It’s Ben and Aadil chatting about the games they’ve been playing. Ben touches on his time with Dorfromantik, from early access to many hours played through release. Aadil talks about the now in kickstarter Remnants of the Rift. Ben went to Sainsbury’s and picked up Unity’s Hugh Pale ale,...

Special Guest Kimberley Owens (@creaftbeerpinup) joins us again for a more raucous episode than the last. We start with going through Kimberley’s Star Wars beers to pick one for the episode. We talk about Kimberley’s approach to gaming and unwinding. We talk Battlefront 2 (2) , retro games before...

It’s May the 4th (at time of recording) and we are joined by the lovely lovely Kimberley Owens (@craftbeerpinup) to chat Star Wars beers and video games. Then Aadil can’t help gush about his time with LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.   Join The Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us...

It’s been a minute but we are back with a catchup about Lucy’s brewery visit to Little Earth Project, and some of the games Aadil has been playing: Winter and Skábma: Snowfall.     Lucy has the Northern Monk Patrons Project 4.05 Northern Tropics Tropical Milkshake IPA. Ben has...

It’s just one episode from us this week but it’s the joy of a longer one. We discuss the games we’ve been playing starting with mech twin-stick shooter Uragun, jumping into eldritch cowboys in Wierd West and heading back to the arcade with Astro Ace. Ben and Aadil drink...

Just one episode this week and we are chatting about genres we miss, or styles of play within genres we would love to see again, with maybe some nostalgia in the mix as well.   Lucy has Crak’s Fresh, a DDH IPA. Aadil has Whiplash’s Quiet Crowd, a Robust...

The gang talks about Playstation’s new plus offerings in comparison to Microsoft’s GamePass. The multi-tiered approach is described and dissected. Plus bonus Olivia Newton John!     Aadil has the Stout Brummie from Birmingham Brewing Company, while Lucy and Ben both have beers from Staggeringly Good. Lucy has Bru,...

Ben and Lucy talk at length about the end-game of Tunic, spoiler-free. Aadil tries to just mention what it reminds him of trying a new character in Elden Ring, and the stark differences in experience the two seem to have.     Lucy has the promised A Saison Apparent...

On this week’s Topisode we chat a bunch about the solo-developed Zelda ”soulslike” TUNIC, as well as chatting about keeping up with the zeitgeist and when its a good, versus the normally bad, thing.   Aadil has the Stout Brummie (Salted Caramel and Almond Milk Stout) from Birmingham Brewing...

On this week’s tupisode we chat about Onde, Aerial Knights, Rayman mini, Gibbon: Beyond the Trees and Labyrinth City. We also chat about Apple Arcade and Netflix Games.   Lucy has the Yankie Brummie (APA) from Birmingham Brewing Co., Ben has Polly’s Beginning Futures (DDH IPA), and Aadil has...

This week’s topisode is all about Elden Ring. It’s Aadil’s first Souls game and Lucy is 70 odd hours in. Ben sadly waits on the sidelines currently. The focus is first impressions and what makes this game special. Ben has Left-Handed Giant’s Export Porter, and Aadil has the Nesta...

On this week’s games roundup we talk about Far: Changing Tides (and its predecessor), Atelier Sophie 2 (and not its predecessor), and Wordbreaker by POWGI. Aadil had Beatnikz Republic’s Ekuanot Silhouette NEIPA, and Ben had Polly’s Bleur Orion IPA.   Join The Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoflivesnetwork...

On this week’s topisode we start out with Aadil’s time with the psychological horror game “Martha is Dead”. We then move to a discussion of the developer releasing a version of the game without certain graphic scenes and ‘inappropriate imagery’ as to Sony’s request. Chat about censorship, gore in...

On this week’s tupisode we talk about the games that we’ve been playing this week. Lucy played and enjoyed both Gibbon beyond the trees and Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective. Ben let’s us know what his first few days with Horizon: Forbidden West is going. Lucy has the...

On this week’s Topicsode we chat about upcoming TV and movie adaptations of your favourite, and not so favourite, videogame franchises. We talk Cuphead, Bioshock, Disco Elysium amongst other upcoming projects from Netflix and Amazon Prime.   Ben has Left Handed Giant x Uitje collaboration Woodland Creatures Milk Stout,...

It’s just Ben and Aadil this episode and they talk extensively about Ben’s time with Dying Light 2, which prompts a discussion of what we want out of an open world, inevitably leading to the latest scoops about Elden Ring and its glowing reviews. Aadil also gives a short...

