Show of the Weekend: Apple Arcade and WE TOOK SLOFIES!

[@outsidextra]

This week's Show of the Weekend isn't on a purple sofa, but a bench in Apple Park, as Ellen and Luke had a sneaky look at some of the new gadgets and games coming from Apple. Plus we read through your comments and have a disagreement over flapjacks...!

[@edibleknivess6600]

Im awake

[@zephos859]

Things are heating up in the flapjack fandom

[@dallydaydream]

* chants * Soft and chewy, soft and chewy!

[@Jambobist]

You know who likes crunchy flapjacks? Murderers, that's who.

[@kallasantysanty6092]

Hurray for global tracking chips! We will never loose sight of OXtra ever again ... NEVER! Also someone broke your microwave, and the local phone reception is down ... strange :P

[@brocksisson7128]

Jane is getting bolder with her experiments. Love her icon being Prudence too.

[@recklessroges]

Prudence just plays Jane in the mortal realms.

[@steverob5]

Also love her wallpaper being the Haunted Mansion

[@videohound2005]

Yes Bolder, that's what they call it.

[@lannstarr35]

who is this Prudence you speak of there is only Jane

[@ChrisOsberg]

Was her WhatsApp screen reversed? Her messages were on the left. Do their own messages show up on the left, in the UK the way they drive?? 🤔😉 Also, a golf ball behind the eye?? 😨

[@MichaelSmith-zw5fu]

I could clearly hear Andy's worry and Jane's nonchalant disregard for safety in this week's cold open. Even in text form. Amazing.

[@serendipitydiamond2842]

I've never found myself in love with hair before, but the bob in Luke's hair during the slowfie was incredible.

[@CaitlinRC]

So Mike has a camera behind his eye, Ellen and Luke have tracking devices, so what does Andy have? Jane wouldn't leave him out of the fun, would she?

[@PhantomJokerX]

I have always thought that Andy is Jane's Handler. Like Diana to Hitman.

[@TimEd.o7o7]

Have you forgotten? Andy is on his way into becomming a sentient planet.

[@inchanceso]

Andy has Jane’s £50-£100... I hope

[@ramsay2234]

Andy is Jane’s life like A.I. We all know he only has two emotional states.

[@Sol-mr1lv]

An RFID chip in his forehead, we learned that yesterday, where were you?

[@Binary-]

Jane's "LOL" at the end really makes it

[@arsen4512]

I'm too much of an introvert to have an imaginary friend... Too much social interaction...

[@tomothy1625]

Finn Adnitt imaginary android

[@kallasantysanty6092]

It could have been a quiet, unobtrusive almost invisible creature living under your bed, just to keep you company when you go to sleep (and in the dream lands ...).

[@fredslipknot9]

Finn Adnitt yeah same tbh

[@geistdraco8437]

Simply put i had one called not me.

[@kallasantysanty6092]

@Danny Dolan Yeah, basicly a cat (they are interdimensional creatures after all) :D

[@maxvel0city906]

I love how Luke and Ellen get on like an old married couple sometimes. Luke: "They need a bit of crunch." Ellen: "lowerers sunglasses and glares at Luke!" 👀

[@suisui7481]

Yeah but dont ship them since luke is apparently married and even shipping real people is wrong

[@maxvel0city906]

@@suisui7481 yeah, I know Luke is married and I wasn't shipping Luke and Ellen I was just pointing out some how some of their interactions are adorable and that's why I love the dream team Luke and Ellen.💜

[@suisui7481]

@@maxvel0city906yeah they are amazing together I actually clicked with them faster than the oxbox and I think it is because I watched them from the release till now

[@williamw2529]

Lol looks like sarcasm fails again

[@stylusandpapyrus]

Watching you two maneuver the camera and the seating arrangement to get Luke in the shade......perfect moment, so fun, so British, lovely.

[@bilbo_t_baggins2762]

My childhood imaginary friend was a fat kid called Cooper. It was him that ate all the chocolate. ...not me.

[@Icam_here]

best opening ever

[@Icam_here]

this was a rather great Show of the Weekend, thank you for making one despite your busy traveling schedule this week

[@sappho_irl]

Jane's continued descent (orrr rise??) into a super villain is the best OxCrew storyline.

[@GhengisJohn]

New Third option for the poll: *"Help! I'm an American and have no idea which of these is better?!"*

[@TwitchWasHere]

They seem to be pretty similar to granola bars, so I just went with my preference for them.

[@CamTheHero]

GhengisJohn honestly I thought they were just mini pancakes when they appeared and I went with it

[@nickjeffery536]

So why did you not take the purple sofa with you??? Poor Sofia the Sofa... I bet she's crying...

