Video Game Hangover

We played games that answer two of the Metroidvaniaverse's biggest questions: Y can't Metroid throw a harpoon ( Olija ), and y can't Metroid be Spider-man ( Mable and the Wood )? Also, Final Fantasy XIV heads to the moon in Endwalker . Episode Timeline: (0:23) - Intro/Star Wars (11:21) - Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (31:12) - Olija (46:24) - Mable and the Wood (1:00:55) - Outro

Randy learns to cope with 1000 deaths in Pikmin 3 Deluxe . Meanwhile, D.J. plays Final Fantasy VII Remake and Bravely Default simultaneously and somehow still has time to see what the cast of Persona 5 is doing in Dragalia Lost . Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Yakuza: Like a Dragon (9:59) - FFXIV announcement showcase announcement (15:42) - Dragalia Lost x Persona 5 (33:24) - Dragon Quest minute...

Randy searches for vacation alternatives and finds himself Down in Bermuda . Meanwhile, D.J. finally plays Final Fantasy VII Remake and has some Thoughts about it. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Gaming vacations (16:37) - Down in Bermuda (34:17) - Final Fantasy VII Remake (1:07:35) - Outro

We're getting shot down over and over by aliens in Everspace , then trying to escape our spinning nightmare house in Darq . Also: felyng fancy in Immortals . Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro (01:55) - Remember video game stores? (11:21) - Immortals Fenyx Dressing (21:24) - Everspace (43:22) - Darq (59:46) - Outro

We're braving the wild in Immortals Fenyx Rising , grinding through Yakuza: Like a Dragon 's finale, and discovering just how much hunting is in the new Monster Hunter Rise . Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro (3:47) - New music by Felikitty! (6:03) - Immortals Fenyx Rising (31:37) - Monster Hunter Rise (1:01:38) - Yakuza: Like a Dragon (1:11:44) - Outro

We take a look at the games that made it a little easier to stay home during the last 100 months of 2020. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (4:06) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (10:47) - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim/Yakuza: Like a Dragon (13:50) - What the Golf? (18:12) - Spelunky 2 (21:27) - The Last Campfire (23:34) - The Last of Us Part II (25:40) - Fall Guys/Among Us (30:36) - Immortals: Fenix Risi...

Randy's here with a playlist to help usher out 2020 once and for all.

Enjoy this wholesome playlist of some of gaming's first towns. Just make sure you finish listening to it before the village brat gets back from that mysterious shrine.

This year's Drunktacular tackles life's biggest mysteries: death, religion, and when are we getting a Switch Pro? Episode Timeline (0:00) - Part 1 (1:06:26) - Part 2

It's our biggest music show yet! Take a listen to our favorite tracks from 2020, including Spelunky 2 , Paper Mario: The Origami King , 13 Sentinels , and, of course, Animal Crossing . Episode Timeline (1:58) - Intro/Drunktacular hype  (6:48) - 13 Sentinels (19:18) - Ministry of Broadcast (25:16) - Paper Mario: The Origami King (32:04) - Spelunky 2 (43:13) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (52:11) -...

We get deep into the first few hours of Yakuza: Like a Dragon as Randy tries to make sense of his first Yakuza game ever. Also, D.J. is unqualified to operate heavy machinery in Hardspace: Shipbreaker . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (2:24) - Drunktacular hype (7:52) - Cyber Thanksgiving (11:49) - Yakuza: Like a Dragon (59:45) - Hardspace: Shipbreaker (1:01:14) - Outro

Randy acquires a mysterious artifact that both tells the time and plays Super Mario Bros. Also, getting all London-y in Watch Dogs: Legion , and a deeper take on 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro/Drunktacular hype (8:48) - 13 Sentinels (20:56) - Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (41:11) - Watch Dogs: Legion (1:06:26) - Outro

Nobody got a PS5 or Xbox but we're finally, FINALLY talking 'bout Bugsnax . Also, Sackboy: A Big Adventure , and, as always, Piffle . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (5:12) - Extra Life update (6:54) - Drunktacular is coming (8:30) - Piffle (22:53) - Bugsnax (36:15) - Sackboy: A Big Adventure (57:02) - Obligatory next-gen console chat (1:00:58) - Outro

We're recovering from our Extra Life haze and trying to remember the games we played, including Among Us , We Were Here Too , Sea of Thieves , The Walking Fish 2 , and Penko Park . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro/Extra Life (7:02) - Among Us (16:50) - Obligatory FFXIV/Animal Crossing chat (18:57) - Spelunky 2/Slay the Spire (22:49) - We Were Here Too (39:19) - Sea of Thieves (46:20) - The Walking...

