Pixels & Pints

From the latest game releases to reviews of True Detective S4, LX2048 and The Exorcist: Believer, Tom, Dan and Pete sit down and go over recent video games, movies and TV shows so you don't have to! 

Beers Reviewed This Episode:

1. Mountain Culture Beer - Lauter - Pilsner
2. Philter Brewing - Watermelon Hibiscus Pash - Berliner Weisse
3. Sunday Road Brewing - Samba Passionfruit - Sour
4. Yulli's Brews - Smoked Mango Chilli - Sour
5. Seeker Brewing - Pine Lime Icecream Sour
6. Squinters Brewing - Aunty Sally's Mixed Berry Sour
7. Seeker Brewing - Pine Lime Icecream Sour
8. Ekim Brewing - Longboat Lager
9. Bracket Brewing - East Side - NEIPA
10. Kaiju! - Pleazure Kruze - Hazy Pale Ale
11. Bracket Brewing - West Side - WCIPA
12. Squinters Brewing - Drop Your Daiquiris - Sour

Responding to David Jaffe, director of the original God of War, we explore character development in video games as the core driving force behind their success.

Beers reviewed this episode:

1. Brick Lane Brewing - Smoking Gun - Imperial Stout - 10.6%
2. Boatrocker Brewers - Coffee Ramjet (2019) - Imperial Stout - 11.2%
3. Small Gods - The Tun - Imperial Stout - 10.0%

Our first ep in our new format, we cover all the latest news and our reviews of popular movies, tv shows and video games, all while reviewing some awesome Aussie craft beer!

Beers Reviewed This Episode:

1. Maggie Island Brewing - Holiday XPA - 4.5%
2. Rusty Penny Brewing - Coffee Coconut Pale Ale - 5.8%
3. Garage Project - Chipper - Hazy Pale - 5.0%
4. Freshwater Brewing - Freshie Hazy - Hazy Pale - 4.4%
5. BrewDog - Hop Fiction - Hazy Pale - 4.0%
6. Big Shed - People's Brew - NEIPA - 6.5%
7. Brouwerij Boon w\ Mikkeller - Frederiksdal Oude - Lambic - 6.5%
8. Yulli's Brews - Amanda Mandarin IPA - 6.7%
9. Waitoa - Firstlight - NEIPA - 6.7%
10. The Grifter Brewing - Big Sur - IPA - 6.7%
11. Bright Brewery - M.I.A. I.P.A. - 6.5%
12. Waitoa - Afterglow - NEIPA - 6.7%

Ushering in 2024 with a bang Dan, Tom and Pete cover the latest news including big fines for Sony, the release of Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall Unity, and AI taking over the world! We cover the latest movie trailers (for the last time!), Dan runs us through his favourites for 2023, before we sit down and cover Rebel Moon in gory detail!

Beers Reviewed This Episode:

1. Slow Lane & One Drop - Drop It Slow - Farmhouse Ale - 6.2%
2. Mountain Culture & Sierra Nevada - Summer Pale Ale - 5.6%
3. Small Gods Brewing - Hark! - Imperial Stout - 9.3%
4. Small Gods Brewing - Rejoice! - Imperial Stout - 9.0%
5. Hawkers Beer - Apple Brandy Barrel Aged Strong Ale '23 - 10.5%
6. Deeds Brewing - Silent Town - Imperial Stout - 12.7%

Getting in just before New Years, Tom and Pete sit down to cover the last of the news for 2023, review Dumb Money, Pain Hustlers, and the four new Doctor Who specials, plus a really terrible (420) movie, and then finally give a wrap on the best that 2023 had to offer in TV, movies and video games, along with what they’re looking forward to in 2024.

Beers Reviewed This Episode:

1. Good Folk Brewing Co - Native Sour - Berliner Weisse - 6.6%
2. Maggie Island Brewery - Maggies Mid - Lager - 3.5%
3. Garage Project - Cali Daze - Pale Ale - 4.6%
4. White Bay Beer Co - Snake Farm - WCIPA - 6.0%
5. Bracket Brewing - Turn On - Hazy Pale - 5.2%
6. Deeds Brewing - Outrun - Hazy DIPA - 8.2%
7. Seeker Brewing - The 12 Hops of Christmas - Hazy IPA - 7.7%
8. Hawkers Beer - Four Seasons: Summer - WCIPA - 6.0%

After covering the news, we dive into in-depth reviews of Return to Moria and The Creator before launching into our main topic - completely unique gaming experiences. 

