Hair of the Dogcast

Hey everyone! We're gonna keep this short since we think the podcast will speak/slur for itself. But here are the major talking points: 1) The Dogcast just turned 1 year old. Happy Anniversary everybody! 2) Josh and Tom reflect on the past year. The ups. The downs. The in-betweens.  They laugh, they cry 3) While engaging in the discussion mentioned in point #2, Josh and Tom drink way more beer tha...

This week in Dogcast-land, some serious Post-Partem Depression has set in for one of our hosts. Did he recently give birth? Nah, he did something way more painful: He just slayed the evil Ganon in Zelda: Breath of the Wild and has been looking far and wide for the next game to take on. But what does one play when you've beaten arguably the best game of the year? Great question. Join us on a journe...

Boom! The Dogcast closes the book on this year's Midwest Gaming Classic with this juicy episode LIVE from the show floor during the closing moments of MGC! This was our first convention ever, and hoo boy, was it HOT. In the best way possible. We laugh, we cry, we reflect on the awesome people we met, the games we played, and all the fun stuff we did (and the beer we drank)! Our game pick-ups too!...

A New Challenger Approaches! Chris Dammacco of Chicago's most-excellent Windy Gaming stopped by the Dogcast on his way through this year's Midwest Gaming Classic--and hoo boy, what a chat it was! Chris gave us a sneak preview of his company's new "Fierce Stick", an ultra-professional-grade fighting stick soon to be unleashed upon the world. This thing packs a punch (literally!) and looks to be a m...

Gather 'round Dogcast boys and girls, here's a little story. Once upon a time in the early 90's, Sony and Nintendo tried to make a CD system for the Super Nintendo called the Nintendo Playstation. Well, sometimes things fall through and the system was never released and all prototypes were thought to have been destroyed or lost to time. Through the years, it's legend grew and the Nintendo Playstat...

***BREAKING NEWS***: Hair of the Dogcast will be at the 2017 Midwest Gaming Classic on April 8th and 9th in Brookfield, WI! We'll be livecasting, hanging out, playing games, and a whole bunch of other fun stuff, so stop by our booth and hang out with us!!! Join us in this very special episode in which the Dogcast boys discuss their history with the Call of Duty games, including the recently allege...

***BREAKING NEWS***: Hair of the Dogcast will be at the 2017 Midwest Gaming Classic on April 8th and 9th in Brookfield, WI! We'll be livecasting, hanging out, playing games, and a whole bunch of other fun stuff, so stop by our booth and hang out with us!!!   Well, welcome back to Dogcast land!  It's finally Spring and things are definitely heating up!  Just kidding, this is Wisconsin and things ar...

This episode is all about that new Nintendo Switch! The Dogcast got their game-and-beer-loving paws on a launch console and aren't afraid to give you their first-hand impressions. Is it good? Does it suck? Is it the next PS2, or is it the next Atari Jaguar? Just put us in your ears and find out! All is answered inside! And speaking of the Switch...how's that new Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild...

Well, hello there you sexy Dogcast listener, you. It's not Valentines Day anymore, but damn, you look good. Why don't you stay awhile. You know why? Because, this episode is so chock-full of Josh and Tom's favorite-ist games of the last few weeks, you're going to need another set of ears just to handle it all! Hear us talk about Sega's completely bonkers 80's Japanese gangster simulator: Yakuza 0....

Whew! I don't think the Dogcast has played this many games in, like, ever! It's been a busy couple of weeks and Josh and Tom are here to fill you in on all the goods, the bads, and the uglies of the games they've played--including the recently unleashed Resident Evil 7! Also, Nintendo's Kirby is probably Satan--or at least belongs in a David Fincher movie. Also also: Crocheting. MC Hammer. Glados...

Quick, grab your Dualshock! A glorious episode of the Dogcast awaits! This week Josh and Tom talk about their favorite Playstation memories. And we're not talkin' PS4. Oh no. We're talkin' the grandaddy, the O.G., the ol' gray guy himself: The Playstation 1 (or PSX depending on who you talk to). What are our favorite games? What brought us into the land of Sony? Find out inside? Wait, that's not s...

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the Dogcast's first annual best-of-the-year award ceremony. So move over Oscars and Emmys--it's time for the "Muglovees"! In this jam-packed episode we reflect back on the year that was 2016, and hand out these soon-to-be highly-coveted awards to some of our favorite (and not-so-favorite) stuff that came out this year. All our favorite movies, music, tv shows--and,...

