The Casual Hour

This Week on The Casual Hour… The final game preview of 2023 is here. The Casual Crew has been busy playing and preparing for the Game of the Year, with possibly a few more games to explore in December. We share our thoughts on Persona 5 Tactics, Super Mario RPG, and get our tickets ready for The Last Train Home. Enjoy all of this and more in this special December Games Preview episode of The Casu...

This Week on The Casual Hour… As Bobby cruelly counts down our episodes until Game of the Year (the count is down to 4, including this episode), the crew has been putting some time into some interesting titles. Chase is still plugging away at Star Ocean: The Second Story R, Bobby’s hit credits on Everspace 2 and Cocoon and Johnny’s built in a couple hours of Cities: Skylines 2. Plus reaction to Th...

This Week on The Casual Hour… From Bungie to Rockstar to Fortnite, we’re covering all the biggest recent gaming news on this episode. Also, Johnny’s been questing around in Roboquest, Bobby’s back in virtual reality and Chase starts a couple of new RPGs. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ----------------------------------------------------------------------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… It’s November preview time, and there are a lot of games to cover (a handful of which even look pretty good!) In the meantime, the crew’s been playing a handful of new games, including Alan Wake 2, Endless Dungeon and Reverse 1999. Come join us for some fun on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H -------------------------------------------------------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… In what may go down as one of Johnny's most unoriginal moves, he decided to prepare the exact same Deep Dive that Bobby did back on episode 137. Two-thirds of the crew used this failed move as an opportunity to delve into a lengthy discussion on Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Super Mario Bros Wonder. All that, plus a sense of déjà vu, on this edition of The Casual...

This Week on The Casual Hour… From brand-new titles to really cool romhacks, The Casual Hour has a gaggle of games to talk about on this packed Whatcha Been Playing episode. And we’ve got some less than fun news to discuss as well. Come join us on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M W F @ 9:00 PM CST...

This Week on The Casual Hour… The whole crew’s been trying out new and interesting games this week. Johnny took a test drive of the new Forza Motorsport, Bobby’s diving deep into the various worlds of Cocoon and Chase found a weird puzzle game that’s taking Japan by storm. All that plus a recap of all the rough video game industry news on this edition of The Casual Hour!  // T W I T C H ----------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… There are simply too many games coming out this month, and we attempt to cover the most interesting ones in our October preview. In the meantime, Bobby’s farming and battling in Moonstone Island, Johnny’s caught the Counter Strike 2 bug and Chase digs back into an old Fire Emblem game. All that and more on the mega edition of The Casual Hour!  // T W I T C H ---------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Chase is away, as evidenced by the time stamp, and in his absence, Johnny decides to join us. Bobby and Johnny have a conversation about the lack of staying power in Starfield, the importance of Baldur’s Gate 3, the stylish Devolver darling Gunbrella, as well as an update on Unity and the Xbox leak. You can catch all of this and more on this edition of The Casual Hour...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Chase ha brought a game this week, which is a normal thing we do on a video game podcast. But this time, the game IS the podcast. Join The Casual Hour Crew as we test our game knowledge (and test yourselves against us! Plus, Johnny’s been puppeting around Lies of P, Bobby’s learning words in Chants of Sennaar and Chase is battling royally through F-Zero 99. All that o...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Johnny’s still out, so it’s up to Chase and Bobby to recap all the news from the recent Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play. Hear our thoughts on the exciting (and not so exciting) titles slated to come out at the end of this year and the beginning of the next one. Also, Bobby finished Starfield! What does he think about it? Find out on this edition of The Casual H...

This Week on The Casual Hour… With Johnny still out, we have brought back one of our favorite guests, Giggysan, to help us get through this week in gaming. From new releases like Armored Core and Starfield to old favorites like Front Mission 3, we’ve got a lot to share on what we’ve been playing. Plus, Zelda news and gamers being shitty about yet another thing. All that and more on this edition of...

