, Scotland
. It is notable as one of very few online TV shows to make the leap onto broadcast TV as the show videoGaiden
, which has had three series shown on BBC Scotland.
The name Consolevania is a reference to Konami
's long-running horror
-adventure game series Castlevania
. Fittingly, the first game reviewed on the show was Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
.
The first episode was filmed in the summer of 2004 and initially distributed on CDs posted out by the team.
Mr. Robert: Never has a camera felt so obvious - it's as if this game has been shot by some director who likes using cameras built for people with giant hands made of ham.
Mr. Robert: For every 3D update that gets its wings, a 2D classic dies.
Mr. Ryan: The fact is the most dangerous foe you're up against in this game are those invincible invisible giant bugs that conspire to ruin the gaming experience, by trapping your leg in a mountain or throwing you outta a room through a wall and into a black expanse of nothingness, or my particular favourite - deviously intercepting your saved game and scrubbing it from the hard drive and not even having the decency to scream I LIKE IT! in your face.
Mr. Robert: Siren makes fun sound look like a dirty word, like the way beef sounds like a dirty word on Saturday night.
Commentator: Kawada struggling to lift for the German suplex! Looked like me trying to lift Giant Baba's daughter into bed. She's giant in all the right places.