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''[=Octavius King=]'' (real name Louis, he/they), formerly known as ''[=Octav1us Kitten=]'' is a British [=YouTuber=] and Twitch streamer. Their Website/YouTube channel sees him cover a wide range of games and games-related hardware, but is slightly slanted towards the 80s and 90s; particularly software and hardware that was popular in Britain during those eras, such as the Platform/ZXSpectrum.

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''[=Octavius King=]'' (real name Louis, he/they), formerly known as ''[=Octav1us Kitten=]'' is a British [=YouTuber=] and Twitch streamer. Their Website/YouTube Platform/YouTube channel sees him cover a wide range of games and games-related hardware, but is slightly slanted towards the 80s and 90s; particularly software and hardware that was popular in Britain during those eras, such as the Platform/ZXSpectrum.
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''[=Octavius King=]'' (real name Louis, he/they), formerly known as ''[=Octav1us Kitten=]'' is a British [=YouTuber=] and Twitch streamer. Their Website/YouTube channel sees him cover a wide range of games and games-related hardware, but is slightly slanted towards the 80s and 90s; particularly software and hardware that was popular in Britain during those eras, such as the Platform/ZXSpectrum.

His videos take the form of reviews, retrospectives or guides to certain consoles and home computers, as well as top tens. There's also vlogs showing off video game hauls, playing with newly-acquired hardware and discussing mental health issues.

His [=YouTube=] channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/@octaviusking here]] and his Twitch channel [[https://www.twitch.tv/octavius_king here]].

Oh, and he sings his own ThemeSong.

[[folder:Video list]]

!!Game reviews:
* Mighty Mulan
* VideoGame/StretchPanic
* [[Creator/PhoenixGames Mouse Trophy]]
* [[VideoGame/OverBlood OverBlood]] (with [=AffroShow=])
* [[Creator/MelbourneHouse Hungry Horace]]
* [[Creator/MelbourneHouse Horace Goes Skiing]]
* Horace And The Spiders
* Softporn Adventure
* VideoGame/ManicMiner
* VideoGame/JetSetWilly
* VideoGame/SonicMania
* VideoGame/CrazyBus
* Squij
* [[VideoGame/DrJekyllAndMrHydeNES Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde]]
* Dont Buy This
* Dream Penguin Adventure
* Santas Xmas Capers
* Santa Claus Saves The Earth
* [[VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare]]
* VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies
* Tanglewood
* [[VideoGame/PetZ Catz]]
* John Robertson's 'The Dark Room'
* VideoGame/GrannysGarden

!!Hardware reviews:
* [=Palmtex SuperMicro=]
* Barcode Battler
* Casio Loopy
* [=GameTrak=]
* Pandora's Box 5
* [[Platform/GameCom Tiger Game.com]]
* Super Cobra Copter
* Entex Select-a-Game

!!Retrospectives/Guides:
* [[Platform/AtariJaguar The Atari Jaguar saga]]
* [[Platform/AmstradCPC Guide to the Amstrad CPC's Roland]]
* [[Platform/ZXSpectrum Guide to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum]]
* [[{{Series/Digitiser}} Teletext and Mr. Biffo's Digitiser]]

!!Miscellaneous/Tat:
* [[Platform/RZone Tiger R-Zone SuperScreen]]
* 80s Robutler Robotic Tray
* After Burner Tiger LCD Tabletop Game

!!7 Days of Scary 2017:
* [[{{VideoGame/Bubsy}} Bubsy 3D]]
* [[VideoGame/IMMeen I. M. Meen]]
* Sex Vixens From Space
* VideoGame/SkiFree
* VideoGame/CharliesAngels
* Custers Revenge
* VideoGame/DukeNukemForever

!!7 Days of Scary 2018:
* VideoGame/ThreeDMonsterMaze (ft. [=RetroPrincess=])
* VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial (ft. [=Jaws19=])
* Texas Chainsaw Massacre (ft. The Gaming Muso)
* Frankenstein's Monster (ft. [=SarahsGameCollection=])
* VideoGame/SoftAndCuddly (ft. [=pixels.ltd=])
* Duckula 2 (ft. Odd Pod)
* VideoGame/Ghostbusters1984 (ft Paul Gannon)

