This week the gang talks about the NHL playoffs and how it is deeply tied to our moment-to-moment mood. We also discuss nacho vodka, Mountain Dew Sommeliers, and the proper sibling setup. Mike is mad about Final Fantasy, Norris calls Diablo 4 "Mungy". Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, S…

This week the gang can't help talking about Warhammer and Final Fantasy, but there's also some hot Stellaris news, Norris is searching for a Golden Idol, and, bah god, is that Baldur's Gate 3's music I hear!? Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai, David Beebe Music by David Beebe…

This week, the gang is down-bad for Balatro, Mike still has some thoughts on FF7:Rebirth, Dave is chilling with some fantasy anime unicorns, and Norris deserves his punishment. Also, the back half has a *lot* of warhammer talk. So, get excited! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Par…

Nothing like a good Sunday drive, followed by a relaxing roadside picnic. This week the gang talks about our game of the month, Pacific Drive! Norris also learns that tires are made of rubber, and Mike learns that lights use electricity! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Jac…

Read your bibles, folks. It's a two-man jam this week on the pod, as Norris and Dave discuss warhammer tournaments, chunky pixels, dungeon synth, and why Love is Blind is both evil and a modern masterpiece. Team Jimmy or Team Chelsea choose your weapon. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe …

Minigames: menace to some, saviour to others. This week Mike's still on that FF7 Rebirth train, Dave's still on the Baldur's Gate train, Matt has lost his soul to Balatro, and Norris is helping a turnip rob banks. We also break down our Canonically Correct feelings about the Oscars and Dune Part 2. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hop…

This week, Mike yells at Cloud, Dave is deep into what I think is his fifth BG3 run, and Norris wants to be a Mountain Dew taste tester. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David BeebeHopped-Up 64 による

This week the gang is talking The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, a fantastic visual novel game that dares to ask the player "Hey, you gonna eat that witch?" Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker Music by David BeebeHopped-Up 64 による

This week, we're hanging down low with our favourite FF7 characters. Dave also gives us the latest from Faerun, Mike's still managing democracy, Jack is cheating at roguelike poker, and Norris' brain demons is making him do something stupid again. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris,Jack Shirai, Mike P…

This week we're in on the highs and lows of online penny-ante poker, warhammer 40k lore sickos, and Hell Divers 2. Norris also tries to explain why being creeped out by FMV hostesses in Like a Dragon Gaiden doesn't make him a prude, and we all turn into US Civil War nerds. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris …

Samsara gets a bad rap, honestly. Personally I'm okay being a hungry ghost or some form of woodland creature. This week the gang contemplates converting to buddhism, hot poker topics, and the 2015 Remedy game Quantum Break. There's some other video game stuff too, like GOTY 2023 Baldur's Gate 3, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and Wolfenstein: Th…

It's that Game of the Month time, friends! This week we're talking on Strange Scaffold's El Paso Elsewhere, an indie game that dares to ask "What if your ex-girlfriend was a vampire?" We also get back to Matt's Movie Corner, where we discuss how both 'The Zone of Interest' and 'Society of the Snow' are great movies, but also what you could call "A …

As all good gaming podcasts do, this week we take stock of the NHL during its midseason break, and lament the two teams going to the Superbowl. We also talk a bit on some 2024 games we're excited for, and Norris tries to convince Mike and Steph to get into Like A Dragon. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris No…

This week we got all the hot action as we discuss Our 2024 Locks for your video game drafts! Also it's the triumphant return of Matt's Movie Corner, as he gives us the dirt on this year's Oscars. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe…

This is it, the pod where we decide, empirically, the best game of 2023! Here the full deliberations, recriminations, childish name-calling, that goes into us deciding such an important honour! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by Da…

It's that time of year again! Where we discuss the things that helped us get through another cold dark year: rum punch and video games! This first episode is the gang going through our individual top ten lists. Be sure to tune in next week as we bring out the knives and determine our overall game of the year! Hey, come chill with us at our discord:…

This is also our game of the month episode for Chants of Sennaar, but sometimes you just get a good title and have to use it. We're out here translating languages like some real smart folks this week, as we try to figure just what the fuck everyone's trying to say in Chants of Sennaar! Spoilers, it's a great game! Hey, come chill with us at our dis…

It's the end of human culture. This week we go through the now-probably-very-old Game Awards, and also talk about the TV shows that Playstation is removing from their store, that mostly exist. Like, look at this list of tv shows: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/psvideocontent/ Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord H…

That's right, another award goes to Baldur's Gate 3 bay-bee! Also this week we talk about the cute bugs in Cocoon, and the cute fish in Dave the Diver. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David BeebeHopped-Up 64 による

It's just more Baldur's gate. Maybe some other stuff. But like just all Baldur's Gate. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David BeebeHopped-Up 64 による

This week we're talking about beautiful black-and-white spooks, with World of Horror! The 1-bit indie game that just recently came out of early access. We also discuss where eels come from, where you're supposed to bow and clap or clap and bow at a ghost, and a bunch of other important World of Horror details! Hey, come chill with us at our discord…

But seriously can someone *please* tell me where to find a self defense course for people in their mid-to-late 30's? Asking for a friend. This week, oh damn is that Baldur's Gate 3's music I hear? Also some Spiderman 2, some Cobalt Core, and some general musings on life. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris No…

Don't let the title fool you we barely talk about Alan Wake 2. We do talk a lot about the Top Gun manga, Spiderman 2, and oh damn more Baldur's Gate 3! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe…

