Hopped-Up Gaming

This week we give our divisive opinions about this month's Book Club Game, Don't Starve, admit our bewilderment at Umbrella's business strategy, talk about Hopped-Up Gaming's presence at a Korean Skrillex concert, and discuss shooting cyber-orks with your technogun.

Beer of the Week: Rolling Rock Lager

Episode 49 is here at least, with discussions on our Steam Sale shame, some in-depth Civilzation 4 strategy, what games "the kids" are playing these days, our growing addiction to Don't Starve, and our predictions on Charlie Day one day winning an oscar. All that and much, much more this week on Hopped-Up Gaming!

Beer of the week: Hale's Red Menace Big Amber Ale

This week on the podcast we have some actual special guests, with local developers Jordan and Gabe coming down to share our beer and talk about the creation of video games. We discuss what it's like to work in the industry in Vancouver, as well as talk about how Valve's trading cards are a source of endless evil, using the Oculus Rift and where it could lead video games in the not-too distant future, the importance of sound in horror gaming, and a whole host of other ridiculous topics.

Beer of the Week: Philips Blue Buck

This week, Norris, Emery, Vince, and returning guest Chris Westaway talk about how everyone in Final Fantasy Ten was secretly dead, how to neg your essay-graders into giving you a higher mark, video games making you cry, Korean romantic comedies, books with stupid type-settings, Macpixel, wheelchair accessibility, lost episodes of Seinfeld, Carrie Fisher's iconic status, diversity, Asian characters on Arrested Development, Super House of Dead Ninjas, European simulator games, the relationship between wrestling and singer/songwriters, solving the homeless problem the Alberta way, Double Fine's kickstarter trouble, and reddit pick-up artists. It gets weird.

Beer of the Week: Molson Black Label

This week on Hopped-Up Gaming we discuss daddy issues through the frame of Final Fantasy Ten, how Candy Crush was created in a government laboratory, Pandora's Tower, and how gaming is (obviously) better in Poland. We also, starting at roughly the forty minute mark and with great thanks to this week's fantastic guests, do our best to give an in-depth discussion regarding feminism in gaming - the issues, the obstacles women are having to overcome, and hopefully our hopes for a less abrasive, asshole-filled future.

Beer of the Week: Old Speckled Hen

This week on Hopped-Up Gaming we discuss daddy issues through the frame of Final Fantasy Ten, how Candy Crush was created in a government laboratory, Pandora's Tower, and how gaming is (obviously) better in Poland. We also, starting at roughly the forty minute mark and with great thanks to this week's fantastic guests, do our best to give an in-depth discussion regarding feminism in gaming - the issues, the obstacles women are having to overcome, and hopefully our hopes for a less abrasive, asshole-filled future.

Beer of the Week: Old Speckled Hen

This week on Hopped-Up Gaming we discuss daddy issues through the frame of Final Fantasy Ten, how Candy Crush was created in a government laboratory, Pandora's Tower, and how gaming is (obviously) better in Poland. We also, starting at roughly the forty minute mark and with great thanks to this week's fantastic guests, do our best to give an in-depth discussion regarding feminism in gaming - the issues, the obstacles women are having to overcome, and hopefully our hopes for a less abrasive, asshole-filled future.

Beer of the Week: Old Speckled Hen

On this week's episode, the gang get in-depth about E3 with our very own returning guest, Devon, hot from his return from the conference. We discuss his ups and downs of the week and favourite games of the show, as well as keeping the level of discussion high with such topics as the similarities between Robocop and Jesus, our inherent Mass Effect racisms, and how we all love indie puzzle platformers.

Beer of the Week: Philips Amnesiac IPA

It's a shorter episode this week, though still chock-full of content, with some talk on the installation of Linux, anime sex-monsters, Battlefield 3 harassment, and pondering on what's up with Kirby. We also discuss the podcast's new Citizen-Kane-based review system, the Deep Web, The Flash's Cosmic Treadmill, and Microsoft backpedaling on their DRM requirements, which we call "The Xboner." Not really.

Beer of the Week: Chang Beer

It's a shorter episode this week, though still chock-full of content, with some talk on the installation of Linux, anime sex-monsters, Battlefield 3 harassment, and pondering on what's up with Kirby. We also discuss the podcast's new Citizen-Kane-based review system, the Deep Web, The Flash's Cosmic Treadmill, and Microsoft backpedaling on their DRM requirements, which we call "The Xboner." Not really.

Beer of the Week: Chang Beer