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  • Tanked Up 127 – Open Worlds and 80s Procedurals

    Ben and Aadil get into a lot this week. Starting with an update on Picross Luna they move quickly into open world discussions talking The Witcher 3, Red Dead Redemption, Wildlands, The Division and The Crew 2. Ben chats around the feel of The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit...
  • Tanked Up 124 – Agent Celeste

    Thinking they’d just do a quick episode after the football Ben and Lucy kick off with a quiz. They manage to hit their stride to discuss Lucy’s recent beer adventures and Ben’s bender of a Stag weekend. Then after several own goals and both pre-recording beers and the first...
  • Tanked Up 122 – Yoku’s E3 Express

    Ben and Lucy return to discuss their highs of E3 and the games they’ve been finding time for at this super busy time of year. Lucy has a few games to chat through in Hollow Knight, Shape of the World and Yoku’s Island Express. Ben’s only found time for...
  • Tanked Up 120 – Quantum Circular: Curse of Andromeda

    We have a big discussion around the new short, narrative experience from Bithell Studio, ‘Quarantine Circular’. It then does well at creeping its way into almost everything else we discuss this week. Lucy also chats Shift Quantum, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon and Castlevania whilst Ben’s been battling against...
  • Tanked Up 114 – Unsettling games and scary beer tax breaks

    Once again Ben and Lucy delve into the world of video games whilst supping some excellent beers. We start with some beer chat, tax breaks and the price of a pint. Ben’s played the first add-on for Assassin’s Creed Origins ‘The Hidden One’s’. Lucy has sunk some time into...
  • Tanked Up 111 – Retreading Recent Ground

    There’s talk of beers and talk of videogames as Ben and Lucy delve into an advertising faux pas, Florence (again), Shadow of the Colossus (again), Telltale Batman (again) and finish on something new in Octahedron. Go here if you haven’t seen the advert: https://news.sky.com/story/heineken-advert-branded-terribly-racist-over-lighter-is-better-tagline-11307349 Ben drinks a Lost and Found...
  • Tanked Up 104 – Playing Streets of Rage at Wiper and True

    Ben and Aadil went on a little day trip to the Wiper and True tap room to sample some of their and some of Partizan Brewing’s beers. This included the collaboration ‘Smoking Jacket’ Porter and the beer Ben drinks during the episode the ‘Phantasmagoria’ IPA from Wiper and True....
  • Tanked Up 98 – Samus Reigns

    The chat starts with the new sequel/expansion of the swipey-monarch game: Reigns – Her Majesty. We talk about Metroid: Samus Returns, the wonder/pain of 3D, the best mario, Doki Doki Literature Club, Marvel’s Netflix series, Emperor Doom. Aadil and Ben start off with the “Wylam” session IPA ‘Swipe Right....
  • Tanked Up, Good Chemistry and Chance & Counters get smashed part 2

    Part 2 of the greatest collaboration of the year. We’ve another very beer filled two hours for you. Don’t worry it doesn’t affect our ability to be eloquent, concise and stay on topic at all.  But we drink more, more than we’ve ever drank before on the show. We...