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Video Game Hangover

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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  • 785 episodes
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  • Feb 25, 2021 · 1 hr 6 min

    VGH #482: Strange New Worlds

    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

  • Feb 18, 2021 · 1 hr 19 min

    VGH #481: Bowser Is Huge and You Are Tiny

    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

  • Feb 11, 2021 · 1 hr 4 min

    VGH #480: Slimes and Other Monsters

    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

  • Feb 4, 2021 · 1 hr 8 min

    VGH #479: The Hellacious Life of a Pikmin

    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 (34:16) - Pikmin 3 Deluxe (50:36) - Bravely Default (57:51) - Final Fantasy VII Remake (1:01:26) - Outro

  • Jan 28, 2021 · 1 hr 11 min

    VGH #478: Where All the Vampires Come From

    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

  • Jan 21, 2021 · 1 hr 3 min

    VGH #477: Magical Dresser

    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

  • Jan 14, 2021 · 1 hr 14 min

    VGH #476: Riding the Honey Badger

    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

  • Jan 7, 2021 · 1 hr 10 min

    VGH #475: Game of the Year 2020

    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 Rising (37:59) - Hades (40:09) - Judgment (43:15) - Paper Mario: The Origami King (46:58) - Wavelength (51:52) - Sackboy: A Big Adventure (57:18) - Honorable/dishonorable mention (1:06:42) - Outro

  • Dec 24, 2020 · 47 min

    Mini Hangover: Hometown Radio

    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.

  • Dec 10, 2020 · 1 hr 24 min

    VGH #473: Best Game Music of 2020

    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) - Super Mario RPG (1:02:36) - Ikenfell (1:08:44) - Sackboy: A Big Adventure (1:16:16) - Outro/Bugsnax

  • Dec 3, 2020 · 1 hr 5 min

    VGH #472: Crack Open a Hot One

    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

  • Nov 25, 2020 · 1 hr 9 min

    VGH #471: Where Did All the Robots Come From?

    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

  • Nov 19, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min

    VGH #470: Don't Let Anybody Know You're an Octopus

    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

  • Nov 12, 2020 · 1 hr 6 min

    VGH #469: The Most Productive Pirates Ever

    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 Fish 2: Final Frontier (52:18) - Penko Park (1:02:38) - Outro

  • Nov 5, 2020 · 1 hr 4 min

    VGH #468: Volcano Chalet

    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

  • Oct 29, 2020 · 1 hr 9 min

    VGH #467: Spooky President

    [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 League (it is not spooky) (1:07:02) - Outro

  • Oct 22, 2020 · 1 hr 5 min

    VGH #466: Enough Mushrooms to Keep You Alive

    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) - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (1:01:35) - Outro

  • Oct 15, 2020 · 1 hr 4 min

    VGH #465: A Pretty Serious Mario Hole

    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) - Outro