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That's this podcast. This week, we try to remember how to podcast. Matt doesn't care for the Olympics, Norris extolls the need for a secret police, Mike doesn't want people to be rats, and Steph wants to set the horse girls free. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
Shields will shatter; blades will bleed. This week the crew takes our favourite games of 2025 and determines, THROUGH THE POWER OF SCIENCE AND FRIENDSHIP, the game of the year. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
Come join us for (oh jesus) *over two and a half hours* as we talk up our favourite games of 2025! Then tune in next week as we fight to the death for our group GOTY! Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
To be fair who doesn't. This week Dave becomes the podcast's Official JRPG Guy, Mike escapes the math planet, and Norris talks about his favourite 6/10 games. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe
We pickin' games! Game choices 2026! Come follow along as we make well-reasoned and smart decisions about what gaming in 2026 is going to look like. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
I'd be crazy not to take that action. This week the gang discusses: Mike's worrying Factorio addiction. Steph's worrying Dispatch addiction. Norris' overall opinion on the French, and Dave's fear of Blue Prince. We also make some very normal bets. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan Music by David Beebe
On the first GotM of 2026, we talking Arco! An indie darling about getting repeatedly shot to death. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
We close out the year doing what we do best: talking about RAM. We also look back at 2025 a bit, look forward to 2026 a bit, and talk about some last minute holiday gaming. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
Who let these two clowns run an episode. We talk about our Beautiful AI Future, Matt getting sucked into Wrath of the Righteous, and Norris confirming that even decades later Life Is (still) Strange. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
This week the gang solves the video game industry, talk on the Game Awards a bit, and invent the perfect Dating Game. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
A hero for some. This week we're talking about cute choo-choo Lego, running a small antique shop, and our distrust of the French. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
God DAMN these gods are horny. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
This week we're talking about cool little puzzles we like to play on our various devices. And also emulating the classics. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
At this time of year, At this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within Geoff Keighley's mind. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
Which is an understandable request. This week, the gang talks about software emulation, Microsoft kinda just giving up, how much Super Mario World rules, Arc Raiders, and how AI is gonna kill us all. Also you (yes you) should play Strange Antiquities. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
Who's that out my window screaming at me to look out side. I will never look outside. This week we're talking Look Outside, the result of mixing Earthbound, Junji Ito, and Charles Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
A real greasy grabber. This week the gang is about baseball, we're about Hades 2, and we're about horror movies. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
He's not! People need to stop saying it! This week, there's some Blue Jays talk, some Look Outside talk, and some Hades 2 talk. We also discuss video game difficulty and the heated race that is the Hopped-Up Fantasy Critic competition. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
Gregorian Grind. This week we talk about Look Outside, Hades 2, dubstep, rap history, Taylor Swift, dumb guys trying to sound like smart guys, and a bunch of horror films. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
Headed to Dreamforce (Oct 14–16)? In 30 minutes, Salesforce's David Beebe breaks down: RCA now: 6 releases, faster UX, upgraded constraint builder Revenue Cloud Billing: what's new + why demand is spiking Unified CPQ + Billing: fewer errors, faster cycle time Pricing & AI/Agents: usage-based, analytics, interoperability Sessions to add: RC Keynote, Consumption Models, Invoice-to-Cash Listen Oct 12 to plan your week!
