Hopped-Up 64 - Winamp (2024)

This week, the gang is down-bad for Balatro, Mike still has some thoughts on FF7:Rebirth, Dave is chilling with some fantasy anime unicorns, and Norris deserves his punishment. Also, the back half has a *lot* of warhammer talk. So, get excited! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe

4/12/2024 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 24 seconds

Nothing like a good Sunday drive, followed by a relaxing roadside picnic. This week the gang talks about our game of the month, Pacific Drive! Norris also learns that tires are made of rubber, and Mike learns that lights use electricity! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe

4/5/2024 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 39 seconds

Read your bibles, folks. It's a two-man jam this week on the pod, as Norris and Dave discuss warhammer tournaments, chunky pixels, dungeon synth, and why Love is Blind is both evil and a modern masterpiece. Team Jimmy or Team Chelsea choose your weapon. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe Music by David Beebe

3/29/2024 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 34 seconds

Minigames: menace to some, saviour to others. This week Mike's still on that FF7 Rebirth train, Dave's still on the Baldur's Gate train, Matt has lost his soul to Balatro, and Norris is helping a turnip rob banks. We also break down our Canonically Correct feelings about the Oscars and Dune Part 2. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe

3/22/2024 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 36 seconds

This week, Mike yells at Cloud, Dave is deep into what I think is his fifth BG3 run, and Norris wants to be a Mountain Dew taste tester. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe

3/15/2024 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 19 seconds

This week the gang is talking The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, a fantastic visual novel game that dares to ask the player "Hey, you gonna eat that witch?" Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe

3/8/2024 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 47 seconds

This week, we're hanging down low with our favourite FF7 characters. Dave also gives us the latest from Faerun, Mike's still managing democracy, Jack is cheating at roguelike poker, and Norris' brain demons is making him do something stupid again. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris,Jack Shirai, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe

3/1/2024 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 12 seconds

This week we're in on the highs and lows of online penny-ante poker, warhammer 40k lore sickos, and Hell Divers 2. Norris also tries to explain why being creeped out by FMV hostesses in Like a Dragon Gaiden doesn't make him a prude, and we all turn into US Civil War nerds. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David Beebe

2/23/2024 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 23 seconds

Samsara gets a bad rap, honestly. Personally I'm okay being a hungry ghost or some form of woodland creature. This week the gang contemplates converting to buddhism, hot poker topics, and the 2015 Remedy game Quantum Break. There's some other video game stuff too, like GOTY 2023 Baldur's Gate 3, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and Wolfenstein: The New Order. We may be a bit all over the place. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe

2/16/2024 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 17 seconds

It's that Game of the Month time, friends! This week we're talking on Strange Scaffold's El Paso Elsewhere, an indie game that dares to ask "What if your ex-girlfriend was a vampire?" We also get back to Matt's Movie Corner, where we discuss how both 'The Zone of Interest' and 'Society of the Snow' are great movies, but also what you could call "A Tough Hang." Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe

2/9/2024 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 40 seconds

As all good gaming podcasts do, this week we take stock of the NHL during its midseason break, and lament the two teams going to the Superbowl. We also talk a bit on some 2024 games we're excited for, and Norris tries to convince Mike and Steph to get into Like A Dragon. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe

2/2/2024 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 8 seconds

This week we got all the hot action as we discuss Our 2024 Locks for your video game drafts! Also it's the triumphant return of Matt's Movie Corner, as he gives us the dirt on this year's Oscars. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

1/26/2024 • 1 hour, 18 minutes

This is it, the pod where we decide, empirically, the best game of 2023! Here the full deliberations, recriminations, childish name-calling, that goes into us deciding such an important honour! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

1/19/2024 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 41 seconds

It's that time of year again! Where we discuss the things that helped us get through another cold dark year: rum punch and video games! This first episode is the gang going through our individual top ten lists. Be sure to tune in next week as we bring out the knives and determine our overall game of the year! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

1/12/2024 • 2 hours, 28 minutes, 55 seconds

This is also our game of the month episode for Chants of Sennaar, but sometimes you just get a good title and have to use it. We're out here translating languages like some real smart folks this week, as we try to figure just what the f*ck everyone's trying to say in Chants of Sennaar! Spoilers, it's a great game! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

1/5/2024 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 5 seconds

It's the end of human culture. This week we go through the now-probably-very-old Game Awards, and also talk about the TV shows that Playstation is removing from their store, that mostly exist. Like, look at this list of tv shows: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/psvideocontent/ Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David Beebe

12/29/2023 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 32 seconds

That's right, another award goes to Baldur's Gate 3 bay-bee! Also this week we talk about the cute bugs in Cocoon, and the cute fish in Dave the Diver. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe

12/22/2023 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 13 seconds

It's just more Baldur's gate. Maybe some other stuff. But like just all Baldur's Gate. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David Beebe

12/15/2023 • 52 minutes, 44 seconds

This week we're talking about beautiful black-and-white spooks, with World of Horror! The 1-bit indie game that just recently came out of early access. We also discuss where eels come from, where you're supposed to bow and clap or clap and bow at a ghost, and a bunch of other important World of Horror details! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe

12/8/2023 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 21 seconds

But seriously can someone *please* tell me where to find a self defense course for people in their mid-to-late 30's? Asking for a friend. This week, oh damn is that Baldur's Gate 3's music I hear? Also some Spiderman 2, some Cobalt Core, and some general musings on life. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

12/1/2023 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 9 seconds

Don't let the title fool you we barely talk about Alan Wake 2. We do talk a lot about the Top Gun manga, Spiderman 2, and oh damn more Baldur's Gate 3! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe

11/24/2023 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 45 seconds

This episode was just for us. You can join, but it was designed for us. Conversations this week include, but aren't limited to: artificial flavours, anthropomorphic Garfield playing darts, do kangaroos have belly buttons, does Venom have a belly button, the death of the action hero farm system, and why Discord video chat sucks. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Bill McDonnell, David Beebe Music by David Beebe

11/17/2023 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 15 seconds

If you could kill any sport, which would it be? This week the gang talks about Sports! A lot of Sports! But also video games. Including Spiderman 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Lies of P, Super Mario Wonder, and Cocoon. A lot of Video Games! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

11/10/2023 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 53 seconds

This week we go in-depth into Oxenfree 2, the walking sim that asks "what if a radio was scary?" We also discuss Mountain Dew cereal, teeth collections, and the torment nexus. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

11/3/2023 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 19 seconds

This week we discuss chaos magick, car p*rn, and why Max Payne should be free. Also go play Moonring. It's free. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

10/27/2023 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 35 seconds

Happy Spookstober folks! This week we talk about the spooookiest thing, Eminem rapping about NFTs! There's also some more Baldur's Gate 3 talk, a bunch of gushing about twink puppets, and some halloween movie recommendations! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe

10/20/2023 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 21 seconds

I don't know what it means so I hope it's not bad. This week, the gang tries out new podcasting hangout tech, so this episode falls firmly in the "Live Demo, Folks" realm. We also discuss the best gatorade flavours, Mike explains why he's playing Yugioh, Norris explains how Lies of P is in everything but name a FromSoft game, Steph wants everyone to rizz up Garl, and Jack wants people to check out Dave the Diver. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe

10/13/2023 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 20 seconds

This week the crew crosses through the classic RPG abyss into Sea of Stars, a new take on such classics as Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG. Do they land it? Listen and find out! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe

10/6/2023 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 32 seconds

Talking about a whole new kind of bootstraps. This week the gang just kinda vibes. We're getting laid in Baldur's Gate 3, we're playing some Hollow Knight, and we're trying to figure out if they should ever make a Warhammer movie. And there's some other stuff too! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe

9/29/2023 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 7 seconds

Who up? This week the gang talks about Microsoft leaks, Unity blunders, and Baldur's Gate body count. No the *other* body count Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe

9/22/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 54 seconds

Hey, do you like sports? Do you like Metal Gear Solid p*rn? Do you hate when a video game podcast talks about video games? Then we've got an episode for you! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

9/15/2023 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 28 seconds

This week the gang gets into some classic cartoonery, with August's game of the month Day of the Tentacle Remastered! But first, we outline how Mike was bad *this* week. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe

9/8/2023 • 55 minutes, 25 seconds

This week Matt's here to tell us about the radical Stellaris fundamentalists, Dave is down bad for Baldur's Gate 3, and Norris has given himself to the Grievous Miracle of Blasphemous 2. Mike meanwhile just wants us all to have a nice night's sleep. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe

9/1/2023 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 23 seconds

This week the guys discuss something called Puckdoku, the wild world of sports, and Diddy Kong Racing. Also there are too many video games to play and we're really just not prepared to play them all. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

8/25/2023 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 34 seconds

It'll lead you to make real poor decisions. This week we give some cheers and jeers to European countries, Matt's got a new PC, Norris played some travel games, and Jack's going through Baldur's Gate 3. Dave also spits some bars. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

8/18/2023 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 5 seconds

This week we just get into some real old-head stuff. Betrayal At Krondor, early aught's internet p*rnography, video game archival, and famous national brands. All the good stuff. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

8/11/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 22 seconds

This week the gang lights up their ciggy's and trapes through the sludge, in the Mud-Core walking sim Sludge Life! Hear us detail out the game as we give our thoughts on this very vibes game, and also get a bit of a background look into us figuring out our next game of the month! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

8/4/2023 • 51 minutes, 34 seconds

Norris is currently on vacation in Europe and refuses to let anyone else host, so we had to record some stuff in advance to make sure we can fill the episode gaps. So enjoy our Ranking of the Games of the Month! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Steph Fan, Matt Emery, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/28/2023 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 43 seconds

This week the gang talks about the best video games to play while taking care of a baby! The answer may surprise you! As well, Norris has some controversial opinions about Zelda, and David has some controversial opinions about Diablo. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/21/2023 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 35 seconds

Yes. Very much still yes. This week we let Matt go absolutely sicko mode about Stellaris, while Dave goes a little sicko mode himself on Diablo 4. Norris is already a sicko, he needs no outside help. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/14/2023 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 30 seconds

This week the gang goes to battle hell with Dusk, the game that kicked off the boomer shooter buzz of the last few years! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/7/2023 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 28 seconds

It's really more of a market. This week the gang talks about the inexorable shambling towards the grave, and then Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! We also dig a bit into how sports are weird, and sport fandom is inherently paradoxical and designed to make us sad but we'll never stop. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

6/30/2023 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 31 seconds

We got a packed tent this week, as we talk about beer, Zelda, boomer shooters, and the crippling pain of existence! You'd think when we've got so many people on the pod we'd have a coherent topic but you'd be wrong; this is definitely a freestyle jazz kind of episode but hey we had fun. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

6/23/2023 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 42 seconds

This week the gang regales everyone of their time down in Olympia Washington, where they got the absolute crap kicked out of them at a Warhammer 40K tournament. It's Fear and Loathing at the Miniatures Table! We also at the end talk a little about how good Tears of the Kingdom is. We should probably do an episode on that game at some point, huh. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Hard Mike Parker Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

6/16/2023 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 17 seconds

This week the gang is getting deep into the B-sides, with our game of the month being Cassette Beasts! We discuss this pokemon-like, what we liked, how to break it, and a bunch of spoiler-y details. Also, next month's game of the month is the boomer shooter king, Dusk! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

6/9/2023 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 47 seconds

This week, Norris doesn't know what's in his drink. Also, the gang talks about Warhammer 40K Boltgun, the most valuable Gamecube games on the open market, Age of Wonders 4, and the best road trip strategies. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

6/2/2023 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 43 seconds

Listen, Link needs to do *something* to get those rupees in. Might as well be war crimes. This week, the gang joins up with a special guest, Fake-British tabletop nerd Conor Rooney, to talk about Tears of the Kingdom, Civ 6, Casette Beasts, Darkest Dungeon, some Warhammer 40K, and the current state of video game remakes. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Tahiti Treat Vodka Fruit Punch Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker Special Guest: Tabletop Expert Conor Rooney Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

5/26/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 17 seconds

This week the gang discusses the podcast's AI future, the stations of the Korok in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Far Cry 6's intriguing politics, and how to prep for a big warhammer tourney. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

5/19/2023 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 3 seconds

Good to drive, Yoda always is. This week! Norris is getting soldering poisoning, Dave is playing some honkey-tonk star rails, and Jack knows a thing or two about force ghosts. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

5/12/2023 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 29 seconds

The gang reels in a big one this week as we do a deep dive into Dredge, the coziest Cthulhu game in town! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

5/5/2023 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 42 seconds

The title is actually based on a conversation we had after the pod. Ask Matt in the Discord to share the video. Also this week we talk about Dead Space, Darkest Dungeon, Warhammer 40K, and a whole bunch of other stuff. It was fun you should listen. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/28/2023 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 7 seconds

This week we find out about cookie dopplegangers, Italian beer excellence, and which extraction shooters are the best. The gang also determines their callsigns, realizes that being a bank teller is the same thing as playing Papers Please, and asks what would happen if Kirby swallowed Donald Trump. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/21/2023 • 1 hour, 36 minutes, 57 seconds

This week the gang discusses their plans to put together the Bad News Bears of Warhammer 40K, Jack admits his extraction shooter problem, Norris talks on the Resident Evil 4 remake, and we discuss The New Donk City Conundrum inherit to the Super Mario Bros movie. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/14/2023 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 7 seconds

Momma mia! That's a spicy meatah ball! Fuhgeddaboutit! Spaghetti! Hey folks Pizza Tower is pretty cool and you should check it out. ...Carbonara! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/7/2023 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 33 seconds

You just gotta pursue Lu Bu. This week the gang's all about the god's being crazy, with some deep diving into Pillars of Eternity 2. Norris also gives his early review on RE4 Remake (pretty good!), Dave updates us on his time in The Lands Between, and Jack explains to us that Sea of Thieves is actually an extraction shooter. All this and some hardcore Dilbert on the pod! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

3/31/2023 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 30 seconds

It's a small crew this week, and so the gang just goes wild with whatever we want to talk about. So there's sports! Gamecube games! Game preservation! And a whole bunch more! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

3/24/2023 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 2 seconds

This week the gang figures out a hot new way to make money, some hot new strats for Vampire Survivors, some hot old enemies in Elden Ring, and some hot deflections in Wo Long: Fallen Kingdom. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

3/17/2023 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 20 seconds

We celebrate International Women's Day this pod, by discussing the great women in the Donkey Kong family tree. We also discuss finishing Fromsoft games, what our first multiplayer games were, and honestly just a whole mess of stuff. Finishing FromSoft games, the DK family tree, first multiplayer games Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

3/10/2023 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 8 seconds

Seriously can someone ship me a bottle of Peepsi? I'll pay for it. This week we find out which of us don't have rhythm on the pod (spoilers: it's the white boys) as we talk about our game of the month, Hi-Fi Rush! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

3/3/2023 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 54 seconds

But who can? This week the gang learns about sparkling wine, custom keyboard keys, and radio shock-jock voices. On the video game side, we talk about Vampire Survivors addiction, DMZ/Warzone addiction, and some Dark Souls 3 time. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

2/24/2023 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 16 seconds

Applebees needs to bring back the $1 drink menu or this entire world is going to burn. This week, the gang discusses casual chain dining, Dark Souls 3, getting COVID, Modern Warfare DMZ, and what to watch on netflix before cancelling your subscription! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

2/17/2023 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 31 seconds

The S stands for vodka this week, as we get in deep on the eldritch spooky that is Signalis. We break down this great indie survival horror, and talk about whether sticking too close to convention is a positive or negative. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

2/10/2023 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 41 seconds

Let's finish the fight! For part two of our GOTY session, we take last week's individual favourites and yell about them, in the process of determining our true Top Ten games of 2022. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

2/3/2023 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 55 seconds

It's time! Where the greatest minds in video games come together to reveal their favourites of 2022. Come hang out with us during the annual 2-episode special, where we discuss our personal favourites, and then violently argue over a general top ten! This week we'll be going through everyone's individual lists, and give our favourite games of the year their spotlight. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Twin Sails Friday Songs Czech Lezak Lager Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

1/27/2023 • 2 hours, 16 minutes

Gotta do it, it's on the Reward Board. This week we get into the heart of what all good video game podcasts love: local politics and public transportation! We also get into some more DMZ, and talk a bit on Chained Echoes, Signalis, Factorio, and some more gushing on the Steam Deck. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

1/20/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 21 seconds

And it's trying to kill us. This week, Norris explains his newest embarrassing addiction (water enhancers), Matt explains *his* newest embarrassing addiction (Factorio), Jack explains *his* newest embarrassing addiction (DMZ), and Dave's all good! Also some talk on God of War Ragnarok, Signalis, the concept of Forever Games, and a whole host of stuff I'm forgetting as I write this up. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

1/13/2023 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 54 seconds

Hail and well met, traveller! Take up the fire with us as we spin you a tale about...roads! And the wardening thereof! For this month's Game of the Month club we're playing Roadwarden, a wonderful narrative text RPG that manages to do a hell of a lot with a little. And for those of you following along at home, our Game of the Month for January is Signalis! It's available on Steam and all major consoles, and is also on Game Pass! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

1/6/2023 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 36 seconds

This week we look forward to the year 2023. Surely it can't get any worse, right? Right? We celebrate Matt's completion of Elden Ring by discussing level-scaling, and Jack lets us know Midnight Suns knows her all too well. We also talk about some New Year's resolutions, some games coming out in 2023, and Matt decides to buy a Steam Deck live on the pod. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/30/2022 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 46 seconds

We go all out this week celebrating that most wonderful time of the year! With some discussions on Seinfeld, Roadwarden, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2: Warzone: DMZ, Darktide, Midnight Suns, and High on Life. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/23/2022 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 25 seconds

Who wants to talk about the Game Awards? No one? This week we try and figure out what exactly Keighley's "deal" is, before talking about God of War Ragnarok, Darktide, Need For Speed Unbound, and Grounded. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/16/2022 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 38 seconds

We come to you from the shadow realm this week to discus our game of the month: the prequel to Ska: Hellsinger. We talk about our ups and downs with Metal:Hellsinger. We also discuss Powerade flavours, tv criticism, and some other general tom-foolery. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/9/2022 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 17 seconds

Just, like, so much feet talk in this podcast. Come hang out with the very normal folks as they discuss foot pics, Tunic, Vampire Survivors, foot pics, and Pentiment. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/2/2022 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 44 seconds

It's us. We're the gamers of the year. This week we talk about one of the year's top cult indie classics, Elden Ring. Afterwards we dig a bit more into Mike and Jack's time with Warzone 2's DMZ mode, and Norris' time with Pentiment. But first we declare holy war on our new enemy, The Incel Gamer. We also go through the nominees laid out this past week from The Game Awards, and try to figure out if we're out of touch or, in fact, the children are the ones who are wrong about video games. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, , Mike Parker, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

11/25/2022 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 31 seconds

You're on the team, or you're off it. This week the gang is joined by one of our east-coast nemeses, Evan from HUGE! We discuss some God of War Ragnorak, some Tunic, some Genshin Impact, and some Lost Judgment. Everyone also yells at Norris for never having watched Predator, and the Prometheus Defense Squad logs on. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, David Beebe Special Guest: Evan Dangerfield (probably not his real last name) from Hopped-Up Gaming East! Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

11/18/2022 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 6 seconds

This week we get down to the important stuff: Norris' soda habits. We also talk about sad dad's learning to talk with their son (God of War: Ragnarok), stopping a serial killer through teaching kids to dance (Lost Judgment), running a small business in capitalist hellword (Potionomics), and fighting off the urge to become a large aquatic mammal (Genshin Impact). Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

11/11/2022 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 5 seconds

This week the gang talks about David Szymanski's indie horror swimmer, Iron Lung! Who knew the quiet rapture would be so much fun! We also cheer Mike's victories over Sekiro, while booing him for cursing the audio setup. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

11/4/2022 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 12 seconds

This week was a good one. We talk airplane movies, cabin movies, Jim Carrey, big sports, alcoholic swamp water, Sekiro, the DC movie universe, and Lost Judgement. Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

10/28/2022 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 20 seconds

Listen, I may not endorse their habits, but "The Shard Rock Cafe" is the hardest name possible for a methamphetamine subreddit. This week! The boys talk about: Lord of the Rings! The hit aught's hospital drama House! The horny-gore game Scorn, and a bunch of other things! Come join us! Hey, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris,Matt Emery, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

10/21/2022 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 58 seconds

This week the Hopped-Up Sports Crew talk about hockey, and how it's going to ruin Mike's life. We also talk about Street Fighter 6, and how it's going to ruin Mike's life. Also Norris tries to convince everyone a Star Wars show is actually good. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris,Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

10/14/2022 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 3 seconds

This week the crew talks about perhaps one of the best feeling, worst-storied games of the year: Neon White! Come listen to us extoll the feel and decry the anime boobs on this first-person speedrun simulator. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

10/7/2022 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 37 seconds

At least, I'm pretty sure it's not. This week the crew talks about pronouncing things like an old white man, sports fan life, and some video games too. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

9/30/2022 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 53 seconds

We decide this week the most important thing this podcast ever has: What video game from the last ten years was good. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, David Beebe, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

