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  • Tanked Up 258 – We Are Beer’s Tom Maya and Before Your Eyes

    This week we are joined by Tom Maya from We Are Beer to talk games and share a few beers. Tom chats about the upcoming summer beer festivals We Are Beer organise and what it was like last year for the festival scene. We discuss what brewing festival collaboration...
  • Tanked Up 256 – A Sizeable Jelly Bean in his Minish Cap

    Welcome back to Tanked Up, our weekly beer and gaming show. This week we’ve all played Sizeable from Sander Ambroos and Business Goose Studios which nicely rounds out a few weeks of different types of hidden object games. Ben has returned to Fall Guys for season 4 and Lucy’s...
  • Tanked Up 230 – Rip Off Camelot

    This week we dive into discussions on three games, first Rip Them Off from Lozange Lab which we’ve all played. Lucy gives her thoughts on Inkle’s new game Pendragon and we finish with Aadil’s thoughts on When the Past was Around from Mojiken which he streamed earlier in the...
  • Tanked Up 229 – M&M S&M in an M&S

    This week we discuss a lot of games. Lucy gives us her thoughts on Lair of the Clockwork God, Silent Hill, The Coma 2, Tony Hawks Pro Skater and A Monsters Expedition. Ben has his investigative hat on and deep dives into Paradise Killer. The beers this week are,...
  • Tanked Up 217 – Small Screen, Big Hands

    Hot, hot gaming and beer chat this week. Lucy drinks Tartu Pilsner from Puhaste, Ben has a Session pale from North Brewing Co and Aadil sups Buxton Brewery’s Lupulus X Simcoe IPA. Lucy has been playing Little Orpheus from The Chinese Room and it sparks a conversation about Apple...
  • Tanked Up 206 – Small Islands In Other Waters

    Still in Lockdown Aadil has taken to tending a small virtual island in Animal Crossing New Horizons, Lucy has revisited a vibrant island full of puzzles in The Witness and both she and Aadil have spent time in the sea playing In Other Waters. As we record on a...
  • Tanked Up 203 – A 9 Beer Meltdown

    It’s the end of the world as we know it and we’re all drinking. Aadil, Ben and Lucy get together to discuss a plethora of topics whilst supping 9 beers between them. Discussed are the adaptation beer brewers, bottle shops and taprooms are having to take at this time...
  • Tanked Up 191 – Our Favourite Games of 2019

    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....
  • Tanked Up 189 – Apple Arcade is in Control

    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...