On this week’s Topicsode we start with Ben’s first impressions of Submerged: Hidden Depths, the sequel to the relaxploration game he played several years ago. We also touch on sequels and what we expect from them as both new to the franchise players, and those who are eager to...

On this week’s Tupisode we talk about the games we have been playing, with a nice selection from Lucy and Aadil’s return to First Looks. We touch on Please Touch the Artwork, Grappledog,  Castelevania Circle of the Moon, Infernax, and dive into the narrative and mechanics of The Life...

Tom Maya joins us once again for this week’s topical episode. This week to talk event beers and Tom’s New podcast @GameOverBeer.   We all are having the 2021 Putty, a yearly DIPA from Verdant.   Apologies for Lucy’s mic once again.   Join The Discord: https://discord.gg/JwY25Kv Visit Us...

This week we are joined by @GameOverBeer’s own Tom Maya. We chat about the game’s we have been playing, which are: Celeste, Loop Hero, Olliolli World, and Pump BMX amongst others. We also talk tough games of our youth and how they birthed the rogue-like genres.   Tom has...

It’s our weekly topic episode, and we are talking the big, and I mean BIG, acquisitions. Microsoft acquired Activision-Blizzard-King for 69 (nice) bill, Sony nabbed Bungie for 3.6 billion, and most importantly the New York Times broke through and got Wordle for ”low-six-figures”. We talk around it all, but...

A new centenary and a new format. Ben, Lucy, and Aadil chat about the games they have been playing over a tasty pint (hopefully) in the first episode of the week. We chatted Vampire Survivors, Dungeons and Puzzles, Press Restart, and Ender Lillies, all while trying vociferously not to...

Aadil is back! And to celebrate episode 300 we had him join us from the frozen north. We go all over the shop this episode discussing Brewdog and the current business practices. Aadil’s been on the word games including Wordle, Lewdle, and Absurdle. Lucy chats Vampire Survivors and Ben...

Despite the dark title and the image you have in your head of Bobby Kotick we have a jolly old time not chatting about the ActiBlizz purchase. Lucy kicks off the show with thoughts on The Company Man, the 2D action platformer from Forust Studio. Ben then delves into...

This week we are joined by a returning Stephen (points_of_brew) to chat about getting back into gaming and what he has been playing. There is Fortnite chat, Far Cry 6, big thoughts on Halo Infinite and a discussion on open worlds and game length including the news of Dying...

As is customary for our first episode of the year we discuss the upcoming games we are looking forward to. As Aadil is in Canada we’re joined by Adam. We also chat Elite Dangerous, Blasphemous, Aspire: Inas Tale and Wytchwood. To drink Lucy has a traditional ale from Lymestone...

We’ve got our top 10 games of this year! As always they are the games we played this year, and maybe not all ones that came out in 2021. We start out with a quick honorable mentions, much to Ben’s timing chagrin, and then hit those juicy top 10s....

This week we are joined by the every lovely Adam Thomas. We start the episode off with some solid Chivalry 2 and Forza Horizon 2 chats, before Lucy convinces us all to try out Babble Royale, and maybe The Gunk too. We then get into the real nitty gritty...

In the first half of the show Lucy talks about her growing addiction to Chivalry 2, a nonsense large-scale first person battler with unpredictable results. Ben returned back to megaquarium and is still enjoying Resi 8, while Aadil got sucked into the curse of optimisation and completion with cooking...

We chat Untapped, tracking what we drink and the usefulness of beer ratings in general. Lucy tells tails of opinions on the new halo resulting in a shutdown of the halo subreddit. Aadil updates with forza and moonglow bay, despite his claims to do otherwise last week. Ben chats...

Ben and Aadil are sans Lucy again this week and kick things off with a discussion of time, gaming lulls and changing your perspective on the hobby versions finishing. This leads to an update on Aadil’s continued fun, and (mild) fury, with Moonglow Bay as well as an in-depth...

It’s just Ben and Aadil on a Will-Smithisode, with Lucy out with a mysterious (non-COVID) illness. Aadil played a fair few hours of the latest Jurassic Park (World Evolution 2) game and both compared it to their experiences with the first. Mostly positive stuff, quite an deep dive on...

This week we chat Giant’s Uprising, now in early access, and Lucy and Aadil convince Ben to just buy Inscryption already. Don’t worry spoilers are avoided, but really go play it. Aadil gives a brief update on Hermitage: Strange Case Files. The gang chats Forza Horizon 5, with Lucy...

