Ben and Lucy get together to discuss more game delays, Frog Detective 2: The case of the invisible wizard, LA Noire and Rockstar, the top ten selling games of 2019 and Death Stranding. Ben drinks American Pale from Gloucester Brewery and Big Cat Stout from Stroud Brewery.

The gang return to chat Lucy’s time with Super Crush KO, game preservation, Ben’s time with Jedi Fallen Order and the recent delay to Final Fantasy 7 remake. Yes, we recorded before the Cyberpunk 2077 delay but we do predict it. Ben and Aadil are drinking this week with beers from Burning Sky, Burnt Mill and a North Brewing Co X Beerbliotek collaboration.

Aadil and Ben are joined by former OutofLiveser Lauren Aitken now of VG24/7 for beers, our most anticipated games of 2020 and what we’d like to see change in the industry moving forward. Lauren drinks We’ll Always Have Paris from Sori brewing then kicks to a splash of gin. Aadil starts with Black Snow from 71 Brewing X Lumi Brewing followed by Collective Arts IPA No8 . Ben has Sketches of Home from Lost and Grounded, then the Amundsen Brewery X Other Half collab Brown Cheese and Waffles.

As a continuation from episode 191 the gang kept drinking and moved on to discuss their favourite games and genres of the decade. The drinking continued too with Aadil having beers from Unity and Good Chemistry, Lucy sinking back North Brewing Co and a Whiplash X Pig’s Ear collab and Ben finishing on one from Polly’s and another from Odyssey.

Aadil, Ben and Lucy got together for a big episode, so big it’s been split into two shows. For this episode, they run down their top 10 video games of 2019. Aadil’s beers come from Whiplash and Cloudwater. Lucy has a Brew By Numbers and a beer from Track. Ben starts with Northern Monk then moves to a new brewery, Frau Gruber.

It’s a very rare episode this week as Ben is all alone. He chats about growing up with PlayStation and what he’d like to see from the upcoming PS5 on the PlayStation’s 25th anniversary. Of course, he has a beer and drinks Geeked Up from Gamma Brewing Co.

This week ben and Lucy delve into the games that they’ve been playing. Lucy has spent time with some smaller experiences, playing My Brother Rabbit and the Apple Arcade games Assemble With Care and Tangle Tower. She has also started Control which Ben is deep into. Should it be a game of the year contender? A brief tangent makes it feel like Aadil is present as they discuss Amiibo instead of saying bye for the week. Ben has his big boy pants on this week and drinks ‘Dancing in the Mooblight’ from Northern Monk x Wylam then the ‘I Can’t Get No Sleep’ from Heist brew co.

Ben, Aadil and ghost Lucy get together to run down some of the weeks’ big news and discuss the games they’ve been playing. Aadil doesn’t talk about Blacksad but does bring up Pokemon Sword and Shield shutting down other tech, inevitably Google Stadia is then brought up. Ben has initial thoughts on the recently released Narcos: Rise of the Cartels and Lucy has finished Untitled Goose game, Eastshade and Luigi’s Mansion 3. Finally, are The Game Awards silly? Only Aadil could adult this week and drinks Toast’s session IPA and Mojo from Robinsons Brewery.

We’re back with another quality line-up!

John Gallagher

Joe Riley

Robert Grubb

Wesley Murch

Comedy John

Charlie Bateman

Louise Leigh

… and your host Alex Kitson.

Recorded October 27, 2019.

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It’s a duo cast again this week as Ben and Aadil discuss Ben’s time with Sparklite, fomo around Death Stranding and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and a big rundown of Google Stadia’s launch line up. They drink the craft lager from Toast, Velocity from Saltaire Brewery, Beardo IPA from Robinson Brewery and Õllenaut’s Suitsu Porter.