History WebVideo / OutsideXbox

* AnAesop: This video on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAgialA0lNw 8 Life Lessons GTA Online taught Andy, Jane and Mike]], the titular three come up with some interesting pearls of wisdom; Patience[[labelnote:*]] the Rockstar servers are notoriously unreliable and overcrowded, so prepare for a lot of waiting around to get into the online[[/labelnote]], Be Prepared[[labelnote:*]] for {{Trolls}}, so buy gun supplies and enable [[MercyMode Passive Mode]] when you're not doing anything, just to be safe[[/labelnote]], Save your Money[[labelnote:*]] Deposit the money you make into the bank so people don't steal it when they kill you[[/labelnote]], It Takes Money To Make Money[[labelnote:*]] You need to buy a lofty apartment and spend a good amount of money to start heists so you can buy better stuff[[/labelnote]], Look Both Ways[[labelnote:*]] '''Don't run into oncoming traffic!'''[[/labelnote]], Airport Security Does Not Mess Around[[labelnote:*]] Don't start a shootout with airport security, you likely won't win[[/labelnote]], Drinking Rules[[labelnote:*]] and by that they mean, it makes everything harder[[/labelnote]], and lastly Black Goes With Everything[[labelnote:*]] the most popular items of clothing in GTA online, according to a Rockstar census, are black in colour, so wear black[[/labelnote]].

* ArtisticLicenseCars: The topic of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phftoMZFO3s 7 Times Cars Don't Work That Way, You Guys]]", which has the channels' resident car enthusiast Mike Chamnell rundown a load of car tropes that videogames use that are not reflective of real life. Among them include:

* ArtisticLicenseCars: The topic of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phftoMZFO3s 7 Times Cars Don't Work That Way, You Guys]]", which has the channels' resident car enthusiast Mike Chanel rundown a load of car tropes that videogames use that are not reflective of real life. Among them include:

* SouthernBelle: Evangeline Green[[note]](Ellen)[[/note]], who [[https://youtu.be/O0XRDFI5BXU?t=231 supposedly]] dubs over Andy's lines for the American localisation of Oxbox videos. (Sadly, this joke has only been used once so far.)

* ''Podcast/MomCantCook'' is a podcast run by Luke and Andy, covering Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movies from the late 1990s into the twenty-first century.

** Ellen hates horror and suspense in general. So she's the one who has to play a horror game for a Halloween stream while one of her co-hosts watches along to provide commentary and moral support.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jane and Ellen are terrified of spiders and arachnids in general. Ellen, in particular, won't even play a game if it features spider enemies and is holding off on playing the console version of ''Skyrim'' until she can mod the many many spiders into something she isn't scared of.

* RageQuit: Jane is supposedly prone to these. (Considering [[KillEmAll her reaction]] to slimes escaping and eating her other resources in ''VideoGame/SlimeRancher'', it's unclear how much of this is a joke.)

* ChirpingCrickets: In the "7 Crazy ''Witcher'' Moments" video, when Mike comments that the unicorn incident from ''The Witcher'' "gives a whole new meaning to [[IncrediblyLamePun 'horny on mane.']]"

* IncrediblyLamePun: Ellen does this all the time, to boos from whoever's offscreen. Jane sometimes picks up on this.
** The usual suspects notably switch places in "7 Cutesy Games... Commenter Edition," when Luke explains that the studio is being powered by Charmander's cuteness.
--->'''Luke''': We call it {{Squee}}-newable energy.\\
'''Ellen''': ''(offscreen)'' [[HypocriticalHumor No we don't.]]

* LamePunReaction: Andy is prone to yelling "BOOOOO" from offscreen in response to a bad pun when it's his turn to be the "designated offscreen yeller".

-->'''Person On-Screen:'''[[note]]Often Ellen or Luke[[/note]] ''[Makes an IncrediblyLamePun]''\\

* CreatorKiller: Explored in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ-PaehXJ_s 7 Disastrous Games That Sank the Company]]. Either due to [[DevelopmentHell delays]], the games being [[CriticalBacklash overhyped before launch]] or, in the case of ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'', having the misfortune of coming out just months after ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' that completely overshadowed it, resulting in fewer sales than expected (and the game would have been needed to ''massively'' sell to save the studio from the extremely poor gestion of its budget, even if it didn't have the competition).

