Another year, another strangely murder-centric holiday show.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Part 1

(1:12:30) - Part 1 (continued)

Randy finishes off Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, D.J. (re-)starts Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, and everyone has a great time drinking and smoking in Webfishing. Also: How's Rez doing these days?

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

(11:30) - All these slime things

(15:59) - Drunktacular hype

(20:39) - Webfishing

(28:56) - Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

(1:03:50) - Rez Infinite

(1:16:41) - Outro

Randy and D.J. argue about how many numbers there are after playing Lorelei and the Laser Eyes. Also: Crow Country, What the Car?, more Zelda, and being very good, yet dumb, in Final Fantasy XIV.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

(11:33) - Stream announcement: Webfishing

(16:29) - Extra Life update

(19:16) - Drunktacular hype

(21:21) - D.J.’s stupid FFXIV story

(32:12) - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

(42:15) - Crow Country

(53:29) - What the Car?

(1:06:11) - Outro

Catch up with what we played during this year's Extra Life game day, including Gourdlets, Slay the Spire, Subpar Pool, Jisatsu, and, of course, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro

(19:25) - Turok: The Guy Who Fights Dinosaurs

(30:57) - Slay the Spire

(41:14) - Gourdlets

(50:36) - Zelda/Astro Bot

(57:09) - Chilla’s Art: Jisatsu

(1:04:36) - Subpar Pool

(1:12:47) - Outro

Get a sneak peak at what we're playing at this year's Extra Life marathon! Head to vghangover.com/extralife for more details, including how to join us.

What does Disney Speedstorm have in common with horrow throwback Hollowbody? Not too much, honestly. Also! Metaphor: ReFantazio and Ballionaire.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro

(2:42) - Stream announcement: Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival

(8:10) - Extra Life hype

(11:47) - Disney Speedstorm

(38:23) - Hollowbody

(1:02:38) - Metaphor: ReFantazio

(1:07:32) - Ballionaire

(1:13:26) - Outro

Spooky season kicks off with discussion of Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (scary) and Conscript. Also: Johnny Depp and Call of Duty tattoos.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Burger Town

(11:28) - Monday Stream/Extra Life hype

(17:43) - Scary movies

(30:29) - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

(55:58) - Conscript

(1:10:21) - Outro

We're back—both in the country and in the recording booth—and catching up with Astro Bot and all the drama surrounding Concord and the PlayStation 5 Pro.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Randy’s European adventure

(20:55) - Giant gaming headlines

(34:07) - Stream announcement: Inscryption

(36:00) - Extra Life hype

(39:35) - Astro Bot

(1:12:22) - Outro

Take a listen to some alternate intro and outro songs from VGH history in this week's playlist episode!

The Backlog Attack concludes as Randy takes a trip to spooky El Paso, Elsewhere, while D.J. finds himself in a bygone era of gaming in Shenmue. Also: What actually happened on Pony Island?

Episode Timeline
(0:00) - Intro/Pony Island
(21:41) - Shenmue
(46:15) - El Paso, Elsewhere/El Paso Nightmare
(1:11:26) - Outro

Randy goes for a ride through the desert in Sable. D.J. fights off spooky aliens in 1994's Marathon before hanging out with the Drasles in Dragon Slayer IV.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Switch 2

(10:19) - Marathon

(23:51) - Borderlands minute

(26:03) - Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family

(44:36) - Sable

(1:04:11) - Outro

We kick off the summer Backlog Attack and immediately get into our first two games: Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, and New Pokemon Snap! Also: Old Pokemon Snap!

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Game shows

(9:11) - Backlog Attack

(28:03) - New Pokemon Snap

(53:37) - Crimson Skies

(1:10:01) - Outro

Randy once again finds himself in a Luigi mansion in Luigi's Mansion 2. Meanwhile, D.J. wonders if there's more to life than talking to another three NPCs in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail. Also, it's true: Suika Game.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/AI, VR, SPQR, etc.

