Video Game Hangover

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before. Episode Timeline: 00:01:15 - Intro 00:06:30 - The First Half 01:27:02 - The Second Half 02:38:00 - Outro 

We take a look back at 2018 in game music and everything was Ben Prunty or Yakuza. Episode Timeline: 01:01 - Intro 05:20 - The best video game music of 2018 as selected by our panel of video game music experts 61:10 - Outro

We dive into Life Is Strange 2 and find out just how strange life... is? On an even stranger note, we're thoroughly confused by The Haunted Island: A Frog Detective Game. Also, D.J. makes some questionable modifications to his Switch. Episode Timeline 00:33 - Intro 05:49 - Life Is Strange 2 27:26 - Spyro minute 29:24 - The Haunted Island: A Frog Detective Game 39:11 - Flip Grip feat. Gunbird 2 52:47 - Outro

D.J. takes a day trip to the most fantastical of video game realms: Watch Dogs 2's San Francisco. Randy grapples with his perfectionist urges in Spyro the Dragon. Also, Cthulhu and the Third Reich: A classic combination? Episode Timeline 00:26 - Intro 00:59 - Viewer Mail/Laser League 07:48 - Drunktacular Hype 11:06 - Spyro the Dragon 32:59 - Watch Dogs 2 53:01 - Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics 1:07:20 - Outro

Paul causes all kinds of gruesome dismemberment in Mortal Kombat XL and Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise. D.J. experiences the five stages of grief during the latest Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival. And, finally, Randy plays Spyro. Episode Timeline: 00:48 - Intro 01:33 - Drunktacular hype 07:08 - Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 25:15 - Mortal Kombat XL/Injustice 2 47:15 - Spyro Reignited Trilogy 62:44 - Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise 74:42 - Outro

Extra Life is a wrap! Laser League reveals Randy's true calling as an eSports pro, Paul flirts with a side career in voice acting thanks to Doki Doki Literature Club, and D.J. attempts to make sense of 14 hours of Kingdom Hearts. Episode Timeline: 00:41 - Intro 01:50 - Drunktacular hype 10:18 - Kingdom Hearts 28:55 - Laser League 44:08 - Friday the 13th 53:58 - Doki Doki Literature Club 65:10 - Outro

We're taking a quick break from our 24 hours of Extra Life to tell you about some of the games we played, like Tetris Effect, We Happy Few, Business Clicker, Castlevania II, and... Guilty Summer Kiss 2: Bloody Secret? OK, sure. Episode Timeline: 00:38 - Intro 01:20 - Extra Life hype continues 12:00 - Tetris Effect 23:30 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest 28:32 - Business Clicker 35:45 - Murder Mystery Adventure 39:55 - Guilty Summer Kiss 2: Bloody Secret 49:45 - We Happy Few 59:40 - Monster Hunter World: Behemoth 66:20 - Outro

Even with Extra Life right around the corner, we find ourselves distracted and wondering what it's like to play the Cowboy Game. Also, the thrilling deaths of Spider-Man and his lady friends, returning to New Donk City, and — why not? — Dragalia Lost. Episode Timeline: 00:40 - Intro 02:01 - Extra Life hype 13:15 - Red Dead Redemption 2 21:00 - Spider-Man 46:58 - Dragalia Lost 52:05 - Super Mario Odyssey 68:02 - Outro

We're getting spooOOooOokythis week with Slayaway Camp, Detention, and... Soulcalibur VI? Also, Konami rises from the dead. Episode Timeline: 00:51 - Intro 01:55 - EXTRA LIFE IS SOON 04:33 - Soulcalibur VI 18:04 - Slayaway Camp 37:28 - Detention 49:45 - Pixel Puzzle Collection 54:01 - Outro

We wrap up both Spider-Man and Shadow of the Tomb Raider, then bust ghosts like it's 2001 in the Luigi's Mansion remake. Also, getting raidy in Dragalia Lost, and self-dismemberment for fun and donuts in The Missing. Episode Timeline: 00:38 - Intro 01:48 - What's up guys it's Call of Duty Black Ops IIII 05:10 - Spider-Man contest winner 07:11 - Extra Life hype 11:19 - Spider-Man 32:42 - Dragalia Lost 42:11 - Luigi's Mansion 54:30 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider 64:20 - The Missing 76:12 - Outro

