The Casual Hour

This Week on The Casual Hour… It’s an episode full of new games, from recent releases like Paper Mario, Ghost of Tsushima and Carrion, but also new announcements from Nintendo’s Mini Partner Direct and Microsoft’s latest Xbox showcase. Hear what we thought about the new Halo and the announcement of Fable, as well as explain more anime to Bobby. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour!...

This Week on The Casual Hour… This week on The Casual Hour, Chase Koeneke takes us back to 2007 as we talk through seminal video game documentary The King of Kong and what's happened since its release. It's a story of hot sauce and even hotter scores as Steve Wiebe attempts to dethrone video game Jesus, Billy Mitchell. And hey, we hear there may be a Donkey Kong kill screen coming up, all on...

This Week on The Casual Hour… The dust has settled as we leave The Last Of Us 2 in past and play a bunch of old stuff instead. Chase finally went back to Indivisible, Johnny’s totally hammered on Total War: Warhammer II and Bobby’s still waiting to be enamoured with Persona 4 Golden. Plus we talk about possible $70 games and what Microsoft may have up their sleeve for Xbox’s July Showcase. All tha...

This Week on The Casual Hour… After seeing credits roll on The Last of Us Part 2, there are some OPINIONS around The Casual Hour offices. But we also manage to squeeze in some talk on the most interesting games coming out in July. Plus hear someone butcher the rules of Hanafuda. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour. Let’s Talk! We love fan mail, send us some! thecasualhour@gmail.co...

This Week on The Casual Hour… It’s another episode of new games and new news as the gang trudges through June. We chat about our complicated feelings on the new Pokemon Sword and Shield DLC, and our even more complicated feelings on The Last of Us 2. Plus, reactions to EA Play, Pokemon Unite and Mixer. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour. Let’s Talk! We love fan mail, send us some...

This Week on The Casual Hour… POKEMON SNAP IS COMING AND NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. Well, that’s not exactly true. We’ve got more Pokemon news and some highlights from the PC Gaming Show. Also, Chase has a new game from the Itch bundle, Bobby’s somewhere Among The Trees and Johnny’s still in a Warzone. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour. Let’s Talk! We love fan mail, send us some! the...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We’re back after a week off and there’s a lot to talk about. Itch.io has an incredible bundle of games available supporting a good cause. Bungie revealed what the next few years of Destiny will look like. And Sony finally unveiled the PS5 and it’s….interesting. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour. Let’s Talk! We love fan mail, send us some! thecasualh...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We’re taking a look at the upcoming games for the month of June, led by Valorant, The Last of Us Part 2 and expansions for Pokemon Sword & Shield as well as Destiny 2. In the meantime, Chase returns to a problematic Pokemon ROM hack rabbit hole, Bobby explores a new cyberpunk game and Johnny plumbs the depths of Minecraft Dungeons. All that and an update on what t...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We’ve all been playing a lot of new games lately, so this episode is all whatcha been playing all the time. Indivisible, Gears Tactics, Ni no Kuni, Jet Lancer, Ghost Runner, Snowrunner, Pokemon, Super Mega Baseball 3, Journey to the Savage Planet and more. Plus, Johnny misses the joke. It’s all here on this edition of The Casual Hour! Let’s Talk! We love fan mail, sen...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Welcome to another Deep Dive with the Casual Hour! On this episode we will be discussing legends, well one legend having complex and convoluted backstories and in-universe mythology, made all the more complicated by the existence of multiple timelines. Yes, tonight we will unravel the history of Hyrule as we discuss how The Legend of Zelda came to be. L...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Our theme music maestro and Casual Hour OG, Patric Brown joins the show as we dig into a Final Fantasy VII Remake spoilercast (while we also try to work around Bobby having not played the original game). But before that, we catch up on games like Streets of Rage 4, Indivisible, Gears Tactics, Snowrunner, and more. All that on this spoiler-filled edition of The Casual...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We preview the games slated to release for the month of May. If you’re into ports and collections of previous titles, you’re in luck! If you’re not, you might find this month to be a bit “lukewarm.” But hey, you could always start two MMOs at the same time like Bobby has. Details on that, Truck Stranding and more on this edition of The Casual Hour. Let’s Talk! We love...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We check in on recent Casual Hour favorites, Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Animal Crossing New Horizons, then we listen to Chase finally put Super Robot Wars to bed…for now. Also, Bobby and Johnny have both started a new quest of sorts, and look to drag Chase along for the ride. All that and some big Nintendo updates on this edition of The Casual Hour. Let’s Talk! We lov...

