We're getting shot down over and over by aliens in Everspace, then trying to escape our spinning nightmare house in Darq. Also: felyng fancy in Immortals. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro (01:55) - Remember video game stores? (11:21) - Immortals Fenyx Dressing (21:24) - Everspace (43:22) - Darq (59:46) - Outro

Video Game Hangover

VGH #477: Magical Dresser

We're braving the wild in Immortals Fenyx Rising, grinding through Yakuza: Like a Dragon's finale, and discovering just how much hunting is in the new Monster Hunter Rise. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro (3:47) - New music by Felikitty! (6:03) - Immortals Fenyx Rising (31:37) - Monster Hunter Rise (1:01:38) - Yakuza: Like a Dragon (1:11:44) - Outro

VGH #476: Riding the Honey Badger

We take a look at the games that made it a little easier to stay home during the last 100 months of 2020. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (4:06) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (10:47) - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim/Yakuza: Like a Dragon (13:50) - What the Golf? (18:12) - Spelunky 2 (21:27) - The Last Campfire (23:34) - The Last of Us Part II (25:40) - Fall Guys/Among Us (30:36) - Immortals: Fenix Rising (37:59) - Hades (40:09) - Judgment (43:15) - Paper Mario: The Origami King (46:58) - Wavelength (51:52) - Sackboy: A Big Adventure (57:18) - Honorable/dishonorable mention (1:06:42) - Outro

VGH #475: Game of the Year 2020

Randy's here with a playlist to help usher out 2020 once and for all.

Mini Hangover: Pandemic Playlist 2020

Enjoy this wholesome playlist of some of gaming's first towns. Just make sure you finish listening to it before the village brat gets back from that mysterious shrine.

Mini Hangover: Hometown Radio

This year's Drunktacular tackles life's biggest mysteries: death, religion, and when are we getting a Switch Pro? Episode Timeline (0:00) - Part 1 (1:06:26) - Part 2

VGH #474: When There's Nothing Left to Burn, Set Yourself on Fire

It's our biggest music show yet! Take a listen to our favorite tracks from 2020, including Spelunky 2, Paper Mario: The Origami King, 13 Sentinels, and, of course, Animal Crossing. Episode Timeline (1:58) - Intro/Drunktacular hype  (6:48) - 13 Sentinels (19:18) - Ministry of Broadcast (25:16) - Paper Mario: The Origami King (32:04) - Spelunky 2 (43:13) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (52:11) - Super Mario RPG (1:02:36) - Ikenfell (1:08:44) - Sackboy: A Big Adventure (1:16:16) - Outro/Bugsnax

VGH #473: Best Game Music of 2020

We get deep into the first few hours of Yakuza: Like a Dragon as Randy tries to make sense of his first Yakuza game ever. Also, D.J. is unqualified to operate heavy machinery in Hardspace: Shipbreaker. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (2:24) - Drunktacular hype (7:52) - Cyber Thanksgiving (11:49) - Yakuza: Like a Dragon (59:45) - Hardspace: Shipbreaker (1:01:14) - Outro

VGH #472: Crack Open a Hot One

Randy acquires a mysterious artifact that both tells the time and plays Super Mario Bros. Also, getting all London-y in Watch Dogs: Legion, and a deeper take on 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro/Drunktacular hype (8:48) - 13 Sentinels (20:56) - Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (41:11) - Watch Dogs: Legion (1:06:26) - Outro

VGH #471: Where Did All the Robots Come From?

Nobody got a PS5 or Xbox but we're finally, FINALLY talking 'bout Bugsnax. Also, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, and, as always, Piffle. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (5:12) - Extra Life update (6:54) - Drunktacular is coming (8:30) - Piffle (22:53) - Bugsnax (36:15) - Sackboy: A Big Adventure (57:02) - Obligatory next-gen console chat (1:00:58) - Outro

VGH #470: Don’t Let Anybody Know You’re an Octopus

We're recovering from our Extra Life haze and trying to remember the games we played, including Among Us, We Were Here Too, Sea of Thieves, The Walking Fish 2, and Penko Park. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro/Extra Life (7:02) - Among Us (16:50) - Obligatory FFXIV/Animal Crossing chat (18:57) - Spelunky 2/Slay the Spire (22:49) - We Were Here Too (39:19) - Sea of Thieves (46:20) - The Walking Fish 2: Final Frontier (52:18) - Penko Park (1:02:38) - Outro

VGH #469: The Most Productive Pirates Ever

We're solving problems with the power of maps in Carto, ninja-slicing millions of bokoblins in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, and getting in way over our heads in Minecraft. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (2:22) - Extra Life (7:21) - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (28:44) - Carto (39:04) - Minecraft (1:00:26) - Outro

VGH #468: Volcano Chalet

[extremely Halloween voice] We played some spooOOoky games this week, like Home, Until Dawn, and the dreaded The Walking Fish. Also Pixel Puzzle Makeout League, which is not spooky at aAAAaaaLLLllllLL oOoOOoOOoooOooooooo Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (04:22) - Extra Life (08:23) - Spooky games (13:01) - Until Dawn (27:01) - The Walking Fish (36:18) - Home (50:35) - Pixel Puzzle Makeout League (it is not spooky) (1:07:02) - Outro

VGH #467: Spooky President

Randy casts spells indiscriminately in Ikenfell, then learns what happens when all the knights are on vacation in Micro RPG. Meanwhile, D.J. balances high school life and a kaiju invasion in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Also, Final Fantasy XIV goes to war. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (2:27) - Extra Life (08:45) - FFXIV: The Bozjan Southern Front (18:35) - Micro RPG (27:46) - Ikenfell (46:28) - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (1:01:35) - Outro

VGH #466: Enough Mushrooms to Keep You Alive

D.J. finds himself in over his head after playing Super Marios Sunshine, RPG, and 35. Meanwhile, Randy wonders how many wire puzzles it takes to fix a spaceship in Filament, then terrorizes his neighbor. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro/Crazy neighbor Randy (10:16) - Extra Life (14:06) - Super Mario Sunshine (21:18) - Super Mario RPG (32:42) - Super Mario Bros. 35 (47:43) - Filament (1:01:28) - Outro

VGH #465: A Pretty Serious Mario Hole

A weekly show about playing an unreasonable amount of video games. Each week we discuss the games that are keeping us up late and chat about gaming culture and the games industry.

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