Video Game Hangover

Paul and D.J. try to make sense of Project Octopath Traveler. Randy ponders the murky ethical questions raised by Metroid: Samus Returns. Someone finishes a Persona game. Also, cars. Episode Timeline 00:43 - Intro 02:10 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 07:14 - Persona 5 15:31 - Racing games? 23:30 - Project Octopath Traveler 38:10 - Metroid: Samus Returns 57:35 - Yakuza Kiwami 61:03 - Outro  

Fresh out of Mario + Rabbids boot camp, Randy explains the origin of those disgusting minion-alikes. D.J. is anxious about the hostess bars in Yakuza Kiwami and lets off steam by beating up everyone in Tokyo. Also, Final Fantasy daddy. Episode Timeline 00:36 - Intro 03:20 - Rollercoaster decapitation 07:40 - Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light 15:40 - Mario + Rabbids 41:58 - Yakuza Kiwami 60:20 - Outr...

After a brief stint with the Destiny 2 beta, D.J. rocket slides all over the place in Vanquish and returns to his old face-stomping grounds in Yakuza Kiwami. Meanwhile, Paul plays Crawl while completely sober. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 03:58 - Splatoon 2 18:52 - Destiny 2 26:00 - Vanquish 33:55 - Yakuza Kiwami 49:21 - Shenmue Kiwami 52:31 - Crawl 63:10 - Outro

We wrap up the Backlog Attack with Wolfenstein: The Old Blood and The Stanley Parable. Plus, games that deserve a second chance, even if they include rabbids. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Dusty PCs 06:34 - Wolfenstein: The Old Blood 28:58 - The Stanley Parable 38:00 - Persona 5 and Rabbids 70:05 - Outro  

  We're chakkin' out the Monster Hunter Stories demo. It's as long as a lao-shan lung, as Grandpa Randy always says. We're also chakkin' on Titanfall 2 and Gunpoint , and following our Splatoon 2 teammates around to make sure they don't get... chakked? Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Mütter Museum 06:44 - Monster Hunter Stories 23:57 - Gunpoint 30:08 - Final Fantasy Brave Exvius 32:55 - Dan...

The gang climbs aboard the space station Tacoma in search of spooky ghosts. D.J. struggles to understand the finer points of Bayonetta. Randy puts his curmudgeon powers to use in Gunpoint. Paul operates a computer.   Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:15 - Backlog Attack voting 09:34 - Cave Story & Difficult Games 21:40 - Bayonetta 33:48 - Gunpoint 43:12 - Tacoma 62:33 - Persona 5 minute 67:50 - Cr...

In the aftermath of the first Splatoon 2 Splatfest, we discuss condiment and dessert preferences. D.J. checks in to see if the Professor Layton series survived its transition to mobile, and the Backlog Attack begins with spooky Soma and creepy Cave Story.   Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 02:04 - Splatoon 2 19:20 - Layton's Mystery Journey 31:50 - Soma 51:53 - Cave Story 62:00 - Backlog Attack voti...

We venture into Nintendo's brave new vision of online multiplayer in Splatoon 2 — now with voice chat, sometimes! Also, the summer Backlog Attack begins! Episode Timeline 00:45 - Intro 03:15 - Splatoon 2 49:50 - Backlog Attack 2017 63:00 - Outro  

Bloop out with some blippin' summer blops on our mid-year music show! This year's playlist includes chiptune covers of imaginary artists, real artists singing imaginary words, and -- ugh -- more  Zelda ?! Episode Timeline 00:51 - Intro 02:35 - 🎵 88:50 - Outro

Randy's comfort zone is threatened by a new Persona announcement (and a mail-delivery baby). Also: Picross Makeout League at last, playing Final Fantasy XII until you don't have to, and 3DS games we can't play to begin with. Episode Timeline 00:45 - Intro 02:30 - Fighting games!!!!! 08:35 - Surprises in the mail 13:15 - Theatrhythm Dragon Quest 17:30 - Ever Oasis 29:07 - Final Fantasy XII 46:30 -...

We would like to apologize for this week's extremely disgusting episode title, but if the Castlevania cartoon isn't going to make a wall chicken reference, it's up to us. Also: Zelda DLC, Receiver, Final Fantasy XII, Persona 5, and a second look at Prey.   Episode Timeline 00:55 - Intro 02:45 - Netflix made a Castlevania 16:05 - Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC 30:44 - Receiver 45:15 - Persona 5 55:1...

It's Video Game Hangover's 300th annual quiz show! Our hosts attempt to answer YOUR questions about video games, fake but real words, and real but fake film directors. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 03:40 - Quiz Show Introduction 38:10 - End of Round 1 50:00 - End of Round 2 74:16 - Final Score and Outro

Q: Why did the villagers in Ever Oasis build a juice bar? A: They needed something to drink with all the sand which is there!!!!!! Also: finally playing Horizon: Zero Dawn, finally logging into Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, finally releasing Star Fox 2.   Episode Timeline 00:31 - Intro 01:10 - VGH #300 Quizpendous 05:25 - SNES Classic and Star Fox 2 18:50 - Horizon: Zero Dawn 35:00 - Ever Oasis 4...

