Hopped-Up 64

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 Parag...

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 pol...

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...

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 spoiler...

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 META...

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 upd...

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 tech...

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 tal...

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 t...

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 ge...

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 Stree...

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 g...

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...

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....

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 dum...

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-dept...

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 Kelti...

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 t...

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...

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 a...

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 documen...

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...

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...

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, Ke...

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 Nor...