Super Hopped-up

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 porn 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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