[@spyro454]

Next step: Slofies on the sofa! ...Slofas

[@fredslipknot9]

Nick Jeffery the most important member of Outside Xtra!

[@kadosho02]

Sofia is always in their hearts

[@mightybeastofbengal]

Sofia tried to keep up but she was slow. She changed her name to Slofia.

[@mik4k6]

It seems that Sofia the Sofa isn't Sofia the First (Sofa)... She's a replacement! 😵😱 She doesn't even have Mike's custom butt-grooves! 😢 Does that make her an "Imposterpedic"?

[@ptonpc]

Apple doing slow motion on the front camera. I've just checked my old Nokia 6. It can do it too. Years before Apple.

[@Zoso14892]

Every feature apple announced has been done by someone else years before. None of it is new yet they manage to market it like it is.

[@drewskimcg2822]

They are all very excited about putting a fast charger in the box, adding a camera, increasing a battery... The innovation is simply staggering! ^sarcasm, in case you didn't catch it^

[@theodorepinnock1517]

Ellen killing us with that hair flick.

[@chilledpint1214]

Flapjacks should be like armadillos, smooth on the inside and crunchy on the outside.

[@zerin25]

Wait, they release a black hole when their trainer is in ANY kind of danger? Woah, better stick to the soft and chewy flapjacks rather than the ones which can break your teeth. For the good of humanity.

[@fatumamamamamama]

I had a bunch of imaginary friends when I was growing up (I'm guessing my stuffed animals that I gave complex interior lives don't count), but the only ones I remember very well were Roger (a blue talking pig from Japan) and her brother Lloyd (some kind of green cat creature??) and thanks to the ennui of early adolescence, all our silly adventures got more and more complicated until I started actually writing them and that's how I got into writing lmao props to my weird babies

[@thatsdruidic]

Ellen considering finding a new co-presenter as Luke describes his desire for crunchy flap-jacks.

[@bett431]

Mikes Hitman play style is what it should be. He s just always doing the most fun thing without worrying what comes next and without trying to achieve something in the most efficient way possible. Maybe his chaos is a form of patience as well.

[@laterkater4213]

As one of those for whom Show of the Weekend is a weekly ritual, I would have totally understood a short/altered/nonexistent Show of the Weekend given you guys were in the US. But I’m so glad you went the extra mile and did a full one for us. ❤️

[@thegoshdarnedbatman5257]

“He’s a patience vampire” is my new favourite descriptor ever

[@JeanBeta]

My imaginary friend was Godzilla. He was 4’6” and a great listener

[@alinebrugger9570]

My imaginary friend was a bee of varying size called "bienli", which roughly translates into little bee :)

[@timhutchinson8485]

I love how my comment sparked a discussion on the proper sort of UK Flapjack 😂

[@catharinabroes3096]

My imaginary friend was the Prince of the Dinosaur World. We don't need context for this.

[@datguyuno98]

I’m so happy that Simogo are finally getting some real press coverage. Their horror game, Year Walk, is an absolute master class in storytelling, visual design,and atmosphere. It’s one of my favorite games of all time and it’s such an underrated gem. Device 6 is a phenomenal puzzle game with an amazing aesthetic and great story. Sailors Dream is an extremely simple and yet beautiful game that tells a very compelling story and has some great music. Beat Sneak Bandit is a fun and quirky rhythm game that visually reminds me a lot of Night in The Woods. All of these games are really good and all of them deserve more recognition (but mostly Year Walk) so if you have an iPhone please for the love of god play more of their games. Year Walk is also available on Steam and WiiU.

[@kcollier710]

So the next time someone falls to their demise we can watch it in slow motion? Wonderful... Also I never had imaginary friends but I often put myself in some of my favorite TV series such as Star Trek and Mission Impossible.

[@MetabolicSpore0]

Mike is a patience vampire?... It all makes sense now🤯

[@steelfist3956]

Sorry Luke, I'm with Ellen on this one. Soft flapjacks are better than rock hard flapjacks.

[@averyabbott4162]

Welllllllllll, let’s be honest, waffles are better than both

[@misterthegeoff9767]

I used to work at a place where the staff canteen made flapjacks fresh, the slightly crunchy ones from the edge of the pan were always the last to be sold.