It has three spinoff channels:

* WebVideo/{{Oxventure}} is an ActualPlay channel where the cast play {{Tabletop RPG}}s. The flagship series is a TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons campaign that originated as a one-shot special episode to celebrate Outside Xbox achieving two million subscribers, and has now been running for over five years.

* RelaxOVision: During the live let's-play of ''VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame'''s single-player challenge mode, Andy, Jane and Mike find the DeathBySex cutscene in the "Packanack Party" level so disturbing on multiple levels that when they fail the level and have to retry, they cut the game feed during the cutscene and just show their horrified reactions (and Jane attempting to hum a relaxing tune). Not an entirely straight example, because the audience does get to see the full horror the first time around.

*** Ellen's favourite is frequently presented as being ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning''. It is revealed in one video that there is apparently a protocol banning Ellen from mentioning it simply because she'd take every opportunity she could to gush about it.[[note]]Although her devotion to the game may be exaggerated a little for the show, as Ellen has stated a few times that ''Kingdoms of Amalur'' is not her favorite game as much as it's her favorite ''underrated'' game.[[/note]] She's also very fond of the ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' and ''Franchise/TombRaider'' games. Also, due to her fondness for cats, she is rendered completely insensate by ''VideoGame/{{Stray}}'', that included a video of her gushing over the protagonist cat over a hundred times in two hours.

* RageQuit: Jane is supposedly prone to these. (Considering her reaction to slimes escaping and eating her other resources in ''VideoGame/SlimeRancher'', it's unclear how much of this is a joke.)

* SanitySlippage: The ''VideoGame/{{Spelunky}} 2'' livestream [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9xqX-NjXi4 may have broken Luke.]]
-->''"Mhm, mhm, mhm, mmkay, okay, okay-- 'Do you need to take a break, Luke?' says [a viewer in chat]. No. Take a break? Do people think I need to take a break? I don't think so. I don't think anyone's saying that. Let's buy more bombs."''

* EdibleThemeNaming: Discussed by Ellen and Luke while discussing names for cats. They both [[{{Corpsing}} lose it]] at "Tray Bake."[[note]]This is the British term for bar cookies, such as brownies.[[/note]]

* EskimosArentReal: At one point, Jane Douglas claims that the "eleven herbs and spices" used by KFC must be a lie, because there ''aren't'' eleven herbs and spices. She then tries to come up with a list, managing salt, pepper, and five-spice, making seven.

* GilliganCut: Luke shows John the [[MemeticMutation "Detective Pikachu dance,"]] and wonders why Ellen didn't reply when he sent her the clip. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_x9XwgsIco Meanwhile, across town...]]

* RapidFireNo: Jane's [[https://youtu.be/scJPFglvs7Y?t=232 response]] to the spider from ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}'' is just a series of "nope"s followed by leaving the room.

** During an episode about ''VideoGame/FarCry5'', Luke is making a tinfoil hat because he's convinced the developers stole his idea to make Cheeseburger the bear.

* CuteKitten: "[[https://youtu.be/VOXrSTJ6X6k 7 Stupidest Ways Humanity Got Destroyed]]" starts with Ellen saying "There's never a good way for humanity to be wiped out, unless it's some kind of kitten supernova." ''VideoGame/{{Stray}} also has Ellen gush over the cat about a thousand times over 8 hours of play.

'''Mike:''' I knew my [[MadBomber playstyle]] would finally... pay off [[SelfDeprecation Once]]. And this is it!

*** Luke's favourite is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''. While not exactly a favourite, it's also a bit of a running gag that he is apparently the only member of the Outside X-team that likes ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine''.
*** Ellen's favourite is frequently presented as being ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning''. It is revealed in one video that there is apparently a protocol banning Ellen from mentioning it simply because she'd take every opportunity she could to gush about it.[[note]]Although her devotion to the game may be exaggerated a little for the show, as Ellen has stated a few times that ''Kingdoms of Amalur'' is not her favorite game as much as it's her favorite ''underrated'' game.[[/note]] She's also very fond of the ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' and ''Franchise/TombRaider'' games.

* CuteKitten: "[[https://youtu.be/VOXrSTJ6X6k 7 Stupidest Ways Humanity Got Destroyed]]" starts with Ellen saying "There's never a good way for humanity to be wiped out, unless it's some kind of kitten supernova."

* DarkerAndEdgier: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] InUniverse by Ellen when discussing Dark Souls, when she made Luke take a cute animal mascot he had made and turn him into a terrifying Dark Souls boss.

