Video Game Hangover

It's a Hangover takeover! Rather than squeezing this week's gaming talk into the first segment of the show like we usually do, we've decided to dedicate the entire episode to Kid Icarus, Xenoblade Chronicles, and the recent Battlefield 3 updates! Game on! Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00Viewer Mail: 1:55Extended Hangover: 5:05Last Call: 60:30 

On this week's show, we're talking about video game endings: the ones that got it right and the ones that missed the mark. Also: Mulchers, hand cramps, vagina monsters, generic white men, and the importance of carrying enough arrows. The end is nigh! Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00Hangover: 1:40VG Endings:  36:20Last Call: 90:00Outro: 92:20 

Is it the journey or the destination? On this week's show, we're in a glass case of emotion because of the uniquely moving new PS3 game, Journey. We've also got a lot to say about Mass Effect (in its many incarnations) and Randy can't get enough of WARP. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00Viewer Mail: 2:15Hangover: 5:35Journey Talk: 26:45Last Call: 59:30Outro: 68:16 

Every gamer has a story about the one that got away. On this week's show, we're talking about the games that we've played but somehow never finished. Also: we're totally hungover on El Shaddai, Mass Effect 2 and 3, Journey, and the upcoming Skullgirls. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00Nexuiz Contest Winners: 2:35Hangover: 4:12Unfinished Games: 40:10Last Call: 67:45Outro: 75:30

It was a big week for gaming news and we're offering up our opinions on the Mass Effect 3 DLC debacle, Valve's rumored Steam Box console, and the freshly-announced Assassin's Creed III. Also: hate mail, emo kids, Syndicate, Game Dev Story, and... Monopoly? Episode TimelineIntro: 0:00Shank Contest Winners: 2:42Viewer Mail: 4:00Hangover: 9:50Gaming Headlines: 29:18Last Call: 67:45Outro: 74:50 

How important is genre to the identity of a game? On this week's show, we're talking about how new takes on classics like Syndicate, XCOM, and Kid Icarus are breaking the mold. Also: Mutant Blobs, Dear Esther, Taito tweets, and Phoenix Wright. Objection! Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00Warp Contest Winners: 1:55Hangover: 3:35VGCT Ace Attorney: 24:20Sequels in Name Only: 27:06Last Call: 72:15Outro: 79:10 

It's been a big week in gaming and we've super-sized this week's episode to fit it all in! We've played a Shep-load of the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer(!) demo AND we've had some quality alone-time with Sony's sexy new handheld, the PlayStation Vita. Episode TimelineIntro: 0:00Viewer Mail: 2:10Hangover: 7:20Vita Talk: 48:20Last Call: 94:15Outro: 100:00 

The PSVita may be the new hotness but we're not quite done with the PSP. On this week's show, we're remembering our favorite games for Sony's last-gen portable. Also: Darkness, Amalur, Soul Calibur, and a Dragon Quest Community Theatre. Thespians! Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00Hangover: 2:20VGCT DQ1: 33:20PSP Memorial: 35:35Last Call: 67:55Outro: 74:50 

Epic fail! Despite the best intentions, not every video game release is a hit. On this week's show, we're talking about some of our favorite gaming flops. We also chime in on the Syndicate co-op demo, Soulcalibur V, Osmos HD, and the Art of Video Games. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00Viewer Mail: 2:10Hangover: 9:20Gaming Flops: 35:58Last Call: 63:45Outro: 71:00 

On this week's show, we discuss the finer points of the current generation of consoles! Also: the glorious return of Video Game Community Theatre! There's a gun inside. Episode TimelineIntro: 0:00Viewer Mail: 1:30Hangover: 5:45 VGCT RE2: 24:50Finer Points of this Gen: 28:10Last Call: 60:50Outro: 69:25 

For here or to go? On this week's show, we're talking about the ever increasing ways we can take our games with us. Also: we played the demo for Asura's Wrath so you don't have to. Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00Viewer Mail: 2:15Hangover: 4:30Portables: 26:00Last Call: 64:00Outro: 69:45 

Brace yourselves because VGH is getting political! In this week's show, we're taking on the SOPA debate. Spoiler Alert: we're against it. Also: Paul likes Mario, Randy likes Rayman, and D.J. dabbles in The Troll Class. It burns my a**! Episode TimelineIntro: 0:00Hangover: 2:10SOPA: 20:00Last Call: 68:30Outro: 73:00 

In this week's show: 2012, will it be as great as 2011 or is everything just going to end? The Crew chat about what games they look forward to in the coming year! Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00Viewer Mail: 1:50Hangover: 5:45Hype 2012: 21:55Gaming Resolutions: 54:45Outro: 60:35

It's our Best of 2011 show! To kick off the new year, we're recapping our favorites of the last year! Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00Best of 2011: 4:30Outro: 68:20

In his Mini Hangover, Randy dives into his backlog for Shadows of the Damned, ventures into the 3DS' eShop wasteland for Pushmo, and then... counts down his favorite electro-industrial albums of 2011? Randy doesn't understand the meaning of "Mini".

Matt was supposed to talk about Assassin's Creed: Revelations, and he does, but since he's vacationing, he also had a chat with his wife and her siblings about the PS Move game Carnival Island. Also: Portable games that he played on his road trip! Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00Carnival Island Chat: 4:48Assassin's Creed Revelations: 13:55Outro: 22:50

D.J's finally made it through the first dungeon in the new Zelda and he's here to tell you what he thinks of it so far. Or, at least that's what he's supposed to do.

In this special Mini Hangover Episode, Paul and Matt spend the first half of the show playing PAYDAY: The Heist. We then take a quick break and give you our impressions immediately after finishing our first session with the game! Episode TimelineLive PAYDAY: 0:00After Session Impressions: 11:08Outro: 19:16 

This is it, our final show of 2011! In this week's episode, The Whole Crew get together with drinks, and frame the entire show around your incredible feedback! Thank you so much for the support and we'll see you in Season 2 in 2012! Episode TimelineIntro: 0:00Tomorrow's Hangover: 2:30Listener Feedback: 6:55Outro: 81:00 

Stuff this down your chimney! This week, we've assembled the Ultimate VGH Holiday Shopping List for the obsessive gamers and pop-culture geeks on your list. We've also got Viewer Mail, our weekly Hangovers, and we'll wrap things up with Last Call! Episode Timeline Intro: 0:00Viewer Mail: 2:40Hangover: 8:20All I Want: 25:00Last Call: 58:45Outro: 64:20