Video Game Hangover

This week's show is all about the games! Paul and D.J. weigh in on their latest obsession, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, and Randy is just back from PAX East with impressions of Saints Row IV, Watch Dogs, Transistor, Guacamelee and more! Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Viewer Mail: 2:25 Hangover: 8:36 PAX East: 37:14 Outro: 63:33 

If loving jetpacks and starship dress-up is wrong, we don't want to be right! This week, we share all the "wrong" reasons we play games. In the Hangover: Castlevania Lords of Shadow 3DS, and we stick forks in Mass Effect 3 and Battlefield 3. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Viewer Mail: 2:39 Hangover: 7:15 Why We Play: 32:00 Last Call: 57:45 Outro: 64:03 

On this week's show: D.J. and Paul interview Yuri "Dubindoh" Araujo, Capcom's Online Community Specialist. Topics range from Monster Hunter to... well, even more Monster Hunter! Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Interview with Yuri: 2:19 Outro: 38:10

Does the end of Rock Band DLC mean the death of rhythm games? We look back on the life of the game that put plastic instruments in everyone's living room and talk about why the genre isn't dead yet. Also, Runner2, Castlevania, and Ni no Kuni. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Viewer Mail: 2:52 Hangover: 8:20 Rhythm Games: 34:28 Last Call: 57:10 Outro: 62:55  

VGH Bonus Round! Randy joins forces with folks from the Boom Headshot and Geeks With Wives podcasts to discuss Sony's recent announcement of the PlayStation 4. Wonder host power combine! Form of... a podcast!

Sony's revealed the PlayStation 4 and we're filled with excitement... or at least we think that's what that is. Also, we pass judgement on Crysis 3, enjoy cutting everything in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, and try to play Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Viewer Mail: 3:55 Hangover: 5:55 PS4 Chat: 31:10 Outro: 61:55 

On this week's show we're either celebrating the PlayStation Vita's one-year anniversary or delivering its eulogy. You be the judge. Also: Fire Emblem frustration, Monster Hunter anticipation, and Ghost Recon cooperation. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Viewer Mail: 2:20 Hangover: 10:10 Vita Chat: 31:43 Outro: 63:42 

What makes a good gaming protagonist? We look at some good and bad examples, plus the importance of a character's backstory amd gender. Also: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance , and yet more Dead Space 3 .  Episode Timeline Intro - 0:00  Viewer Mail - 2:30 Hangover - 11:40 Gaming Protagonists - 35:46 Last Call - 58:42 Outro - 1:02:58 

Yo Dawg, we herd you like games so we put stuff from your favorite game into another game: We're talking how to do spin-offs well! Also, Randy and D.J. brave Fire Emblem: Awakening, and Matt ventures into The Cave. Episode Timelime Intro - 0:00 Viewer Mail - 2:30 Hangover - 11:40 Spin-offs - 35:46 Last Call - 58:42 Outro - 62:58  

On this week's show: it's dangerous to go alone! Zelda's getting co-op and we're talking about other games that made big, scary changes. We also get our hands on the upcoming Monster Hunter 3 and Sly Cooper 4. Episode Timeline Intro - 0:00 Viewer Mail - 2:10 Hangover - 8:50 Big Changes - 24:00 Last Call - 56:20 Outro - 60:40 

We're talking all things 90s gaming: shoebox Gameboys, urban legends, series that need to make a comeback, and others we probably should have left behind. In the Hangover, we're playing Hot Shots Golf on the Vita and have a sneak peak at Don't Starve. Episode Timeline Intro - 0:00 Viewer Mail - 2:10 Hangover - 8:50 90s Gaming - 24:00 Last Call - 56:20 Outro - 60:40   

We're setting high expectations for 2013 with our year's most wanted lists. Will this be the year we finally get Animal Crossing 3DS? Also, we get an early look at the Dead Space 3 demo, play some Crimson Shroud, and make surprising new year's promises. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Viewer Mail: 1:24 Hangover: 4:55 Hype 2013: 24:10 Last Call: 56:14 Outro: 59:45 

And the winner of 2012 Game of the Year goes to... Episode Timeline 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:10 - Viewer Mail 0:04:50 - Best of 2012 1:10:00 - Outro

In our last Mini Hangover of Season 2, we have a spoiler filled chat about Telltale's The Walking Dead! Spoiler alert!