Welcome to a totally festive episode of Hair of the Dogcast! The holidays are upon us and visions of beer and video games are dancing in our heads. In this episode, hunker down beside the fireplace and join Josh and Tom as they talk about their favorite gaming memories from Christmases past. We also discuss Star Wars: Rogue One and let our our opinions fly. Is it good? Does it suck? Does it matter...

There once were two Dogcast hosts named Josh and Tom. Tom played Final Fantasy 15, the newest chapter in the long-running series. Josh did not. Josh hates role-playing games. This made Tom sad. Tom loves role-playing games. Josh callously laughed at Tom's sadness and continued to drink his beer as if everything was okay. This was not okay, no sir.  So Tom wiped away his tears and set out to find o...

The holidays are approaching fast and boy howdy, we here at the Dogcast have a lot to be thankful for!  Join us this week as Tom and Josh serve up a jam-packed slice of beer and video game deliciousness.  And when we say "delicious", we're not lyin'.  Thanks to the generous donations by some of our dear listeners, this episode features one of our surprisingly strongest beer line-ups yet.  You have...

Hello boys and ghouls! Nintendo announces their comeback and a Switch may have been needed. Are you ready for Red Dead 2? Boom! We started the new Gears of War 4 campaign and have Baird on the show to discuss our first thoughts. The Dogcast ain't afraid of no games, are you? Since it’s Halloween season, we talk about some of our favorite scary video games over the years. So whip out your candy and...

Dude, this episode's totally a 10!  Well, at least numerically speaking.  The Dogcast gents have officially made a full recovery since we last met and all headaches and hangovers have moved on.  Guess that means one thing: it's time to celebrate with more beer!  Woo hoo!   Since it's now officially Fall, this is the time of year where the gaming floodgates open and new games flood the landscape li...

In this episode, we finally put the "hair of the dog" in Hair of the Dogcast. A little too much partying the night before has left our mild-mannered podcast heroes Josh and Tom feeling a little worse for wear. Thankfully, getting rid of hangovers is as second-nature to them as running over innocent pedestrians in Grand Theft Auto. What's their secret, you ask? Start drinking more beer of course! T...

Well, whadaya know? Another week, another birthday. This time the Dogcast celebrates that lovable gray little rascal, the Super Nintendo! We crack a couple of delicious adult beverages and sit around the ol' campfire (actually just a couple of microphones on a table) and talk about our top 5 favorite SNES games. There's also a little dab of "Stranger Things" discussion, a smidgen of Street Fighter...

We've made it to lucky number 7, Dogcast boys and gals! Your support has been completely awesome and we couldn't have done it without you!   This week, join Josh and an extremely hungover Tom as they have an impassioned discussion about forgotten video game franchises from days of old that need to come back, like, right NOW. Seriously, someone has to make these happen! We also reminisce about a re...

Summer gamin', had us a blast. Summer gamin', happened so fast. Go ahead and pile on that sun tan lotion and join Josh and Tom as they kick back with a couple cold ones and jib-jab about gaming in the sweaty midst of summertime. We also talk about the recently announced NES Classic--a $60 mini-console being released this holiday by the Big N. Are we excited about it? You'll sure find out! Oh, and...

Happy Birthday to our ol' pal the Nintendo 64! Can you believe it's been 20 years since Nintendo's silicon graphic powered bad-boy was released in Japan? We sure can't. I mean, they grow up so fast, don't they? On this episode, the Dogcast gents crack open some brewskies and reminisce about their times with Nintendo's system and all the awesome (and not-so-awesome) games they grew up with. Oh, and...

So you're looking for a Ghostbuster review. Who ya gonna call?! The Dogcast boys, that's who! We just saw the new Ghostbusters movie and we immediately sat down (with a beer, of course) and discussed our thoughts and opinions of the new movie. Did we love it? Hate it? "Meh" it? Did Josh's Ghostbuster tattoos tingle with excitement? And just how does it stack up with the original movies? All of the...

Whew! What a week! Join your friendly neighborhood Dogs--Josh and Tom--as they run down the highlights and unleash their thoughts regarding the biggest annual event in the world of video games: The Electronic Entertainment Expo (a.k.a E3, a.k.a "Video Game Christmas"). We talk Microsoft! We talk Sony! We kinda sorta talk Nintendo? Oh, and how could we not talk about Steve Balmer trampstamps? For t...

Cowabunga dudes! For our Turtle-y Awesome third episode, we cut the evil Shredder (and Michael Bay) zero slack with our first-ever movie review! Join us as we discuss Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows on the Big Screen and why Quentin Tarantino may or may not need to take over the franchise. Along with the Turtles movie, we give our thoughts on the new TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan gam...