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OutsideXbox
Personal information
Occupation	YouTubers ·Journalists
Website	www.outsidexbox.com www.outsidextra.com
YouTube information
Also known as	Oxboxtra, OxBox, Oxtra
Channels	outsidexbox Outside Xtra OxShorts Oxventure Associated channels icklenellierose Luke Westaway
Location	London, United Kingdom
Years active	2012–present
Genres	Commentary Entertainment Journalism Gaming Vlog
Subscribers	3.74 million
Total views	1.81 billion
Network	Gamer Network
Associated acts	Eurogamer Dicebreaker Johnny Chiodini
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2013,2017 1,000,000 subscribers 2015,2023
Last updated: 17 November 2023

OutsideXbox, orOxbox, is a BritishYouTube channel and group consisting of Jane Douglas, Andy Farrant and Mike Channell. The group also has a sister channel,Outside Xtra, orOxtra, consisting of Ellen Rose. The group is best known for video games commentary, journalism, and gameplay. The channel also hosts the Oxventure, a real-playtabletop role-playing game series primarily encompassingDungeons & Dragons but occasionally others such asBlades in the Dark andDeadlands, featuring fellowYouTubers Johnny Chiodini and Luke Westaway, and which was later launched as its own channel. The group has a combined 3.74 million subscribers and 1.81 billion views across all three channels as of November 2023.^[1]

The following people are part of OutsideXbox and its associated channels:

Editors:

• Andy Farrant – part of OutsideXbox(2012–present)
• Jane Douglas – part of OutsideXbox(2012–present)
• Mike Channell – part of OutsideXbox(2012–present)
• Ellen Rose – part of Outside Xtra(2016–present)
• Luke Westaway – part of Outside Xtra(2016–2024)

Producers:

• James Hills – video producer^[2]
• Jon Garnham – video producer^[3]
• Zack Fortais-Gomm - producer (Oxventure)

Series regulars:

• Johnny Chiodini -Dungeon Master and role-player(2017–present)
• Luke Westaway - role-player(2024–present)

OutsideXbox was launched in 2012 by the then EuroGamer Network (nowGamer Network) as a website focused onXbox gaming and its community. The founding members all had previous games journalism experience: Andy Farrant was part of Inside Xbox in Europe; Jane Douglas was working withGameSpot; and Mike Channell previously worked for the magazinePC Format and was the UK deputy editor of theOfficial Xbox Magazine.^[4][5] The group expanded in 2016 to include a second channel, Outside Xtra, to cover the wider games industry beyond Xbox.^[6] New members included Luke Westaway, previously aCNET senior editor and contributor toNintendo Life; and Ellen Rose, who worked for Attention Seekers' official Xbox channelXbox On.^[7][8][9]

Outside Xbox reached one million subscribers in July 2015.^[10]

In February 2018, OutsideXbox and the rest of the Gamer Network, was acquired by ReedPOP, a subsidiary ofRELX Group.^[11] In 2019, Douglas was named as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in the UK games industry for her work at OutsideXbox.^[12]

On 24 June 2021,Hitman 3 released featured contracts on the Dartmoor map curated by Farrant, Douglas and Channell focused on stealth, poison and explosions. This was part of the game's Season 3Seven Deadly SinsDLC content, specificallyAct 3: Season of Sloth.^[13][14][15]

Douglas made cameo appearances as a Sixer inReady Player One and a scientist inJurassic World: Dominion.^[16][17]

Outside Xtra reached one million subscribers in June 2023.^[18] Westaway announced his departure from the channel on 10 April 2024, with his final video airing on 3 May, though he continues to appear regularly on the Oxventure channel. The Gamer Network was acquired byIGN, a subsidiary ofZiff Davis, in May 2024.^[19]

Both OutsideXbox channels began the OxventureDungeons & Dragons campaign in 2017, with Johnny Chiodini as Dungeon Master.^[20][21] The Oxventure began a podcast in August 2020 hosted by Jane Douglas to replay oldD&D sessions and chat with other members of OutsideXbox.^[22] AtNew York Comic Con x MCM Metaverse 2020, the Oxventure did three virtual sessions of the TTRPGLasers & Feelings on 14 August 2020, 10 October 2020 and 11 June 2021.^[21][23][24] On 8 January 2021, the Oxventure began aBlades in the Dark series, DM'd by Westaway.^[25]

