Video Game Hangover

Randy reaches the end of Vampire Crawlers , maybe. D.J. dives into another Steam Next Fest and emerges as a golf AND train expert. Also: The Adventures of Elliot: The Elliot Chronicles 0rigins: Elliot's Adventure . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (8:20) - Stream announcement: DuneCrawl (10:44) - Vampire Crawlers (25:35) - Steam Next Fest/Retro Rail GO! (38:31) - Normal Golf Game (51:04) - The Adve...

We reveal the true form of the next Mario game since Nintendo refuses to. Also: Becoming Baby Bond in 007 First Light , unsuccessfully sneaking through Thick as Thieves , and waiting for Marathon to happen. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Fake E3 (25:32) - Thick as Thieves (38:15) - Marathon (1:02:57) - 007 First Light (1:23:41) - Outro

It's time for double vampire jeopardy as we go from the spooky bat swarms of Vampire Survivors to the spooky, bat-infested bridges of Vampire Crawlers . Also, as usual, Dragon Quest VII . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Vampire Intro/Dragon Quest VII (16:18) - Vampire Announcement: Thick as Thieves (22:55) - Vampire Survivors (35:11) - Vampire Crawlers (1:10:24) - Vampire Outro

Randy plays his 1 millionth hour of Dragon Quest VII Reimagined . Meanwhile, D.J. finally walks away from his life of crime to join the anime police in Neverness to Everness . Also: Sledding Game . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (4:24) - Stream announcement: Vampire Survivors (9:27) - Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, Part XIXXVIIICVMVVX (33:55) - Grand Theft Auto V (37:57) - Neverness to Everness (1:...

D.J. returns (virtually) from Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival with some actual good news. Randy escapes a futuristic dystopia in Replaced , before immediately going back for more dystopia. Also: Cast n Chill , and our latest check-in with everyone's favorite crime simulator. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (12:41) - Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival (37:14) - Cast n Chill (44:45) - Replaced (1:04:07)...

Randy spends some time running through The Rogue Prince of Persia . D.J. concocts questionable new habitats for all the pokemon trying to move into his Poketopia. Also: Meeting the original decoy octopus in Darwin's Paradox . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Famous Final Fantasy characters (12:01) - Stream announcement: Cast n Chill (20:55) - The Rogue Prince of Persia (42:17) - Pokemon Pokonopia (...

D.J. is tricked into rebuilding Pokemon civilization in Pokemon Pokopia , or whatever it's called. Meanwhile, Randy shows everyone who the real wax head is in, uh, Wax Heads . Chris Pratt guest stars as Mario. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (12:44) - Stream announcement: More Peak (23:58) - Pokemon Ponkipia (59:00) - Wax Heads (1:10:37) - Outro

too busy playing Slay the Spire II can't write episode description. Dragon Quest VII Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (17:54) - Stream announcement: Slay the Spire II (20:24) - Virtual Boy Minute (29:32) - Slay the Spire II (1:11:13) - Outro

We're back from Steam Next Fest and boy are our arms tired! Also: Getting slimy in Reanimal , and unearthing Nintendo's long-buried Virtual Boy, only to immediately re-earth it. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (6:49) - Stream announcement: Slay the Spire II (14:10) - Virtual Boy (33:02) - Reanimal (49:45) - The Last Salvage Squad (52:09) - Wild Blue Skies (1:00:05) - Parasite Mutant (1:06:35) - Va...

Randy meets both friendly and unfriendly robots in Pragmata . Meanwhile, D.J. scales a decidedly unfriendly mountain in  Cairn . Also: Spooky Internet monsters, now in book form. And: What if Cloverpit were smaller and harder to see? Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/There Is No Anti-Memetics Division (16:49) - Stream announcement: Reanimal (20:07) - Cairn (59:24) - Cloverpit Mobile (1:03:25) - Prag...

Randy moves his followers to a colder climate in Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven . Meanwhile, D.J. takes the slowest possible trip through Vietnam in Incursion Red River . Also, don't miss Video Game Hangover's historic first on-air mention of waifus. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Stream announcement (5:04) - New Music: Rei8bit (8:38) - Dispatch (23:21) - Incursion Red River (49:19) - Cult of the La...

Randy goes looking for trouble (but, more importantly, spare batteries) in ARC Raiders . Meanwhile, D.J. jumps back into the wild world of the Party Finder in Final Fantasy XIV 's latest raid tier. Also: Playing Dragon Quest VII , yet again. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (7:00) - Final Fantasy XIV (26:15) - ARC Raiders (48:06) - Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (1:14:16) - Outro

Take a listen to some of our favorite game music tracks from 2025!