Randy does some minor time traveling in The Gardens Between. D.J. survives the latest Monster Hunter World festival, only to find himself surrounded by dragons in Dragalia Lost. Paul sets everyone straight on what is a sword and what is an axe. Episode Timeline: 00:38 - Intro 03:30 - Spider-Man 13:11 - The Gardens Between 24:45 - Dragalia Lost 43:24 - Monster Hunter World Autumn Harvest Fest 53:20 - Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate 65:38 - Outro

Randy advances his chicken liberation agenda by implanting one with deadly explosives in Bomb Chicken, then spends some time in the slightly less volatile world of Hob. D.J. re-enters the Stage of History in Soulcalibur VI. Also, Fortnite for adults. Episode Timeline 00:27 – Intro 03:22 – What is Fortnite? 14:50 – Bomb Chicken 25:27 – Soulcalibur VI 42:52 – Hob 57:28 – Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1:16:17 – Outro

Paul's thrilling 14859024-part Yakuza segment comes to a close as he wraps up Yakuza Kiwami 2. Also, Forza Horizon 4 vs. The Crew vs. a pleasant Hawaiian vacation, and a nearly endless buffet of exploding heads in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise. Episode Timeline: 00:38 - Intro 07:00 - Yakuza Kiwami 2 29:25 - Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise 43:38 - Forza Horizon / The Crew 68:08 - Spider-Man minute 70:48 - Outro

We're continuing to murder people indiscriminately as Spider-Man but occasionally tagging in Lara Croft to show us how it's really done. Also, full-contact lawyering in the Yakuza studio's upcoming Judge Eyes. Episode Timeline: 00:41 - Intro 02:50 - Judge Eyes 32:47 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider 53:22 - Spider-Man 65:09 - Outro

We've got Spider-Man fever, although we can't seem to remember all the words to his theme song. Also, a return to World War II via the Battlefield V beta, and follow-up thoughts on Pokémon Go and Dragon Quest XI. Episode Timeline: 00:41 - Intro 03:10 - Viewer Mail feat. Pokémon Go and Dragon Quest 17:14 - Spider-Man 46:24 - Battlefield V 63:16 - Alphabear minute 65:60 - Outro

After a Pokemon-infested detour around Seattle, we're back to our old tricks: Gushing about the latest Yakuza game and arguing about donut semantics. Also: A tiny bit of Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate. Episode Timeline: 00:42 - Intro 02:55 - Pokemon Go 17:30 - Yakuza Kiwami 2 38:10 - Donut County 62:25 - Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate 69:18 - Outro

We're putting a wrap on this year's Summer Backlog Attack with the offensively relaxing Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, the extremely old Elder Scrolls: Arena, and the original Dragon Quest alla giapponese. Episode Timeline 00:44 - Intro 05:56 - Bad sequels 14:10 - Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles 35:20 - 日本語でドラゴンクエスト 52:10 - The Elder Scrolls: Arena 73:10 - Outro

Randy continues his trip deep down the Holedown hole. Paul remembers what it's like to Uncharted. D.J. is completely baffled by Street Fighter 1. Also, Life Is Strange hot takes. Episode Timeline 00:39 - Intro 01:48 - Holedown 11:44 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy 27:32 - Street Fighter 43:58 - Life Is Strange 57:20 - Doom 62:45 - Outro  

It's most ambitious crossover event in VGH history: We played both sides of the Monster Hunter World x Final Fantasy XIV collaboration. Also, Randy discovers new things in Night in the Woods, D.J. plays the original Far Cry, and Paul tries a new Yakuza. Episode Timeline 00:39 Intro 05:08 - Monster Hunter x Final Fantasy 22:48 - Yakuza Kiwami 2 30:18 - Night in the Woods 46:50 - Doom 64:30 - Far Cry 74:28 - Outro

Randy fills that Arkanoid-shaped void in his life with some Holedown before stepping back into No Man’s Sky to see if they’ve added more inventory slots. D.J. tries to learn about World War II via the original Call of Duty. Also, a brief Dragonball detour. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:18 - Evo 2018 12:24 - Holedown 27:47 - No Man’s Sky Next 53:16 - Call of Duty 1:10:22 - Outro