Indie Game Ravers

On this week’s Tupisode we talk about the games we have been playing, with a nice selection from Lucy and Aadil’s return to First Looks. We touch on Please Touch the Artwork, Grappledog,  Castelevania Circle of the Moon, Infernax, and dive into the narrative and mechanics of The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante.   Aadil and Ben coordinated(!) and both had the Northern Monk/Third Moon collaboration OFS062 DIPA, part of the Canada collection.   Join The Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork Please like comment and subscribe and if you can share it! Want to be part of the team, contact us!

Tom Maya joins us once again for this week’s topical episode. This week to talk event beers and Tom’s New podcast @GameOverBeer.   We all are having the 2021 Putty, a yearly DIPA from Verdant.   Apologies for Lucy’s mic once again.   Join The Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork Please like comment and subscribe and if you can share it! Want to be part of the team, contact us! #craftbeer #verdant #podcast #videogames #putty

This week we are joined by @GameOverBeer’s own Tom Maya. We chat about the game’s we have been playing, which are: Celeste, Loop Hero, Olliolli World, and Pump BMX amongst others. We also talk tough games of our youth and how they birthed the rogue-like genres.   Tom has Hammerton’s alcohol-free version of their peanut butter milk stout Crunch, Lucy has Birmingham Brewing Co’s Understated Brummie micro IPA, Aadil is on the Jam Up the Mash dry-hopped sour by Collective Arts, and Ben has Triple Point’s helles lager Absolut.   Apologies for the audio, Lucy had to resort to a headset mic for this week’s episodes. Join The Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork Please like comment and subscribe […]

It’s our weekly topic episode, and we are talking the big, and I mean BIG, acquisitions. Microsoft acquired Activision-Blizzard-King for 69 (nice) bill, Sony nabbed Bungie for 3.6 billion, and most importantly the New York Times broke through and got Wordle for ”low-six-figures”. We talk around it all, but also have some tasty brews. Ben drinks Out of the Wild DIPA from Overtone Brewing Co and Aadil has the mighty Thunder Meadows from Fernie Brewing Company Join The Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork Like comment and subscribe and if you can share it! Want to be part of the team, contact us!

A new centenary and a new format. Ben, Lucy, and Aadil chat about the games they have been playing over a tasty pint (hopefully) in the first episode of the week. We chatted Vampire Survivors, Dungeons and Puzzles, Press Restart, and Ender Lillies, all while trying vociferously not to bring up this week’s topic, which is saved for the second ep of the week! Aadil had the Super Saturation from Cabin Brewing, in Calgary, and Ben had Odyssey’s Sun God IPA. Join The Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork Please like comment and subscribe and if you can share it! Want to be part of the team, contact us!

Aadil is back! And to celebrate episode 300 we had him join us from the frozen north. We go all over the shop this episode discussing Brewdog and the current business practices. Aadil’s been on the word games including Wordle, Lewdle, and Absurdle. Lucy chats Vampire Survivors and Ben talks The Long Dark. A whole 6 beers were drunk this week. Aadil enjoys Canadian beers from Zero Issue Brewing and Fernie Brewing Company. Lucy heads west for a Whiplash then loops back for a Cloudwater DIPA. Ben tries new breweries with Azvex Brewing Company and Seven Island Brewery. Join The Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork Please like comment and subscribe and if you can share it! Want to […]

Despite the dark title and the image you have in your head of Bobby Kotick we have a jolly old time not chatting about the ActiBlizz purchase. Lucy kicks off the show with thoughts on The Company Man, the 2D action platformer from Forust Studio. Ben then delves into the Darkest Dungeon, 2! The newly released early access title from Red Hook Studios. We also briefly touch on the last Kinect game Lucy will play, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator and Ben’s mobile dalliance with Behind the Frame. We each have one beer this week. Lucy drinks More of a Phenomenon IPA from Boundary Brewing and Ben has a big Vault City beer in Double Maple Triple Chocolate Blueberry Smore. […]

