Video Game Hangover

A weekly show about playing an unreasonable amount of video games. Each week we discuss the games that are keeping us up late and chat about gaming culture and the games industry.

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20 episodes
Updated Thursday

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Thursday · 1 hr 21 min
VGH #685: Salad Days
The summer Backlog Attack kicks off with two games frequently considered the grandparents of modern RPGs. That's right: Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, and Choo-Choo Charles. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (5:06) - Backlog Attack! (34:57) - Choo-Choo Charles (54:28) - Wizardry (1:18:53) - Outro
July 16 · 1 hr 25 min
VGH #684: Upgrade Your Crab
Randy takes a nostalgic look back at how things were 10 years ago in the 90s in Mixtape. D.J. figures out how to fit more Final Fantasy XIV into his schedule. And: Quality time with a quality crab in DuneCrawl. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (2:26) - Stream announcement: Mario Kart World (3:51) - Gamerpocalypse 2026 (26:45) - Mixtape (43:58) - Final Fantasy XIV (1:06:07) - DuneCrawl (1:21:55) - Outro
June 25 · 1 hr 15 min
VGH #683: Summerween
Randy reaches the end of Vampire Crawlers, maybe. D.J. dives into another Steam Next Fest and emerges as a golf AND train expert. Also: The Adventures of Elliot: The Elliot Chronicles 0rigins: Elliot's Adventure. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (8:20) - Stream announcement: DuneCrawl (10:44) - Vampire Crawlers (25:35) - Steam Next Fest/Retro Rail GO! (38:31) - Normal Golf Game (51:04) - The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales (1:12:13) - Outro
June 11 · 1 hr 26 min
VGH #682: Woo Woo Magic Stuff
We reveal the true form of the next Mario game since Nintendo refuses to. Also: Becoming Baby Bond in 007 First Light, unsuccessfully sneaking through Thick as Thieves, and waiting for Marathon to happen. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Fake E3 (25:32) - Thick as Thieves (38:15) - Marathon (1:02:57) - 007 First Light (1:23:41) - Outro
May 28 · 1 hr 13 min
VGH #681: My Plan Will Finally Come to Fruition
It's time for double vampire jeopardy as we go from the spooky bat swarms of Vampire Survivors to the spooky, bat-infested bridges of Vampire Crawlers. Also, as usual, Dragon Quest VII. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Vampire Intro/Dragon Quest VII (16:18) - Vampire Announcement: Thick as Thieves (22:55) - Vampire Survivors (35:11) - Vampire Crawlers (1:10:24) - Vampire Outro
May 14 · 1 hr 17 min
VGH #680: Slap Somebody on the Street
Randy plays his 1 millionth hour of Dragon Quest VII Reimagined. Meanwhile, D.J. finally walks away from his life of crime to join the anime police in Neverness to Everness. Also: Sledding Game. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (4:24) - Stream announcement: Vampire Survivors (9:27) - Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, Part XIXXVIIICVMVVX (33:55) - Grand Theft Auto V (37:57) - Neverness to Everness (1:00:40) - Sledding Game (1:15:07) - Outro
April 30 · 1 hr 21 min
VGH #679: The Jane Goodall of GTA
D.J. returns (virtually) from Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival with some actual good news. Randy escapes a futuristic dystopia in Replaced, before immediately going back for more dystopia. Also: Cast n Chill, and our latest check-in with everyone's favorite crime simulator. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (12:41) - Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival (37:14) - Cast n Chill (44:45) - Replaced (1:04:07) - Grand Theft Auto V (1:18:19) - Outro
April 16 · 1 hr 18 min
VGH #678: The Emo Prince
Randy spends some time running through The Rogue Prince of Persia. D.J. concocts questionable new habitats for all the pokemon trying to move into his Poketopia. Also: Meeting the original decoy octopus in Darwin's Paradox. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Famous Final Fantasy characters (12:01) - Stream announcement: Cast n Chill (20:55) - The Rogue Prince of Persia (42:17) - Pokemon Pokonopia (58:21) - Darwin's Paradox (1:15:34) - Outro
April 2 · 1 hr 13 min
VGH #677: Various Slime Properties
D.J. is tricked into rebuilding Pokemon civilization in Pokemon Pokopia, or whatever it's called. Meanwhile, Randy shows everyone who the real wax head is in, uh, Wax Heads. Chris Pratt guest stars as Mario. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (12:44) - Stream announcement: More Peak (23:58) - Pokemon Ponkipia (59:00) - Wax Heads (1:10:37) - Outro
March 19 · 1 hr 16 min
VGH #676: Shivs and Poison