Carpe Podcast. This week we discuss: computer hygiene, One Battle After Another, Eddington, Silksong, Dark Souls, Hades 2, Microsoft and EA competing to see who can get out of games faster, and just vibes. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
Friends don't let friends Nuzlocke. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
This week we talk about how everything right now is pretty cool, before dipping into some SilkSong, some Dragon Quest, some French punk music, and whether we think anything good's coming out before the end of the yar. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
Hardcore. Calc-ing. I'm not gonna lie to you folks we spend the first 40+ minutes talking about sports. We also discuss Silksong and Pokémon, but yah there's a lot of sports. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe
This week the gang talk a lot about the ups and downs that are Silksong. Also there's a lot about Pokémon, and a lot about scary movies. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker, Steph Fan Music by David Beebe
We're barefoot and chilling with cats this week, as we learn about the wild world of insurance commandos. We're talking Skin Deep! A game about throwing bananas at pirates for a paycheque, in the vein of immersive sims of old. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe
And Aerosmith for that matter. Red Hot Chili Peppers is on the bubble. This week we talk about AI, Silksong, 80's bands, and the 1986 assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
This week the gang tries to come up with some money-making schemes, talk a bit about our upcoming Game of the Month, before digging in further to our Nuzlocke plans (or lack thereof). Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe
And we're all just watching baseball. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe
Oh god what are they doing now. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
The gang this week is getting Baseball-Pilled, even if the gods try to stop us. We also talkin' some more Expedition 33, some more Sekiro and Donkey Kong, Dave is now a depraved horsegirl racer, and apparently they made a sequel to Happy Gilmour? Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe
No matter what you might have heard. We talkin' sodas this week, folks. Our foremost expertise. Also the college-sports-ification of Sumo. And whether or not the Elder Olympics would be a good idea. Jack is a real sick horse-girl head (his words), Norris *is still not* the Candy Gobbler, and Matt wants to go to Denny's. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe
This week, we ask Pokémon Master Mike to explain to us everything about the Deep Lore, but first we figure out the tastiest colour. Norris talks about being a cool ninja, and Matt now loves Superman and wants to hug and kiss him. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe
This is our business idea please you cannot steal our business idea. This week the gang talks about the Costco Life, buying a cow, and the top movies of the 21st Century. Jack got a deep freeze, Norris has played a lot of steam games, Dave is hanging out with French perverts, Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Jack Shirai Music by David Beebe
This week we're going back to Rip-And-Tear-Town, as we discuss the latest adventures of Flynn Taggart in Doom: The Dark Ages! Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
And I promise it won't make me a TERF. This week the gang talks about online witchcraft and wizardy, indie horror video games, and the 1992 film Bram Stroker's Dracula. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
Catch the spirit. This week, we celebrate the return of Ska, Warped Tour, and all the Best Bands of our youth. There's news from the Stellaris front, discussions on best BG3 builds, Norris admits he cried at the end of The Boy and the Heron, and the gang gets in touch with both their feminine and masculine sides. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
Norris bought a Switch 2; let's see how much shame he feels. This week we talk on the Summer Games Fest, Mario Kart World, what the fuck is happening with Stellaris, Doom: The Dark Ages, Crypt Custodian. Gaaaames. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
Cracking a Prohibition Bud and burning down a kid ciggy during recess. This week the gang talks about tactical laser tag, fighting mimes, and, of course, Baldur's Gate 3. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
We're hanging out in our cool new mansion this month, as we discuss Blue Prince! A puzzle-roguelike about a weird house and not at all about radical politics. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
The hockeyheads are in this week, so we take a break from vidya to solve an age-long question: which team in the NHL is the saddest? Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan Music by David Beebe
Buy local. Norris is back from Japan and has Some Important Teachings for everyone. We also discuss some Blue Prince, the new J'RPG Clair Obscur, and talk on the recent Baldur's Gate 3 patch. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
This week we discuss forcing your kids to cheer for bad hockey teams. Also: Matt is back on the Tactics, Mike is back on the Nuzlocke, and Norris is just chillin' with South of Midnight. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
The game that destroyed Norris' sleep schedule. It might be good folks! Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Mike Parker, Steph Fan, Matt Emery Music by David Beebe
This week, Norris needed to record an ep when nobody was available, so he press-ganged his wife in front of a microphone. We discuss: Split Fiction! Eephus! Star Wars! And a whole bunch more! Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, with Special Guest Kattia W Music by David Beebe
I'm just ruminating on some business ideas, it's a valid question. This week: Dave is Avowed's Shock Wizard, Norris drinks a canned cocktail, and we ruminate how we got here as a species. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe Music by David Beebe
Classic Triple at Classic Double prices. This week the gang talks about the Nintendo Switch 2 news, which is all going out the windows anyways with tariff stuff. Also some talk on R.E.P.O., Rogue Trader, and that hot new console: the Nintendo DS. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe
The gang's humours are all out of balance this week, as we discuss drink gremlins VS drink trolls, and also talk about our game of the month: Do No Harm. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Steph Fan, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe
We're getting Ghibli-fied this week as we talk about the most important things to podcasters: aspartame, video games, Cinema, and warhammer. Get on the bus, toot toot! Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe
We open up some Split Fiction, some Avowed, some Star of Providence this week. Also, we apologize that the last 20 minutes of the pod is *entirely* about Warhammer. But boys will be boys. Also, come chill with us at our discord: bit.ly/hoppedupdiscord Hosts: Chris Norris, David Beebe, Mike Parker Music by David Beebe