Video Game Hangover

In this year's drunken season finale, Randy and D.J. try to figure out what's inside a cow, give themselves brand-new identities, and hold a lively debate about soup. Episode Timeline: (00:00) - Part 1 (52:35) - Part 2 (2:19:22) - End Credits

Take an extended listen to our favorite game music of 2019!

Randy paints the town neon in Concrete Genie. D.J. returns to Battlefield V in the new War in the Pacific update. And an endless army of dots want your money. Episode Timeline: (00:26) - Intro (07:36) - Drunktacular hype (11:24) - Battlefield V: War in the Pacific (38:26) - Concrete Genie (51:56) - Dots and Co. (1:06:38) - Outro

We’re out drinking the devil in Afterparty and wielding the baseball bat of legend in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Also: Holedown arrives on the Switch, and we escape the early slog (mostly) as Death Stranding moves into an exciting new chapter. Episode Timeline: (00:26) - Intro/Drunktacular hype (07:48) - Yakuza: Like a Dragon (26:15) - Afterparty (45:01) - Holedown (52:47) - Death Stranding (light spoilers for chapter 3) (1:03:09) - Outro

Death Stranding is here and we try to make sense of it. But that's not all: Google Stadia, Microsoft news from X019, and... Star Wars?! Episode Timeline: (00:26) - Intro/Google Stadia (05:04) - X019 (19:37) - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (23:26) - Death Stranding (light spoilers for chapters 1 and 2) (1:08:55) - Outro

While we mentally prepare ourselves for Death Stranding, we're picking up some cash on the side in Neo Cab, making a mess in Luigi's Mansion 3, and trying to figure out what NieR: Automata is doing in Final Fantasy XIV. Episode Timeline: (00:26) - Intro (04:11) - Extra Life (05:39) - Google Stadia (13:30) - Neo Cab (36:10) - Luigi's Mansion 3 (57:38) - Final Fantasy XIV: YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse (1:06:32) - Outro

We survived another Extra Life weekend! Hear about the games we played, including: We Were Here, Devotion, River City Ransom, Medievil, Spelunky, and, of course, Fortnite. Episode Timeline (00:26) - Intro (08:05) - Good Morning/Spelunky (09:14) - River City Ransom (13:42) - Medievil (26:44) - Fortnite (39:09) - We Were Here (50:56) - Devotion (1:01:45) - Outro

We're getting spoooooky with creepy games like Return of the Obra Dinn, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, and Dishonored 2! Also, we have a poor grasp of what the word "spooky" means. Episode Timeline 00:26 - Intro/ExtraLife hype 07:40 - Return of the Obra Dinn 30:48 - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair 46:22 - Dishonored 2 1:02:18 - Outro

D.J. embarks on a mysterious fitness adventure. Meanwhile, Randy builds beautiful lunch sets for cats in Inbento, then kills vikings dead in Bad North. And yes, there's Dragon Quest. Episode Timeline 00:26 - Intro/ExtraLife hype 08:30 - Ring Fit Adventure 27:33 - Inbento 33:50 - Hashi 39:18 - Bad North 53:39 - Dragon Quest XI 1:04:20 - Outro

We check in on the spooky Castlevania-like, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, before having even spookier adventures in Worse than Death. Also, as usual: Spellworm. I mean, Dragon Quest XI. Dragon Quest XI and Spellworm. Episode Timeline 00:26 - Intro/ExtraLife hype 07:47 - Spellworm 18:25 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 36:38 - Worse than Death 49:30 - Dragon Quest XI 59:41 - Outro

It's finally here: We take our first steps into the massive Dragon Quest XI. But first, What the Golf? Episode Timeline 00:26 - Intro 05:18 - Mario Kart Tour 10:52 - What the Golf 24:52 - Dragon Quest XI 59:41 - Outro

Between grinding the guardrails and firing off the pipe, Randy isn't sure what to make of Mario Kart Tour. Meanwhile, D.J. splatters everything in sight as a rampaging gorilla in Ape Out. Also, updates on Sayonara Wild Hearts and Link's Awakening. Episode Timeline 00:26 - Intro/Sayonara Wild Hearts 06:11 - Link's Awakening, easy mode, and shooting dogs 19:02 - Mario Kart Tour 37:12 - Ape Out 55:24 - Final hours before Dragon Quest XI/Outro

Randy explores the strange world of Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (the new one!) while D.J. compares notes with the Game Boy Color version. Also, motorcycle swordfights in Sayonara Wild Hearts, and life as a horrible goose in Untitled Goose Game. Episode Timeline 00:26 - Intro 03:10 - Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 23:27 - Untitled Goose Game 35:18 - Sayonara Wild Hearts 53:08 - William Shakespeare's Final Fantasy XIV 56:19 - Outro

Randy is back and D.J. can't wait to hear what he's been playing! (That is, Creature in the Well and Legend of the Skyfish.) Also, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne rears its chilly head, and, as a special bonus, mourning the loss of a dear friend! Episode Timeline 00:26 - Intro 7:12 - Creature in the Well 21:43 - Legend of the Skyfish 29:32 - Monster Hunter World: Iceborne 53:07 - Outro

We're wrapping up the summer with an episode full of our favorite game music, plus selections chosen by you, the listeners! Put your headphones on!

D.J. just got back from not playing any games at PAX West, and boy, are his arms tired! Meanwhile, Randy investigates the spooky doors of Control, and a strange boat makes its way across the wasteland in Far: Lone Sails.

Randy straps in for a roguelike doubleheader with Void Bastards and Rad. You'll never believe what happens! Meanwhile, D.J. watches six hours of creeper videos in Telling Lies. Also, part 1 of our 8619156137-part series on Dragon Quest XI. Episode Timeline 00:26 - Intro 1:51 - Void Bastards 17:46 - Rad 36:44 - Dragon Quest XI 55:41 - Telling Lies 1:13:16 - Outro

Randy takes a detour through Witcheye before heading back to school in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. D.J. discovers new ways to experience Dragon Quest in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. And yes, more Dragon Quest Builders 2. Episode Timeline 00:26 - Intro/Immediately Witcheye! 09:04 - Cold open 12:15 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses 42:15 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate feat. Hero 56:21 - Dragon Quest Builders 2 1:03:44 - Outro

Randy takes up teaching in Fire Emblem: Three Houses but runs into trouble adjusting to campus life. D.J. keeps it wholesome (and mildly creepy) while delivering mail in Tiny Echo. Also: Dig Dugging ever deeper into Dragon Quest Builders 2. Episode Timeline 00:26 - Intro/Dig Dug and the Case of the Too Casual Pants 07:49 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses 28:03 - Tiny Echo 35:53 - Dragon Quest Builders 2 55:17 - Outro

Randy gets wholesome by taking A Short Hike up a mountain. D.J. deals with a toilet conundrum (don't worry about it) in Dragon Quest Builders 2, then breaks his one rule in Final Fantasy XIV. Also: 2019's backlog champion revealed! Episode Timeline 00:26 - Intro/Backlog Attack winner 06:20 - Deadly Premonition: The Movie 08:37 - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest 13:16 - A Short Hike 33:11 - Dragon Quest Builders 2 42:03 - Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers 49:48 - Outro