Checkpoint (with Ashens and the Polybius Heist crew)

[@TomScottGo]

The questions for this show are written by professional quiz designer and writer David Bodycombe, and when he's writing, he has no idea who's appearing on the show. In hindsight, though, opening with a series of quickfire pop culture questions may not have been the best starting point for Ashens' crew...

[@Советский-Гопник]

Hello tom scott i am computer programmer myself. :)

[@PianoScoreVids]

So this was a private comment for a week i guess ;)

[@ManicMiner6]

I didn't know i wanted this collaboration... But i definitely know i do now.

[@lalalalexie]

AAAAA

[@lalalalexie]

AUSTRALIA HAS DIFF NO OF SEASONS

[@jackeea_]

That look of shock on Ashens' face when "Seth" was a right answer...

[@Azivegu]

Well, I have had interest in biblical stories (even if I'm not religious) and even I didn't know that xD

[@alansmithee419]

And just his acceptance of "oh, street fighter four boss, yep" That's what makes it all make sense!

[@DavidS-qn3jm]

I would have gone 'Steve'. I've heard plenty of Bible people talking about him and Adam.

[@alansmithee419]

@@DavidS-qn3jm that's his *husband,* not his son.

[@vangoth2396]

@@alansmithee419 What if it were both? Not many people around at the time

[@Desteny6]

Totally missed the chance for a palindrome sentence to mess with him in game #3.

[@rgfella]

Could've been like that later on

[@leafbelly]

Funny. Are you glad you are Funny?

[@Juicemoose24]

There's an opening song lyric that's a palindrome?

[@Seviexe]

@@Juicemoose24 Weird Al's "Bob" comes to mind.

[@davidmann2414]

Juicemoose24 Every line in Weird Al’s “Bob” is a palindrome.

[@jono_high]

Ashens and Tom Scott is a collaboration I never thought I'd see. My life is complete.

[@ghoulofmetal]

Same.

[@WeRektEconomy]

now we need him to collab with 3kliksphilip

[@ziginox]

I was waiting for it since we had Tom Scott and Barry Lewis!

[@Smogshaik]

Boy do I have news for you

[@LiamGervaise]

@@WeRektEconomy yes idk how but yes

[@GoofballPaul]

Everybody gangsta 'till the triangles become elliptical.

[@duo1666]

Right?

[@katethegreat4918]

@@duo1666 That would have been a correct answer.

[@JRNimmo]

@@katethegreat4918 r/whoosh

[@KusaneHexaku]

@@JRNimmo in an ironic turn of event, your attempt of making a fool of them backfires horribly. in other words, what a knob.

[@Jan-de-Munck]

​@@JRNimmo no u

[@daxsama]

"Seth? I've never even heard of Seth!" "Street Fighter."

[@shipguy55]

I never expected Tom Scott to join the British KZbin Retro Gaming Cinematic Universe

[@MrDifsh]

The BYRGCU

[@DENPTrains]

British KZbin Retro Gaming Cinematic Universe: Garagegame

[@adamsbja]

That second one with the math was clever. Hold onto one number, a second one pops into your head as the trivia answer, and then need to say a third number. Easy to slip up under pressure but still doable enough to try and tackle it.

[@khazm2451]

Daniel’s “Sorry for wasting your time” Oof

[@infrabread]

I believe that not having "dramatic" music during the games made them more tense to watch.

[@harpoonlobotomy]

Mm, I quite like that the tension came from the game and not from post-prod.

[@Dootdodeet]

Agree

[@thelastcube.]

it did wow

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

It's british, of course there's no "dramatic" music just to tell the viewers what to feel.

[@mcfansrandomvids]

I want to like this comment but sadly I'm just getting a 404 error

[@lostwizard]

I noticed that it was mostly the "invisible" words that tripped him up on the backtitle bit. Things like "the" which we don't really even notice. It reminds me of a thing I encountered some time back where one was supposed to count the number of times "of" appeared in a sentence. Most people would get three or four but the total was actually six.

