Belly up to the bar, cowpunchers, and help yourself to a new edition of The Deadlands Epitaph, hot off the presses! This week, Zack and Andy are discussing Chapter 4: Rubente Dextera, including more details about the inspiration for the title, the character of Deputy Obadiah Boone, and the monsters encountered in this episode. Please enjoy, let us know what you thought of the episode in the com...
2025-04-11 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostSet a spell, cowpokes, and take in the newest edition of The Deadlands Epitaph! This week, Zack and Andy are discussing Chapter 3: The Queen of the River part 2, including more details about One Eyed Jack's whole deal, unexpected moments the players threw into the mix, and speculation about the larger story at play. Please enjoy, let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments, and ...
2025-04-04 21:49:12 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy partners, and welcome back to The Deadlands Epitaph! This week, Zack and Andy are discussing Chapter 2: The Queen of the River, including more detail about the gruesome game of chop poker, Andy’s inspirations for the riverboat setting, and the unique decks of playing cards used for each episode. Please enjoy, let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments, and we'll see you...
2025-03-28 20:45:02 +0000 UTC View PostDeadlands Season 2 is here, and with it comes our new bonus behind-the-scenes Oxventure discussion show The Deadlands Epitaph, in which Marshal Andy Farrant and Oxventure Producer Zack Fortais-Gomm break down the making of the new series from inspiration to execution. Enjoy, let us know what you thought in the comments and we'll see you here next week for episode two!
2025-03-21 21:45:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Is it ok to share that I already owned a pair of tiny round Wild Wild West-style sunglasses before we played this new season of Deadlands? We're all friends here. I'm sure it's fine.
Which is to say: we're nearly ready to welcome you back to the Weird West with a whole new season of Oxventure Deadlands! It's going to be a grand old time, with higher stakes and better hats than ever...
I couldn't be more pleased to announce that the first stream of the year will be a relaxed and cozy session with Two Point Museum, wherein we'll be building the world's finest science museum: a magnificent monument to scientific genius and scientific hubris, plus gift shop. Oh, wait until you see this gift shop.
Andy can have a trip to the Haunted Mansion-looking supernatural museum as ...
We have two studios to shoot in at the moment. There's a larger studio, with a brick wall and a plant and a lamp, which you'll have seen in any of the Outside Xbox or Outside Xtra list videos. That's also the studio where we shoot Oxventure videos, with a bunch of fancy lighting and a bunch of black curtains.
In this week's 2025-01-30 16:20:00 +0000 UTC
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Season's greetings, folks! Wishing you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and/or generally a Cool Yule and restful festive time with your best people. We're especially thankful at this time of year for the good vibes going on in our special community.
Hope you've been enjoying the Xmas Challenge Tournament of Champions (concludes tomorrow!) and here's a little teaser (pictured) for...
2024-12-25 16:52:12 +0000 UTC View PostHello, festive friends!
We're looking to squeeze in a final stream of the year, amidst the work on our Game of the Year video, Andy's traditional Quiz of the Year and the ongoing Tournament of Champions.
We'd like to make it a Jackbox party game, and he...
Has it been a whole year already?
The epic Tournament of Champions returns to Outside Xbox and Outside Xtra on Friday with daily challenges every day till the 25th! Can last year's tournament winner Mike 'A Christmas Prince' Channell be dethroned or will we suffer another year of his tyrannical reign?
This year's tournament structure features four solo challenges followed by six...
December! It's the Friday of the year, if you think about it. Don't think about it too hard. In any case, it's nearly here.
It's around this time of year I like to check in with the two bears who live on Vancouver's Grouse Mountain. Grinder and Coola are two dude bears who, as December draw...
One of my favourite things we've ever done in Dungeons & Dragons is D&D But... Everyone Has Amnesia: our delicious homebrewed D&D variant in which everyone plays a character who wakes up with no memory of who they are or how they got there, revealing their stats and spells by gradually scratchin...
2024-11-22 16:04:45 +0000 UTC View Post
You know when you're so busy that there's a new Dragon Age game and you haven't even had time to figure out which companion you're going to commit yourself to smooching? That.
Hi, it's me, Jane.
Prior to launch I was convinced goth assassin Lucanis was a dead cert for BioWare Boyfriend status. He's got spectral murder wings, for goodness' sake. But then here's positively delightful ...
2024-11-08 14:59:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone, a dog took my job, but never mind, because here 's the final episode of Unwinding Wyrdwood! Join DM Johnny Chiodini and Producer Zack as they sit down for a discussion about Chapter 8: Friends & Falsehoods - Part 2, including the cult and the anti-magic beliefs in Haeorth, the connection between the Poor Man and the Shimmering Lady and improvisation in the final combat sessi...
2024-11-01 21:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe've extended the pre-sale allocation with more than 100 additional standard tickets - hit this link to buy: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/app/ev/24142
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Exciting news, Oxventure fans! In April 2025 Oxventure is staging its first ever standalone theatre show, and as valued patrons, you get access to a special early presale. Tickets will sell quickly so run, don't walk, to the following links to secure your spot!
