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==Recurring characters==
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'''Legend''', internet videogaming champion. Most of Legend's appearances are during the show's end credits, and go into his backstory. During his debut, he used the distinctive rhyming patter of [[Mohammed Ali]] ("You play the game, I'll take your name, and do something to you that rhymes the same").
'''Legend''', internet videogaming champion. Most of Legend's appearances are during the show's end credits, and go into his backstory. During his debut, he used the distinctive rhyming patter of [[Muhammad Ali]] ("You play the game, I'll take your name, and do something to you that rhymes the same").


'''Barry Anoki''', a [[Glasgow]] hard-man who is the international correspondent for a news programme. He frequently uses authentically Glaswegian slang based upon videogaming ("That's pure psycho mantis, man!"). Largely similar to another character created by Florence for [[Chewin' the Fat]].
'''Barry Anoki''', a [[Glasgow]] hard-man who is the international correspondent for a news programme. He frequently uses authentically Glaswegian slang based upon videogaming ("That's pure psycho mantis, man!"). Largely similar to another character created by Florence for [[Chewin' the Fat]].

Revision as of 21:45, 14 January 2006

Videogaiden is a Scottish computer games television show broadcast by the BBC. Its creators and presenters, Robert Florence and Ryan Macleod, are responsible for the internet-distributed videogaming show Consolevania, upon which the show is based.

Each of the show's six ten minute episodes was broadcast on BBC 2 Scotland (a, and can also be viewed online from the BBC's web site.

Recurring characters

Legend, internet videogaming champion. Most of Legend's appearances are during the show's end credits, and go into his backstory. During his debut, he used the distinctive rhyming patter of Muhammad Ali ("You play the game, I'll take your name, and do something to you that rhymes the same").

Barry Anoki, a Glasgow hard-man who is the international correspondent for a news programme. He frequently uses authentically Glaswegian slang based upon videogaming ("That's pure psycho mantis, man!"). Largely similar to another character created by Florence for Chewin' the Fat.