Pixels & Pints

Tom, Dan and Pete take a wander through previous games that delivered the goods despite lacklustre trailers that really didn't spark much interest.Beers reviewed this episode: Bacchus Brewing - Toblerale - Barleywine - 14% Boatrocker Brewers - Roasty Toasty - Imp. Brown Ale - 9.8%

All the latest news and reviews, from No Man's Sky's Orbital update to the release of Ghostbusters Frozen Empure and Dragon's Domga 2, we cover it all!Beers Reviewed This Episode: Akasha Brewing - Canada Bay XPA Slow Lane Brewing - Jagged Little Pils - Pilsner Freshwater Brewing Co. - Stay Salty - Gose Akasha Brewing - Hopsmith IPA Black Hops Brewing - G.O.A.T. - NEIPA Fox Friday Brewing - False Start - IPA Bridge Road Brewers - Eggster - Dark Ale Garage Project - Escape From the Temple of Haze - NEIPA

Dan, Tom and Pete sit down and review Dune Part 2 in detail, covering plot, acting, cinematography, score, costuming and special FX - almost like professionals!Beers reviewed this episode: Slow Lane Brewing - Taken - Imp. Stock Ale - 10.8% Boatrocker Brewers - Ramjet (2017) - Russian Imp. Stout - 13.6%

From the latest game releases to reviews of True Detective S4, LX2048 and The Exorcist: Believer, Tom, Dan and Pete sit down and go over recent video games, movies and TV shows so you don't have to! Beers Reviewed This Episode: Mountain Culture Beer - Lauter - Pilsner Philter Brewing - Watermelon Hibiscus Pash - Berliner Weisse Sunday Road Brewing - Samba Passionfruit - Sour Yulli's Brews - Smoked Mango Chilli - Sour Seeker Brewing - Pine Lime Icecream Sour Squinters Brewing - Aunty Sally's Mixed Berry Sour Seeker Brewing - Pine Lime Icecream Sour Ekim Brewing - Longboat Lager Bracket Brewing - East Side - NEIPA Kaiju! - Pleazure Kruze - Hazy Pale Ale Bracket Brewing - West Side - WCIPA Squinters Brewing - Drop Your Daiquiris - Sour

Responding to David Jaffe, director of the original God of War, we explore character development in video games as the core driving force behind their success.Beers reviewed this episode: Brick Lane Brewing - Smoking Gun - Imperial Stout - 10.6% Boatrocker Brewers - Coffee Ramjet (2019) - Imperial Stout - 11.2% Small Gods - The Tun - Imperial Stout - 10.0%

Our first ep in our new format, we cover all the latest news and our reviews of popular movies, tv shows and video games, all while reviewing some awesome Aussie craft beer!Beers Reviewed This Episode: Maggie Island Brewing - Holiday XPA - 4.5% Rusty Penny Brewing - Coffee Coconut Pale Ale - 5.8% Garage Project - Chipper - Hazy Pale - 5.0% Freshwater Brewing - Freshie Hazy - Hazy Pale - 4.4% BrewDog - Hop Fiction - Hazy Pale - 4.0% Big Shed - People's Brew - NEIPA - 6.5% Brouwerij Boon w\ Mikkeller - Frederiksdal Oude - Lambic - 6.5% Yulli's Brews - Amanda Mandarin IPA - 6.7% Waitoa - Firstlight - NEIPA - 6.7% The Grifter Brewing - Big Sur - IPA - 6.7% Bright Brewery - M.I.A. I.P.A. - 6.5% Waitoa - Afterglow - NEIPA - 6.7%