[@fredslipknot9]

Steel Fist yeah agreed

[@Randyhoar]

That whatsapp thread is now my most favourite OX content ever

[@TheElkMaidenn]

I didn't even think about this until now, but it's super cute. Anyway, the youngest of my many brothers used to have a 6-foot tall glow in the dark penguin with night vision goggle called Phrosty as his imaginary friend, who he was absolutely certain existed, and the only reason the rest of us never saw him was because he went to the moon every day using the cardboard box used for the hamsters cage delivery and only came back at night whilst everyone else was asleep. He actually made his Dad put out some of his clothes for Phrosty one night because he was sad that he didn't have any of his own. Anyway, I thought someone would find this cute.

[@brentage5000]

My imaginary friend growing up wasn't exactly 'imaginary'. Rather, it was a three-foot long stuffed St. Bernard that I had absolutely convinced myself was a real dog.

[@brocksisson7128]

Ellen: I should lend Andy my Switch Luke: Absolutely not. We all know from BOTW what Lukes Switch lending policy is.

[@merepseu]

Luke doesn't wish that existential crisis on anyone.

[@PhantomJokerX]

8:52 A wild MKBHD appears in the background.

[@taylorbarker616]

You know what, I am awake at 3 AM in California, mostly because for Friday the 13th I had: Ticket sales run out Very expensive and loving fish (Discus) die AND the bloody central sewage line got blocked and backed up for 8 HOURS before we fixed it. I hate everything, but this is the last thing I see before finally going to bed, and that makes be happy. Thank you for the relief. Love you guys, I hope to buy you all a drink one day. Cheers.

[@polkarrty]

I assume the whole show happened before that intro RIP Luke and Ellen

[@ptonpc]

Jane's got hot spares.

[@wamblingwimblingwumblingwo3392]

I assume it was after. Why else would they be wearing sunglasses in the shade?

[@jeremywasik]

Luke: Describes Smash stream as "brightly colored nonsense." Me: Isn't that the theme of this channel?

[@andymcp4752]

Wish I could live my life with the same carefree confidence as the maniac that pitched the name 'Slofies' Definitely a Bud Fenzler type mover and shaker

[@Cat-xt5zf]

Andy, I adore your haunted mansion wallpaper. You have excellent taste!

[@NisansaDdS]

A patience vampire, you say? **Writes a latter to the Hardsuit Labs**

[@clairet-rex]

What this episode has confirmed... Oxtra has the best hair game out of the channels Andy definitely has that Haunted Mansion/Phantom Manor wallpaper in one room of his house at least

[@thisdamnthingy]

Soft pancakes. Crispy waffles. Turns out Ellen knows how to draw a decent Danger Mouse. Excellent.

[@blueguard61]

Hearing Luke talking about the way of watching someone else playing Smash reminded me a bit of when I started fencing. When you first watch two fencers in a duel, it's completely overwhemling and you see almost nothing expect "noise". But once you understand the mechanics, time suddenly flows different and you see patterns.

[@KristiChan1]

"Slofies." I'm going to curl up in my closet and sob. Shove snacks and water under the door in a couple of hours.

[@Ahhhhhh_Book_Monster]

My childhood imaginary friend was Orion (based on the constellation). I still, once in a while, look up at the sky at night and let him know I'm doing alright.

[@Crimson_Rogue97]

Come on Nintendo, Luke & Ellen for the next Smash confirmed!

[@lucieeatssnekkers2756]

The most dynamic of duos

[@Zeokage]

I need to try making Mii characters of them, although I'm sure someone's made them somewhere...

[@HazeEmry]

Aren't they just Nana and Popo though? (the Ice Climbers)

[@Floz000]

It was about the games at first, but getting to know your personalities and enjoying your interactions, I'd be happy watching you guys talk about or doing just about anything! Luke, Ellen, Mike, Andy, and Jane are just so entertaining, I always look forward to watching the shows and lists every week.

[@olicarlisle-brown5385]

Anyone else disappointed SLOFIE doesn't stand for Sloth-selfie?

[@kallasantysanty6092]

Now i'm sad because i don't remember any imaginary friends at all (did i mention already my memory is realy, realy bad? i don't remember). But as you two are the coolest "kids" i ever knew (not in person sadly) you would make perfect imaginary and non-imaginery friends at the same time (more time spend with Oxtra yey :P) And that's my entry into the comments edition :D Also a Biclop would be a cool (imaginery) friend to have, always watching your back, big and strong to protect you (and with his own lawn mower the size of a small house :P). If you don't know who Biclop is then just watch Mad Jack the Pirate (The Curse of the Blue Karbunkle episode) ... i may have already recommend that one to you on Twitter ... i think i did ...

[@Marthe06]

Ellen said I'd be able to see myself in the reflection of her sunglasses. I look suspiciously like a camera on a tripod.

