Indie Game Ravers

Lucy and Ben get together to discuss the games they’ve been playing including Antenna Dilemma, Project Warlock and Dangerous Driving. They have a beer each with Lucy drinking Magic Rock’s Grower Owned and Ben having the Wylam X Other Half collab Is There Music In Your Dreams?

We are joined by Carl Marshall, @ThaBearded1, of Twisted Barrel Ales to chat all things video games and beer. Carl chats the games he enjoys like Nippon Marathon and not having the time for bigger experiences. He then posses the question, what are the similarities between video games and craft beer. We delve into a ton of topics and tangents as we try to answer. This is followed by Lucy discussing Bastion and Supergiant games. Ben brings Love Thyself a visual novel developed by Amplitude and set in the Endless Universe. Carl drinks ‘Technical Ecstasy’ from 2nd Shift Brewing, ‘Parka’ from Double-Barrelled and finally ‘Wrapped in Citra’ from Twisted Barrel. Lucy starts with Beerbliotek’s ‘We’re young, we smell good and […]

Ben and Lucy are joined by fellow OOL’er Alex Waite who’s been playing The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit and The Sims 4. Lucy wants to discuss game difficulty and accessibility and Ben asks “Can EA fuck up Star Wars?”. Alex brings three beers from the ‘Citizens of Everywhere’ Beer 52 box. These are from Fyne Ales X Beerbliotek, Gadd’s X Pohjala and The White Hag X Boundary. Lucy drinks Whiplash’s ‘Northern Lights’ and ‘No Biggie’ from Siren Craft Brew. Ben has ‘Final Pulse’ from Wylam and the Cloudwater X Against the Grain ‘#www.oooooo.ddd’.

A slightly bigger beer week this episode as we all drink 3 beers each. We also discuss some more Division 2 and Ubisoft’s issues with political narratives, Lucy’s been playing Photographs and tells us how harrowing it can be and we finish on a little word about the Taps Beer Festival. Aadil’s beers this week were ‘Chuggernaut’ from Amundsen Bryggeri, ‘Supersonic DIPA – Rainforest Lime Edition’ from Nomad and Tiny Rebel x La Brasserie du Mont Saleve ‘Mango Milkshake IPA’ Lucy drinks 2 beers from Magic Rock, the ‘Rode Goos’ and the ‘Californiashire’ and finishes with a favourite, ‘Mosaic’ from Arbor. Ben’s been to Tesco and has Unbarred’s ‘Mixed Berry Gelato Pale’, North Brewing’s ‘Lost Cosmonauts’ and to finish a […]

In a week where Lucy doesn’t drink Ben and Aadil start with two big beers. Ben drinks the ‘Maiden 2017’ Barley Wine from Siren Craft Brew whilst Aadil has Northern Monks ‘Honour’, a West Coast IPA. With these beers come some games. Lucy has played and chats Kuso, Yorkshire Gubins and Where the Bees Make Honey (which she received a code for from the developer, and you’ll find a steam link below). The three of them have also all played Baba is You. Aadil cracks a second beer, the ‘Smoking Gull’ from Half Acre beer and a short discussion on Tesco’s continued push into the craft beer market ensues. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1001640/Where_the_Bees_Make_Honey/

We’ve all played games! Whooo! Lucy kicks off the discussion with Tick Tock: A tale for two, a co-op synchronous puzzle game then briefly touches on Engare. Ben and Aadil have been playing The Division 2 and try to focus this week on the positives of the game. Politics isn’t mentioned, not once. Lucy drinks ‘Trekker’, a DIPA from Gipsy Hill and from Dig Brew Co the milk stout ‘Durr’. Ben tries another beer from Yonder Brewing & Blending, the ‘Dunstan’s Exile’ Pale Ale and Loka Polly’s ‘Patternist’ IPA. Aadil a collab from garage Brew Co X Track, the ‘Dreamlining’ pale ale and follows it with ‘Alligator Tugboat’, an IPA from Pressure Drop.

