Video Game Hangover (general)

D.J. reaches the end of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and it's about time. Paul climbs tall things in Ubisoft's latest Art™, Grow Home. Nobody plays Super Mario Maker. Randy reads some books.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
02:20 - Randy's existential summer vacation
16:40 - Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer/Amiibo cards
35:40 - Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
44:15 - Grow Home
58:55 - Outro

Direct download: VGH_214_-_Old_Dumb_Baby.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:36am PDT

Paul and D.J. compare notes on recent Metal Gears and come to the conclusion that maybe The Phantom Pain was Peace Walker all along!? Randy remains strangely silent. Also, how to cheat at Dishonored.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
04:50 - Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain VS. Peace Walker Ultimate Showdown Substance Subsistence VR Missions EXTREME
44:48 - Dishonored
65:12 - Outro

 

Direct download: VGH_213_-_Put_This_Guy_in_the_Trash.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:07am PDT

It's the spiritual sequel to episode 211 that everyone demanded: Your favorite characters return to talk about familiar games--like Metal Gear Solid V, and Ghost Trick, and Until Dawn--but in new and exciting ways.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro

05:50 - Until Dawn

22:48 - Qube

29:50 - Final Fantasy XIV and Ghost Trick

36:05 - Anthology sequels

50:08 - Metal Gear Solid V

74:35 - Outro

Direct download: VGH_212_-_A_Fancy_Coat_and_a_Horse_to_Ride_On.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:27am PDT

Paul regales everyone with his Metal Gear Solid V antics, like: Attaching balloons to animals! Improper cardboard box use! Cassette tape theft! Meanwhile, Randy makes questionable vacation plans in Until Dawn and D.J. is still attacking his backlog.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
01:45 - Metal Gear Solid V
28:50 - Ghost Trick
35:30 - Dishonored
46:50 - Until Dawn
70:35 - Outro

Direct download: VGH_211_-_Killed_Instantly_by_Everyone.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:56am PDT

PAX Prime is over and we're all still alive! D.J. has early impressions of Dragon Quest Heroes, Final Fantasy Explorers, Thumper, and Star Fox Zero. Randy raids some kind of tomb in Lara Croft GO and Paul is pleasantly confused by Metal Gear Solid V.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
01:40 - PAX Prime
13:25 - Dragon Quest Heroes
16:12 - Final Fantasy Explorers
22:10 - Star Fox Zero
28:30 - Thumper
37:40 - Lore Live
45:55 - Backlog Attack wrap-up
53:30 - Metal Gear Solid V
59:30 - Lara Croft GO
59:30 - Viewer Mail
63:15 - Outro

Direct download: VGH_210_-_PAX_Prime_2015_-_Stay_In_and_Take_a_Nap.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:09am PDT

John de Lancie joins us this week to chat about his favorite games like Dishonored, Tales from the Borderlands, Volume, and updates us on his Backlog. Also: Randy sounds like Bob Ross having sex to Jazz music, whilst eating Fig Newtons. Wat.

Episode Timeline

 

00:00 - Intro
01:40 - PAX Primer
13:25 - Taco Tuesday Update
16:12 - Mark of the Ninja 
22:10 - Dishonored
28:30 - Volume
37:40 - Tales from the Borderlands
45:55 - Vanquish
53:30 - Backlog Attack Winner and Recap!
59:30 - Fig Newtons
74:50 - Outro

Direct download: VGH_209_-_The_Q_Room.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:43am PDT

Paul and Randy are stuck in Fallout Shelter while D.J. tap dances on somebody's face in Final Fantasy XIV's Frontlines. Also: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Mark of the Ninja, Dead Rising 3, and Super Mario Maker.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
06:55 - Fallout Shelter
18:58 - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
31:05 - Final Fantasy XIV
40:45 - Community Backlog Update
49:50 - Dead Rising 3
59:30 - Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes
65:50 - Mark of the Ninja
73:05 - Super Mario Maker
87:50 - Outro

Direct download: VGH_208_-_The_Original_Walking_Simulator.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:08am PDT

The gang discusses the best reasons out of Gamescom to get an Xbox One, none of which are Mafia 3. D.J. wonders what would happen if Perfect Dark and Halo fought each other. Paul binges on episodes of Galak-Z. Randy spells seven words.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
02:30 - Gamescom excitement!!!!!!!!!
06:20 - Crackdown 3
12:20 - What would happen if they made a first-person shooter that was every first-person shooter
18:32 - Random Games!!!!!!
29:40 - Galak-Z
42:45 - Life Is Strange Episode 4
50:45 - Seven Little Words
59:50 - Outro & Uncharted 4 Ending chat

Direct download: VGH_207_-_Be_Still_My_Heart.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:56am PDT

The whole gang is back together so it's time to talk about every video game: South Park, Gravity Rush, Rocket League, You Must Build a Boat, etc. Plus more Guacamelee racism, and D.J. discovers what happens when they put Battlefield into Final Fantasy.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
05:46 - Racist Viewer Mail
15:10 - South Park: The Stick of Truth
24:30 - The Wolf Among Us
29:10 - Gravity Rush
33:10 - LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
50:45 - You Must Build a Boat
59:10 - Rocket League
66:40 - Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward

Direct download: VGH_206_-_Wantonly_Matching_Stuff.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:35am PDT

 

D.J. is joined by a mystery guest host who talks him through an Eorzean job crisis. The same mystery host, who is definitely not Paul because he's finished The Last of Us, wonders why Canadians are so racist towards Mexicans, maybe.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro

03:30 - Viewer Mail

08:50 - The Last of Us (spoiler free)

12:30 - Guacamelee

22:15 - Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward

47:00 - Gravity Rush

54:50 - Backlog Contest

59:05 - Outro

60:15 - The Last of Us (SPOILERS)

 

 

Direct download: VGH_205_-_Not_Sure_if_Racist.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:58am PDT