(The aspect ratio of the embedded version is wrong. It’s supposed to be in full 480p/16:9. To resolve this you can click on the push-start.be icon in the lower right corner of the video to go directly to Blip.tv and use the page’s settings to watch it in its source format. It’s not a graceful workaround, but it gets the job done.)

Until the death of Consolevania, the world was given something. Such gifts are always temporary and as works of passion, are always limited in time. It’s the rule of life itself that the past can’t claim to be present in any kind of future. And part of what makes this tedious world bearable is that it’s just as fleeting as our take on it.

With those lightly salted philosopical crackers crunching amiably under the back-teeth of our mind, let me adress some even deeper issues. Since the death of Consolevania the world has been lacking an honest and unbiaised critique of the gaming lifestyle. Especially one with a barely understandable accent. And as a proud representant of the fine art of liking games dies, another one metaphorically flourishes under the bleak sun of Europe’s Belgium.

And now it’s time, Belgium steps in to give back to the world what it never had asked: Push-Start.be a show about videogames made by real connoisseurs for real aficionados.

In this episode, catchily called Apocalypse of the Consolemaniac as a reminder of good days gone by, we take a look at these games:
- F-Zero, Nintendo (E.A.D.) on Super N.E.S.
- F-Zero X, Nintendo on Nintendo 64.
- F-Zero GX, Amusement Vision (SEGA) on Nintendo GameCube.
- Guitar Hero III, Neversoft on PlayStation 3.
- Link’s Crossbow Training, Nintendo on Wii.
- Resident Evil the Umbrella Chronicles, cavia (published by Capcom) on Wii.
- Revolution X, Rage Software on PlayStation
- S.O.S. the Final Escape, Irem on PlayStation 2.
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Naughty Dog on PlayStation 3.

Download the full quality AVI file here:
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Download the PSP/PS3/Xbox 360 etc. MP4 version here:
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Many thanks to chooban from the Consolevania forums for providing us with a high-speed mirror for this episode. I’d like to point you in the general direction of his site: http://www.amusingmonkey.co.uk, which offers the best way possible to download the best Scottish gaming show of all time.