E3 is a distant memory so we had to play games again. Games like Ever Oasis, Spellspire, Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood, and everyone's favorite, Pubg.   Episode Timeline 00:31 - Intro 01:35 - VGH #300 Quizdiculous 05:55 - PUBG 21:50 - Ever Oasis 34:18 - Zelda: Breath of the Wild, part #786341 41:20 - Spellspire 49:04 - Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood 66:56 - Outro

E3 is here and it's time to second-guess all of our entertainment choices! Has Sony betrayed us? Is Monster Hunter real? Does playing Mario XCOM mean we secretly like Minions? Y can't Metroid crawl??   Episode Timeline 00:37 - Intro 00:55 - We love E3 06:53 - Emergency quiz show hype 08:12 - We looooove E3 11:40 - Minecraft for everyone* 12:20 - What is Sony Doing 14:34 - Microsoft's open-world ca...

Are you ready for a stupid murder vacation? We take a tour of one of the worst casinos in The Sexy Brutale, brush up on our Zelda photography skills, and discuss skeeball pro strats. Also, two Final Fantasy games that D.J.'s not playing.   Episode Timeline 00:42 - Intro 02:20 - VGH #300 Quiztacular 07:05 - We assure you we are hyped for E3 17:20 - Groove Coaster 3EX and skeeball 26:48 - The Sexy B...

It finally happened: We've surrendered to the Persona dimension. Enjoy a discussion of best girls, gourmet kings, and the cardinal rules of rhythm games. Then, we persona-fuse two of our favorite things: free-to-play mobile games and Final Fantasy. Episode Timeline 00:21 - Intro 01:58 - VGH live at Red Lobster 07:35 - Persona 5 38:50 - Persona 4: Dancing All Night 47:30 - Persona 3 58:04 - Final F...

We're back to playing Zelda: Breath of the Wild and wondering if it would be better as a sidescroller. Paul reunites with an old friend in Dead Cells, then goes looking for a new friend but finds Salt and Sanctuary instead. Randy plays stuff on his phone.   Episode Timeline 00:24 - Intro 01:50 - Zeldas 21:35 - Dead Cells 23:30 - Salt and Sanctuary 40:45 - Cinelinx 47:52 - Topsoil 54:40 - Persona 3...

We venture into Dead Cells, the hot new metroidroguevaniasoulslike, and leave satisfied but missing 75% of our gold. We also try Prey and like it, except for a classic FPS character who won't stop making a cameo. Also, D.J. tries a new Final Fantasy.   Episode Timeline 00:18 - Intro 01:25 - Apology and retraction 03:33 - Dead Cells 30:15 - Prey 46:55 - Final Fantasy Brave Exvius 57:29 - Pandemic 7...

For the inaugural meeting of Noodle Club, our expert noodlers evaluate the noodliness of games like What Remains of Edith Finch's Noodles, Heroes of the Noodling Storm, and Persona 3 Noodle. Episode Timeline 00:45 - Intro 01:55 - Doing dailies 10:04 - Animal Crossing MMO 21:48 - What Remains of Edith Finch 29:53 - Persona 3 52:11 - Heroes of the Storm 66:42 - Outro  

Randy gets trapped in a spooky house in only a raincoat. D.J. learns the high cost of expressing himself. And you won't believe what Paul's been playing. Episode Timeline 00:24 - Intro 03:15 - The $7 emote 13:32 - Overwatch lootbox lore 25:13 - Little Nightmares 35:10 - Oh it's Zelda 45:40 - Kamiko 55:09 - Heroes of the Storm 67:30 - Paul's surprise 73:08 - Outro

We take a break from playing Zelda and actually from playing video games at all to talk about real video games that don't exist, plus a secret video game that does! Also Zelda.   Episode Timeline 00:40 - Intro 01:38 - Persona 5 08:25 - The [E]nd of Nier 23:05 - Crawl 35:08 - Scoop'n Birds 44:35 - Mr. Shifty 56:10 - Surprise! It's Zelda 60:00 - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 81:04 - Outro

Randy nearly doesn't reach the 30-hour milestone in Persona 5. D.J. takes baby steps towards spoiling Nier: Automata. And we bid a gruesome farewell to BoxBoy or whatever his name is. Episode Timeline 00:24 - Intro 01:10 - Smoke weed every day 04:20 - Persona 5 20:50 - Suddenly Zelda 25:25 - Bye-Bye Boxboy! 38:20 - Nier: Automata (light spoilers) 53:14 - Sneak preview? 58:04 - Outro

Friendship ended with ZELDA — now PERSONA is my best friend. Episode Timeline 00:24 - Intro 01:50 - Zelda Minute 03:10 - Self Care 09:40 - Persona 5 43:00 - Night in the Woods 58:25 - Nier Otto Motta 68:04 - Outro

We take a break (mostly) from Zelda to tread very carefully around Nier: Automata spoilers, slither through Snake Pass, and tumble in a typical horse-like fashion across the world in Everything. Episode Timeline 00:24 - Intro 01:40 - Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 08:50 - Nier: Automata 35:00 - Snake Pass 48:15 - Platformer anger 53:50 - Everything 67:30 - Outro