Sixex (Joseph Holt)

Name: Sixex
Label: "A traditional beer for real players"
Brewery: Joseph Holt
ABV: 6%

Rating: Looks like Coke, tastes like awesome.

Game: "Bioshock 2 DLC Already on the disc - Is That Okay?" http://bit.ly/9fRnEb.  No, that certainly is not ok. So downloadable content is already included on the disc that I've already bought? So buying the downloadable content is effectively unlocking what I've already bought rather than, er... downloading content?  Frankly that stinks.  This situation is like when John Lennon said The Beatles were bigger than Jesus. I'm going to burn my copy of Bioshock 2 - not really, but I have sold it, yesterday before I knew about this article... but anyway feel my wrath 2K!  At least John Lennon was right 2K, at least he was right.

Original Oak Aged Beer (Innis & Gunn)

Name: Original Oak Aged Beer
Label: "Brewed in small batches - Smooth Scottish Beer with hints of toffee, vanilla and oak."
Brewery: Innis & Gunn
ABV: 6.6%

Rating: Probably one of the best beers I've ever had the pleasure of tasting. Wish they'd given it a better name, and why the small bottle?

Game: Playing Bioshock 2 in small bursts just to slog it through to the end. Back playing Dante's Inferno again. It's a joy to play through the nine circles of Hell, it feels welcoming somehow, like I've returned home. Some more achievements to be had as well. Here's my review over at frugalgaming.co.uk. Don't forget to follow @FrugalGaming on Twitter. They is well awesome.

FA (Cains)

Name: FA
Label: "Prize winning - Formidable Ale"
Brewery: Cains
ABV: 5%

Rating: Awesome (formidable) ale. Used to be available in 1 litre cans - why not anymore??

Game: I want to like Bioshock 2, I really do. But I have a problem with it that I just can't put my finger on.  Maybe its just too similar to the first Bioshock.  And when you've seen one rusty corridor, you've seen them all. Looking out of the window at the sharks and jellyfish seems to be a particular highlight at the moment sadly.

Thunder Holt (Joseph Holt)

Name: Thunder Holt
Label: "Storm in a bottle"
Brewery: Joseph Holt
ABV: 5.0%

Rating: Joseph Holt is miles better than the biblical Joseph (who, by the way, was Jesus's real dad and may or may not have brewed beer).

Game: Had a bit of a dose of nausea playing Bioshock 2. It was quite good actually in an augmented reality kind of way. Apparently motion sickness and video games is a "taboo" subject but I thought it was great. It's recommended that when you experience motion sickness when playing a video game, you MUST stop playing immediately. Yeah right!

Golden Sheep (Black Sheep)

Name: Golden Sheep
Label: "Fine Pale Ale"
Brewery: Black Sheep
ABV: 4.7%

Rating: Why is the plural of sheep, sheep when it should be sheeps?

Game: Dante's Inferno isn't nearly as annoying as it had the potential to be. There's a handy feature whereby your health slowly increases each time you die so you never feel you really do have to abandon all hope ye who enter here. Come on Lucifer, you bring Beatrice and I'll bring the pain.  The game definitely rates 8/10 at least. WTF does Gamespot know anyway... quite a lot normally but a bit harsh on this one. A good song to have on whilst playing Dante's Inferno - Still Sane by Illdisposed.

 Meanwhile Bioshock 2 isn't getting a look in *sad face*.

Goliath (Wychwood)

Name: Goliath
Label: "The beer to slay a mighty thirst"
Brewery: Wychwood
ABV: 4.2%

Rating: New year, new label.  Some people don't rate Goliath that highly - the fools.

Game: Nearly thirty hours into Mass Effect 2 now. Long way still to go too. Dante's Inferno and Bioshock 2 arriving next week - some late nights coming up I think so I'm going to be even more tired at work than normal for the next few weeks/months. Screw work, its sucks anyway (it doesn't really - I like work, if it wasn't for work I'd probably be a hermit).