Video Game Hangover

Word Stacks and Crackdown 3 and Word Stacks and Final Fantasy XII and Front Mission and Word Stacks and Word Stacks and Word Stacks and Word Stacks and Word Stacks and Word Stacks. Episode Timeline: 00:35 - Intro 01:49 - PAX East / Lebanon, Kansas hype 06:18 - Tetris 99 12:50 - Word Stacks 18:50 - Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age 43:08 - Front Mission 56:08 - Crackdown 3 68:58 - Outro

The gang tries on some practical outerwear in The Division 2. Randy tries extra hard not to kill anyone in Deltarune. D.J. has had it with his coworkers Dragalia Lost. And you won't believe the lengths we went to in order to acquire a PlayStation 2. Episode Timeline: 00:50 - Intro 02:48 - New music: Option Fire by Wally Chantek 05:48 - PAX East hype 08:40 - PlayStation 2 hype 18:40 - Deltarune 31:50 - The Tom Clancy's Division 2 51:58 - Dragalia Lost 60:40 - Outro

We take Tetris 99 for another spin (get it) before jumping into an anime robot in Daemon X Machina and continuing to Warhammer things in Vermintide 2. Also, after countless grueling hours of Etrian Odyssey Nexus, Randy starts Etrian Odyssey Nexus. Episode Timeline: 01:06 - Intro 02:30 - Tetris 99 15:10 - RIP Reggie 19:25 - Warhammer: Vermintide 2 32:14 - Etrian Odyssey Nexus 48:13 - Daemon X Machina 57:33 - Outro

After a delicious taco-y detour, VGH's agents make their cases about what it truly means to Crack Down in Microsoft's latest. Also, a professional monster hunter joins the Monster Hunter cast, and Tetris battle royale is real and we played it. Episode Timeline 00:31 - Intro  00:43 - Taco Bell 05:40 - Monster Hunter 25:26 - Crackdown 3 43:15 - Apex 47:30 - Tetris 59:15 - Outro

We set out on the Sea of Thieves to learn practical skills like how to hold a compass, and how to maintain composure while getting owned by Xbox Live bilge. Also: Apex Legends, The Division 2, and Forza Horizon 4.   Episode Timeline: 00:40 - Intro 04:05 - Will Smith is blue 06:10 - Sea of Thieves 28:15 - Apex Legends 44:00 - Forza Horizon 4 58:30 - The Division 2: Division Harder 72:45 - Outro

D.J. learns how to fly a man-sized jet in Anthem, the new Destiny-like/Mass Effect-not-entirely-like. Paul gets acquainted with the Warhammer universe in Vermintide 2. And Downwell finally brings its gunboots to the Switch. Episode Timeline: 00:32 - Intro 01:15 - contractually obligated banter 04:05 - Anthem 39:50 - Warhammer: Vermintide 2 54:14 - Downwell feat. Flip Grip 70:45 - Outro

With Earth finally shielded from interplanetary attack, we can finally concentrate on the things that matter, like Randy's 1000th playthrough of Uncharted 2. Also, Ace Combat 7, Pillars of Eternity 2, What Never Was, and not Metroid Prime 4. Episode Timeline: 00:41 - Intro 02:01 - Metroid Prime 4 06:52 - Ace Combat 7 28:25 - What Never Was 34:20 - Uncharted 2 42:20 - Pillars of Eternity 2 61:45 - Outro

After 13 long years, it's finally back: Taco Tuesday. To celebrate, D.J. sits down with Kingdom Hearts expert, BTG Inferno, to find out why Kingdom Hearts III is such a big deal.

