User:Agroking/Hey Ash Whatcha Playin

Hey Ash Whatcha Playin or HAWP is an irregularly updated video series focused on video games and gaming culture, utilising surreal humour. It centres around two adolescent siblings, Anthony and Ashly (Ash) Burch, living with their parents in Arizona, USA.

History

In an interview published in November 2010, Anthony Burch states that the first episode of HAWP was uploaded to Destructoid on May 29, 2008. He recalls that the first episodes were originally created as an excuse for him to learn to film with a new video camera he had bought. Because of this, many of the early videos are filmed without regulation of white balance, and are as such tinged yellow.

Ash and I got the idea for HAWP during the summer; our total lack of shit to do meant we could film an episode every week, and subsequently get the Destructoid community to acknowledge our presence through sheer force of quantity. It would have been easy for Destructoid to forget about us if we’d just filmed an episode every month, or something.

— Anthony Burch,

Ashly Burch, in a 'virtual interview' published to YouTube in July 2009 by PowsoVidz, also commented on the origins of the show.

HAWP got started because I act about as insane on HAWP as I do around my brother in everyday life. So Anthony came up to me one day and said that he was just going to record me being as weird as I usually am, and put it on the Internet.

— Ashly Burch,

Characters

Ashly

A somewhat immature character/ she will not pass up the opportunity to annoy her brother.

Anthony

Ashly's Brother whom is the prime target of her milk water gun shots.

Dad

Embodiment of mystery and evil. His presence in the series is comparatively minimal but his comedic timing makes a great addition to the pacing of the show.

Format

A standard episode begins with Anthony approaching a gaming Ashly, and asking her what she's playing. Ashly states the name of the game they are reviewing/referencing in a voice imitating their mother, who is from Thailand. This average opening scene usually has no effect on the chronological order of events of the rest of the film, for example, in the episode Fable II, Anthony asks her what she's plaing in the opening sequence, but asks her again afterwards with a rephrased question.

Episode List

Season 1

#	Title	Upload Date	Description
1	Ikaruga	May 29th, 2008	Ash plays through Treasure’s greatest shooter, as Anthony begins to loathe it.
2	Zelda	June 4th, 2008	Based on a true story, and thus significantly less zany than the other episodes.
3	Bioshock	June 10th, 2008	A teenage girl reenacts the climactic scene from BioShock, to her brother’s chagrin.
4	Father’s Day	June 17th, 2008	A (at the time, and possibly now) late Father’s Day message from Anthony and Ashly.
5	Prof. Layton	June 24th, 2008	Ashly and her brother embark on a Professor Layton and the Curious Village-themed adventure.
6	Smash Bros.	July 1st, 2008	Ashly Burch is the worst Super Smash Bros Brawl teammate in history.
7	Final Fight	July 8th, 2008	The horror…
8	E3 2008	July 22nd, 2008	Anthony is at E3, and Ashly is bored.
9	Dark Knight	July 28th, 2008	Ashly is frustrated that a Dark Knight tie-in game has not yet been released.
10	Braid	September 3rd, 2008	Ashly uses tactics learned from Jon Blow’s Braid to correct a horrible mistake.
11	Team Fortress 2	September 10th, 2008	There’s a spy sappin’ Ash’s sentry.
12	???	September 17th, 2008	For neither the first nor last time, Anthony has no idea what the hell Ash is doing.
13	Guitar Hero	October 1st, 2008	Ashly activates star power.
14	Text Adventures	October 15th, 2008	Ash is in a maze of twisting passages, all alike.
15	A Brother in Need	October 29th, 2008	For once, Ash decides to be helpful.
16	Left 4 Dead	November 12th, 2008	Ash and Anthony are going to have to cooperate.
17	I Love Videogames	November 26th, 2008	Ash lists the things she’s thankful for.
18	Fan Service, of a Sort	December 10th, 2008	What hath Ash wrought?
19	The HAWP Before Christmas	December 24th, 2008	Why aren’t there any games about the holidays?
20	2008 in Review	January 7th, 2009	Ash and Anthony discuss how last year measured up to the year before it.
21	Persona 3	January 21st, 2009	A nation mourns.
22	Animal Crossing	February 4th, 2009	No resetting.
23	Left 4 Dead Part 2	February 18th, 2009	Ash shows off her strategic mind.
24	Geometry Wars 2	March 4th, 2009	Ash brings two young lovers together.
25	Of Sexism	March 18th, 2009	A flashback reveals Ash’s machinations.
26	30 Seconds of Screaming	April 1st, 2009	Never accuse Ash of false advertising.
27	Yoshi’s Cookie	April 15th, 2009	Ash stuffs her face in a spoof on this classic video game.
28	The New Gamer Dictionary	April 30th, 2009	Like Webster’s, but with more references to Metal Gear.
29	Street Fighter IV	May 13th, 2009	Ash and Anthony pay homage to the king of all fighting games.
30	Lips	May 27th, 2009	Some songs we need not sing.
31	Katamari Damacy	June 3rd, 2009	Sometimes life isn’t funny.
32	Trauma Center	June 25th, 2009	Video gamer, heal thyself.
33	Once Upon a Pixel	July 8th, 2009	Who says fairy tales can’t include walking nuclear tanks?
34	Like Big Boss	July 22nd, 2009	Dear God, we hope this still feels relevant.
35	Metal Gear Solid 4	August 5th, 2009	The end begins.
36	The Sons of Big Boss	August 19th, 2009	Can epic music make up for spectacularly bad martial artistry? Your call.

Season 2

#	Title	Upload Date	Description
1	Viva Pinata	Example	Dads can game too...
2	Little King’s Story	Example	Example
3	Scene It?	Example	Example
4	Penny Arcade Expo 2009	Example	Example
5	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	Example	Example
6	Left 4 Dead 2	Example	Example
7	Preggers	Example	Example
8	Overlooked Games of 2009	Example	Example
9	The Most Dangerous Game	Example	Example
10	Shadow Complex	Example	Example
11	Rock Band	Example	Example
12	Psychonauts	Example	Example
13	Heavy Rain	Example	Example
14	1 vs 100	Example	Example
15	Puzzle Quest	Example	Example
16	Sleep is Death	Example	Example
17	Mother’s Day	Example	Example
18	The Ballad of Bullet Bill	Example	Example
19	The Sims	Example	Example
20	Far Cry 2	Example	Example
21	Fable II	Example	Example
22	Gears of War	Example	Example
23	Ico	Example	Example
24	Mass Effect 2	Example	Example
25	Rhythm Heaven	Example	Example
26	Monkey Island	Example	Example
27	Adventure Games Part I	Example	Example
28	Adventure Games Pt. 2	Example	Example

Season 3

#	Title	Upload Date	Description
1	World of Warcraft	February 11th, 2011	Ash questions Anthony’s marital relationship.
2	Best Characters of 2010	February 28th, 2011	In the words of Geoff Keighly: “frightful fappucino.”
3	Harvest Moon 64	March 11th, 2011	So many babes, so little time.