tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:42:40 +0000Feed for ashens.com - home to all sorts of frivolity, including flash cartoons and silly videos.http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)Blogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-8426508707593717201Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:38:00 +00002009-06-22T14:42:40.151+01:00ReviewVideoRadios that look a bit like iPods? I'll bet they're not very good.See? I was right.http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2009/06/turn-on-tune-in-rip-off.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-602802356196096075Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +00002009-06-16T23:10:17.954+01:00ReviewVideoUnbelievably, I was actually sent some free products to review by a company! I'll bet nobody makes that mistake again.Apologies for low-video-quality-ness. I foolishly used a higher quality upload format, which YouTube predictably choked on. I've been spoiled by uploading stuff to Blip.http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2009/06/sexy-eskimos-and-crab-apples.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-4737851925644629044Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:05:00 +00002009-06-11T16:47:34.402+01:00VideoTGWTGNew video alert! And it's a doozy. And by "a doozy" I mean "terrifyingly drawn-out and self-indulgent." BUT. I. HATE. THIS. GAME. SO. MUCH. And so do all the other people who've ever paid money for it, as far as I can tell.So think of this video as a public service. Or a delayed form of justice. Or maybe a mission from some god or other (not one of the good ones though - probably one of thehttp://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2009/06/renegade-iii-final-insult.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-2740354165113332701Sun, 31 May 2009 21:14:00 +00002009-05-31T22:37:13.781+01:00ArticleSite newsHave you ever heard of the jolly video website That Guy with the Glasses? (If not, click the link and have a look. I'll wait.) Well, gasp in mock excitement as I tell you that I've joined up with them, and will be releasing future videos on both that site and YouTube. Corks!The first cross-pollinated video will be another Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of, because I haven't http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2009/05/that-interview-with-glasses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-166604742109398378Fri, 08 May 2009 22:34:00 +00002009-05-09T00:14:05.129+01:00ReviewVideoParodyPOP Station Watch 4 is upon us already, like a great cloud full of irritating beepy music. Only the stupid sketch at the end can save us!Also a quick recommendation - some independent games reviewers have come together under the banner of Renegade Reviewers, and released a rather nice DVD. It features two hours of exclusive review-o-action and contributors include splendid people such as Guru http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2009/05/charitable-offering.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-7118887927239779573Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:51:00 +00002009-04-25T18:02:42.598+01:00VideoSite newsYou asked for it (literally):Twitter news - I'm approaching 1000 followers, and when that utterly meaningless milestone is reached I'm going to hold a competition. The prize will be an Ashen action figure (remember them?) and an Ashenthology DVD. And infinite respect from all the people of the world, of course.http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2009/04/answers-and-twitter-blither.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-2552308619611400021Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:17:00 +00002009-04-16T23:26:57.498+01:00VideoParodyBoring trivia: This idea was based on an old joke about integrated graphics on PC's being so slow that "it would be quicker if they sent frame updates in the post." I then married it with the systems behind old Play-By-Mail games like It's a Crime. Larry actually recorded the voice-over in August last year and I never got round to producing the video.But! When the suspiciously http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2009/04/allow-28-days-for-delivery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-908226786576078499Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:07:00 +00002009-03-31T13:02:47.826+01:00ReviewVideoAuthentic looking fake DS plays vaguely authentic Frogger. Film at eleven. If by 'eleven you mean 'here':On a totally irrelevant note, I've been getting quite into Goozex since it started up in Europe. It sounds a bit like txtspk for 'goose eggs' but is actually a game-swapping service. Effectively you can get rid of games you don't want and get one you do for a single € and the cost of http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2009/03/keep-things-hopping.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-545651187139533141Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:23:00 +00002009-02-26T14:31:49.474ZReviewVideoA POP Station with a 7 inch screen? It never ends! (Until the POP Station factories are killed off by the global recession.)I realised why this video (and the last one) show up in low quality on YouTube. It's because I used the wrong program to encode them, and didn't realise. Bugger and arse.http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2009/02/pop-station-watch-3-season-of-netbook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-7632674352323773083Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:23:00 +00002009-02-19T16:55:55.974ZVideoParodyTime to go Through the Tech Hole to see what Microsoft are up to with the Xbox 360's innards...(Oddly, no high quality version of the video seems to have been made available, despite me using the same settings as the last two videos. Maybe it will magically appear later on or something.)In other news - why not have a click on this link, which will show you an exclusive Street Fighter IV preview http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2009/02/what-lurks-within.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-6517501857413525688Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:16:00 +00002009-02-04T00:30:38.246ZReviewVideoGame King! Its name reverberates like the clang of a particularly damp bell. And it's inspired two separate videos. Such as this one:And also this one:The second video uses the first piece of music I've ever officially licensed. It cost me nearly £6 so expect to hear it on everything I do from now on. I plan to get my money's worth!(Incidentally, I spent a lot of time making the dramatic http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2009/02/fail-to-king.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-7668299788751279589Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:24:00 +00002009-01-28T20:38:46.139ZSite newsWouldst thou believe it - I've decided that using Twitter would be a good idea, as I'm in a position to regularly update and it will help convince people I'm not dead yet. You can either look at the purple box on the right-hand side of the page for updates, or if you use it yourself you can 'follow' me by clicking here.Update on the 2009 antique hunt: Serious lack of progress. I've had no leadshttp://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2009/01/tweet-me-do.