Video Game Hangover

Between all the grinding, collecting, and microtransactions, it’s amazing we even had time to record this week’s show about the extremes we go to for some games. We’ve also got talk of Saints Row IV, Tiny Death Star, and (seriously?) more on Pokemon X/Y. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 2:14 - Viewer Mail 11:41 - Saints Row IV 21:50 - Pokemon X/Y 29:58 - Tiny Death Star 39:52 - The Grind 61:50 - Outr...

With next-gen consoles right around the corner, we’re laying the PS3 and Xbox 360 to rest this week with all of our favorite stuff from the current gen. Also: Pokemon (we actually played it!), AiRace Speed, and Nintendo’s Swapnote dong debacle. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 2:08 - Viewer Mail 10:05 - Pokemon X/Y 22:55 - AiRace Speed 27:27 - Eulogy for a Generation 76:00 - Outro  

We're having a spooOOoOOOOoOoky time playing Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and deciding if we like this new direction horror games are headed. Also, we played Splinter Cell Blacklist with the community and lived to tell about it! So we tell you about it. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 4:04 - Viewer Mail 6:00 - Spinter Cell: Blacklist multiplayer 18:00 - Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs  35:35 - Horror Gam...

Writer/director Rob McCallum talks with us this week about his upcoming indie documentary, The NES Club.

It's the Pokemon episode you've been waiting for, featuring three guys who have never played Pokemon! Also, dungeonmaster Randy rolls an elf in an RPG. D.J. plays a gritty first-person shooter. Matt tries a demo... OR DOES HE? WHAT'S HAPPENING? Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro  2:30 - Viewer Mail 9:09 - Battlefield 4 Demo 17:25 - The Wolf Among Us 25:24 - Shadowrun Returns 32:59 - The Stanely Parable...

What's better than staring at a GTA Online error screen? How about hanging out with creepy wooden versions of Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe? We dish on Beyond: Two Souls, Flashback: More Bros Edition, the new Phoenix Wright in 3D, and Randy plays a JRPG. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 2:08 - Viewer Mail 6:15 - GTA V 20:40 - Beyond: Two Souls 35:38 - Phoenix Wright 43:00 - Etrian Odyssey 49:52 - Flash...

We pay our respects to the late Hiroshi Yamauchi by looking back at the big N’s history and sharing some of our favorite Nintendo memories. In the Hangover: We like GTA5 when it doesn't make us torture people, and D.J. learns to sew in Final Fantasy XIV. Episode Timeline: 0:00 - Intro 2:25 - Viewer Mail 2:35 - Grand Theft Auto V 18:55 - Lego City Undercover 24:17 - Final Fantasy XIV 31:49 - Hirosh...

Brace yourselves. It's a full hour dedicated to the Grand Theft Auto V of video games: Grand Theft Auto V.

We finally stick a fork in the Summer Backlog Attack because it's time to stop playing old games and start stealing cars. We also stick multiple forks into Splinter Cell, and Paul's still playing Diablo III? Oh, it's the NEW Diablo III. Plus Watch Dogs! Episode Timeline: 0:00 - Intro 3:00 - Viewer Mail 11:38 - Backlog Attack 25:03 - Splinter Cell Blacklist 31:31 - Killzone: Mercenary 39:35 - Diabl...

Is there any good reason to pick up an Xbox One or a PS4 on release day? The truth is out there! This week, we're playing Gone Home (no spoilers!), Spelunky, Final Fantasy 14, Jet Set Radio, and weighing in on the next-gen console release dates. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 2:50 - Viewer Mail 4:55 - Backlog Attack Update 10:10 - Spelunky 17:45 - Gone Home 31:05 - Final Fantasy 14 39:06 - Next Gen...

We've got a report on the best new games and biggest announcements from PAX Prime 2013 in Seattle! Also, we're still playing Splinter Cell Blacklist, Shin Megami Tensei IV, and the Backlog Attack continues on with Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel. Episode Timeline: 0:00 - Intro 2:56 - Viewer Mail 11:10 - Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel 16:32 - Splinter Cell Blacklist 19:20 - Shin Megami Tensei IV 2...

RAGE! RAGE! RAGE! We're letting off some steam over the things in games that make us mad. (Then we're binge eating.) In the Hangover, we're playing Splinter Cell Blacklist and Spec Ops: The Line. Also, your comments from Twitter on Viewer Mail! Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 2:45 - Viewer Mail 15:18 - Spec Ops: The Line 20:28 - Spinter Cell: Blacklist 34:10 - Gamer RAGE 56:28 - Last Call 59:08 - Ou...

Are you a game collector or just a hoarder? We're discussing the nuances of video game collecting and the allure of that shiny, new collector's edition of your favorite game. In the Hangover, we're playing Steamworld Dig, Brothers, and Divekick. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 3:00 - Viewer Mail 7:58 - Backlog Attack update 9:19 - Shadows of the Damned 21:17 - Divekick 25:42 - Brothers: A Tale of Tw...

Despite the doom haze surrounding the Wii U, we manage to stay positive and discuss the things that Nintendo's doing right. (But we can't resist dishing on the motion controls and the Big N's stubbornness anyway.) Also, your Backlog Attack entries! Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 2:49 - Viewer Mail 9:22 - Backlog Attack Update 16:20 - Spec Ops: The Line 22:01 - Resident Evil: Revelations 30:25 - Sha...

We dig into the Dragon's Crown controversy this week: Are you ever turned away from a game because of creative decisions? Also, we make some backlog progress and get into Mindjack and Analogue: A Hate Story, and Paul tries out the co-op in Ibb and Obb. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 2:31 - Viewer Mail and Contest Info 19:19 - Analogue: A Hate Story 28:00 - Mindjack 33:15 - Ibb and Obb 40:00 - Drago...

We continue our discussion on scalability of game experiences from last week. In the Hangover, Randy talks about samurai warriors using iPads in Shin Megami Tensei IV, Paul has more X Zone musings and D.J. grinds beetles to dust in Animal Crossing. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 2:41 - Viewer Mail 16:40 - Shin Megami Tensei IV 24:15 - Project X Zone 30:32 - Animal Crossing 39:23 - Scaling Game Expe...

It's tougher than ever to fit lengthy gaming experiences into our crowded schedules. We discuss our efforts to adapt, or whether that's developers' responsibility. Also, Randy abuses himself, and your most shameful backlog games revealed in Viewer Mail! Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 2:09 - Viewer Mail 14:55 - Walking Dead: Survival Instinct 21:09 - Half Minute Hero 28:18 - Animal Crossing 34:55 -...

The Summer Backlog Attack returns! We've each got our sights on some games to finish before the Fall releases hit... and some of them are going to be tough. We explain why! In the Hangover: Project X Zone, Tetris Blitz, and the brand new Mii Plaza. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 2:06 - Viewer Mail 12:45 - Tetris Blitz 18:22 - Mii Plaza Games 27:18 - Project X Zone 35:19 - Backlog Attack 2013! 59:07...

There's still some life left in those old consoles! We're looking ahead at the back half of 2013 for the current-gen games we most want to play this year (besides GTAV, of course). Also: thoughts on Walking Dead: 400 Days and the Final Fantasy XIV beta. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 2:20 - Viewer Mail 9:01 - Hangover 32:25 - Get Hype 2013 Part 2 58:55 - Last Call 63:38 - Outro  

We're playing The Last of Us and wondering if sometimes games try too hard to be... game-y? We discuss finding a proper mix of gameplay and narrative as games become more cinematic. Also, Randy spends his summer vacation in Remember Me's Neo Paris. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 1:47 - Viewer Mail 13:02 - Hangover 38:42 - Cine-games 59:47 - Outro 

Are you a closet gamer? We're picking apart the concept of "gamer shame" and seeing how far we have to turn the clock back before games become unplayable. Also, Mighty Switch Force! 2, State of Decay, and spoiler-free Last of Us talk! Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 3:00 - Viewer Mail 12:33 - Hangover 36:00 - Gamer Shame 59:56 - Last Call 65:54 - Outro 

We took a break from playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf long enough to record a show! We spend this week trying to pin down just what makes Nintendo's offbeat life simulator so popular. Also: Your post-E3 reactions and Xbox One vs. PlayStation 4! Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 1:52 - Viewer Mail 10:30 - Animal Crossing Chat 52:20 - Last Call 59:56 - Outro 

On this week's show: E3! We recap some of our favorite highlights and lowlights from the first two days of E3 2013. Yup, just straight up E3 reactions from the VGH Crew!

VGH levels up to three digits! To celebrate, listener Anthony Ferro joins us to talk Virtual Boy and other gaming gimmicks. In the Hangover, we're playing Donkey Kong, StarCraft II, and Mutant Blobs Attack. Thanks for your support for over 100 episodes! Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 2:29 - Our Guest Host 5:50 - Hangover 26:59 - Gaming Gimmicks 55:39 - Last Call 63:48 - Outro   

D.J. reviews two more of those wacky Guild01 games for the 3DS. This time, it's Suda51's Liberation Maiden and Yoot Saito's Aero Porter . Tune in if you want to hear about Japan's latest robot invasion and learn about the exciting world of... baggage sorting?