Video Game Hangover

Randy and D.J. argue about how many numbers there are after playing Lorelei and the Laser Eyes . Also: Crow Country , What the Car? , more Zelda , and being very good, yet dumb, in Final Fantasy XIV . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (11:33) - Stream announcement: Webfishing (16:29) - Extra Life update (19:16) - Drunktacular hype (21:21) - D.J.'s stupid FFXIV story (32:12) -...

Catch up with what we played during this year's Extra Life game day, including Gourdlets , Slay the Spire , Subpar Pool , Jisatsu , and, of course, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (19:25) - Turok: The Guy Who Fights Dinosaurs (30:57) - Slay the Spire (41:14) - Gourdlets (50:36) - Zelda/Astro Bot (57:09) - Chilla's Art: Jisatsu (1:04:36) - Subpar Pool (1:12:47) - Outro

Get a sneak peak at what we're playing at this year's Extra Life marathon! Head to vghangover.com/extralife for more details, including how to join us.

What does Disney Speedstorm have in common with horrow throwback Hollowbody ? Not too much, honestly. Also! Metaphor: ReFantazio and Ballionaire . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (2:42) - Stream announcement: Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival (8:10) - Extra Life hype (11:47) - Disney Speedstorm (38:23) - Hollowbody (1:02:38) - Metaphor: ReFantazio (1:07:32) - Ballionaire (1:13:26) - Outro

Spooky season kicks off with discussion of Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (scary) and Conscript . Also: Johnny Depp and Call of Duty tattoos. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Burger Town (11:28) - Monday Stream/Extra Life hype (17:43) - Scary movies (30:29) - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (55:58) - Conscript (1:10:21) - Outro

We're back—both in the country and in the recording booth—and catching up with  Astro Bot and all the drama surrounding Concord and the PlayStation 5 Pro. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Randy's European adventure (20:55) - Giant gaming headlines (34:07) - Stream announcement: Inscryption (36:00) - Extra Life hype (39:35) - Astro Bot (1:12:22) - Outro

Take a listen to some alternate intro and outro songs from VGH history in this week's playlist episode!

The Backlog Attack concludes as Randy takes a trip to spooky El Paso, Elsewhere , while D.J. finds himself in a bygone era of gaming in Shenmue . Also: What actually happened on Pony Island ? Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Pony Island (21:41) - Shenmue (46:15) - El Paso, Elsewhere/El Paso Nightmare (1:11:26) - Outro

Randy goes for a ride through the desert in Sable . D.J. fights off spooky aliens in 1994's Marathon before hanging out with the Drasles in Dragon Slayer IV . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Switch 2 (10:19) - Marathon (23:51) - Borderlands minute (26:03) - Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family (44:36) - Sable (1:04:11) - Outro

We kick off the summer Backlog Attack and immediately get into our first two games: Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge , and New Pokemon Snap ! Also: Old Pokemon Snap ! Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Game shows (9:11) - Backlog Attack (28:03) - New Pokemon Snap (53:37) - Crimson Skies (1:10:01) - Outro

Randy once again finds himself in a Luigi mansion in Luigi's Mansion 2 . Meanwhile, D.J. wonders if there's more to life than talking to another three NPCs in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail . Also, it's true: Suika Game . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/AI, VR, SPQR, etc. (13:10) - Xbox store closing (18:42) - Suika Game (31:43) - Luigi's Mansion 2 (48:05) - FFXIV Dawntrail (1:11:15) - Outro

D.J. sets course for new shores in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail . Meanwhile, Randy comes to terms with being a cat in Little Kitty, Big City . Also: Stumbling through Legend of Zelda: Four Swords in 2024. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (3:04) - Legend of Zelda: Four Swords (21:34) - Little Kitty, Big City (37:40) - Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail (1:07:13) - Outro

Randy finally gets to see what all the fuss is about in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door . Meanwhile, D.J. outsources his FFXIV expansion prep. Also: All the news and non-news from fake E3. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Still Slaying (11:47) - Fake E3 season (27:22) - One week left (34:53) - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (1:00:33 - Angeline Era minute (1:06:09) - Outro

