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‘Son of Pennywise’, and Other Hopes for IT: Welcome to Derry Season 2 How to keep the prequel interesting by embracing the season’s 1935 setting and continuing the parent/child theme in a shocking way…

‘Son of Pennywise’, and Other Hopes for IT: Welcome to Derry Season 2 - Opinion from Kyle Barratt

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Retiring on a hover bike (Tanked Up 459) Aadil and Ben reconvene after a few weeks to shoot the breeze about the latest gaming news from Microsoft and some choice Next Fest demos. Ben’s played a few demos, but highlights Greenhearth…

Retiring on a hover bike - Tanked Up 459

We chat the Xbox leadership change, and some Steam Next Fest demos including a big chat on @airframeultra.bsky.social

The beers are from @cloudwaterbrew.bsky.social and Wiper and True.

www.outoflives.net/2026/03/05/r...

The Best and Worst of Millennium Season 1 The influential sister show of The X-Files stands alone as a dark and disturbing series that succeeds once it leaves behind its comfortable procedural formula

The Best and Worst of Millennium Season 1 - Opinion from Kyle Barratt

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Climbing the Cosa Nostra (Tanked Up 458) Ben and Aadil get together to discuss a few of the games Ben has been playing. Discussion starts with Football Manager 26 Mobile and how it doesn’t feel play is in real time. Ben discusses hi…

Climbing the Cosa Nostra - Tanked Up 458

Chatting Mafia: The Old Country from Hanger 13, and Cairn from @thegamebakers.com, over some excellent #craftbeers.

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Is The Unfinished Utapau Arc of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Worth Watching? The unfinished episodes of The Clone Wars might have janky animation but tell a story the series desperately needed in its sixth season

Is The Unfinished Utapau Arc of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Worth Watching? - Opinion from Kyle Barratt

www.outoflives.net/2026/01/20/i...

Reviewing and Ranking Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Ahsoka and Dooku’s stories thematically connect but one set of shorts is much stronger than the other…

Reviewing and Ranking Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Opinion from Kyle Barratt

www.outoflives.net/2026/02/03/r...

When Hellraiser Went To The Past, Future, And Space All In One Messy Movie Hellraiser: Bloodline is a bonkers mess of a movie, bursting with ideas and butchered in post production

When Hellraiser Went To The Past, Future, And Space All In One Messy Movie - Opinion from Kyle Barratt

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Penguins Got Big Hops (Tanked Up 457) We lean into 2026 as standard, with Lucy bringing the games. She discusses Big Hops and The Drifter. We somehow meander into talking about Batman Returns. Aadil drinks Twice Brewed’s collab w…

Penguins Got Big Hops - Tanked Up 457

Chatting Big Hops from @luckshotgames.com and The Drifter from Powerhoof ( @dave.powerhoof.com )

The beers drunk come from Twice Brewed and Atom Beers

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showing a trailer at the Game Awards costs anywhere from $450,000 to a cool $1 million.. here's my old-ass Tiny Tires trailer for free ❤️ #indiegames

The Final Standalone Episode of The Clone Wars has a Huge Star Wars Legacy From the guest stars, character debuts, and locations, a random standalone episode of The Clone Wars has had massive influence over the franchise in recent years

The Final Standalone Episode of The Clone Wars has a Huge Star Wars Legacy - Opinion from Kyle Barratt

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2025 End of Year Blow Out (Tanked Up 455) Well, we’ve done it again. We’ve got through another year of ups and downs in the gaming and craft beer worlds. For this year’s end of year show, we change things up and chat abou…

2025 End of Year Blow Out - Tanked Up 455

It's our end of year blow out, chatting gaming highlights from the year and drinking a slew of choice #craftbeer

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Black Christmas (1974) is a Cosy Christmas Classic (with Murder and C-Bombs) Bob Clark’s 1974 slasher is not only a classic horror film but a classic Christmas film too, with a real sense of festive cosiness amid the killings and obscene phone calls

Black Christmas (1974) is a Cosy Christmas Classic (with Murder and C-Bombs) - Opinion from Kyle Barratt

www.outoflives.net/2025/12/23/b...

A screenshot of the fundraiser on our latest video having just passed $30,000 in donations.

$30K!

We'll be making our donation as soon as our next set of Patreon funding comes through at the start of Jan.

Every time we write a story about a CEO / studio head / developer defending generative AI, we get shit for amplifying those views.

I'd hope those following me get it, but once again: informing is not the same as endorsing. Our job is to report what was said, then you make up your own mind.

