Pixels & Pints

With Dan gallivanting the world again, Pete & Tom are joined by recurring guest Ed to talk all things games. From the release of Baldur's Gate 3 to Gamescom 23 to the latest updates to the Unreal Engine, we eventually settle in for a deep dive on RPGs in the context of both Starfield being released and Tom working his way through Skyrim (and towards his 100th Plat!)

Beers Reviewed this Ep:

1. Cheeky Monkey - Hazy Pale Ale - 4.0%
2. Seeker Brewing - HBC522 West Coast Pilsner - 5.8%
3. Slow Lane - Woodchip - Table Beer - 3.5%
4. Hargreaves Hill - Naughty - Schwarzbier - 5.0%
5. Garage Project - Cereal Milk Stout - 4.7%
6. Freestyle Brewing - Majic Juice - NEIPA - 5.6%
7. Hawkers Beer - Fashionably Punctual - WCIPA - 6.5%
8. Hawkers Beer - Trio of Dips (US) - WCIPA - 6.5%
9. Mountain Culture & Balter - Anna - WCIPA - 7.0%
10. Mountain Culture & Balter - Elsa - WCIPA - 7.6%
11. Nail Brewing - Red Carpet - Imperial Red Ale - 8.4%
12. Hawkers Beer - White Stout - 6.0%

With Disney's announcement they will cease selling physical media in Australia, including Star Wars and Marvel movies, we sit down to discuss whether this is the first sign of the death of physical media for Aussie's more generally, the sudden ability for studios to permanently bury something just to avoid paying licensing fees & royalties, and where it all might be heading.

Beers reviewed this episode:

1. Six String Brewing - Wet, Wet, Wet Hop Pale Ale - 4.6%
2. White Bay Beer - Up Top - Czech Pilsner - 5.0%
3. One Drop Brewing - Hit Me Up - DIPA - 8.0%
4. The Zythologist - Bromium - English Brown Ale - 4.1%
5. New England Brewing - Marmo - Italian Pilsner - 4.5%
6. One Drop Brewing - Hellenic Lager - 5.0%
7. Black Hops Brewing - Code Red - Red IPA - 6.2%
8. Six String Brewing - In Bloom Honey IPA - 6.4%
9. One Drop Brewing - Bee Line - Imperial Pastry Stout - 10.8%
10. Hawkers Beer - Oaty McOatface - Oatmeal Stout - 8.0%
11. Shout Brewing - Left On - Red IPA - 6.3%

Join us in this Up Late as Dan and Pete take a deep dive into our favourite science fiction movies of all time, spread across 9 sub-genres of SciFi.

Beers reviewed this episode:

1. Boatrocker Brewers - Ramjet (2022) - Imperial Stout - 11.1%
2. Beerfarm - Talk to the Palm - Imperial Stout - 8.5%

Returning to our usual programming, we kick off with some rather controversial Witcher S3 commentary before moving into reviews of The Flash, Good Omens S2, Secret Invasion and True Detective S3. Flying past a number of trailers to upcoming movies we're holding out for, we slam into our main topic for the episode - how action movies have evolved since the 90s in order to stay alive and relevant. 

Beers reviewed this episode:

1. Hop Nation - Pigdog NZ Pilsner - 5.0%
2. Molly Rose Brewing - Heaps Mandarin - Radler - 2.9%
3. Seeker Brewing - Sapphire Coast Wet Hop Hazy - 5.4%
4. Deeds Brewing - Schadenfreude - Wheat Beer - 5.0%
5. Molly Rose Brewing - Short & Stout - Stout - 4.3%
6. Yulli's Brews - Kuro Black Rice Lager - 5.0%
7. Bracket Brewing - Red Ker-Plonk! - Red IPA - 6.5%
8. Moon Dog - Almost Cannolo - Pastry Sour - 7.5%
9. Fox Friday Craft - Trust, But Verify - Black IPA - 7.3%
10. Philter Brewing - Super Cool Lager - 4.2%
11. Sailors Grave - Hanabi - Dark Lager - 5.0%

Our very first Pixels & Pints: Up Late episode! This new format will be mixed in with our usual recordings, but is shorter, punchier, and focuses in on just one topic. And for our very first of these recordings, we couldn't go past taking a deeeeeep dive into Star Wars Jedi Survivor!

Beers reviewed this episode:

1. Bad Shepherd Brewing - Imperial Stout - 9.2%
2. Little Bang Brewing - IRA - 6.0%
3. Hawkers Beer - Four Seasons: Winter - Triple IPA - 10.0%

The FTC won't let me be me, so we instead discuss Wither Season 3, Jack Ryan S4, and a tonne of trailers before firing up our hate-glands to discuss our biggest pet peeves of video game design!

