Super Hopped-up

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) pornography. Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Beer of the Week: Tofino Brewing Company's Hoppin' Cretin IPA Music by Sebastian Bender

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