Indie Game Ravers

This week we are joined by Tom Maya from We Are Beer to talk games and share a few beers. Tom chats about the upcoming summer beer festivals We Are Beer organise and what it was like last year for the festival scene. We discuss what brewing festival collaboration beers has been like and get to know Tom through his recently played games. These include many an RPG, like Final Fantasy VII Remake and a lot of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Aadil and Lucy have also played Before Your Eyes and have high praise for GoodbyeWorld Games and Skybound Games new release. As you would expect there are eight beers discussed this week. These come from Lost & Grounded, LIC […]

Aadil sits down with indie horror filmmaker turned game developer Nick Box. We chat about making independent films in the 2010s, the rise of indiscriminate platforms like amazon and turning to games development to put his art out in new ways and to new audiences. We also touch on making bad movies, FMVs, NFTs, piracy and more. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

On this weeks show, Aadil kicks us off with chat on Manifold Garden and the newly release Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town. Lucy hits some of her favourite adjuncts with Eternal Hope and Ben is having a very pleasant time with Dorfromantik. In another week full of beer Lucy starts with De Moersleutel Smeerolie’s Mexicake Imperial Stout and finishes with a classic, Duvel. Aadil has a couple of Belgian beers with a Witbier from Brouwerij Lekker and then Avaans Kveik IPA. Ben eases in with Graft from Donzoko and ends on a DIPA, Double Heeder from By The River Brew Co.

Aadil and Ben chat about the first two episodes of Falcon and the Winter Soldier. What we like, dislike, and the worries we have with respect to the heavy issues they bring up and the loose writing seen already. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

Welcome back to Tanked Up, our weekly beer and gaming show. This week we’ve all played Sizeable from Sander Ambroos and Business Goose Studios which nicely rounds out a few weeks of different types of hidden object games. Ben has returned to Fall Guys for season 4 and Lucy’s been on an old school kick returning to The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap and then we talk console generations (or so the notes say). We’ve all got beer and Ben kicks off with ‘Wool’ a collab DIPA from Beak Brewery X Northern Monk following with Left Handed Giant’s ‘King of the Woodland’. Aadil starts local with ‘Dank Scopio’ from Arbor Ales the has a Verdant X Pohjala ‘Shipping Forecast’. […]

Join Aadil and Ben in a conversation about the 4-hour epic that is Zack Synder’s Justice League. Vague recollections of the previous cut are in the mix, along with our likes… and dislikes of the latest (and last?) reentry to the DCEU. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

With the passing of Norton Juster, Aadil nostalgia watched the Chuck Jones animated feature “The Phantom Tollbooth”. Some waxing poetic about its impact on his childhood, as well as a discussion of the film vs. the bookl; all in an attempt to convince Ben to watch/read one of his childhood favourites Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

It is another week full of beers and plenty of gaming chat. We have all played Out of Sight, a new hidden object game from NinjaDuck Games and Ben asks a question of comfort following his brief stint with Final Fantasy XIV alongside Aadil. For the beers, Lucy drinks a cider! She starts with a Sicilian Lemon Cider from Alska then gets back on the beers with Fractal from Equilibrium Brewery. Aadil drinks Revenge of the Pith from S43 Brewery and follows with New Bristol Brewerys Twice upon a Time. For Ben it’s Outrun the Bear from Newtown Park Brewing Co and then another New Bristol Brewery beer with What Time is Love.

In this episode, Lucy gets right into the game she has played. She’s finished The Curse of Monkey Island and SiNKR2. We have a slight podcast listening aside before Lucy’s thoughts on Journey of the Broken Circle, Alba and some Super Mario Galaxy chat. Aadil spent his streaming session on Tuesday playing Dracula Vs the Ninja on the Moon and fortuitously we were joined in the live twitch chat by the developer Nick Box. We are all drinking! Lucy opens the show with the aptly named Juicy Lucy from Play Brew Co and follows with Brew Yorks Mash Bandicoot. Aadil has the Wiper & True X Deya collab Plan D to start, then Welcome to the Bleak from Pentrich Brewing […]

Aadil and Ben are joined by Dave Wyatt for a chat around eps 6 through 9 and the series as a whole. We speak of favourite moments, the wonder that is Kathryn Hahn, characters done dirty and more. 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 Ben moans about the steps he had to take with his Square Enix account and accessing the Outriders Demo. Aadil and Ben have played said demo and give their thoughts. Lucy has finished Mutropolis, returned to Curse of Monkey Island and played Room to Grow. Aadil streamed Fights in Tight Spaces whilst Ben watched and Lucy played separately so we finish with a big discussion on the early access title. Our beers this week are The Answer is Within the Question from Pomona Island, Wylams You Can’t Download the Future, The Big Cinder Toffee Stout from New Bristol Brewery, and Left Handed Giants Breathing: Conversations.