This week we are joined by a returning Stephen (points_of_brew) to chat about getting back into gaming and what he has been playing. There is Fortnite chat, Far Cry 6, big thoughts on Halo Infinite and a discussion on open worlds and game length including the news of Dying Light 2s potential run time. To drink Stephen starts with Northern Monks Fresh TIPA V7, then has Gemini | Circle the Wagons from Mortalis Brewing Company. Lucy has another Lymestone Brewery beer in Heart of Stone (not a Witcher reference) followed by Phantom Brewing Co X Brew York collab Venti is Twenty. Ben crosses a small sea for Horse Power from Whiplash, then a slightly larger sea for the Sand City […]

As is customary for our first episode of the year we discuss the upcoming games we are looking forward to. As Aadil is in Canada we’re joined by Adam. We also chat Elite Dangerous, Blasphemous, Aspire: Inas Tale and Wytchwood. To drink Lucy has a traditional ale from Lymestone Brewery and the White Russian Nitro stout from Left Handed Brewing. Ben drinks Murmurations Amber Ale from Wiper and True then stays in Bristol for Arbor’s GNEIPA. Join The Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork Please like comment and subscribe and if you can share it! Want to be part of the team, contact us!

Francis & Lucy see off their most productive year for Rupees episodes so far by asking themselves “But at what cost?” Did the Nintendo Indie Direct deliver anything of note? Will Babble Royale save 2022? Plus, of course, a review of the year that was for Nintendo and a top 5 games of the year from both of them. Thanks for listening and have a good 2022!

We’ve got our top 10 games of this year! As always they are the games we played this year, and maybe not all ones that came out in 2021. We start out with a quick honorable mentions, much to Ben’s timing chagrin, and then hit those juicy top 10s. Will it be a year of indies, or triple A? How much overlap do the three of us have throughout our top games? Tune in to find out! Aadil starts off with the Wrongfully Accused West Coast IPA from Cervecera Peninsula and then moves onto Nepomucen’s Triple-Double Hazy IPA, with Citra, Sabro and Azacca. Ben has Dig’s Mount Rainier New England IPA, then the Northern Monk 8th Anniversary DIPA. Lucy has […]

This week we are joined by the every lovely Adam Thomas. We start the episode off with some solid Chivalry 2 and Forza Horizon 2 chats, before Lucy convinces us all to try out Babble Royale, and maybe The Gunk too. We then get into the real nitty gritty with Adam’s TUP10 of the year, in games, media and beyond– prepping us all for next week’s end of the year spectacular. Ben had Good Chemistry’s Uncertainty Principle, a Weizenbock, followed up by the MMXX barley wine from the same. Aadil has the Diolch Pale Ale from Untapped and the Oatmeal Stout from Four Pure. Lucy kicks it off with the Amundsen and Sudden Death collaboration Triple fruited Blueberry Muffin sour, […]

In the first half of the show Lucy talks about her growing addiction to Chivalry 2, a nonsense large-scale first person battler with unpredictable results. Ben returned back to megaquarium and is still enjoying Resi 8, while Aadil got sucked into the curse of optimisation and completion with cooking in Moonglow Bay. We also talk a bit about Subway Midnight before moving on to the spoileriffic discussion of Inscryption in the second half of the episode. Be warned.   Lucy has Arbor’s Pocket Rocket Session Pale and the Mammut Stout from Omnipollo. Aadil had the Citra NEIPA Jnr from Salt and the Alpha Delta DDH Pale Ale from Athena. Ben started with some Culture shock, courtesy of Polly’s, also a […]

We chat Untapped, tracking what we drink and the usefulness of beer ratings in general. Lucy tells tails of opinions on the new halo resulting in a shutdown of the halo subreddit. Aadil updates with forza and moonglow bay, despite his claims to do otherwise last week. Ben chats about his short struggles with Resident evil 7 before shifting to Resi VIII, which leads to all our thoughts on resident evil games, capcom and the audacity of the continued lack of dino crisis. We also talk lady google, tetris and a whole lot else besides.   Ben has the Deep Thought Stout from Good Chemistry. Lucy has the Blonde Brummie from Birmingham Brewing Company then the single hop NEIPA Veda […]