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-2841666065418603234Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:21:00 +00002009-01-01T20:26:38.132ZReviewVideoArticleNoseybonkHello! It's 2009 now and I'm closer to being dead than ever before. As a direct result I've decided to try and track down a couple of bits from old British computer magazines, before I'm not alive enough to search for them any more. Irritatingly I had all the magazines in days gone by, but was forced to dispose of them in a house move years ago.SO! If any of you fine people happen to have anyhttp://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2009/01/2009-antique-hunt-noseybonk-and-xmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-4315682539116920452Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:16:00 +00002008-12-24T23:36:13.825ZArticleSite newsJust a quick note to wish a happy Christmas to anyone unfortunate enough to be visiting this site. I have produced a jolly Christmas video, but I foolishly left it until the last minute to upload so it's currently stuck in YouTube's Partner-approvement-queue thing. Hopefully it will be online shortly if you feel like wasting a small part of Christmas day watching me poke fun at some seasonal http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2008/12/merry-thingmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-2890657538134220454Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:59:00 +00002008-12-17T00:13:52.061ZTVNoseybonkViewers may have spotted an appearance from Noseybonk on BBC4 TV tonight as part of Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe. Yes, it was me playing him - I deliberately avoided massively bigging it up so that you could watch it and wonder if it was me, then spot my name in the credits and shout "Aha!". Except I didn't get a credit so people are now e-mailing me asking if it was me. Should have seen thathttp://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2008/12/noseybox-on-tellybonk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-1900691887346459538Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:12:00 +00002008-12-09T22:26:16.886ZReviewVideoPOP Station Watch rears its ugly head for a second time. This time a fake GBA SP has been infected with the insidious evil of the POP Station games...It took real concentration to stop the bloody thing snapping shut on my fingers every 30 seconds.If you'd like to buy one of these machines, like maybe you have brain damage or something, have a gander at my auctions page. Although since I put thehttp://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2008/12/watching-defectives.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-2428083561826425285Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:07:00 +00002008-11-29T23:31:01.907ZVideoYouTube have finally invoked the 16:9 aspect and gone widescreen, which is splendid. And they're not forcibly stretching 4:3 aspect videos to fit the whole length of the new window, which is even more splendid. But what have they released...?The setup for this joke was taken from an idea I had for a short horror film about 18 months ago. Nobody would fund it though. Bastards.(Incidentally, http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2008/11/hats-off-to-youtube.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-2823409791003766439Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:13:00 +00002008-11-20T16:26:14.029ZVideoSite newsA quick post to say that a new episode of the rather splendid Wez & Larry's Top Tens is available to view online. It's showcasing ten of the worst TV licenses in video game history and is a whole heap'o'fun.But that's not all - I literally had a hand in it. During the sequence about the infamous Eastenders game for ZX Spectrum, I demonstrate the ridiculous control system you were forced to use.http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2008/11/keeping-your-hand-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-6858545443167789541Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:35:00 +00002008-11-07T22:45:49.461ZVideoGlory Be - My DVD is finally ready!Mosey on over to the shop if you'd like one.In other news, eagle-eyed viewer Justin spotted what we all suspected - that the Toshiba Camileo H10 I reviewed is just a re-badged no-mark cheapo model. It usually goes by the name of "Digilife DDV-Z530" and can be found on Ebay where you can get it shipped over from Hong Kong.http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2008/11/dreadfully-vile-disc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-6407674719954987554Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:47:00 +00002008-10-29T18:05:13.175ZReviewVideoArticleMy quest for a digital camcorder continues to fail miserably thanks to the lads at Toshiba:I have a sneaking suspicion that the Camileo H10 shares its innards with one of those unknown-brand low budget Chinese camcorders that you can find on Ebay. Drop me a line if you can confirm / deny that.On a completely different subject, I was recently interviewed by UK gaming site Peoww. Point your eyes http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2008/10/ello-tosh-got-timewaster.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-3260418748396112160Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:20:00 +00002008-10-10T22:24:09.751+01:00ReviewVideoA slightly special knock-off review this time. Why? Because people are actually wasting real money on this piece of tat. They're going for about £80 on Ebay. I am not joking.Man, that was a long review. Think of it as a public service against wasting money on third rate tat.http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2008/10/iphone-youphone-weallphone-for-iphone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-8024969527785769949Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:44:00 +00002008-09-28T22:49:51.373+01:00ReviewVideoWhat's far too big and doesn't work very well? The answer lies in this rare straight-to-camera video:That was filmed on the new camcorder I'm testing out, which it transpires has the worst microphone ever conceived by human minds.Oh, and did I mention that Spunky the video game influenced monkey made a return?Many thanks to the splendid Wez for providing the further shenanigans of Spunky. Let'shttp://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2008/09/watch-with-munter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-6563863060543545129Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:16:00 +00002008-09-09T22:14:48.623+01:00VideoAnimationAnd now for something fairly different. Kenneth Lightly, the world's creepiest video blogger, has been forced to air his views by forces unknown:Well blimey.http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2008/09/prepare-for-signal-intrusion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-2239588432576919685Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:23:00 +00002008-09-03T23:28:17.946+01:00ReviewVideoIntroducing POP Station Watch!I have a feeling that I will never make anything funnier than the POP Station Watch intro...http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2008/09/softly-softly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29892160.post-7873038006370062537Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:45:00 +00002008-08-29T21:48:47.480+01:00ArticleJust realised that I haven't mentioned the electro-tat auctions here!Basically - I'm selling off some of the tat I've reviewed over the years on Ebay. First up are the KenSingTon Vii and the Gamestation - have a look at the auctions page for further info.That is all. Resume your positions.http://www.dancingyak.co.uk/blog/2008/08/whoops.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dr. A.)