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HAWPcast: Super Kawaii Animu Episode Gaiden

Image by desfunk. Ash and I don't watch a lot of anime, but we've watched enough to fill an hour's worth of podcastery. If you've got a soft spot for Cowboy Bebop, or if you absolutely hate Azuma...

ANTHONY BURCH HATES GAY PEOPLE

At the conclusion of a recent episode of "Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin," Anthony Burch instantly and remorselessly bought Shadow Complex off Xbox Live Arcade, subsequently funding an author who has re...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: The Most Dangerous Game

I'm pretty happy with this week's episode of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'. I was kind of worried that the subject matter may have been too grim to be funny for most people (a la Geometry Wars), but t...

HAWPcast: Why Did You Show Me That

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' is a surreal comedy series made by Anthony and Ashly Burch. They do a (semi) weekly podcast. This week's episode of the HAWPcast is, perhaps thankfully, a little shorter ...

HAWPcast: a Dr Who sandwich on Half-Life bread

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' is a surreal comedy series made by Anthony and Ashly Burch. They do a (semi) weekly podcast. Don't worry, this week's HAWPcast (click the iTunes button on the right side ...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Overlooked Games of 2009

My New Year's Resolution is to learn more about lighting. I'll stick to it until roughly the end of this sentence. This week's episode is a sort of 2009-in-review thing, except not really. Perhap...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: preggers

Nobody seems to like this week's episode of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin', but that's okay, because I do. I usually have trouble thinking of something else to write for these HAWP promotional posts. O...

HAWPcast: no resettin'

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' is a surreal comedy series made by Anthony and Ashly Burch. They do a (semi) weekly podcast. This week's HAWPcast starts off like your typical nostalgia trip -- Ash used ...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2 is a pretty fun game on its own. What's even cooler about it, however, is that its rules are flexible enough to allow for multiple methods of play: in the same way that Far Cry 2 le...

HAWPcast: the Time Lord victorious

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' is a surreal comedy series made by Anthony and Ashly Burch. They do a (semi) weekly podcast. Ashly and myself enjoy Doctor Who. We've made very little secret of this thro...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin': Uncharted 2

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin is a Dtoid-created comedy series about videogames and cupcakes. This week's episode may initially seem the stuff of tired conversations and unimaginative theories, but sti...

HAWPcast: Once Upon a Pixel

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' is a surreal comedy series made by Anthony and Ashly Burch. Once Upon a Pixel is a completely different series made by some of the same people. If you hate one, you may l...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Penny Arcade Expo 2009

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' is Destructoid's surreal comedy series about videogames and gamer culture. It's pretty good. At this year's Penny Arcade Expo, Ash and I had a panel, and that was fun. Du...

HAWPcast: A bunch of stories you can't relate to

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' is a surreal comedy series made by Anthony and Ashly Burch. They do a weekly podcast about the show, and everything else that comes to mind. God help the stream-of-consci...

The HAWPcast: Tarantino and Zombies

Yeah, it's called the HAWPcast now. "Hey Ash, Whatcha Podcastin'" is so three-to-six weeks ago.In this episode, Ash and I talk about nonlinear plot and characterization in videogames (t...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin': Scene It?

My favorite user comment on this week's episode of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' is as follows:HaroAndTorii: the dad looks like he is racist I couldn't write something that good if I tried. And I...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Podcastin': Twilight and cosplay

I'll be the first to admit that a lot of the stuff Ash and I discuss in this episode will seem kind of outdated to most of you. Twilight fans ruining Comic Con, Adella, the sexy Link twins -- if ...

Hey Ash Whatcha Playin Season One DVD now available!

Woot.If you enjoy "Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin" but are tired of waiting for new episodes or listening to our podcast, then mayhaps this finely crafted DVD will do something for you. Featur...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Podcastin': Raimi & Evie

If you're not familiar with the moderately popular web series "Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'," we're not really surprised. Still you may enjoy it -- and if you do, you may also enjoy the off...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Season Two begins!