Ushering in 2024 with a bang Dan, Tom and Pete cover the latest news including big fines for Sony, the release of Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall Unity, and AI taking over the world! We cover the latest movie trailers (for the last time!), Dan runs us through his favourites for 2023, before we sit down and cover Rebel Moon in gory detail!Beers Reviewed This Episode: Slow Lane & One Drop - Drop It Slow - Farmhouse Ale - 6.2% Mountain Culture & Sierra Nevada - Summer Pale Ale - 5.6% Small Gods Brewing - Hark! - Imperial Stout - 9.3% Small Gods Brewing - Rejoice! - Imperial Stout - 9.0% Hawkers Beer - Apple Brandy Barrel Aged Strong Ale '23 - 10.5% Deeds Brewing - Silent Town - Imperial Stout - 12.7%

Getting in just before New Years, Tom and Pete sit down to cover the last of the news for 2023, review Dumb Money, Pain Hustlers, and the four new Doctor Who specials, plus a really terrible (420) movie, and then finally give a wrap on the best that 2023 had to offer in TV, movies and video games, along with what they’re looking forward to in 2024.Beers Reviewed This Episode: Good Folk Brewing Co - Native Sour - Berliner Weisse - 6.6% Maggie Island Brewery - Maggies Mid - Lager - 3.5% Garage Project - Cali Daze - Pale Ale - 4.6% White Bay Beer Co - Snake Farm - WCIPA - 6.0% Bracket Brewing - Turn On - Hazy Pale - 5.2% Deeds Brewing - Outrun - Hazy DIPA - 8.2% Seeker Brewing - The 12 Hops of Christmas - Hazy IPA - 7.7% Hawkers Beer - Four Seasons: Summer - WCIPA - 6.0%

After covering the news, we dive into in-depth reviews of Return to Moria and The Creator before launching into our main topic - completely unique gaming experiences. Beers Reviewed This Episode: Sobremesa Fermentary & Blendary - Al Dente - Sour - 5.8% Molly Rose - Raspberry Lamington - Sour - 4.0% Molly Rose - Lime & Jalapeno Lounge - Radler - 2.9% Dangerous Ales - Phantasm Boi - Thiolized Lager - 5.0% New England Brewing - Dapper - ESB - 5.5% Archer Brewing - Crystal Lager - Vienna Lager - 4.8% Bracket Brewing - This is the Way - WCIPA - 6.2% Chur Brewing - Tangerine Dream - Brut IPA - 5.8% Aether Brewing - WCIPIA - 6.0% Temple Brewing - Grizzly Tales - American Brown Ale - 5.4% Sailors Grave - God Save The Sponge - Smoothie Sour - 7.0%

As an extension of recent episodes, we thought we'd cover off some of the TV shows, movies and video games that we use as palate cleansers between AAA titles.Beers reviewed this episode: Hawkers Beer - '3 Maple Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout - 11.8% Deeds Brewing - The Third Horseman ('21) - Imperial Stout - 10% Dainton Beer - Darklord - Imperial Stout - 10%

With the long-running SAG-AFTRA strikes, we'll undoubtedly be facing a huge gap in movie and TV show content (or at least GOOD content) sometime in the near future. We focus our attention in this Up Late on all the TV, movies and video games in our backlog we'll be able to work through as a result.Beers reviewed this episode: Bright Brewery - Stubborn Imperial Stout (2023) - 16.0% One Drop Brewing - Ranniku Antipodean Nordic Stout - 12.5% Bracket Brewing - The Juggernaut - Triple NEIPA - 10.3%

After reviewing the latest TV shows and movies like Ahsoka, Wheel of Time, The Continental and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1, we settle in our major topic for the episode - video game companions that either contribute to or reuin the game.Beers Reviewed This Episode: SIx String Brewing - Hard Lemonade - 5.0% New England Brewing - Marmo - Italian Pilsner - 4.5% Gypsy Fox Brewing - Hopocrisy Pink Boots - NEPA - 5.0% Molly Rose Brewing - Why Not a Brown Ale - 6.5% (Pete) Garage Project - Immense World - Pilsner - 6.0% Freshwater Brewing - Duke's Pilsner - 5.0% Molly Rose Brewing - Why Not a Brown Ale - 6.5% (Dan) One Drop - Dark Harp - Black IPA - 6.7% Five Barrel Brewing - Possum Paradise - White IPA - 6.0% Wooden Axe Brewing - Phase 2 - Black Rye IPA - 6.5% Seeker Brewing - Sonic Boom Double WCIPA - 8.4% New England Brewing - Mud Map Hazy IPA - 6.6%