Aadil and Ben are joined by Dave Towsey, an author, creative writing instructor and game developer. We talk about narratives, how to approach creating them as well as the differences between mediums and within games writing. As usual tangents abound. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

Ben and Aadil chat about the brand new Nicholas Cage vehicle (its a camaro), “Willy’s Wonderland”. Five nights at freddy’s, Chuck-e-cheese, and covid beard maintenance also make appearances. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

The gyms aren’t open but Lucy’s been keeping up her exercise and playing loads of games. She’s played more Ring Fit, some Mario game on the Wii-U, and has completed the new Minit Fun Racing, which Ben also finished, and to round out has started Voyage. Aadil wants to chat about Destiny 2 and some big Stadia news. Ben finishes out the episode with a light early impressions review on Shattered: Tale of the Forgotten King. Aadil drinks ‘Corfu Food Advisor’ from Malt Garden and the ‘Espresso Martini’ collab from Bristol Beer Factory and Wogan Coffee. Ben has Verdant’s ’40 Watt Moon’ and ‘Hoppiness by the Kilowatt’ from Fallen Acorn.

We’ve all been mopping up a few games but we did find time between episodes to return to Thomas Was Alone with Aadil playing the new Switch release (Available now). Ben also delves into his choice of actors to round out the cast of The Last of Us for HBO and Lucy has played Mutropolis. To drink Ben starts with ‘Sweeping Coast’ from Duration, then To Øl #2 DIPA. Aadil has the Kaiju! Beer ‘Metamorphasis’ and ‘Hollow Days’ Harbour Brewing Co. Lucy drinks Three Hills Brewing ‘Here Now You’ and finishes on ‘Matthew McConaughaze’ from Brew York. Our new intro tune is by Redari Music who you can find on YouTube – https://youtube.com/channel/UC2dtWfivA_qbI3ryME1yiEg

We made it, 250 episodes, 6 years to the month when we began. Because its a super special number we decided to do something special. We talk more and crack an extra beer. Super special. We talk Hitman 3, Control and its Foundation and AWE DLC, and Neoverse with tangents galore. To drink Lucy has Honest Promise from Whiplash, the Arbor X Bristol Beer Factory Double Milk Stout (which Aadil also drinks) and finishes with Private Functions from Boundary. Aadil drinks We Are All Stardust from New Bristol Brewery, the Arbor collab stout, and Don’t Fear The Ferryman from Verdant. Ben also drinks a Whiplash, having Space Operator, then Lines Of Symmetry from North Brew Co, and finally Can Ye […]

Join Aadil and Ben talking about episodes three, four, and five of WandaVision. Did our predictions ring true from our first recording? Are we more or less invested in the series now? What do we hope will happen in the back third of the series? Check Out Our Website: https://www.outoflives.net 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! 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 brand new 80s practical effects surreal gorefest with homages to other B-movie tropes. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

This week Ben previews A Long Journey to an Uncertain End, we all chat about the Gearbox purchase, Lucy is playing Hitman 2 within Hitman 3 and has finished Tohu, and Aadil tells of his frustrations with The Medium. We are all back on the beers. Lucy opens with the 1079 Project pilsner from Aldi then drinks Snake Oil from West Berkshire Brewery. Aadil has Free Assembly’s Dry-hopped wheat beer and Chai Cutter from Tempest Brewing co. Ben drinks Ermahgerd Derper from Pamona Island and finishes out the show with a Wylam X Good Things Brewing Co collab, Put A Dank On It.

After a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, hibernation. Francis has exited from his cryogenic slumber and gathered together with Lucy & Andy to catch up; on what they’ve been up to and what Nintendo has been too. It’s good to have them back. Don’t forget to like, share and subscribe. Tell your friends too, at least this is one piece of media you won’t have to struggle to keep up with!