Hair of the Dogcast

Happy New Year everyone! Put on a tiny hat and grab one of those noisemaker thingamabobs, 'cause it's time for our annual New Year's supershow! Join us as we embark on our journey through 2021 by seeing which Dogcasters won (and lost) our 2020 New Year Resolution challenge! Light Spoiler: Some of us who dislike crappy beer may have had to chug some REALLY crappy beer! Of course, we also set our ch...

  2020 has seemed like one year long boss battle but here we are at the end. We are staggering along with only 5 HP and out of potions but we made it.   Join the Raw Dogs one more time this year as we discuss the Top 10 final boss theme songs of all time! Thanks for tuning in and Happy New Year's!   Please write a review ;)

Ho Ho Ho-ly geez everybody!  Welcome to THE DOGCAST OF THE YEAR!  It's our annual "Best of" podcast and this year is the biggest and craziest yet.  The full Dogcast crew has assembled to discuss our favorites in 11 jam-packed categories, including: Best TV show! Best Movie! Favorite Beer! Biggest Disappointment! Guiltiest Pleasure of 2020! ...and many more, culminating with our discussion of BEST...

What a long strange year it has been!  ...For Joker, I mean. Metaverse, teacher massages, and a talking cat!  Join us as we discuss one of our favorite JRPGs of all time, Persona 5.  Part 2 for Patreon supporters should be coming along shortly! Pour yourself some eggnog, grab a seat by the fire, and listen to us discuss the efficacy of Pink Thongs and Mind Palaces!

Buckle up for one of the CRAZIEST Dogcasts ever!  This week we play an incredibly fun game of "Would You Rather?" by discussing, debating, and laughing uncontrollably at questions and scenarios sent in from the Hair of the Dogcast listener community!   Thank you to all who submitted questions--you are all wonderful (and some of you are incredibly twisted...in the BEST way possible).  And let it be...

Happy One Year Anniversary to the Raw Dogs!  or is it a birthday?  Either way, we are drinking and celebrating by discussing the Top 5 PS1 Role-playing games!  That little grey box pushed out some fantastic games and we make our definitive list. Partway through, the wonderful Allyson joins us as we can't discuss Legend of Dragoon without her. For access to part 2 of this episode, check us out on P...

This week we bring you the THRILLING conclusion to The Dogcast's ranking of the console launches!  We cover everything from the Sony Playstation's debut 1995 to the Nintendo Switch in the not-so-distant 2017.  Will you be as surprised as we were to see how everything turned out?  There were definitely some unexpected results! Listen now to find out!   We'd love to hear from you! You can contact th...

The Raw Dogs Strike Back!  In this special episode, the Dogs pitch Movies that should be made into Video Games including Crazy Taxi Driver, Golden Girls of War, and a party game based on the Room! At the top of the episode, we discuss the botched PS5 launch (CE-108255-1) and our experience with the Xbox Series X. Next Raw Dogs will be our 1 Year Anniversary Spectacular!

What an exciting time to be alive!  That's right: It's officially time for NEXT GEN consoles!  And this week The Dogcast celebrates the launch of the brand new Playstation 5 and Xbox Series consoles by looking back and reflecting on the launches of every major home console since the NES!  We talk the games that launched with each console, the prices, the strategies, our memories and so much more--...

Nolan North!  We are not worthy!   The Dogs are back to finish their discussion on Naughty Dog's illustrious history.  From Jak and Daxter to The Last of Us 2, we go deep on all of these games and their sometimes controversial development. This was originally a Patreon exclusive episode.  For access to other episodes early, check out our Patreon.  The Raw Dogs are back for their one year anniversa...

Um...Boo! BOO! Did we scare you?! Yeah, you can admit it: bet you're positively horrified right now. And that's ok, because we are too!  Today we're talking about games that weren't necessarily supposed to be scary, but still ended up scaring the LIVING BEER-JEEZUS out of us! Why?  Well, it's almost Halloween and things are getting a little spooky 'round here.  Oh, did you know one of us even live...

MORTAL KOMBAT!! and its really crappy third trilogy.  The Raw Dogs are back to discuss the dark ages of the beloved franchise before we gush about how much we love 9, 10, and 11.   We ponder time travelling back to ourselves and become way too fixated on Hsu Hao.  Who wouldn't though right? This was a Patreon exclusive episode being made available to the public for the first time.  Raw Dogs are ta...

What do you get when you mix blindfolds and some of the worst beer in the world?  Podcast GOLD, that's what!  Join us this week as we put our beer taste buds to the test by playing our first-ever game of "Craft or Crap?!!!", a blindfolded beer taste competition to see how well we can tell the difference between some great CRAFT beer and some of the worst-rated, CRAP beers in the world!  We're look...

From its humble beginnings at a Bar Mitzvah, Naughty Dog has created some of the greatest video games of all time! The Raw Dogs are here to discuss their early history all the way through The Last of Us 2 featuring Cap'n Crunch! This is a 2-part extravaganza so grab some Wumpa fruit and sit back! Like and Subscribe!

Even though a shiny new generation of consoles is on the horizon, how can anyone ignore the fact that the current generation has been incredibly good to us and has had veritable avalanche of absolutely phenomenal games! We've come so far since 2013 and we can't just turn our backs now. So on this episode, we discuss the best games of the PS4, Xbox One, and Switch (so far) generation! Also on this...

Special Episode!  After 7 years, we are nearly at the dawn of a brand new console generation.  Sony's Playstation 5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series X/S consoles are soon to be unleashed upon the world this November--in what is both an exciting and uncertain time.  In this bonus "Next-Gen Only" episode, Hair of the Dogcast is joined by extra-special guest Jeff Wittenhagen (author and CEO of Premium Edi...

The Raw Dogs full roster is here to discuss our favorite little handheld, the Gameboy Advance! We go deep into the hardware, e-reader, unique games, Spongebob videos, and worm lights! And of course we Rank the Top 10 GBA Games of All Time!  and you might be surprised. Like and Subscribe!  Tell your friends!  and if you don't have any, tell your villagers in Animal Crossing!

We love Indie games! In recent years, Indie games have experienced an incredible trajectory: what used to be relatively obscure--yet deeply beloved--games developed and self-published by a handful of passionate people have since rocketed through the mainstream gaming stratosphere and are now played (and in most cases, still deeply beloved) by millions. In fact, many of gameplay innovations happeni...

Dylan has finally been granted his wish to talk about one of the most profound games ever made, NieR Automata! The Raw Dogs put their thinking caps on as we discuss Existentialism, Sexy Robots, Yoko Taro, and Coca Cola Vending Machines! Strap yourselves in! and please welcome our newest Raw Dogs, Nick!

After many millennia (in dog years), the entire Dogcast crew is reunited once more to bring you this super-special episode of the world's pretty gosh-darned fun podcast for video games and beer! This week, we have a fun (and quite cathartic) discussion of the most annoying, frustrating, cheap, make-you-wanna-throw-your-controller-inducing enemies in games we love. We're looking at you, you dumb Ca...

Join the Raw Dogs for a Tour of the City of Yharnam, jewel by the sea! Known for its legendary blood ministration, Yharnam has expanded quite a lot in the past 50 years!   Seeking an education?  Try Byrgenworth, where Master Willem will gently moan at you and point at a lake! Visit historic Old Yharnam to see the aftermath of the fire that ravaged the area.  Careful for crazed Powder Keg Hunters a...

Whew! You know, we always thought summer was supposed to be a chill, happy time of the year.  A time to lie back, crack open a tasty brew and enjoy the calm before the super-craziness of the fall.  But these are strange times indeed and the world of video games has been rocked by a big bunch o' bombshell headlines this past week!  Apple and Google have yanked Fortnite from their app stores--and Ep...

The Raw Dogs are here to discuss the entire history of playing Video Games as fast as possible! Along the way we are joined by JHobz, Spike Vegeta, Keizaron, Covert Muffin, DwangoAC, TASBot, Kung Fu Fruit Cup, Omnigamer, and Grand Poo Bear!  This is truly a star studded affair! You don't want to miss this!

Welcome to a very special episode of The Dogcast. With Josh and Tom out on assignment, the pups have taken over the Doghouse! Join Brad, Dylan, and new guest-dog Nick as they discuss the recent Nintendo "gigaleak" and a whole slew of headlines, games, and more! All with a heapin' helpin' of hilarity and other alliterative constructs. Contact The Dogcast: Follow Hair of the Dogcast on Twitter: @HOT...

With the arrival of the Origami King, the Raw Dogs thought it was the perfect time to discuss all of Mario's RPG outings!   We discuss Super Mario RPG, all the Paper Mario games, all the Mario and Luigi games, and Mario and Rabbids Kingdom Battle! Joining us are 2 of our favorite local hooligans Dominic and Jamie who teach us about many of Bowser's body parts we weren't aware of!