[@InfelixSoror]

Aftersun, Luke? Was the trip such short notice that even Vacation Luke with his Tactical Backpack of Suncream was caught unawares?

[@fisherrend3814]

I used to imagine giant winged canine-like creatures running along the car, walking with me in the woods or stuff like that. I loved them so much and I’ve even made them a D&D creature; the Wolraven!

[@laurasaurus7399]

Ellen's got the right idea with the slowfi hair flip. Loved it!

[@matguy8595]

I can't explain to you how happy I was when Ellen started reciting the lyrics to the Danger Mouse theme song. I'm 36 from America and somehow my dad showed me Danger Mouse when i was little and i still love it. Oh eck, Oh fiddle, oh crumbs.

[@davidleonardflanagan]

Technology has reached it's final purpose, capturing the slow motion bounce off Luke's hair.

[@andrewtyrell4795]

I feel I should admit that I was watching while sitting on my bed and eating breakfast like a kid watching Saturday morning cartoons like always, so I'd say that comment about Show of the Weekend being part of people's weekend ritual was spot on. That said, I would totally be up for the occasional Show of the Weekend: On Location. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the reflections of passersby in your mirrored sunglasses.

[@atharva3774]

Patience Vampire. That's the best thing I've ever heard 😂

[@scorpix96]

Not so much an imaginary friend but the imaginary place where they were was a high fantasy elvish kingdom called "dragon d'or". needless to say, the last oxventure (out of order) brought back some old memories of sword-fighting -air- orks with my brother in -the garden- the mighty battlefield

[@Zartren]

Show of the Weekend is the perfect short show to relax and get in the mood for simple pleasures and fun. So thank you for producing the show even on a busy week out of the country!

[@chrisstone7207]

IMAGINARY FRIENDS: it was just a small boy called Simon, then I went on holiday to Cornwall and left him there. Forever.

[@BattyButtercup]

Chris Stone O__O

[@affordablehousing9116]

Legend has it, he's still there today, waiting...

[@sabintandukar7907]

I think it was your little brother.

[@chrisstone7207]

Sabin Tandukar no I sent him to China. True story.

[@lemminglobber1854]

Ellen was making her own shade against the heat of the Californian sun in this episode with some brutal condescension! "You're doing really well sweetie". Time for a training montage Andy. Get those hard flapjacks in!

[@CantankerousDave]

Ellen’s explanation of crunchy flapjacks was darn helpful. I’ve had those Nature’s Valley bars plenty of times. They’re not quite as bad as Grape Nuts breakfast cereal, which I’m convinced is leftover gravel from construction sites, but yeah, they can be hard on the teeth.

[@Amaritudine]

Last week's show prompted me to try baking flapjacks. I used Mary Berry's recipe and they were outstanding. A++, will definitely bake again. They're actually kind of similar to a classic baked delicacy here in New Zealand - the Anzac biscuit, a traditional oat biscuit that tends to feature plenty of brown sugar and golden syrup.

[@roswaldwalton1147]

I have to admit, I was never interested in watching gamer related KZbin, but your humour is fantastic (and so very British) that I follow your channel, Outside Xbox and Eurogamer, plus Dicebreaker of course, and love everything I can watch. Thank you.

[@kateschmid2889]

Maybe I'm wrong, but in South Africa, pancakes are very thin and often come rolled up with a filling or cinnamon. Flapjacks are also soft and chewy, but thicker. And we call those hard oat things "crunchies". Also I liked Ellen's smile at the end of her slowfie :)

[@joelsmith7078]

Thank you so much for doing the show of the weekend in so many different ways/ places. I know it can't be easy to travel halfway across the world and then do a conference, then record a video, then more traveling, then editing on jet lag.

[@markieman64]

9:42 "This is the world now!" Made me laugh. We forever now live in a world where a slowfie is a thing.

[@PhantomJokerX]

We have already seen you in an MKBHD video guys. Good cameo Btw :D

[@Wheezr]

Which video was it?

[@PhantomJokerX]

@@Wheezr iPhone 11: What a name. @4:51

[@madkira1199]

The best part of getting off work is a new show of the weeked.

[@lostson233]

i like the Outside Broadcast Show of the Weekend. I'd love to see you guys just go to a local park and do it. Andy, Mike, and Jane can bring the snacks, James can get a little sun. Win-Win.

[@Daalington]

I appreciate your commitment to the regularly scheduled programming! I genuinely get all off-balance whenever I wake up on a Saturday and there isn't a SotW. :/

[@BogeyTheBear]

As a Californian, I welcome thee to mine lands. Where the avocadoes are so plentiful, you'd think they grow on trees!

