This week's featured beer is a festive winter ale from Hellbent Brewing in Seattle, All Spruced Up - with real spruce tips! Meanwhile, Garritt brought his own tips and tricks from finishing Elden Ring (and some bonus Pokemon Scarlet and Violet check-in), Nick took his sick time to fall into Persona 5 Royal, and Zack confessed that he's fallen into a new mobile game (Marvel Snap). In the news segment, Nick brought the story of an extra-fleshy failed Kickstarter and we ruminated on what it can teach us about turning creative projects into video games.