[@karl-erlendmikalsen5159]

I love how they all stopped and looked quizzical about "Parts of speech" with linguist Tom Scott sitting there probably thinking "oh come on!"

[@ShiftySqvirrel]

Also a very vague question really, I was wondering what kind of answer would be accepted. Would consonant, vowel, semi-vowel be what he's looking for, or would it be noun, verb, adjectives, or maybe palate, velum and labia. Or it could be any of them perhaps. Personally I think the question was too vague.

[@MisterAppleEsq]

@@ShiftySqvirrel “Part of speech” is a technical term for classes of word like noun, adjective, etc, so I assume that's what the question was going for.

[@KusaneHexaku]

@@ShiftySqvirrel you literally learn about part of speech in schools

[@ShiftySqvirrel]

@@KusaneHexaku I didn't go to school in an English speaking country, so I didn't learn about this stuff in English. I've been reading about linguistics on my own in English and "parts of speech" hadn't come up

[@lilywashere27]

@@ShiftySqvirrel Same, I could have done this eyes closed in my native language, but English tripped me up. And I'm a linguistics student!

[@Bopnan]

This is the crossover I have been waiting for a long time.

[@dwldjon]

Poundland Tom scott special

[@platypusoj7321]

time long a for waiting been have I crossover the is this

[@phelpysan]

Now we need to get Tom on Ashens' channel eating something vile, I bet that would be fun to watch!

[@alxwlsh]

@@dwldjon all items purchased from the Wirral branch of Poundland of course for maximum internet points

[@khazm2451]

2:39 Tom Scott is not the person I would expect to make a “Big Shaq” reference

[@SickCotic]

Strange feeling, seeing an thumbnail and the brain goes: "Oh, Tom uploaded, oh Ashens uploaded..." and feeling the dopamine hit when you realize what is to come.

[@xzonia1]

"Let's go for regret." I loved these guys! :D

[@Asobitech]

It's my motto in life.

[@olli_k]

0:20 - If you say all three names together is sounds like one person's name, "Hi. I'm Daniel Quang Stewart."

[@pretsal4955]

Fun trick for the backwards song round: The line will still fit into the melody of the song backwards. Which I think helps

[@vengbanana]

great to see what simon pegg is up to nowadays

[@blokvader8283]

Exactly what i thought, Simon Pegg in the disguise of this Stuart character!

[@ryanmccartney244]

"Infinity War was the most ambitious crossover ever" Tom Scott: "Hold my red t-shirt"

[@KitKatHexe]

"our shame will pay our bills!" I wish that was how that worked

[@scragar]

I've seen barshens, their shame very much pays their bills.

[@alxwlsh]

Stuart and Tom, in the immortal words of Phil Collins, "" I've been waiting for this moment for all my life" Okay maybe slight exaggeration

[@Motorman2112]

da dum, du dum, da dum dum dum dum dum.

[@vincethod]

life my all for moment this for waiting been I've

[@alxwlsh]

@@vincethod Clever

[@vincethod]

@@alxwlsh Oooohh! Do I win 500 pence?

[@hebl47]

@@vincethod No, but you got added one extra second in the final round, so that's something!

[@LauraHuysamen]

It's interesting to me that watching someone work out the reverse order of the words before they say them looks very similar to catatonic schizophrenia. The cadence and the pausing is eerily similar.

[@crazydragy4233]

That's an... interesting observation.

[@mrbananahamock1302]

@@crazydragy4233 IKR I WAS LIKE ERM OK?

[@etherealpenguin8683]

I want whatever you've been smoking coz that's some cracked out observation, I looked into catatonic schizophrenia and it's not similar at all so not sure what you've been watching (or smoking) but hey.

[@topilinkala1594]

As a finn I was offended by the fact that "we'll" is a word. To me that's two words. And with the same is an article a word? Is "a word" actually two words? Does automatic word counting count every a, an and the as a word and if so it is unfair to compose a 1000 word essay in english versus in finnish.

