TV
Loaded
Created by Misfits and Fresh Meat writer Jon Brown (who we spoke to in E294), Loaded charts the lives of four friends after they sell their videogame studio to a large corporation. Idyl Hands’ co-founders, Josh, Leon, Watto and Ewan, each net a personal fortune of £14 million from the sale, and each sets about adjusting to the profound change of circumstances in their own shambolic ways It’s funny stuff, much of the humour arising from conscientious, put-upon Josh’s attempts to wrangle his considerably less responsible friends and business partners. The show also makes a good fist of representing modern development studios – we’re pretty sure we’ve visited Idyl Hands at some point – and while videogames aren’t really its focus, there’s an obvious reverence for them.