!!Rats & Tat

* 1980s Tomy Water Games Waterfuls
* Astro Wars 190s Grandstand
* Tomytronic 3D Games

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[-''Note: Unless otherwise stated, tropes relate to the character of Octav1us as opposed to the real-life person''-]
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Hungry Horace and the VideoGame/SkiFree yeti could both count as these to Octavius, given how persistent they are.
* [[AcCENTUpontheWrongSylLABle AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle]]: Has been known to pronounce 'console' as 'con-soul' due to his [[UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland Yorkshire]] upbringing.
* TheAlcoholic: Look, if you constantly had video game characters breaking into your house, you'd be drinking too...
* AnimalEaredHeadband: Sports a pair of cat ears whenever he's in-character.
** The nature of these ears [[ZigZagged zig-zags]]; in one video, he covers the cat ears to block out an awful noise. In another video, he [[LampshadeHanging openly wonders why he keeps sleeping in the damn things]].
* ApocalypseHow: Causes at least a class 0 through the heinous act of... [[DisproportionateRetribution playing a poor-taste ZX Spectrum game]]. The [[EmergencyBroadcast news did warn him]], though.
* ApocalypticLog: Has described his channel as "me wearing cat ears and playing old video games with the nice backdrop of my ongoing mental breakdown", so this might qualify. He's pretty honest and open about his mental health issues.
* BlatantLies: Comes up a few times:
** States that his VideoGame/PacMan video will be super simple with no flashy effects... right before Ms. Pac Man [[ThereWasADoor bursts in through the wall]].
** Claims that he would make good use of a device that allowed him to make his own applications. [[GIlliganCut Cut to]] him creating a phone app with a [[CuteKitten cat face]] that spins when you tap it.
* BrokeTheRatingScale:
** Part 1 of the VideoGame/DukeNukemForever review starts off with an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 'unfunny bad taste count' meter]]. Which explodes.
** Part 2 starts off with a new counter made of reinforced steel and bulletproof glass. [[RunningGag Which explodes]]. Twice.
* TheCameo:
** Nostalgia Nerd - a fellow British [=YouTuber=] - has shown up in a few of his videos, and vice versa.
** Has guested in a few {{WebVideo/Barshens}} videos.
** His [[HalloweenSpecial 7 Days of Scary series]] for 2018 features a different [=YouTuber=] in each video.
** Featured in a [[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]] video where [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext they try and cut food with a Spectrum Vega]].
* CoveredInGunge: During his review of ''VideoGame/Ghostbusters1984'', thanks to ectoplasm-spitting ghosts.
* CuteMachines: Has this reaction when he finds out the Robutler [[note]]a radio-controlled tray on wheels[[/note]] comes with an attachable bow-tie. He's practically offended when he realises that the tray shows signs of use, but the bow-tie attachment has ''never even been opened''.
* DeadlyNosebleed: The sheer crassness of VideoGame/DukeNukemForever gives him one of these. Eventually upgrades to BloodFromTheMouth.
* DeliveryStork: How he becomes the parent of Baby Pac Man. [[ItMakesSenseInContext With Ms. Pac Man]].
* {{Determinator}}: For his 2018 edition of [[HalloweenSpecial 7 Days of Scary]], Louis managed to cobble together contributions from 7 different other [=YouTubers=] in a severely limited time frame, all whilst looking for a new place to live. Then his electricity was cut off for 2 days. And he STILL got the first episode up before Halloween.
* [[DoggedNiceGuy Dogged Nice Girl]]: Is this to [[VideoGame/MetalGear Solid Snake]], whom he calls frequently in the hopes of getting a date. May or may not have resulted in a restraining order.
* TheEndOrIsIt: After [[spoiler: defeating the [[{{VideoGame/Doom}} Icon of Sin]] and lifting his Halloween curse]] at the end of the VideoGame/DukeNukemForever review, the [[spoiler: {{VideoGame/Daikatana}} logo]] flashes on screen.
