Indie Game Ravers

Lucy’s been playing The Spider of Lanka DLC for The Case of the Golden Idol, which has some excellent screenshots. Ben has been playing Demos but instead talks about Life is Strange: True Colours. This brings on a discussion of shedding nostalgia and embracing sentimentality with a chat about Rocky / Creed. To drink Lucy has the Scream Egg stout from Amundsen Brewery and Ben drinks the Arbor x Marble collaboration, It Comes in Pints. 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 and Lucy bring one game and one beer each this week to drink and discuss. Ben chats the first hour or so of Jett: The Far Shore, whilst Lucy has spent a little more time with the recent early access release of Shadows of Doubt. For their beer choices, Lucy drinks Polly’s Old Tech, and Ben has Stiggy Pop from Magic Rock. 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

Aadil joins Ben for a beer and to chat about hot news and big game demos. Ben leads with thoughts on the incredibly polished Viewfinder demo and rolls into discussing a campaign and a baby mode for Street Fighter 6. Aadil brings the news of Microsoft’s failed ActiBlizzKing acquisition. To drink Aadil has the Songbird IPA from North Brewing, and Ben drinks Tik Tonk from Arbor. 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 and Lucy tread familiar ground this week with talks of sequels and hardware revisions. Lucy gives her thoughts on both Hook 2 and Coffee Talk EP 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly. With no games to speak of Ben brings up to rumoured Q-Lite, the possible new PlayStation handheld, Wii-U type thingy. As Lucy brought the games Ben brings a beer and drinks the BA Mint Chocolate Stout from Vocation Brewery. 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 and Lucy return to share their week in video games over a beer. Ben says he hasn’t played anything but is lying and Lucy asks him about The Last of Us Remastered. Lucy has put a little, but impactful time into Storyteller, a short game from Daniel Benmergui. Neither of them has played Tron: Identity but thoughts turn to the game, the Tron franchise and other upcoming games they are looking forward to. There’s only one beer this week and Ben drinks Flashdance Feeling, a red IPA from Good Chemistry Brewing. 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 and Lucy get together this week to share a beer and chat video games! Ben gives an in-depth breakdown of The Last Worker, Lucy has looked at the Playdate and its new store update, and madness ensues with various off-topic discussions and plenty of name-dropped games. For the beers, Lucy drinks Gamer from Dark Revolution and Ben has Arbor’s collaboration brew Under My Umbrella. 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

Lucy’s back, and with her come a few videogames to review and discuss. It’s been a mix of fishing and boxing for her as she and Ben spend some time discussing Dredge and finish the episode chatting Deck ‘Em. Ben gives some first impressions on the mobile version of Terra Nil in between Lucy’s discussions. For the beers, Ben has a big stout drinking Ogun from Tartarus, and Lucy has a big IPA drinking the DIPA 3 from Glasshouse. 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

Welcome friends to Tanked Up, the almost weekly podcast. We’ve had a week or two off but we’re back with gaming chat and beers. Ben has been playing the mobile version of Delete After Reading, a new release from Patrones & Escondites, more Crisis Core on the PS4 and he gives some impressions on Darkest Dungeon 2 a month or so after his last session. Aadil remembers he actually played a game, and in a party setting too, discussing Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. To drink, Aadil has the Export India Porter from The Kernel Brewery and Ben dips into a new brewery with Cosmic Dance from Two Flints. Tweet and follow us: http://twitter.com/outoflivesnet Join The OOL Community Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv […]

Hey! This episode is up a little late but at least it’s here! The team discuss a bunch of games including Tomb Raider Reloaded, Valiant Hearts: Coming Home, Hazza Chazza and the 40ft wazza, Scars Above, Beyond Shadowgate, and Loretta. And for the beers, Lucy drinks “Mind Expansion Pack” from Deya, Ben has Track’s “Dreaming of Ella”, and Aadil has a big boy release with Verdant’s “Puttty”. 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

This week Ben is joined by Aadil and between them, they’ve played a mobile game, but have all the intention of playing a different mobile game. Ben discussed Marvel Snap some more and updated Aadil on the game several months on. They discuss Vita emulation to Android devices and using the Stadia control pad with it. Aadil then brings up the stealth release of Valiant Hearts: Coming Home and the upcoming best way to play Final Fantasy VII on Xbox, through Powerwash Simulator. To drink Aadil starts locally and has the ‘Dark Angel’ Stout from Durham Brewery, then drinks ‘Aze’ from First Chop. Ben goes a little metal with the Overtone X Bleed From Within ‘Shrine’ and then ‘Unreadable Metal […]

