Indie Game Ravers

It had to happen sooner rather than later! A beer spillage sends the episode into chaos but we pull it back to bring you our favourite games of 2015. We also chat about the games we’ve been playing recently including Star Wars Battlefront and DLC Quest. The beers this week were Four Pure Skyliner Wheat, Partizan Dubbel Winter and the laptop destroying Kernel Export India Porter. Tanked Up – Episode 25 – Spilt Beer

The group review the year 2015 in PlayStation, talking about their highlights and lowlights. Out of the Xfire – Episode 2 – Review of 2015

Welcome to the first episode of Out of The Xfire – the new PlayStation podcast from the Out of Lives Network. Out of the Xfire – Episode 1 – The Phantom Podcast

This week it’s Ben and Aadil discussing the games they’ve been playing and the idea that there are too many big releases during the end of the year. Aadil has spent most of his time with the logic puzzle games Hexcells and Hexcells Infinite. Ben has been having more point and click adventures with Broken Age act 2 and Dropsy. They also delve into Rain on PS3 and Fallout 4 on PS4. Ben drinks Brewdog Dead Pony Club and Goose Island IPA whilst Aadil is on Sleeman Cream Ale. Tanked Up – Episode 24 – Point, Click, Drink

We find a morsel of a topic and rant about them this week. We discuss Super Hexagon in 3D, Heavenly Sword and last generation games & Telltales The Walking Dead season 2 and the illusion of decision making. The beers are Thornbridge Colorado Red English hopped ale, Wiper & True White Cloud IPA and Arbour The Ego has Landed APA for Ben and Alex. Aadil drinks an Okanagan Springs 1516 ‘American’ Baverian Lager Tanked Up – Episode 23 – Rants & Tangents

Ben and Alex this week have a little bit of a focus on spooky games as Halloween occurred around the time of recording, oh yeah and Ben’s birthday. Ben kicks off the podcast on a lighter note discussing Super Meat Boy and Broken Age, two of the Playstation Plus games from October. Alex begins the spooky talk by delving deeper into Soma, how it compares to similar atmosphere heavy games and how it keeps him interested in playing. Ben has been playing Betrayer, a first person stealth horror, and Downwell, a 2D vertical action platformer, both of which make use of a limited black, white and red colour palette. The beers this week, which get them a little hammered, are […]

Ben and Aadil have played loads of games in the past couple of weeks. Ben is still playing Metal Gear Solid 5 but found time for Septembers Playstation plus lineup including ‘Grow Home’ and ‘Super Timeforce Ultra’. Aadil also played ‘Super Time Force Ultra’ but also jumped into ‘Counterspy’ and cross played between the Vita and PS3. Ben has spent most of his time however playing ‘Party Hard’ on the PC and Aadil has struggled to get the excellent ‘Max Payne’ to run on a newer operating system than windows 97. The podcast finishes with a discussion about the recent Star Wars Battlefront Beta. Aadil drinks Gahan Brewery Sir John A’s Wheat Ale and Boxing Rock The Vicar’s Cross Double […]

We return for another week of video games and great craft beers. Aadil has completed the strategy crime sim Omerta: City of Gangsters. Alex has played a little more Hotline Miami and delved into Soma, a first person sci-fi horror whilst Ben has entered the giant open world of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Ben and Alex recount the absurdly good, and bad, beers they drunk when they went out for Alex’s birthday and a discussion is had on the state of Konami chatting about leaving large budget console game development. The beers this week are Wild Beer ‘Bibble’, Moor Beer ‘Revival’ and Arbor ‘Montueka’ for Ben and Alex whilst Aadil drinks Picaroons ‘Yippee IPA’ Tanked Up – […]

This week Ben, Alex and Aadil have only one game to discuss and that is the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 multiplayer beta. We get into what we like and dislike about the beta version of the multiplayer as well as Call of Duty as a whole. Alex kicks off the podcast with his hazy thoughts on the Great British Beer Festival. To end we get heavy with a discussion, following on from COD, about an interview by Jessica Valenti for The Guardian with Anita Sarkeesian. We chat about the abhorrent nature of hateful comments, people not forming a critical counter argument and how everyone should be nicer on the internet. To drink Ben and Alex have the Westmalle […]

This week is jam packed full of games and beers. Aadil gets in depth on Massive Chalice, which sounds like a huge game, and revisits Devil May Cry HD. Ben chats Limbo and struggles to describe the brutal space shooter Galak-z whilst Alex gears up for the Great British Beer Festival. The craft beers we drink this week are Buxton Moor Top, Five Points Brewing Pale and Mad Hatter Follow the White Rabbit. Tanked Up – Episode 18 – Massive Galak-Z