The Oxventure released aDungeons & Dragons appreciation music video and single "Literally Everyone Else in the World" on 27 November 2019. It also had elements reflecting the upcomingChristmas holiday.^[20][26] The song's title is a reference to a Dungeon Master's role of being responsible for allNPC's in a fictional world, combined with DM Johnny Chiodini's introduction for themself to the audience.^[20][27] Luke Westaway and Andy Farrant wrote the single, with Farrant playing bass guitar for the track. Vocals were provided by all five Outside Xbox and Xtra editors, with CNET editor Andrew Hoyle on thedrum.^[20] All proceeds from the single and its live-streamed premiere were donated to the UK mental health charityMind.^[27][28]

In 2022, OutsideXbox advertised that it was looking to hire a new producer with the aim of developing its Oxventure brand, hiring Zack Fortais-Gomm and in September that year the Oxventure was relaunched under its own dedicated YouTube channel 'Oxventure', moving all previously uploaded Oxventure videos to it and beginning a new season titledLegacy of Dragons. WhileDungeons & Dragons remains the focus of Oxventure, it has continued to expand its scope to other TTRPGs such asDeadlands which received a full series under the banner 'Oxventure Presents' in the summer of 2023, as well as a number of other games through their 'One Shot Wonder' series.

The channel's flagship series featuring Johnny Chiodini as theDungeon Master and the other members as the Oxventurers, premiered in September 2017. The final season, simply called "The Final Season", concluded in May 2024. In the series, Farrant plays asCorazón de Ballena, a rogueish pirate andarcane trickster with a cursed secret, Douglas portraysPrudence, atiefling warlock servingCthulhu who was abandoned by her parents, Rose plays asMerilwen, a wood elf druid with a love of animals and nature, Westaway plays asDob, a half-orc bard initially searching for his long-lost sister, and Channell portraysEgbert the Careless, adragonborn paladin who is seeking atonement for an unspecified crime.

Following the conclusion of the flagship Dungeons & Dragons series, Oxventure launched Wyrdwood, a new campaign created by Chiodini based on English folklore andfolk horror media. The first season debuted on 13 September 2024 and concluded on 1 November 2024. In the series, Rose plays asCressida Blackwater, a snobbish and shrewd banker and human/elf wizard, Westaway playsHappen, a human ranger who belongs to a cult that worships Cadence the Goddess of Luck, Channell plays asLug, a kind and knowledgablefirbolg barbarian, Douglas playsWillowfine, anaasimar cleric and healer, and Farrant plays the dual roles ofRobin Oatcake, a young and unremarkable human commoner, andMorven Hellwain, an impatient and powerful aberrant sorcerer who possesses Robin's body and takes control whenever he is asleep or knocked unconscious.

The channel'sBlades in the Dark campaign featured Luke Westaway as the Game Master and premiered in January 2021, ending in May and was followed by a Christmas special later in December. A second season began in July 2022 and concluded in September. Within the series, Channell plays asBarnaby Fortescue, a wealthy aristocrat, Farrant portraysEdvard Lumiere, a brilliant inventor, Chiodini plays asKasimir Jones, a career criminal, Rose portraysLilith Capellinaga, a scholar of ghosts and the supernatural, and Douglas playsZillah Bruzaud, a former prize-fighter with a family to support.

The channel'sDeadlands campaign featured Andy Farrant as The Marshal and premiered in July 2023, concluding its first season in October. In the series, Douglas plays asGarnet Munro, ahuckster card dealer turned demon hunter, Westaway portraysDelacy, a 13-year-old farmboy with a large, ornate gun named Rooster, Rose playsEdie Valentine, a saloon girl who works as a mercenary when money gets tight, Channel playsSilas Flint, a disillusioned lawman with a crippling fear of horses, and Chiodini portraysNate Janssen, an elderly gravedigger traveling the rails. The first season focuses on the five "wild cards" coming together to answer a help wanted ad from a mysterious woman. The second season premiered on 21 March 2025.

These special episodes feature several guest players, including Josh Hayes, Jasper Cartwright, Liv Kennedy, Grant Howitt, and Aoife Wilson. Different episodes have different Game Masters; for brevity, they are listed alongside each episode.

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