Video Game Hangover

To celebrate 10 years of Groove Coaster , we're featuring an hour of our favorite tracks from its first decade. Let's groove!

Randy absorbs souls to become more powerful in Death's Door . D.J. ventures into the wai wai world of Groove Coaster Wai Wai Party!!!! , then beats up punks on the Street of Rage ... 4 . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (5:53) - Wow man bad (11:00) - Groove Coaster Wai Wai Party!!!! (28:26) - Death's Door (46:06) - Streets of Rage 4 (1:01:06) - Outro

Switch OLED vs. Steam Deck vs. Switch Pro (Believe!) — which will be the one hybrid console to reign supreme? Meanwhile, Randy gets lost in Labyrinth City , and D.J. subjects himself to more cruel and unusual punishment via Resident Evil 6 . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (2:54) - Switch OLED vs. Steam Deck vs. Switch Pro (38:55) - Resident Evil 6 (50:25) - Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detecti...

Randy once again gets into some monster-hunting hubbub in Monster Hunter Stories 2 . D.J. hangs out with sad high-schoolers in NEO: The World Ends with You , then laments that they'll let just anyone into his favorite game these days. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (2:37) - New music by HEAVYVIPER (4:23) - Mini golf (10:16) - D.J. reacts!!!!!!!!!!! Asmongold plays FFXIV (25:17) - Monster Hunter S...

Randy plays a few rounds of Nintendo's new, full-contact approach to golf in Mario Golf: Super Rush . Meanwhile, D.J. emerges from Resident Evil 5 only to find himself in the warpath of the River City Girls . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (2:33) - Resident Evil 5 (13:28) - Mario Golf: Super Rush (38:45) - River City Girls (57:57) - Outro

Randy and D.J. reminisce over 500 episodes of games that kept them up at night, then finally battle to the death over custody of their favorite video game, Grand Theft Auto V . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (10:44) - Subtle like a paper shredder to the face (25:14) - Martha Washington was my prom date (33:51) - I've got a history with milk crates (40:39) - Zed's dead (42:28) - You don't know Zan...

On his way to play Alba: A Wildlife Adventure , D.J. gets distracted by the new Taiko no Tatsujin game on Apple Arcade. But then, he plays Alba: A Wildlife Adventure . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Biomutant (12:43) - Episode 500 (15:51) - Taiko no Tatsujin: Pop Tap Beat (36:26) - Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (1:01:20) - Outro

CHAOS! Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (3:33) - Episode 500 (5:03) - Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (12:23) - Metroid Dread (19:27) - Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda (26:15) - SacriFire (30:07) - Dragon Quest III (33:41) - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (37:18) - 12 Minutes (38:57) - Somerville (41:48) - Inscryption (44:06) - Wholesome Direct/Pekoe (46:40) - Lake (48:53) - Hot Pot for...

It's the JRPG event of the season: Randy gives his much anticipated impressions of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne . (And a few impressions on Rise of the Slime .) Meanwhile, D.J. learns how to get away with murder on the fly in Overboard! Episode Timeline (0:00) - Retro Intro (3:29) - Episode 500 HD Remaster (6:15) - Rise of the Slime: Nocturne HD (17:24) - Shin Overboard Megami Tensei! (38:08)...

Randy comes to terms with the new age of critters in Biomutant . Meanwhile, D.J. appreciates the little things, like not falling off stairs, in Odallus: The Dark Call . Also, you won't believe what Bear Grylls is eating this week! Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (1:14) - The number 500 (7:40) - Operation: Tango update (11:13) - Biomutant (46:16) - Odallus: The Dark Call (1:02:17) - Outro

Randy and D.J. return to that co-op espionage life in Operation: Tango . Also, the wrong Resident Evil , and Golf that is merely OK . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (1:28) - 500 (5:31) - Cicadapalooza (13:28) - Resident Evil Village minute (15:13) - Operation: Tango (32:03) - OK Golf (40:58) - Resident Evil 5 (1:03:13) - Outro

Randy visits some spooky neighborhood attractions in Little Nightmares II . Meanwhile, D.J. deals with a Sneaky Sasquatch and reports back from his virtual weekend at Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2021. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (2:15) - Additional hot news (5:19) - FFXIV Fan Festival 2021 (28:28) - Little Nightmares II (54:33) - Sneaky Sasquatch (1:03:20) - Outro