9/23/2022 • 1 hour, 49 minutes, 23 seconds

This week the gang goes back in time to all the mistakes they've made, and tries to rectify them. Or, at the very least, apologize for them. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

9/16/2022 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 32 seconds

This week we dig into our August game of the month, Pikuniku! Where you roll around as a little red ball with legs, kick people, and defeat capitalism. We also announce our September game of the month, and talk about the origin of the birthday cake flavour. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

9/9/2022 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 8 seconds

Happy anniversary friends! This episode we celebrate the fact that we've been doing this stupid podcast for an absurd amount of time, Bill talks about Lord of the Rings, Norris got his wife addicted to Tetris, and we misremember past Games of the Year. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Bill McDonnell, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

9/2/2022 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 33 seconds

This week, Mike and Steph are thanking the bus driver in Fortnite, Jack is making child soldiers fight automatically in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, while Norris and David are eating bad food in real life. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

8/26/2022 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 22 seconds

We manage to spend an entire hour talking about the best and brightest of television. That's right, we're talking Quibi folks. Quick bites! Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

8/19/2022 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 2 seconds

Who's the true GOAT? This week we get hype about EVO, we try to convince Mike to play MultiVersus, and we decide that Horizon: Forbidden West may be a good game after all. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

8/12/2022 • 1 hour, 15 minutes

Fruit Ninja-Ass game. We also announce our August Games Club game: PikuNiku! Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

8/5/2022 • 1 hour, 41 minutes, 4 seconds

The hottest strats! This week the gang tries to beat the heat by talking about the coolest things: bedframes! And video games! And video game-related tv properties! And the best-tasting colours! Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/29/2022 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 21 seconds

No Australia openers, that's for cowards. This week we determine if it's sad if the people at McDonalds remember your order. On the game side, we talk about hot Risk strats, Metal Gear Rising, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, and Last Call BBS. The Quarry, Metal Gear Rising, Assassin's Creed Origins Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/22/2022 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 20 seconds

When the Creed finally leaves the body of one host, it does so to enter another. This week, we got games folks! Talking: The Quarry, Metal Gear Rising, Assassin's Creed Origins, all the hits and more! The Quarry, Metal Gear Rising, Assassin's Creed Origins Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/15/2022 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 38 seconds

This week, we break down why we enjoyed Star Control 2, the precursor to probably every one of your favourite science fiction video games. But also, we give a tier list to each of the Star Control 2 races. True, empirical ranking! July's Games Club Game: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance! Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/8/2022 • 1 hour, 41 minutes, 17 seconds

This week we get to the bottom of Magician torrent trackers, invite everyone into Matt's movie corner, and and answer some long-outstanding questions from the question queue. Executive Outcomes music video for outro Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/1/2022 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 7 seconds

This week the gents ask the real questions. Like, what kind of drink did Norris invent? What sort of p*rnographic flash game does Donald Trump remind us of? Also we dig deep back into Elden Ring, because it rules. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

6/24/2022 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 57 seconds

I dunno a bunch of games got shown at the Summer Game Fest, but not a ton of it was all that exciting so we talk a lot about prestige TV and Tunic. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

6/17/2022 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 4 seconds

This week Dave explains who the hell Black Adam is, and whether or not the DC Comics movies know what their long-term plans are. We also dig deep into the suspiciously good lineup of Warhammer 40K games coming out in the not-too-distant future. Also Dave needs some new arms. Please Games Workshop send Dave new arms. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

6/10/2022 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 48 seconds

Boxes on boxes on boxes on boxes! Boxes! We dig in deep this week about Patrick's Parabox, a block-puzzler that we all fell in love with. But also some talk about Norris going to war with his bank, and the pregnant Padme lego figure in the latest Star Wars Lego game. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

6/3/2022 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 5 seconds

This week the crew talks about someone buying a Funko Pop for 6 figures, steam player statistics, the puzzle video game market, and some Deep Video Game Market Analysis. Also some Citizen Sleeper, Rogue Legacy 2, Patrick's Parabox, and some other stuff I'm forgetting as I write this. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

5/27/2022 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 11 seconds

It's not *technically* illegal. This week the gang becomes fascinated by Corona's 0.0% alcohol beer, the Sunbrew. We also talk a lot more about Warhammer 40: Chaos Gate Daemon Hunter, Norris tries to convince Dave to get a PS5, and then we all get in a leaky submersible in an ocean of blood, with Iron Lung. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

5/20/2022 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 1 second

That's true of pretty much every video game. This week we talk about beer, and specifically whether or not it's okay to put sulfur in it. We also dig into a bunch of video games, with Norris wrapping up Demon's Souls, Jack getting close to wrapping up Elden Ring, and Matt jumping into box-shaped universes with Patrick's Parabox. There's also de-facto reviews for Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate-Daemon Hunters, Rogue Legacy 2 and Citizen Sleeper in here. Spoilers: they're pretty good! Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

5/13/2022 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 12 seconds

The squad talks up and talks down The Artful Escape in this month's Games Club, a pretty, infuriating story-focused platformer about a kid who wants to fight his uncle. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

5/6/2022 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 36 seconds

This week, people make fun of Norris, before we dig deep into comparing Demon's Souls and Elden Ring. We also talk about that hot new game Earthbound, before ending the ep by making fun of Warhammer 40K. Overall a good sesh. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/29/2022 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 8 seconds

None of the gang have played much other than Elden Ring this week, so we veer off into weird territory and discuss which Smash Bros character would be the best wartime general. Link to the Smash Festival Picture we talk about for the whole latter half of the pod can be found here: https://imgur.com/rbUlrmx Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/22/2022 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 21 seconds

Don't listen to doctors, it's true. This week the gang drinks some canned co*cktails and talks about Divinity Original Sin 2. Also there's some more Elden Ring, and some games from the indie game group Sokpop Collective. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/15/2022 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 56 seconds

It's Game Club this week, where we discuss King of Dragon Pass! Hang out as we had on down to the Dragon Pass, make friends with the nearest duck tribe, and try to figure out just how bad things are going to be when one of your cows births a two-headed calf! Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/8/2022 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 39 seconds

This week we debrief on the Oscars, talk about high-level Risk strategies, and admit that some of us are only ever going to be playing Elden Ring from here on out. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/1/2022 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 50 seconds

You can't make me. This week we go deep into bad Netflix reality TV, more Elden Ring, and Triangle some strategies. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

3/25/2022 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 48 seconds

This week! Elden Ring, King of Dragon's Pass, and The Batman! Fun for the whole family! Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Bill McDonnell, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

3/18/2022 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 6 seconds

More like Bellend Ring am I right folks? Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

3/11/2022 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 18 seconds

This week the gang only wants one thing and it's disgusting: making history come alive! That's right we're heading to The Forgotten City this week for February's Game Club; we discuss our time moving to the fun little underground town, making friends, engaging in some Socratic dialogue, and threatening eternal time-loop-based torment onto our enemies. Join us as we travel back in time! Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

3/4/2022 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 17 seconds

We're back in the podcast saddle after our GOTY works, and have so many games to talk about! But first, an extended treatise on the 2003 classic Master and Commander. Norris has played too many video games, with some quick notes on Nobody Saves the World, Eastward, It Takes Two, The Forgotten City, and Horizon: Forbidden West, Matt loves Fallout: New Vegas, and Dave is taking his love of Warhammer digital with Warhammer Total War 3. Jack meanwhile is a stealth hacker in Cyberpunk 2077 but would rather be a thief in Abermore. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

2/25/2022 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 50 seconds

Welcome to part 2 of our GOTY casts, where we get rowdy! We take all our personal favourites from last year, and arbitrarily argue what deserves to be our group top ten. There's wheeling, there's dealing, there's insane decisions, but we get a 2021 Top Ten out of it all! Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

2/18/2022 • 1 hour, 50 minutes, 30 seconds

It's the end of the year in February folks! And thus we're digging into Hopped-Up 64's Game of the Year. This week we go over each of our individual lists of our 2021 faves, while doing our best to stay sufficiently sober. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

2/11/2022 • 2 hours, 19 minutes, 56 seconds

This week we discuss Before Your Eyes, the 2021 blinking simulator game from GoodbyeWorld Games. I guess you could say ourdecision on this game's split! Spoilers of course for those who haven't played, as we break down the narrative, get into our individual opinions, and ask whether or not the cry game succeeded in making us cry. Also Mike was bad this week. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

2/4/2022 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 11 seconds

British food is terrible. This week, Norris is losing it to the end of 13 Sentinels, and no on else has really played video games so we talk a lot about tennis and warhammer. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

1/28/2022 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 58 seconds

This week, colours break Norris' brain, Matt is a contrarian, Jack is playing some indie darlings, and Dave will not apologize for anime. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

1/21/2022 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 1 second

This week we've got a good long roundtable on how everyone had the Roni, Mike and Steph go to Overcooked counselling, Dave's going back to the classics, and Norris thinks Mecha is degenerate. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

1/14/2022 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 29 seconds

Almost called this episode Summer Nog instead, but a winner came in at the 11th hour. This week, we've got Matt discussing Automated Alien Genocide in Factorio, Mike is playing Hitman 3 and also reveals his Covid test live on pod, Steph is having intrusive thoughts watching Hitman 3, and Jack wants Destiny 2 to stop vaulting things Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

1/7/2022 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 1 second

Happy end of year! You did it! You got here! To celebrate the end of year, we talk about the newest Matrix and Marvel movies, then get into some hot details on Matt playing Factorio, Norris playing Guardians of the Galaxy, and Mike & Steph playing It Takes Two. Beer of the Week: Fuggles and Warlock Dar Cow Chocolate Hazelnut Stout Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/31/2021 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 3 seconds

The final episode of the trilogy. This week the crew starts off rowdy and doesn't let up. We dig deep into Halo Infinite, both its strengths and its flaws, before doing our damndest to define what is and isn't an immersive sim. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/24/2021 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 18 seconds

This week, we're getting practically noodly at the thought of Resident Evil Village, 13 Sentinels, Inscryption, and Halo Infinite! We also take a look at our Game Awards predictions, and complain about all the stuff we definitely got wrong. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/17/2021 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 53 seconds

Where's our parade. This week, the gang discusses such important video game topics as: kitten parenting, the National Hockey League, and the Beatles. On video games, David's having a good time with Ghosts of Tsushima, Mike is getting grossed out at Resident Evil Village, Steph is mastering the cards in Inscryption, and Norris wants everyone to play Chicory. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/10/2021 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 3 seconds

It's their sandwich, we just have to steal it. This week the crew talks about the bad weather that's trying to kill us. There's also a review of sorts of the new Cowboy Bebop live action show, and how it may have broken Norris' brain. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/3/2021 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 54 seconds

This week we break down the Game Awards nominees, and try to guess what we think the winners! Also we try to figure out the history of Mountain Dew. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris,Mike Parker, David Beebe, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

11/26/2021 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 54 seconds

A real medical professional. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Spectrum Hot Pink Lemonade Sour Hosts: Chris Norris,Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

11/19/2021 • 1 hour, 36 minutes, 14 seconds

This week we play a podcast game that involves Marvel Universe characters, Tamriel continents, and Doritos flavours. Among other things. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris,Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai. David Beebe, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

11/12/2021 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 19 seconds

This week the brain trust goes deep into their decks of haunted playing cards with Inscryption, as well as determining if we're willing to go Back To The Island and play the new Animal Crossing DLC. Also Norris gushes more about the Outer Wilds DLC. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris,Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

11/5/2021 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 28 seconds

No one can convince me that soda isn't hydrating. This week there's just a ton of (in-person!) movie talk. We go over Dune, Malignant, and some top Horror flicks for Spook season. We also have an actual beer segment! For the first time in 18 months! Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Winterlong Brewing's Secret Destroyer Hosts: Chris Norris,Mike Parker, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

10/29/2021 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 15 seconds

If you or anyone else you know is addicted to video games, let them figure it out I guess I dunno we're not doctors. This week we talk about booze, Mike talks about his conflicting feelings on Deathloop, Jack talks about his conflicting feeling on Tales of Arise, and Norris tries to get everyone to play the DLC for Outer Wilds. Hey play the DLC for Outer Wilds. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris,Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

10/22/2021 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 50 seconds

Legitmately shocked there are that many kinds of Sunny D. This week we dig into what's going on with Metroid Dread: it's good! But is it great? Kinda! But kinda not. Also Jack wants people to play Get in the Car, Loser!, Norris finally opened up his Xbox, and Dave is the all-time Warhammer 40K champion. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

10/15/2021 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 42 seconds

We get into the spooky season this week with talk on the lean years of p*rnography, Halloween decorations, our disappointment in the latter half of Deathloop, and the Mario Movie voice cast. Though we also treat ourselves to some Total War Warhammer 2 and Resident Evil. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

10/8/2021 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 55 seconds

What are we going to do with all these guns! The gang this week scientifically determines the all-time best gun in a video game, but not before talking a bit about gross soda, Deathloop, and Returnal. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

10/1/2021 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 49 seconds

Sometimes you eat the Shawarma. Sometimes the Shawarma eats you. This week there's talk of tummy troubles, and a deep dive into Deathloop. Turns out: it's good! Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

9/24/2021 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 48 seconds

The secret? It is a game for babies. This week we talk on the Playstation Showcase from last week, Matt's fallen off the Battletech wagon, Mike gives us an update from the Returnal salt mines, Dave's excited for a KOTOR remake, and Norris is celebrating the new game releases by playing a game from 2017. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

9/17/2021 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 3 seconds

This week Bill visits an old European tourist town in RE:Village, Norris is the newest member of Cruelty Squad, Steph is trying to figure out what this whole 'Zelda' thing is about, and Dave's making his friends kiss in Wildermyth. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

9/10/2021 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 34 seconds

This week the gang psycho-analyzes Psychonauts 2, Jack gives his last thoughts on Returnal, and Dave is an undefeated warhammer king. Also we do that thing where we run out of games we've played to talk about so we discuss games that haven't come out yet we want to maybe play. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

9/3/2021 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 44 seconds

This week we get down into some good ol' video game talk. Mike is digging for salt in Returnal, Dave wants everyone to play Streets of Rage 4's new DLC, and Norris is stoked to say that Psychonauts 2 is actually good. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

8/27/2021 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 25 seconds

Quiet week y'all, so we just go into some discord questions! Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker, Steph Fan Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

8/20/2021 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 56 seconds

This week's all about immature dryads, Dragonball FighterZ patches, and answering a bunch of discord questions. And GoGurt's actually good and a completely fine breakfast, don't let anyone tell you differently. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Bill McDonnell, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

8/13/2021 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 1 second

This week the trio discuss regional fast casual dining, the new entries into the Knights of the Round franchise, and a bunch of video gamia. Some good talk about neural nets and AI at the end too. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

8/6/2021 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 2 seconds

It is exactly as bad as it sounds. This week, Bill apologizes for his crimes against humanity in Rimworld, Jack digs deep into Returnal, Dave is having war flashbacks in Battlefield One, and Norris wants everyone to play Boomerang X. Also hey, this is coming out after the fact but if you have a chance to support the people who walked out this week from Activision Blizzard, be it via vocal support on social media for the #ActiBlizzWalkout tag, or by kicking a few bucks to some organizations they support (details can be found at this link here - https://blizzardwatch.com/2021/07/27/activision-blizzard-employees-plan-walkout-wednesday-heres-list-demands-corporate-leadership/) Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/30/2021 • 1 hour, 50 minutes, 8 seconds

This week the squad gets into some Ratchet and Clank speed running, Cruelty Squad visual splendor, and some trading to Valheim in AC: Valhalla. Also Matt wants everyone to watch Summer of Soul, and Norris doesn't want anyone to watch the new Space Jam. And finally, there's weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/23/2021 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 18 seconds

True unity. This week, Dave is part of the Cruelty Squad, Jack is a silver, and Norris discusses his involvement in Zombie Dark Thirty. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/16/2021 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 12 seconds

Power to the rentoids. This week the gang solves party music. After that Mike discusses Wildermyth, David is playing Skyrim, Matt broke himself catching them all, and Norris solved a pirate mystery. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/9/2021 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 5 seconds

We spend a lot of time this episode either dunking on dead philosophers, or playing trivia. Both are important. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David, Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

7/2/2021 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 37 seconds

Don't eat it, though. This week Mike lets us know how he counter-hacked his Warzone account back, Dave gives us the initial thoughts on Guilty Gear, and Steph gives us the hands-on info on PBR's new hard seltzer. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David, Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

6/25/2021 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 5 seconds

Damn, there's some games to talk about! Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David, Beebe, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

6/18/2021 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 57 seconds

This week the tres amigos end the cola wars once and for all. We also talk some games eventually, including discussing Slipways, Grift Lands, getting hacked in Call of Duty Warzone, Loop Hero, and that new horror title everyone's clamouring for: Resident Evil 7. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

6/11/2021 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 54 seconds

Hopped-Up Boys Night. We discuss why gamers are bad, why Mountain Dew is good, and just a whole lot of weird nonsense. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

6/4/2021 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 56 seconds

This week we've got the triumphant return of Bracket-Mania, where we democratically decide the all-time best fast food restaurant. It gets *heated*. Before that Mike discusses how Resident Evil has aged, Matt discusses his recent stint as a pokemon trainer, Dave is still a boomer shooter, and Norris is back on his narrative gaming bullsh*t. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

5/28/2021 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 34 seconds

We're trying but we can't. This week the gang discusses things with loops in them. Loop Hero, Returnal, New Pokemon Snap, life. The usual. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

5/21/2021 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 49 seconds

This week we got talks on Loop Hero, Resident Evil Village, New Pokemon Snap, Streets of Rage 4, Dusk, Returnal, and a bunch of anime that may or may not be real. Also fight your dad. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

5/14/2021 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 59 seconds

This week Dave tries to roll everyone up into a little ball, Matt brings out the FTL ship tier list, and Norris feels bad about participating in war crimes. We also talk about Gamergate. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

5/7/2021 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 33 seconds

This week, we spill the tea on the Oscars, discuss the hot new Tetris tech that just dropped, and also determine the best game of the last decade. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/30/2021 • 1 hour, 49 minutes, 27 seconds

For real, tell me about a fruit I've never had. This week we talk a lot about food, and a bit about video games. Also did you know the Oscars are this weekend? I sure as hell didn't, but Matt gives us all the details. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/23/2021 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 48 seconds

This week we discuss the incoming wave of Summer Drinks, and also try to figure out what the good Warhammer video games are. Also Jack wants everyone to know that StarSector whips, and Norris wants everyone to know that Yakuza: Like a Dragon whips also. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/16/2021 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 5 seconds

We discuss video games. Art: are they? Let's investigate. Also there's more Morrowind discussion because if given the opportunity that's all we would ever talk about. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/9/2021 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 14 seconds

Billy Batwings rides again this week, as we bracket the top 16 bad early 2000's rock bands. Also just like 30 minutes of Morrowing talk. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

4/2/2021 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 4 seconds

This week starts our brave foray into ASMR. Also some discussion on Yakuza: Like a Dragon, EVO getting bought by Sony, and the PS3/Vita Stores shutting down. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

3/26/2021 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 10 seconds

This week's got beer in a mason jar, someone failing to convince people it was fine to get an Xbox Series X, and an elegy to Anthem. Got it all, folks! Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

3/19/2021 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 17 seconds

What is a podcast, if not pedantry persevering. This week the gang celebrates International Women's Day by talking about Wandavision. We also dig into how it's fine if melodrama moves you, and the internet is a bad place to have opinions. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

3/12/2021 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 10 seconds

This week the crew continues to come to terms with the fact that we're old. Also some Mario is discussed. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

3/5/2021 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 22 seconds

Give us your favourite clowns. Go to bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord and tell us your best clowns. On the vidya side, we go to Valheim and do our best to avoid the falling logs. Dave is back on his 13 Sentinels kick, and Jack is on a Yakuza Odyssey. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

2/26/2021 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 33 seconds

Welcome to the new, brave, and beautiful Hopped-Up 64! New house, looks just like the old house! This week we pretend to understand what's happening on TikTok. Norris is getting lost in The Pathless, Dave's big into virtual miniatures, Mike and Steph are making goofs in Hitman 3, and Matt proves that the Snyder Cut is the last gasp of American Auteurism. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

2/19/2021 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 14 seconds

It's too cold in Canada. Not even a 9ft vampire could keep someone warm. This week Dave lets us know about Star Renegades and Streets of Rage 4, Steph is down for yaoi anime ice-skating, and Norris is the world's worst hitman. Come join the Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, David Beebe Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

2/12/2021 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 44 seconds

This week, come and see a world of assassination. But not before getting some hot stock tips, and learning what the most annoying co*cktail to order is for your post-pandemic celebrations. We also get into some Blasphemous discussion, and celebrate our triumphant return to Matt's Movie Corner! Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

2/5/2021 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 8 seconds

Welcome to the Game of the year death match! Where twenty-something games enter, and only ten leave in a specific order! We get into some real spoilers for some games this episode, with some spoiler details below: Umurangi Generation spoilers from 1:26:30 to 1:29:05 Kentucky Route Zero spoilers (kinda) from 2:29:00 to 2:37:00 Final Fantasy 7 Remake spoilers from 2:43:00 to 2:48:30 Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

1/29/2021 • 3 hours, 11 minutes, 14 seconds

It's the peaceful part of our GOTY process, as we come together to discuss our personal top 10(-ish) games. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

1/22/2021 • 2 hours, 46 minutes, 53 seconds

Topics this week: Call of Duty Warzone is actually just a slapstick comedy, fighting games are designed to be hated, and Spiderman is pretty cool but it sucks when he's forced to fight Antifa. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

1/15/2021 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 43 seconds

2021 is the year of the moustache. We bring in this new year by discussing all the games from last year we're playing. Matt's playing Master Chief Collection, Dave's still in his thoughts on Cyberpunk 2077, Mike and Steph have decided to spend their life watching bad One Piece dubs, Norris wants to take pictures while the world ends in Umurangi Generation, and Jack is dealing some lumber in Horizon's Gate. Lotta video games. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

1/8/2021 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 28 seconds

This week the crew celebrates the holiday vortex; Steph lets us know what happened in our latest Smash tourney, Norris admits Assassin's Creed Valhalla is crazy, Dave is done with Cyberpunk, and Jack wishes he could play more group Hitman. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Steph Fan Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

1/1/2021 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 53 seconds

Topics this week include: unorthodox holiday dinners, Cyberpunk glitches, and Assassin's Creed memes. Happy holidays y'all. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU Discord! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/25/2020 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 27 seconds

Got 'em. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/18/2020 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 52 seconds

Title says it all, really. This week the gang goes through the nominations for The Game Awards 2020, and use our prodigious psychic abilities to tell you who is going to win. Even though this is getting released the day after The Game Awards. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/11/2020 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 34 seconds

I don't think the title ever gets explained in the episode. We've got kid-tested mother-approved smooth jams in this episode. Some video game stuff, too. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

12/4/2020 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 47 seconds

All I got this week are two words: Legal p*rno. Also, Matt is playing Hades, Norris is talkin' 'bout Bugsnax, David swears Aegis Rim is good, Mike wants us all to know that Nintendo f*cked up with that Smash Bros Melee tournament, and Bill uttered those two haunted words. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

11/27/2020 • 1 hour, 41 minutes, 21 seconds

This week, everyone's gonna tell you that Norris was owned. But folks it just isn't true. There's a lot of talk about the PS5 this week, with discussion on Astro's Playroom, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Bugsnax (talkin' 'bout Bugsnax!), and Bill trying to get Norris to admit his brain is broken. We also get the debrief on Kelly and Char's successful Extra Lives campaign, which includes everyone deciding Dave needs to play Phasmophobia. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

11/20/2020 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 5 seconds

The good kind, the ones that look like geometry and eyeballs. This week we get to the end of Matt's Disco Elysium post-mortem, Norris brain disease wants him to buy a PS5 and play Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Dave puts on his Contrarian Cap with respect to Hades, and Jack really wants to find a new CRPG. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

11/13/2020 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 13 seconds

The title has suspiciously little to do with the rest of the episode, it was just too good to pass up. This week the gang tries to figure out what big new console they're (eventually) going to get, and also talk about the best spooky movies they watched over Halloween weekend. Also the FBI was listening near the end and tried to shut us down but we just can't be stopped. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hey folks go check out and support Char's new podcast, Tabletop Tiddies! An all-women's liveplay DnD podcast! - http://bit.ly/TTIndiegogo Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Music by David Beebe

11/6/2020 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 52 seconds

This week, Norris talks about the myriad L's he's taking with Warhammer 40k, Matt discusses his experiences with Disco Elysium, Jack goes in deep with Ikenfell, and everybody talks about how Poker is the best sport. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hey folks go check out and support Char's new podcast, Tabletop Tiddies! An all-women's liveplay DnD podcast! - http://bit.ly/TTIndiegogo Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

10/30/2020 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 47 seconds

This week the gang discusses how bad we all feel for abandoning our Animal Crossing villagers, how no one really has any idea what's going on in Blaseball and that's okay, and why it's totally normal to get into painting miniatures in your 20's to 30's. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hey folks go check out and support Char's new podcast, Tabletop Tiddies! An all-women's liveplay DnD podcast! - http://bit.ly/TTIndiegogo Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Char Bayer, Kelly Wright Music by David Beebe

10/23/2020 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 29 seconds

This week we crack the code of casual eat-in dining. We also continue our descent into Hades, and discuss whether or not Baldur's Gate 2 is the GOAT. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hey folks go check out and support Char's new podcast, Tabletop Tiddies! An all-women's liveplay DnD podcast! - http://bit.ly/TTIndiegogo Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe

10/16/2020 • 1 hour, 33 minutes

Part 2 of our endless spoilercast crossover with HUGE! Come get the rest of our endless thoughts on The Last of Us Pt. 2!

10/13/2020 • 2 hours, 22 minutes, 30 seconds

Top-to-bottom: Uncles. This week the talk is how Star Wars Squadrons is just okay, but Hades rules. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hey folks go check out and support Char's new podcast, Tabletop Tiddies! An all-women's liveplay DnD podcast! - http://bit.ly/TTIndiegogo Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Steph Fan Music by David Beebe

10/9/2020 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 20 seconds

This was recorded before the new Smash fighter was announced. Maybe they did! This week it's all about anime and warhammer baby. Let's go! Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hey folks go check out and support Char's new podcast, Tabletop Tiddies! An all-women's liveplay DnD podcast! - http://bit.ly/TTIndiegogo Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan Music by David Beebe

10/2/2020 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 49 seconds

A group of SHU boys did a crossover with some of the guys from Hopped-Up Gaming East, to breakdown and spoil The Last of Us Part 2. The damn thing was so long, we have it broken down into multiple parts. Here's part 1, of our 2-parter, of The Last of Us Part 2!

9/27/2020 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 45 seconds

First off, looks like Norris screwed up recording his audio. Be sure to point and laugh at him next chance you get. This week we discuss all this dang news cropping up, from Microsoft buying Bethesda to Sony giving date and price on the PS5. Also Steph admits she's the impostor, Dave is definitely not playing a game that'll get him in trouble, Char is excited to join the Dark Carnival in Heckna, and Jack and Norris just want to blase some ball. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hey folks go check out and support Char's new podcast, Tabletop Tiddies! An all-women's liveplay DnD podcast! - http://bit.ly/TTIndiegogo Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

9/25/2020 • 1 hour, 49 minutes, 46 seconds

It's a Warhammer 40k podcast now. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe

9/18/2020 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 39 seconds

MoRe LiKe A "wOrDs BeNdEr" Am I rIgHt? This week we discuss the possibility of stopping bullets with nunchaku (likely), the possibility of Norris ever not playing a video game to completion (unlikely), and whether it's okay to get into Warhammer in your 30's (jury's still out). There's some video game talk too, on the new Control DLC, Alan Wake, Dead By Daylight, Hearthstone, and the Xbox console price leak. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Music by David Beebe

9/11/2020 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 19 seconds

Nicholas Sparks wrote how many books!? Not a ton of new games to talk on this week, though it feels like there are some new games On The Horizon. In the meantime, we try to guess the books Nicholas Sparks wrote, discuss Ubisoft's foray into *really* bringing politics into video games, and get too deep into IMDB keywords. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hey folks go check out and support Char's new podcast, Tabletop Tiddies! An all-women's liveplay DnD podcast! - http://bit.ly/TTIndiegogo Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Bill McDonnell, Char Bayer, Kelly Wright Music by David Beebe

9/4/2020 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 19 seconds

This week the gang tries to figure out the best way to grift money from the internet. We also attempt to say the phrase "FanDome" without giggling like children, and discuss Fall Guys, Frog Fractions, and Curt Schilling. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe

8/28/2020 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 30 seconds

There was a lot this week; from talks on smoked cheese, to Master Roshi showing up in DBFZ, to Apple going to war with Epic, we've got it all! Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe

8/21/2020 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 44 seconds

This week the topic spans from peanut allergies, to horny video games, samurai history, to an argument about Duran Duran. It's a good'er folks. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Mike Parker, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe

8/14/2020 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 39 seconds

Well folks, it's blaseball season once again. Lets all get out there and cheer for our boys the Canada Moist Talkers. And remember, watch out for birds! Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Kelly Wright Music by David Beebe

8/7/2020 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 48 seconds

Hey everybody, the Super Hopped-Up community lost one of its best over the past weekend, with the sudden passing of Pat McDonnell. There is a donation drive to help Pat's wife and family get through this incredibly awful time, and if you are able to help donate please, please do so. The link is here - https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/okykw1/donate Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, David Beebe, Matt Emery Intro Music by David Beebe Outro Song is Campaign for a Better Weekend, by Bomb the Music Industry

7/31/2020 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 15 seconds

Turns out you *can* have 7 people on a podcast. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai, Bill McDonnell Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

7/24/2020 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 2 seconds

This episode includes: frat boy samurais, the SNES version of Hunt for Red October, people getting mad at black and white DVD special features, and smoking cigarettes while playing Ultima Online. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Bill McDonnell Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

7/17/2020 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 58 seconds

Everyone's doing great this week! What crushing existential weight? Feeling fine! This week, everyone discusses all the things they're doing while Feeling Fine: Norris is off the soda wagon, Jack is forgetting how to speak to his childhood friends, Kelly and Char are exploring spooky Silent Hill towns, and Dave lets us know about why EVO Online got cancelled, and why it should be cancelled. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, Jack Shirai, David Beebe Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

7/10/2020 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 21 seconds

Every day we stray further from the light. Speaking of crushing depression, we all dig even deeper into The Last of Us Part 2 this week, while Mike gives us an update on Min-Min, and Norris gets really into Mahjong. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

7/3/2020 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 56 seconds

There's a real conversation in here somewhere about The Last of Us 2, but it's mostly just us getting mad at twitter. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery, David Beebe Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

6/26/2020 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 43 seconds

Can't wait to take out a small loan to buy a PS5. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

6/19/2020 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 10 seconds

What a week to hold a vibe check. We all deal with anxiety in different ways. Some of us listen to music, some of us exercise, and some of us play 70 hours worth of Yuigoh games on a GBA emulator. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, David Beebe, Matt Emery Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

6/12/2020 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 33 seconds

For the month of June Super Hopped-Up will be matching any and all donations made to verified bail funds, legal aid organizations, Black Lives Matter charities, or any charity supporting LGBTQIA+ groups, up to a combined total of $1,500. A good link with a number of possible charities has been put together by Claire Shaffer at Rolling Stone here - https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/george-floyd-protests-bail-funds-police-brutality-black-lives-matter-1008259/ Black lives matter.

6/2/2020 • 2 minutes, 42 seconds

It's Definitely True. Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

5/29/2020 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 32 seconds

A night where the fellas come together and talk about Russian film, literature, and video games. This week Norris is back trying to convince everyone to play some indie art nonsense, though he *promises* this time it's good. He's been playing a lot of Pathologic 2, and is addicted to getting hurt by it. As well, Bill went into the virtual realm to play some Half Life: Alyx, and has some thoughts. And as ever, Matt has some movie recommends, including a very good, very Soviet sci-fi classic, Stalker. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord And, of course, check our twitch streams at twitch.tv/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Bill McDonnell Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

5/22/2020 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 14 seconds

You watch one docu-drama about the Japanese adult film industry and you never live it down. This week, Norris explains why spending $40 on a soda mug was a prudent investment. After that nonsense, though, we get into MK:11 Aftermath, some XCOM: Chimera Squad, some FF7R, and decide that the peak of movie comedy was when people hit each-other with frying pans. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord And, of course, check our twitch streams at twitch.tv/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

5/15/2020 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 26 seconds

Why don't they make Bacardi 151 anymore? In this day and age its power is more needed than ever. This week, Jack and Kelly go pirating in a Sea of Thieves, Char is professional Animal Crossing gardener, Steph is debating which one of us is most edible, Mike just wants to play fighting games, and Norris thinks the future of video games is board games. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord And, of course, check our twitch streams at twitch.tv/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai, Char Bayer, Kelly Wright Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

5/8/2020 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 1 second

The gang is getting back on their bullsh*t, with a lot of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, a lot of Rimworld, and some fighting games to even it out. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord And, of course, check our twitch streams at twitch.tv/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Party in Margaritaville Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Bill McDonnell, David Beebe Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

5/1/2020 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 13 seconds

Rockstar Energy has crossed me for the last time. Topics this week include how we're all surviving being locked indoors, why Capcom should(n't) remake Resident Evil: Code Veronica, chocobo trap music, and Matt's Movie Corner! Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord And, of course, check our twitch streams at twitch.tv/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Unquenchable Quarantine Drinks Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, Matt Emery Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

4/24/2020 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 35 seconds

Sometimes the only thing to do while locked up alone in your apartment is to go total hypebeast. We investigate this week what happens when a person has no internet and an 120-hour maso-core CRPG, but not before once again forgetting how to podcast. Topics this week also include the Resident Evil 4 Remake and why it should actually be Code Veronica, what each-other's Crusader King 2 traits are, questioning if the new XCOM game is Matt-bait, and determining which Final Fantasy 7 waifu is the worst and why. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord And, of course, check our twitch streams at twitch.tv/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Endless Quarantine Drinks Hosts: Chris Norris,Jack Shirai, David Beebe, Matt Emery Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

4/17/2020 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 25 seconds

Like any good religion, there must be divisions. This week, we spend a heck of a lot of time trying to determine if Tom Nook and Isabelle are just friends, or in a sad relationship of convenience. My money's on the latter. We also have an argument about what kind of game Animal Crossing is that inevitably turns into us creating a religion and then immediately developing warring sects within it. Like all good religions. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord And, of course, check our twitch streams at twitch.tv/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Random Quarantine Drinks Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker, Steph Fan Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

4/10/2020 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 8 seconds

Finally, a chance to actually *see* what a podcast looks like. If you're reading this it means you probably missed it, but starting this week we're doing it live! Come listen to the podcast where we test out simultaneous livestreaming, one of those things were forcing ourselves to figure out now that we're all stuck inside our homes forever. If you missed viewing us in all our glory, you can still listen along as we discuss the new Animal Crossing, get some further thoughts into Doom Eternal, but mostly just vamp about how gorgeous we all look while lit up by the pale glow of our computer monitors. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord And, of course, check our twitch streams at twitch.tv/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: More Quarantine Brews Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

4/3/2020 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 35 seconds

DOOMED TO PODCAST WORLD IS A f*ck KILL EM ALL 2020 I AM COUGH MAN 410,757,864,530 DEAD STOCKS Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Quarantine Brews Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

3/27/2020 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 48 seconds

We're all coming in remotely this week, and you can probably guess why. (Or if for some reason you're listening to this years later and society is still around, we're all looking out for that COVID drip, y'all.) This week, Norris being stuck indoors is making him very aware of his diet soda addiction. Meanwhile being indoors is making Kelly and Char very aware of their Dead by Daylight addiction. Everyone on the cast has a number of addictions, really, but we all knew that. There's some talk on Nioh 2 from Kelly, some DBZ Kakarot from Bill, some Yoshi's Wooly World from Steph, and some very middling opinions about Fire Emblem: 3 Houses from Norris. Also we discuss that insane rumour that Sony's going to buy the Castlevania, Metal Gear, and Silent Hill franchises. Which, they won't, but let us dream the perfect dream. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Whatever we've got lying around Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Bill McDonnell Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

3/20/2020 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 3 seconds

Matt's back, and boy is he back on it. While we're all holed up in our gaming bunker due to the 7 different reasons why the world is about to end, we get into some classic RPGs, some new dirt on the latest Dead by Daylight update, and whether the boys in girls in Fire Emblem 3 Houses are worth saving. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Driftwood Brewing's White Bark Witbier Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

3/13/2020 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 17 seconds

You're not karaoke famous until you've got the teens going. The gang this week won't let Zika get them down, as they have some opinions about the Final Fantasy 7 demo they want to get out. Also some talk on Smash Bros, Kentucky Route Zero, and all the teens you shouldn't kiss in Fire Emblem 3 Houses. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Steamworks Flanders Style Dark Sour Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

3/6/2020 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 25 seconds

While Norris is away on vacation to Somaliland, he had to desperately spin together an episode at the last minute. So in an act of shameless self-promotion, here is the latest episode of a Super Hopped-Up side project: Don’t Tread on Weebs! Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: None Hosts: Chris Norris, Bill McDonnell Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

2/28/2020 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 33 seconds

I don't know about you, but I don't want to live in a world where 1% of the hustlers are getting 99% of dat cheddar. This week, a group of old men sit together and reminisce about when their tastes were relevant. That includes, but certainly isn't limited to: their general taste in music, their feelings about the incoming Dragon Ball Fighterz updates, and their thoughts about the new Harley Quinn movie. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Spectrum Beer Company's Melon Haze Pale Ale Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

2/21/2020 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 seconds

This week Norris tries not to talk about politics, we spend too much time talking about ji*zz Wailing, which isn't what you think it is, and we draw a line in the sand between different kinds of vodka soda. We also really tease out our video game ranking system of "Buttons, Words, and Charts", which now has grown into a way to rate pretty much anything and everything. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Bridge Brewing's Atomic Joker Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright, Jack Shirai Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

2/14/2020 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 24 seconds

Hot off the presses, we discuss the games announced for this year's EVO. Less hot off the presses, Matt lets us know he's been too busy playing poker to play video games. Dave and Mike are training in the hyperbolic time chamber in order to improve at Dragon Ball, but a secret villain seems to be getting in their way. Jack has too many video games and doesn't know what to do with them all. And Norris is realizing that much of his GOTY 2020 candidates are going to have come out 8 years ago. All this and Bernie Sanders won Iowa on this week's podcast! Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Academy Brewing's Alpha Juicy Lager Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

2/7/2020 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 42 seconds

All the people on the podcast who play Persona 5 are here, so we end up just playing 'Marry/Smooch/Kill' with all the main characters. There's also a bit on DC tv shows and Half Life 1 mods. But, mostly just Persona 5. (Content Warning: We discuss suicide from around minutes 7 to 11) Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: Old Yale Brewing Co.'s Himalayan Salted Caramel Porter Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, David Beebe Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

1/31/2020 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 46 seconds

Well, it's the 20's. Lets talk about Persona 5, Deathrow, Street Fighter 5, and a bunch of other hot, recent games. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: No Boats on Sunday Cider Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

1/24/2020 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 43 seconds

It all comes down to this. What will win: Buttons, charts, or words!? Tune into SHU's Group Game of the Year fight to find out! Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: None Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Bill McDonnell, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, Jack Shirai, David Beebe, Matt Emery Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

1/17/2020 • 2 hours, 28 minutes, 35 seconds

It's that time of year again. Where all the SHU members can have a little game of the year discussion, as a treat. This week the whole SHU family is under one roof, as we discuss our favourite games of the past year. Stay tuned for next week, where we take our individual favourites and pare it down into an overall Super Hopped-Up Top Ten of 2019! Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Come join the SHU community! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Beer of the Week: None Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Bill McDonnell, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, Jack Shirai, David Beebe, Matt Emery Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

1/10/2020 • 2 hours, 31 minutes, 11 seconds

The winner shouldn't surprise you. Happy new years y'all! Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: I don't even remember Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Bill McDonnell Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

1/3/2020 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 34 seconds

Lonely boy holiday, who up. It's, just, all my co-hosts have abandoned me. I really don't think I should be alone right now. (Star Wars discussion, including spoilers, from ~8:30 to 24:00. You've been warned!) Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Dead Frog's Winter Beeracle Hosts: Chris Norris And Special Guest!? Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

12/27/2019 • 1 hour, 6 minutes

I mean, that young pope is *very* f*ckable. This week Matt's fallen once more off the wagon, Dave doesn't want to be a boutique spaceman, Bill's a video game slumlord, and Norris isn't feeling the Game Awards. There's also some good stuff about flatulists in here. Turns out british meritocracy *does* exist! Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Heineken Lager Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Bill McDonnell Intro/Outro Music by David Beebe

12/20/2019 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 48 seconds

Dave's a 7/9, Jack's a solitary Yike, Steph doesn't clap when the plane lands, and Norris has a mental breakdown. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Strange Fellows Brewing Northwest Blackmail Northwest Stout Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai, David Beebe NEW THEME MUSIC! Intro/Outro by David Beebe

12/13/2019 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 43 seconds

I kinda felt, in my heart of hearts, it was us. But you really can't compete with the likes of 'Ike Dichal' and 'Tod Bonzalez'. This week it's all about struggling in the face of adversity, as we struggle with modest turnout, zero games to talk about, and constant technical difficulties. It doesn't stop us from getting our homework done, though, as we run through The Game Awards nominees and give our votes for the definite winners. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Howe Sound Father John's Winter Ale Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Bill McDonnell Music by Sebastian Bender

12/6/2019 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 20 seconds

Youtube content creators union now! This week, Kelly lets us know his backpack rap name is 'Relatively Unknown', we spend like a half hour discussing the tire fire that is online content creation platforms, and then like another half hour discussing fast food sandwiches. Kelly and Jack think the new Star Wars game is just okay, and Norris has some *opinions* about the ending of Death Stranding. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Bomber Brewing's Pixie Cut Pale Ale Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by Sebastian Bender

11/29/2019 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 6 seconds

I didn't train for years to get my Jigglypuff competition-ready just so some guy can throw me off by kissing his sweetie in front of me. This week, we have our poke-experts Mike and Steph come in to let us know what's going on in Galar. Turns out, people are pissed off about pokemon? Also this week, Norris only cares about rebuilding highways, Dave needs all these competitive Smash Bros players to stop being so emotionally supportive, and Matt wants us all to remember how Lithuania's Men's Basketball team won Bronze in the 1992 Olympics. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Twin Sails Brewing's Would Crush Raspberry Wheat Ale Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

11/22/2019 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 54 seconds

That Don, he really Maclunky'd it all up. This week the gang tries to explain Death Stranding, and we're pretty sure we totally get it. Matt also forces us to take a deep dive into Battletech lore, Jack wants people to play more Destiny 2 with, and Norris has a lot of feelings about Outer Worlds. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Mariner Brewing's Schnitzel Season Vienna Lager Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, David Beebe, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

11/15/2019 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 3 seconds

The "Mr. Dinner" bit wasn't even something we talked about during the episode, but it was definitely the funniest thing we said all night so I had to make it the title. Like, what if Mr. Noodle and Kraft Dinner made a food? It was funnier in person you had to be there. This week, we try to discern what people are saying about Death Stranding, figure out whether an ice-cream-based pokemon is made of ice cream or just made of meat that *looks* like ice cream, bitch about how we like Outer Worlds but just want to pick every possible knit we can about it, and start trying to figure out whether 2019 was a "good year" for video games. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: SuperFluxx Candyland 'Beer' Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Jack Shirai Music by Sebastian Bender

11/8/2019 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 17 seconds

The gang is dancing their way to Elysium this week, as most of us can't shut the hell up about how good Disco Elysium is. Dave and Norris also break open their feelings about Outer Worlds, Kelly is up in the spooky season with Dead by Daylight's new Halloween content, and Matt has fallen off of the wagon and deep, deep into some Battletech lore. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Whistler Brewing's Chestnut Brown Ale (In a Pumpkin!) Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

11/1/2019 • 1 hour, 45 minutes, 54 seconds

I don't want to explain it. We're all coming down from the heady excitement of Canadian politics, with a little detective noir this week. Unsurprisingly, most of the gang is completely enthralled with Disco Elysium. There's also some talk on Link's Awakening, as well as Kelly doing his best to horrify everyone with his recent games. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Unibroue La Fin Du Monde Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by Sebastian Bender

10/25/2019 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 57 seconds

I unilaterally decided this week we were going to spend an hour talking about Canada's upcoming election. STRAP IN FOR POLITICS. Kelly also gives us an update on The Surge 2, for some reason Dave is still playing Far Cry 3, Bill is most certainly not aroused by Bloodstained, and Norris is losing his damn mind over Disco Elysium. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: St. Ambrose Oatmeal Stout Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Bill McDonnell Music by Sebastian Bender

10/18/2019 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 10 seconds

We spend an hour and talk about the dang Joker. Some other video game stuff at the end, but mostly it's just about that rascal The Joker. Turns out we have some divergent opinions on the movie, and we try to figure out why. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Fuggles and Warlock Kiwami Plum Sour Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Bill McDonnell Music by Sebastian Bender

10/11/2019 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 17 seconds

I don't know why but we talk a fair bit about Miss America this week. It, understandably, goes in some directions. Games are coming in wet and wild this time of year, and we're doing a very bad job of keeping up. Kelly and Dave let us know what's up in The Surge 2, Char is getting in the spook season with Dead by Daylight, and we detail how good the voice acting is for MK11's Terminator. We also detail the habits of that irascible goose, and Norris is going to solve the Judgement murder the only way he knows how: spending all his time at the arcade. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Zombie Zombie Zombie In Your Head Cranberry Kettle Sour Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer Music by Sebastian Bender

10/4/2019 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 50 seconds

I dare you to tell me there's a difference. This week, Mike built a PC and is thus able to actually play Remedy's new game, Control. Seems to be good! Steph's playing some of the Link's Awakening, Dave is definitely not doing a genocide in Greedfall, and Norris wants us all to know that Playstation did a video thing. Also did you know you could buy Sega Genesis games on the Switch? NintenDOES do what Genesis..does...also. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Lighthouse Brewing Lemon Lime Sour Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan Music by Sebastian Bender

9/27/2019 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 35 seconds

Matt's back this week from the Toronto International Film festival, and he either has plenty of movies to tell us about or he made up a bunch of things that sound like possible art films, including 143 Sahara Road, Crazy World, and Gundala. Which of course ends up with us arguing about super hero movies again. We do eventually get into games this week; Dave wants us to know that everyone is bad in Greedfall; Kelly wants us to know that he doesn't know a damn thing about Catholicism, and Norris thinks Gremlins 2: Gremlins Take New York is an international treasure. Also Kelly wants to explain why he isn't playing Borderlands 3, and the words 'Rowdy Randy Pitchford' are uttered which is pretty good. Check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Strathcona Brewing Love Buzz Mango Raspberry Sour Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

9/20/2019 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 55 seconds

Prepping for our road trip down to the Area 51 raid next week. Can't wait to see you all there. This week, Norris is shocked at how uncompromisingly horny Dragon Quest Builders 2 is, Kelly declares his love for Banjo-Kazooie, Steph finally beat Persona 5, Mike is enjoying the masochism that is playing Sekiro, and Dave is getting his RPG on with Greedfall. Also we go through what was announced at last week's Nintendo Direct, which basically means Kelly got excited about Deadly Premonition 2 while the rest of us booed and threw garbage at him. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Balderdash Brewing's Sneaky Weasel Lager Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by Sebastian Bender

9/13/2019 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 47 seconds

Listen, I just think it's dangerous to glamorize the life of a man who mutated all the fish in Gotham so that they'd look like him in order to copyright them and run Gotham's fish market. Is that the kind of person we want our kids watching? This week we have plenty of *twisted* tricks for each other, including discussing how everyone is losing their gosh dang minds over this Joker movie, discussing a bunch of new tv like The Boys, The Righteous Gemstones, and Succession. The best Joker's Trick a video game podcast can pull is to never talk about video games. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Gigantic Brewing's HellBoy Series Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

9/6/2019 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 36 seconds

Fantasy names are all incredibly stupid, we will not be convinced otherwise. This week the gang and a special guest come together to talk about that hot 2010 film Inception, as well as WoW Classic, Fire Emblem's insistence that Blue Lions matter, Ion Fury's bad beliefs and worse humour, and a bunch of other stuff I can't recall. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Strathcona Love Buzz Mango Raspberry Sour Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Special Recurring Guest: Jack Shirai Music by Sebastian Bender

8/30/2019 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 59 seconds

We've got a special guest all the way in from the UK this week, world-ranked tabletop Blitz Bowl player and general gad-about Conor Rooney. We get weirdly deep into some of the latest Smash Bros Ultimate gossip, discuss a whole bunch of anime, and get into what's going on lately in tabletop miniatures. Also we try to parse just what the hell is going on about Spiderman between Sony and Disney, and also drink too much whisky. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Fuggles and Warlock Lifeforce Single-Hopped Pale Ale Whisky of the Week: Dalwhinnie 15 Year Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Special British Correspondent: Conor Rooney Music by Sebastian Bender

8/23/2019 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 48 seconds

Literally every podcast is having their brain melt over this, and ours is too. This week the gang discusses some completely implausible conspiracy theories, before settling back in to make fun of David's house in Fire Emblem. Norris and Matt also break down Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Norris likes GLOW, Dave's started watching some cool new show called Breaking Bad, and some teen-sex drama called Euphoria is destroying the last melting remnants of Matt's brain. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Boombox Brewing's Reflector Hoppy Lager Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

8/16/2019 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 49 seconds

We went to Las Vegas. I think. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Let's just call it multiple Hosts: Chris Norris, Bill McDonnell, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright, Char Bayer, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

8/9/2019 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 12 seconds

Listen: when you're right, you're right. We quickly threw together an episode while packing all of our EVO stuff, that's chock-full of fighting game prep, movie talk, and how unlike all the other systems our system is defintely going to break all the casinos. Also, Matt wants everyone to watch The Farewell, Dave needs a Mortal Kombat training partner, Steph disdain's Vancouver traffic, and Norris is brutally depressed. Something for everyone! Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Enter Night Pilsner (some stupid, Metallica-themed beer) Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

8/2/2019 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 34 seconds

I mean, no director's been chosen yet but he's clearly the best possible choice. This week we're breaking down the ton of MCU news, deciding if these next films are going to be the ones that finally destroy the franchise. There's inevitably some EVO talk, and Kelly has some opinions about erotic fan fiction at the very end, so you'll have to listen to the whole episode to hear it. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Moon Underwater Tranquility California IPA Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright Music by Sebastian Bender

7/26/2019 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 54 seconds

Whether it's Wolfenstein making you believe everyone's a communist, Pokemon teaching you that nothing is permanent but death, or Assassin's Creed forcing you to realize the problem is your own damn self, video games give you brain worms folks. Mike and Steph join us this week from the land of endless northern sun, to discuss the hot new pokemon news. We also dish about Mario Maker 2, our Vegas plans, Steph's endless journey up Persona 5 mountain, Norris' endless fall down Assassin's Creed cliff, and a whole bunch of other stuff I can't remember as I type this out. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Corona Extra Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan Music by Sebastian Bender

7/19/2019 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 45 seconds

There's some good film talk this week, as Matt gushes about everyone's favourite new comedy, Midsommar. We also discuss some more Evo prep, Kelly's controversial opinions about Tetris, and just let Matt go off about movies that are older than your grandparents. Also, subscribe to Kelly and Char's new podcast, Drinking & Screaming, on your local podcast provider! Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Steel and Oak's Vibrant Things Tropical Pale Ale Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright Music by Sebastian Bender

7/12/2019 • 1 hour, 22 minutes

Makes us all feel good. This week Dave and Steph discuss their experience with the ghosts in Devotion. Norris talks about finishing up Evangelion, and also how so many video games he's playing these days has him stabbing bears, and Kelly has gone back into stress-playing Skyrim. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Russell Brewing's Lemon Meringue Pie Sour Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Kelly Wright Music by Sebastian Bender and Neil Cicierega

7/5/2019 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 40 seconds

Man I don't get this whole Evangelion thing. It's like, *I've already seen Pacific Rim* am I right? This week, we discuss a fair bit of anime. Dave is also slaying some spires, Steph is hiding from the cops in her mind palace, Char's playing with dolls, and Norris is dancing with his best friends Link and Zelda. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Drink of the Week: Red Racer Pils Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Char Bayer Music by Sebastian Bender

6/28/2019 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 24 seconds

It's a video game about an anti-government cult taking over a large rural area. How could it *possibly* be political? This week, the gang tries to figure out what the hell a Gose is. Dave and Mike discuss their EVO training regimen, Steph tries and fails to placate Norris' Persona demands, and we all discuss how Ubisoft doesn't understand what the word "politics" means. We also spend some time dunking on perennial twitter dork Elon Musk. Because he deserves it, honestly. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Drink of the Week: Moody Ale's Flamingose Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by Sebastian Bender

6/21/2019 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 56 seconds

Had I known it was annoying, I would have stopped woo-ing throughout the Bethesda conference. Sorry. It's that time of year, where we all look into the barrel of the video games gun, to find out what's gonna blast us in the face. Turns out, it's just Gooigi. It's Gooigi all over our faces. We go over the main E3 conferences, detail what's been announced, as well as give our highlights, our lowlights, our gaslights, and every other form of heat and illumination E3 has given. Also I think Steph had a better joke idea for what E3 stood for but I forgot it, so we're all stuck with this now. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Drink of the Week: Moon Brewery's Creepy Uncle Dunkel Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

6/14/2019 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 6 seconds

Topics this week include: our embarrassing medical maladies, our desire to play video games that make us feel productive, our opinion that next week's E3 is going to be a whiff, and another story of Kickstarter folly. Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Drink of the Week: Russell Brewing White Rabbit Lemon Raz Radler Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Choco the Dog Music by Sebastian Bender

6/7/2019 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 23 seconds

The gang this week's talking about their favourite tv genre: sad people grimly volunteering to die. That's right baby it's Chernobyl, the best unintentional body horror show in years (not counting Dave's twitter). We also discuss the very important topics of Far Cry 5, training for EVO, lootbox legislation, and which video games are the most horny. Did we miss your hornie*st video game? Come to our discord and yell at us! bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord! Also check out our youtube! youtube.com/superhoppedup Beer of the Week: Molson Export Ale Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Bill Mcdonnell Music by Sebastian Bender

5/31/2019 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 21 seconds

He may not have always had a great track record with dogs, but it really looks like he turned it around. This week, half the team went and saw John Wick 3 (that Keanu Reeves dance movie everyone's gushing about), and they try to explain to the rest what exactly John Wick is about. Also, Steph refuses to apologize for not playing Persona 5, Matt has an endless list of movies he wants to talk about, Kelly is stress-binging Divinity: Original Sin 2, Mike really wants us to believe the Yukon isn't a hell-hole, and Norris is the proud owner of a tooth shrine. Drink of the Week: Spinnakers Peach Paradise Hefe Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by Sebastian Bender

5/24/2019 • 1 hour, 20 minutes

We watched Detective Pikachu; it was kind of terrible when the cop Pikachu shocked those protesting water pokemon. We go through the wildness that is Detective Pikachu this week, before witnessing the insanity that is angry internet misogynist's fan edit of Avengers Endgame. We detail the Kid Goku DLC for DBZ FighterZ, go into some further details about the secret depravity in Stardew Valley, and confirm that there's no way FF7 Remake is ever coming out. Detective Pikachu Spoilers: 27:00 - 30:40 Drink of the Week: Parallel 49's Hillbilly Ninja Hazy Pale Ale Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Bill McDonnell Music by Sebastian Bender

5/17/2019 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 13 seconds

Well, it happened everyone. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is over. It's done. No more Marvel movies ever again. I can't believe they killed off everyone. We're talking nothing but hot, spoiler-y details about Avengers: Endgame this week, as we go over our feelings on the culmination of 10 years of godlessly expensive film-making. We discuss what we liked, what we loved, what we weren't so hot on, and everything in-between! Drink of the Week: Lonetree Cranberry Apple Cider Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Char Bayer, Kelly Wright Music by Sebastian Bender

5/10/2019 • 2 hours, 10 seconds

It seems like everyone is either just getting back from, or just heading out to, some sort of vacation. Dave confirms for us that ex-pats in Thailand are scum, Norris confirms that tourists at Disneyland are scum, and Steph mostly has good things to say about the Yukon. Dave also gives us the details on Mortal Kombat 11, Char lets us know how much she's enjoying Backbone, and we all try to figure out if that Sonic movie was a group lucid dream or is actually real. Beer of the Week: Tiger Beer Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Char Bayer, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by Sebastian Bender Warning: MK11 Story Spoilers: 56:08 to 56:30

5/3/2019 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 11 seconds

Norris is really tired this week, so let's keep this synopsis short: Kelly likes Risk of Rain 2, Char still likes Don't Starve, Steph is going to die playing Stardew Valley, and Mike is murdering pokemon for fun. Also we talk about the NHL playoffs, which is absolutely *wild* these days. Also Joker's in Smash Bros Ultimate. He's pretty cool. Persona 5's pretty cool, guys. Beer of the Week: Granville Island's False Creek Raspberry Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

4/26/2019 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 57 seconds

Listen: life's hard here out on the Rim. Sometimes your dog army eviscerates a group of bandits and there's only one thing to do with the bodies. This week is all about the gang acknowledging their problems. Whether it's Steph's crippling addiction to Stardew Valley, Kelly's masochism with Sekiro, or Bill's growing need to harvest human flesh, it seems like we've all got problems. Except Norris. He's fine. Also discussed this week: that Wired article about the next Playstation console, Sony letting people finally change their PSN names, and EA promising not to hurt us with a new Star Wars game. Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Bill McDonnell, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Fernie Brewing's Sap Sucker Maple Porter Music by Sebastian Bender

4/19/2019 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 18 seconds

Whether it's a CEO asking you to take a card, or a company telling you to give up your evenings and weekends, it's best you just don't trust gaming magic. This week we provide a safe avenue for Kelly to discuss his Sekiro troubles, Steph and Char go deep into Don't Starve Together, and everybody talks about the recent Kotaku article debriefing Anthem. Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Charlene Bayer, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Russell Brewing's Triple Berry Milkshake IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

4/12/2019 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 52 seconds

This week, we're all about MSN Messenger and close-up magic. Blasts from things that include the past! Dave is getting hype off the MK11 beta, Kelly is reaching his mortal limitations in Sekiro, Steph wants the dogs to just leave her alone in Don't Starve, and Matt has just been watching old black and white Soviet documentaries. Also we talk about all the sexy gun gams in that Borderlands 3 announcement. The team's opinions seem divided, but we all agree that Gearbox is f*cking crazy for letting famed magician Randy Pitchford in front of a crowd. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: 33 Brewing Exp 33B-EXP.029.MKI Music by Sebastian Bender

4/5/2019 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 21 seconds

This week it's all about death and ninjas, with the release of Sekiro. Kelly and Dave break down the game, there's a good discussion about putting easy modes into video games, and just some overall gushing. Matt lets us know his feelings about Jordan Peele's "Us", which somehow strays into talks about wizards, which somehow strays into talks about the existence of deadbeat gay dads in the wizarding world. I think. Norris also admits that Baba is You is both good and making him look the fool, and there's some good healthy talk about XCOM 2, a very relevant game for 2019. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Moody Ales Lavender Sour Music by Sebastian Bender

3/29/2019 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 2 seconds

What else would you call it when you tear down your neighbour's homes, rebuild them for yourself, and enslave the populace so you can liquidate them for resources. This week, we drink some Icelandic beer, and talk about some TECH. Some cold hard TECH coming at us from Google. That's right, the Google Stadia! Piping hot games to your TV! Steph and Mike also describe the bad things they're doing in Don't Starve, Dave logs back on as the Bioware Defender, Mike is happy to not be playing fighting games, and Norris explains how Dragon Quest 11 finally broke him. Also did you hear the next Dragonball FighterZ character is gonna be Goku? Finally. Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Bríó Music by Sebastian Bender

3/22/2019 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 49 seconds

They told me I couldn't put condom in the title two weeks in a row; they were wrong. THE TOPICS THIS WEEK: Kelly's experience in Florida Matt's love of Minions Dave and Norris' feelings about Captain Marvel Also we have some opinions about Anthem, some more opinions about DMC5, and some exposition to how Dragon Quest 11 is ruining Norris' life. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Dead Frog Pineapple Midnight Tropical Porter Music by Sebastian Bender

3/15/2019 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 18 seconds

Literally the best description our podcast has ever been given. This week the gang's talking EVO! We go over some of the preliminary registration numbers for the event, give a solemn farewell to Smash Bros Melee from the main stage, and figure out what, if anything, we'll be playing in Vegas. Steph decides her future career as a gamedom, Dave gets into his feelings playing DOA6, Bill gives us a history of 8chan, who for some awful reason have been in the news recently, and Norris details how to get on dat grind in Dragon Quest 11. Also, can't forget the talk about good luck condoms. And don't worry *Gamer Girls*, we talk about those hot new gamer dresses that aren't at all an embarrassment to gaming at large. We'll all be wearing them at EVO! Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell Beer of the Week: Backcountry Brewing's Widowmaker IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

3/8/2019 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 13 seconds

We get Mike to call in from the snowy north, so we can discuss the true topic of the age: that f*cking Teen Titans show on Netflix. We scientifically deconstruct the latest Detective Pikachu trailer, Matt gives us the lowdown on the Academy Awards, Steph and Mike really, *really* hate Titans, and Norris is a time traveller. Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Matt Emery, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Fuggles and Warlock w/ Powell Brewing's Hikari Music by Sebastian Bender

3/1/2019 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 40 seconds

It's a week for sharing, as we give strength to those fighting off their Diablo 2 addictions. Listen in as a man describes sidling to the very brink of gaming madness, before finally breaking away. There's a lot of talk about whether or not the obscenely wealthy would want to buy our blood this week, some talk on how the new Jump Force game is the same as making your anime dolls kiss, and hearing how difficult it is to guess what movies people most enjoyed from the 2000's. Matt opens up about his old Diablo 2 addiction resurfacing, Dave opens up about his new anime addiction coming into being, Bill is unrepentant about his Dragon Ball addiction, and Norris hopes the composer for Dragon's Quest 11 just f*cking stops already. Bernie Sanders 2020 y'all. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, and Super Hopped-Up's US Correspondent, Bill McDonnell Beer of the Week: Russell's Punch Bowl North West IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

2/22/2019 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 27 seconds

An anime game that might not be good? Whaaa? This week the gang figures out if JRPGs are good, if they should be cancelled, Kelly lets us know if he thinks Apex Legends is good or should be cancelled, and Dave tells us about his new gf, Lara Croft. Also apparently that Jump Force game leaked early, and people have some *feelings* about it. We also get into some detail about the recent Activision-Blizzard firings, which derails into wondering if e-sports is a grift or not. We're kind of on the fence on that one. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Hoegaarden Music by Sebastian Bender

2/15/2019 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 7 seconds

We talk about a lot of film this week. Trigger warning preface, we bring up Bryan Singer (an existential trigger warning of a person), and he's (allegedly) done some bad stuff and really needs to go. There's also a lot of discussion on how the hell the Academy Awards work, we dig deep into the state of horror films these days, and also bring up the latest weird sh*t EA has been doing, including the ghost release of Apex Legends, and the confusing pre-release of Anthem. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Old Yale Brewing's The Valley Double Fresh Hop Farmhouse Music by Sebastian Bender

2/8/2019 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 56 seconds

The hot new Netflix and Chill that the kids are all into. This week the gang continues being spooky, with some more thoughts on new Resident Evil 2, some *new* thoughts on old Resident Evil 7, and some eternal frustrations about anime. There's a lot of anime talk this week, actually. A degenerate amount, even. Also: Norris wants to crush capitalism with his adorable imaginary friends, Steph wants to join a hero academy, Dave wants to get back into some good ol' Kombat, and Kelly's wondering if he wants to sing that Anthem. Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Whistler Brewing's Chestnut Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

2/1/2019 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 6 seconds

Due to a big-business snafu we somehow managed to get RE2 early this week, so we're piping out our feelings on it before the officially, doctor-prescribed time. There's some zombie talk this week, be it in Racoon City, on the Island of Memories, or just discussing how the characters in Steph's Persona 5 playthrough are doing. We also sh*t-talk the Pinkertons this week, express our concern at a beer with Tom Green's face on it, and give a heartfelt shoutout to this past week's hbomberguy stream, which managed to raise over $300K for Mermaids, a charity that helps trans youth in UK. Trans rights are human rights y'all, and f*ck the folks who think different. Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Tom Green Cherry Milk Stout Music by Sebastian Bender

1/25/2019 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 40 seconds

We discuss what we remembered from health class this week, and it turns out there might still be some lessons to learn! Kelly also did a good job of poisoning us this week, by giving us a beer so strong we had no choice but to get drunk. Steph's been spending some nights in the wood, Kelly's been tuning up his racing whip, Dave needs you to know that DOA is for discrete gentlemen, and Norris put on the goggles and won't ever take them off. Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Vancouver Island Brewing's Hermannator Ice Bock Music by Sebastian Bender

1/18/2019 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 7 seconds

It's the true 'Nick at Night' over here. There's some good film talk, there's some video game discussion, Norris gets upset about our 2018 Game of the Year list, but most importantly we play the game that's sweeping the nation: Nickelodeon, or p*rn? Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Matt Emery, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Remnant Beers from the Fridge Music by Sebastian Bender

1/11/2019 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 49 seconds

It's that fighting time of year! Where everyone at the SHU crew dons their Gi's, fills their boxing gloves full of rolls of pennies, tapes razor blades to their headbands, and gets ready for a good ol' video game donnybrook. GAME OF THE YEAR. If you're new to our format, we do this in 2 parts. Part 1 is going to be the team going around and discussing their individual favourites of the year, usually (but not always) in the form of a Top 10 list. All games that make one of our personal top ten lists gets put into a single group, which we then at the end FIGHT TO THE DEATH to decide which goes on and which gets knocked off our top ten list. It's like the Royal Rumble but with equally as much sweating and cursing. If you want to listen to both parts just start at the beginning, but if you want to hear us go at it to determine our Group Top 10 you should start listening around the 2:13:00 mark. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Charlene Bayer, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker, Steph Fan Beer of the Week: Various Fighting Beers Music by Sebastian Bender

1/3/2019 • 3 hours, 4 minutes, 48 seconds

Happy holidays y'all! None of us are around to podcast! So we recorded a holiday 'Questionable Questions' spectacular! We go through a number of questions provided by our beloved discord, though admittedly not all of the asked questions, as we mire ourselves in digression. Some good questions include, but are not limited to: what our TED Talks would be about! How our various body parts would rate the latest Smash Bros characters! And what is or isn't a sandwich! Also some good talk on how the Metal Gear Marathon almost kills us every year, but we do it because we love it so damn much. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Char, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Unibroue Blanche de Chamblay White Beer Music by Sebastian Bender

12/28/2018 • 1 hour, 3 minutes

With the holiday's coming up, we're rounding out the season with some last minute gaaaaaaame discussion. And also machine-led pleasure. We also discuss the Kingdom Hearts 3 leak, how wild 2B is in Soul Calibur 6, and if people should be allowed to copyright a dance. RIP Super Best Friends. Y'all will be missed. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Charlene Bayer, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Stanley Park Brewing Layer Up Winter Wheat Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

12/21/2018 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 22 seconds

This week, the gang debriefs the Metal Gear Marathon, sells their soul to Satan beer, and has an open conference on all the new characters they expect in Smash Bros. Kelly's confused about Beyond Good and Evil 2, Dave wants to live under the sea, Matt wants to live away from 21 Pilots, and Norris wants to live in a world without youtube influencers. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: De Block's Satan Red Music by Sebastian Bender

12/14/2018 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 24 seconds

We're all in a tizzy prepping for the Metal Gear Marathon, so this week we decide to talk about some Real Life Enfants Terribles: that's right folks it's all about CRISPR babies. Also Steph is becoming a real Metal Gear Woman, Matt loves the Coen Brothers, Dave trusts the old blood, and Norris bought a breathalyzer. Also the Metal Gear Marathon begins Dec. 6th at 9AM Pacific time and goes until Dec. 9th at 6PM. Come join at twitch.tv/metalgearmarathon, donate some money for the kids, try to win a prize, and watch a bunch of grown adults jump through proverbial (and also possibly literal) hoops for your entertainment. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: SuperFluxx Beer's Double Infinity IPA

12/7/2018 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 43 seconds

The gang just talks about cars for like 20 minutes today, before we get into some discusiion on our pre-Metal Gear Marathon jitters, and then pretending to know why old british tv frame rate ruined the playstation classic. There's also some talk about Fallout 76. I dunno none of us played it. Is it any good? Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Granville Island Mocha Porter Music by Sebastian Bender

11/30/2018 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 37 seconds

On this week's Chuckle Corner, we've got Dave, Lord help him, getting back on his DC bullsh*t, Kelly's got another date with Destiny, Norris has officially pulled a heel-turn on Red Dead Redemption 2, and Matt has us all realize that there are too many damn movies to watch. Check out the details for the Metal Gear Marathon at metalgearmarathon.com! Check out all our Let's Play shenanigans at youtube.com/superhoppedup. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright Drink of the Week: Johnny Walker Black Music by Sebastian Bender

11/23/2018 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 58 seconds

The gang learns this week that one should never have to say the words "My Aquaman Tattoo." We may spend way too long talking about great/horrible tattoos as well, followed by great/horrible Shrek impressions. The only thing better than listening to people talk about tattoos, I've been told, is listening to people attempt impressions. So, you're welcome. There's also some video game stuff too, as we discuss improving our cooking to feed the devil, Vancouver's Fan Expo, getting some Titanfall skins down at the B-Dub, how Owlboy is really pretty, a whale-oil-based economy is impractical, and Acclaim had the best PR of all time. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Off The Rails Brewing Eastbound Nutbrown Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

11/18/2018 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 2 seconds

This week the gang drinks a hefty, sea-based beer, and argue the pros and cons of talking Pokemon. The gang's parents are all very proud. A lot of video games get brought up this week, With Steph updating everyone on her efforts to date older video game women (Persona 5), Norris stating his growing ambivalence towards riding horses into trees (Red Dead Redemption 2), Mike trying to find out why all his neighbours are growing tentacles (Call of Cthulhu), and Dave finally telling his son he loves him (God of War). Check out the details for the Metal Gear Marathon at metalgearmarathon.com! Check out all our Let's Play shenanigans at youtube.com/superhoppedup. Do it you cowards! I dare you! Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Ballast Point Brewing's Victory at Sea Music by Sebastian Bender

11/16/2018 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 28 seconds

This week there's a lot of talk of burly men and horses, and how difficult it is to handle them. Both metaphorically and literally. There's also some discussion on the new Jack Box, Norris accounts for his kitchen nightmares in Overcooked 2, Char's a cop, and David thinks everyone should play Mario Party. We also have some thoughts on Diablo Immortal, which is something nobody else has any feelings about at all. Also, hey the Metal Gear Marathon is coming up soon! December 6th at 9AM to December 9th at 6PM! You'll be able to watch us at twitch.tv/metalgearmarathon, or metalgearmarathon.com. Donate to help the children and also hurt our bodies, minds, and souls! Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Charlene Bayer, Kelly Wright Beers of the Week: Hopping Mad Cider Music by Sebastian Bender

11/9/2018 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 27 seconds

We learn some new things about beer, about "footie", and about how nothing can ever stay the same on this very special episode of Super Hopped Up. Special guest and friend of the podcast Paddy teaches us how drinking in the UK is way cooler than in Canada, Norris describes his harrowing experience trying to buy a video game, Steph invents the best new game idea ever, Mike makes us sad, and Dave and Kelly throw more fuel on their ever-growing Soul Calibur fued. The salt still burns. Hey, go check out our last halloween spoops on youtube! Head on over to youtube.com/superhoppedup! Also come join the community over at the discord! - https://discord.gg/A3JQUCX Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Special Guest: Paddy McGill, British Beer Expert (compared to us, at least) Beers of the Week: Timothy Taylor Landlord, Samuel Smith's Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

11/2/2018 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 16 seconds

It's not gross, honestly. It's a medical term. Everyone learns some new words this week. We decide that the Chosen Undead is a comrade while The Doom Guy is pure libertarian. We imagine what a remake of The Thing starring only Seth Rogen would look like. And we really dig into Dave's growing salt pile. All this and more on a podcast about video games. Hey, go check out our halloween spoops on youtube! Head on over to youtube.com/superhoppedup! Also come join the community over at the discord! - https://discord.gg/A3JQUCX Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Stanley Park Brewing's Root Beer Dunkel Music by Sebastian Bender

10/26/2018 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 32 seconds

Full house this week. Full of thoughts from our sIcK, dEpRaVeD minds. We've got your celebrity gossip, a deep dive into the mind of a man (Matt) on the edge, and Norris' experience helping people LARP the Model UN over the past weekend. Mike's got some Final Fantasy Feelings, Steph remains addicted to Persona 5, and Dave's band of plucky teens might still win the war in Valkyria Chronicles, so there's a lot of JRPG action going on. Hey, please go check out our halloween spoops on youtube! Head on over to youtube.com/superhoppedup! Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Matt Emery, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Whistler Brewing's Chestnut Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

10/19/2018 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 42 seconds

It's 100% anime and horror movies this week. We go over all the anime RPGs we've been playing of late, and detail our favourite scary things in preparation for the holiday. Steph discusses the pros and cons of blackmailing her homeroom teacher into a relationship, Dave really hopes his Division officer eats a sniper's bullet, and Norris doesn't want anyone to put a dog in the microwave. Hey, go check out our halloween spoops on youtube! Go check out youtube.com/superhoppedup! Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe Steph Fan Beer of the Week: Deschutes Black Butte Porter Music by Sebastian Bender

10/12/2018 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 47 seconds

We're downright malty this week, and get pretty free-form about it. On this week we focus on self-improvement: Kelly and Dave self-improving their Soul Calibur beta skills, Norris' self-improving his knife-selling abilities, and Matt self-improving by not watching bad Marvel films. Also hey we've got a lot of cool video stuff going up this month on youtube! Go check out youtube.com/superhoppedup! Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Cariboo Malt Music by Sebastian Bender

10/5/2018 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 23 seconds

Who knows what they could be hatching up there. PLOTS. SCHEMES. Matt's back this week to regale us of stories from the land of the Rising Sun. Did you know they had giant robots? And suicidal legumes? Steph starts the long hard road to deciding her waifu. Norris hates FF15 almost as much as he hates the fact that he's definitely going to finish it. Mike believes that stealth has no place in Spider(man)'s life. We also discuss the details of Telltale Games destruction, and why everyone wants to put the bone into a Lady Bowser. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Drink of the Week: Philip's Daredevil Orange Cream Soda Music by Sebastian Bender

9/28/2018 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 57 seconds

It's so hard not to, though. This week, there's a comparison between World of Warcraft and Fyrefest, an exposé into the illicit world of Puff Puff, and some further feelings about being all that a Spider can. Also, lists on lists on lists! Do you like people rattling off the names of video games? Then do we have a news segment for you! Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Sleeman Honey Brown Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

9/21/2018 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 38 seconds

It's been a long time coming. This week the gang dishes out on Spider-Man and Dragon's Quest 11. I don't want to spoil anything but they might be pretty good. A new segment is also introduced this week, in which the gang rationally and calmly discusses people and topics from the last week that bears some sober analysis. We're calling it the bullet list. Turns out we had a lot of bullets to give this week so we didn't end up getting to any of the questions we received from the discord. Don't worry, we'll get to them next week! Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Howe Sound's Pumpkineater Imperial Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

9/14/2018 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 14 seconds

There are specific moves you need to do right, or you just look silly. This week we all agree that video games shouldn't be in the Olympics. We also agree that gamers shouldn't be allowed outside. We agree on a lot of things. We answer a bunch of questions from the Discord, agree that Henry Cavill is a f*ck-boi, and discuss the recent controversy of Riot Games at Pax West. David needs you to know Jack Ryan and Jack Reacher are different. Norris believes podcast talk can't be submitted as evidence in a court of law. Mike and Steph admit that Don't Starve Together is going to destroy their relationship. Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Russell Brewing's Punch Bowl Mango IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

9/7/2018 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 55 seconds

It wasn't even a fair question. This week your favourite husbandos debate the finer points of weed vaping, Overwatch free weekends, and the best Dead Cells builds. We declare that every character in Soul Calibur is very normal, and discuss Nintendo's latest indie releases. Kelly has opinions about cartoon women; Norris also has opinions on cartoon women; David wishes there would be less opinions about cartoon women. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Mariner Brewing's Northeast IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

8/31/2018 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 9 seconds

This week, Dave tries to teach us what mumble rap is, Norris tries to teach us that everyone has the same genitalia, Kelly tries to explain the racial theory of World of Warcraft, and Steph regrets becoming the newest member of the team. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Steph Fan, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Kirin Ichiban Music by Sebastian Bender

8/24/2018 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 22 seconds

There's a full roundtable this week, as we all attempt to summon some dark elder god from the vaguely-racist-sounding dark realm. Holey Moley we talking *games* this week! With Kelly and Mike trying to kill the rest of the team with details on the World of Warcraft expansion, Char laments the loss of Kelly to aforementioned World of Warcraft, and everyone decides that youtube celebrities just aren't worth saving. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Michael Parker, Charlene Bayer, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Big Rock Brewery's Bellyflop Apricot Grisette Music by Sebastian Bender

8/17/2018 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 36 seconds

Live from the heat of Vegas, it's the full extended SHU Crew! While we are live from our hotel room during the height of EVO 2018, we decided to crowd around a single room microphone and record our feelings about the tournament, detail how our competitors did, and give some general feelings about how Las Vegas is just too damn hot. Also discussed are our feelings about some upcoming fighting games we got a chance to try, and we discuss some of the non-gaming debauchery we've gotten up to, including the nightmare that was our time at the Heart Attack Grill. (If by some miracle this is your first time listening to us, I swear to christ the audio usually sounds much better, but it's hard when you have one mic in a hotel room with eight people!) Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Michael Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe, Benjamin Parker, Bill McDonnell Beer of the Week: Big Dog's Brewing Co.'s Las Vegas Craft Lager Music by Sebastian Bender

8/10/2018 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 50 seconds

There's a moment in this episode where it kind of gets away from us, and I'd like to say we brought it back but that's just not true. This week, Dave honestly weighs his Vegas odds, Kelly is worried about the Night Elves, Norris converts to fast rolling, and Matt has some pointed questions about everyone maintaining their essences. Hosts: Norris, David, Kelly, Matt Beer of the Week: Coal Harbour's Beer Connoisour Sour Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

8/3/2018 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 1 second

The gang gets into a heated argument about the sexiest mythological creatures, before opening up the erotic DnD handbook and then soon after regretting opening up the erotic DnD handbook. Also this week, we go into Matt's Movie Corner to see his latest picks and flicks, Norris wants everyone to play Prey, Kelly wants everyone to play World of Warcraft, and Dave is getting some practice at the locals before we all head off to EVO. Hosts: Norris, David, Kelly, Matt Beer of the Week: Steamwork's Summer Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

7/27/2018 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 12 seconds

There's no video game news. There's no new video games we've played. There's nothing left but us trying to decide what's worse between cops and Yelp reviewers. Also this week Mike and Kelly wants to build a WoW army, Dave wants to lose at Evo, and Norris still misses his anime friends. Hosts: Norris, David, Kelly, Mike Beer of the Week: Vancouver Island Brewing's Victoria Lager Music by Sebastian Bender

7/20/2018 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 21 seconds

Magic is in the heart of the cards this week as the gang argues Digimon vs Yugioh, Mike is informed why living a hundred years ago would suck, and we all then turn our chairs around, sit in them backwards, and have a "rap session" about society. Matt teaches an XCOM class, Mike beat a boss, Dave is going 0-6 at EVO, and Norris misses his anime friends. Hosts: Norris, David, Matt, Mike Beer of the Week: Phantom Beer's Mind Fuzz IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

7/13/2018 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 52 seconds

We don't even really talk about it during the podcast but Kelly doesn't like the movie Aliens and I'm using this entire episode description to shame him for it. Hosts: Norris, David, Matt, Kelly Beer of the Week: Coal Harbour Brewing's Blabber Mouth Dryhopped Lager Music by Sebastian Bender

7/6/2018 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 34 seconds

We start this episode with Mike trying to get out of his wifely Zelda duties, in a conversation that makes sense to us but probably nobody else. This week it's all about beers that kind of sound like genitalia, fun facts about eastern European nations, and an after-action report from our XCOM generals in the fight against alien bastards. Hosts: Norris, David, Mike, Matt, Kelly Beer of the Week: Urpiner Exclusive 16 Music by Sebastian Bender

6/29/2018 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 22 seconds

I think we've decided vapes are cool now, folks. This week the guys try and fail to figure out how much money they've spent on Steam, try to find out if apples have gluten in them, and give some final thoughts on E3. Hosts: Norris, David, Mike Cider of the Week: Picker's Hut Premium Handcrafted Cider Music by Sebastian Bender

6/22/2018 • 58 minutes, 25 seconds

Hey. It's E3 week. Did you hear about the games. Hosts: Norris, David, Mike, Matt Beer of the Week: A bunch of Unlabeled Beers Music by Sebastian Bender

6/15/2018 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 7 seconds

The gang gets together and discusses their various E3 beliefs and rumours. And by that, I of course mean they discuss which video game character is most likely secretly addicted to blow. It's not who you think! Everyone discusses how excited they are about all the battle royale games that are gonna get announced next week, Norris got hacked, Kelly is learning to hate his uppity son, Dave just wants his anime girls to get in the mech. Hosts: Norris, Kelly, David Beer of the Week: Young's Double Chocolate Stout Music by Sebastian Bender

6/9/2018 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 38 seconds

Norris is sick, almost everyone else is off playing fight games, we have no beer, just a random assortment of found liquor in the fridge; morale remains high. This week Kelly and Norris discuss David Cage's feelings about Androids, Norris details his tentative first steps into his Dark, Dark Souls, and discuss what they're going to do when they finally get released from Vault 76. Drink of the Week: Some random assortment of crap from the fridge Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright Music by Sebastian Bender

6/1/2018 • 46 minutes, 8 seconds

Welcome to the Joint Operations Task Force soldier. You ready to get higher than you've ever gone? This week, Norris wants a new aesthetic, Dave plays Dragon's Crown for the articles, and Mike's too old for music festivals. Everyone gushes about God of War for a while (SPOILERS FROM 33:50 to 39:00), all the characters in Norris' Persona 5 game want to go to Dome Town, and everyone has some feelings about the Battlefield V trailer. Drink of the Week: 33 Acres of Sunshine Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by Sebastian Bender

5/25/2018 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 22 seconds

Topics this week: We're not cool anymore, Matt hates all animals, Dave wants Milla Jovovich in a Mega Man costume. Also Matt loves his Lancer and the divine right of space kings, and we all determine the etymology of the world "Milf". Drink of the Week: American Vintage Hard Green Iced Tea Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Charlene Bayer, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

5/18/2018 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 51 seconds

If somehow you're someone who cares about Avengers spoilers but haven't seen the film, well, whatever listen to this podcast anyways. Spoilers are good for you, and life is cruel. It's all about that recent movie where the Muppet Babies fought Space Grimace. I'm just glad to finally see a film that's endorsing men who wear jewelry. Beer of the Week: Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Music by Sebastian Bender

5/11/2018 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 33 seconds

Bar drunk or casino lizard: who would win in a fight!? This week the topic starts with whether or not it's socially acceptable at 30 to drink 2 litres of Grower's Peach Cider, which transitions nicely into our spoiler-free feelings about the new Avenger's film. We argue which member of the Avengers is the most doable, everyone agrees that Kratos is absolutely the most doable, we discuss our all-time fav sports documentaries, and we introduce the newest member of the team, Kevin. Drink of the Week: Strongbow Dark Fruit Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

5/4/2018 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 46 seconds

Kelly's a tired boy this week, so we try to determine the best video game drug to wake his ass up. He also impresses us with his deep knowledge of the German language. Matt wants to invent a machine to play video games for him, and also tell us about a good time he had once on a submarine. Norris wants us all to know about Ready Player One, and in response everyone else wants gets mad at Norris. Everyone wants to drunkenly discuss remix culture. Beer of the Week: Superflux Happyness IPA and Strathcona Beer Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

4/27/2018 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 23 seconds

Five people enter in a room, ready to do battle with the Verhoeven himself. But, how many will leave unscathed? It's that time of year, y'all, Verhoevenia! Hug your giant cop daddies and your uncomfortably angry dancer friends, kiss your bug buddies and odd-boobed martians, because we're sitting by the screen and watching the very best films of Paul Verhoeven, one of the weirdest minds in cinema. We went through, in order, Robocop, Showgirls, Starship Troopers, and Total Recall. Powerful, emotional films all. And the only thing better than watching them is getting our cutting, incisive commentary on each. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Stephanie Fan, Matt Emery Music by Sebastian Bender

4/20/2018 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 35 seconds

We're angry about data this week. Don't tread on my data, big gubment. My deviant internet searches are between me and my living God. This week Kelly manages to once again self-own himself with the beer, groundwork is set down for the upcoming Verhoevenia, everyone argues whether or not we should go see Ready Player One, and Mike admits Dragon Ball's got him on tilt. Norris admits to being a colonizer in a fairytale land. And everyone agrees that the Overwatch League is totally normal. Just, real regular. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Longwood Brewery's Super Ginger Cream Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

4/13/2018 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 59 seconds

Now you look like a shrewd and capable investor! Howzabout you step right up and take a gander at these-here dollary-digits! The latest and greatest cryptocurrency! Get in on it now before you research what cryptocurrency actually is and realize it's kind of a scam! Internet money! Plug into the money! This week the gang reminisces about very special episodes, drinks some good beer, and Norris blows our minds with Ni No Kuni 2. Kelly explains his further misgivings regarding Breathe of the Wild, David brings up Outcast (a game everyone else was confident doesn't actually exist), and everyone decides that the best way to gain podcast prestige is to make fun of Denis Dyack. I thought I had the name for this episode pretty early until Kelly at the last minute took the crown. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Big Rock Brewing's Magpie Rye Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

4/6/2018 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 24 seconds

The team takes a strong stance on the wizarding world this week. I don't know how we started arguing about stupid Harry Potter nonsense but it went far longer than reasonable. This week we celebrate Dave tipping over the odometer by explaining to him the concept of "second puberty." In turn Dave lets us know about his finding "A Way Out" in a new Super Hopped-Up youtube series, Mike updates us on Brolly and Bardock's introduction to FighterZ, and the gang breaks down this weeks unveiling of the 2018 nominees for World Video Game Hall of Fame. Did you know there was a Video Game Hall of Fame? We sure as hell didn't! Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Whistler Brewing Co's Chestnut Brown Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

3/30/2018 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 59 seconds

It's argument ad absurdum over here, as the boys pretend they know what fallacies are. Which, logically goes right into a twenty minute discussion about how Goku has the CTE from repeated blows to the head. There's some further talk about Drake's plan for Fortnite, how Geralt's soul is still burning, and that the makers of Inside are getting into the hottest future sex toys. Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Hoegaarden Music by Sebastian Bender

3/23/2018 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 23 seconds

It's about straight-edge, God fearin' music this week, as we try to figure out what kind of concert people could go to without the haunting spectre of Mary Jane following them at every turn. Kelly also reveals his crippling ginger phobia, Mike mistakenly brings up Bloodborne leading to an endless argument on Dark Souls lore, Dave is still training to be a mech captain, and Norris is relapsing back into jrpgs in the worst possible way. Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Phillip's Ginger Beer Music by Sebastian Bender

3/16/2018 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 4 seconds

Well folks, it's been a busy week. We've got to get through that Nintendo Direct, that whole video game violence VS government meeting, as well as a slew of other big announcements. So of course we spend 50 or so minutes talking about sh*tty alt-right Psychologists, local breweries, hot pot, and our plans on going to Vegas baby. We do talk some gaming this week though, with a lot of excited gushing about Into the Breach, celebrating Kelly's victory over Monster Hunter, and more late-breaking news than we know what to do with. We also solve the gun crisis, and it involves video games. Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Coal Harbour Brewing's Triticale Super Saison Music by Sebastian Bender

3/9/2018 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 58 seconds

Super Hopped-Up cares about history, especially factual retellings of history. Which is why we need to be honest about the utter irrelevance of Australia. We got some historical fun facts this week, followed by a thorough deconstruction of the latest teetering block in Marvel's Jenga tower: Black Panther. Norris wants to discuss conflict vibranium, Dave tries to decipher the relationship between p*rn and the Olympics, Matt can't pronounce anyone's name, and Kelly breaks down Sonic fetishism. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Forgetfulness Music by Sebastian Bender

3/2/2018 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 42 seconds

House bands are a menace, and the team decides they need to be stopped this week. We learn this week about the wonderful world of citrus fruits, and that kumquat is even more fun to say than it is to taste. Norris and Mike also reminisce to when they had no jobs or life and spent their time playing video games in Norris's parents' unheated basem*nt, and Matt tries to ruin movies with his *data*. Also watch The Ritual. It rules. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Red Racer Lucky Dog Kumquat Wheat Beer Music by Sebastian Bender

2/23/2018 • 1 hour, 9 seconds

There's been an invasion from the eastern border, as ill-mannered Albertans take over our beautiful, innocent podcast and fill it full of Pizzagate references. This week we joined up with some podcasting brothers-in-arms, Keifer and Chris from The Alberta Podcast. They've come to regale us with tales of Cybermania 94, Lorn Lanning, and true-to-history video game series Dynasty Warriors. Meanwhile, Norris lets everyone in on the the scandals rocking the classic arcade world, Dave slips further into anime, and Matt once more comes to the defense of speed-runners. Sponsored by Gamer Goo. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Special Guests: The rowdy boys from Alberta Podcast, Keifer Dallison and Chris Westaway Beer of the Week: Storm Brewing's Pizza Beer Music by Sebastian Bender

2/16/2018 • 53 minutes, 7 seconds

They're like the regular kind but they've got steam shooting out. This week Mike learns that he needs Dragon Ball to feel anything, Kelly wants you to know he looks pretty wearing the skin of a murdered creature, and Matt has some hard talk aimed at those puppies who kneeled during the Puppybowl. We also end up getting into a protracted discussion about Bob's Burgers, and how it's great. Because it's great. Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Red Truck's Midnight Dark Lager Music by Sebastian Bender

2/9/2018 • 57 minutes, 56 seconds

This week the gang discuss their lucrative future career - being proxy bodies for the wealthy elite. We also decide that beer collaborations are beat, and the future lies in beer beefs. Mike and Dave continue their habit of probably getting Dragon Ball stuff completely wrong, while Norris determines if cats are evil or merely misinformed. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Bomber Brewing's Bomber Spicy Nuggs Music by Sebastian Bender

2/2/2018 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 54 seconds

Dont worry everyone, we survived the tsunami. With no small assistance from Professor Seismograph. This week, we lament the loss of male role models, but we celebrate our new heroes the internet speed runners. We swap Bubsy stories, skin-stealing stories, hentai stories, and stories of the creation of civilizations. Lots of stories. Kelly also gives us news from the alternate universe Metal Gear front, and Matt finds a neural network that makes band names and derails the episode. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Kozel Blonde Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

1/26/2018 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 4 seconds

It's MAD MONEY HOUR this week on Super Hopped-Up. Bitcoin! Yah hearda it!? BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY. We're gonna all be rich! As the gang sells all the audio equipment to buy math dollars, we also talk about the other thing dorks love: Dragon Ball (Fighter) Z. Dave and Mike have never seen a power level they didn't like, and they're willing to talk everyone's ear off while Norris and Kelly nod politely. Lastly, but certainly not leastly, the gang's proven that they would all make fantastic cops if hadn't been for that nagging sports injury. You can see the evidence yourself over at our Hidden Agenda Let's Play! Go here to watch or we'll arrest you -> https://youtu.be/7vYTfG8ysq8 Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Mt. Begbie Brewing's Stoked Winter Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

1/19/2018 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 45 seconds

Oh cool a bunch of dudes are gonna talk about Star Wars: The Last Jedi on the internet. Turns out? They got some 'pinions. This week, the 5-year sting operation on Matt finally succeeds. Don't worry he's going to prison now, we got him. Also it's mostly about Star Wars this week, so if you haven't seen the latest whizz-bang then prepare to be enlightened about it before you even see it yourself! Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Central City Brewing Super Solar IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

1/12/2018 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 30 seconds

The Deep State tries to stop us from drinking this week but we remain too potent to stop. It's 2018! Time for thrills, chills, and spills, and an opportunity to wipe clean the slate! As such, we haven't done a damn thing this last week that wasn't drinking, so we turn our gazes forward and discuss our hopes and dreams for 2018. From our resolutions, to the stupid media we're looking forward to consuming, 2018 does indeed look like another wonderful step in our long march to the grave. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Fieldhouse Brewing Co.'s As If Dry Hopped Sour Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

1/5/2018 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 8 seconds

With this being the week after our Metal Gear Marathon, and none of us technically dying in the process, we thought this follow-up week would be a good time to give our high and low-lights of the marathon. Also discussed, the seemingly seedy underbelly hiding in Stardew Valley, and a frank discussion on Orc culture. Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Bill McDonnell, Steph Fan Beer of the Week: Dagerrad Amber Music by Sebastian Bender

12/29/2017 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 4 seconds

This is the not-nice half of our annual GOTY Double-header. Hatsune Miku. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: BYOB Music by Sebastian Bender

12/22/2017 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 41 seconds

This is the nice half of our annual GOTY Double-header. In this section every member of the team comes with their favourite individual lists of games they played in 2017. We gush about what we liked, and it's a real feel-goodery. *Next week* is when we sharpen our knives and try to kill each-other's favourite virtual children, in the process of determining our overall game of the year. Also, Mike realizes that he needs to "Git Gud", Matt forgets that the name John isn't the same as Matt, David discovers the hidden secret of the name "Fortnite", Kelly isn't on his first MMO rodeo, and Norris shockingly enough still loves indie games. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: BYOB Music by Sebastian Bender

12/15/2017 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 34 seconds

*Hey y'all, sorry if you get this podcast via RSS, and it's late. We had a really great name for the episode, but it might have been too hot for our host and I think it got taken down. Whoops! Don't worry if you listen you'll be able to figure out what the original title was.* This week, most of the gang admits that they don't know how to drive and that's okay. They also test out some Khlav Kalash, decide whether or not anime representations of world war 2 are historically accurate, and let loose their opinions about mythical muscles on the male body. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Twin Sails Brewing's Biere de Crabe Music by Sebastian Bender

12/8/2017 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 35 seconds

To start this week off, we discuss the Do's and Don'ts of morning wakeup strategies. Turns out everyone does it differently. We also discuss lame things to heist, Matt describe's his new favourite TV show as "The Wire with cum", and Mike thinks Charlie Hebdo shouldn't make fan updates of Crusader Kings 2. There's some love for Italian plumbers, too. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Trading Post Brewing's Capt. Cooper's Tart Cranberry Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

12/1/2017 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 56 seconds

Quick, how many 90's baseball films can *you* remember? This week, we warm up by trying to figure out the best Mario-related sports product, before settling in to spend 40-ish minutes giving out our feelings on the new Justice League. Turns out? Not huge fans. Justice League spoilers go from 19:20 to 50:00-ish, but honestly what manner of person actually has deep feelings about the sanctity of their Justice League viewing? Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Coors Banquet Birthday Beers Music by Sebastian Bender

11/24/2017 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 59 seconds

This week, we inform you of all the latest and greatest Moldovan internet schemes, while Kelly informs us of some interesting Estonian phrases. Also this week: Norris details his frugal lifestyle, the gang discusses the latest reason why reddit is declaring a a holy war against EA, Kelly invents lootbox credit unions, and we all come up with our best film crossover ideas if Disney buys 21st Century Fox. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Big Rock Brewery's Holiday Cheers Winter Spice Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

11/17/2017 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 42 seconds

This week, the group makes fun of Norris for his lack of Limp Bizkit knowledge, Dave wants to make pizza-flavoured beer, and Kelly believe Kingsglaive is the best film Square ever made. We also end up getting into the weeds about Warframe, give a bit of a debrief on Destiny 2 after some time and distance, and get into what's up with Wolfenstein II. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Dead Frog Brewery's Tropic Vice Tropical Fruit Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

11/10/2017 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 43 seconds

This week, we bring on a special guest, a man who is also a yeti, to trade XCOM 2 stories in exchange for an education on the internet's incel community. We also discuss people who spend over 10 grand on loot boxes, reaffirm our status as an alt-left podcast, and try to answer the question "are video games good?" Other topics: Stranger Things making us cry, everyone's conflicted feelings about the Justice League film, and the true plot of the Emoji movie. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Special Guest: Jesse "Yeti" Coxey, XCOM 2 Commander and Literal Bear of a Man Beer of the Week: Red Racer's Snickerdoodle Pumpkin Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

11/3/2017 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 42 seconds

The gang tries to figure out the names of things from Animorphs this week, and do better than they should. Also Dave's grumpy about Halloween, he's also changing his name to 'E-sports', Norris realizes his orc friends are fair-weather at best, and Kelly is sad his food paste got banned from Canada. We also decide Lord of the Rings is for children. Sorry nerds you know we're right. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Category 12's ZRA 2 Music by Sebastian Bender

10/27/2017 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 2 seconds

We had literally nothing prepared this week so we spent basically an hour discussing the original Star Wars trilogy. Also discussed: Us drinking a lot of beer, Blade Runner 2049, loot boxes, and the exciting new direction of EA's Star Wars game. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Bavaria Premium Music by Sebastian Bender

10/20/2017 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 27 seconds

We start this week by trying to see what *hasn't* been made into a sexy halloween costume, and it turns out? Nothing. This week we force friend of the podcast Vince Yu to talk about Starcraft 64 with us while we down pumpkin spiced beer. Also discussed, the hypothetical character list for an EA MOBA, Norris firing everyone on the podcast and hiring scabs off TaskRabbit, and our attempts at getting the Destiny monkey of our collective backs. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Special Guest: Metal Enthusiast and Last Starcraft Fan Standing, Vince Yu Beer of the Week: Canuck Empire's The Lost Pumpkin Patch Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

10/13/2017 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 23 seconds

This week, the gang solves the question "Which SNES Classic game is the best?" through things like solid evidence and facts. But first Dave lets us know his feelings on Final Fantasy: Kingsglaive, Mike's been playing some free PSPlus games, Matt made his own SNES Classic purely out of spite, and Kelly remains on his Destiny bullsh*t. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Tofino Brewery's Blonde Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

10/6/2017 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 39 seconds

This week, 2nd-time guest Jack Shirai comes in to discuss with us the matter of gas-powered robots. Other Important issues include: our teenage drinking habits, Pacific Rim slashfic, and our many, many Destiny 2 defeats. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Special Guest: Jack Shirai, Destiny Caller Beer of the Week: Spinnaker's Spiced Apple Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

9/29/2017 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 6 seconds

This week, we discuss the finer points of Stephen King's ouevre while sipping fine, oak-aged beer. Then after that we talk about why furry afficianados need to buy an SNES Classic. It's a smooth transition. Also this week Matt brings up his favourite animes involving supernatural nocturnal creatures, we vet Ken Burns' haircut, and give a history lesson on how the NGage destroyed Finland. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Category 12 Barrelholder Belgian Golden Strong Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

9/20/2017 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 5 seconds

This week, the gang decides that pewdiepie's gotten too big for his britches, and they're the *only ones* who can end his reign of terror. By idly and impotently discussing the latest stupid, racist thing he's done while simultaneously making fun of Sweden. But also, Happy Destiny 2 week y'all! We here at the Destinyfa clan would like you to know that we're currently enlisting! Are you tired of people who just don't know when to pop their ult? Who confuse a heroic public event for a patrol? If so, then stay the *hell* away from our clan, because we honestly don't know what we're doing! Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Anchor Brewing's Anchor Steam Beer Music by Sebastian Bender

9/15/2017 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 17 seconds

To be sure, it's not that we at Supper Hopped-Up are *Pro* cult, we're more cult-adjacent. This week we decode the Anti-Fap riddle, planning the constitution for our flat leadership-structured Destiny 2 clan, and which fantasy gods would be down to party. Matt also discusses to us his arduous journey of self-discovery completing Pillars of Eternity, Norris discusses hammering nerds at PAX West, and we lay down our opinions on the topic everyone's talking about: furry communities banning nazi regalia. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Martens Lager Music by Sebastian Bender

9/8/2017 • 1 hour, 43 seconds

This week starts with some honest discussion on circular self-love, and kind of just devolves into a deep dark pit for a while. We get out of it though with some good beer, brought to us by nepotism! Also this week Dave's at the helm of the intergalactic bang bus, Kelly plans a hostile takeover of our future Destiny 2 clan, and Norris loves the shadows in his heart. Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe, Kelly Parker Beer of the Week: Two Wolves Brewing Co. Arctic Blonde Ale & Great Plains Brown Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

9/1/2017 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 52 seconds

Gather 'round all and I'll tell you a tale. A tale of an adorable miniature console and the planet it destroyed. There's first some bad poetry and sci fi. But for real at the day of recording was the day the SNES Classic went up for pre-order. And it was an absolute *nightmare.* Blood on the streets. A massacre. Also Diablo 3, Injustice 2, and idly discussing a new Nidhogg tournament. A new champion must be crowned! Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Kelly Parker Beer of the Week: Twa Dogs Brewery's Melodie Raspberry Kölsch Music by Sebastian Bender

8/25/2017 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 3 seconds

The gang finally bends the knee this week to Game of Thrones fandom, where despite our best efforts we talk about this latest season. Dave also throws down against Baby Driver, Mike swears he knows Star Wars, and Norris is super excited about a Batman movie marathon. Also even *more* Zelda: Breathe of the Wild talk, and we all decide the phrase "Penis Parker" is hilarious. Oh hey, also! There's going to be a counterprotest in Vancouver this coming Saturday - Aug. 19th - at City Hall, protesting against a group of chinless wastes who are holding an anti-Muslim protest. If you want to help stand against racism you can come out and join some members of SHU, who will be attending the counter-protest! http://bit.ly/2vCL0PI Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Hollows and Fentimans Fermented Ginger Beverage Music by Sebastian Bender

8/18/2017 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 42 seconds

The boys are in the house this week, as we try to decide which Cory would make the best final boss. Also discussed, pivoting the podcast from video games to sex gear, before deciding video games may actually be the grosser topic. Also: Hearthstone expansions, Valve's new game announcement, reality television, Resident Evil, Persona 5, Pyre, and sexual exploitation in the game industry. One of those may be different than the others. Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of last Week: Spinnakers Juice Monkey Tropical IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

8/11/2017 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 52 seconds

We tricked a real-live guest into the studio this week: Kevin Regamey, one of the founders of Power Up Audio and the current record holder for the Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons speedrun. So we prettied up for company and diverted from our usual bullsh*t, in order to talk up the speedrunning community, some of the methodologies behind glitch hunting, and what drives someone to want to go *as fast as possible* through a heartwarming game about family. Other topics include: using beds to kill dragons, hypest GDQ moments, and making mods for old PC games. Also hey if you want to get into the thriving scene of speedrunning Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons go tweet at Kevin, his twitter handle's below! Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Special Guest: Kevin Regamey (@regameyk), Creative Director at Power Up Audio, speedrunner extraordinaire, has a better beard than the rest of us combined Beer of the Week: Spinnakers Juice Monkey Tropical IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

8/4/2017 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 43 seconds

Topics this week include: Neopets as a Scientology plot, our collective lack of sex in university, and playing a game called "Pokemon or Big Data." Also Kelly's discussion of Fortnite heats up the console/PC conflict, Dave doesn't want to kiss any aliens not ever, Norris balls to the wall, and Matt has some strong feelings about dating sims. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Field House Light Brett Music by Sebastian Bender

7/28/2017 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 36 seconds

You know we're right. Also we do beer talk, video game talk, Netflix anime talk, and EVO tournament talk. Which I guess is also video game talk. The gang also settles on what our next big movie marathon's gonna be, and needless to say we're already excited. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Sierra Nevada Sidecare Orange Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

7/21/2017 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 14 seconds

We had to debrief after last week's podcast, and it turns out we're all bad people and we're all very sorry. Especially Mike. For *THIS* week, Norris states his opposition to Guinness, Matt scientifically proves Family Guy was worse than The Simpsons, but we all agree that nothing will ever be as good as King of the Hill. Kelly likes being called "Commander", Mike wants to live in Hyrule, and Norris gives his favourite Summer Games Done Quick segments. Also we all wear aviators. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Longwood Brewery's Stoutnik Russian Imperial Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

7/14/2017 • 59 minutes, 26 seconds

Sometimes we have some good event ideas on this podcast. Sometimes, we don't. We'll leave it up to *you* to decide if this episode was the former or the latter, as the gang and special guest @roshirai sit on a bunch of couches and figure out what life is like after watching all 6 Resident Evil films in quick succession. It's another movie marathon day! Which once again takes on a distinct, "Heart of Darkness" kind of vibe as everyone slowly gets more and more inebriated. Also due to technical issues we lost the first 20 minutes of audio and had to re-record. All in all just a wonderful day. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Special Guest: Gamemaker and Raconteur Jack Shirai (@roshirai on Twitter and Roshirai on Youtube) Alcohol of the Week: Like, literally everything. Music by Sebastian Bender

7/7/2017 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 15 seconds

On this week's episode of the Friendscast, the podcast that talks solely about the hit 90's sitcom Friends, we reminisce on our favourite episode, where Ross and Chandler decide on a suicide pact but give up when they both realize the gun's too heavy. There's also discussion on the inherent beauty of a pepperoni and mustard Subway sandwich, the ingrained madness to a Resident Evil movie marathon, and the group decision that Zelda speed runs need to be an Olympic sport. Also, more talk on Horizon: Zero Dawn, and Norris gushes about his new waifu the Super Nintendo Classic. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: 33 Acre's of Ocean Music by Sebastian Bender

6/30/2017 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 23 seconds

We've got a special guest on this week, pixel artist and awesome Vancouverite Chibwé Mweene, so *of course* most of the regular gang is out sick. That doesn't stop us though from talking pixel art, fighting games, and so much god damn Dragon Ball Z it hurts. We also discuss the the triumphant return of the Duke, the curious return of Atari hardware, and for some inexcusable reason we end up talking about cookie clicker again. Hosts: Chris Norris, Bill McDonnell Special Guest: Chibwé Mweene, Vancouver Pixel Artist Music by Sebastian Bender

6/23/2017 • 59 minutes, 39 seconds

It's that time of year again, when everyone unhinges their jaw and is force-fed all the raw, uncut pixels they need in order to feel something this holiday season; that's right E3 baby! Before that though we start the festivities by discussing which alcohol best gets our cut on, what anime Barron Trump probably digs, why those kids won't stop blaring dubstep outside. As for E3, we talk about all the conferences, and all the video games we cared about. Which, as it turns out, is a lot. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker, David Beebe Drink of the Week: Social Lite Lemon Vodka Garbage Music by Sebastian Bender

6/16/2017 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 16 seconds

Sometimes moments arise when a person, for completely personal reasons, has to buy new pants. This week we talk about those moments. Also in this week's podcast Norris discusses his complicated feelings about someone stealing his identity to get laid, we discuss which member of SHU would do best on Grindr, and decide that a sexy calendar is the only way we'll be able to make money. David also admits he likes playing dress-up with his virtual dolls, Norris is made of salt, everyone pushes for a Persona vacation, and we all agree Wonder Woman should probably lead The Justice League. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Innis and Gunn Original Music by Sebastian Bender

6/9/2017 • 1 hour, 39 seconds

This week a lame beer trick has led to the inception of prank war, which is like regular war but more brutal. Also Kelly doesn't appreciate getting hit on by every male NPC, Matt is training a machine to kill, everyone learns a little bit about synthetic weed, and we discuss the business viability of a sex-robot blowj*b cafe. Turns out we have more opinions on sex robots. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Dogwood Brewing Variety Pack Music by Sebastian Bender

6/2/2017 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 22 seconds

We start this week by putting Iceland on the list; they may have some pretty good beer but too many poets so we really had no choice. The gang also envisions a dystopian muppet world, Dave has a love for muscled heroes in tights, Kelly continues infuriating Norris with his Dragon Age saga, and everyone expresses their feelings about sexual sadism. Also, some Horizon: Zero Dawn, some plans on how to become the TMZ of Video Games, and whether winter cannibalism or a tour of the concentration camps would make Call of Duty WW2 "edgier." Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Borg Brugghús Leifur Nordic Saison Music by Sebastian Bender

5/26/2017 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 1 second

This week, Kelly brings a parental with him to discuss their plans for taking over youtube. It mostly just involves Kelly's mom dunking on him repeatedly. Also this week, Norris misplaced his subscription to sh*tty hipster quarterly, Kelly admits he's a wet, wet boy, Emery has a dark secret he needs to tell everyone, and we all agree The Italian Job is good. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Special Guest: Kelly's Mom Beer of the Week: Philip's Brewing Hoperation Tripel Cross Belgian IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

5/19/2017 • 57 minutes, 3 seconds

It's not racist if it's an accident, right? This week the gang starts by digging a metaphorical hole and never really finding a way to get out of it. We also decide ad-hoc to try and rank Zack Synder's entire film ouevre, make fun of Australians again, and Mike finds out who Blue Beetle is. Also in a very special segment this week the team learns a little something about what would happen if a GI Joe met a Transformer, with a new fan-submitted game! Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Bridge Brewing's Bourbon Blood Orange Wheat Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

5/12/2017 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 32 seconds

The team only spits hot fyre this week, as the podcast boys announces their influencer roles for a hot new concert all the kids are talking about. There's also discussion on 40's as a gentrifying agent, going Apocalypse Now on semi-invisible robot dogs, throwing down against Marvel Vs Capcom Infinite, and agreeing that, if given the opportunity, you should always do acid while fighting Nazis with Jimi Hendrix. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Fuggles & Warlock The Last Strawberry Wit Music by Sebastian Bender

5/5/2017 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 18 seconds

The gang remembers why they don't normally record on Sundays this episode, because they're all deeply broken people with absolutely nothing left in the tank by the end of the week. As such we discuss whether the podcast needs a wartime or peactime cicerone, heretical religious acts, and whether or not we can guess a beer's IBU. Norris plans a movie marathon, Kelly has romantic group activities for his Dragon Age crew, and Dave seems incredulous about the plausability of Fast and Furious stuntz. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Off The Rail Brewing's Kama Citra Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

4/28/2017 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 39 seconds

There's no need for any of that "video game" talk this week, since we all know video games are just a fad anyway. *This week* the gang asks the truly hard-hitting question: what was the best hair metal band of all time. We also discuss our teenage drinking habits, Mike totally ships Nolan North and Troy Baker, Dave realizes that he's also into giant robot dinosaurs, and Norris solves Hyrule. Then we go through our old mail bag before reaffirming our weekly mantra that reddit is the worst place in the world. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Persephone Hop Yard Red Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

4/21/2017 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 34 seconds

It's Intentional-Poisoning Day at Super Hopped-Up Hall, as the boys drink sugar-fied root beer drink before devising the best way to get a p*rn-beer-related sponsorship. Kelly starts a Dragon Age heresy, Norris is surprised that not everyone else just tortured their Sims, Mike enjoys the bitter tears of Hearthstone nerds, and Dave realizes he'll never find love in another shooter relationship. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Boxer Hard Root Beer Music by Sebastian Bender

4/14/2017 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 28 seconds

If you've wanted to know what taco-flavoured beer tastes like (and we know you didn't) then let us be your canaries the coal mine. It's an intimate, two-person interview this week, with Dave and Norris getting to the heart of what truly matters: the jurisdiction of DC Super Heroes. There's also discussion of Szechuan sauce, how Call of Duty is for children, and how Bioware's patches are going to definitely fix Andromeda. Dave also grinds his gears on the grind required to unlock cosmetic items in For Honor, but completely gets behind the civil disobedience that put a stop to Ubisoft's tyranny. Also RIP Madcats, with your bad Player 2 controllers. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Parallel 49 Mystic Skull No. 5 Chocolate Mole Cerveza Music by Sebastian Bender

4/7/2017 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 26 seconds

When it becomes readily apparent that we know more about e-sports than actual sports it's probably best to be a little embarrassed. But that won't stop us this year, as we talk about our confused opinions about professional e-sports, Korean baseball, One Punch Man, playing Zelda wrong, and toppling the tyranny of wearing pants. Also how do *you* feel about season's passes? Because we definitely have feelings, and we let our feelings out, like it was some kind of season-pass therapy session! Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Dageraad Brune Music by Sebastian Bender

3/31/2017 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 47 seconds

Most of us are kinda sick this week. Which apparently makes us go crazy? Norris admits he's a bathroom trailblazer, Emery espouses his Hitchfork Horniness Hypothesis, Kelly wants to figure out how Patreon works, and then we all realize we hate and also love our anime dads. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Category 12 Brewing's Disruption Black IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

3/24/2017 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 35 seconds

If you invest in us we promise to spend it *solely* on useless domain names. That's a Super Hopped-Up Guarantee! This week we try to determine the possibilities of crowd-sourcing a party, before realizing how difficult it would be to gin up some angel investors for our ideas; we may need to catch some earth or dragon investors first. The group comes *stacked* this week with video game talk, as Norris lets us all know that the Legend of Zelda's still got fire, while Mike tells us that he may not understand the name of the title but Zero Horizon Dawn is a damn-fine game. Also Norris blasts Dave's milkshake habits, Kelly tries to key us into youth culture, Mike refuses to tell us if robots f*ck, and Dave lets us know that Street Fighter is still burning. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Driftwood Brewery's Fat Tug IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

3/17/2017 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 34 seconds

What's more strange, a fighting game-themed beer, or the fact that it may be the best beer we've had in a long time? This week, we get all the rowdy boys together, and talk about how much the beers this week have broken our brains, before talking about alternate universe super heroes, giant mecha, cats coming home from college, and our celebration of the current golden age of gaming. Kelly jumps on the Firefly train, Mike turns around on the idea of regionals, Norris just wants to get with Zelda, and Dave would like us all to play a game. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Sound Brewery's Mortal Kombat X Scorpion Imperial Stout and Raiden Imperial Saison Music by Sebastian Bender

3/10/2017 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 54 seconds

Dave and Norris realize that the more they drink the better they understand how to solve the world's problems. And it involves stopping people from using the word "Groovy". This week there's also talk about Comic Convention death marches, Dave's harrowing experiences on the fields of Verdun, Norris feeling bad about interactive teen murder, and both gushing about the goofs and gallants of the Academy Awards. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Parallel 49's Dumb Funk Brett IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

3/3/2017 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 12 seconds

The important thing to know about this week's episode is we drank a corrosively powerful beer a few minutes in, and then just devolved into madness. We get into the endless Ikea VS Costco hot dog battle, Kelly tells us the only thing better than being a samurai is managing a Samurai's inventory, Norris admits his embarrassing reading habits, and Matt admits he's an anime fiend. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Storm Brewing's Imperial Flander's Red Sour Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

2/24/2017 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 32 seconds

On this week's episode, Norris outright proves that he's a child suffering from arrested development, but in his defense co*ke Zero kind of does go with everything. Dave has some unkind feelings towards Ninjas fighting Vikings fighting Samurai, the gang gets hyped about Swamp Thing, and we all try to figure out how to get into comic books. Dave's also played some Battlefield 1, Kelly's played some Nioh, Mike's putting together his plan to be the very best, like no one ever was, and Norris just wants to murder some teens in Until Dawn Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Phillip's Brewing Space Goat Dry Hopped Oat Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

2/17/2017 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 27 seconds

We talk about wrestling for some reason this week, likely because wrestling is geek cool now. We also revisit Bloodborne's eldritch teachings, before getting our cyberpunk Spy-groove on with Invisible Inc. Then we, two dudes, also discuss poor female character representations in geek stuff, because we are foolish people who enjoy blindly walking into philosphical mine fields. Then Norris talks about video games about fish and Power Rangers. Not at the same time, though. There's also some discussion on the games coming out in the next few months, which is good because we all know the world is going to come around August. Looks pretty good up 'til then though! Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Strathcona Beer Company's Gold Belgian Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

2/10/2017 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 33 seconds

Welcome to Super Hopped-Up, your one-stop shop for Linkin Park fandom! That isn't true, though after this week we're closer to that goal than ever before. We do however admit this week our painful lack of music trivia, discuss all the faults of Axl Rose, and hope someone eventually cheers up that ol' curmudgeon Batman. Kelly also is less in love with the idea of an all-boys anime road trip, Mike is having second thoughts about training for Pokemon regionals, and Norris thinks the song's called "Space Cowboy." Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Howe Sound Brewing's Pothole Filler Imperial Stout Music by Sebastian Bender

2/3/2017 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 55 seconds

Tip back some brollini's with us this week as we usher in the first day of the rest of our lives. There's just as much conversation about shotgunning beer and Street Fighter, though, so maybe things never really change. This week Dave is excited for Injustice 2, and thinks that Life is Strange, Kelly finally finishes Persona 4, 800 years after its release, and Norris still wants to be a hacker from 90's action films. Also we go over the Nintendo Switch news, and subsequently get all freaked out about Mario's apparent inhumanity. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Greenleaf Brewing's Animal Farm IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

1/27/2017 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 20 seconds

It's almost the start of the craft hockey season, we hope you've kept your distressed jerseys and organic hemp hockey pants. This week the gang learns what original gravity means, and subsequently decide that any beer that uses the term are dorks. Norris is also pretty sure he's never vaped, Kelly loves sexy road trips, and Mike is an out-of-touch Pokemon elite. We also get some much loved fan feedback this week, with another 2-Real 1-Fake sent in, as well as some good talk in defense of Doom's snap map feature. We love it when you guys email in so please keep them coming! Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Bomber Brewing Wolf at the Door Red Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

1/20/2017 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 27 seconds

Turns out at some point in time in everyone's life they get chased by a swan. We get back into the true 2017 this year, by talking about gross anime things. Then we discuss the President-Elect's alleged water sports fetish. Listen the point I'm trying to make is it gets weird but you're probably into it so it's fine. Also Mike likes bad pokemon, Dave is debating throwing his life away to the LoL gods, Kelly is now a bear with a bird-filled backpack, and Norris wants to hack the planet. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Tree Brewing's Vertical Winter Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

1/13/2017 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 37 seconds

We start our Game of the Year talk with a painfully long discussion about both One Punch Man and Garfield comics, the two truest topics of 2016 that have to do with the past year. But for real, we spend a long time going over our highs (and some of our lows) of 2016 in pixels. We start by going through our individual Top-5 or Top-10 lists (some of us may have played less than 10), before taking off the gloves, pulling out our knives, and very politely discussing how everyone else's favourite games are trash and The Witness should be Super Hopped-Up's Game of the Year. Or not. Maybe. Listen and find out what we crown Video Game Prom Queen of 2016! Group GOTY Talk starts at 1 hour 38 minutes, for those who don't want to hear our individual lists. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: BYOB and some PBR, I guess Music by Sebastian Bender

1/6/2017 • 2 hours, 18 minutes, 56 seconds

With everyone either with family for the holidays, or slowly trying to dry themselves out after last week's VERY SUCCESSFUL Metal Gear Marathon, it's a bit of a slower two-man-jam this week, as Kelly and Norris break down last week's nightmare, and then just fancily sip some good good beer. Kelly also lets us know why Uncle Death is making him climb the tower, Norris cant wait to get back to Gears of War 4, and both get really confused by Final Fantasy XV patching in cutscenes. Cutscenes, man! Geez! Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Field House Brewing's Toasted Coconut Black Lager Music by Sebastian Bender

12/30/2016 • 40 minutes, 53 seconds

Why are you even listening to this when The Metal Gear Marathon is going on!? Go here to help support Child's Play and watch us play video games for six days straight! - https://www.twitch.tv/metalgearmarathon Are you still here? Alright fine, we also recorded a podcast for this week. Where we talked about favourite movies from this year, Metal Gear, Pokemon Sun, and more Metal Gear. Also this week we had a fan send in their "2 Real 1 Fake", and so we run through perhaps the most rad Sonic trivia deep-dive any of us have ever gone down. A huge shout-out to Pizzapants for sending us this game, and showing us out as people who have no idea what happened to Sonic. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Red Truck Lager Music by Sebastian Bender

12/23/2016 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 18 seconds

I mean, what *should* the minimum drone wage be, really? After discussing this important, soon-to-be topic of our generation, this week we talk about the worst prize giveaways during a video game marathon, our hypothetical Seinfeld episodes, and our agreement that Pacific Rim probably wouldn't have been better in black and white. We also talk more about the Death Stranding trailer, Dave lets us know that the band KISS made a first-person shooter, and Kelly tries to convince us all to watch Grey's Anatomy. Also Kelly's been playing some Let It Die, Dave has some hot Street Fighter 5 updates, and Norris loves sword-wielding robots. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Red Truck IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

12/16/2016 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 54 seconds

This week listen to a bunch of strangers discuss Burning Man and Pizzagate in your ear, because we totally forgot what our names were. But first, we have a stirring PSA about the dangers of huffing vodka. And then we learn about the hanky code! Last week was The Game Awards, with a bunch of announcements and trailers and such, most importantly the mind-worm trailer for Death Stranding. We also let our feelings our on Telltale's The Walking Dead Season 3, The Last of Us Part 2, and all that stuff that dropped last week. Kelly loves Let it Die, Norris loves Titanfall 2, and the guys are all excited about the upcoming Metal Gear Marathon. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Strangefellows Brewing's Talisman West Coast Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

12/9/2016 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 48 seconds

Get your homies together, we've got another podcast episode going! This week we're dipping into some true crime, the career paths of police mediums, and give our elevator pitches for our not new screenplay: Air Bud: Most Valuable President. Dave and Norris also realize they have a super power, they both think Titanfall is pretty dope, and Norris discusses his war with Purolator before he gives the latest on his Dishonoring. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Kozel Premium Lager Music by Sebastian Bender

12/2/2016 • 58 minutes, 57 seconds

We write to our favourite dictators this week, in hopes of finding new penpals, before determining what truly does make up "the gamer lifestyle." It was also an Overwatch free weekend, which was getting us ready for some of these sweet sweet Black Friday deals. Mike also gives us the mystical lowdown on one Steven Strange, and Norris lets us know we should never swing our sword in anger, even if you're living in a whalepunk universe. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Innis & Gunn Spiced Rum Aged Porter Music by Sebastian Bender

11/25/2016 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 1 second

Well, it's been a long week. We came together this week, and because it is difficult for anyone to be thinking about anything else, we start off by talking about the election. As a beer and video game podcast that's maybe a weird choice, but, meh. We do talk about beer, and Titanfall, Mass Effect, and Final Fantasy this week too. So it's not all doom and gloom. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: R&B Brewing's Dude Chilling Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

11/11/2016 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 14 seconds

The gang may have forgotten how to open a podcast this week, but they sure didn't forget how to love. Our beer review this episode turns into us discussing the pros and cons of the Vatican City and its basket-based economy, Norris and Dave lay some bets down on the upcoming Hearthstone championship, Dave argues all tax is theft, and Matt explains to us the differences between "Mech" and "Mecha." We also play a long-overdue version of "Some Real, One Fake", this time with the characters of everyone's favourite toy brand/80's cartoon, GI Joe! Turns out, that entire series was absolutely insane! Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Bridge Brewing's Barrel Aged Belgian Red IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

11/4/2016 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 39 seconds

The spice must flow with this season of the pumpkin, and from pumpkin spiced poutine to homemade PSL's the bois at Super Hopped-Up got your back! Mike also lets us know about his boots-on-the-ground experience from the latest Pokemon Sun/Moon demo, which turns into a horror story about Pokemon with human hair. Dave brings us back to the 80's with his Matrix of leadership, and Norris discusses how much he wants a giant robot friend. We then get real deep this week on the announcement of the Nintendo Switch, explain how we think it's going to work, and try to figure out why Norris is so giddy about it. And we also talk about Bethesda's announcement to no longer give out review copies of their games, and why that kind of sucks. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Phillips Brewing Crookeder Tooth Strong Spiced Beer Music by Sebastian Bender

10/28/2016 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 1 second

With all this talk on potential Blizzard announcements, we've got the scoop: Lost Vikings 3 confirmed! We talk up on Overwatch's upcoming character, get giddy on the Red Dead Redemption 2 announcement, and pour one out for Vancouver game studio United Front Games upon their recent closure. Then the Guardians of the Galaxy 2 trailer gets brought up and everything turns into a sprawling, 40 minute discussion on the current state of comic book movies. Turns out? It's all still dumb! Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Parallel 49's Wobblypop Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

10/21/2016 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 57 seconds

The guys shake off the Fall doldrums this week, by drinking some salty beer, getting to the bottom of the deep Transformers fictional universe, and doing their damndest to figure out what's up with Resident Evil 7's rolling demo. We also start getting into the holiday spirit, as we discuss our latest movies watched for "The Month of Horror." Norris is also a virtual hacker, and Kelly still loves Silent Hill. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Tofino Brewing Co's Kelp Stout Music by Sebastian Bender

10/14/2016 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 29 seconds

We go deep into the music this week. Really showcase our established musical critique chops. Lot of talk about favourite concerts, the definition of certain types of rap music, and just generally creeping up to that line of pretentious music dork. But that's basically because we don't have a damn thing to talk about with video games this week. Doesn't stop us from trying though! There's some Paragon talk, some exciting Beyond Good and Evil 2 news, and a hearty look at the dark angry side of video game internet. Oh, and Emery explains to us all the different types of incels! Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Bowen Island's Reef Break Hemp Blonde Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

10/7/2016 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 47 seconds

Hoo boy. Y'all watch that political debate last week? Well for some reason we did, and our seasoned video gamers/political pundits are more than willing to give you our informed opinion! First though, we lament pumpkin spicing, we lament Street Fighter trying to rootkit our PC's, and we lament 2016 in general. But there's some HAWT discourse on politics, and video-game people donating money to politics, which may or may not end with someone invoking Godwin's Law. So that's fun too! Lastly the No Man's Sky saga continutes, whether you wanted it to or not. Catch the political fever! Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Cannery Brewing's Knucklehead Pumpkin Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

9/30/2016 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 20 seconds

This week, for our "Found Book Club", Dave busts off a couple verses from Hardcore Gamin's magnum opus on Tekken 3. Which he found in his apartment lobby. Mike also regales us with his story about being a space man, though it turns out that story's got some second act problems. Dave explains how he got run out of Paragon-town, and Norris tries to explain his dark obsession with Picross. Dave also tales us the odyssey of Digital Homicide this week, and the gang quickly goes through the updates from last week's Tokyo Games Show before talking about what's really important: the World Cup of Hockey. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Hell's Gate Genuine Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

9/23/2016 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 32 seconds

It's all about hot summer jams this week with the gang, as we all get out of our Suicide Squad-themed purple lambo and talk about the hottest summer jams. Like Abba. The movie Baseketball is also brought up for some godforsaken reason, Kelly talks about losing his 'Game of Thrones' TV show virginity, Dave and Kelly hate on Lords of the Fallen, and from the 34:45 mark to 49:10 we talk super spoilery about Inside, so be warned! Dave gushes about his Overwatch weekend, Mike talks about massacring green-shirts in Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander, and Kelly wants to connect threads with Hideo Kojima. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Swan's Blaster Master North American Brett Saison Music by Sebastian Bender

9/16/2016 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 23 seconds

This week our entrenched fashion reporters go undercover to unmask the latest trends in University dork head wear. Then there's some talk on Mario's appearance at this week's Apple conference, the Playstation Pro's appearance at Sony's conference, Sony Hit Squads, and the ensuing console Apocalypse. We're also happy to tentatively announce that we're in the planning stages of the THIRD ANNUAL METAL GEAR MARATHON, with more details to follow in the coming weeks and months. This doesn't stop us from discussing our current training regimen, and fighting like children about the best Metal Gear games. Dave gets salty with Paragon, Norris talks up Tales of Borderlands, and Mike finds out r/kappa isn't (just) p*rnography. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Tofino Brewing Company's Hoppin' Cretin IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

9/9/2016 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 11 seconds

This week on Shock Jock Academy the boys try to figure out how they're gonna prank that young upstart Ira Glass, discuss the Responsible Dad of beers, and make rampant food analogies. Norris also gives his in-progress review of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, which turns into a discussion around what time should be considered too late to put pants on in a given day. Dave gives his monthly fight-game update, and Matt explains to us that the future is both cyberpunk and broken. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Four Wind's Elementary Lager Music by Sebastian Bender

9/2/2016 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 49 seconds

This week, Kelly doesn't like ginger, and that Norris may or may not have eaten soap as a child. After these shocking revelations we have our final discussion (I swear) on No Man's Sky, dish about our issues with Telltale video games, and admit that Bojack Horseman is a pretty great show. Norris also punches deck hard this week, discussing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Deus Ex: Go, and all things techno-noir, including our favourite new derogatory terms for techno-humans. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Phillip's Brewing Ginger Beer Music by Sebastian Bender

8/26/2016 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 16 seconds

Because last week wasn't enough, *this* week we really dig down into Suicide Squad and No Man's Sky, giving you that truly nuanced attention to detail that can only be found by an additional week of painstaking labour. Or we just wanted to make fun of Suicide Squad some more. Which we do this week alongside our special guest Michael Carter, fresh from Bioware Edmonton's secret gaming mines. We talk waaaay more about Suicide Squad, waaaay more about No Man's Sky, and a liiiiittle bit about this new Metal Gear trailer. Also discussed: the untapped sexual potential of Krogans, virtual butt firmness, Daft Punk aliens, and the cerebral bore. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Special Guest, Michael Carter, Bioware Gameplay Designer Beer of the Week: Phillip's Brewing Bizarro Sour Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

8/19/2016 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 50 seconds

The summer movie season's getting red-hot, and our man-on-the-street Matthew Emery is more than ready to get burned. He tells us all about his new favourite film, Suicide Squad, starring his new favourite actor, Jared Leto, detailing all of his favourite moments! Well, that's not actually true. Any of the last sentence, really. But we do talk the hell out of superhero movies, which is apparently the only thing we can all agree to do these days. Some good conversation on Marvel vs DC, Thanos vs Darkseid, and some poorly-utilized sexual metaphors to balance out the band. Afterwards Bill gives us his early preview of No Man's Sky, which obviously turns into a discussion about of how much everyone misses Diablo 2. I don't think this is even a video game podcast anymore, guys. Also some talk on Kelly's fear of dark water, and the triumphant return of Whiskey Watch! Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Bill McDonnell, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Le Trou Du Diable's Four Surfer's of the Apocalypso Music by Sebastian Bender

8/12/2016 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 45 seconds

We toe the line of insufferable craft beer drinkers this week, discussing the ups and downs of what makes a beer snobby, and also whether or not we're beer snobs for talking about beer snobbery. Also our very first installment of Drake and/or Whiskey Watch, we use the term 'aimbot culture', and old man Mike yells about how he got tricked by a movie theatre's Barco Escape. Finally, with the year getting close to that scary "Games are releasing" time, we cast our gaze forward to gauge our apathy for *future* video games! Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Howe Sound Rail Ale Nut Brown Music by Sebastian Bender

8/5/2016 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 40 seconds

Sexy pokemon names, racist beers, and internet political discourse, oh my! This week we've all been watching stuff, including Kelly watching Netflix's Stranger Things, Matt watching ESPN's Made in America, and Dave watching himself grow into a social justice warrior. For real though we have a good talk on Dave's experience with Gone Home, and talk a bit on compact storytelling in gaming. We finish off with the group discussing what came out of last week's Comicon, with the highs and lows of DC and Marvel. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Strange Fellows Guardian White IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

7/29/2016 • 0

VR is cool and all, but is it cool *ON DRUGS*!? We wouldn't know we have neither, but we talk about the idea! In addition to some long conversations on catching all these virtual pokemon, what speed runs really mean to us, and the hype outcome from this past weekend's EVO. Also discussed: Civilation 4 binges, teaching computers how to solve mazes, and Capcom's $25 heard 'round the internet. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Powell Street Brewery's Simcoe Sour Music by Sebastian Bender

7/22/2016 • 0

POKEMON. THEY'RE IN OUR HOMES. STEALING OUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. This week Kelly, the stalwart youth of the gang, tries to explain to all the old men why everyone seems to be trying to "catch them all." Then we talk about beautiful boys, samurai re-tellings of Shakespeare, farting corpses, and the divisive nature of Wes Anderson. For video games, we talk way, way too much about Pokemon, Norris gushes about Inside, and Kelly revels in his anime games. Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Matt Emery, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: BRB Brewing Co's Blonde Ale & Kentucky Common Music by Sebastian Bender

7/15/2016 • 0

This...this was a weird one. We discuss synthetic drugs, garbage-tier fruit, Bill's passion for the agrarian lifestyle, and what can only be called 'cat scat fever.' Then Matt and Norris have a bet about steak houses, Dave lets us in on Street Fighter's rich, intricate storyline, and then it all just goes to hell. Any time we bring up Amazon erotic novels? Just goes straight to hell. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery, Bill McDonnell Beer of the Week: Moon Underwater Brewery's Creepy Uncle Dunkel Music by Sebastian Bender

7/8/2016 • 0

Where were you when the ice cream trucks rebelled? We were podcasting about how our beer is trying to teach us biblical parables, our favourite musicals, Mad Max-brand candy,and min-maxing liquor prices in BC. For video games, Norris brings Doom down on everyone, Kelly's all shiny and chrome in Mad Max, and Dave is trying so hard to believe that this upcoming Street Fighter update isn't just a fever dream. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Beer of the Week: Four Wind's Exil d'Eden Music by Sebastian Bender

7/1/2016 • 0

This week the gang workshops a Rambo film, Dave and Kelly find out their likeness' have been stolen by a beer company, and there's even discussion about super-powered house cats. While we try to always talk about the 'good' in video games, we'd be remissed not to talk about the tire fire that was the launching of Mighty No 9, as well as our confusion towards Resident Evil VII's kinda demo-like thing. Also discussed: the new Pokemon professor looks like he f*cks, the story of Fifty Cent: Blood on the Sand, the Lantern Corps' feelings-based economy, and some amazing kickstarter horror stories. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Moody Ale's Intrepid Matcha Saison Music by Sebastian Bender

6/24/2016 • 0

It's that week where the video game industry finally lets out that long, sustained fart it's been holding in all year. That's right baby E3 fever! We dance along to Ubisoft's madness, discuss the relative merits of genitalia on androids, get utterly bewildered at our excitement of the existence of a new God of War, and try to determine who would win in a fight between David Cage and Hideo Kojima. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Four Winds Sovereign Super Saison Music by Sebastian Bender

6/17/2016 • 0

More Bad Movies! More Good Beer! More Street Fighter News! We stick to what makes us us this week, and do it with aplomb. We continue arguing the lack of merits of X-Men Apocalypse, discuss Warcraft's sad, sad movie, Street Fighter's sad sad month, and The Witcher 3's sad, sad subject matter. Also, with less than a week until the E3 juggernaut drunkenly stumbles its way through the hearts and minds of gamers, we discuss the trickling flow of information that will soon become a torrent. Also butt touching. There are conversations about butt touching. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Main Street Brewing's Belgian Bonzai Music by Sebastian Bender

6/10/2016 • 0

Movies. We've all heard of them. Even watched them from time to time. So sit a spell and listen to us talk about a heckuva lotta movies this week, going over the pains and pleasures of the super hero ouevre, visiting the noir 70's, even going into some true classics. Werner Herzog is also discussed. And Silicon Valley. And Norris plays a game called 'Soft Body' that's rad as hell and you should play. All this and the coffee shakes this week on SHU! Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Bridge Brewing's North Shore Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

6/3/2016 • 0

The E3 train's a'coming, and we know because there's hells of news and rumours out there on the video game internet. Norris also continues lamenting his Day One Xbone, Kelly gets all excited about Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, and Dave somehow sneaks in some talk about Street Fighter. Other topics include that horrible Mighty No 9 trailer, our wavering feelings towards E3, and equal parts gushing and childish bickering about Marvel Civil War. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Driftwood White Bark Witbier Music by Sebastian Bender

5/27/2016 • 0

Holy hell there were games that came out this last week! And news! And even local events! It's a podcast full of things, including where Nathan Drake's long-lost brother's been all these years, whether Lara Croft feels like Drake's biting her style, and what Disney's destruction of its pretty plastic toys might mean for the other pretty plastic toys. Other topics of interest: Dave's humbling Street Fighter Tournament, Kelly's vacation to Hell, and more puns than you can shake a stick at. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Off The Rail Brewery's Raj Mahal India Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

5/20/2016 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 14 seconds

It's too early to be drinking this much beer, you guys. We start this morning podcast by discussing the current state of Vancouver's 'AAA' craft beer scene, and then slide real smoothly into our (hopefully final) discussion of Dark Souls 3. Then there's much talk on how Nathan Drake is the Zodiac Killer, the merits of using poison damage to fight zombies, the latest Hearthstone meta, how virtual gender/dick size in Rust is amazing, and Chris's discomfiting excitement about mustard gas in Battlefield 1. Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Parallel 49 Gypsy Tears Music by Sebastian Bender

5/13/2016 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 17 seconds

This week, the boys childishly mispronounce the name of beers, discuss crossing the finish line on Dark Souls 3, Guile's entrance into the fray, and anime. Oh man, the anime. ...Did you know there are, like, *a dozen* different wrestling animes? And that all of them are probably the best way to make sure your significant other never wants to watch anime again. And then we talk about zombies, Zelda, and a bunch of true-crime documentaries. Go team. Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Steel and Oak Titian Belgian-Style Sour Music by Sebastian Bender

5/6/2016 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 16 seconds

For real, you may think I'm kidding but I'm not: major Downton Abbey spoilers in the first two minutes. Seriously. You've been warned. Once we get past the important Downton Abbey updates, we discuss our thoughts on our good friend Crash Bandicoot's continued disappearance, Dave gives his latest update from the world of Dark Souls, and Mike updates us on the new comings and goings of Hearthstone. Then there's some good talk on our burgeoning dystopian future, as Playstation Neo will be forcing his way into your homes soon! We give our feelings on this new PS4.5, and also talk about how Nintendo kind-of accidentally announced the release date for the NX. So much good news this week! Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Howe Sound Devil's Elbow IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

4/29/2016 • 1 hour, 4 minutes

This week Norris finds out about the TBLOP list, and it changes his life forever. Once we get past discussing the Dark Souls that is our existence, we delve into the Dark Souls that is that hot new video game. It's Dark Souls 3 time y'all! And most of us at SHU are deep in its funk and ready to talk about it. This is a real Souls-centric episode this week, but we also do manage to argue on how dumb Guile looks in the upcoming SF5 update, discuss our gungeoneering experience, and talk about Norris' opening foray into Hyper Light Drifter. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Spinnaker's Coffee Blonde Music by Sebastian Bender

4/22/2016 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 5 seconds

The gang watched Bats V Supes, and surprisingly we have a lot of thoughts on the matter! But first we need to go into some Irish history, make sure we have the appropriate names for drinks, and explain what St. Patrick's Day truly means to us. But then it's all Batman baby. Warning if you haven't seen the Batman film yet and weren't already spoiled by the trailers we do talk about the plot in-depth, so skip to around the 32 minute-mark if you're spoiler averse. We also get into some Salt and Sanctuary (otherwise known, if you've been reading reviews, as '2D Dark Souls'), find out Kelly's Miitomo is spying on him, and how the future of our p*rn is full of virtual headless bodies. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Beer of the Week: Guinness and Okanagan Spring Pale Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

4/15/2016 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 14 seconds

We return with our stunning conclusion to the silly-damn two-part DnD thing we did! Alongside stalwart hosts from ZeroD20, your one-stop shop for dungeons *and* dragons, we try to solve the problems of the weird candy hell we've found ourselves in. There's combat, intrigue, daring, maybe even the occasional laugh! Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright Special Guests: ZeroD20's Jalyn Eutenier and Keltie Forsyth Music by Sebastian Bender

4/8/2016 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 11 seconds

For April Fool's...week, we at Super Hopped-Up thought we'd do something a little different. So we teamed up with Vancouver's favourite geek girl DnD podcast ZeroD20, and thought we'd have ourselves a fantastical one-off roleplay. So this week instead of beer, video games, and general curmudgeonry Kelly and Chris get sent to the sickly-sweet world of Pleasantia, to see how much cumulative damage they can do in as short a time as possible. This is part 1 of the two-part series, with the conclusion coming out next week! And be sure to listen to ZeroD20 for all your DnD needs! Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright Special Guests: ZeroD20's Jalyn Eutenier and Keltie Forsyth Music by Sebastian Bender

4/1/2016 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 22 seconds

It's a mad-house this week, with too many people in the podcast, too many beers to drink, and far too many movies that have the word 'Heat' in them. We also talk about our impending AI-induced apocalypse, now that we can't even play board games against the computer without them winning. We also catch up on all those hot video games we've been playing, including Fire Watch, Rocket League, and some other random nonsense. Also we ask what's worse: millenials or the people who write about millenials, only to find out the answer is 'yes'. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker, Matt Emery, Vince Siu Beer of the Week: The Persephone Hops Pack Music by Sebastian Bender

3/25/2016 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 57 seconds

Really this entire podcast is just a front to sell you one of our wide assortment of knives. Guaranteed never to dull! While drinking down a couple bottles of lemon-and-agave-flavoured urine, the guys this week discuss why you shouldn't have anime bodypillows with pictures of your friends on them, argue about Netflix pandering to us 90's kids, and ask just what's up with Microsoft these days? We also finish off with a modern tale of near-Macbethian tragedy - the story of the Coleco Chameleon. And there's some talk about jrpgs and our wasted youth, to make sure we stick to our bread and butter. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Mariachi! Lager Music by Sebastian Bender

3/18/2016 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 14 seconds

We're sorry to interrupt your podcast listening, but just how happy *are* you with your television service? The boys stunt on some ice cream beer this week, then dig deep into Nintendo's latest Direct. It's all Horse Solitaire all the time! Also discussed, how the UDraw Tablet killed THQ, our love of Kirby, ruinous video game bugs, narcing on people in Street Fighter 5, and what to do when documentaries make you cry. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: New Belgium's Ben and Jerry's Salted Caramel Brownie Brown Ale Music by Sebastian Bender

3/11/2016 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 57 seconds

Where were you when the great waifu war began? This week, after our requisite food truck discussion, we have Professor Benoit quell his internal screaming long enough to try and teach us scrubs some more Street Fighter. Then...then we talk about Persona for a while. I want to say it doesn't get weird up in here, but it really, totally does. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Benoit Busque Beer of the Week: Brassneck Stockholm Syndrome Saison Music by Sebastian Bender

3/3/2016 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 1 second

It's the week after the most exciting release of 2016. That's right Cookie Clicker 2 has dropped! And we're here for all your idling needs. Also Street Fighter 5 is out, kinda, and we have on two of the closest thing to experts on the game I could find to teach us all how not to jump into uppercuts. There's fight-talk aplenty this week as the guys dissect the pros and cons of the game, how to get into the genre, what got them into the genre, and just a whole ton on fight games in general. There's also a bit of talk on Deadpool, both the movie and the character, and how the internet kind of ruins everything good. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe, Benoit Busque Beer of the Week: Unibroue's Éphémère Apple Music by Sebastian Bender

2/26/2016 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 45 seconds

This week we speak with our esteemed guest Mr Jack Shirai about the current state of the MMO genre, in between complaints about beer and the errors in judgement of Darth Vader. We do our best to answer the question 'Hey guys, what happened to Asheron's Call ?' while also goofin' on the puzzle preferences of pirates, fast blue hedgehogs, and Kelly's dark, Smash-Mouthed past. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker Guest: Jack Shirai, Celebrated Technologist and MMO Whisperer Beer of the Week: Bomber Brewing's Apex Barleywine Music by Sebastian Bender

2/19/2016 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 41 seconds

I think it's pretty safe to say if you're a part of a podcast you looked like a dork in high school. This week, Dave tries to explain to us Phish Phandom, we review Serial Season 2, and dive into Helldivers. Chris also bears Witness, Dave gets downright giddy about Street Fighter, and Kelly says a bunch of words about Jojo's Bizarre Adventure that sound like a person having a fit. Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, David Beebe Beer of the Week: Old Yale Brewing's Screaming Banshee Stout

2/12/2016 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 17 seconds

This week we're joined by Keir Miron, programmer for Darkest Dungeon. So of course we ask him endless questions about video games that he didn't work on. Well that's not entirely true, we do talk a hell of a lot about Darkest Dungeon this week, but also fashion tips, Firewatch, and fighting games. Alliteration! Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Benoit Busque Guest: Keir Miron, Programmer for Red Hook Studios, Makers of Darkest Dungeon

2/4/2016 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 47 seconds

Do *you* know the tell-tale signs of Fallout addiction? Listen inside to find out if your son and/or daughter is an addict! Our professionalism is showcased this week as our guest cancels at the 11th hour and we scramble for some hot replacement topics, including our appreciation for Darkest Dungeon, and our...unappreciation for Starcraft 2's narrative. Also apparently everyone's just watching bad TV these days. Beer of the Week: Tree Brewing's Knox Mountain Brown Ale Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Mike Parker

1/28/2016 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 34 seconds

With the soft launch of this, your new favourite podcast about topics that *no one else* has ever before done a podcast on, we jump right into the thick of it by giving our opinions on artisinal weed strains, competitive Bloodborne, and the pronunciation of 'dirigible.' But we're not all about floating vehicles and their gaseous mixtures here at SuperHU, we're also about video games involving cats, Nano Bees, and David Bowie. And hating David Cage. And Cloud Strife's milk-carton arms. And more! Beer of the Week: Dageraad Brewing's Londen Hosts: Chris Norris, Kelly Wright, Matt Emery Guest: Benoit "This is a Setup" Busque, Game Designer

1/21/2016 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 25 seconds