S2 Ep5: Game Over Beer with Joe Dowling
06/26/23 • 49 min
Hello and welcome to Season 2, episode 5 of Game Over Beer with Joe Dowling
It’s a simple format on this podcast, our guests will choose 3 beers and 3 games and tell us why they mean so much to them.
I’d like to start by saying a huge thank you to our returning partner, Four Quarters, they are the UK’s original arcade bar and home to authentic retro arcade machines and consoles and you can find them in London, Bristol and Newcastle.
Also, a huge thank you to our new partner We Are Beer, they put on some of the best craft beer festivals across the UK in Bristol, Manchester and London and if you use code GameOverBeer, you’ll get £10 off.
Now, on to our guest, Joe Dowling
Joe is one of the original founders of Four Quarters where he is currently the brand manager. He was the former owner of Retro Game Base (a retro games shop in Streatham which existed from 2012-17.
And he is a fiction writer, his most recent novel is Mandate 13, check out his novel here and keep up to date with any future releases
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22454493.Joseph_J_Dowling
We spoke about a game that in part inspired his writing, a brewery he believes is current the best in the UK, and a game that will have you all running on to your switch and getting the NES emulator going.
A reminder to listeners that I'm using this podcast to help raise funds for mental health charities, so if you'd like to support the podcast and donate to a worth cause, please head to Ko-fi.com/gameoverbeer.
Last season we raised over £500 pounds, which went to the Disaster Emergency Committee to help the people of Ukraine.
Lastly, I promise, to anyone listening on Apple podcast or Spotify please leave a review and give us 5 stars!
So without further ado join Joe and I as we game over beer
Don't forget to give us 5 stars & follow us on socials @GameOverBeer
Hello and welcome to Season 2, episode 5 of Game Over Beer with Joe Dowling
It’s a simple format on this podcast, our guests will choose 3 beers and 3 games and tell us why they mean so much to them.
I’d like to start by saying a huge thank you to our returning partner, Four Quarters, they are the UK’s original arcade bar and home to authentic retro arcade machines and consoles and you can find them in London, Bristol and Newcastle.
Also, a huge thank you to our new partner We Are Beer, they put on some of the best craft beer festivals across the UK in Bristol, Manchester and London and if you use code GameOverBeer, you’ll get £10 off.
Now, on to our guest, Joe Dowling
Joe is one of the original founders of Four Quarters where he is currently the brand manager. He was the former owner of Retro Game Base (a retro games shop in Streatham which existed from 2012-17.
And he is a fiction writer, his most recent novel is Mandate 13, check out his novel here and keep up to date with any future releases
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22454493.Joseph_J_Dowling
We spoke about a game that in part inspired his writing, a brewery he believes is current the best in the UK, and a game that will have you all running on to your switch and getting the NES emulator going.
A reminder to listeners that I'm using this podcast to help raise funds for mental health charities, so if you'd like to support the podcast and donate to a worth cause, please head to Ko-fi.com/gameoverbeer.
Last season we raised over £500 pounds, which went to the Disaster Emergency Committee to help the people of Ukraine.
Lastly, I promise, to anyone listening on Apple podcast or Spotify please leave a review and give us 5 stars!
So without further ado join Joe and I as we game over beer
Don't forget to give us 5 stars & follow us on socials @GameOverBeer
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S2 Ep4: Game Over Beer with Chelsea Day
Hello and welcome to Season 2, episode 4 of Game Over Beer with Chelsea Day
It’s a simple format on this podcast, our guests will choose 3 beers and 3 games and tell us why they mean so much to them.
I’d like to start by saying a huge thank you to our returning partner, Four Quarters, they are the UK’s original arcade bar and home to authentic retro arcade machines and consoles and you can find them in London, Bristol and Newcastle.
Also, a huge thank you to our new partner We Are Beer, they put on some of the best craft beer festivals across the UK in Bristol, Manchester and London and if you use code GameOverBeer, you’ll get £10 off.
Now, on to our guest, Chelsea Day.
Chelsea worked for several breweries including Weird Beard, Wildcard, Solvay Society and Cloudwater before leaving the beer industry to work for Vans.
We spoke about session beers, at least sessional to us, a game that seemed to have an advert for cask ale in it, and finally a long discussion on a game that means a lot to us both
A reminder to listeners that I'm using this podcast to help raise funds for mental health charities, so if you'd like to support the podcast and donate to a worth cause, please head to Ko-fi.com/gameoverbeer.
Last season we raised over £500 pounds, which went to the Disaster Emergency Committee to help the people of Ukraine.
Lastly, I promise, to anyone listening on Apple podcast or Spotify please leave a review and give us 5 stars!
So without further ado, join Chelsea and I as we, Game Over Beer!
Don't forget to give us 5 stars & follow us on socials @GameOverBeer
Next Episode
S2 Ep6: Game Over Beer with Ren Navarro
Hello and welcome to Season 2, episode 6 of Game Over Beer with Ren Navarro
It’s a simple format on this podcast, our guests will choose 3 beers and 3 games and tell us why they mean so much to them.
I’d like to start by saying a huge thank you to our returning partner, Four Quarters, they are the UK’s original arcade bar and home to authentic retro arcade machines and consoles and you can find them in London, Bristol and Newcastle.
Also, a huge thank you to our new partner We Are Beer, they put on some of the best craft beer festivals across the UK in Bristol, Manchester and London and if you use code GameOverBeer, you’ll get £10 off.
Now, on to our guest, Ren Navarro
Ren is located in Waterloo Ontario, Canada. She runs Beer Diversity., which is a consulting/advocacy company focused around Diversity, equity, and inclusion. She has also done a lot of work with the Brave Noise and I was lucky enough to work with her on this last year for We Are Beer.
We spoke about a beer supporting great cause which was in collaboration with a Season 1 game Over Beer Alumnus
Some cozy games which helped us get through the pandemic
And a game that we both keep returning to like every other Switch owner.
***Some links to some of the good causes mentioned***
https://www.rainbowrailroad.org
https://www.bravenoisebeer.com/
A reminder to listeners that I'm using this podcast to help raise funds for mental health charities, so if you'd like to support the podcast and donate to a worth cause, please head to Ko-fi.com/gameoverbeer.
Last season we raised over £500 pounds, which went to the Disaster Emergency Committee to help the people of Ukraine.
Lastly, I promise, to anyone listening on Apple podcast or Spotify please leave a review and give us 5 stars!
So without further ado join Ren and I as we game over beer
Don't forget to give us 5 stars & follow us on socials @GameOverBeer
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