Super Hopped-up

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 David Beebe

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: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

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 discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

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 Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David Beebe

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 Beebe

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 Beebe

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: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe

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 Norris, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

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 us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Bill McDonnell, David Beebe Music by David Beebe

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, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

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 by David Beebe

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 Beebe

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 Beebe, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe

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 to rizz up Garl, and Jack wants people to check out Dave the Diver. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe

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 Beebe

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: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe

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 Beebe

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