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' is a surreal web series about videogames and cupcakes. You might like it, you might not. Our midseason break is finally over, and I'm pleased to announce that the second ...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Podcastin': a few decent stories

If you're not familiar with the moderately popular web series "Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'," we're not really surprised. Still you may enjoy it -- and if you do, you may also enjoy the off...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Podcastin: One Fatty, One Choice

All new episode of the official podcast from the creators of Hey Ash Whatcha Playin, all new audio issues. You can actually hear what Ash says this time around, but I'm too damn loud much of the ...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Podcastin': episode one

Two Burch siblings. One crappy microphone. Sixty minutes of rambling, oft-incoherent musings on sexism and gaming. Welcome to the official podcast from the creators and stars of Hey Ash, Whatcha ...

Wanna design menus for the Hey Ash Whatcha Playin DVD?

Straight to the point -- I'm working on the DVD for the first season of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin, and I've got a problem.I'm working on the cover art. That's not a problem. And I finally figured o...

Our PAX panel intro "Applause Please"

I landed in Seattle for my very first PAX Thursday afternoon, and the moment I got off the plane, I was greeted with warm hugs and smiles from our epic community. The first 48 hours here have bee...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Viva Pinata

Behold, 'tis the "exclusive, between-seasons" episode of HAWP that was shown at today's PAX panel. Not so exclusive NOW, is it? Ha. Hahaha. Muahahah-alright, that's enough.This paragrap...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: The Sons of Big Boss

Everything that begins, must end.Ideally, everything that begins must also come back after a two or three month break with an entirely new batch of episodes. But that's not as catchy. So, that wa...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Metal Gear Solid 4

And so we dive headlong into the season finale of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'. I'm not quite finished filming the second part of the finale, so I can't say for sure whether which part of the season'...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Like Big Boss

The end begins.Though you wouldn't think to look at it, "Like Big Boss" is -- or is, at least, planned to be -- the lead-in to our two-part season finale which will either be really epi...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Once Upon a Pixel

Just us and some kids, hanging out. Doing our thing. Listening to a story.I'm really quite proud of this episode, though a lot of that is due in part to the fact that I had almost nothing to do w...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin': Trauma Center

This is the newest episode of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'. It is about Trauma Center. Now that we've got a panel at PAX, I've gotten all nervous about what will or won't be helpful to talk about, ho...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' is coming to the Penny Arcade Expo

If you're going to PAX this September (and really, why wouldn't you be?), you might like to know that both Ashly Burch and I will be presenting a panel on the first day of the expo.On Friday, Sep...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Katamari Damacy

If you happen to have any time between reading hands-ons and coming to grips with the major announcements from this year's E3, perhaps you would like to check out this week's episode of Hey Ash, ...

Would you kindry check out this new HAWP shirt?

Just in case our Papa Burch design was too badass for you, perhaps you will be more comfortable wearing this brand new shirt, which features Ash and her stupid face along with one of her better l...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Lips

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin is in HD now. HAWP HD. HDAWP.I like HD, because it makes it look like way more effort went into every shot than actually did. Before, a shot of me in a chair that was full...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Street Fighter IV

We made a new episode of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin. It is about Street Fighter IV. You can watch it here. It occurred to me a little while ago that these videos have begun to feel more like individ...

The Destructoid Comic: HAWP to it

Jim, CTZ and the RetroforeGO! crew are traveling through the Destructoid City subway system, which is now overrun with zombie trolls. There they find Necros, who leads them to a safe room/broom c...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: New Gamer Dictionary

I was absolutely sure that this week's HAWP would be a "love it or hate it" sort of an episode, but roughly half the comments so far seem to think that it's just so-so. More proof that ...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Yoshi's Cookie

I swear to God, I used to have a picture of Ash staring at cookies and I was going to use that picture and say "oh well I guess I did have one picture left" since I'd been saving it for...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: 30 Seconds of Screaming

Ash and I briefly toyed with making an April Fool's HAWP where we get along together and really cliche Dido music plays or something, but instead we decided to do this.And yes, that is a picture ...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Of Sexism

A fair number of viewers took offense to last week's Geometry Wars 2 episode. This week, Ash and I thought we should explain ourselves.  [Fanart by Daniel Gidlow.]

