Super Hopped-up

Man I don't get this whole Evangelion thing. It's like, *I've already seen Pacific Rim* am I right? This week, we discuss a fair bit of anime. Dave is also slaying some spires, Steph is hiding from the cops in her mind palace, Char's playing with dolls, and Norris is dancing with his best friends Link and Zelda. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Drink of the Week: Red Racer Pils Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Char Bayer Music by Sebastian Bender

It's a video game about an anti-government cult taking over a large rural area. How could it *possibly* be political? This week, the gang tries to figure out what the hell a Gose is. Dave and Mike discuss their EVO training regimen, Steph tries and fails to placate Norris' Persona demands, and we all discuss how Ubisoft doesn't understand what the word "politics" means. We also spend some time dunking on perennial twitter dork Elon Musk. Because he deserves it, honestly. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Drink of the Week: Moody Ale's Flamingose Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by Sebastian Bender

Had I known it was annoying, I would have stopped woo-ing throughout the Bethesda conference. Sorry. It's that time of year, where we all look into the barrel of the video games gun, to find out what's gonna blast us in the face. Turns out, it's just Gooigi. It's Gooigi all over our faces. We go over the main E3 conferences, detail what's been announced, as well as give our highlights, our lowlights, our gaslights, and every other form of heat and illumination E3 has given. Also I think Steph had a better joke idea for what E3 stood for but I forgot it, so we're all stuck with this now. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Drink of the Week: Moon Brewery's Creepy Uncle Dunkel Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

Topics this week include: our embarrassing medical maladies, our desire to play video games that make us feel productive, our opinion that next week's E3 is going to be a whiff, and another story of Kickstarter folly. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Drink of the Week: Russell Brewing White Rabbit Lemon Raz Radler Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Choco the Dog Music by Sebastian Bender

The gang this week's talking about their favourite tv genre: sad people grimly volunteering to die. That's right baby it's Chernobyl, the best unintentional body horror show in years (not counting Dave's twitter). We also discuss the very important topics of Far Cry 5, training for EVO, lootbox legislation, and which video games are the most horny. Did we miss your horniest video game? Come to our discord and yell at us! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord! Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Molson Export Ale Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Bill Mcdonnell Music by Sebastian Bender

He may not have always had a great track record with dogs, but it really looks like he turned it around. This week, half the team went and saw John Wick 3 (that Keanu Reeves dance movie everyone's gushing about), and they try to explain to the rest what exactly John Wick is about. Also, Steph refuses to apologize for not playing Persona 5, Matt has an endless list of movies he wants to talk about, Kelly is stress-binging Divinity: Original Sin 2, Mike really wants us to believe the Yukon isn't a hell-hole, and Norris is the proud owner of a tooth shrine. Drink of the Week: Spinnakers Peach Paradise Hefe Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by Sebastian Bender

We watched Detective Pikachu; it was kind of terrible when the cop Pikachu shocked those protesting water pokemon. We go through the wildness that is Detective Pikachu this week, before witnessing the insanity that is angry internet misogynist's fan edit of Avengers Endgame. We detail the Kid Goku DLC for DBZ FighterZ, go into some further details about the secret depravity in Stardew Valley, and confirm that there's no way FF7 Remake is ever coming out. Detective Pikachu Spoilers: 27:00 - 30:40 Drink of the Week: Parallel 49's Hillbilly Ninja Hazy Pale Ale Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Bill McDonnell Music by Sebastian Bender

Well, it happened everyone. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is over. It's done. No more Marvel movies ever again. I can't believe they killed off everyone. We're talking nothing but hot, spoiler-y details about Avengers: Endgame this week, as we go over our feelings on the culmination of 10 years of godlessly expensive film-making. We discuss what we liked, what we loved, what we weren't so hot on, and everything in-between! Drink of the Week: Lonetree Cranberry Apple Cider Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Char Bayer, Kelly Wright Music by Sebastian Bender

It seems like everyone is either just getting back from, or just heading out to, some sort of vacation. Dave confirms for us that ex-pats in Thailand are scum, Norris confirms that tourists at Disneyland are scum, and Steph mostly has good things to say about the Yukon. Dave also gives us the details on Mortal Kombat 11, Char lets us know how much she's enjoying Backbone, and we all try to figure out if that Sonic movie was a group lucid dream or is actually real. Beer of the Week: Tiger Beer Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Char Bayer, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by Sebastian Bender Warning: MK11 Story Spoilers: 56:08 to 56:30

Norris is really tired this week, so let's keep this synopsis short: Kelly likes Risk of Rain 2, Char still likes Don't Starve, Steph is going to die playing Stardew Valley, and Mike is murdering pokemon for fun. Also we talk about the NHL playoffs, which is absolutely *wild* these days. Also Joker's in Smash Bros Ultimate. He's pretty cool. Persona 5's pretty cool, guys. Beer of the Week: Granville Island's False Creek Raspberry Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

Listen: life's hard here out on the Rim. Sometimes your dog army eviscerates a group of bandits and there's only one thing to do with the bodies. This week is all about the gang acknowledging their problems. Whether it's Steph's crippling addiction to Stardew Valley, Kelly's masochism with Sekiro, or Bill's growing need to harvest human flesh, it seems like we've all got problems. Except Norris. He's fine. Also discussed this week: that Wired article about the next Playstation console, Sony letting people finally change their PSN names, and EA promising not to hurt us with a new Star Wars game. Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Bill McDonnell, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Fernie Brewing's Sap Sucker Maple Porter Music by Sebastian Bender

