The Casual Hour

This Week on The Casual Hour… Tis the season of GOTY, and we've got a full week of content lined up for you. Our Day 1 episode features a smattering of categories from "Best New Character" to the always contentious "Best Style." Stay tuned all week as we debate even more categories leading up to our personal top 10s as well as our final top 10 for the show. GOTY season is officially in full swing...

This Week on The Casual Hour… It’s our final show before our GOTY series begins. What last minute cramming has the crew been up to? Chase finished Norco, Bobby’s gone deep into Marvel’s Midnight Suns and Johnny has become Unbound in the new Need For Speed. Plus, we’ve got live reactions from The Game Awards. 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 a December to remember sales event, as we take a look at the remaining 2022 titles still on the release slate. Will something slip into our GOTY hearts just under the deadline? Could it be Need For Speed of all things? Meanwhile, everyone’s played the new Pokemon games and we all have some thoughts that we just need to share. All that and more on this edition of...

This Week on The Casual Hour… What better way to celebrate the launching of a new Pokémon game than by holding a tournament to see which one is the worst? The boys have each submitted six of what they consider to be the worst monsters to ever show their faces across all eight generations of the beloved franchise. Eighteen Pokémon enter, but only one can be crowned The Worst Pokémon. // T W I T C H...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Things are weird. We get existential about social media, ponder why Sony is making so many odd business decisions and we excitedly look to more cool indie games coming to Nintendo Switch. Also, Bobby and Johnny have spent every free minute playing the brand new God of War Ragnarok, and we fire up the grill for some hot takes. All that and more on this edition of The C...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Spooky season is over and it’s time to be thankful for the buffet of new games releasing in the month of November. Pokemon, God of War and a couple of tactical remakes that have us pretty excited. Plus, Chase finished Live A Live and Bobby started…Red Dead Redemption 2…again? All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ------------------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We finally have a full crew back together, and everyone’s played the same game? Must be a miracle. Hear our full thoughts on the new Marvel Snap sensation that appears to be taking over the world. Plus, Chase is collecting candy in Destiny 2’s Festival of the Lost event, Bobby descended into The First Descendent and Johnny is de-escalating situations with extreme prej...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Johnny gets better just for Chase to get sick, but that doesn't stop us from giving our hot takes on some new games! Johnny gushes about Stray while Bobby finds the simple life in Coral Island. We also get surprised by Shatterline, and grow concerned with the Warhammer 40K Darktide Beta. All that and the news on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H --------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Johnny has fallen ill, so Chase and Bobby pick up the slack and get a little introspective on the nature of podcasting about video games and the pressure to bring new stuff to the table each week. But we still have games to talk about: Live A Live, PGA Tour 2K23 and even some Cyberpunk. All that and some big news stories on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Bobby’s back just in time for our October preview episode. And with Gotham Knights, Mario + Rabbids and Call of Duty, it should be a newsworthy month of gaming. Meanwhile, Chase and Bobby have been checking out the Steam Next Fest games, and Johnny’s been waiting in queues (and occasionally even playing matches) in Overwatch 2. All that and more on this edition of The...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Bobby got COVID (that’s what you get for taking a vacation), so we called in our friend, Matt “Giggysan” Giguere to join us for this episode where we take another deep dive into an old gaming magazine, Electronic Gaming Monthly issue 134. We also talk about Doom, the Modern Warfare 2 Beta and Live A Live. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We’re outlining our personal gaming plans for the rest of 2022: the games we’re looking forward to, the games we still need to finish and the games that we should really stop playing so we have time for everything else. It’s a backlog Deep Dive on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H --------------------------------------------------------------------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Sony and Nintendo decided to drop big news on digital events the same day, so the Casual Crew is here to break them both down. Meanwhile, Chase paints the links in Easy Come Easy Golf, Bobby paints miniatures in Moonbreaker and Johnny paints the whole world in Splatoon 3. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ----------------------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Chase tries out Destiny 2’s revamped Iron Banner, Bobby’s catching TemTem and raising Ooblets, and Johnny goes back to school with Two Point Campus on this newest edition of the podcast. We also talk through the new Pokemon trailer, theorize about what’s wrong with Halo, and talk about how the future of Call of Duty will affect both Microsoft and Sony. All that and mo...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We dive into the mountain of games scheduled to release this September - it’s a stacked month! Meanwhile, Chase has tried out The Diofield Chronicle demo, Bobby’s completed Cult of the Lamb and Johnny’s taken his first small steps into Tinykin. Plus, have we become a pro-Fortnite podcast? When the hell did that happen? All that and more on this edition of The Casual H...