Randy is somehow tricked into playing New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (and Bowsette has nothing to do with it). Also, Pokémon Battle Trozei, and D.J. sees blue in the latest Final Fantasy XIV update. Episode Timeline: 00:32 - Intro 07:42 - New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe 27:10 - Final Fantasy XIV: Blue Mage is here 46:38 - Pokémon Battle Trozei 61:45 - Outro

Paul takes an ultimate look at Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Randy takes a hazardous vacation in Just Cause 4. D.J. can't believe how many cookies he can afford thanks to Realm Grinder. And we gaze into our crystal ball to see what's in store for 2019. Episode Timeline: 00:40 - Intro 05:15 - We are excited for video games in 2019 23:50 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 46:05 - Just Cause 4 70:50 - Realm Grinder 84:38 - Outro

We've arrived in 2019 to tell you about our favorite Yakuza and non-Yakuza games from 2018. Episode Timeline: 00:45 - Intro 03:15 - The video games of 2018 66:05 - Outro  

Eight quick songs for your listening enjoyment.

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before. Episode Timeline: 00:01:15 - Intro 00:06:30 - The First Half 01:27:02 - The Second Half 02:38:00 - Outro 

We take a look back at 2018 in game music and everything was Ben Prunty or Yakuza. Episode Timeline: 01:01 - Intro 05:20 - The best video game music of 2018 as selected by our panel of video game music experts 61:10 - Outro

We dive into Life Is Strange 2 and find out just how strange life... is? On an even stranger note, we're thoroughly confused by The Haunted Island: A Frog Detective Game. Also, D.J. makes some questionable modifications to his Switch. Episode Timeline 00:33 - Intro 05:49 - Life Is Strange 2 27:26 - Spyro minute 29:24 - The Haunted Island: A Frog Detective Game 39:11 - Flip Grip feat. Gunbird 2 52:47 - Outro

D.J. takes a day trip to the most fantastical of video game realms: Watch Dogs 2's San Francisco. Randy grapples with his perfectionist urges in Spyro the Dragon. Also, Cthulhu and the Third Reich: A classic combination? Episode Timeline 00:26 - Intro 00:59 - Viewer Mail/Laser League 07:48 - Drunktacular Hype 11:06 - Spyro the Dragon 32:59 - Watch Dogs 2 53:01 - Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics 1:07:20 - Outro

Paul causes all kinds of gruesome dismemberment in Mortal Kombat XL and Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise. D.J. experiences the five stages of grief during the latest Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival. And, finally, Randy plays Spyro. Episode Timeline: 00:48 - Intro 01:33 - Drunktacular hype 07:08 - Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 25:15 - Mortal Kombat XL/Injustice 2 47:15 - Spyro Reignited Trilogy 62:44 - Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise 74:42 - Outro

Extra Life is a wrap! Laser League reveals Randy's true calling as an eSports pro, Paul flirts with a side career in voice acting thanks to Doki Doki Literature Club, and D.J. attempts to make sense of 14 hours of Kingdom Hearts. Episode Timeline: 00:41 - Intro 01:50 - Drunktacular hype 10:18 - Kingdom Hearts 28:55 - Laser League 44:08 - Friday the 13th 53:58 - Doki Doki Literature Club 65:10 - Outro

We're taking a quick break from our 24 hours of Extra Life to tell you about some of the games we played, like Tetris Effect, We Happy Few, Business Clicker, Castlevania II, and... Guilty Summer Kiss 2: Bloody Secret? OK, sure. Episode Timeline: 00:38 - Intro 01:20 - Extra Life hype continues 12:00 - Tetris Effect 23:30 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest 28:32 - Business Clicker 35:45 - Murder Mystery Adventure 39:55 - Guilty Summer Kiss 2: Bloody Secret 49:45 - We Happy Few 59:40 - Monster Hunter World: Behemoth 66:20 - Outro

Even with Extra Life right around the corner, we find ourselves distracted and wondering what it's like to play the Cowboy Game. Also, the thrilling deaths of Spider-Man and his lady friends, returning to New Donk City, and — why not? — Dragalia Lost. Episode Timeline: 00:40 - Intro 02:01 - Extra Life hype 13:15 - Red Dead Redemption 2 21:00 - Spider-Man 46:58 - Dragalia Lost 52:05 - Super Mario Odyssey 68:02 - Outro