This week the gang get together to discuss Lucy’s time with The Occupation, the major bugs in Anthem, Slime Rancher and the curation on the Epic store. They then finish discussing Crackdown 3 and Days Gone being solid games but not groundbreaking. They all sink two beers each this week. Aadil begins with ‘Granny’ a collaboration sour from Padstow Brewing and Dig Brew Co and follows it with ‘Island Hopper’ DDH IPA from Steam Machine. Lucy drinks Gipsy Hill’s stout ‘Cosmonaut’ and finishes with a Northern Monk Patrons 16.01 ‘Haze-Le-Nut’ porter. Ben has a ‘Crowd Surfer’ DIPA from Signature Brew to start, then the ‘After the Storm’ stout collaboration from Left Handed Giant and Burnt Mill Brewery.

This Next Act’s podcast is back from hiatus with another excellent line-up for you. A real stonker ! MC: Becky Povall Eliza Fraser Laura Ollerton Livvie Newman Lucy Ruddiman Antoinette Morris Katy Pritchett Rosa Handscomb Sarah Ali Louise Leigh    

We chat about a lot in this episode, too much to explain here. Ben and Aadil kick off the episode and Lucy joins the fray about an hour in. There’s also a little appearance from a birthday girl. Whilst it’s just Aadil and Ben they drink Cloudwater’s IPA dedicated to Friends and Family and Beer then crack open a Juicy IPA from Vibrant Forest. Once Lucy gets stuck in the drinking really begins. Her beers are; Notting Hill APA from Moncado Brewery, Crak’s ‘Guerrilla’ IPA and a ‘Seven for a Secret’ IPA from Wander Beyond. Aadil kicks off the second part with a prosecco then joins Ben for a ‘Dark Age’ Stout from Wicked Weed Brewing. They finish with a […]

Ben, Aadil and Lucy get together to discuss the games they’ve been playing; Metro Exodus, Ape Out, Super Type, Mini Metro and Pikuniku. They also chat about the potential of Game Pass coming to everything and a forward thinking Microsoft. The beers this week are a mixed bad of styles and flavours. Lucy begins with ‘Midnight BBQ’ a collaboration spelt IPA from Crak and Sleeping Village. Ben has a ‘Suki’ from Yonder Brewing and Blending and Aadil drinks the ‘Ninkasi Blanche’ from Biere de Ble. Their second beers are Wander Beyond’s ‘Tiki Turtles’ Tiki milkshake IPA for Lucy, a ‘JUPA’ from 5 Points Brewing for Aadil and finally from Odyssey ‘Show me a Hero’ IPA for Ben.

Join Francis, Lucy & Andy as they wade through the mountain of Nintendo news that has built up since their last episode. Who hasn’t bought Super Smash Bros for the Switch? How are the Ubisoft collaborations going? Are there any games not made using Unreal Engine 4? Find out all of this and more by listening in! Did Andy spend the entire podcast playing Tetris99… you decide.  

Lucy returns to join Ben and Aadil as we get heavy from the off, discussing philosophy and video games. Talk moves to pub trips, Weatherspoons and the ageing demographic of pub goers. We finish on some puzzle games including the New York Times Crossword, Golf Peaks and G30 rounding out the episode with a small chat on Crackdown 3 and Saints Row. For beers this week Aadil is still picking from the Beer52 Korea box drinking Wild Waves Brown Porter and ‘Seongsu-dong’ Pale ale from Amazing Brewing. Lucy starts with a Beer52 Boston box beer in the Harpoon ‘Dark’ Dunkel and takes a trip to Bristol with Left Handed Giant ‘Life Without Oxygen’ Barley Wine. Ben begins with the ’01 […]

Ben and Aadil get together to discuss two topics this week. What have games relied upon for too long and our time playing the Division 2 private beta; all whilst drinking some beers. Aadil continues his Korean beer experience with a Blackcurrant Milkshake IPA from The Booth Brewing and ‘Dark Ambition’ a raspberry milk stout from Amazing Brewing company. Ben has an IPA from Eightarch called ‘Corbel’ and finishes with ‘Cross Collar’ a west coast pale collaboration from Marble Brewery and Brook House Hops.