This Week on The Casual Hour… With Johnny back and recharged from vacation, an exhausted Chase heads out on assignment. Meanwhile, the original Casual Crew skates through Rollerdrome, Bobby puts in the honest work with Slime Rancher, and Johnny tumbles down a Battle Royale rabbit hole. All that, and some spicy takes from Gamescom on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H -----------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Recently, Reset (a Vice property about video games, but different than Waypoint) compiled a wishy-washy list of games that were important in the 2010s. We found their list lacking, so we called in friend of the show Giggysan, and made our own. What were our 10 most important games of the 2010s? And what makes a game important anyway? Find out on this edition of The Ca...

This Week on The Casual Hour… With Johnny out this week, it’s addition by subtraction as Bobby and Chase run down the games they’ve been playing, as well as some of the latest gaming news stories. Chase is still choking down Digimon Survive, Bobby’s fallen hard for Hard West 2, and we break down some of the best matches from Evo 2022. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I...

This Week on The Casual Hour… It’s a momentous day. The whole Casual crew is playing anime games on the Switch. Chase is playing Digimon Survive. Bobby and Johnny are playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Steam Decks and PCs and PS5s be damned! And our news section just keeps the good times rolling with plenty of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet speculation after Wednesday’s Pokemon Presents stream. Keep it l...

This Week on The Casual Hour… The smell of Madden Football is in the air, which can mean only one thing: Video games are back, baby! We run down Madden and all the other titles worth checking out this August, as well as put a bow on the month of July. Plus we chat about Into The Breach, Stray and Divinity: Original Sin II. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… After what felt like a bit of a drought, new games and content are starting to all release, and The Casual Hour crew is excited to dive in. Chase is back to protecting the world in Into the Breach’s Advanced Edition update. Bobby thinks Stray is the cat’s meow, and Johnny’s hitting the gas on the new Hot Wheels DLC for Forza Horizon 5. All that, plus plenty of gaming...

This Week on The Casual Hour… The more things change, the more they stay the same. Chase bought yet another handheld gaming device (this time it’s a Steam Deck), Bobby has a new crafting game and Johnny’s still finding reasons to play Crusader Kings 3. But even while the crew is up to their old tricks, there’s still plenty of hot news to cover (literally in the case of Nintendo. Figuratively in th...

This Week on The Casual Hour… We put on our best Siskel & Ebert as Johnny, Bobby and Chase dive deep into their favorite movies (good news: only one of Chase’s top 10 is an anime.) We also cover some of our recent game exploits from Monster Hunter to Monster Train, and Bobby lets us know what crow tastes like. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ---------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… Will July bring the gaming fireworks or just be a big dud? Find out in our monthly preview episode. Meanwhile, Chase charges through ElecHead, Bobby becomes a tech giant in Good Company and Johnny works through some growing pains in the prickly puzzler Room to Grow. All that and a lot more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ----------------------------...

This Week on The Casual Hour… After a number of weeks dedicated to video game streams and press conferences, Johnny, Bobby and Chase have quite the backlog of games they’ve been playing, and tonight’s the time to tell you all about them. Plus, we spoil a 25-year-old game for Bobby…to help him. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H ------------------------------------...