Randy makes friends in caves in Animal Well . Meanwhile, D.J. is still playing the same Final Fantasy . (No, not that one.) Also: Trying to make sense of We Were Here Expeditions . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/D.J. abroad (12:57) - We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip (28:28) - New music feat. rj lake (30:31) - 9 Final 9 Fantasy (43:52) - Animal Well (1:07:34) - Outro

D.J. shoots up an entire overworld map in Minishoot' Adventures . Meanwhile, Randy tries to solve the mystery of plants in Botany Manor . Also: Which enormous RPGs to take on your overseas vacation. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Content Warning (12:05) - Vacation gaming (29:06) - Minishoot' Adventures (51:07) - Botany Manor (1:10:20) - Outro

Randy and D.J. return from jaunting around the snail-infested Old World in Content Warning . Also: Screening aliens for therapy in Mars after Midnight , hurling lizards in Dragon's Dogma II , and Final Fantasy IX : What is it? Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Steam Deck exists (19:26) - Content Warning (36:44) - Final Fantasy IX (45:58) - Dragon's Dogma II (57:47) - Mars after Midnight (1:20:35) -...

With help from a horde of interdimensional weird guys, D.J. slowly figures out how to play Dragon's Dogma II . Meanwhile, Randy enjoys(?) the royal double-feature of Princess Peach: Showtime! and Super Princess Peach . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Secret Games: Even Secreter (13:04) - Dragon's Dogma II (42:35) - Princess Peach: Showtime! (55:30) - Super Princess Peach (1:11:38) - Outro

D.J. spends hours meticulously prepping his Unicorn Overlord army just to skip to the end. Randy revisits the racehorse-solitaire classic, Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On . Plus: Princess Peach's big debut, yet more Persona 3 , and an exciting new Xbox game. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (5:53) - FFXIV on Xbox (10:01) - Persona 3 (27:31) - Princess Peach: Showtime! (34:06) - Unicorn Overlord (58:45)...

Randy gets Jokerized in poker roguelite Balatro . D.J. goes on an educational photography tour of virtual Japan in Shashingo . And menacing fish monsters draw near in Splatoon 3: Side Order . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (9:10) - Balatro (28:23) - Shashingo (49:41) - Splatoon 3: Side Order (1:08:22) - Outro

Randy and D.J. (re-)visit yet another haunted island in Another Code . Also: Secret games, deciphering that weird Xbox announcement, and accosted by endless hordes of sujimon in  Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Secret games (15:35) - Splatoon 3 stream! (20:44) - Special Podcast Update on the Xbox Official Podcast's Updates on the Xbox Business (34:53) - Another Cod...

Randy and D.J. compare notes on the first 100 hours of the Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth tutorial. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/A world of pals (12:28) - Like a Dragon Gaiden (18:40) - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (1:10:15) - Outro

D.J. attempts to speedrun Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name to get ready for even more Like a Dragon (if that's even what it's called). Meanwhile, Randy goes where no deck of cards has gone before in Cobalt Core . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (16:39) - Like a Dragon Gaiden (46:51) - Cobalt Core (1:13:10) - Outro  

What were the best games of 2023? Someone please tell us. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (11:28) - Resident Evil 4 (15:40) - Cocoon (18:37) - Chilla's Art: Parasocial (20:40) - Dredge (26:04) - Dave the Diver (34:35) - Final Fantasy XVI (39:49) - Super Mario Bros. Wonder (44:02) - Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (49:35) - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (1:02:12) - Street Fighter 6 (1:13:01)...

TEKKENNN 8! NEEEW CHALLENGERRRRR! GAAARRRYYYYYY BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSEEEYYYYY!   Episode Timeline (0:00) - Part 1 (1:13:50) - Part 2

Listen to our favorite game music of 2023 (and 1998, apparently) in this musical mega-episode. Featuring songs from Street Fighter 6 , Dave the Diver , Final Fantasy XVI , Dredge , Oxenfree 2 , and more!