Revisiting Star Wars: The Force Awakens on its 10th Anniversary A decade after the film’s release, I rewatch The Force Awakens to see if the Star Wars magic that captivated me ten years ago remains…

Revisiting Star Wars: The Force Awakens on its 10th Anniversary - Opinion from Kyle Barratt

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Awards Heaven (Tanked Up 454) The Game Awards have been, and quickly gone, but discussion needs to be had. Lucy and Ben dissect the show and give their thoughts on the industry at large in its current state. Ben brings some gam…

Awards Heaven - Tanked Up 454

The Game Awards came and went, and Lucy wants to chat about them. Ben reviews #DeathHowl from @11bitstudios.bsky.social, and talks more Stalker 2.

Ben drinks Heaven from @northernmonk.bsky.social

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Spilling the Tea (Tanked Up 453) Lucy joins Ben to run through the games they’ve been playing this last week. Ben has been playing games from solo devs, and starts with a short review of A Pizza Delivery from Eric Osuna. Luc…

Spilling the Tea - Tanked Up 453

Talking about our time with A Pizza Delivery, Black Ops 7, Voron: Raven's Story, and PowerWash Sim 2.

All over a beer from Tempest Brewing Co.

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Forget Die Hard, RoboCop 3 is a Christmas Movie It’s RoboCop but this time there’s tinsel…

Forget Die Hard, RoboCop 3 is a Christmas Movie - opinion from Kyle Barratt

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Exploring Little Corners (Tanked Up 452) This week Aadil and Ben are joined by Sam Ibbitson from Meteor Pixel, an independent game studio based in Bristol. We chat about Little Corners, which Ben has had some time with, and was released a…

Exploring Little Corners - Tanked Up 452

Ben and Aadil are joined by Sam Ibbitson from Meteor Pixel to discuss @littlecornersgame.bsky.social, and studio life in Bristol over a few beers.

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Unfinished Business is a Great RoboCop (and Judge Dredd) Game The latest RoboCop game embraces its similarities with Judge Dredd, homaging the plot of Dredd while connecting their similar themes

Unfinished Business is a Great RoboCop (and Judge Dredd) Game - Opinion from Kyle Barratt

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We Are All Steam Machines (Tanked Up 451) Valve have been brewing, and dropped a slew of new products coming out soon. We got excited, and Ben and Aadil spent almost the entire episode talking about them. We run down the new tech and our t…

We Are All Steam Machines - Tanked Up 451

Aadil and Ben delve into their thoughts on Valve's latest news: the upcoming release of new Steam hardware. Ben's also been playing a lot of Moonlighter 2 from @digitalsungames.com

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The Cons of Watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars Chronologically Why I’ve changed my mind and recommend NOT watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars in chronological order

The Cons of Watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars Chronologically - Opinion from Kyle Barratt

www.outoflives.net/2025/11/18/t...

Daring to Revisit Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island This Halloween I revisit the revered animated classic for the first time since it terrified me as a child

Daring to Revisit Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island This Halloween - Opinion from Kyle Barratt

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A solid lineup. Will definitely get to Pacific Drive and Still Wakes the Deep.

Florence. It's beautiful. Very accessible puzzles, with a very touching, emotional story.

A Momentous Mixed Bag (Tanked Up 450) It’s episode 450! And to mark this monumental achievement, we record a little longer and have a couple more beers. We kick off by discussing the price rise for Game Pass, comparing it to PS P…

A Momentous Mixed Bag - Tanked Up 450

We chat the Game Pass' price hike, Halo PS5, Battlefield 6 season one and Ben reviews Devil Jam from @rogueside.bsky.social

Beers are from @cloudwaterbrew.bsky.social, Sureshot, New Bristol, @northernmonk.bsky.social & Beak

www.outoflives.net/2025/11/14/a...

Out of Rupees Episode 31 Join Lucy and I as we discuss the latest Nintendo news since the launch of the Switch 2

Out of Rupees is back for Episode 31

Join Francis and Lucy as they discuss the latest Nintendo news since the launch of the Switch 2.

www.outoflives.net/2025/10/30/o...

[Horizon Steel Frontiers] Announcement Video YouTube video by Horizon Steel Frontiers

Mobile is a bold choice to lead with, so glad it is coming to PC too. Setting it adjacent to Horizon Forbidden West brings in a ton of story possibilities. Excited to see how this develops.

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Steam Hardware The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.

Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:

Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame. 

Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware