff sulking that once again he has got himself all worked up for something that won't happen, and Ash gets to trot out some of his drummer jokes. Truly, this episode is a gift to

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2:17:02

Cybermania 1994 - Part 2

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2025/11/20

No Focus this month... Ash & Cliff are still shambling their way through Cybermania, as it lurches its way towards an appropriate climax, and an inappropriate joke. The first televised awards ceremony for the gaming and interactive media industry, it is as transparently corporate as it is ramshackle, containing missed cues, absent footballs, broken teleprompters, and the occasional AWOL nomination package.You have been warned.Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow

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2:08:53

Cybermania 1994 - Part 1

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2025/11/06

It's Cybermania 1994! You know CYBERMANIA! It's going to be like the Academy Awards, or the Emmys but even more corrupt and bias. Ash and Cliff don their penguin suits and prepare their speeches as they tune in for the first televised videogame and computer entertainment award show in the world, and try to work out who thought getting Leslie Nielsen to host this was a good idea.This is the first of two episodes on Cybermania, with the second taking the place of this months focus. It's the longest

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1:43:11

Focus: Night Trap!

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2025/10/23

** Editors note: Whilst curse words have been censored there's some things that are just rude, even without the cuss words. So... consider yourself warned. - Ash **Girls if you are driving a ride... You'll be caught in the night - Night Trap!Ash & Cliff join SCAT and do their best to save everyone whilst looking at the notorious videogame nasty that... wasn't actually that nasty. Don't let reality get in the way of Congress though!Starting with the abandoned Hasbro ControlVision console, up

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1:57:00

Focus Extra - X-Files - S07E13 - First Person Shooter

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2025/10/16

Seeing we've had two different (or incorrect) explanations of what VR is, why not throw in a third for good measure? Cliff & Ash jump head first into what may be one of the worst episodes of the X-Files out there, First Person Shooter."The story dictated it" has never been use so much in a single episode.Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

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2:02:13

Game Over aka Maximum Surge: The Movie (2003)

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2025/10/02

Our core episode for October is all Trick and no Treat as a company robs the grave of a defunct videogame publisher, steals the vital organs of their published and unpublished games, and creates the freakish Frankenstein's movie monster that is GAME OVER... otherwise known as Maximum Surge the movie. Cliff and Ash discuss a film which stars people who never agreed to be in it, has a framing device that is borderline incoherent, and contains actors who certainly have an acting range. A very, very,

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1:32:48

Focus: The Wave Race series

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2025/09/18

Three console, three games, one Nintendo legend, and a number of false starts:Wave Race is a property that languished in relative obscurity, launched one console, and then failed to make a splash on a second. Now it sits in Dave Jones locker...Ash and Cliff discover where it came from, where it went, and skirt dangerously close to saying things that might be libellous. Allegedly.Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under

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2:06:09

Video & Arcade Top 10 - 11/09/05

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2025/09/04

Generations of Canadians grew up watching Video & Arcade Top 10. They stare misty eyed through rose tinted glasses at their LP VHS distorted childhood and think of better times.Ash & Cliff are not Canadian.They have no nostalgia for this show.It goes as well as you'd expect.Watch V&A Top 10 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hygwroh3kVgTheme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your

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59:04

Focus: Games Republic Contestant Interview - Lee

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2025/08/21

Just when you thought Shadow Man was finally here... HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER. We had so many unanswered questions from our episode on Games Republic that when a contestant reached out, we'd have been fools to say no! So Michael LeRoi can go brood and monologue elsewhere this month, as Cliff storms off to have a meltdown, and Ash has a chat with Lee aka PugHoofGaming where we discuss GamesMaster ties, audition processes, multiple takes, shockingly good prizes, and the consistencies of craft

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1:48:40

Games Republic S01E01

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2025/08/07

From the depths of the satellite station .tv, it's Trevor and Simon, and Simons Mum who are inviting us to the GAMES REPUBLIC. Ash and Cliff have their fact checking hats on, which is more than could be said for the quizmasters of this show.Why is the show set in Egypt?How exactly can that be Simons Mum?Why does Johnny Ffinch leave this off his resume?Some or none of these questions may be answered. Or not.Watch the episode HERETheme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow

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2:28:39

Focus Extra: Jaws-mentary Special!

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2025/07/31

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the podcast, Ash and Cliff round out the month with a chat about the 1975 film that defined what a Summer Blockbuster could be: JAWS.CONTENT WARNING: As with all our commentaries, this episode is uncensored on all feeds.Film start point is 17mins 09secs for the fade into the Universal logo. Tested with VOD and Bluray for sync points.Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under

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1:31:00

Focus: Pocket Pinball

Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast ·

2025/07/17

Ash & Cliff delve deep into their pockets in search of a multiball as they dive into a bumper crop of games from the Nintendo Gameboy family of handhelds. From the OG to the SP, we're looking at 4 pinball games that put those magnificent marble machines in the palm of your hand. Spoiler: 3 out of the 4 games are excellent, and all from the same base developer. One isn't, and it really shows.Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow

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