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Geometry Wars 2

Ash wasn't in the last video, so I'm not in this one.Watch it here. 

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: a second Left 4 Dead episode

Yes, it's Left 4 Dead: the game so nice, we highlighted it twice. Go here to watch the new episode. I also hope whoever thought it'd be fun to make a thousand different codecs for every sing...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Animal Crossing

I'll be totally up front with you -- I thought this week's HAWP was one of our worst, but all of a sudden all the GT comments are really positive, and I now have to basically hang my head and ad...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Persona 3

The new episode of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin is watchable here.It is about Persona 3.Amongst other things.The Papa B HAWP shirt is still available. I've noticed that shirt supplies have lowered fo...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: 2008 in Review

Pic unrelated. This is a link to the new episode of "Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin". The new episode is noteworthy in that I totally forgot to advertise the new, official HAWP shirt at the e...

Be a badass like Papa Burch: the first official HAWP T-shirt is for sale!

It's been somewhat hard to accept the fact that no matter how much effort Ash and myself may put into our biweekly episodes of "Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin", we will never be as universall...

Okay, I sort of lied: it's the Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' Christmas episode

It was not my intent to lie to you last week when I said we wouldn't be doing a Christmas-themed episode, but site member "iheartanthonyburch" suggested we do a "Night Before Chri...

New HAWP is a self-reflexive meta-video

Well, not really. But it is about the various user-created spinoffs and weird homages to the series that have cropped up.It now occurs to me that Christmas is coming up pretty soon, and I have n...

HAWP wishes you a happy Thanksgiving with a new episode

If you're not already watching football or stuffing mashed potatoes into your face, then you should take the time to watch this week's episode of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin. It's our shortest one y...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Left 4 Dead

This week's new HAWP is one of my favorites, which means you probably won't like it at all if you are retarded. Most of the HAWP's we've done fall into either two categories: they're referential ...

The new HAWP is a special effects extravaganza*

New HAWP's up. I kind of have trouble coming up with anything more to say than that. My sister's a bitch? *Translation: I learned to use keyframes.

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Text Adventures

 Hey, look: it's a new episode of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin. This one is less about a specific game as it is an entire genre, but you'll get the general idea.Just to once again remind everybod...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Guitar Hero

New HAWP is up on GameTrailers -- this one's about Guitar Hero. Nobody seems to like it that much, but them's the breaks.Also, we've got a new schedule going: you get a new HAWP every other Thurs...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: ???

Ash is weird. That's all I can really say.  It's just -- I don't...screw it. She's just goddamned unusual. Just...just watch the video.

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Team Fortress 2

Yes, I know. You didn't like our Braid episode that much. I get it. I understand. I forgive you.You'll probably like the new episode a lot more, and if you don't then you're a stupid person who ...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin's triumphant return...at GameTrailers!

After a month or so of keeping our fans (both of them) in suspense, I'm more than pleased to announce...HAWP IS BACK! We're now being hosted at GameTrailers, and you can see the newest and Braid-...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playing: the mid-season break

[video]97077:96[/video]Ignoring the goofy, not-strictly-videogame-related video above, I have some business to share: Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' (join our Facebook group!) will be taking a short hi...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playing: Episode Seven

[video]95067:56[/video]As I was at E3 this past week, Ashly, who is a bitch, was left to her own devices.This, evidently, is what her life is like when I'm away.It's not as zany as you'd think. A...

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playing: Episode Six

[video]94228:45[/video] We've always tried to make each episode of HAWP different from the last, in terms of both narrative and style of humor.That should hopefully explain this most recent epis...

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