Indie Game Ravers

This week Lucy and Aadil give their initial impressions of Cyber Shadow, the new 2D action platformer from Yacht Club Games. Aadil has also played Control and Lucy chats Heavens Vault and the new release NUTS. Ben has been getting his thirsty fix with Haven. As with the rest of January, Aadil has two beers and Ben has one with Lucy abstaining. Aadil drinks Electric Bugaloo from Tiny Rebel and a Stout from Moor Beer Co. Ben has Stigbergets Julius tribute, the Juleljus / Xmas Tribute NEIPA.

Ben and Aadil chat about the second round of film delays due to the pandemic, and the move of some studios to forego theatres entirely. We discuss how we think that will affect the already tentpole based industry and where it might go from here. The episode rounds out with a discussion of the upcoming MCU film and TV properties that have been announced for 2021. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

This week Ben and Aadil chat about the first two episodes of the genre-bending new Marvel series WandaVision. We talk about our history with black and white American sitcoms, our thoughts on the series and hopes/theories on what is to come. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

On the show this week Aadil, Lucy and Ben have all played Tiny Lands from Hyper Three Studio and have a detailed discussion. Before this the show kicks off with Aadil’s thoughts on Hexia. Then after Ben has been playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Lucy finished Crash Bandicoot 4. We also get into Ubisoft being given a Star Wars game. For the beers, Aadil drinks Cthulhu on the Moon from Kaiju! beer and follows with Electric Bear 48 Hours & Counting. Ben continues his run of just one beer with Funky Fluid 6, a collab from Maltgarden X Funky Fluid.

On the show this week Lucy has a few indie games to chat having played Sunlight and started Shot in the Dark. Ben hits the backlog finishing Days Gone and playing a little Jurassic World Evolution and Doom Eternal. Aadil finishes out the show with an update on Cyberpunk 2077 and his preview of the soon to be released Kinetic Edge. To drink Aadil starts with Deya and their Today is Better than Yesterday then cracks Blow Out from Mikkeller all whilst Ben nurses Atom Brewing Co’s Neutron Star.

Ben and Aadil talk all about Wonder Woman 1984, from the endearing down to the baffling. While we had some issues with the film, we took some time to talk about what we liked, and hoped for more of in the DCEU. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

Join Ben and Aadil and special guest Dave Wyatt this week as they discuss the second half of The Mandalorian Season 2, as well as backdoor pilot a handful of new podcasts… Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

This week we talk about Hades, a lot. As all three of us have played and have differing opinions we discuss it and then keep referring back to it. The episode starts with a little chat on dry January and what we’re all doing. For games, we also talk about Cyberpunk 2077 and Monster Train, both of which Aadil has played. We then ask ‘What games did you miss from 2020?’ and ‘What are you looking forward to in 2021?’. Also, Ben has a new computer so of course, his audio is garbage. Ben has the one beer the ‘Canadian Breakfast’ from Brew By Numbers whilst Aadil drinks Arbor Ales ‘Pocket Rocket’ and ‘Komtur’ from Browar Gościszewo.

In the second part of this weeks show we each run down and discuss our top three favourite games of 2020. Will there be surprises? Will we all firmly stay in our boxes and make the obvious choices? Will we be absolutely drunk and all lovey at the end? There’s only one way to find out. We also each crack our forth beers of the night with Brew York, Thornbridge and Adroit Theory.

It’s a two-parter this week as we run down some of our favourite games from the dumpster fire that has been 2020. Though for games it’s been pretty good. In this first episode, we made up some random categories to discuss the games we wanted to. This isn’t our usual top ten and plenty of games are discussed. We also all drink an excellent selection of beers and manage to get through three each in this first chunk of our discussion. The beers come from Amundsen, Pamona Island, Deya, Totally Brewed, Electric Bear, Left Handed Giant X Verdant, Brew York, Good Chemistry and Pressure Drop.