(13:10) - Xbox store closing

(18:42) - Suika Game

(31:43) - Luigi’s Mansion 2

(48:05) - FFXIV Dawntrail

(1:11:15) - Outro

D.J. sets course for new shores in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail. Meanwhile, Randy comes to terms with being a cat in Little Kitty, Big City. Also: Stumbling through Legend of Zelda: Four Swords in 2024.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro

(3:04) - Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

(21:34) - Little Kitty, Big City

(37:40) - Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail

(1:07:13) - Outro

Randy finally gets to see what all the fuss is about in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Meanwhile, D.J. outsources his FFXIV expansion prep. Also: All the news and non-news from fake E3.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Still Slaying

(11:47) - Fake E3 season

(27:22) - One week left

(34:53) - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

(1:00:33 - Angeline Era minute

(1:06:09) - Outro

Randy makes friends in caves in Animal Well. Meanwhile, D.J. is still playing the same Final Fantasy. (No, not that one.) Also: Trying to make sense of We Were Here Expeditions.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/D.J. abroad

(12:57) - We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip

(28:28) - New music feat. rj lake

(30:31) - 9 Final 9 Fantasy

(43:52) - Animal Well

(1:07:34) - Outro

D.J. shoots up an entire overworld map in Minishoot' Adventures. Meanwhile, Randy tries to solve the mystery of plants in Botany Manor. Also: Which enormous RPGs to take on your overseas vacation.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Content Warning

(12:05) - Vacation gaming

(29:06) - Minishoot' Adventures

(51:07) - Botany Manor

(1:10:20) - Outro

Randy and D.J. return from jaunting around the snail-infested Old World in Content Warning. Also: Screening aliens for therapy in Mars after Midnight, hurling lizards in Dragon's Dogma II, and Final Fantasy IX: What is it?

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Steam Deck exists

(19:26) - Content Warning

(36:44) - Final Fantasy IX

(45:58) - Dragon’s Dogma II

(57:47) - Mars after Midnight

(1:20:35) - Outro

With help from a horde of interdimensional weird guys, D.J. slowly figures out how to play Dragon's Dogma II. Meanwhile, Randy enjoys(?) the royal double-feature of Princess Peach: Showtime! and Super Princess Peach.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Secret Games: Even Secreter

(13:04) - Dragon’s Dogma II

(42:35) - Princess Peach: Showtime!

(55:30) - Super Princess Peach

(1:11:38) - Outro

D.J. spends hours meticulously prepping his Unicorn Overlord army just to skip to the end. Randy revisits the racehorse-solitaire classic, Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On. Plus: Princess Peach's big debut, yet more Persona 3, and an exciting new Xbox game.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro

(5:53) - FFXIV on Xbox

(10:01) - Persona 3

(27:31) - Princess Peach: Showtime!

(34:06) - Unicorn Overlord

(58:45) - Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On

(1:14:10) - Outro

Randy gets Jokerized in poker roguelite Balatro. D.J. goes on an educational photography tour of virtual Japan in Shashingo. And menacing fish monsters draw near in Splatoon 3: Side Order.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro

(9:10) - Balatro

(28:23) - Shashingo

(49:41) - Splatoon 3: Side Order

(1:08:22) - Outro

Randy and D.J. (re-)visit yet another haunted island in Another Code. Also: Secret games, deciphering that weird Xbox announcement, and accosted by endless hordes of sujimon in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Secret games

(15:35) - Splatoon 3 stream!

(20:44) - Special Podcast Update on the Xbox Official Podcast’s Updates on the Xbox Business

(34:53) - Another Code

(58:30) - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

(1:09:38) - Outro

Randy and D.J. compare notes on the first 100 hours of the Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth tutorial.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/A world of pals

(12:28) - Like a Dragon Gaiden

(18:40) - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

(1:10:15) - Outro

D.J. attempts to speedrun Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name to get ready for even more Like a Dragon (if that's even what it's called). Meanwhile, Randy goes where no deck of cards has gone before in Cobalt Core.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro

(16:39) - Like a Dragon Gaiden

(46:51) - Cobalt Core

(1:13:10) - Outro

What were the best games of 2023? Someone please tell us.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro

(11:28) - Resident Evil 4

(15:40) - Cocoon

(18:37) - Chilla’s Art: Parasocial

(20:40) - Dredge

(26:04) - Dave the Diver

(34:35) - Final Fantasy XVI

(39:49) - Super Mario Bros. Wonder

(44:02) - Oxenfree II: Lost Signals

(49:35) - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

(1:02:12) - Street Fighter 6

(1:13:01) - Honorable mentions

(1:24:18) - Outro