Ben Nother

Ben is like a fine wine, he spends far to much time in cellars. He deliberately developed a stutter and a slur and walks with a limp to conceal his raging alcohol problem. Once beat up a fish for looking at him funny. Ben hosts the Tanked up podcast, but we are pretty sure he isn't aware of that.

  • Climbing the Country for Beers (Tanked Up 388)

    11/12/2023
    After cracking our beers, we kick off this episode by talking about… more Modern Warfare 3! We then talk about… more Jusant. And then… more NYT Connections. Not new to the podcast discussion but we also speak to Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and the PS5 experience. To drink,...

  • We are Invincible (Tanked Up 387)

    05/12/2023
    It’s a six-beer week for this episode. Lucy kicks off with Wave 9th Birthday DDH DIPA from Track Brewing Co, Aadil drinks Schlenkerla Urbock, and Ben has his first Arbor Ale in the Panettone. They then move to Games with Ben giving his review of the recently released The...

  • Canadian Cooking Mama (Tanked Up 385)

    21/11/2023
    The team are back for beers, games, and a few tangents, kicking straight off the bat with a chat about Ghostbusters. Lucy and Aadil deep dive into a continued discussion on Venba. Lucy returns with more on Air Twister, including its insane soundtrack, and Ben mentions Far Cry: New...

  • Super Honk Bros (Tanked Up 384)

    14/11/2023
    This week Ben launches into his light review of the first few hours of Dark Envoy, a recently released crpg. Aadil then runs down a few different experiences recounting a friend playing Untitled Goose Game, his own time with Super Mario Bros Wonder, and with Lucy their initial impressions...

  • The Berlin Wall & Squid Ink (Tanked Up 883)

    08/11/2023
    Pure insanity this week. We start strong with Lucy’s thoughts on Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic, then slowly descend into madness with discussions on Contra, Space Harrier, Yu Suzuki’s back catalogue and Mario’s surname. All of this is caused by Aadil’s beer, the Umibozu from Tartarus. Lucy’s...

  • Another Steam Next Fest (Tanked Up 382)

    25/10/2023
    This week Ben discusses Dead Space-a-like The Callisto Protocol, and the games he’s been playing demos of in the latest Steam Next Fest. Aadil goes back a few years to talk about the 2015 game, Tengami. Lucy has a week off the beers and leaves Aadil to drink the...

  • The Midnight Call of Duty (Tanked Up 381)

    17/10/2023
    Who doesn’t feel the call of duty at midnight? Us actually, because we’re old. This week Lucy delves into her time with two games, Midnight Girl, and the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (2023) multiplayer beta. Is MW3 a remake, a sequel to a remake or an entirely...

  • Steam Deck: Play with your tech (Tanked Up 380)

    02/10/2023
    This week Aadil discusses his time at the Leeds Beer Festival and some Steam Deck issues he has had, leading into some research on Microsoft Surfaces. Lucy reviews Nour: Play with your food, and discusses returning to the FPS game Prodeus, which then leads into a chat about one...

  • Chants of Crisis (Tanked Up 379)

    26/09/2023
    This week Ben gets a bit angry about the treatment of Final Fantasy VII with the release of Ever Crisis, whilst Lucy is more elated at more language based puzzles in Chants of Sennaar. It’s a week of collaborations for the beers. Ben has the Arbor X New Bristol...