Alex Horne shares Taskmaster VR advice, admits he got "really frustrated" as a contestant
Your time starts… very soon! The hotly anticipated Taskmaster VR launches tomorrow (Thursday 13th June 2024).
The game will allow fans to step into the role of a Taskmaster contestant, pitting their wits against virtual tasks in a digital version of the iconic Taskmaster house, as well as being able to design their own tasks in a separate Creative Mode.
We were lucky enough to be able to ask Alex Horne himself, creator and much-belittled star of the beloved TV show, for some tips and tricks on playing the video game version (which he's been involved with as a producer and a voice actor).
His response was every bit as deadpan as you'd expect. «Well, I got really frustrated, if I'm honest,» Horne told RadioTimes.com over Zoom prior to the launch, succinctly summing up his experiences of playing the game.
He continued: «I always thought I'd be a good contestant. And you realise very quickly, 'Oh it's so annoying.' All the tricks that I try to put in the show are in this as well.»
So, after a taste of his own tricksy medicine, what's the actual advice from the man himself?
In his words: «You've just got to keep doing it again and again and again. And there's some physical things, there's some skill, but also, it's always second guessing.
»It's not… it's never simple. So yeah, always just always be suspicious of Alex Horne." Good advice for life perhaps!
One bizarre side effect for Horne himself playing the game is caused by the fact that Horne is also in the game, voicing a stylised video game version of himself (in his usual role as the Taskmaster's assistant).
«I don't really like looking at myself, even on a Zoom,» Horne told us. «And I definitely don't like hearing myself. But I don't mind looking at the VR version of me. He's got brown hair, unlike me. It's a version of me from 2010.
»But no, it's sort of flattering to both me and Greg [Davies]. Greg looks awesome, I think. But I think they've really captured [the essence]. I guess the whole point is it's not meant
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