Ben and Lucy return and this time with fresh, alcoholic beers! Lucy drinks ‘Indecision Time A.I.M.S’, a pale ale from Burning Sky, and Ben dives into the big DIPA January release ‘Putty’ from Verdant. They’ve both been busy with games too. Lucy gives her final thoughts on Iron Lung after a brief mention last episode, and her initial thoughts on HiFi Rush and the recent output from Microsoft studios. She then talks about tinkering with tech and discusses the Analogue Pocket. Ben has played through and reviews Season: A Letter to the Future. Come and join us in all these places, 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 and Lucy return to talk games and drink AF beers. Ben gives his impressions on the Steamworld Build demo, Lucy chats Below the Ocean and they discuss the new remake, rerelease, or remaster of Goldeneye and its lack of online multiplayer on certain platforms. Lucy drinks Northern Monk’s Holy Faith and Ben has Clear Head from Bristol Beer Factory. This will absolutely conclude the 0.5% beer experiment that has been January. 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 and Lucy get together to continue their dry January and find joy in video games. To start, their beers elicit a conversation, who is alcohol-free beer actually for? Then the games. Ben’s put more time into both Crisis Core – Final Fantasy VII Reunion and Elden Ring, singing the praises of both games. Lucy drinks a 0.5% American Pale Ale collab between Mash Gang and Northern Monk, and Ben has the 0.5% XPA Chug Gold from, drum roll, Mash Gang. 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

We start the episode with some sober reminscing about drinking and hangovers. Ben Played has dabbled in Elden Ring. But he mostly played FF7 Reunion: Crisis Core.Lucy earns her title as the indie queen playing Melatonin, Letterbox, and Potion Shop. We also touched on the Vampire Survivors DLC. Then it was topic time, this week we discuss what we see/want from the industry after the COVID gap and glut of samey giant open world games. Inspired by this article: https://www.pcgamer.com/2022-was-a-warning-shot-for-the-big-budget-games-industry. As its January we have some water and some Alcohol Free beers. Aadil is on the still water then the sodastream + lemon juice scene. Lucy has Big Drop’s AF Pine Trail Pale Ale Ben has Wiper and True’s Tomorrow […]

Somehow we’re already at the end of 2022, so it’s time for our top picks. But first we open with a brief discussion/description of cat wanking, and then move on to our honourable mentions. And then on to the Top 10s, with the usual TUP tomfoolery and tangents. Strap in, its a long one. Aadil had Amundsen’s Hopbliminal Messages NEIPA, then the Wild Beer’s Mile Maker Oat Pale Ale and a cheeky St Ives Zennor Oatmeal Stout. Ben had a couple of collabs, the Newtown Park x Arbor Deep Dive Oyster Stout and then theNew Bristol Brewery x Fallen Acorn Salted Caramel Popcorn Stout. Lucy started with the Saint Bernardus Christmas Ale, and then Dupuisson’s Bush de Noel Winter Ale, […]

The team gets together to discuss a few games and share a few beers. Ben discusses the early hours of Ixion, a newly released, space-based city(ish) builder. Lucy gives brief thoughts on Stacklands, and a more in-depth review on A Little to the Left. To drink, Lucy has the Snickers version of the Naughty and Nice series from Vocation, Ben drinks Northern Monk’s Festive Star 2022 and Aadil has Light User Syndrom from North Brewing. 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 has jumped back into OlliOlli World with the Finding the Flowzone DLC and bludgeoned his way into Bloody Ties, the new story DLC for Dying Light 2.

Aadil has returned to the land of the internetted… He managed to squeeze a dozen or so games of Marvel SNAP, after hearing the discussion last week. The crew goes on a deep dive from their respective perspectives. Lucy finished “The Case of the Golden Idol”, and everyone agreed Aadil should play it and then move on and play Obra Dinn already. Ben has gone back to Resident Evil 8, in anticipation of the new DLC. Ben and Lucy are excited about the upcoming games Faith and Somerville. Ben had the New Bristol Brewery x Left Handed Giant collab Salted Caramel Espresso Martini Stout. Lucy had the Ubaldo Brown Beer from Saint Mars of the Desert. Aadil had the Ursa […]

Join Francis & Lucy as they discuss all the latest news from Nintendo.

Recorded in May 2022, this podcast arrives very late due to the editor (me) being a scatterbrain. For which I can only apologise. Though delayed, I hope you enjoy listening to Francis & Lucy chat about all things Nintendo.