[@gambello1195]

"Oh good." That some The Office stuff lmao

[@MCYonazz]

I miss the Wimpy prices. Made the whole thing both more legit and more ridiculous.

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

Wimpy prices? As in low? Sorry, my brain's just gone for the astrophysics acronym.

[@MCYonazz]

@@clockworkkirlia7475 Wimpy is a franchise of fast food/casual diner restaurants originated in Chicago which also became somewhat of a staple in the UK. There, they give their prices in pence, which is what my comment was getting at and which earlier episodes of The Game Garage also did.

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

@@MCYonazz Ohhh I see! I remember this from Citation Needed now! Thank you for the response.

[@DavidWillanski]

It's a pity they were playing for "five pounds" and not "five hundred pence"

[@oz_jones]

[Gary disliked that]

[@carwyn3691]

Everyone knows the three tenors, Domingo, Pavarotti and *mumble mumble*

[@Ceser1999]

Ashens? Holly molly! When can we expect Daniel "the Nerd cubed" Hardcastle"?

[@John-Smlth]

It wasn't in the Game Garage nor was it in person, but I believe they collaborated with the ban hammer video on a stream. Searching for "Tom Scott ban hammer" should find it.

[@John-Smlth]

@Monty Python the Flying Circus Barry and Tom have collaborated briefly in the above average game garrage video. Yes it isn't a substantial role and I would too love to see more of him (and friends), that video might be worth a watch for you.

[@SmokeyEdits]

@@JarrodBaniqued This is where brainstorming should stop because the ideas are getting bad.

[@WallChart]

Ceser look at the ban hammer video.

[@DatBossTV]

Sweet Lord baby Jesus yes please!

[@rzeka]

I like how over 6 years Dan turned into a completely different looking person

[@idndyzgaming]

5:31 NO. SUBTLE RICKROLLS. HERE.

[@nakedflames]

I genuinely thought the example lyric was going to be 'never gonna give you up'

[@sammybrown5997]

Don't you mean, ".HERE .RICKROLLS SUBTLE .NO" ?

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Ashens and Tom? The most anticipated crossover of all time

[@SonOfMuta]

Ashens' reaction at Kwang throwing out "Seth"...and being right 😂🤣

[@Asobitech]

Street Fighter innit 😉

[@yanivrubin4166]

"If only we had a programmer" *"hELlo qUaNG!"*

[@mikiqex]

The second maths thing is brilliant! Requires a general knowledge and in-head calculus capabilities at once.

[@catherine865]

Michal Novák less calculus and more arithmetic

[@agilby1512]

@@catherine865 The pair of sex chromosomes associated with women differentiated with respect to the mark on a pirate map indicating treasure.

[@zmaj12321]

@@agilby1512 2x?

[@areebjamaliam]

@@agilby1512 1

[@gadrill4285]

@@agilby1512 It would be 2, because the female sex chromosomes are 2x, the mark is an x, so the equation would be 2x d/dx which is equal to 2

[@connorking8503]

In the third game, I was waiting for "is this the real life".

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

It's weird seeing the "Ashens" Clique meeting with Tom Scott, who I consider part of the "Foreman" Clique. Yes, I know Bec Hill did some songs with Jay Foreman and appeared on Barshens, shut up.

[@sirspookybones1118]

Next time: out of date chinese food special featuring Tom scott

[@qwertyTRiG]

It ended up being water.

[@adalaza]

I'm shocked this crossover hasn't happened before

[@Coldyham]

"singing bee wheel" at 7:00 cracked me up

[@Hammaster]

Are there any british channels Ashens hasn't worked with yet?

[@MadMrCrazy]

I think TimH but could be wrong

[@markjempson6608]

Techmoan

[@MuchWhittering]

Doesn't Pewdiepie live in the UK?

[@markjempson6608]

@@MuchWhittering not a British channel though.

