Hopped-Up 64

What's more strange, a fighting game-themed beer, or the fact that it may be the best beer we've had in a long time? This week, we get all the rowdy boys together, and talk about how much the beers this week have broken our brains, before talking about alternate universe super heroes, giant mecha, cats coming home from college, and our celebration of the current golden age of gaming. Kelly jumps on the Firefly train, Mike turns around on the idea of regionals, Norris just wants to get with Zelda, and Dave would like us all to play a game. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Sound Brewery's Mortal Kombat X Scorpion Imperial Stout and Raiden Imperial Saison Music by Sebastian Bender

Dave and Norris realize that the more they drink the better they understand how to solve the world's problems. And it involves stopping people from using the word "Groovy". This week there's also talk about Comic Convention death marches, Dave's harrowing experiences on the fields of Verdun, Norris feeling bad about interactive teen murder, and both gushing about the goofs and gallants of the Academy Awards. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Parallel 49's Dumb Funk Brett IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

The important thing to know about this week's episode is we drank a corrosively powerful beer a few minutes in, and then just devolved into madness. We get into the endless Ikea VS Costco hot dog battle, Kelly tells us the only thing better than being a samurai is managing a Samurai's inventory, Norris admits his embarrassing reading habits, and Matt admits he's an anime fiend. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Storm Brewing's Imperial Flander's Red Sour Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

On this week's episode, Norris outright proves that he's a child suffering from arrested development, but in his defense Coke Zero kind of does go with everything. Dave has some unkind feelings towards Ninjas fighting Vikings fighting Samurai, the gang gets hyped about Swamp Thing, and we all try to figure out how to get into comic books. Dave's also played some Battlefield 1, Kelly's played some Nioh, Mike's putting together his plan to be the very best, like no one ever was, and Norris just wants to murder some teens in Until Dawn Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Phillip's Brewing Space Goat Dry Hopped Oat Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

We talk about wrestling for some reason this week, likely because wrestling is geek cool now. We also revisit Bloodborne's eldritch teachings, before getting our cyberpunk Spy-groove on with Invisible Inc. Then we, two dudes, also discuss poor female character representations in geek stuff, because we are foolish people who enjoy blindly walking into philosphical mine fields. Then Norris talks about video games about fish and Power Rangers. Not at the same time, though. There's also some discussion on the games coming out in the next few months, which is good because we all know the world is going to come around August. Looks pretty good up 'til then though! Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Strathcona Beer Company's Gold Belgian Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

Welcome to Super Hopped-Up, your one-stop shop for Linkin Park fandom! That isn't true, though after this week we're closer to that goal than ever before. We do however admit this week our painful lack of music trivia, discuss all the faults of Axl Rose, and hope someone eventually cheers up that ol' curmudgeon Batman. Kelly also is less in love with the idea of an all-boys anime road trip, Mike is having second thoughts about training for Pokemon regionals, and Norris thinks the song's called "Space Cowboy." Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Howe Sound Brewing's Pothole Filler Imperial Stout Music by Sebastian Bender

Tip back some brollini's with us this week as we usher in the first day of the rest of our lives. There's just as much conversation about shotgunning beer and Street Fighter, though, so maybe things never really change. This week Dave is excited for Injustice 2, and thinks that Life is Strange, Kelly finally finishes Persona 4, 800 years after its release, and Norris still wants to be a hacker from 90's action films. Also we go over the Nintendo Switch news, and subsequently get all freaked out about Mario's apparent inhumanity. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Greenleaf Brewing's Animal Farm IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

It's almost the start of the craft hockey season, we hope you've kept your distressed jerseys and organic hemp hockey pants. This week the gang learns what original gravity means, and subsequently decide that any beer that uses the term are dorks. Norris is also pretty sure he's never vaped, Kelly loves sexy road trips, and Mike is an out-of-touch Pokemon elite. We also get some much loved fan feedback this week, with another 2-Real 1-Fake sent in, as well as some good talk in defense of Doom's snap map feature. We love it when you guys email in so please keep them coming! Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Bomber Brewing Wolf at the Door Red Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

Turns out at some point in time in everyone's life they get chased by a swan. We get back into the true 2017 this year, by talking about gross anime things. Then we discuss the President-Elect's alleged water sports fetish. Listen the point I'm trying to make is it gets weird but you're probably into it so it's fine. Also Mike likes bad pokemon, Dave is debating throwing his life away to the LoL gods, Kelly is now a bear with a bird-filled backpack, and Norris wants to hack the planet. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Tree Brewing's Vertical Winter Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

We start our Game of the Year talk with a painfully long discussion about both One Punch Man and Garfield comics, the two truest topics of 2016 that have to do with the past year. But for real, we spend a long time going over our highs (and some of our lows) of 2016 in pixels. We start by going through our individual Top-5 or Top-10 lists (some of us may have played less than 10), before taking off the gloves, pulling out our knives, and very politely discussing how everyone else's favourite games are trash and The Witness should be Super Hopped-Up's Game of the Year. Or not. Maybe. Listen and find out what we crown Video Game Prom Queen of 2016! Group GOTY Talk starts at 1 hour 38 minutes, for those who don't want to hear our individual lists. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: BYOB and some PBR, I guess Music by Sebastian Bender