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Does Jonathan Pie need to hire a researcher?

I watched a video today by Jonathan Pie. If you’re unfamiliar with his work, he’s a character performed by Tom Walker, who satirises current news stories. I’ve been watching his content for many years and enjoy his tongue-in-cheek approach. Today however, I take umbrage with the video I’ve just seen. (Umbrage, does anyone even use that word anymore?) My annoyance stems from his recent video entailed Acting Gay! in which he talks about Russell T …

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Going Live with RollerCoaster Tycoon World (RCTW)

I bought RollerCoaster Tycoon World on the day of release. Although the game is still in Early Access (like Beta) I have been having a lot of fun playing and making tutorial videos for YouTube. On the strength of these videos, Atari approached me and asked if I would like to stream live on Twitch. I’d never streamed before and as Atari were hosting and moderating for me, I had quite a lot of viewers …

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The new Will & Grace?

There are 1.5 billion people in China – that’s one fifth of the planet’s population – and same-sex relationships are still not recognised. It’s no longer illegal to be gay in China, but the LGBT community have no rights. In fact, there are none recognition and anti-gay laws covering the whole of Asia; but as we are all aware, just because these laws exist, that doesn’t mean that gay people don’t. It is estimated that …

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The funniest YouTube videos

The internet is a fountain of knowledge with the whole of recorded human history at our fingertips… It’s also an ever increasing world of comedy and viral videos. I’m always coming across some video that is either epic or hysterical; so thought I would compile them here. This is the ever-expanding collection of my favourite videos currently on YouTube. My first choice has been circulating social media for the past year and no matter how …

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La Roux Bulletproof like you’ve never heard it before: Bullet Chicken

So after weeks of Apocalypse, I wanted to do something completely different; funny but also ridiculously stupid. This seemed to fit the brief. It’s also a social experiment. I know Apocalypse is good and the people who watched it really liked it – but there wasn’t that many people who actually watched it. I’ve thought long and hard about why. I split the entire piece up into daily, two minute videos, I released weekly catch-ups …

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Apocalypse is here!

Welcome to the year 2046. Alien contact, light-speed travel, war, murder and global flooding… all described by one man, trapped in a bunker hidden underground. How has the world advanced and decayed so quickly? Apocalypse is set 32 years in the future; a future that for a time was at peace for the first time in history. What went wrong? Why is humanity now destroying itself and how has Sebastian Jones survived? Apocalypse is a …

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Writing Comedy: I thought I was funny!

I’ve been a writer since I was able to put pen to paper, but I’ve never written comedy before. So, I gave it a go. Comedy – like most things – is subjective. One person could find something hilarious while the other doesn’t even muster a smile. When it comes to writing, comedy is one of the hardest things to gauge. With songs, there is a formula one can follow to produce beautiful sounds – …

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An Actor’s Diary: The Music Video

If you get a chance to star in a music video – do it! In 2008 I was cast as ‘one of the lads’ in Amy MacDonald‘s This Is The Life video. It was only a half day shoot and most of that was either in make-up or sitting around waiting to perform. Luckily drinks and snacks were available and the crew were a great laugh. The whole cast bonded really well and although we …

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