There are games and beers a plenty this week in our penultimate show of the year. Firstly, Lucy cracks open You Sexy Thing from Burning Soul, Ben has never tried Smash & Grab from Vocation and Aadil is local again with Moor Beer Company and Old Freddy Walker. Lucy then launches into the games she has played with Lab Rat, Telsa Force, Animal Farm and Call of the Sea. Ben starts to give his thoughts on Yes, You’re Grace but pauses to open more beers. Lucy drinks Haunt from Whiplash, Ben has Left Landed Giant’s Lit by the Supermoon and Aadil finishes with the Arbor X LHG collab Damn You Autocorrect. We end the episode with Aadil’s thoughts on Cyberpunk […]

Join Ben and Aadil this week as they discuss and dissect Fox’s final X-Men movie The New Mutants. They get into the history of the production, the story, the cast and where they think the budget was spent. They also have ideas of what may have made for a better film and if we’ll see any more of these characters. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

This week Ben and Aadil tackle to question of what open-world games can do next to move the genre forward. This topic leads to Aadils initial thoughts on Marvels Spider-Man and Bens counter with what Miles Morales improves upon. Aadil has also been adventuring with a return to Gibbous: A Cthulhu Adventure and a light review of Nordlicht on Switch. To drink Ben cracks an advent beer to start with Siren Craft Brews Be Even More Pacific and follows it with Wanderlust For the Wicked, a To Øl / Fuerst Wiacek collaboration DIPA. Aadil starts locally with Hoppiness, Cross Over IPA from Moor Beer Company and finishes on The Lumberjack, Rye American Stout from Brokreacja.

This week the title in no way matches what we talk about, just a casual interjection from Aadil is the inspiration. We do however talk about The Last Guardian, Days Gone, The Solitaire Conspiracy, Into the Breach, SiNKR 2, Going Under and Gunnhildr. We also discuss an email a request made of Lucy for her digital soul. For the beers, Aadil starts with Bigger Boat (which should absolutely be in a bigger can than 330ml) from Vocation and then comes back to Bristol with Arbor Ales My Little Sabrony. Ben starts his advent beers with Citra Dreams from Captain Lawrence and drinks, the now Jawa related, Luchini from Pamona Island.

This week Ben and Aadil return to the gritty Star Wars world of The Mandalorian. We discuss the first half, four episodes, of season 2. Brief rundowns, favourite scenes and our hopes and dreams for the back half of this gripping show. Geek Out Weakly is live on twitch every Monday at midday GMT. Theme song by captiveportalmusic, under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

It is just Aadil and Ben this week discussing what they have been playing over a few beers. There is more talk of Spider-Man Miles Morales, Hades and a quick trip to Myst. The Last Guardian and the PS Plus Collection are also discussed and Aadil gives us his review of Dune Sea. Aadil drinks the Cali Pale from Tiny Rebel and Beavertowns Bloody Ell. Ben took a trip to Good Chemistry Brewing as it is their 5th birthday, whoo! He drinks Morello Theory and the Rum-D.R.C collaboration with Arbor Ales.

This weak Ben and Aadil wax nostalgic about the first two movies (and the cartoon!) before getting into their feelings about the latest entry in the series, 2020s Bill and Ted Face the Music. Theme song by captiveportalmusic, under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

On the show this week the beers are cracked and Lucy Gose to Hollywood with her first beer from To Øl, Aadil drinks Buxtons Ace Edge and Ben has Now We Are Here from Verdant. Games are discussed and Aadil leads with an update to Magic the Gathering Arena. Ben and Lucy have tried out Tetris Effect: Connected together and Lucy has fallen into Going Under. More beers are drunk with Lucy having Pressure Drops Show Me Something New and Ben and Aadil both having Cold Blooded from Siren. Ben finishes out the gaming chat with his thoughts on Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

Aadil and Ben gush over the wonderful Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse. We discuss the writing, setting, characters, and of course the amazing art and sound design. Geek Out Weakly is recorded live on twitch every Monday at midday GMT. Theme song by captiveportalmusic, under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).  

Asking the big questions every week Ben says Do we feel left out by not having the new consoles, Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5. Lucy is firmly in this gen still, having played Tetris Effect, South of the Circle and All For You. Whilst Aadil is on the cusp but using his PC to play The Falconeer. For beers this week Lucy has the one, drinking Cafe Creme from Arbor Ales. Aadil sticks with stouts, starting with The White Hags Dark Druid and finishing on the Salamander milk stout from Stu Mostow. Ben goes big again with the collaboration TIPA from North Brewing Co and Deya, then Boundary Brewing’s You’re Not Getting Any. If you haven’t seen or […]