Aadil and Ben discuss the games they’ve been playing this week which include Journey, Torchlight and Retro City Rampage. The free game of the week, which Ben’s been playing a lot, is Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe an open source version of the original game. We also chat about Microsofts Gamescom 2015 conference and what we took from it. This week Ben drinks Camden Hells Lager and Meantime London Pale Ale whilst Aadil has Hop City Barking Squirrel Lager and Moose Head Radler. Tanked Up – Episode 17 – Discussing Microsoft & Gamescom

This week we discuss backwards compatibility due to Microsoft announcing the ability to play select Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One. Does this push us to upgrade to an Xbox One or do we even care? Aadil briefly chats Metal Gear Solid and Sony’s stance on playing older games, Ben’s been playing a lot of Rocket League and Alex delves deeper into his his quest to brew beer and play Fifa. Ben and Alex drink some good craftbeers this week. These are Wild Beer Epic Saison, Liberty Anchor Ale and Mad Hatter Penny Lane Pale Ale. Tanked Up 16 – Is Beer Backward Compatible

Ross Dave and Adam discuss Comic con,Jamie has a tribute to Satoru Iwata as well as Scott’s gamechanger. Out of Lives – Episode 20 – Iwata Tribute and Comin Con

This week Ben, Alex and Aadil get together to discuss, you guessed it, a few video games and some craft beer. Aadil kicks off with his impressions on Game of War: Fire Age, Ben talks RTS with Age of Empires 2 & 3 and Alex chats his new assistant brewer job and not playing any games except more Fifa. Ben has also briefly played and talks NotGTAV. The beers this week are Crate Brewery Golden, Redchurch Brewery Bethnal Pale Ale and Boxing Rock Temptation Red Ale. Tanked Up 15 – Game of Beer: Fifa Age

We welcome Christopher from TeamYu.net to the podcast to discuss the #Saveshenmue Campaign, And Sedman Looses his sh*t over anything animated, Listen after the Outro for a special Outake.   Out of Lives Episode 19 – #SaveShenmue and Sexy Robots

Ross, Jimi, Dave and Matt Discuss the weekly going on in the world of entertainment – in this special Live episode! Out of Lives Episode 18 – The Live Episode

Ben and Alex get into discussing Hektor and the value of a good demo, Steam summer sale buys like The Banner Saga, and card games for Witchers. The beers this week are an odd mix, as we had to make a Tesco run for them. These are Marstons Revolutionist Saison, Metripolitan Brewing Co Optical Infusion Golden Ale, and two from Sharps Brewery, the Atlantic Pale Ale and Wolf Rock Red IPA. We also discuss game exclusivity and if only being able to play on one specific machine sucks. Tanked Up 14 – Does Game Exclusivity Suck?

Ben and Alex are joined this week by Dan Page and Joe Blakeston of Opposable Games who come by to drink all our Wiper & True craft beer. Both Ben and Alex played a small portion of ‘Salvaged’ Opposable Games current in development project and give their impression on it. Joe discusses his time in The Witcher 3 and Dan talks about Shadow of Mordor and EVE Online. We pulled out the big guns with the beers this week and exclusively drink Wiper & True. These are Blossom Amber Ale, Mosaic Pale Ale, Citra IPA and Milk Shake Stout. To finish we chat about Steam Greenlight and early access games. Both tools Opposable Games are looking to use with Salvaged. […]

A short but sweet episode for you all this week. Ben, Alex and Aadil are back together, with a few technical difficulties, to discuss a game they’ve each played over only 2 beers. Aadil ventures into Marvel Heroes 2015. Alex has the shit scared out of him playing Hektor and Ben tries his hand at some Mexican wrestling in Guacamelee. The beers are Wild Beer Sourdough and East London Brewing Co Quadrant Oatmeal Stout. Tanked Up 12 – Just A Swift One

Ben is joined by Aadil this week from across the Atlantic via the power of the internet. As we’re in different countries, and can’t get our hands on the same beers, the craftbeers Aadil and Ben drink are different. these beers include Shock Top Belgian Whit, Signature Brew Vienna Lager and Beavertown Smog Rocket Smoked Porter. The games we discuss include Aadil’s issues with GTA 5 and Ben delving deeper into The Witcher 3. As Xcom 2 and Fallout 4 were revealed this week we also chat about sequels we would like to see.