*** Their video of the [[https://youtu.be/M6nKoqhgBX0 Dragon Flame cocktail]] from ''Hitman 2'' included the "don't try this at home" warning because it is ''vile:'' it includes chilli and raw egg and looks like vomit.

** During a 9-player game crossover with Eurogamer and Dicebreaker, guest player (and Oxventure DM) Johnny Chiodini manages to get the entire group to vote them out when they casually mention that they encountered Mike's corpse, despite the fact that the emergency meeting wasn't called due to Mike's death. [[note]]For added hilarity, Johnny was not the imposter[[/note]].

* GoodAngelBadAngel: Referenced in a ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'' video that had Jane playing, Mike advising her to throw a screwdriver at the target in a crowded sauna, and Andy mentioning that might not be the stealthiest course of action.

* HappyDance: When Ellen [[https://youtu.be/5j1wd4Ay81A?t=1025 defeated Luke]] at "Wimbledungeons" (a tennis simulator using tabletop-RPG mechanics).

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The presenters of Xtra, Luke and Ellen, as lampshaded on both channels [[note]]Ellen is 5'3", while Luke is about 6'4", although his hairstyle makes him look even taller. [[/note]]. PlayedForLaughs when Ellen angrily leaves after some comments to make some tea, only to realize tea bags were on the top shelf. Their attempt to form a VideoGame/YookaLaylee-style team-up also proved short-lived when Luke realised that in practice it was just Ellen using him to reach things down from high shelves.

--> '''Luke''': Look, you can accuse me of anything, even being a werewolf. But you can't accuse me of ''legalese''.

** In ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'', this is invoked when Mike is granted naming rights to a crematorium. He calls it Mike's Grill.

* IndyPloy: In contrast to Andy's meticulous, silent approach and Mike's "Kill Them All" style, Jane handles stealth games by approaching the targets and making up her plans as she goes along.

* PassThePopcorn: Used a few times as a response to drama (in-game or out). At one point, Andy opts for some tea during "7 Games That Were Nearly Extremely Boring," while covering the clash between Apple and Microsoft over Bungie Software and the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' IP.

* CreatorKiller: Explored in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ-PaehXJ_s 7 Disastrous Games That Sank the Company]]. Either due to [[DevelopmentHell delays]], the games being [[CriticalBacklash overhyped before launch]] or, in the case of ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'', having the misfortune of coming out just months after ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' that completely overshadowed it, resulting in fewer sales than would have been needed to save the studio that had an extremely poor gestion of its budget (and thus the game would have needed to ''massively'' sell to compensate even if it didn't have the competition).

* EvilTeacher: During one list video, Luke badly plays a clarinet and comments that Miss Halsley that he'll master the embouchure...only for an assassin[[spoiler]]actually cameraman James in a hoodie[[/note]] to rise behind him and suffocate him with a clarinet.

** [[https://youtu.be/L3Fhed3MtVw "7 Tricks by Game Developers You Won’t Be Able to Unsee"]] is based around developer techniques to save on time, or are otherwise too complex to implement such as [[spoiler:animating the exchange of items by showing movements implying a handoff (as it's really tedious to animate), letting shoot people off ledges by making "ragdoll magnets" so they alway do this ([[RuleOfCool because it's cool to the player)]]]], and [[spoiler:don't animate getting people dressed (as that's ''also'' really hard and tedius to animate. Jane quotes Brad Bird; director of ''Film/TheIncredibles'', as a source for how hard it is to do cloth simulations, so it's no wonder game developers don't want to try their luck either)]], among other things.

* OneWingedAngel: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ioSObmIzio 7 Brutal Bosses with Hilariously Weak Second Forms.]]

* EvilIsCool: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkEBiPo-r3o "7 Villains Who Were a lot Cooler Than You, Unfortunately"]] is all about discussing this trope.

* VideoGameRemake: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3McC0jmUMUM "7 Worst Remasters That Ruined Beloved Games"]] features this as well as PortingDisaster by nature of the video. As Andy [[LampshadeHanging lampshades at the start]], the video was basically an excuse to talk about the issues with the then-recent [=GTA Trilogy=] remaster.

* AnAxeToGrind: In "7 'Stealth' Takedowns That Were the Least Stealthy Thing to Ever Happen", when Luke is discussing the practicality of Billy Blazcowicz killing Nazis quietly with a hatchet, Ellen sneaks on-screen and tries to kill ''him'' with a hatchet, only to be caught out twice.