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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Aug 31, 2017 · 1 hr 13 min
VGH #308: Blundersloosh
We wrap up the Backlog Attack with Wolfenstein: The Old Blood and The Stanley Parable. Plus, games that deserve a second chance, even if they include rabbids. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Dusty PCs 06:34 - Wolfenstein: The Old Blood 28:58 - The Stanley Parable 38:00 - Persona 5 and Rabbids 70:05 - Outro
Aug 24, 2017 · 1 hr 13 min
VGH #307: The History of Matar Paneer
We're chakkin' out the Monster Hunter Stories demo. It's as long as a lao-shan lung, as Grandpa Randy always says. We're also chakkin' on Titanfall 2 and Gunpoint, and following our Splatoon 2 teammates around to make sure they don't get... chakked? Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Mütter Museum 06:44 - Monster Hunter Stories 23:57 - Gunpoint 30:08 - Final Fantasy Brave Exvius 32:55 - Danganronpa 36:00 - Titanfall 2 47:26 - Paul's computer explodes 53:15 - Splatoon 2 63:10 - Pop quiz! 71:13 - Outro
Aug 17, 2017 · 1 hr 10 min
VGH #306: Many Moons
The gang climbs aboard the space station Tacoma in search of spooky ghosts. D.J. struggles to understand the finer points of Bayonetta. Randy puts his curmudgeon powers to use in Gunpoint. Paul operates a computer. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:15 - Backlog Attack voting 09:34 - Cave Story & Difficult Games 21:40 - Bayonetta 33:48 - Gunpoint 43:12 - Tacoma 62:33 - Persona 5 minute 67:50 - Crawl second 68:15 - Outro
Aug 10, 2017 · 1 hr 10 min
VGH #305: A Good Time for a Poutine Joke
In the aftermath of the first Splatoon 2 Splatfest, we discuss condiment and dessert preferences. D.J. checks in to see if the Professor Layton series survived its transition to mobile, and the Backlog Attack begins with spooky Soma and creepy Cave Story. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 02:04 - Splatoon 2 19:20 - Layton's Mystery Journey 31:50 - Soma 51:53 - Cave Story 62:00 - Backlog Attack voting 68:45 - Outro
Aug 3, 2017 · 1 hr 6 min
VGH #304: Mushy or Sticky
We venture into Nintendo's brave new vision of online multiplayer in Splatoon 2 — now with voice chat, sometimes! Also, the summer Backlog Attack begins! Episode Timeline 00:45 - Intro 03:15 - Splatoon 2 49:50 - Backlog Attack 2017 63:00 - Outro
Jul 27, 2017 · 1 hr 31 min
VGH #303: Summer Bloops
Bloop out with some blippin' summer blops on our mid-year music show! This year's playlist includes chiptune covers of imaginary artists, real artists singing imaginary words, and -- ugh -- more Zelda?! Episode Timeline 00:51 - Intro 02:35 - 🎵 88:50 - Outro
Jul 20, 2017 · 1 hr 9 min
VGH #302: Baby in the Mail
Randy's comfort zone is threatened by a new Persona announcement (and a mail-delivery baby). Also: Picross Makeout League at last, playing Final Fantasy XII until you don't have to, and 3DS games we can't play to begin with. Episode Timeline 00:45 - Intro 02:30 - Fighting games!!!!! 08:35 - Surprises in the mail 13:15 - Theatrhythm Dragon Quest 17:30 - Ever Oasis 29:07 - Final Fantasy XII 46:30 - Picross Makeout League 59:30 - Prey 66:00 - Outro
Jul 13, 2017 · 1 hr 13 min
VGH #301: Wall Full of Meat
We would like to apologize for this week's extremely disgusting episode title, but if the Castlevania cartoon isn't going to make a wall chicken reference, it's up to us. Also: Zelda DLC, Receiver, Final Fantasy XII, Persona 5, and a second look at Prey. Episode Timeline 00:55 - Intro 02:45 - Netflix made a Castlevania 16:05 - Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC 30:44 - Receiver 45:15 - Persona 5 55:14 - Prey 64:09 - Final Fantasy XII 74:16 - Outro
Jul 6, 2017 · 1 hr 17 min
VGH #300: Quiz Show Cluster of Doom
It's Video Game Hangover's 300th annual quiz show! Our hosts attempt to answer YOUR questions about video games, fake but real words, and real but fake film directors. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 03:40 - Quiz Show Introduction 38:10 - End of Round 1 50:00 - End of Round 2 74:16 - Final Score and Outro
Jun 29, 2017 · 1 hr 3 min
VGH #299.5: Straight Up Gathering
Q: Why did the villagers in Ever Oasis build a juice bar? A: They needed something to drink with all the sand which is there!!!!!! Also: finally playing Horizon: Zero Dawn, finally logging into Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, finally releasing Star Fox 2. Episode Timeline 00:31 - Intro 01:10 - VGH #300 Quizpendous 05:25 - SNES Classic and Star Fox 2 18:50 - Horizon: Zero Dawn 35:00 - Ever Oasis 45:20 - Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood 60:13 - Outro
Jun 22, 2017 · 1 hr 8 min
VGH #299: Vita Refugees
