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''Consolevania'' is a video games TV show filmed in and around Glasgow, 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'' and was chosen by Rllmuk forum members〔(Episode 1 Commentary )〕 before the first episode was shot. 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. Eventually all episodes became distributed online via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer network, although an archive of http first and second series downloads now exists〔(Index of /consolevania )〕 and lower quality http downloads are released concurrently with the more recent BitTorrent releases. ==History== ''Consolevania'' was first released online in 2004, presented by Robert Florence, former writer for BBC comedy ''Chewin' the Fat'', and Ryan Macleod. Primary coverage was of console games, however since the donation of a PC by sponsor Alienware at the start of Series Two, PC games have also been reviewed. Much of the audience for the early episodes came from various online discussion forums, in particular (Rllmuk ) (itself seen by many as the spiritual home of Consolevania) and (NTSC-UK ). The show gradually gained a substantial internet following, largely by word of mouth, and began to attract the attention of both mainstream and video gaming media. Following the description of the show by Sky News as having "something that almost every other games show ever created has lacked: true passion for the subject matter," 〔(GP Forums - Etqw Beta 2!! )〕 the BBC expressed interest in the show, reportedly since it garners "more viewers than some shows they produce already.".〔(Boomtown - PC )〕 The show received widespread underground popularity and is now a global entity. BBC Scotland commissioned a games review show from First Person Shooters in a similar vein to ''Consolevania'', titled ''videoGaiden''. This was broadcast on BBC 2 Scotland from November to December 2005 for six weeks. In April 2006, it was reported that ''Consolevania'' had acquired the movie rights to the Jeff Minter computer game Hover Bovver.〔(Consolevania gets movie rights News - Page 1 // None /// Eurogamer - Games Reviews, News and More )〕 Though they had claimed that the adaptation would be released 〔()〕 at some point in 2007, there have been no further updates since. With no statements issued by Minter about the status of the arrangement, it is presumed that the movie did not get any further than pre-production, or even enter it. New episodes of ''Consolevania'' were released online on an irregular basis, and, in response to much critical acclaim, a second run of ''videoGaiden'', featuring lengthier episodes, was commissioned by BBC Scotland and aired in late 2006.〔()〕 The third series however, has hugely focused on internet-only episodes of which 18 were made and released over a six-month period. The only material that was made specifically for broadcast were just three "TV Specials". The decision to focus so heavily on internet output seems to be in line with a soapbox piece from the second series. In this segment, Robert Florence stated that television is a dying medium and that the BBC needed to accept this and embrace internet programming, an area they currently do not understand. On October 10, 2008, Series 4 premiered on (Consolevania.com ), alongside a newly redesigned website. Series 4 was presented in a new way, with separate segments being uploaded frequently to (YouTube ). These segments were also used in new "high quality digest" episodes of compiled and exclusive content.〔(Consolevania Series 4 page )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Consolevania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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