This Week on The Casual Hour… After a packed August, it’s nice to just have a chill month where nothing happens. Wait…I’m hearing that actually a ton more games and big DLC updates are coming out in September. Cool. No rest for the weary. Bobby and Chase break down all the important releases for the upcoming month while we also share our thoughts on Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. All that and...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Hello from the past! Hope you’re all enjoying Armored Core. We recorded this episode last week due to some trips happening, so join Bobby, Johnny and Chase for this slightly-behind the times Whatcha Been Playing episode. Chase has lost his marbles in Marble It Up Ultra, Bobby is sailing the high skies in Black Skylands and Johnny has no objections about starting Phoen...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Bobby takes the crew through a Deep Dive of Jordan Minor’s “Video Game of the Year” A year-by-year guide to the best, boldest, and most bizarre games from every year since 1977. Join us for a brief dip into the book, our feelings on the selections, and overall impact these games have had on the industry!  // T W I T C H ------------------------------------------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We’ve been gaming this last week. Johnny and Bobby are digging into Baldur’s Gate 3, Chase and Bobby have cleaned their plates of Venba and Bobby’s been busy in the Word Factori. We’ve also got some news to cover, including last weekend’s Evo fighting tournament, Rockstar’s newest mess they’ve made for themselves and Hideo Kojima’s tease of Death Stranding 2. All that...

This Week on The Casual Hour… With Baldur’s Gate 3, Armored Core 6 and that football game, August is a big month for video games, and the Casual crew is here to break down all the interesting titles coming out in the coming weeks. Plus, Johnny and Bobby have been playing games on the Switch while Chase plays on his PC? Has the whole world gone crazy? Find out on this edition of The Casual Hour! //...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We are gaming! As we anticipate next months big releases of Baldur’s Gate and Armored Core, the crew has been spending their July trying out some smaller fare. Johnny’s been ripping around Mario Kart’s newest tracks, Bobby’s flipping tiles in Let’s Revolution! and Chase finished the extremely good Viewfinder. All that plus news about Microsoft, Diablo, Gundam and more...

This Week on The Casual Hour… On this month’s Deep Dive the boys blow the dust off one of the most memorable issues of EGM, the one all about the PS2, GameCube and GBA! They spend some time looking through its pages, and discuss everything from the announcement of the GameCube, to poorly aged tech ads, to what the hottest selling games in the summer of 2000 were. This is a nostalgia packed episode...

This Week on The Casual Hour… A short whatcha been playing episode this week as Chase checks out another fun little itch.io game, Bobby puts Nova Lands on ice and Johnny cozily rebuilds Europe after the horrors of World War 2. Plus, updates on Microsoft and the FTC, the new Black Panther game announcement and some big sales milestones in our Casual Report. All that and more on this edition of The...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Microsoft’s attempted acquisition of Activision continues to be in the news, and Johnny breaks down some of the highlights from the trial and the discovery emails. Meanwhile, we’ve all been playing new stuff including AEW: Fight Forever, Kingdom Eighties and Dave The Diver. All that and some very good pen talk on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H -------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Johnny’s back (cricket noises), but more importantly, it’s time to look ahead to the games of July including a big first party Nintendo game as well as a game that has completely blown all of our minds! Plus, here the whole crew’s first impressions with Final Fantasy XVI. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ----------------------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We are here to celebrate all things Chase loves: Johnny being gone, a Nintendo Direct, and a deep dive into the current state of handheld gaming. Bobby interviews the "Gamer on the Go" Chase Koeneke to get an understanding of how handheld gaming has changed over the last decade, and what the next decade might hold. All that and more on this week's Casual...

This Week on The Casual Hour… The Casual crew is here to break down the good and the bad from this year’s Summer Game Fest (as well as all the other streams surrounding it). From big games like Star Wars Outlaws to smaller titles like Nova Roma, we tell you what got us excited to play in the coming months and years. Hear it all on this special edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H -----------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… As it’s the halfway point of the year (and as we’re on the horizon of big gaming news from the Summer Games Fest), the crew thought it’d be the perfect time to reflect on how we feel about the year in games so far. While keeping the Zelda talk to a minimum we look back at some of our favorite games of 2023, games we want to get back to and then games we’re still looki...