Ben, Lucy, and Aadil are joined by returning Guest Adam Thomas to talk about beer, games and… anime. Adam has been playing a lot of Crusader Kings 3, and almost convinces Lucy and Aadil to not just fondly listen to stories and patchnotes from it. Aadil relays the pains...

Back with a full regular house for beers and gaming chats. Ben and Lucy have played Unpacking and unpack their feelings about this excellent puzzle game, and Lucy has also been putting out fires in Nuclear Blaze. Aadil completed a game! Whilst there is light talk of said game,...

This week we’re joined by Curtis and Chad from Bit Rot Games. We talk about their upcoming game “Recursive Ruin”, the concept of Strange Loops, their gaming history, and learn a whole bunch about music in games and in general. We also chat Caves of Qud, Manifold Garden, Oxenfree,...

This week we’re sponsored by Haacht Brewery and share some of their beers whilst chatting games. Ben and Aadil give thoughts on Lemnis Gate, a new tactical looping shooter. Lucy wants to be the truffle lady in Book of Travels and has also played A Jugglers Tale. Aadil finishes...

Ben and Lucy are here to deep dive into two games this week. Lucy has smashed through Metroid Dread, whilst Ben had a little time with the Battlefield 2042 open beta. Lucy sinks three beers, starting with Fractal from Equilibrium, then Stur from Beak Brewery and finally Left Handed...

The gang chat some new game releases over a few choice beers. Lucy has been playing with words in Vitriol from Charlene Putney and Martin Pichlmair. Ben loops through Arkane Studios newest shooter Deathloop and Aadil has had a relaxing time with mini games and tea in Teacup from...

Aadil is back and jumps straight in wanting to discuss the casting for the newly announced Mario movie. Lucy then gives us the rundown on a few games including Teacup, Bonfire Peaks and The Rewinder. Ben has put a few hours into Kena Bridge of Spirits so gives his...

Ben is joined by Sean and Dave from Pill Bug Interactive to chat about their newly released Making It Home, a vehicle building game. We chat the changes between early access and final release, what they’ve both been playing recently and what may be next for Pill Bug. To...

Lucy and Ben have a chilled episode this week and kick back discussing a few chilled games. They start with Toem, A Photo Adventure which they’ve both relaxed with. Ben then gives thoughts on Road 96 an at times relaxed but at times tense narrative adventure. There’s light Deathloop...

This week Ben and Lucy are joined by Peter and Andres from Auroch Digital to chat about the Bristol game dev studio and their upcoming game Brewmaster, a chemistry-based home brewing sim. We delve into Brewmaster, its inspirations, the scientific approach and what to expect from the game. We...

Adam is back, again, and is here to chat more Ghost of Tsushima. As usual, Lucy brings the games with her thoughts on Quake Remastered, AM2R and new releases Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery and Golf Club Wasteland. Ben has been playing The Big Con and joins Adam...

Ben is joined by Callum this week to share a beer and catch up. Callum chats Game Pass Ultimate and the games he has played through it including Humankind, Doom Eternal and Hades. Ben has also played Humankind and gives a few early thoughts. Callum also chats Splitgate and...

Ben and Lucy are joined by Adam to chat through the few games they’ve played in the last week. Adam kicks us off with more chat on Samurai Warriors 5 and the history of Dynasty Warriors. Ben chats Boyfriend Dungeon from Kitfox Games and a little of the absurd...

This week Lucy and Ben delve into what they’ve been playing. Lucy kicks off the show chatting Hollow Knight, then talks Unavowed, Omno, Inbento and Within the Blade. Both Lucy and Ben have played a little of The Ramp and Ben has been blasting through Gravity Rush 2. They...

It is just Ben and Aadil this week as they share a few beers and discuss their week, or two, in gaming. Ben has dabbled in a few games, The Witcher Monster Slayer, Raji, Last Stop, The Ascent and The Garden Path. Aadil then asks what tech he should...

Join Lucy, Aadil, and special guest Adam as they talk through their week in games over some beers. Adam talks about his experiences with the newly released Samurai Warriors 5, and why he likes Musou games in general. Aadil chats about his first few hours with the open world...

Join Lucy, Aadil, and Ben as they talk through their week in games over some beers. Aadil and Ben talk about The Fermi Paradox, a just released Early Access ‘Galaxy Gardener’. Ben chips in with his thoughts on Lost at Sea and Death’s Door, a couple of new indies....