too busy playing Slay the Spire II can't write episode description. Dragon Quest VII Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (17:54) - Stream announcement: Slay the Spire II (20:24) - Virtual Boy Minute (29:32) - Slay the Spire II (1:11:13) - Outro
March 5 · 1 hr 29 min
VGH #675: Secret Nintendo Thing
We're back from Steam Next Fest and boy are our arms tired! Also: Getting slimy in Reanimal, and unearthing Nintendo's long-buried Virtual Boy, only to immediately re-earth it. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (6:49) - Stream announcement: Slay the Spire II (14:10) - Virtual Boy (33:02) - Reanimal (49:45) - The Last Salvage Squad (52:09) - Wild Blue Skies (1:00:05) - Parasite Mutant (1:06:35) - Vampire Crawlers (1:21:23) - Dragon Quest VII (1:26:06) - Outro
February 19 · 1 hr 19 min
VGH #674: Mega Hack
Randy meets both friendly and unfriendly robots in Pragmata. Meanwhile, D.J. scales a decidedly unfriendly mountain in Cairn. Also: Spooky Internet monsters, now in book form. And: What if Cloverpit were smaller and harder to see? Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/There Is No Anti-Memetics Division (16:49) - Stream announcement: Reanimal (20:07) - Cairn (59:24) - Cloverpit Mobile (1:03:25) - Pragmata (1:16:29) - Outro
February 5 · 1 hr 16 min
VGH #673: Weird Trash
Randy moves his followers to a colder climate in Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven. Meanwhile, D.J. takes the slowest possible trip through Vietnam in Incursion Red River. Also, don't miss Video Game Hangover's historic first on-air mention of waifus. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Stream announcement (5:04) - New Music: Rei8bit (8:38) - Dispatch (23:21) - Incursion Red River (49:19) - Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven (1:13:10) - Outro
January 23 · 1 hr 18 min
VGH #672: Raiding Is Back!
Randy goes looking for trouble (but, more importantly, spare batteries) in ARC Raiders. Meanwhile, D.J. jumps back into the wild world of the Party Finder in Final Fantasy XIV's latest raid tier. Also: Playing Dragon Quest VII, yet again. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (7:00) - Final Fantasy XIV (26:15) - ARC Raiders (48:06) - Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (1:14:16) - Outro
January 15 · 1 hr 49 min
VGH #671: Best Game Music of 2025
Take a listen to some of our favorite game music tracks from 2025!
January 8 · 1 hr 32 min
VGH #670: Best Games of 2025
We take a look back at our favorite games of 2025 and wonder just what we were thinking. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (3:26) - Monster Hunter Wilds (12:38) - Mario Kart World (21:03) - Death Stranding 2 (28:04) - Donkey Kong Bananza (35:54) - Promise Mascot Agency (42:54) - Strange Antiquities (50:17) - Herdling (55:52) - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (1:07:00) - Silent Hill f (1:15:20) - CloverPit (1:29:11) - Outro
Dec 19, 2025 · 2 hr 42 min
VGH #669: Six-Year-Old Serial Killer
why is that the episode title Episode Timeline: (0:00) - Part 1 (1:24:36) - Part 2
Dec 4, 2025 · 1 hr 24 min
VGH #668: What Can I Do in VR?
D.J. reemerges after being trapped in virtual reality for a year to warn people about the dangers of Gran Turismo. Meanwhile, Randy plays 5,273,319,386,471,438 Boggle roguelites. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Online multiplayer (16:55) - Stream announcement: Peak (19:49) - Drunktacular hype (22:34) - PlayStation VR2 (30:40) - Gran Turismo 7 (43:12) - Arken Age (52:04) - No Man's Sky (1:05:48) - Beyond Words (1:09:36) - Word Play/Birdigo (1:20:13) - Outro
Nov 20, 2025 · 1 hr 22 min
VGH #667: The Cool Thing about Cigarettes
Important disclaimer: There is actually nothing cool about cigarettes. We made it through another Extra Life marathon! Hear all about the games we played, including Keeper, Easy Delivery Co., Save Room, Chilla's Art: The Bathhouse, and more! Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Extra Life recap (12:05) - Drunktacular 2025 hype (18:11) - Slay the Spire (24:02) - Cloverpit (34:01) - YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES" 2 (42:21) - Keeper (48:25) - Easy Delivery Co. (1:01:41) - Save Room (1:09:32) - Chilla's Art: The Bathhouse (1:17:42) - Outro/Game Night: Mario Kart World
Oct 31, 2025 · 1 hr 20 min
VGH #666: Mega Skeleton
D.J. takes a spooky trip to, confusingly, somewhere besides Silent Hill in Silent Hill f. Meanwhile, Randy shoots lasers in every direction in Ball x Pit. Also: Walking down the most interesting hallway in the world in The Exit 8. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (2:17) - Stream announcement: The Past Within (5:01) - Extra Life hype (12:55) - Silent Hill f (43:24) - Ball x Pit (1:05:16) - The Exit 8 (1:17:16) - Outro