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Praise Cadence, it's the penultimate episode of Unwinding Wyrdwood! Join DM Johnny Chiodini and Producer Zack as they sit down for a discussion about Chapter 7: Friends & Falsehoods - Part 1, including the cult and their anti-magic sentiments, the Poor Man and his whole deal, and the consequences of the envelopes. Please enjoy, let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments, an...
2024-10-25 20:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the most wonderful time of the year: our annual Hallowstream session of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines! Join us in deepest, darkest Hollywood with the most chaotic fledgling vampire in town:
SEXTERITY CHECK | Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines ...
Welcome back, woodland adventurers, to Unwinding Wyrdwood! Join DM Johnny Chiodini and Producer Zack as they sit down for a discussion about Episode six: Shapes in the Mist, including the stats for the Goodfellows, the results of the two envelopes, and the arrival of the Poor Man before our two-part finale. Please enjoy, let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments, and we'll see...
2024-10-19 13:26:36 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back, you lusty woodsmen, to Unwinding Wyrdwood. Join DM Johnny Chiodini and Producer Zack as they sit down for a discussion about the many challenges Johnny faced DMing this episode, a bit more background on magic in the world of Wyrdwood, and the fact that someone finally got an envelope! Please enjoy, let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments, and we'll see you back...
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Hallowstream approaches! As the nights draw in and the vibes get spooktacular, we ready ourselves for our two-week festival of terror! Behold, the Hallowstream 2024 schedule, starting 17th October and featuring new games (Silent Hill 2 remake, Fear the Spotlight, Alan Wake 2's Lake House DLC), old favourites (Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines and Phasmophobia), the FMV Zone and Ellen's Fear Ac...
2024-10-05 21:37:12 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back, Wyrdwood enjoyers, to Unwinding Wyrdwood! Join DM Johnny Chiodini and Producer Zack as they sit down for an illuminating chat about the inspirations and thinking that went into Oxventure Wyrdwood episode 4: The Path of Broken Oaths. Please enjoy, let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments, and we'll see you back here next week for episode five!
2024-10-04 19:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back, treasured Wyrdos, to Unwinding Wyrdwood! Join DM Johnny Chiodini and Producer Zack as they sit down for a cosy fireside chat about Oxventure Wyrdwood episode 3, covering such diverse topics as the folklore surrounding Gabble Ratchets and Dullahans, the mystery of the man in the big hat, and of course, Jurassic Park 3 and how it influenced this story. Please enjoy, let us know...
2024-09-27 20:47:37 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, Wyrdos, and welcome back to Unwinding Wyrdwood! This week, Zack and Johnny are discussing Episode 2: Rootbound, including more detail about what happened to the villagers, Johnny’s inspirations for the episode, and just what is going on with the strange man who keeps appearing at the most inopportune moments. Please enjoy, let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments...
2024-09-20 20:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's that magical pre-Halloween time of year when I start to think baking would be a good idea and the work Slack is full of aspirational Home Depot lawn ornaments. Andy tells me 9-Foot Werewolf is the new 2024-09-18 10:36:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Wyrdwood is here, and with it comes our new bonus behind-the-scenes Oxventure discussion show Unwinding Wyrdwood, in which Dungeon Master Johnny Chiodini and Oxventure Producer Zack Fortais-Gomm break down the making of the new series from inspiration to execution. Enjoy, let us know what you thought in the comments and we'll see you here next week for episode two.
2024-09-13 20:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The nights are getting longer* and the lattes are getting pumpkin spiced, so say goodbye August, hello September, and hello to a new month of streams on Outside Xbox!
The schedule kicks off this Friday with Squirrel With a Gun, which is exactly what you think it is. Mike will be taking on the role of the titular squirrel from 4PM UK time | 8AM Pacific | 11AM Eastern. It's the part he was ...
2024-09-02 20:58:30 +0000 UTC View Post
What a week! Things might look calm and regular on the surface but like a bunch of powerful swans, we're paddling our big orange feet furiously below the surface, making stuff happen.
Things like the new Oxventure D&D campaign ✨Oxventure Wyrdwood✨, which debuts next month. We've been playing it!
You might have heard Andy and I (Jane, hello, it's me) talking about the new cam...
2024-08-16 11:16:10 +0000 UTC View PostLater today, Ellen will be playing the cat game while we watch Ellen play the cat game, answer questions, and eat snacks. Hey, it's Friday! Everyone deserves snacks.
Grown Woman Cries at Videogame Cat | Little Kitty Big City 🐈 🌆 Live Stream
https://www.youtube.com/live/bHuxR8HZXX0&n...
Tonight on Oxventure, we're premiering the first episode in a four-episode mini season of tabletop RPG Teens in Space: a sci-fi adventure powered by the breezy Kids on Bikes system. We're teens! We steal a spaceship! There's a cockney AI!
Dad's Gonna be So Mad! | Teens in Space TTRPG | Episode 1 2024-08-02 11:27:08 +0000 UTC View Post