Randy gets all up in people's unfinished business in Speed Dating for Ghosts . Meanwhile, D.J. explores Miitopia in a post-Mii world. Also, eating hexagonal food at a new time of day. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (5:27) - Big news (13:41) - Nier Minute (16:45) - Miitopia (40:27) - Speed Dating for Ghosts (57:17) - Outro

D.J. has an utterly baffling time with SaGa Frontier Remastered . Meanwhile, Randy gets all semiotic in The Pedestrian , then takes a detour to save the time crystals in Elli . Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (08:36) - SaGa Frontier Remastered (42:14) - The Pedestrian (57:13) - Elli (1:05:03) - Outro

Randy finds himself on the run from a sketchy mayor and vegetarian snails in Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion . Meanwhile, D.J. is on the run from his own poor decisions in NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... , the latest video game thing from Yoko Taro. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/500 (5:56) - NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... (34:39) - Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (1:01:08) - Outro  

D.J. gets way into the throwback atmosphere of Blaster Master Zero , but at the same time isn't quite feeling it. Meanwhile, Randy takes on a big commitment in The Longing , then explains why Aerial_Knight's Never Yield . Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro (9:25) - Blaster Master Zero (34:12) - The Longing (55:09) - Aerial_Knight's Never Yield (1:04:52) - Outro

Randy tears himself away from his Animal Crossing island to investigate Cozy Grove , where the animals are ghosts and also bears, somehow. Meanwhile, D.J. wonders whether he ever knew how to play Pac-Man at all after trying Pac-Man 99 . Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro (18:24) - Cozy Grove (41:23) - Pac-Man 99 (1:00:02) - Outro

Randy gives contrarianism a try after playing Say No! More . Meanwhile, D.J. returns from the weird world of Anodyne 2 and plays More! Monster Hunter . Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Joy-Con saga update (5:44) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (11:32) - Anodyne 2 (29:36) - Say No! More (49:19) - Monster Hunter Rise (59:11) - Outro

Monster Hunter Rise is here and we're deep into mochi and wirebugs. Also, Randy experiences the bleak future of Outriders , and D.J. makes more raid progress in Final Fantasy XIV . Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/The Joy-Con saga continues (13:46) - Outriders (35:23) - Final Fantasy XIV (40:19) - Monster Hunter Rise (1:09:27) - Outro

Randy finishes off the Link's Awakening remake then immediately leaves for Alligator New York in Later Alligator . Meanwhile, D.J. puts his social strand skills to use by planning the first Viking interstate highway in Valheim . Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Link's Awakening (26:32) - Valheim (46:58) - Later Alligator (1:00:29) - Outro

The unexplained prevalence of cats in Super Mario 3D World drives Randy to all-out cat warfare in Kitty Letter . Meanwhile, D.J. ignores his primal-slaying duties in Valheim to build a quiet forest house. Also, centipedes. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Animal Crossing (9:25) - Devotion (14:41) - Waluigi: The disturbing truth (20:56) - Super Mario 3D World (36:03) - Valheim (53:13) - Kitty Letter...

Project Triangle Strategy vs. Unsung Story : We pit two upcoming tactical RPGs against each other. Plus: Is the Link's Awakening remake actually good? Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro (9:01) - Project Triangle Strategy (33:17) - Unsung Story (51:05) - Link's Awakening (1:11:31) - Outro

Randy enjoys some party chat (and fermentend fruit beverages) between battles in Haven while D.J. finally escapes from FFXIV raid hell. Also, the last word on Final Fantasy VII Remake . (Seriously, we don't want to talk about it anymore.) Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Tacobringers (4:19) - Final Fantasy XIV (13:02) - Final Fantasy VII Remake (41:19) - Haven (1:03:36) - Outro

We live life ten minutes of a Star Trek episode at a time in The Captain Is Dead , then take a whimsical trip to Norway in Embracelet . Also, our thoughts on the latest Nintendo Direct and the questionable titles therein. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Nintendo Direct (26:49) - The Captain Is Dead (48:45) - Embracelet (1:01:26) - Outro

Randy gets deep into kaiju and cat costumes in the Super Mario 3D World spin-off, Bowser's Fury . Meanwhile, D.J. struggles to adjust to the Bravely Default II demo and wonders if everyone would quiet down if he just paid them lots of money. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Doug (10:01) - I'm not a whale (27:54) - Bowser's Fury (51:59) - Bravely Default II (1:16:00) - Outro