Hopped-Up 64

A podcast about craft beer, the video game industry, and the true meaning of friendship

Ep 168: Game of the Month: Balatro 05/03/2024

Ep 168: Game of the Month: Balatro This month the gang learns how to play poker The Real Way, as we discuss our Game of the Month: Balatro! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/31083338

Ep 167: How Can You Not Like Sauce? Everything is Sauce! 04/26/2024

Ep 167: How Can You Not Like Sauce? Everything is Sauce! 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, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/30979178

Ep 166: Smoking That Goofy 04/19/2024

Ep 166: Smoking That Goofy 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/30879758

Ep 165: Gundams Not Gungans 04/12/2024

Ep 165: Gundams Not Gungans 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 Parker Music by David Beebe /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/30776203

Ep 164: Game of the Month: Pacific Drive 04/05/2024

Ep 164: Game of the Month: Pacific Drive 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, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/30675538

Ep 163: Belgians Don't Go To Heaven 03/29/2024

Ep 163: Belgians Don't Go To Heaven 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 Music by David Beebe /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/30575603

Ep 162: Minigame Sickos 03/22/2024

Ep 162: Minigame Sickos 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/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/30472768

Ep 161: Retvrn To Brunch 03/15/2024

Ep 161: Retvrn To Brunch 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 Beebe /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/30369168

Ep 160: Game of the Month: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood 03/08/2024

Ep 160: Game of the Month: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood 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 Beebe /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/30267068

Ep 159: Hanging With Cid 03/01/2024

Ep 159: Hanging With Cid 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 Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/30163308

Ep 158: The Lu Bu of American History 02/23/2024

Ep 158: The Lu Bu of American History 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 Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David Beebe /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/30061778

Ep 157: We Are So Back on the Wheel 02/16/2024

Ep 157: We Are So Back on the Wheel 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: The New Order. We may be a bit all over the place. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/29981653

Ep 156: Game of the Month: El Paso Elsewhere 02/09/2024

Ep 156: Game of the Month: El Paso Elsewhere 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 Tough Hang." Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/29853578

Ep 155: Sports Talk Radio 02/02/2024

Ep 155: Sports Talk Radio 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 Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/29745903

Ep 154: He's Not Daddy, He's At Most Older Brother 01/26/2024

Ep 154: He's Not Daddy, He's At Most Older Brother 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/29641388

Ep 153: Game of the Year 2023 - The One True GOTY! 01/19/2024

Ep 153: Game of the Year 2023 - The One True GOTY! 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/29437893

Ep 152: Game of the Year 2023 - Our Personal Lists! 01/12/2024

Ep 152: Game of the Year 2023 - Our Personal Lists! 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/29437278

Ep 151: No One Has Rizz Unto The Lord 01/05/2024

Ep 151: No One Has Rizz Unto The Lord 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/29351993

Ep 150: Burning of the TV Station of Alexandria 12/29/2023

Ep 150: Burning of the TV Station of Alexandria 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/29179503

Ep 149: Character Creator of the Year 12/22/2023

Ep 149: Character Creator of the Year 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/29179483

Ep 148: Oops All Baldur's Gate 12/15/2023

Ep 148: Oops All Baldur's Gate 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/29091888

Ep 147: Game of the Month: World of Horror 12/08/2023

Ep 147: Game of the Month: World of Horror 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/28968403

Ep 146: Bow To Your Wine Sensei 12/01/2023

Ep 146: Bow To Your Wine Sensei 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/28857778

Ep 145: Alan's Woke 2 11/24/2023

Ep 145: Alan's Woke 2 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/28753543

Ep 144: The Pele of Vape Tricks 11/17/2023

Ep 144: The Pele of Vape Tricks 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/28667748

Ep 143: Deciding What Sports To Annihilate 11/10/2023

Ep 143: Deciding What Sports To Annihilate 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/28563629

Ep 142: Game of the Month: Oxenfree 2 - Lost Signals 11/03/2023

Ep 142: Game of the Month: Oxenfree 2 - Lost Signals 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/28498955

Ep 141: I Will Never Stop Giving Up 10/27/2023

Ep 141: I Will Never Stop Giving Up 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/28427777

Ep 140: Yeet The Economy 10/20/2023

Ep 140: Yeet The Economy 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/28363388

Ep 139: Rizz Up Your Mother 10/13/2023

Ep 139: Rizz Up Your Mother 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 /episode/index/show/b584d519-b741-491f-aca9-704f3026851f/id/28273127

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