Beers reviewed this episode:

1. Reckless Brewing - Red IPA - 6.5%
2. Reckless Brewing - BX Old - Dark Ale - 4.4%
3. Deeds Brewing - Midnight Rain - Schwarzbier - 4.9%
4. Bad Shepherd - American Red - Red Ale - 5.0%
5. Seeker Brewing - Ben & Jeffrey's Mint Choc Cookie Ice Cream Stout - 8.4%
6. Burnley Brewing - Coffee Brown Ale - 5.7%
7. Dainton Beer - Red Dragon - Red IPA - 6.5%
8. Good Land Brewing - Gezellig - Imperial Stout - 11.4%

From our initial thoughts of the Apple Vision Pro to reviews of American Born Chinese, Hypnotic, Ted Lasso Season 3 and the Silo series, we predictably give over most of our episode to discussing all the games announced, showcased and demoed at this years games conferences that excited us (Summer Game Fest, Xbox Games Showcase, Ubisoft Forward and the Playstation Showcase) - we discuss 19 games, to be precise. That's probably 16 more games than we've ever discussed in a single show before! Probably.

Beers reviewed this episode:

1. Seeker Brewing - Unicorn NEIPA - 7.2%
2. Sailors Grave - It's a Big Dill - Gose - 5.2%
3. Sailors Grave - Dark Emu - Dark Lager - 4.8%
4. Garage Project - Hazy Daze: Sabro, Strata, Simcoe - Hazy Pale - 5.8%
5. Rocky Ridge - Frootie & The Blowfish - Smoothie Sour - 8.0%
6. Beerfarm - Botanical Citrus Gose - 4.0%
7. Newstead Brewing - Yo Ho! Rum Porter - 9.9%
8. Grifter Brewing - Iron Wizard - Cascadian Dark Ale - 6.4%
9. Seeker Brewing - Pinkity Drinkity - Berliner Weisse - 5.5%
10. Range Brewing - Midnight Sun - Red IPA - 7.0%
11. Land & Sea (Noosa Beer Co) - Sunshine Beach Mango Sour - 3.0%
12. Green Beacon - Lush Guava Sour - 6.1%
13. One Drop - 444 Imperial Pastry Stout - 12.0%
14. BentSpoke Brewing - Keep It Simple - IPA - 6.8%
15. Hawkers Beer - Stout - 5.4%

Since Pete has finally recovered from COVID, we thought we'd do an in-person recording for a change, and what an ep it is! Tonnes of movie & TV show reviews, including Ant-Man 3, Ghosted and more; heaps of trailer reviews covering Dune Part 2, The Symathizer and Mortal Kombat One, and then an epic Spotlight where we take a deep-dive into Season 3 of The Mandalorian.

Beers reviewed this episode:

1. Heaps Normal - Coffee Run Stout - Non-Alc - 0.5%
2. Loophole Brewing - Sonny & Cher - NEIPA - 3.7%
3. Badlands Brewing - Kilt - Scottish Ale - 5.0%
4. Garage Project - Space Cake - Brown Ale - 6.2%
5. Stoic Brewing - Stoic Warrior - Black IPA - 7.6%
6. Stone & Wood - '18 Barrel Aged Stone Beer ('17 Brew) - Porter - 7.3%

Jam packed with fruit-flavour, this episode takes Tom, Pete and Dan on a journey of Star Wars celebrations, the Picard series finale, the Super Mario Bros movie, and much, much more. Then they settle into a long discussion about how the protrayal of video game characters can sometimes cause mental anguish!

Beers reviewed this episode:

1. Garage Project - Fizz Palace - Low-Alc Sour - 1.1%
2. Hop Nation - Field Daze - IPA (American) - 6.0%
3. One Drop - Oneskiis Yuzu Lager - Japanese Rice Lager - 4.7%
4. Hop Nation - Field Haze - NEIPA - 6.0%
5. Range Brewing - Hypnotic - Hazy Pale - 5.4%
6. Beerfarm - India Pale Ale - IPA (American) - 5.6%
7. Batch Brewing - Citrus Sunset - Red IPA - 6.5%
8. Bacchus Brewing - Peanut Butter Jelly Time (B20) - Red Ale - 7.0%
9. Bridge Road - Dark Harvest (2023) - Black IPA - 6.6%
10. Hop Nation - Zombie Pop 4 - Imperial Sour - 7.8%
11. Mountain Culture - Dimension X - NEIPA - 6.8%
12. Bacchus Brewing - Gran Churrismo - Pastry Stout - 10.5%

It took us a whole episode to get there, but we finally covered our spotlight topic - which directors could breath new life into and take our favourite movie IPs in interesting new directions? Of course we still cover all the latest pop culture news, we review a bunch of content such as Avatar The Way of Water and The Menu, and sip upon the finest ales!

Beers reviewed this episode:

1. Loophole Brewing Co - Draught - Traditional Ale - 4.7%
2. Black Hops Brewing - Foreverland - XPA - 5.5%
3. Bright Brewery - Cucumber & Basil - Sour - 4.0%
4. Stockade Brew Co - Mr Fruju - NEIPA - 6.0%
5. Hank's - First Round - Pale Ale - 4.2%
6. Akasha Brewing - Korben - DIPA - 8.5%
7. Bracket Brewing - Insert Name - Hazy Pale Ale - 5.6%
8. Sailors Grave Brewing - UNI Sea Urchin & Lemon Myrtle - Gose - 4.5%
9. White Bay Beer Co - Optimum Engagement - Amber Lager - 5.0%
10. Exit Brewing - Milk Stout - Milk Stout - 5.2%
11. Hawkers Beer - Old Chap, New Tricks - English IPA - 7.0%
12. Pirate Life Brewing - Choc Chip Hot Cross Bun - Imp. Pastry Stout - 9.5%