Video Game Hangover

Now that we have plenty of time on our hands, we settle in to discuss the subtle joys of MMO living, and how Animal Crossing could take a few notes. (Or maybe it already has?) Also, picross procedural Murder by Numbers, and corgi-clicker Rescue Pets. Episode Timeline: (0:29) - Intro (9:10) - Final Fantasy XIV VS Animal Crossing (32:15) - Murder by Numbers (43:29) - Rescue Pets (50:10) - Outro

We played Final Fantasy VII Remake Demo and have some thoughts. But don't worry, there's also: Florence! PC Building Simulator! And, of course, Good Pizza, Great Pizza! Episode Timeline: (0:29) - Intro/Slay the Spire (7:33) - Final Fantasy VII Remake (35:28) - PC Building Simulator (43:23) - Florence (52:28) - Good Pizza, Great Pizza (1:06:39) - Outro

Randy and special guest Erik made it out of PAX East 2020 and seem mostly virus-free. But more importantly: They played the new Animal Crossing and are here to tell you about it. (Also: Other games that are not Animal Crossing.)

Randy contends with a meat buddy in Journey to the Savage Planet. D.J. gets decadent for Star Trek Online's 10th anniversary. Also, Death Stranding keeps getting in the way of D.J. trying to play Death Stranding. Episode Timeline: (0:29) - Intro/How to avoid diseases at PAX East (11:57) - Journey to the Savage Planet (26:35) - Death Stranding (43:21) - Star Trek Online (56:46) - Outro

Randy gets hopped up on FEVER MODE in Lapis x Labyrinth. D.J. meditates over canceling Apple Arcade while he disassembles some junk in Assemble with Care, then plays a game he's wanted to try for 25 years. Also, Kentucky Route Zero ends well, but not without a few bumps in the road. Episode Timeline: (0:29) - Intro/RIPHQ (6:56) - Randy’s Entertainment Minute (14:15) - Norman Reedus is a real guy (16:04) - Apple Arcade/Assemble with Care (30:18) - Kentucky Route Zero (40:29) - Trials of Mana (51:06) - Lapis x Labyrinth (1:05:00) - Outro

Randy continues to bide his time until March, this week by sealing himself inside one of those sci-fi cube mazes in The Turing Test. D.J. presses X X X then Y Y Y and X X and Y Y Y again in Persona 5 Scramble. Also, revisiting Kentucky Route Zero. Episode Timeline: (0:28) - Intro (6:22) - Love is in the air (9:41) - Persona 5 Scramble (31:56) - The Turing Test (45:59) - Kentucky Route Zero (56:36) - Outro

The seven-year wait for us to talk about Kentucky Route Zero comes to an end. Meanwhile, D.J. presses on in Life Is Strange 2, even as the game tries to undo all his hard work. Also, Monster Hunter everywhere. Episode Timeline: (0:28) - Intro (2:36) - PAX East hype (11:40) - Kentucky Route Zero (27:05) - Life Is Strange 2, Episode 3 (42:14) - Monster Hunter World (49:31) - Outro

D.J. trades name-brand RPGs for something more generic in Minimal Dungeon RPG, in addition to jumping back into Life Is Strange 2. Randy can't decide how to bide his time until March and decides to put another 60 hours into Persona 5. Also: Luigi's Mansion 3, and Dragon Quest Builders 2. Episode Timeline: (0:28) - Intro/New music by DESK (3:54) - Biding our time (11:01) - Luigi’s Mansion 3 (17:58) - Life Is Strange 2, episode 2 (contains episode 1 spoilers) (36:19) - Minimal Dungeon RPG (43:46) - Persona 5 (56:40) - Dragon Quest Builders 2 (1:03:15) - Outro

After some self-reassessment, D.J. finally allows himself to enjoy Wattam, the new game from Katamari Damacy creator, Keita Takahashi, Randy revisits that time he went on vacation but ended up solving a bunch of mysteries in The Touryst. And, BLOCK U! Episode Timeline: (00:40) - Intro/Delays (11:41) - The Switch shelf in the sky (15:35) - BlockuDoku (23:46) - Lumines, the game everyone* hates (29:30) - Wattam (48:41) - The Touryst (1:05:06) - Outro

Part two of our 2019 game of the year round-up, featuring our absolute favorites, forbidden indies, and our most shamefully overlooked games. Episode Timeline: (00:40) - Intro (04:13) - The Outer Wilds (09:23) - The Touryst (13:19) - Untitled Goose Game (14:39) - Tetris 99 (16:39) - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (20:52) - Devotion (25:05) - Cadence of Hyrule (29:19) - Afterparty (33:01) - Dragon Quest Builders 2 (39:31) - Control (46:15) - Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers (55:26) - Luigi's Mansion 3 (1:03:29) - The list of shame (1:06:21) - Discord GotY (1:09:47) - Outro

In part one (that's right) of our Game of the Year extravaganza, we look back at some of our favorites from 2019. And Death Stranding. Episode Timeline: (00:40) - Intro (03:16) - Death Stranding (10:46) - Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (18:41) - Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (21:55) - A Short Hike (27:02) - Phantasy Star (31:00) - Slay the Spire (37:45) - Telling Lies (41:29) - Ape Out (42:59) - Return of the Obra Dinn (45:12) - Sayonara Wild Hearts (48:55) - Discord GotY (50:28) - Outro

We interrupt your holiday relaxation with a relentless onslaught of boss battle songs.

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