E3 is a distant memory so we had to play games again. Games like Ever Oasis, Spellspire, Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood, and everyone's favorite, Pubg. Episode Timeline 00:31 - Intro 01:35 - VGH #300 Quizdiculous 05:55 - PUBG 21:50 - Ever Oasis 34:18 - Zelda: Breath of the Wild, part #786341 41:20 - Spellspire 49:04 - Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood 66:56 - Outro
Jun 15, 2017 · 1 hr 10 min
VGH #298: E3 2017
E3 is here and it's time to second-guess all of our entertainment choices! Has Sony betrayed us? Is Monster Hunter real? Does playing Mario XCOM mean we secretly like Minions? Y can't Metroid crawl?? Episode Timeline 00:37 - Intro 00:55 - We love E3 06:53 - Emergency quiz show hype 08:12 - We looooove E3 11:40 - Minecraft for everyone* 12:20 - What is Sony Doing 14:34 - Microsoft's open-world car and gun sandbox 22:35 - Shadow of the Colossus again 26:40 - Fake Monster Hunter game 36:34 - Yet Another Metroid 2 Remake 43:45 - Mario XCOM, Mario Minions, Mario Kirby 57:50 - Spider-man!!!!!! 65:13 - Everything was Skyrim 68:52 - Outro
Jun 8, 2017 · 1 hr 10 min
VGH #297: A Big Thing That's Dumb
Are you ready for a stupid murder vacation? We take a tour of one of the worst casinos in The Sexy Brutale, brush up on our Zelda photography skills, and discuss skeeball pro strats. Also, two Final Fantasy games that D.J.'s not playing. Episode Timeline 00:42 - Intro 02:20 - VGH #300 Quiztacular 07:05 - We assure you we are hyped for E3 17:20 - Groove Coaster 3EX and skeeball 26:48 - The Sexy Brutale 38:14 - Night in the Woods 43:45 - Persona 3 46:50 - Zelda and scavenger hunts 58:46 - All The Final Fantasies 68:15 - Outro
Jun 1, 2017 · 1 hr 10 min
VGH #296: Anime Game Overlords
It finally happened: We've surrendered to the Persona dimension. Enjoy a discussion of best girls, gourmet kings, and the cardinal rules of rhythm games. Then, we persona-fuse two of our favorite things: free-to-play mobile games and Final Fantasy. Episode Timeline 00:21 - Intro 01:58 - VGH live at Red Lobster 07:35 - Persona 5 38:50 - Persona 4: Dancing All Night 47:30 - Persona 3 58:04 - Final Fantasy Brave Exvius 68:30 - Outro
May 25, 2017 · 1 hr 19 min
VGH #295: You Can't Eat an Oak Tree
We're back to playing Zelda: Breath of the Wild and wondering if it would be better as a sidescroller. Paul reunites with an old friend in Dead Cells, then goes looking for a new friend but finds Salt and Sanctuary instead. Randy plays stuff on his phone. Episode Timeline 00:24 - Intro 01:50 - Zeldas 21:35 - Dead Cells 23:30 - Salt and Sanctuary 40:45 - Cinelinx 47:52 - Topsoil 54:40 - Persona 3 70:43 - Heroes of the Storm 77:20 - Outro
May 18, 2017 · 1 hr 15 min
VGH #294: Taking My Skin and Going Home
We venture into Dead Cells, the hot new metroidroguevaniasoulslike, and leave satisfied but missing 75% of our gold. We also try Prey and like it, except for a classic FPS character who won't stop making a cameo. Also, D.J. tries a new Final Fantasy. Episode Timeline 00:18 - Intro 01:25 - Apology and retraction 03:33 - Dead Cells 30:15 - Prey 46:55 - Final Fantasy Brave Exvius 57:29 - Pandemic 70:25 - Heroes of the Storm 73:17 - Outro
May 11, 2017 · 1 hr 8 min
VGH #293: Noodle Club
For the inaugural meeting of Noodle Club, our expert noodlers evaluate the noodliness of games like What Remains of Edith Finch's Noodles, Heroes of the Noodling Storm, and Persona 3 Noodle. Episode Timeline 00:45 - Intro 01:55 - Doing dailies 10:04 - Animal Crossing MMO 21:48 - What Remains of Edith Finch 29:53 - Persona 3 52:11 - Heroes of the Storm 66:42 - Outro
May 4, 2017 · 1 hr 15 min
VGH #292: Eat It 100 Times
Randy gets trapped in a spooky house in only a raincoat. D.J. learns the high cost of expressing himself. And you won't believe what Paul's been playing. Episode Timeline 00:24 - Intro 03:15 - The $7 emote 13:32 - Overwatch lootbox lore 25:13 - Little Nightmares 35:10 - Oh it's Zelda 45:40 - Kamiko 55:09 - Heroes of the Storm 67:30 - Paul's surprise 73:08 - Outro
Apr 27, 2017 · 1 hr 29 min
VGH #291: Ice Cream and Alice Cooper
We take a break from playing Zelda and actually from playing video games at all to talk about real video games that don't exist, plus a secret video game that does! Also Zelda. Episode Timeline 00:40 - Intro 01:38 - Persona 5 08:25 - The [E]nd of Nier 23:05 - Crawl 35:08 - Scoop'n Birds 44:35 - Mr. Shifty 56:10 - Surprise! It's Zelda 60:00 - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 81:04 - Outro
Apr 20, 2017 · 59 min
VGH #290: The Slow, Painful Death of Boxboy
Randy nearly doesn't reach the 30-hour milestone in Persona 5. D.J. takes baby steps towards spoiling Nier: Automata. And we bid a gruesome farewell to BoxBoy or whatever his name is. Episode Timeline 00:24 - Intro 01:10 - Smoke weed every day 04:20 - Persona 5 20:50 - Suddenly Zelda 25:25 - Bye-Bye Boxboy! 38:20 - Nier: Automata (light spoilers) 53:14 - Sneak preview? 58:04 - Outro