This Week on The Casual Hour… This week it’s all Final Fantasy all the time! Join the boys as they share their experiences in the excellent Final Fantasy VII Remake so far. Will this be Johnny’s GOTY? Has Bobby finally found the Final Fantasy game for him? Does Chase have what it takes to overthrow Shinra? After Sharing their glowing impressions of the remake Johnny takes them on a strange journey...

This Week on The Casual Hour… By the time you’re listening to this episode, Final Fantasy VII Remake is already out, but the crew is still eagerly anticipating it as of this recording. As we wait, each of us are trying some new things. Johnny’s taken his first steps into Hades, Chase is bouncing around NBA Playgrounds 2 and Bobby’s balancing Disco Elysium with A Short Hike. And yeah, we’re all sti...

This Week on The Casual Hour… It’s time to preview the month of April, and you know what that means: The Casual Hour crew being excited for the FFVII Remake and pretty much nothing else. But in the meantime, we’ve still been playing a lot of Animal Crossing and DOOM Eternal, and Johnny’s even dug back into some older games on the PC. All that and more on this socially distant edition of The Casual...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We take a little break from our normal schedule and chill out with a nice Animal Crossing New Horizons discussion as we compare and contrast both our islands and this new game with previous ones in the franchise. Bobby and Johnny also do a bit of ripping and tearing in the new DOOM and Bobby enlightens us on the latest Ori game. All that on this edition of The Casual...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We lost our audio this week so Bobby shares some perspective on what has been happening the last few weeks. In short, let’s take care of each other in this time of uncertainty and continue to chase the things we enjoy. Let’s Talk! We love fan mail, send us some! thecasualhour@gmail.com You can follow our show on Twitter at: @thecasualhour Enjoy what we have to say? Pl...

This Week on The Casual Hour… This week on The Casual Hour, Chase has brought more relics of Nintendo's past for some show and tell. With Animal Crossing: New Horizons tantalizingly close to releasing, it's the perfect time to talk about two devices that worked with the original Animal Crossing (among many other games): The Nintendo e-Reader and the GameCube - Game Boy Advance Link Cable. Let’s Ta...

This Week on The Casual Hour… It’s a party of two this week as Johnny hits the bricks. It’s too bad, as we chat about one of his most anticipated games of the year, the Final Fantasy VII Remake, which had a demo drop out of nowhere recently. Outside of that, Chase has been digging into the backlog with Star Ocean: First Departure R and Bobby’s still testing out the new PC waters with Bloodroots an...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Chase returns to balance out the newly created PC master race of Bobby and Johnny, and he’s back just in time to tell us all about the new games and DLCs coming in March. If you’ve been lamenting the lack of big titles so far in 2020, this just might be the month for you. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour. Let’s Talk! We love fan mail, send us some!...

This Week on The Casual Hour… With Chase on assignment this week, Bobby and Johnny are able to flourish as new members of the PC Master Race. Johnny also uses Chase’s absence as a reminder that The Witcher III is a superior video game that everyone should. Bobby reinforces Johnny’s piping hot take that DOOM (2016) is a very good video game as well. Bobby goes full beta and test a bunch of early ac...

This Week on The Casual Hour… ​​Johnny has better things to do than put up with Bobby and Chase’, so it’s a two-man booth this week as we talk about the latest news and what we’ve been playing. Chase gushes about Wide Ocean Big Jacket while Bobby splits his time on PC with Temtem and mobile with Archero. We also cover Pokemon Home and Platinum’s big splash in the world of crowdfunding. All that an...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Another slow month for games is on the horizon, so the gang continues to tread old ground. With everyone back this week, we take a temperature check on Tokyo Mirage Sessions. Bobby’s got early impressions of Temtem, Chase continues to fight robots with robots and Johnny dives back into The Last of Us. All that, plus our February preview on this edition of The Casual H...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Johnny’s out on assignment, so Bobby and Chase bring in the best (and probably only) speedrunner we know, Zach Fleeman, to help us break down the best runs from the most recent AGDQ: Awesome Games Done Quick. We talk to Zach about what got him into speedrunning, what makes Super Mario World ROM hacks his running games of choice and if speedrunning has changed his perc...