Whether it's a CEO asking you to take a card, or a company telling you to give up your evenings and weekends, it's best you just don't trust gaming magic. This week we provide a safe avenue for Kelly to discuss his Sekiro troubles, Steph and Char go deep into Don't Starve Together, and everybody talks about the recent Kotaku article debriefing Anthem. Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Charlene Bayer, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Russell Brewing's Triple Berry Milkshake IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

This week, we're all about MSN Messenger and close-up magic. Blasts from things that include the past! Dave is getting hype off the MK11 beta, Kelly is reaching his mortal limitations in Sekiro, Steph wants the dogs to just leave her alone in Don't Starve, and Matt has just been watching old black and white Soviet documentaries. Also we talk about all the sexy gun gams in that Borderlands 3 announcement. The team's opinions seem divided, but we all agree that Gearbox is fucking crazy for letting famed magician Randy Pitchford in front of a crowd. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: 33 Brewing Exp 33B-EXP.029.MKI Music by Sebastian Bender

This week it's all about death and ninjas, with the release of Sekiro. Kelly and Dave break down the game, there's a good discussion about putting easy modes into video games, and just some overall gushing. Matt lets us know his feelings about Jordan Peele's "Us", which somehow strays into talks about wizards, which somehow strays into talks about the existence of deadbeat gay dads in the wizarding world. I think. Norris also admits that Baba is You is both good and making him look the fool, and there's some good healthy talk about XCOM 2, a very relevant game for 2019. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Moody Ales Lavender Sour Music by Sebastian Bender

What else would you call it when you tear down your neighbour's homes, rebuild them for yourself, and enslave the populace so you can liquidate them for resources. This week, we drink some Icelandic beer, and talk about some TECH. Some cold hard TECH coming at us from Google. That's right, the Google Stadia! Piping hot games to your TV! Steph and Mike also describe the bad things they're doing in Don't Starve, Dave logs back on as the Bioware Defender, Mike is happy to not be playing fighting games, and Norris explains how Dragon Quest 11 finally broke him. Also did you hear the next Dragonball FighterZ character is gonna be Goku? Finally. Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Bríó Music by Sebastian Bender

They told me I couldn't put condom in the title two weeks in a row; they were wrong. THE TOPICS THIS WEEK: Kelly's experience in Florida Matt's love of Minions Dave and Norris' feelings about Captain Marvel Also we have some opinions about Anthem, some more opinions about DMC5, and some exposition to how Dragon Quest 11 is ruining Norris' life. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Dead Frog Pineapple Midnight Tropical Porter Music by Sebastian Bender

Literally the best description our podcast has ever been given. This week the gang's talking EVO! We go over some of the preliminary registration numbers for the event, give a solemn farewell to Smash Bros Melee from the main stage, and figure out what, if anything, we'll be playing in Vegas. Steph decides her future career as a gamedom, Dave gets into his feelings playing DOA6, Bill gives us a history of 8chan, who for some awful reason have been in the news recently, and Norris details how to get on dat grind in Dragon Quest 11. Also, can't forget the talk about good luck condoms. And don't worry *Gamer Girls*, we talk about those hot new gamer dresses that aren't at all an embarrassment to gaming at large. We'll all be wearing them at EVO! Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell Beer of the Week: Backcountry Brewing's Widowmaker IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

We get Mike to call in from the snowy north, so we can discuss the true topic of the age: that fucking Teen Titans show on Netflix. We scientifically deconstruct the latest Detective Pikachu trailer, Matt gives us the lowdown on the Academy Awards, Steph and Mike really, *really* hate Titans, and Norris is a time traveller. Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Matt Emery, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Fuggles and Warlock w/ Powell Brewing's Hikari Music by Sebastian Bender

It's a week for sharing, as we give strength to those fighting off their Diablo 2 addictions. Listen in as a man describes sidling to the very brink of gaming madness, before finally breaking away. There's a lot of talk about whether or not the obscenely wealthy would want to buy our blood this week, some talk on how the new Jump Force game is the same as making your anime dolls kiss, and hearing how difficult it is to guess what movies people most enjoyed from the 2000's. Matt opens up about his old Diablo 2 addiction resurfacing, Dave opens up about his new anime addiction coming into being, Bill is unrepentant about his Dragon Ball addiction, and Norris hopes the composer for Dragon's Quest 11 just fucking stops already. Bernie Sanders 2020 y'all. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, and Super Hopped-Up's US Correspondent, Bill McDonnell Beer of the Week: Russell's Punch Bowl North West IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

An anime game that might not be good? Whaaa? This week the gang figures out if JRPGs are good, if they should be cancelled, Kelly lets us know if he thinks Apex Legends is good or should be cancelled, and Dave tells us about his new gf, Lara Croft. Also apparently that Jump Force game leaked early, and people have some *feelings* about it. We also get into some detail about the recent Activision-Blizzard firings, which derails into wondering if e-sports is a grift or not. We're kind of on the fence on that one. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Hoegaarden Music by Sebastian Bender