Beers Reviewed This Episode:

1. Sobremesa Fermentary & Blendary - Al Dente - Sour - 5.8%
2. Molly Rose - Raspberry Lamington - Sour - 4.0%
3. Molly Rose - Lime & Jalapeno Lounge - Radler - 2.9%
4. Dangerous Ales - Phantasm Boi - Thiolized Lager - 5.0%
5. New England Brewing - Dapper - ESB - 5.5%
6. Archer Brewing - Crystal Lager - Vienna Lager - 4.8%
7. Bracket Brewing - This is the Way - WCIPA - 6.2%
8. Chur Brewing - Tangerine Dream - Brut IPA - 5.8%
9. Aether Brewing - WCIPIA - 6.0%
10. Temple Brewing - Grizzly Tales - American Brown Ale - 5.4%
11. Sailors Grave - God Save The Sponge - Smoothie Sour - 7.0%

As an extension of recent episodes, we thought we'd cover off some of the TV shows, movies and video games that we use as palate cleansers between AAA titles.

Beers reviewed this episode:

1. Hawkers Beer - '3 Maple Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout - 11.8%
2. Deeds Brewing - The Third Horseman ('21) - Imperial Stout - 10%
3. Dainton Beer - Darklord - Imperial Stout - 10%

With the long-running SAG-AFTRA strikes, we'll undoubtedly be facing a huge gap in movie and TV show content (or at least GOOD content) sometime in the near future. We focus our attention in this Up Late on all the TV, movies and video games in our backlog we'll be able to work through as a result.

Beers reviewed this episode:

1. Bright Brewery - Stubborn Imperial Stout (2023) - 16.0%
2. One Drop Brewing - Ranniku Antipodean Nordic Stout - 12.5%
3. Bracket Brewing - The Juggernaut - Triple NEIPA - 10.3%

After reviewing the latest TV shows and movies like Ahsoka, Wheel of Time, The Continental and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1, we settle in our major topic for the episode - video game companions that either contribute to or reuin the game.

Beers Reviewed This Episode:

1. SIx String Brewing - Hard Lemonade - 5.0%
2. New England Brewing - Marmo - Italian Pilsner - 4.5%
3. Gypsy Fox Brewing - Hopocrisy Pink Boots - NEPA - 5.0%
4. Molly Rose Brewing - Why Not a Brown Ale - 6.5% (Pete)
5. Garage Project - Immense World - Pilsner - 6.0%
6. Freshwater Brewing - Duke's Pilsner - 5.0%
7. Molly Rose Brewing - Why Not a Brown Ale - 6.5% (Dan)
8. One Drop - Dark Harp - Black IPA - 6.7%
9. Five Barrel Brewing - Possum Paradise - White IPA - 6.0%
10. Wooden Axe Brewing - Phase 2 - Black Rye IPA - 6.5%
11. Seeker Brewing - Sonic Boom Double WCIPA - 8.4%
12. New England Brewing - Mud Map Hazy IPA - 6.6%

What game mechanics ruined otherwise great games? After covering the latest pop-culture news, reviewing some recent shows such as Foundation and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, and then discussing some of the latest movie and tv show trailers, we sit down and discuss exactly this.

Beers Reviewed This Episode:

1. Freshwater Brewing - Wedge Cerveza - Lager - 4.6%
2. Gypsy Fox Brewing - Hoptimism - Pilsner - 5.2%
3. The Zythologist - Rubidium - Sour - 5.6%
4. Southern Highlands Brewing - Ronin - Japanese DIPA - 7.0%
5. Temple Brewing - Weston St - DDH IPA - 6.4%
6. Six String Brewing - Hazy Pale Ale - 5.0%
7. Garage Project - Descent to the Dungeon of Dankness - IPA - 6.5%
8. Dangerous Ales - Double Bock - Doppelbock - 7.0%
9. One Drop Brewing - Madzilla - Red IPA - 6.2%
10. Molly Rose Brewing - Crowd Goes Mild - English Mild - 3.8%
11. Alice Springs Brewing - Stout - 4.2%
12. Dainton Beer - Island Jam - NEIPA - 6.7%
13. Seeker Brewing - Cruisin' for a Good Pine - Milkshake Pale - 5.6%