The Casual Hour

On this episode of The Casual Hour... It's all come down to this. Bobby, Chase and Johnny reveal their personal top 10 lists for 2021, then decide upon which games make our overall list. Will our darlings make the cut, or will a dark horse rise up to take the crown. Find out on this final GOTY edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H --------------------------------------------------------------...

On this episode of The Casual Hour... Our Game of the Year celebration continues as we wrap up our extensive list of categories. Listen as we debate what the best moment of the year is, what took home best debut and even what disappointed us the most. And come back for our final episode where we announce our 2021 Game of the Year! // T W I T C H ----------------------------------------------------...

This week on The Casual Hour... We're kicking off our GOTY week with some fun categories. Who's the best new character? What game has the most style? And what was the best game we totally meant to play this year, but didn't get around to? Find out on this edition of the The Casual Hour (and tune in all week long for more categories, our personal top 10 lists and our GOTY winner!) // T W I T C H --...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We’re not waiting until GOTY to take the gloves off! Halo Infinite’s campaign dropped and all three Casual Hour hosts feel very differently about it. Also, Chase takes on a black hole in Solar Ash, Bobby goes on a spending spree and Johnny…well, Johnny’s just playing a lot of Halo. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ------------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We have reached the final month of the year, which means we’ve also reached our final monthly preview of the year. We run down the biggest and most interesting titles dropping this December. Meanwhile, we’ve all been playing the new Pokemon remakes, Bobby’s interrupting the timeline with Ruined King and Johnny’s pondering the orb in Exo One. All that and more on this...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We’ve got a full boat and a lot of games and news to discuss. Chase is stuck on Dungeon Encounters, Bobby’s back in Skyrim, Patric is speeding through Forza and Johnny’s in Halo Infinite multiplayer heaven. All that, plus our thoughts on the Game Awards nominees on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H --------------------------------------------------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We’re racing to game of the year, and for Johnny and Bobby, that means playing a ton of Forza Horizon 5! Meanwhile, Chase is just chilling with Chicory. And while some games - like Pokemon - are leaking early, others - like Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 - are getting delayed. All that and more in this week’s Casual Report, only on The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ---------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Video games (like these November temperatures) are dropping all over the place, and Bobby and Chase are here to talk about which ones are worth your time, and which ones should get left out in the cold. Chase is still underwhelmed by Psychonauts 2, Bobby is both building and rebuilding towns in Townscaper and Moonglow Bay and both hosts have a lot to unpack about Unpa...

This Week on The Casual Hour…  Johnny’s out, so Chase is in for this news-heavy episode of The Casual Hour. Sony State of Play, Nintendo Switch Expansion Pack problems, Halo trailers and oh my god do we spend some time speculating on other potential characters for the leaked Warner Bros. platform fighter. All that and more on this (accidentally musical) edition of The Casual Hour! (post link...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Bobby’s back, and we’ve all got new games to talk about. Chase checked out demos for Shadowverse and Super Robot Wars 30, while Bobby and Johnny get into the spooky spirit with Metroid Dread and Back 4 Blood. All that and a bunch of Nintendo news on this episode of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ------------------------------------------------------------------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Bobby’s gone for one minute and The Casual Hour gets completely overrun with anime! In honor of Super Robot Wars’ 30th anniversary (and upcoming game), Chase runs us through the history of this secret franchise that’s rarely made it out of Japan. And if you usually just listen to the show, consider watching this one instead, as Chase has put together a slideshow to il...

This Week on The Casual Hour… The show must go on, even if it means Chase is mostly just watching postseason baseball out of the corner of his eye for most of the episode. In any case, We get some early thoughts on Jett: The Far Shore, New World, and FIFA 22 and then dive into Twitch data leaks, whatever the hell Konami is up to, and Sora coming to Smash. All that and more on this edition of The C...