What game mechanics ruined otherwise great games? After covering the latest pop-culture news, reviewing some recent shows such as Foundation and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, and then discussing some of the latest movie and tv show trailers, we sit down and discuss exactly this.Beers Reviewed This Episode: Freshwater Brewing - Wedge Cerveza - Lager - 4.6% Gypsy Fox Brewing - Hoptimism - Pilsner - 5.2% The Zythologist - Rubidium - Sour - 5.6% Southern Highlands Brewing - Ronin - Japanese DIPA - 7.0% Temple Brewing - Weston St - DDH IPA - 6.4% Six String Brewing - Hazy Pale Ale - 5.0% Garage Project - Descent to the Dungeon of Dankness - IPA - 6.5% Dangerous Ales - Double Bock - Doppelbock - 7.0% One Drop Brewing - Madzilla - Red IPA - 6.2% Molly Rose Brewing - Crowd Goes Mild - English Mild - 3.8% Alice Springs Brewing - Stout - 4.2% Dainton Beer - Island Jam - NEIPA - 6.7% Seeker Brewing - Cruisin' for a Good Pine - Milkshake Pale - 5.6%

With Dan gallivanting the world again, Pete & Tom are joined by recurring guest Ed to talk all things games. From the release of Baldur's Gate 3 to Gamescom 23 to the latest updates to the Unreal Engine, we eventually settle in for a deep dive on RPGs in the context of both Starfield being released and Tom working his way through Skyrim (and towards his 100th Plat!)Beers Reviewed this Ep: Cheeky Monkey - Hazy Pale Ale - 4.0% Seeker Brewing - HBC522 West Coast Pilsner - 5.8% Slow Lane - Woodchip - Table Beer - 3.5% Hargreaves Hill - Naughty - Schwarzbier - 5.0% Garage Project - Cereal Milk Stout - 4.7% Freestyle Brewing - Majic Juice - NEIPA - 5.6% Hawkers Beer - Fashionably Punctual - WCIPA - 6.5% Hawkers Beer - Trio of Dips (US) - WCIPA - 6.5% Mountain Culture & Balter - Anna - WCIPA - 7.0% Mountain Culture & Balter - Elsa - WCIPA - 7.6% Nail Brewing - Red Carpet - Imperial Red Ale - 8.4% Hawkers Beer - White Stout - 6.0%

With Disney's announcement they will cease selling physical media in Australia, including Star Wars and Marvel mocies., we sit down to discuss whether this is the fist sign of the death of physical media for Aussie's more generally, the sudden ability for studios to permanently bury something just to avoid paying licensing fees & royalties, and where it all might be heading.Beers reviewed this episode: Six String Brewing - Wet, Wet, Wet Hop Pale Ale - 4.6% White Bay Beer - Up Top - Czech Pilsner - 5.0% One Drop Brewing - Hit Me Up - DIPA - 8.0% The Zythologist - Bromium - English Brown Ale - 4.1% New England Brewing - Marmo - Italian Pilsner - 4.5% One Drop Brewing - Hellenic Lager - 5.0% Black Hops Brewing - Code Red - Red IPA - 6.2% Six String Brewing - In Bloom Honey IPA - 6.4% One Drop Brewing - Bee Line - Imperial Pastry Stout - 10.8% Hawkers Beer - Oaty McOatface - Oatmeal Stout - 8.0% Shout Brewing - Left On - Red IPA - 6.3%

Join us in this Up Late as Dan and Pete take a deep dive into our favourite science fiction movies of all time, spread across 9 sub-genres of SciFi.Beers reviewed this episode: Boatrocker Brewers - Ramjet (2022) - Imperial Stout - 11.1% Beerfarm - Talk to the Palm - Imperial Stout - 8.5%

Returning to our usual programming, we kick off with some rather controversial Witcher S3 commentary before moving into reviews of The Flash, Good Omens S2, Secret Invasion and True Detective S3. Flying past a number of trailers to upcoming movies we're holding out for, we slam into our main topic for the episode - how action movies have evolved since the 90s in order to stay alive and relevant. Beers reviewed this episode: Hop Nation - Pigdog NZ Pilsner - 5.0% Molly Rose Brewing - Heaps Mandarin - Radler - 2.9% Seeker Brewing - Sapphire Coast Wet Hop Hazy - 5.4% Deeds Brewing - Schadenfreude - Wheat Beer - 5.0% Molly Rose Brewing - Short & Stout - Stout - 4.3% Yulli's Brews - Kuro Black Rice Lager - 5.0% Bracket Brewing - Red Ker-Plonk! - Red IPA - 6.5% Moon Dog - Almost Cannolo - Pastry Sour - 7.5% Fox Friday Craft - Trust, But Verify - Black IPA - 7.3% Philter Brewing - Super Cool Lager - 4.2% Sailors Grave - Hanabi - Dark Lager - 5.0%

Our very first Pixels & Pints: Up Late episode! This new format will be mixed in with our usual recordings, but is shorter, punchier, and focuses in on just one topic. And for our very first of these recordings, we couldn't go past taking a deeeeeep dive into Star Wars Jedi Survivor!Beers reviewed this episode: Bad Shepherd Brewing - Imperial Stout - 9.2% Little Bang Brewing - IRA - 6.0% Hawkers Beer - Four Seasons: Winter - Triple IPA - 10.0%

The FTC won't let me be me, so we instead discuss Wither Season 3, Jack Ryan S4, and a tonne of trailers before firing up our hate-glands to discuss our biggest pet peeves of video game design!Beers reviewed this episode: Reckless Brewing - Red IPA - 6.5% Reckless Brewing - BX Old - Dark Ale - 4.4% Deeds Brewing - Midnight Rain - Schwarzbier - 4.9% Bad Shepherd - American Red - Red Ale - 5.0% Seeker Brewing - Ben & Jeffrey's Mint Choc Cookie Ice Cream Stout - 8.4% Burnley Brewing - Coffee Brown Ale - 5.7% Dainton Beer - Red Dragon - Red IPA - 6.5% Good Land Brewing - Gezellig - Imperial Stout - 11.4%

From our initial thoughts of the Apple Vision Pro to reviews of American Born Chinese, Hypnotic, Ted Lasso Season 3 and the Silo series, we predictably give over most of our episode to discussing all the games announced, showcased and demoed at this years games conferences that excited us (Summer Game Fest, Xbox Games Showcase, Ubisoft Forward and the Playstation Showcase) - we discuss 19 games, to be precise. That's probably 16 more games than we've ever discussed in a single show before! Probably.Beers reviewed this episode: Seeker Brewing - Unicorn NEIPA - 7.2% Sailors Grave - It's a Big Dill - Gose - 5.2% Sailors Grave - Dark Emu - Dark Lager - 4.8% Garage Project - Hazy Daze: Sabro, Strata, Simcoe - Hazy Pale - 5.8% Rocky Ridge - Frootie & The Blowfish - Smoothie Sour - 8.0% Beerfarm - Botanical Citrus Gose - 4.0% Newstead Brewing - Yo Ho! Rum Porter - 9.9% Grifter Brewing - Iron Wizard - Cascadian Dark Ale - 6.4% Seeker Brewing - Pinkity Drinkity - Berliner Weisse - 5.5% Range Brewing - Mi