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The E3 train's a'coming, and we know because there's hells of news and rumours out there on the video game internet. Norris also continues lamenting his Day One Xbone, Kelly gets all excited about Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, and Dave somehow sneaks in some talk about Street Fighter.

Other topics include that horrible Mighty No 9 trailer, our wavering feelings towards E3, and equal parts gushing and childish bickering about Marvel Civil War.

Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright

Beer of the Week: Driftwood White Bark Witbier

Music by Sebastian Bender

Holy hell there were games that came out this last week! And news! And even local events! It's a podcast full of things, including where Nathan Drake's long-lost brother's been all these years, whether Lara Croft feels like Drake's biting her style, and what Disney's destruction of its pretty plastic toys might mean for the other pretty plastic toys. Other topics of interest: Dave's humbling Street Fighter Tournament, Kelly's vacation to Hell, and more puns than you can shake a stick at. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Off The Rail Brewery's Raj Mahal India Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

It's too early to be drinking this much beer, you guys. We start this morning podcast by discussing the current state of Vancouver's 'AAA' craft beer scene, and then slide real smoothly into our (hopefully final) discussion of Dark Souls 3. Then there's much talk on how Nathan Drake is the Zodiac Killer, the merits of using poison damage to fight zombies, the latest Hearthstone meta, how virtual gender/dick size in Rust is amazing, and Chris's discomfiting excitement about mustard gas in Battlefield 1. Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Parallel 49 Gypsy Tears Music by Sebastian Bender

This week, the boys childishly mispronounce the name of beers, discuss crossing the finish line on Dark Souls 3, Guile's entrance into the fray, and anime. Oh man, the anime. ...Did you know there are, like, *a dozen* different wrestling animes? And that all of them are probably the best way to make sure your significant other never wants to watch anime again. And then we talk about zombies, Zelda, and a bunch of true-crime documentaries. Go team. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Steel and Oak Titian Belgian-Style Sour Music by Sebastian Bender

For real, you may think I'm kidding but I'm not: major Downton Abbey spoilers in the first two minutes. Seriously. You've been warned. Once we get past the important Downton Abbey updates, we discuss our thoughts on our good friend Crash Bandicoot's continued disappearance, Dave gives his latest update from the world of Dark Souls, and Mike updates us on the new comings and goings of Hearthstone. Then there's some good talk on our burgeoning dystopian future, as Playstation Neo will be forcing his way into your homes soon! We give our feelings on this new PS4.5, and also talk about how Nintendo kind-of accidentally announced the release date for the NX. So much good news this week! Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Howe Sound Devil's Elbow IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

This week Norris finds out about the TBLOP list, and it changes his life forever. Once we get past discussing the Dark Souls that is our existence, we delve into the Dark Souls that is that hot new video game. It's Dark Souls 3 time y'all! And most of us at SHU are deep in its funk and ready to talk about it. This is a real Souls-centric episode this week, but we also do manage to argue on how dumb Guile looks in the upcoming SF5 update, discuss our gungeoneering experience, and talk about Norris' opening foray into Hyper Light Drifter. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Spinnaker's Coffee Blonde Music by Sebastian Bender

The gang watched Bats V Supes, and surprisingly we have a lot of thoughts on the matter! But first we need to go into some Irish history, make sure we have the appropriate names for drinks, and explain what St. Patrick's Day truly means to us. But then it's all Batman baby. Warning if you haven't seen the Batman film yet and weren't already spoiled by the trailers we do talk about the plot in-depth, so skip to around the 32 minute-mark if you're spoiler averse. We also get into some Salt and Sanctuary (otherwise known, if you've been reading reviews, as '2D Dark Souls'), find out Kelly's Miitomo is spying on him, and how the future of our porn is full of virtual headless bodies. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Guinness and Okanagan Spring Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

We return with our stunning conclusion to the silly-damn two-part DnD thing we did! Alongside stalwart hosts from ZeroD20, your one-stop shop for dungeons *and* dragons, we try to solve the problems of the weird candy hell we've found ourselves in. There's combat, intrigue, daring, maybe even the occasional laugh! Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright Special Guests: ZeroD20's Jalyn Eutenier and Keltie Forsyth Music by Sebastian Bender

For April Fool's...week, we at Super Hopped-Up thought we'd do something a little different. So we teamed up with Vancouver's favourite geek girl DnD podcast ZeroD20, and thought we'd have ourselves a fantastical one-off roleplay. So this week instead of beer, video games, and general curmudgeonry Kelly and Chris get sent to the sickly-sweet world of Pleasantia, to see how much cumulative damage they can do in as short a time as possible. This is part 1 of the two-part series, with the conclusion coming out next week! And be sure to listen to ZeroD20 for all your DnD needs! Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright Special Guests: ZeroD20's Jalyn Eutenier and Keltie Forsyth Music by Sebastian Bender

It's a mad-house this week, with too many people in the podcast, too many beers to drink, and far too many movies that have the word 'Heat' in them. We also talk about our impending AI-induced apocalypse, now that we can't even play board games against the computer without them winning. We also catch up on all those hot video games we've been playing, including Fire Watch, Rocket League, and some other random nonsense. Also we ask what's worse: millenials or the people who write about millenials, only to find out the answer is 'yes'. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker, Matt Emery, Vince Siu Beer of the Week: The Persephone Hops Pack Music by Sebastian Bender