This Week on The Casual Hour… It’s fall, y’all, and that means it’s time to talk about October video games! Metroid Dread, Far Cry 6 and a new Super Robot Wars game?! Also, Bobby, Johnny and Patric are stuck in a Death Loop as Chase continues bouncing around World Flipper. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ---------------------------------------------------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… When Johnny’s away, the mice will play…Eastward, apparently. Chase and Bobby are holding down the Casual fort, and that means a long discussion of this new obsession. We also break down our backlogs to see what we want/need to play or finish in the final few months before Game of the Year time. All that and Nintendo Direct predictions on this episode of The Casual Hou...

The Sega 32X is not a good system. It clogs up your outlets, doesn’t have many games and was already behind the times when it first released. And yet, Chase has two of them. Go figure. In this Deep Dive, we run down the full story of the ill-fated 32X and why it still holds a place in our hearts. // T W I T C H ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M...

This Week on The Casual Hour… With Johnny back from emergency dental surgery, The Casual Crew is back up to three as we talk about the gaming news from the past week. Also, Chase is a wizard at World Flipper, Bobby attempts to summit Insurmountable and Johnny cuts Ghost of Tsushima down to size. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ----------------------------------...

It’s September, and we’re breaking down the whole month of releases (and man, there are a lot of them!) Meanwhile, Chase is having an existential crisis about Psychonauts 2, Bobby proves Baldo: The Guardian Owls isn’t just for the birds, and everyone’s riding the Monster Train! All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ----------------------------------------------------...

Episode Description: This Week on The Casual Hour… It’s Gamescom season, and we’ve got a lot of news to cover and trailers to watch. Midnight Suns, Saint’s Row, Halo and…DokeV? We’ll get into it. Plus, Chase finished Monster Hunter Stories 2, Bobby finished Boyfriend Dungeon, Johnny finished 12 Minutes (we know, we were surprised too) and Patric is finishing a round in Mario Golf. All that and ini...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We are going through some of the most notable years in the history of video games, discuss the impact they had on the industry and ourselves, and wrap up with Johnny, Bobby, and Chase, each picking what they feel is the most significant year. Did we get it right, or were we unforgivably wrong? Tune in to find out on this week’s Deep Dive! // T W I T C H --------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… On this technically-challenged episode, Chase watches the Monster Hunter movie for some reason, Bobby’s going Norse over Tribes of Midgard, Johnny’s tending to TemTem and we’re all getting our degrees in Dodgeball Academia. We were going to talk about the latest Nintendo Indie World, but our audio capture had other plans. So just go watch their 20-minute presentation...

This Week on The Casual Hour… This Week on The Casual Hour… This week Bobby, Patric, and Johnny talk about the games they've been playing and cover the news. First, can Bobby keep his friends alive in xcom? Then, Patric faces off against Mr. X in Streets of Rage 4, and Johnny waxes poetic about Halo after the flight test over the weekend for Infinite. All that and more, this week on the Casual Hou...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We welcome back Patric Brown to the show, not just as a guest, but as a full-fledged fourth member of The Casual Hour cast! To celebrate, we thought we’d take a look at the games slated to come out in August. And we’ve got info on New World, Hades, Samurai Warriors 5 and Death’s Door. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ---------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Johnny’s back, which means we’ve got a lot of games and a lot of news to catch up on. Mini Motorways and Alto’s Odyssey got updates, Pokemon Unite, Death’s Door and PowerWash Simulator are out and we’re still gushing about Monster Hunter Stories 2. Plus, we cover the Switch OLED, Steam Deck and Nickelodeon’s newly announced Smash Bros. clone. All that and more on this...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Bobby and Chase welcome friends of the show @hybridglass and @realdirtysmurf for a super-sized episode. Scarlet Nexus, Call of Duty, Monster Hunter Stories, Chicory, Mario Golf: Super Rush and…Bleach? Embrace the chaos as we chat about these topics and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! We’re On Twitch! Twitch.tv/thecasualhour Schedule: M W F 10:30PM CST Let’s T...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We are joined by the Internet’s own Matt Giguere to address the current state of video game movies. We break down the American released live-action movies and compare them to their video game counterparts declaring what worked, and what went terribly wrong. All that and more on this special Deep Dive with The Casual Hour! We’re On Twitch! Twitch.tv/thecasualhour Sched...