Indie Game Ravers

The Summer hiatus is over and we all played some games. Aadil goes on a deep-dive on TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection. Ben has gone back to Killzone: Shadow Fall, as the beginning of his new approach to gaming, taking advantage of PS++, and Lucy… played some games. Aadil had Siren’s Totality Session IPA, Lucy had the Verdant x Weird Walk Ritual Pale Ale, and Ben had the Queen of Summer Hazy IPA from Left Handed Giant.

Lucy played 12 minutes, and things devolved into a spoiler-free discussion likening it to “The Room” of video games. Lucy and Ben have finished Stray, but graciously are waiting for Aadil to cap it off for next week’s episode. Ben has been playing Multiversus, and things naturally veer towards what characters are there, and more importantly should be. Johnny Bravo, Johnny Cage, the and no. 1 draft pick Foghorn Leghorn. Ben had a collab from Newtown Park x Lost and Grounded Belgian Pale Ale: Knowledge Divided. Lucy had Cloudwater’s Pale Ale: Super Happy. Aadil had one of the collabs that came out of White Hag’s Hagstravaganza, a dry Italian Stout made with Brewfist: Gola Secca.

The whole crew is together for one longer episode this week. It may be the height of summer, but free-time is in short supply. Aadil, ever the timely host, interrupts the game talk for some steam deck news. Ben updates us on his PS5 queueing. We talk about spiderman, skyrim, and mods, before Aadil talks a lot about the Affogato demo. It’s a reverse-tower defense game, think you are the wave going through the maze of static enemies, with a very anime aesthetic. Lucy has Attic’s Intuition Session Pale. Ben and Aadil picked up the 7th birthday Good Chemistry special beers. Ben had the Six States NEIPA. and Aadil had the Seven Goats Dobblebock.

It’s Ben and Lucy this week. Ben has been previewing Scathe, a twitchy bloody FPS. We dip back into Powerwash Simulator and Lucy has continued playing the updated Into the Breach.. It wouldn’t be Lucy and Ben if Tony Hawk wasn’t brought up, this time it was mostly about the remake. Lucy had Finding Air IPA from Little Monster x Pipeline and Ben had the Heavy Blow NEIPA from Attic Brew x New Bristol Brewery.

TUP 339 – Catting about in a cyberdystopia and other Stray details. The whole crew is together and through the somehow busy summer we’ve all only played one game. But its the much anticipated, and talked about all over the internet, play-as-a-cat-game: Stray. Ben has finished the game, and the other two are a couple hours in. A proper discussion of details, the wonders of catting around, and the shift of expectations, amongst many other things. Lucy had Mad Squirrel’s Alfonso Mango NEIPA, and Aadil had Quantock’s English Pale Ale for Flavourly Somerset Levels. Ben had a bang average instant coffee. Good pours were had… Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Check Out Our Website: https://www.outoflives.net Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork […]

Lucy finished “Endling: Extinction is Forever”, and discussed her overall opinions on the whole experience. She also played “Lord Winklebottom Investigates”, a 1920s based murder mystery point and click adventure with a giraffe protagonist. We round the episode off with a chat about what games are on our radars, or just top of the backlog. Spoiler Alert: Stray is definitely at the top of our lists. Aadil had the Moor Nano Cask Session Bitter Olicana. Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Check Out Our Website: https://www.outoflives.net Join The OOL Community Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork

Ben catches us up on the start of Dading round 2. He then treated us to an in depth chat about Rollerdrome, an upcoming third-person action shooter that is also a rollerskating game by the same team who brought us OlliOlli World. Ben had the Super Visions Hazy IPA from Left Handed Giant, and Aadil had the Hilden Session IPA #3 from Hilden x Flavourly. 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 #beer #craftbeer #podcast #videogames #rollerdrome

Just Aadil and Lucy this week, so naturally we take some time out to talk about the nonsense meme of caring too much about pineapple on pizzas. It’s been a minute and Lucy has played a few games. We talk about her time with “Escape Academy”, as well as how it differs from “Escape Simulator”. Lucy finally got around to taking (previous guest) Adam’s game of the year: “Powerwash Simulator”, thanks to gamespass. Lucy also has spent quite a bit of time with, the very poignant given recent weather in the UK, “Endling: Extinction is Forever”. We both take a sidetrack to talk about no longer acquiring all of the games, thanks to things like gamespass as well as a […]

Ben talks Planet Zoo and his life now as an animal husbander, rather than a park designer. He also played some Guardians of the Galaxy. We also touched on “Starbucks pricing” models and PS+. As usual the convo involves things like Gamespass, the Steam Deck, as well as an update on Lucy’s time with the playdate. We also talk about games that got better slowly, like Sea of Thieves and the now time-looping No Man’s Sky. Ben had Polly’s The Lakehouse IPA, Lucy had Brew York’s Mangolorian Mango & Lime Milkshake IPA; while Aadil had another of the Garden Brewery Restore Earth collabs, this time it was the Cherry & Coconut Imperial Stout with Totenhopfen. podcast #videogames #craftbeer #guardiansofthegalaxy

Lucy and Aadil talk about the games they’ve been playing. Lucy throws away a dagger card to take us on a deep dive on Neon White. Aadil also played a game with cards, but this one is a turn-based strategy RPG: Gordian Quest. Lucy had the Island in the Sun West Coast IPA from Polly’s, while Aadil had the Garden x Var Var collab Oak Aged Vanilla & Chocolate Porter. #podcast #craftbeer #videogames #pollys #gardenbrewery

The whole crew is together to chat the games they have been playing. We spoke about Bugsnax, Cookie Cranker, Kids, the Steam demo festival, Anger Foot, Streets of Rage 4. And then Lucy and Aadil do a deep dive on TMNT: Shredder’s revenge, expect nostalgia. Ben had the Iron Bloke Salted Chocolate Stout from Pomona Island, while Aadil had Garden Brewery x Lervig West Coast DDH IPA, and Lucy took the night off. 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 #podcast #craftbeer #videogames #tmnt

We touch on beer subscriptions and what can make them special versus stale. This week’s tupic was e3/not e3. We talk trailers vs gameplay and interviews, and all the deadspaces. Inevitably, without Lucy around there was a lot of Final Fantasy 7 talk. Ben gave his highlights from all the shows/announcements. Aadil drank the Garden Brewery x Qajaq Munich Helles. Ben had the New Bristol Brewery x Size? DDH IPA Heavy Duty Beauty. 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 #craftbeer #videogames #podcast

We talk at length about our time at the Bristol Craft Beer Festival, and beer festivals in general before getting into the annual “Why e3 exist?” conversation. Oh also an argument about the optimal way to get your microsoft rewards points happened. Lucy, Ben, and Aadil had the Brave Noise Lager. The festival beer for We Are Beer festivals. Brewed by Left Handed Giant and in support of Brave Noise (bravenoisebeer.com) 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 #craftbeer #videogames #podcast #bravenoise #bcbf

Ben has played a lot of Planet Zoo, and its still a lot deeper than the Jurassic World Evolution series. We chat about Netflix gaming and the byzantine approach to accessing their games. Lucy played Poinpy which is a joy. We also chatted about Diablo Immortal, She also played Citizen Sleeper, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, Saint’s Row: Boss Factory, and the Steam Deck with XCloud gaming. Lucy had Easy Skankin’ Hefeweizen by Trouble’s Brewing, Jamaica’s first craft brewery. Aadil had the Daily Grind Batch #1 Coffee Stout from Moersleutel, while Ben had Lost and Grounded’s Spring Protagonist Special Bitter Ale. Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Check Out Our Website: https://www.outoflives.net Join The OOL Community Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork […]

Lucy tells us of her time with APICO, a beekeeping simulator with minecraft-like survival elements. Ben touches on his first impressions of Diablo Immortal. We then spend the rest of the episode talking about the open letter from CAMRA chairman Nik Antona to the Minister for Small Business lobbying for the legal definition of a pint to be 100% liquid. Lucy has the Coconut Froth Latte Stout from Overtone, while Ben has the Forbidden Worlds Session IPA from New Bristol Brewery. Aadil rounded it all out with the Hamer & Sikkel Porter from Brouwerij de Molen.

We start with a chat about Aadil’s PC problems, windows 11, and the scourge of computing that DUST is. Aadil takes a deep dive on the first-person photography game Umurangi Generation, now on GamesPass. Some nerding out on photography in general. We chat at length about the mechanics, UI, and aesthetics. Aadil has Two Chefs Brewing’s Decennium Falcon Double Funky Falcon Pale Ale and Ben has the Pils Like These Pilsner from Bristol Beer Factory. Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Check Out Our Website: https://www.outoflives.net Join The OOL Community Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork #podcast #videogames #craftbeer

Aadil continues his chat with Chad and Curtis of Bit Rot Games. We chat about the narrative focus of Recursive Ruin, demo design and testing, and the procedural techniques from music to visuals. We also chatted about how to make the perfect martini, the perils and pros of machine learning, JS Bach’s music and Magic: The Gathering.   No beer for Chad, instead we have an extensive chat about Black IPAs, and where they can excel (or fail). Curtis has the Chimay White Trappist Tripel, while Aadil has Siren Cacao & Hazelnut Broken Dream Twisted Breakfast Stout.    

Aadil is solo-hosting but is joined by the return of Chad and Curtis from Bit Rot Games. We talk the development, features, and balance of designing a narrative puzzle game that is Recursive Ruin. With only Aadil at the helm we touch on Micro-brewing vs. Craft brewing (vs. Femto-brewing), the parallels of working on a PhD and developing a game, as well as the Beethoven vs. Mozart approach to art and comedy(?). Chad had the Light-hearted Ale from Bell’s Brewery, Curtis had the always excellent Trappistes Rochefort 8, and Aadil had the Wiper & True x Verdant Farmhouse Spelt Pils. 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 played FIFA 22, courtesy of PS+. It devolved into a general discussion of FIFA, football games and the (lack of) iteration over the years in sporting games. Ben had Arbor’s Space Hardware NEIPA, Lucy Cloudwater’s West Coast IPA, and Aadil had Arbor’s Texas Sunday Morning Hazy India Pale Ale. 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 #podcast #craftbeer #videogames #fifa22

Lucy makes us all jealous with her first impressions of the Play Date, and “Playtris”. That is until the Steam Deck arrived. She played Strange Horticulture, ElecHead, the Apeture Desk Job, Ynglet, Swallow the Sea and Raven’s Hike. We also chat briefly about Stadia and the steam platform.   Lucy had the Loral Lager from Quantock, Aadil had Bristol Beer Factory’s Well Above Sea Level IPA (with lactose), and Ben had Arbor’s GalAzacca NEIPA. 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 #podcast #craftbeer #videogames #steamdeck #playdate