We're solving problems with the power of maps in Carto , ninja-slicing millions of bokoblins in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity , and getting in way over our heads in Minecraft . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (2:22) - Extra Life (7:21) - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (28:44) - Carto (39:04) - Minecraft (1:00:26) - Outro

[extremely Halloween voice] We played some spooOOoky games this week, like Home , Until Dawn , and the dreaded The Walking Fish . Also Pixel Puzzle Makeout League , which is not spooky at aAAAaaaLLLllllLL oOoOOoOOoooOooooooo Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (04:22) - Extra Life (08:23) - Spooky games (13:01) - Until Dawn (27:01) - The Walking Fish (36:18) - Home (50:35) - Pixel Puzzle Makeout Leagu...

Randy casts spells indiscriminately in Ikenfell , then learns what happens when all the knights are on vacation in Micro RPG . Meanwhile, D.J. balances high school life and a kaiju invasion in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim . Also, Final Fantasy XIV goes to war. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (2:27) - Extra Life (08:45) - FFXIV: The Bozjan Southern Front (18:35) - Micro RPG (27:46) - Ikenfell (46:28) -...

D.J. finds himself in over his head after playing Super Marios Sunshine , RPG , and 35 . Meanwhile, Randy wonders how many wire puzzles it takes to fix a spaceship in Filament , then terrorizes his neighbor. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro/Crazy neighbor Randy (10:16) - Extra Life (14:06) - Super Mario Sunshine (21:18) - Super Mario RPG (32:42) - Super Mario Bros. 35 (47:43) - Filament (1:01:28) -...

We're exploring the strangely familiar world of Genshin Impact , while doing our best to avoid Paimon. Also, revisiting Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine on the Switch. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (12:23) - Super Mario 64 (29:39) - Super Mario Sunshine (40:29) - Genshin Impact (1:10:36) - Outro

We're escaping the underworld in Hades , worrying about ravenous bears in The Long Dark , and chilling out with some relaxing Worm Jazz . Also, the secret to procuring an enormous amount of crushed clams. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (9:17) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (21:06) - Worm Jazz (28:09) - Hades (53:11) - The Long Dark (1:10:14) - Outro

VGH REACTS!!!! to the PlayStation 5 price reveal!! Also: Rediscovering dying in Spelunky 2 , losing our marbles in Skully , planet hopping in Super Mario Galaxy , and some brief thoughts on Final Fantasy XVI . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro/PlayStation 5 (8:33) - Final Fantasy XVI (24:22) - Spelunky 2 (50:18) - Skully (1:03:39) - Super Mario Galaxy (1:16:19) - Outro

Randy begins his new life as an ember in search of The Last Campfire . Meanwhile, D.J. wraps up chapters 2 and 3 of Tell Me Why , then makes poor time management choices in Moon: Remix RPG Adventure . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (4:15) - 2020, 9th ascension (11:58) - The Last Campfire (30:44) - Tell Me Why, chapters 2 and 3 (51:44) - Moon: Remix RPG Adventure (1:07:16) - Outro

Put your headphones on for our latest game music playlist—featuring the breezy sounds of fall, Super Mario 3D All-Stars , NieR: Automata , Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles , and more! Episode Timeline (3:53) - Intro (5:41) - Fall Playlist (13:26) - Super Mario 3D All-Stars (23:08) - NieR: Automata unMixed (36:49) - Chip Tanaka (52:22) - Listener Selections (1:04:48) - Outro (1:07:17) - Final Fanta...

We're revisiting mysterious memories in Dontnod's Tell Me Why and trying to figure out absolutely anything about Manifold Garden . Also, Randy finishes a game, and D.J. doesn't play the new Final Fantasy . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (11:05) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (18:07) - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (31:21) - What is Nintendo doing? (34:08) - Manifold Garden (48:36) - Tell Me W...

We're cooped up indoors in Rainy Season and doing errands all over the afterlife in Spiritfarer . Also, for some reason, SpongeBob . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (5:24) - SGDQ (12:52) - Rainy Season (28:56) - Spongebob (42:04) - Spiritfarer (1:00:16) - Outro