This episode was just for us. You can join, but it was designed for us. Conversations this week include, but aren't limited to: artificial flavours, anthropomorphic Garfield playing darts, do kangaroos have belly buttons, does Venom have a belly button, the death of the action hero farm system, and why Discord video chat sucks. Hey, come chill with…

If you could kill any sport, which would it be? This week the gang talks about Sports! A lot of Sports! But also video games. Including Spiderman 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Lies of P, Super Mario Wonder, and Cocoon. A lot of Video Games! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, …

This week we go in-depth into Oxenfree 2, the walking sim that asks "what if a radio was scary?" We also discuss Mountain Dew cereal, teeth collections, and the torment nexus. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music b…

This week we discuss chaos magick, car porn, and why Max Payne should be free. Also go play Moonring. It's free. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David BeebeHopped-Up 64 による

Happy Spookstober folks! This week we talk about the spooookiest thing, Eminem rapping about NFTs! There's also some more Baldur's Gate 3 talk, a bunch of gushing about twink puppets, and some halloween movie recommendations! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David…

I don't know what it means so I hope it's not bad. This week, the gang tries out new podcasting hangout tech, so this episode falls firmly in the "Live Demo, Folks" realm. We also discuss the best gatorade flavours, Mike explains why he's playing Yugioh, Norris explains how Lies of P is in everything but name a FromSoft game, Steph wants everyone t…

This week the crew crosses through the classic RPG abyss into Sea of Stars, a new take on such classics as Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG. Do they land it? Listen and find out! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David …

Talking about a whole new kind of bootstraps. This week the gang just kinda vibes. We're getting laid in Baldur's Gate 3, we're playing some Hollow Knight, and we're trying to figure out if they should ever make a Warhammer movie. And there's some other stuff too! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quar…

Who up? This week the gang talks about Microsoft leaks, Unity blunders, and Baldur's Gate body count. No the *other* body count Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery Music by David BeebeHopped-Up 64 による

Hey, do you like sports? Do you like Metal Gear Solid porn? Do you hate when a video game podcast talks about video games? Then we've got an episode for you! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe…

This week the gang gets into some classic cartoonery, with August's game of the month Day of the Tentacle Remastered! But first, we outline how Mike was bad *this* week. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe…

This week Matt's here to tell us about the radical Stellaris fundamentalists, Dave is down bad for Baldur's Gate 3, and Norris has given himself to the Grievous Miracle of Blasphemous 2. Mike meanwhile just wants us all to have a nice night's sleep. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Ho…

This week the guys discuss something called Puckdoku, the wild world of sports, and Diddy Kong Racing. Also there are too many video games to play and we're really just not prepared to play them all. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music …

It'll lead you to make real poor decisions. This week we give some cheers and jeers to European countries, Matt's got a new PC, Norris played some travel games, and Jack's going through Baldur's Gate 3. Dave also spits some bars. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, D…

This week we just get into some real old-head stuff. Betrayal At Krondor, early aught's internet pornography, video game archival, and famous national brands. All the good stuff. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe (@n…

This week the gang lights up their ciggy's and trapes through the sludge, in the Mud-Core walking sim Sludge Life! Hear us detail out the game as we give our thoughts on this very vibes game, and also get a bit of a background look into us figuring out our next game of the month! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer o…

Norris is currently on vacation in Europe and refuses to let anyone else host, so we had to record some stuff in advance to make sure we can fill the episode gaps. So enjoy our Ranking of the Games of the Month! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Chris Norris, Jack …

This week the gang talks about the best video games to play while taking care of a baby! The answer may surprise you! As well, Norris has some controversial opinions about Zelda, and David has some controversial opinions about Diablo. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norr…

Yes. Very much still yes. This week we let Matt go absolutely sicko mode about Stellaris, while Dave goes a little sicko mode himself on Diablo 4. Norris is already a sicko, he needs no outside help. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music b…

This week the gang goes to battle hell with Dusk, the game that kicked off the boomer shooter buzz of the last few years! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)…

It's really more of a market. This week the gang talks about the inexorable shambling towards the grave, and then Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! We also dig a bit into how sports are weird, and sport fandom is inherently paradoxical and designed to make us sad but we'll never stop. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdisc…

We got a packed tent this week, as we talk about beer, Zelda, boomer shooters, and the crippling pain of existence! You'd think when we've got so many people on the pod we'd have a coherent topic but you'd be wrong; this is definitely a freestyle jazz kind of episode but hey we had fun. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord…

This week the gang regales everyone of their time down in Olympia Washington, where they got the absolute crap kicked out of them at a Warhammer 40K tournament. It's Fear and Loathing at the Miniatures Table! We also at the end talk a little about how good Tears of the Kingdom is. We should probably do an episode on that game at some point, huh. He…

This week the gang is getting deep into the B-sides, with our game of the month being Cassette Beasts! We discuss this pokemon-like, what we liked, how to break it, and a bunch of spoiler-y details. Also, next month's game of the month is the boomer shooter king, Dusk! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week:…

This week, Norris doesn't know what's in his drink. Also, the gang talks about Warhammer 40K Boltgun, the most valuable Gamecube games on the open market, Age of Wonders 4, and the best road trip strategies. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parke…

Listen, Link needs to do *something* to get those rupees in. Might as well be war crimes. This week, the gang joins up with a special guest, Fake-British tabletop nerd Conor Rooney, to talk about Tears of the Kingdom, Civ 6, Casette Beasts, Darkest Dungeon, some Warhammer 40K, and the current state of video game remakes. Hey, come chill with us at …

This week the gang discusses the podcast's AI future, the stations of the Korok in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Far Cry 6's intriguing politics, and how to prep for a big warhammer tourney. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David B…