Plus, this ep's retro gaming debate asks which was the best Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game: Sonic 2 or Streets of Rage 2? Thanks to all our backers for making this possible... and for being incredibly patient.
With the help of their special guests Ashens, Larry Bundy Jr, Dan Does, Sooz Kempner and Beanus, Mr Biffo and Gannon take a look at the MB Microvision handheld, Densha De Go! for the PlayStation 1, and Space Thunder.
Plus, this ep's retro gaming debate asks which was the best Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game: Sonic 2 or Streets of Rage 2? Thanks to all our backers for making this possible... and for being incredibly patient.
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In this terrifying prequel to the imminent retro gaming laughs of Digi Level 2, Biffo, Gannon and Sanja set out to make an episode of DIgitiser's Supernatural World... but instead encounter an Evil most Resident...
It's Digitiser Live Weekend Eve! We're about to go and pick up the van, so it's getting very real. I will try not to scrape it along a wall this time.
We know some of you are already on your way, so please travel safe. Merch pick-up will be after the show on Friday, and before the show on Saturday (we'll have a stall at Chunky Fringe, details of that below - get there early for the panels etc.). Worst case scenario, we'll be hanging around after Saturday anyway, so come and see us then. We have limited amounts of merch remaining, so it's advisable to pre-order. If you're after one of the metal Beanus plaques (we have some other additional items too), so make sure you get to the merch as soon as possible, as they'll be strictly first-come first-served, and we don't have many. Our stall should be open mid-afternoon on Saturday. Prices and details below. Card payments only if possible. Doors on Friday are at 6pm, show starts at 6.30pm. Saturday doors are 6.30pm, show at 7pm. As some of you are probably aware, there's going to be train strike on the Saturday of the Digi Live Weekend, and I know some of you have tickets already.
I mean, we could do without it - our ticket sales are a little disappointing compared to previous years, presumably due to the current cost of living - and this seems unlikely to give us the hoped-for bump in last-minute sales. We're trying to stay positive about it; the same thing happened for Cheapshow Live last year, and most people managed to get there. Plus, Friday is unaffected, and the trains will be back to normal on Sunday, for people staying over on Saturday night. There are options though! Not every train line will be affected, buses or coaches (very affordable compared to trains) will still be running, but obviously I'd advise you to a) Check with your train company whether they're running, and b) If you're thinking of getting a coach, to get on the latter asap as they're likely to get booked up. Once again, the Digi Live Weekend FB group has lots of people sharing travel and accommodation help and advice (including lift shares), so go check it out. The other option is to come to Friday, or to both nights - as a lot of people are - and go home Sunday (room prices seem to have dropped a fair bit from when we first put tickets on sale). It hopefully goes without saying that with this being our 30th anniversary we're putting together a show you'll never forget, and we want as many of you as possible to be part of it. At the same time, we completely understand that times are tight, and two nights is a big ask - especially when we're asking you to come to us. Fingers crossed you'll still find ways to get there. We know the area, so if there's anything you want to ask, or anything we can do to help, please fire away. Tickets can be found here: Friday 28th July: https://harrowarts.com/whats-on/calendar/2023-07-28 Saturday 29th July: https://harrowarts.com/whats-on/calendar/2023-07-29 Digitiser Live Weekend Night 1 tickets: https://harrowarts.com/whats-on/calendar/2023-07-28
Digitiser Live Weekend Night 2 tickets: https://harrowarts.com/whats-on/calendar/2023-07-29 Digitiser Live Weekend FAQ: https://www.facebook.com/groups/726702425742043 Digitiser Live FB Group: https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faq What's that you say? You want to know more about the Digitiser 30th Anniversary Weekend that's taking place on the 28th and 29th July 2023 at the Harrow Arts Centre? You want to know what it’ll be like??! And why we’re even doing it?!
Well, it's none of your business, frankly. I jest. Fart (read) on! This is our fourth live spectacular – including DigiFest back in 2016 – and we keep doing them because they’re like nothing else. We don’t want to get old and decrepit and regret missing an opportunity to try to bring something a little bit special into the world. Each time the shows have gotten better and more ambitious, thrusting at the envelope of what we can achieve on our budget – but that’s only part of our reason for doing it. The sense of community, to be able to share a left-field sense of humour in a safe environment full of like-minded weirdoes, isn’t something we’ve ever experienced anywhere else. This time, it’s a celebration of not just three bloody decades of a thing that – frankly – it’s probably a bit odd to be celebrating, but a celebration that we’ve only just made it through three pretty awful years. The world has become so divided, but the Digi Live Weekend is a celebration of something that can still unite us. We – me and you – have a shared history. Some of you grew up reading my words. Some of you only discovered Digi since it relaunched on YouTube, and you tell us that Sanja and I have kind of become like friends that you hang out with virtually once a week. With appearances every now and then with other mates, like the Cheapshow boys. It's happening again! Bigger and better and more anniversary-er than ever!
It may not have escaped your attention that Digitiser is celebrating 30 years of existence in 2023, and to celebrate, two years on from the triumph that was Digi Live 2.0, we're going to be hosting a full weekend of live nonsense, talks, panels and screenings. We'll be joined by lots of special guests, and over two nights we intend to entertain the living hell out of you. Your body will be broken and shattered by the time we've finished with you. You'll be begging us to stop. Read on for more details, or just throw caution to the wind and book your tickets to Night 1 here and to Night 2 here. EDIT (20 Jan 2023): If you want help with accommodation or travel, or have any questions, there's now a Facebook group set up for that: https://www.facebook.com/groups/726702425742043/ EDIT (2 Feb 2023): We've requested that the start time of the Friday night be moved to 6.30pm, with doors opening at 6pm. Also - no interval, so that we don't finish too late. A lot of you are probably sick of hearing about Digitiser Live, so we won't go on about it much more. But! C'mon. After 18 months of wretched life-slog, some of us needed it. From the performers and backstage crew, to the guests, to audience, to the venue, it was a release. Pure catharsis, wrapped up in a big "silly".
If you didn't make it, we'll find a way for you to see it. And we'll do another. Promise. It's weird. I know I say this a lot, but we're not a huge YouTube channel, and we seem to be growing at a glacial rate. By which I mean... shrinking intermittently. Yes, Digitiser has been around a long time, but all logic indicates that we shouldn't be able to do a show like that. We shouldn't be able to sell out a venue of that size, with such an enthusiastic audience. We shouldn't be able to get other creators that we admire, with far, far bigger audiences than ours, to take part. And yet... something about whatever the heck it is that we do resonates enough that we can. Imagine if we had a million subscribers! We'd be doing Digi Live at Wembley Stadium. Anyway... we started to receive letters from many of you the day after Digi Live, so we thought a Friday Letters Page would be in order. And here? Why, here is that Friday Letters Page of which I just done mentioned. Clac-clac-clac-clac-a-claccer. Claclaclac. What a year-and-a-bit it has been. Since the last Digi Live happened, Sanja and I almost died in a car accident, the world was hit by a global pandemic, Donald Trump was ousted, and Digi Live 2.0 got postponed.
Until now. It's official, kids: we’re less than a month from a brand new Digitiser Live show…! We’ve all been waiting a long time for this, and we’re working hard to ensure that wait will have been worth it. The show is bigger, madder, safer, and more ambitious than the first one. The time has come for the official Digi Live 2.0. FAQ! Read on for this aforementioned thing. |
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