[@ilexdiapason]

its 2019 we deserve a dan and phil/ashens collab

[@MuchWhittering]

An Excellent Gameshow.

[@LiamHq2022]

An excellent comment

[@Sebastian-oo7xi]

Thank you! These guys are really funny and humble, I really had to giggle as they stated their "we should gamble and regret it" "yea go for the regret" 😁

[@ramannv6144]

"Sorry for wasting your time." 😭😭😭🤣

[@circadianarchist]

You have invented the hardest game ever, good job Tom

[@verdatum]

I liked the way the final round worked. The idea that everyone has to contribute in order to win is something I haven't seen in a game show that I can recollect. It made for an interesting dynamic.

[@LucyMichela]

Ashens and Tom Scott.... together... in one video? My life is complete. Now to enjoy this amazing concept

[@Soysauceb4ketchup]

Look, I'm not saying I was wishing for a Tom Scott Game Garage video to take my mind off teaching an already wild semester of university science courses, but I was and here it is. The universe has an uncanny way of listening to my oddly specific requests.

[@tomkenning5482]

I didn't read your full username and thought it was gonna say soy sauce b4 ketamine

[@Soysauceb4ketchup]

@@tomkenning5482 ah yes, a shot of soy sauce before every dose of ketamine. It gets the heart going in the morning.

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

YESSSSS! I've been on a bit of an Ashens binge recently, this couldn't have come at a better time

[@Artoliann]

Same

[@thefountainpendesk]

Brandon Martin-Moore same

[@aaronmcd1836]

Infinity War is now the second most ambitious crossover of all time

[@tj12711]

Original joke

[@DukeBG]

counting from the end

[@bismuthcrystal9658]

Thank you for doing these. There's some clear issues, but they're still fantastic fun. I've never been a game show person, but I *adore* these weird, nerdy indie game shows by you and others. At least the ones that aren't just bloody undisclosed ads. Anyway. I love it and hope you do more. Seems like a bunch of fun for everyone. I'd happily contribute to a Patreon if you somehow couldn't get the budget together.

[@CraigUntlNytTym]

TOM SCOTT NEEDS TO BE A GUEST ON BARSHENS, seriously, this needs to happen...

[@md.niamulahadchowdhury6407]

Stuart's reactions at 10:36 and 10:44 balanced the universe.

[@Antho9]

Tom, you sound like the guy who yells "TECHNOLOGY!" in that funny video from 2008

[@steeevealbright]

Game Garage is quite literally - and science has proved this - the greatest thing on the internet.

[@jacksmith8689]

I love Ashen's videos and the game garage, this is a dream come true

[@pian816]

5:26 Did Tom just rickroll us?

[@Asobitech]

Awww crap. They made me do mathematics.

[@AndRewUK24]

Because I'm a fan of Ashens and Tom Scott I have subscribed to your KZbin channel. I'm looking at some of the titles of your videos sounds very interesting.

[@Asobitech]

Andrew Whitney I am not really a KZbinr as such. But hopefully you enjoy my content.

[@KurosakiYukigo]

Ashens and the Quest for the Game Garage

[@skeltor575]

Favorite format so far. Love the dedication to this series despite it not getting as many views as the regular content. Personally my favorite content of Tom's :)

[@Starcrash6984]

I like Stuart -- he's the one who introduced us to the video game "Hareraiser".

[@citrusjuicebox]

My God, Ashens and Chef Excellence himself.

[@djpakre]

Ashens & Tom Scott. Perfection.

[@patrickwienhoft7987]

Tom: "Donald's nephews?" Me: "Easy, Tick, Trick, and Tra...-" Guests: "Huey, Dewey, and Louie" Me: ???

[@Felixr2]

That's the German names, they're different in every language. In Dutch they're called Kwik, Kwek and Kwak, for example.