Ben and Aadil are sans Lucy again this week and kick things off with a discussion of time, gaming lulls and changing your perspective on the hobby versions finishing. This leads to an update on Aadil’s continued fun, and (mild) fury, with Moonglow Bay as well as an in-depth chat about the Brewmaster Alpha– along with the usual tangents etc. Ben starts with the Newtown Park Infinite Horizons IPA, and then has the James and the Giant Nectaron DIPA from Arbor. Aadil has the ToOl Sur Citra Dryhopped Sour Pale Ale and the Third Barrel Let Them Eat Cake Coconut Brownie Milk Stout. Join The Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork Please like comment and subscribe and if you […]

It’s just Ben and Aadil on a Will-Smithisode, with Lucy out with a mysterious (non-COVID) illness. Aadil played a fair few hours of the latest Jurassic Park (World Evolution 2) game and both compared it to their experiences with the first. Mostly positive stuff, quite an deep dive on this one. Ben’s been busy with life, but did get through part of Act two of Inscryption. Activision is more shit than we knew, surprising very few. The boys talk about games they are looking forward to and the dearth of advertising around the latest multiplayer FPSes. Aadil starts with Frank the Tank DDH Pale Ale from Bullhouse and followed it up with Northern Monk’s Don’t Mess With Yorkshire series’ Stout […]

This week we chat Giant’s Uprising, now in early access, and Lucy and Aadil convince Ben to just buy Inscryption already. Don’t worry spoilers are avoided, but really go play it. Aadil gives a brief update on Hermitage: Strange Case Files. The gang chats Forza Horizon 5, with Lucy knowing the series, but not this entry, and the other two with their first few hours with this newest one.   Lucy has the Wiper and True DDH Pale Ale Hopgarden No 8. Ben starts out with Haacht Super 8 Blanche before moving on to Stay Out DIPA from Drop Project and Neon Raptor. Aadil starts with the Rich Yuzu NEIPA from Nepomucen and finishes with Peninsula’s Golosa Imperial Stout.

Ben, Lucy, and Aadil are joined by returning Guest Adam Thomas to talk about beer, games and… anime. Adam has been playing a lot of Crusader Kings 3, and almost convinces Lucy and Aadil to not just fondly listen to stories and patchnotes from it. Aadil relays the pains of installing and trying to run, let alone stream, Forza Horizon 5. Adam talks anime, with Star Wars: Visions and Horimiya talking centre stage. Adam has a coca-cola classic, from a 500mL bottle. Lucy starts with the Bière de Saison Cider Apple from Kernel, and finishes with the Tea & Biscuits Amber Ale by Wiper and True. Ben has the Wiper and True Kiwi Lilt Pale Ale, and Arbor’s Yakima Valley […]

Back with a full regular house for beers and gaming chats. Ben and Lucy have played Unpacking and unpack their feelings about this excellent puzzle game, and Lucy has also been putting out fires in Nuclear Blaze. Aadil completed a game! Whilst there is light talk of said game, Links Awakening we discuss game completion, nostalgia and other tangents including Ben’s take on Age of Empires 4. Aadil also gives initial thoughts on a new mystery game Hermitage: Strange Case Files. To drink Ben starts with Arbour Ales All the Simcoe ladies then has a big Boundary TIPA How little you know about the game you’ve been playing all your life. Aadil drinks Enter Simcoe from Siren Craft Brew and […]

This week we’re joined by Curtis and Chad from Bit Rot Games. We talk about their upcoming game “Recursive Ruin”, the concept of Strange Loops, their gaming history, and learn a whole bunch about music in games and in general. We also chat Caves of Qud, Manifold Garden, Oxenfree, and Moonglow Bay. Curtis was under the weather so was on the tea, but Chad had Damnation by Russian River, while Lucy had the Cancion Mixteca Imperial Churro Stour collaboration from Pomana Island and Northern Monk.  Aadil had the Blonde Beer from Hiver and the May Day Citra Pale Ale from Padstow Brewing. Check out the trailer for Recursive Ruin here: https://twitter.com/RecursiveRuin/status/1440032097134022658 Join The Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork […]