Hopped-Up Gaming: East

The HUGE Crew continues their journey throughout the cosmos with another interstellar instalment of Trek Tropes. That's right! We're still watching Star Trek and then talkn' about Star Trek! On this week's episode of the podcast The HUGE Crew discusses the "Time Travel" Trope and decides which episode did it best! The episodes being judged this week are:   TNG   - Cause and Effect (S5 E15) DS9 - T...

The HUGE Crew braves the unknown and tackles a topic that they have only seldom come up against: Star Trek. That's right! We're watching Star Trek and then talkn' about Star Trek! On this week's episode of the podcast The HUGE Crew discusses the "Court Room" Trope and decides which episode did it best! The episodes being judged this week are:     TOS - Court Martial (S1 E14)   TNG - Measure of a M...

It's time to get back to the basics! Come join Ben, Tim, Matt, and Evan as they talk about beer and video games! And some movies too! And I guess a tv show? Look, there's a lot stuff they talk about. Some of which includes: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Legend of Zelda TotK, Final Fantasy XVI, Dave The Diver, The Mandalorian, Star Trek Resurgance, and more! Come back next week when we...

It's time for our final foray as freelance finders of fickle clues! Come join Matt, Dyan, and Tim as they play their last case of Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective. Will we beat The HUGE Crew's current high score? Or will we fundamentally misunderstand the case and be given the boot by Sherlock? Come back next week for a regular Beer and Video Games podcast! See ya then!

Oi! The HUGE Crew 'er at it again' as they continue their careers as Baker Street Irregulars! On this week's episode the gang plays the next case in the game "Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective". Can Ben, Matt, and Evan figure out who's behind the mysterious disaperance of their fellow co-hosts? Come find out!

Blimly! It's a new episode of Hopped-Up Gaming: East! Come join The HUGE Crew as they begin their new careers as Baker Street Irregulars! On this week's episode the gang plays game "Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective". Can Ben, Matt, Evan, and Dylan solve the murder of General Armstead faster than the world famous dectective himself? Come find out!

Another series of suffering is over as we see Worst of the Best come to a close! It's back to our regularly scheduled programming this week as Ben, Tim, and Evan beat the heat by talking about movies, videos games, and everything in between!  I (Matthew) wasn't on the show this week, but according to the notes I have in front of me it seems that the boys talked about: Fast X, Spider-Man Across the...

The deluge of detritus doesn't deter our dashing delegation of dudes, as Evan, Ben, and Tim don their suspiciously ski-googles like visors and deep dive into the world of Crysis.   (Sorry we're late on this one, go watch Across the Spiderverse!)

It is unclear if the The HUGE Crew are capable of playing good video games anymore... This week on the podcast we have another Worst of the Best for you! The gang has played and will be discussing Mass Effect: Andromeda. Is it as bad as people say it is? Is it worse than people think? Is it the worst Mass Effect game? Listen to find out!

Illness, bad weather, moving, birthday parties, and pretty much anything else you can think of have tried to stop this week's podcast! But nothing can stop Tim and Evan from talking about all the junk that got them through the week!  This week on the podcast you can expect to hear about: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, The Super Mario Bros. movie, and more!...

Hello there folks! It's time for a new month of experiments from The HUGE Crew! This week we kick off our next project: "Worst of the Best"! What is this strange new thing I hear you asking? Well I'm glad you asked! In "Worst of the Best" the host presents a game that they think is the worst entry in an otherwise great series. The group discuess the pitch and eventually puts it to a vote! Our firs...

The HUGE Crew is finally done with Dead Space 3! We've gathered the survivors to meet up and do a regular podcast about beer and video games before we dive into this month's new project. This week on the podcast Evan, Tim, and Matthew talk about: John Wick 4, The Mario Movie, Evil Dead Rise, Stellaris: Ghost Signal, Mortal Kombat 11, Magic The Gathering, and more! Come back next week and join us f...

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Misery loves company, which is unfortunate because all of the supporting characters died this week! Come listen to The HUGE Crew continue their exploration of Dead Space 3 and find out who's resolve will be the first to break? At least we're done with all the mountain climbing and side missions the game has to offer... right? Chapters covered this week: Chapter 11 though Chapter 15 If you would li...

The HUGE Crew continues their deep space exploration of Dead Space 3! This week the gang repairs a shuttle, discovers that side quests are not great , and also learns the horrifying truth about snow suit insulation.  Is this where the fun begins? We are begining to have our doubts... Chapters covered this week: Chapter 6 though Chapter 10 If you would like to follow along at home, make sure to pla...

The HUGE Crew has finally embarked on their HUGE Boys Book Club playthrough of Dead Space 3! Is this game a burried gem? Or should it have left burried under the snowy landscape of Tau Volantis? Come listen and find out! This week the gang explores Chapter 1 through Chapter 5. If you would like to follow along at home, make sure to play from Chapter 6 through Chapter 10 for next week's episode!

After an absoultely  unprecedented  run of 433 episodes, Season 2 of Hopped-Up Gaming: East has finally run its course, and has come to an end. Time for Season 3 baby! We'll be changing things up a bit moving forward, and we're super excited for what's coming and for all of you to come along for the ride. It's going to be a great year! Match of the Batch theme: "Wild Wild Wild WILD West" Do you wa...

If you're reading this message, then SOON you'll be listening to a brand new, HUGE episode, featuring Matt, Ben, & Tim and their best "Workout Beers"! This week Tim regales us with the tale of his first Final Girl victory, Matt takes an ill-fated trip to an arcade, and Ben whips out his deck and starts waving it around in front of everyone. PROGRAMMING NOTE: Starting next week we'll be uploading o...

COMING together to forge Epsiode 483 this week are Tim, Dylan, Evan, and Matt. They've got brews of blackest night, and a whole weeks worth of games, movies, and TV tomfoolery to discuss. Tim finally got to play some Final Girl, Evan finished off that RE8 DLC, Dylan's been playing some multiplayer games and Matt, well, Matt just wrote "MAGIC CARDS" so I hope he's doing okay.   Match of the Batch:...

IS there a better 1996 movie than Dragonheart? Well, yeah, Fargo, that's why we said 2nd Best! Join Ben, Dylan, Evan, and Matt as they fall down the anime rabbit hole, discuss Michael Jackson's oft forgotten latent transformer abilities, Joe Pesci's inverted ponytail, and the many faces of The Witness in Destiny 2's latest expansion! MotB Theme: Dragon Fire  Beer Featured: Winter Wizard, Drag'n An...

THREE podcast hosts enter the ring with a Ketamine King Kobra, a DMT Giraffe, and a Cocaine Bear, who emerges victorious? You're guess is as good as mine, I wasn't on this episode! Join Dylan, Evan, and Tim as they embark on a journey filled with exotic wildlife and even more exotic pharmaceuticals, and probably a video game or two, too.   Match of the Batch Theme: Explore the Unknown   Do you wan...

The winter SEASON has arrived in force, so the HUGE Crew have settled in, got cozy, and watched  a lot of TV and movies, including Puss & Boots, Knock at the Cabin, and Dark (and Season 3 of Picard, I guess, for some reason)! Ben has been keeping warm at the fireside of frustration dealing with Hollow Knight's more difficult gauntlets, and the gang uses the buggy mess that is Earth Defense Force:...

Match of the Batch makes its triumphant return this week, with the somewhat befuddling theme of "I'm your new drummer." What could it mean?? Ben, Evan, Matt, and Tim try to answer that question, as well as discuss their (mis)adventures of the week, featuring discussion of Hollow Knight, genocidal court jesters, and the increasingly ridiculous costs of gathering all that magic. Featured Beers: Good...

Ben, Matt, and Tim are here to help you weather an auditory storm of our own creation as Matt unleashes his new soundboard on the world. We're sorry. He's not, but we are. MotB still in between season hibernation, but we did have a few drinks! Specifically: The Instigator, West Coast IPA Offerman Edition Lagavulin Nanaimo Imperial Stout Do you want to see Ben dodge 200 lighting bolts in Final Fant...

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