We take a look back at our favorite games of 2025 and wonder just what we were thinking. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (3:26) - Monster Hunter Wilds (12:38) - Mario Kart World (21:03) - Death Stranding 2 (28:04) - Donkey Kong Bananza (35:54) - Promise Mascot Agency (42:54) - Strange Antiquities (50:17) - Herdling (55:52) - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (1:07:00) - Silent Hill f (1:15:20) - CloverP...

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D.J. reemerges after being trapped in virtual reality for a year to warn people about the dangers of Gran Turismo . Meanwhile, Randy plays 5,273,319,386,471,438 Boggle roguelites. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Online multiplayer (16:55) - Stream announcement: Peak (19:49) - Drunktacular hype (22:34) - PlayStation VR2 (30:40) - Gran Turismo 7 (43:12) - Arken Age (52:04) - No Man's Sky (1:05:48) -...

Important disclaimer: There is actually nothing cool about cigarettes. We made it through another Extra Life marathon! Hear all about the games we played, including Keeper , Easy Delivery Co. , Save Room , Chilla's Art: The Bathhouse , and more! Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Extra Life recap (12:05) - Drunktacular 2025 hype (18:11) - Slay the Spire (24:02) - Cloverpit (34:01) - YEAH! YOU WANT "T...

D.J. takes a spooky trip to, confusingly, somewhere besides Silent Hill in  Silent Hill f . Meanwhile, Randy shoots lasers in every direction in Ball x Pit . Also: Walking down the most interesting hallway in the world in The Exit 8 . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (2:17) - Stream announcement: The Past Within (5:01) - Extra Life hype (12:55) - Silent Hill f (43:24) - Ball x Pit (1:05:16) - The E...

Randy locks himself in a cell with the latest Balatro like, CloverPit . Meanwhile, D.J. takes a spooky trip back to a more polygonal time in Heartworm . Also: Covering up crimes underwater (and occasionally being eaten) in Murky Divers . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (5:54) - Stream announcement/Extra Life hype (12:06) - Murky Divers (29:24) - CloverPit (52:15) - Heartworm (1:04:56) - Outro

Randy and D.J. adjust to their new, somewhat blockier existence in LEGO Voyagers . Randy finds himself in charge of another mysterious shop in Strange Antiquities . D.J. logs into the fake MMO Fellowship after finally paving over the rest of Australia. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Arctic Awakening (2:31) - Stream announcement: Murky Divers (6:55) - Extra Life 2025 (13:23) - Death Stranding 2 (2...

Randy finds himself on another disastrous plane flight in Arctic Awakening , but eventually escapes to the shifting pages of The Plucky Squire . Meanwhile, D.J. heads into the desert with his sword-surfboard thing in Sword of the Sea . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/We did not play Silksong (3:39) - Stream announcement: LEGO Voyagers (9:34) - We did not play Borderlands 4 (16:11) - Arctic Awakeni...

The Backlog Attack concludes (mostly) with Randy carrying out his directives in Robocop: Rogue City and D.J. reaping what he sowed in Bioware's beloved Anthem . Also: Return of the bug people. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Silksong (13:49) - Stream announcement: Mario Kart World (18:08) - Backlog Attack update (25:40) - Anthem (47:08) - Robocop: Rogue City (1:15:26) - Outro

Randy and D.J. step outside their respective gaming comfort zones with Hades 's roguelike arena action and Banjo-Kazooie 's jiggy/mumbo/wiggy/wobbly/wooper-collecting. Also: When Mario Kart  becomes work. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Mario Kart World (15:18) - Stream announcement: Anthem (20:47) - Banjo-Kazooie (51:03) - Hades (1:12:03) - Outro

This summer's Backlog Attack kicks off with some breezy dogfighting in Air Combat 22 , followed by putting Super Mario Sunshine on trial for its various crimes. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Stream announcement (5:24) - Backlog Attack! (23:42) - Air Combat 22 (43:06) - Super Mario Sunshine (1:09:03) - Outro

Randy searches for buried treasure (actually is banana) in Donkey Kong Bananza , D.J. continues to ignore whatever's going on in Death Stranding 2 . Also: Falling off a mountain in Peak , and a mysterious new way to play solitaire in Occlude . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Stream announcement (4:40) - Peak (29:37) - Death Stranding 2 (40:38) - Donkey Kong Bananza (1:05:51) - Occlude (1:18:30) -...