[@DASyam-tb7qt]

@@Felixr2 in Indonesia they're called Kwik, Kwek, Kwak as well

[@yokab]

Seeing Ashens and Tom together is so unreal

[@clivelambert-oe7kg]

WOW MY TWO FAVOURITE KZbinR NOT EVEN LYING CAN'T BELIEVE THERE TOGETHER

[@swanslistener6130]

tom: eli manning me, with supreme confidence: chelsea!

[@felixc543]

Definitely didn't enjoy this format as much as previous episodes, but everyone did a great job!

[@sirprintalot]

Ashens and Tom Scott - oh hell yes.

[@Ziip47]

ASHENS! TOM! Yes the best YT crossover ever!!!!

[@topthog]

Ashens excretes humour at all times

[@Fabianweso.]

Top 10 most ambitious anime crossovers

[@ampPLrant]

This one was REALLY good. I want to see this game again. But I also want a humorous clip at the end of the contestants trying to beg their way onto a bus because they don't have fare.

[@henrylong00]

this was a collaboration we didn't think we needed, but absolutely did

[@mattihp]

What a glamorous studio!

[@nkrat1093]

I never knew I wanted this

[@GRAYgauss]

7:25 is a really interesting exercise because note how the less-informational words have a higher tendency of getting dropped. I noticed this in myself, but seems I'm not the only one. I can spit out the answer subconsciously but I drop conjunctions, etc. I have to take a little bit of conscious time just to remember the unimportant words.

[@MrBlitz121]

The crossover everyone was waiting for probably since they started

[@UFOhunter4711]

Finally the collab I've been waiting for since 2006

[@doubtfulguest5450]

Tom: THAT'S.. Me: _pls say numberwang, pls say numberwang_ Tom: TIME! ;--;

[@Asobitech]

That's NumberQuang!!!

[@lastnameavailable326]

I love this format. Quick and engaging.

[@DeSaxofoonVanPeter]

Some dead meme: Avengers Infinity War is the greatest crossover in history Tom Scott and Ashens:

[@cameronclare2132]

An Excellent Crossover

[@JAMBO_number5]

Oh god yes can't wait to get home to watch this two of my favourite KZbinrs xxx

[@57thorns]

This was brutal, I did about manage to keep up with round 2 and 3, almost at least.

[@ScoriacTears]

5:56 Imagine Tom Scott's face if Ashens had said "uoy oot yadhtrib yppah". . . did y'see it? funny eh, that'd be one of them meme things for sure.

[@FilFee]

5:27 Just as I was expecting. Quoting Rick Astley.

[@AnxietyAddict]

Ashens looks so different without the sofa

[@che3se1495]

They all did better than I ever would have! Well done!

[@KennethSorling]

It's so cool that my favorite youtubers do crossoer videos. I loved this!

[@gcool011]

Thanks for the collab my British KZbin Heroes

[@liquathrushbane2003]

Hello KZbin.. was watching a horror film (The Autopsy of Jane Doe 2016) and well freaked out - so had to watch this to calm the nerves .. Thank you Tom Scott !

[@bmobert]

These guests were so fun!

[@Asobitech]

bmobert glad we could be entertainment for you.

[@hazmatcat3289]

This is one of the better formats. Not that the others were not fun, but I would want to see more of this.

[@neilomac]

Could totally see this as a full budget TV game show in that mid-afternoon The Chase type timeslot.

[@jasonpatterson8091]

"Sorry for wasting your time." Brilliant.

[@Asobitech]

Poor Daniel.

[@nickolas474]

These guys are actually considerably better than I am at these games, while also under time pressure. Except maybe the math one, but I dunno how I'd do under the clock. Very impressive.

[@nebuchadnezzar6894]

Can't believe Tom just rickrolled all of us and no one realised

[@melsyoutube]

been binging your videos for a week, just left one to watch this!

[@DanielLopez-up6os]

Finallly!! My dream colaboration!

[@diabalotia]

best collaboration ive seen since william osman and michael reeves thank you for putting it together :)

[@SlyPearTree]

I want "pass" to be the right answer one day on that type of game where a player can pass their turn.