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** During the first 7 Days Of Scary, there's a wall calendar where the entire month has 'EVERYTHING IS FUCKING TERRIFYING' scrawled over it.
** If you look at the label on some of the wine bottles, you'll see it's named [[SelfDeprecation 'Chateau du Spinster']].
* HalloweenSpecial: His 7 Days of Scary series; every October, he's forced to play a week's worth of bad games from his childhood.
** Revealed to be the result of a [[GypsyCurse deal he made with a genie]]. Despite the torment, there's no way he's giving that [[Platform/XboxONE XBox One]] back.
* HollywoodRestrainingOrder: Believes himself to have a few pending from some well-known personalities, as shown in his Granny's Garden review:
** ''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd''.
** "[[BuffySpeak Fit glasses lad from]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV FFXV]]".
** [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]].
** Run The Jewels.
** Nostalgia Nerd [[note]]Cancelled after he explained that he was hiding in his cupboard to spy on Ashens[[/note]].
** [[WebVideo/StuartAshen Ashens]] [[note]]Also sending restraining order to Nostalgia Nerd after he joined him in cupboard for spying[[/note]].
** WebVideo/LazyGameReviews.
* ImprovisedWeapon:
** He gets out of a few situations with a well-thrown wine bottle. Less of a weapon, more just [[TheAlcoholic something he has a lot of lying around]].
** General Custer meets his end by way of pissed-off Octy and a floor lamp.
** Horace surprises Octy and gets a Platform/BBCMicro upside the head for his troubles. It's a wonder he survived.
* IntercourseWithYou: The Softporn Adventure review features a barely-concealed example of this, sung from the perspective of the protagonist. And it's hilarious.
* MadnessMantra: When attacked in a game, he will often repeat the phrase [[SuddenlyShouting "THERE'S A LAD"]] a few times. Sometimes followed with a bonus [[CaptainObvious "AND HE'S NOT HAPPY"]].
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Pretty much done word for word when he tries swiping the barcode from his anti-depressants into the Barcode Battler and gets a ridiculous stat boost from it.
* ARareSentence: From the VideoGame/DukeNukemForever review:
--> "I can't believe I'm about to say this sentence, but [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext wall boobs]] have really pissed me off!"
* SelfDeprecation: Honestly, most of the TakeThat moments are directed at himself.
* SoundEffectBleep: Usually done with video game sound effects.
* SpeakingSimlish: Hungry Horace, the VideoGame/SkiFree Yeti, VideoGame/PacMan and Squishes are all voiced this way.
* TakeThat: The Job Centre [[note]]A government agency that deals with unemployed people in the UK[[/note]] is a regular target for this.
* ThereWasADoor: Frequently has his home invaded by video game characters, and very few of them seem to realise this trope
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] by Horace, who works out that a 2D character can just slip under the door.
* ThemeSong: A chiptune ditty about wanting to play games with a boy, sung our host.
* UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople: Squishes, his [[BuffySpeak octopus-companion-friend thing]], somewhere between NonHumanSidekick and SapientPet. Usually found [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]] from the sidelines.
* VisualPun: The 'unfunny bad taste counter' from the VideoGame/DukeNukemForever review features an animation of a scraper and a barrel. [[CaptainObvious Work it out]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Baby Pac Man hasn't made many appearances since his debut. LampShaded at one point:
--> '''Squishes''': What about your son?
--> *cut to Baby Pac Man in his crib*
--> '''Octavius''': Oh yeah... [[SelfDeprecation that video was so rubbish]] I forgot I had a baby with VideoGame/MsPacMan
--> [[{{Beat}} *beat*]]
-->'''Octavius''': [[ParentalObliviousness ...have you been feeding him?]]
* XtremeKoolLetterz: That's [=Octav1us=], with a 'one'. [[WordOfGod "Because I'm awkward"]]


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