Good news everyone! Paul and Matt decide to wax poetic about Far Cry 3, one of the best games of 2012. Wub wub wub. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Far Cry 3: LOL rest of show. 

Another arcade in San Francisco? D.J. gives a tour of the crazy Japanese games on display at Playland Japan and then talks about his current Vita--yes, Vita--obsession: DJMAX Technika Tune.

We send off 2012 with our 2nd annual Hungover Hangover, featuring your calls, your emails, and our drunken answers. Find out our most influential games of all time, how to beat Tetris, and which host is already planning to eat the others. Episode Timeline Drunken Podcasting: 0:00 More Drunken Podcasting: 85:00 

We interview Geoff Zatkin, president and co-founder of EEDAR. He shares surprising gaming trends, stories from his days developing EverQuest, what game reviewers are getting right, and why you should never bet against Nintendo. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 EEDAR's Geoff Zatkin: 3:05 Outro: 68:20 

Have plans for the 2012 apocalypse? We tell you what to play (and what else should be on every gamer's bucket list) while there's still time. Also, Assassin's Creed 3 Liberation, Adventure Time, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and more Wii U! Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Viewer Mail: 3:00 Hangover: 10:35 2012 Gaming Apocalypse: 42:28 Last Call: 66:28 Outro: 75:10 

We humbly present the VGH Holiday Gift Guide (with apologies to the non-creepy mall Santas out there). No one will judge you if you keep the best stuff for yourself. Also: more on FTL and Walking Dead, the new Devil May Cry, and Nintendo's new thing. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Viewer Mail: 2:35 Hangover: 6:42 VGH Gift Guide: 40:50 Last Call: 76:57 Outro: 83:35 

Black Friday is right around the corner so we're dedicating this week's show to a conversation about the shopping habits of gamers. We've also got talk of FTL, the new Paper Mario, Airmech, Wreck-It-Ralph, and free-to-play Star Wars: The Old Republic. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Viewer Mail: 2:18 Hangover: 8:50 Gaming Values: 36:50 Last Call: 59:10 Outro: 66:52 

Assassin's Creed III controversy, GTA5 revelations, Halo 4, and Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, all spoiler-free for your protection! We've also got Viewer Mail with your World of Warcraft woes and biggest gaming addictions. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Viewer Mail: 3:05 Virtue's Last Reward: 13:40 Halo 4: 23:00 Assassin's Creed 3: 49:40 Last Call: 69:30 Outro: 76:04   

We discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of MMOs! We offer suggestions on how to improve what we think is an important, but stagnant genre. Also: The Unfinished Swan, Hotline Miami, and yep Borderlands 2 AGAIN. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Viewer Mail: 2:15 Hangover: 7:45 MMO Chat: 30:10 Last Call: 64:45 Outro: 71:38 

Can Resident Evil still be scary? We discuss what long-running horror series can do to frighten us again. Also, more Dishonored, Symphonica, SunFlowers, our last gaming debate, and your Viewer Mail! Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Viewer Mail: 3:15 Hangover:  9:35 Scary Games: 33:00 Game Debate #3: 57:38 Last Call: 66:38 Outro: 73:49 

How can we improve movie tie-in games? We discuss whether GoldenEye is destined to be the best we can do. Also: XCOM, Dishonored and a little more Borderlands 2! Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00 Viewer Mail: 2:29 Hangover: 7:30 Movie Tie-ins: 36:15 Last Call: 66:17 Outro: 72:16