[@thebpphantom]

Slowfie, I choose you! *Slowfie is transmuted from energy to matter again and immediately lays down and takes a nap next to the enemy Snorlax*

[@ArcaneOwlchemist]

22:28 I never know what you two are talking about, but you are as much a part of my Saturday morning routine as my coffee.

[@Masterofwalri]

The trick for Nature Valley bars is having a nice cup of tea nearby for dunking whilst consuming.

[@polarbearicequeen]

You're in San Jose? Feel my pain! The heat is supposed to be ridiculous today, 38-40°C! My very pale skin does not let me leave the house, and if I tried to enter the sunlight, I sneeze like a vampire baby with allergies. Welcome to California, where we have two months of winter, two of spring, seven and a half of Summery Hell, and then a couple weeks of autumn.

[@scorpix96]

SOTWE is hightly enjoyed by people who don't know anything about the game, and don't really mind not knowing more afterwards ^^ I love it !

[@TheSynecducky]

Show of the Weekend is my new Saturday morning cartoons. Thank you!

[@dallydaydream]

Things I learned about Luke today: he loves the cronch

[@SuSuardo69]

Luke and Ellen where 20 min from where I live and I had absolutely no idea

[@demonsorrows]

Three or four year old me had my older cousin draw a character from Tiny Toons. I got mad, sad, and cried when they wouldn't hop off the paper to play with me. Imagination failed that day xD

[@TheGirlChris]

My imaginary friends were Mr. Nobody, who was sort of a green oval with arms and legs and wore a red hat. He sat in the centre seat when we went on car rides. There was also Mrs. Squeaky, who was a mouse dressed in a sort of victorian night gown and cap, and she lived in places that looked small because of perspective.

[@FriendB]

I had a cool imaginary ninja friend who'd hop, run and parkour over and onto objects, railings, lights, etc during car rides. I miss him sometimes.

[@huppaduppa]

Luke's blue steel look slofie is killing me 😂😂😂😭😭

[@lordshavron]

I have no recollection of a childhood imaginary friend, but my son had one named Krinkwalker that was a wealth of entertainment. My boy would tell me all these stories of crazy adventures, and his imaginary friend was always mischievous and he would try to stop him. One day though my son sadly reported that Krinkwalker had died when someone threw ice cream at him. Although a week or so later he had made a full recovery.

[@ashfreywar9862]

the crunch of hard on the top, soft and gooey in the middle flapjacks is TO DIE FOR and ANYONE who said that SOFT flapjacks are BETTER THAN CRUNCHY flapjacks... well... they like soft, weirdly mushy apples then!

[@TylerJohnson-fs3kp]

We need Ellen wearing sunglasses more. She can do the Risky Business peek like no other

[@dawnmuir211]

My imaginary friend was Wilbur. He was a little Robot dude and he was amazing. Truly one of a kind in terms of friends

[@kaushtubhchauhan]

From camera behind the eye socket to Chip behind eye socket the more ox team changes the more they stays the same

[@MidwestArtMan]

I never quite had an imaginary friend. I did have dozens of stuffed animals, each with their own names, voices, and personalities. My favorite was a stuffed Garfield I got when I was 2 and took him everywhere growing up. His personality was adventurous and a bit rude at times. I wonder if I had him act like that because I was too shy and introverted to be that way myself.

[@cmxix]

Slofies? I am Zune-ing out already

[@endorbr]

12:02 Ellen just thought she was learning something about American pancake naming convention but what she was really learning was Luke's preferred way to butcher perfectly good flapjacks.

[@flika1052]

I had a whole stable of imaginary horses when I was little. One of them was a unicorn pegasus named Rainbow Sprinkle. When my mom and I went to San Francisco I brought a couple of them along to ride

[@Taracinablue]

"Mike is a patience thief" Lol, as an introvert, I know some extroverts who are "energy thieves" and don't even realize it

[@TJWallisIndustries]

I think we need a Team Oxboxtra slofie. Nay, the world needs it. Also, on the topic of imaginary friends, I only had one that lasted more than a day. There was this book named The Wandmaker’s Guidebook, and one section had you make an imaginary magical pet. Mine was a Phoenix. Name Pelleas. And I loved him❤️

[@madisonkirkpatrick2618]

My imaginary friend was Gonorrhea, yes the STD, no I have no idea where I heard the name from but I thought it was the prettiest name ever! I was a strange child.

[@thecastawaydc]

Crunchy Flapjacks? Are you insane, Luke? Go eat a biscuit!