Hopped-Up 64

We toe the line of insufferable craft beer drinkers this week, discussing the ups and downs of what makes a beer snobby, and also whether or not we're beer snobs for talking about beer snobbery. Also our very first installment of Drake and/or Whiskey Watch, we use the term 'aimbot culture', and old man Mike yells about how he got tricked by a movie theatre's Barco Escape. Finally, with the year getting close to that scary "Games are releasing" time, we cast our gaze forward to gauge our apathy for *future* video games! Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Howe Sound Rail Ale Nut Brown Music by Sebastian Bender

Sexy pokemon names, racist beers, and internet political discourse, oh my!

This week we've all been watching stuff, including Kelly watching Netflix's Stranger Things, Matt watching ESPN's Made in America, and Dave watching himself grow into a social justice warrior.

For real though we have a good talk on Dave's experience with Gone Home, and talk a bit on compact storytelling in gaming. We finish off with the group discussing what came out of last week's Comicon, with the highs and lows of DC and Marvel.

Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright

Beer of the Week: Strange Fellows Guardian White IPA

Music by Sebastian Bender

VR is cool and all, but is it cool *ON DRUGS*!?

We wouldn't know we have neither, but we talk about the idea! In addition to some long conversations on catching all these virtual pokemon, what speed runs really mean to us, and the hype outcome from this past weekend's EVO.

Also discussed: Civilation 4 binges, teaching computers how to solve mazes, and Capcom's $25 heard 'round the internet.

Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright

Beer of the Week: Powell Street Brewery's Simcoe Sour

Music by Sebastian Bender

POKEMON. THEY'RE IN OUR HOMES. STEALING OUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.

This week Kelly, the stalwart youth of the gang, tries to explain to all the old men why everyone seems to be trying to "catch them all." Then we talk about beautiful boys, samurai re-tellings of Shakespeare, farting corpses, and the divisive nature of Wes Anderson.

For video games, we talk way, way too much about Pokemon, Norris gushes about Inside, and Kelly revels in his anime games.

Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright

Beer of the Week: BRB Brewing Co's Blonde Ale & Kentucky Common

Music by Sebastian Bender

This...this was a weird one. We discuss synthetic drugs, garbage-tier fruit, Bill's passion for the agrarian lifestyle, and what can only be called 'cat scat fever.'

Then Matt and Norris have a bet about steak houses, Dave lets us in on Street Fighter's rich, intricate storyline, and then it all just goes to hell. Any time we bring up Amazon erotic novels? Just goes straight to hell.

Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Bill McDonnell

Beer of the Week: Moon Underwater Brewery's Creepy Uncle Dunkel

Music by Sebastian Bender

Where were you when the ice cream trucks rebelled? We were podcasting about how our beer is trying to teach us biblical parables, our favourite musicals, Mad Max-brand candy,and min-maxing liquor prices in BC.

For video games, Norris brings Doom down on everyone, Kelly's all shiny and chrome in Mad Max, and Dave is trying so hard to believe that this upcoming Street Fighter update isn't just a fever dream.

Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery

Beer of the Week: Four Wind's Exil d'Eden

Music by Sebastian Bender

This week the gang workshops a Rambo film, Dave and Kelly find out their likeness' have been stolen by a beer company, and there's even discussion about super-powered house cats.

While we try to always talk about the 'good' in video games, we'd be remissed not to talk about the tire fire that was the launching of Mighty No 9, as well as our confusion towards Resident Evil VII's kinda demo-like thing.

Also discussed: the new Pokemon professor looks like he fucks, the story of Fifty Cent: Blood on the Sand, the Lantern Corps' feelings-based economy, and some amazing kickstarter horror stories.

Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright

Beer of the Week: Moody Ale's Intrepid Matcha Saison

Music by Sebastian Bender

It's that week where the video game industry finally lets out that long, sustained fart it's been holding in all year. That's right baby E3 fever!

We dance along to Ubisoft's madness, discuss the relative merits of genitalia on androids, get utterly bewildered at our excitement of the existence of a new God of War, and try to determine who would win in a fight between David Cage and Hideo Kojima.

Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright

Beer of the Week: Four Winds Sovereign Super Saison

Music by Sebastian Bender

More Bad Movies! More Good Beer! More Street Fighter News!

We stick to what makes us us this week, and do it with aplomb. We continue arguing the lack of merits of X-Men Apocalypse, discuss Warcraft's sad, sad movie, Street Fighter's sad sad month, and The Witcher 3's sad, sad subject matter.

Also, with less than a week until the E3 juggernaut drunkenly stumbles its way through the hearts and minds of gamers, we discuss the trickling flow of information that will soon become a torrent.

Also butt touching. There are conversations about butt touching.

Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright

Beer of the Week: Main Street Brewing's Belgian Bonzai

Music by Sebastian Bender

Movies. We've all heard of them. Even watched them from time to time. So sit a spell and listen to us talk about a heckuva lotta movies this week, going over the pains and pleasures of the super hero ouevre, visiting the noir 70's, even going into some true classics.

Werner Herzog is also discussed. And Silicon Valley. And Norris plays a game called 'Soft Body' that's rad as hell and you should play. All this and the coffee shakes this week on SHU!

Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker

Beer of the Week: Bridge Brewing's North Shore Pale Ale

Music by Sebastian Bender