Video Game Hangover

Randy escapes from sea-prison only to immediately become lost in the woods. Paul gets owned by his wife despite his fearsome boulder arm. D.J. makes impulsive relationship decisions.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
01:50 - Randy Dickinson: Pro Vacationer
12:00 - Firewatch
40:50 - XCOM
48:06 - Cookie Clicker and the 10 Billion Wives
54:54 - Gravity Rush?
60:50 - Round 1 arcade
67:50 - Outro

 

Direct download: VGH_232_-_Music_Game_Wife.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:02am PDT

Paul supplements his actual sickness with motion sickness courtesy of the Gravity Rush remaster. D.J. loves Strike Suit Zero and vows never to play another game in the series, but it's OK because there's a lot of dudes that need to be kicked.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
01:50 - Paul is dead/Super Bowl
05:58 - Gravity Rush Remastered
25:50 - Strike Suit Zero
45:20 - Yakuza
62:24 - Outro

 

Direct download: VGH_231_-_The_Elite_Lifestyle.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:47am PDT

How can we accurately judge The Witness to be the best ever made when it's so good that it causes all other games throughout history to cease to exist, destroying all basis for comparison? Also, reasons why we haven't started The Witness yet.


Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
01:50 - Weekly holographic squid concert discussion
08:50 - The Witness
34:40 - Grow Home
39:00 - Three Fourths Home
42:10 - Pokemon Picross
50:30 - Civilization V
62:40 - Strike Suit Zero
68:00 - Outro

Direct download: VGH_230_-_Non-Gandhi_Behavior.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:12am PDT

The pastel-hued island fills you with a sense of familiarity and security. Turning to greet your old friend, Yoshi, you realize the figure before you is not the cuddly dinosaur of your youth. You freeze in horror as the fleshy mass burbles: "It's-a me."

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Snowzilla
08:40 - Yoshi's Wooly World
25:23 - Who's Your Daddy
41:52 - A Dark Room
47:20 - Photopia
59:20 - Groove Coaster and arcades
64:55 - Outro

 

Direct download: VGH_229_-_Marios_Fleshy_Face.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:07am PDT

We asked the top robotic minds at Google what the best games of 2015 were. When it turned out AIs don't have opinions, we deferred to our slightly less robotic stable of podcast hosts. Also, D.J. is pretty sure he's not poisoned.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
00:45 - D.J. vs. The Bacon of Seafood
14:20 - Best games of 2015
61:30 - Outro

 

Direct download: VGH_228_-_Time_to_Look_for_a_New_Job.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:41am PDT

It’s been a weird week. DJ remains in exile in Japan. We’re sad about David Bowie. We’re still having fun with Just Cause 3 and Mass Effect 3. We’re fighting the allure of shiny new games while trying to find time for good old ones. So many feels.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
01:15 - D.J. still in Japan update!
03:12 - Bowie...
30:40 - Just Cause 3 update!
41:25 - Mass Effect 3 update!
48:50 - Life in the Slow Lane
61:30 - Outro

 

Direct download: VGH_227_-_Sacrifices_Must_Be_Made.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:37am PDT

Instead of assigning traditional review scores, we’re now rating games on their lunchtime equivalency: Just Cause 3 is a tasty soup/sandwich combo from Chili’s while Her Story and Undertale are worthy of the endless pasta bowl from Olive Garden.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Where's D.J.?
02:35 - On Top Ten Lists
08:15 - Her Story
22:20 - Undertale
32:00 - Just Cause 3
51:00 - Great Game Characters and Mass Effect
61:05 - Outro

 

Direct download: VGH_226_-_Pauls_Lunch_Economy.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:23am PDT

It's another mini episode! Let's talk movies.

Direct download: VGH_Movies_2015.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:19am PDT

It's our Christmas Special! Lots of snow, lots of games? Memories n stuff, yeah.

Direct download: VGH_Xmas_2015.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:29pm PDT

We celebrate five years of podcasts by answering your questions about PlayStations, questionable roommates, dance hazards, literal game mechanics, regret, and Iron Man. Plus Randy makes the greatest sacrifice of all. But first... (bottle opening noises)

Episode Timeline

00:00 - THE FIRST PART
64:00 - THE SECOND PART

 

Direct download: VGH_225_-_Sex_and_Taco_Bell.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:21pm PDT