Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Good Good Double IPA by Søle Artisan Ales

Beer: Good Good Brewery: Søle Artisan Ales Style: Double IPA Age: 2016 ABV: 8.00% IBU: 60 We’ve got a little gypsy brewing dankness from those good folks over at Søle Artisan Ales, a nomadic brewer shipping out of Pittston, with their Double IPA Good Good! How good is it? Watch and learn! Massive Beer Reviews […]

 Nick DeMarco

TURN TO CHANNEL 3: ‘Twisted Metal 2’ is a ‘World Tour’ of over-the-top fun

TURN TO CHANNEL 3: ‘Twisted Metal 2’ is a ‘World Tour’ of over-the-top fun

The general belief with sequels to video games is that they fix a lot of the issues gamers may have experienced in the original, but this isn’t always the case. Oftentimes, developers continue on the same path, simply branching out stories, adding a few subtle or necessary features, but keeping the core gameplay exactly the […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Citrus IPA by Funk Brewing Company

Beer: Citrus IPA Brewery: Funk Brewing Company Style: American IPA Age: 2016 ABV: 6.90% We’re bringing the funk, all the funk, and nothing but the funk with today’s semi-local beer from Emmaus, Pennsylvania! This is our first time trying anything from Funk Brewing, so let’s start with a little American IPA goodness in their Citrus […]

 Nick DeMarco

TURN TO CHANNEL 3: PlayStation’s ‘Theme Park’ is not the thrilling ride you may remember

TURN TO CHANNEL 3: PlayStation’s ‘Theme Park’ is not the thrilling ride you may remember

One of the many reasons I decided to feature games on the original PlayStation console this month is because there were so many games to choose from, and I feel that, like the original Nintendo console, that is what made the PlayStation such a mainstream success, ushering in a whole new generation of gamers. However, […]

 Jason Riedmiller

CONCERT REVIEW: Beck’s beat is correct at the McDowell Mountain Music Festival

CONCERT REVIEW: Beck’s beat is correct at the McDowell Mountain Music Festival

For his headlining set at the first night of the 13th annual McDowell Mountain Music Festival in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, March 11, Beck Hansen brought the hits – and he brought them hard and fast. At 9:35 p.m., Beck took the main stage at Margaret T. Hance Park and exploded into raucous renditions of […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Green by Tree House Brewing Company

Beer: Green Brewery: Tree House Brewing Company Style: American IPA Age: 2016 ABV: 7.60% In the immortal words of the fictional Rick James, it’s the “stickiest of the icky” in today’s review of Green from Treehouse! Massive Beer Reviews is an award-winning YouTube beer review, brewery, and culture show based out of Northeastern Pennsylvania. With […]

 Nick DeMarco

TURN TO CHANNEL 3: ‘Legend of Mana’ kept the series beautifully alive on the PlayStation

TURN TO CHANNEL 3: ‘Legend of Mana’ kept the series beautifully alive on the PlayStation

As in all forms of entertainment, a blossoming video game franchise struggles with the possibility of being labeled a “one-hit wonder” of sorts, with developers only being able to “capture lightning in a bottle” once before the franchise fades into obscurity. The greatest source of this struggle seems to stem from the transition from one […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Rebel Grapefruit IPA by Samuel Adams

Beer: Rebel Grapefruit IPA Brewery: Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Company) Style: American IPA Age: 2016 ABV: 6.30% Peanut butter and chocolate, a nimble car on windy roads on a sunny day, science fiction movies and LSD, IPAs and grapefruit – some things are just born to be paired together! But just because things are made […]

 Nick DeMarco

TURN TO CHANNEL 3: ‘PaRappa the Rapper’ is still in the mind almost 20 years later

TURN TO CHANNEL 3: ‘PaRappa the Rapper’ is still in the mind almost 20 years later

Aspects that are often overlooked regarding moments in video game history are those that not only change the industry, but also make gaming as a whole more widely accepted, more mainstream and, let’s face it, “the cool thing to do,” to be a part of. This month, we will be looking at titles for the […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Frosty’s Nightmare by Conshohocken Brewing Company

Beer: Frosty’s Nightmare Brewery: Conshohocken Brewing Company Style: Old Ale Age: 2014 ABV: 10.90% Some of my favorite things: Aged… check. Old ale… check. Local… check. Sexy bottle… check. Is it good? Check it! This is some Conshohocken Brewing’s Frosty’s Nightmare, an English old ale circa 2014! Massive Beer Reviews is an award-winning YouTube beer […]

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