Indie Game Ravers

A rare occurrence where we all have games to chat about! Lucy played 20 Small Mazes, which is what it says on the tin. Lucy and Aadil get distracted with Balatro and the costs of tracking information. Ben played Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles. Aadil finished The Case of the Golden Idol and all the DLCs. Lucy has Cortex, a juicy IPA collab between Atom and Junk Soul Smothered followed by Baron’s Single Hop DIPA, Long Boy. Ben has Wiper & True’s KaleiDIPA (again), and Aadil has the Ooster-festbier from Hasen-brau and Brasserie de la Senne’s Bruxellensis Brett Pale Ale

The whole crew is present, but in an inversion Aadil has played most of the games. We start with a discussion about the Kotaku resignation, prompted by managements push away from news and opinions towards 50 game guides a week. Aadil and Lucy talk a bunch about Balatro while Ben waits patiently in the wings. Aadil continues on to talk about a game Lucy brought to his attention a few episodes back Slice and Dice. And then the episode is rounded out with the back of the box quiz from Lucy. Lucy had the Sundrips Honey DIPA from Deya. Ben had the KaleiDIPA from Wiper and True, and Aadil had the more smoothie than beer Azvex’s Mana Smoothie Sour.

Lucy is freshly back from Manchester and talks to Ben about her time there visiting a bunch of different bars and breweries. She’s also played some Geometry Survivor and a little more Modern Warfare 3. Ben breaks out a big boy and drinks Puttty from Verdant whilst Lucy remembered it was Orval day. Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Join The OOL Community Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork

A shorter affair following our 400th episode, Ben and Aadil get together for a beer and some gaming chat. They discuss Warner Brothers doubling down on the live service model following the release of Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League. There are puzzle games as Ben previews Preserve, whilst Aadil talks about NYT Strands. To end Ben gives a run down of his first 16 odd hours in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The beers are from Stigbergets and an Arbor Ales X Emperor’s Brewery collab.

That’s it. Wrap it up. 400 episodes of nonsense. Following our current 2024 format, we discuss some news including more layoffs and some studios buying themselves and their IPs back. Of course, we talk games including Fall Guys, Balatro and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Then we close on a quiz. We have a couple of beers each including ones from Deya, Wild Flower, Verdant, Crossover Blendery, Tartarus, Cloudwater, and Track. Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Join The OOL Community Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork

Its a Ben free episode as Lucy and Aadil, but surprisingly game-filled and mostly on topic! A pre episode 400 miracle. Lucy played Please Touch the Artwork 2, Tomb Raider (Remastered), Islands of the Caliph, and Home Safety Hotline. While Aadil (and housemate Keith) have installed and played a couple few hour sessions of Civilization II. Lucy has the Terrain IPA from Glasshouse x Rivington, while Aadil has the Northern Monk SMUG the Pilgrimage AF TIPA. #podcast #craftbeer #northernmonk #glasshouse #rivington #tombraiderremastered #civilization2 #homesafetyhotline

Lucy and Francis return in 2024 after a long hiatus to discuss Nintendo's 2023 and a look forward to the future

In a week where no one has played a game, Xbox do us a solid and have a special Official Xbox Podcast episode. Ben had a listen and relayed the information to Lucy and Aadil who have thoughts about the new strategy. This isn’t a blow-for-blow recounting but a discussion on the higher-level points. Following this Ben mentions the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo and somehow talk turns to the Tomb Raider franchise. To finish, a quiz. Lucy drinks Cone, from Saint Mars of the Desert and Aadil has The White Hag’s Puca. Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Join The OOL Community Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork

The strategy of Steam Next Fest

Beers and Games

Now with more news

Join us this week for a discussion on the Prince of Persia The Lost Crown demo, Ben’s review of the PS5 version of Immortality, and a bigger discussion on the themes and weight of the game, and a dog playing video games very quickly. Aadil drinks the GweiLo X Brew York collab, Ginger Beast. Ben has a collab too drinking a Fruits of the Forest Meringue & Lemon Curd Sour from New Bristol Brewery X Vault City, and Lucy has the hottest release in Verdant’s Putty. Recorded on the 18th of January 2024 Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Join The OOL Community Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork

Ben and Lucy continue the year with a limited amount of games to discuss but some interesting beers. Ben has played a little more God of War Ragnarok and talk takes them to discussing RPGs and the RPG-ification of action games. Ben has also been playing a little Teardown and gives his thoughts. Talk turns to the Switch 2 / Pro / some new Nintendo thing. Lucy’s beer comes from Nothing Bound Brewing Co, as she drinks the Connecticut, and Ben has an experiment with two versions of Kaleidoscope from Wiper & True. Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Join The OOL Community Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork

We're back for 2024 with games, beers, and a quiz!

It’s our end-of-year awards and GOTY show! Join us to run down some of our favourite games of 2023. We have some returning categories and a few more “awardy” ones. There are plenty of beers, too, with a total of 8 drank between us. Beers come from Brouwerij Kees, Left Handed Giant, Prairie Dog Brewing, Deya, Brasserie La Débauche and Siren Craft Brew. Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Join The OOL Community Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork

Rounding out the year with a final ‘normal’ episode, Ben and Lucy discuss not finishing games. Ben reviews a recent release, SteamWorld Build, an older PS5 exclusive, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, and they end some much older games in Lucy’s new, old game quiz. One beer this week for Ben, the Bayleys Mocha Choca Flaked Truffle Stout from New Bristol Brewery. Originally recorded on 14/12/23. Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Join The OOL Community Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork

After cracking our beers, we kick off this episode by talking about… more Modern Warfare 3! We then talk about… more Jusant. And then… more NYT Connections. Not new to the podcast discussion but we also speak to Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and the PS5 experience. To drink, Aadil starts with Funky Fluid’s Warsaw Dream, then moves to the Arbor X Brixton brewery Cherry Amaretto Stout. Lucy skips the pond to have Maiden of Pain from Adroit Theory, and Ben skips a border for Polly’s White Oak. Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Join The OOL Community Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork

It’s a six-beer week for this episode. Lucy kicks off with Wave 9th Birthday DDH DIPA from Track Brewing Co, Aadil drinks Schlenkerla Urbock, and Ben has his first Arbor Ale in the Panettone. They then move to Games with Ben giving his review of the recently released The Invincible. There’s a little tangent into walking sims, and space games for some reason. For the second beers Lucy cracks the Nitro Caribbean Chocolate Cake from Siren, Aadil has Saturated in Simcoe from Deya, and Ben sticks with Arbor and has The Porter Express. Lucy then discusses her initial impressions of Jusant. Aadil finishes with his new found love of NY Times Connections. Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Join The OOL […]

It’s just Aadil and Lucy this week, so be prepared for tangeants galore. We start out with the fact that you can’t expect people to have pen and paper on them in class anymore, also reoiling robots. Lucy talks about Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, and then we go into the general franchise and what we expect from a series that is ‘too big to fail’. Lucy had Track’s Manchester Fresh Hop Golden Ale ’23. Aadil had the Chur Bro New Zealand IPA from Off Axis Brew Co. Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Join The OOL Community Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork