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  • Tears of the Darkest Cryptmaster (Tanked Up 369)

    26/05/2023
    Lucy and Ben return to share some beers and chat about games, but of course, they start on a tangent and discuss The Simpsons and onion rings. Both have new games to talk about! Lucy shares her initial thoughts on The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom and...

  • The Case of Sentimentality (Tanked Up 368)

    19/05/2023
    Lucy’s been playing The Spider of Lanka DLC for The Case of the Golden Idol, which has some excellent screenshots. Ben has been playing Demos but instead talks about Life is Strange: True Colours. This brings on a discussion of shedding nostalgia and embracing sentimentality with a chat about...

  • Microsoft will Street Fight Everyone (Tanked Up 366)

    03/05/2023
    Aadil joins Ben for a beer and to chat about hot news and big game demos. Ben leads with thoughts on the incredibly polished Viewfinder demo and rolls into discussing a campaign and a baby mode for Street Fighter 6. Aadil brings the news of Microsoft’s failed ActiBlizzKing acquisition....

  • Tanked Up 297 – The games we want from 2022

    07/01/2022
    As is customary for our first episode of the year we discuss the upcoming games we are looking forward to. As Aadil is in Canada we’re joined by Adam. We also chat Elite Dangerous, Blasphemous, Aspire: Inas Tale and Wytchwood. To drink Lucy has a traditional ale from Lymestone...

  • Tanked Up 280 – A chat with Auroch Digital

    10/09/2021
    This week Ben and Lucy are joined by Peter and Andres from Auroch Digital to chat about the Bristol game dev studio and their upcoming game Brewmaster, a chemistry-based home brewing sim. We delve into Brewmaster, its inspirations, the scientific approach and what to expect from the game. We...

  • Tanked Up 276 – When quests don’t proc you feel a Hollow Knight

    13/08/2021
    This week Lucy and Ben delve into what they’ve been playing. Lucy kicks off the show chatting Hollow Knight, then talks Unavowed, Omno, Inbento and Within the Blade. Both Lucy and Ben have played a little of The Ramp and Ben has been blasting through Gravity Rush 2. They...

  • Tanked Up 269 – Being Chivalrous to the open world

    25/06/2021
    This week Lucy is having a rest so we drag Adam kicking and screaming back to join us. Not really, he really wanted to talk about Chivarly 2. Aadil played through A Night Before The Deadline on stream and has thoughts he wants to share, and Ben has been...

  • Tanked Up 267 – Elite IPAness: Odyssey

    11/06/2021
    Its a tap takeover of sorts as Adam joins us once again. He wants to chat through Elite Dangerous and its newest expansion, Odyssey. We give him the episode to describe the game, the new updates, and what Frontier Developments have done across the games 6 years. We also...

  • Tanked Up 259 – The Glass House of Vault City

    16/04/2021
    Check us out! Two amazing guests in a row. This week we’re joined by Lauren Aitkin from VG24/7. She lets us know what gaming has been like since being on maternity leave and it’s pretty medieval. We chat AC Valhalla, Crusader Kings 3 and CD Projekt Reds issues. Lucy...