• SteamWorld Intergrade (Tanked Up 390)

    23/12/2023
    Rounding out the year with a final ‘normal’ episode, Ben and Lucy discuss not finishing games. Ben reviews a recent release, SteamWorld Build, an older PS5 exclusive, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, and they end some much older games in Lucy’s new, old game quiz. One beer this week...

  • The Superior European Cut of The Shining Needs to be Protected

    19/12/2023
    The longer US cut of The Shining is becoming the go-to version of the film on physical media and in cinemas despite being substantially worse than the UK cut ...
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    Raccoo Venture: Problems With the 3D Platformer Homage

    14/12/2023
    I recently had the opportunity to play Raccoo Venture, a loveletter to 3D platformers from two decades ago. So much so, that the titular hero has a games console in their house that looks suspiciously identical to a N64 – a nice little homage I can get behind. Raccoo...

  • Arizona Sunshine 2 Review

    12/12/2023
    Alright, so, I’ve got a thing for zombies—no shame in that. I mean, zombies have always been my go-to monster across all media. And being a VR player, I’ve had my fair share of slicing and dicing virtual undead. Now, once upon a time, Arizona Sunshine was the undisputed...

  • 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,...

  • The Giggle is a Perfect Ending (and New Beginning) to Doctor Who

    11/12/2023
    Writer Russell T Davies does the impossible and offers an unexpected series finale to kick off a new era of Doctor Who...

  • Wild Blue Yonder Review: A Distilled Dose of Doctor Who

    05/12/2023
    Doctor Who continues its 60th anniversary celebration by stripping everything back to get to the core essence of the show...

  • 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...

  • C-plus-all of Duty: Analog Warafare (Tanked Up 386)

    02/12/2023
    It’s just Aadil and Lucy this week, so be prepared for tangeants galore. We start out with the fact that you can’t expect people to have pen and paper on them in class anymore, also reoiling robots. Lucy talks about Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, and then we...
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    Worldless Hands-On (Xbox Series X/S)

    28/11/2023
    I love a good Metroidvania; it’s probably my favourite genre. There’s something extraordinarily satisfying about improving my character’s arsenal of skills over time, eventually granting them access to areas previously teased but tantalisingly inaccessible the first time I saw them. And in equal measure, I dislike turn-based strategy games....