As it’s a special number we wanted to do something special. Ben and Aadil left the comfort of their safe spaces to venture forth into the city. They visit three bars and drink some delicious beers from Marble, Bristol Beer Factory, Wiper & True and Good Chemistry among others. They discuss a few topics in the gaming sphere from the Metro Exodus exodus from Steam to Epic to the games they’ve been playing. They also reflect on Tanked Up after 150 episodes and where they’d like to take it.

This week the crew moan about technology. It’s both stupid yet brilliant all at the same time. Ben’s played some Call of Duty Blackout and they touch on the chronicles of Aadil’s 49″ TV. Lucy and Aadil drink the same beers this week as they dive into the Korea based Beer 52 box. They start with Wild Wave’s Brett IPA and follow it with ‘Daydream’ from Magpie. Ben begins with ‘Turtles all the way down’ from Duration and finishes with Wild Beers barrel aged and blended Imperial Stout ‘B.A.B.S’

This week Aadil, Ben and Lucy roughly stick to the new format of coming in with a segment each, huzzah. Ben brings the myth of the January slump. Lucy has games to discuss and chats Spider-Man’s DLC and Below. Aadil ends us on a big discussion around the 40 hour work week in game development kicked off by Patrick Klepek’s Waypoint article ‘How Slime Rancher made a ton of money and stuck to 40-hour workweeks’ For the beers this week Aadil drinks two from Wiper and true. He starts with ‘Red Orange’ and amber ale and follows it with the ‘Quintet’ IPA. Lucy drinks a ‘Chocolate Sombrero’ from Clown Shoes and finishes with ‘Pupa’ pale ale from Vibrant Forest. Ben has […]

This Next Act returns with an absolute bloody stonking line-up for you! MC: Alex Kitson Ted Milligan Jessie Nixon Dan Hershbein Eddie FJ Jules Laurens Burt Williamson Laura Ollerton

Lucy returns to join Aadil and Ben for a bit of a change for 2019. We’ll each be bringing a topic to discuss. This can be from beer or gaming news to what we’re playing. We’re getting even more conversational. To start this week we crack some beers. Aadil starts with ‘Marmalade on Rye’ DIPA from Tempest, Lucy has a new can from Oakham Craftworks ‘Best Friend’ session IPA and Ben begins with a new brewery, Rock leopard and their ‘Distant Cousin of a Mu Mu Cat’ IPA. Lucy kicks us off with her most anticipated games of 2019 including Mortal Combat 11, Wolfenstein Youngblood and Pikuniku. There’s more Hitman chat before our second beers. Ben drinks ‘Tiny the Welder’ […]

In the first episode of 2019 Ben and Aadil discuss their most anticipated games of the coming year. Some of these games have firm release dates, others don’t so hopefully their not repeated this time next year. Games touched upon include Control, Metro Exodus, Anthem, Doom Eternal, In the Valley of the Gods, Man of Medan and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3. Ben has also found 30 minutes to play something and chats Hitman 2 (without Lucy!). Aadil has two beers this week whilst Ben is on the rum. Aadil starts with the ‘Kill Pils’ from Weird Beard and follows it with Arbor’s ‘All the Mo’s’. Ben was gifted a lot of rum over the Christmas break so cracks them open, […]

‘Tis the season and we’re gonna get pretty bloody jolly at the This Next Act Christmas party! It’s not gonna be your regular night so expect set-swaps, roast battles, an amazing l Christmas gameshow and special Christmas characters and songs from some of our favourite ‘This Next Act’ performers! You name it/them – we’ve got it/them and you’re all invited!! Ho! Ho! Ho!* It’s also the Kettle’s first birthday! So you’ve got no excuse to not come to this one. Even you Scrooge!! Featuring, in no particular order James O’Donoghue (James O’Donoghue) Louise Leigh James Trickey Laura Ollerton Jessie Nixon David Hoare Jessie Johnson Ted Milligan Daryl Hembrough Greg Winfield Dan Hershbein Heather Bryson Banks Laura Fell Jules Laurens Burt […]