Video Game Hangover

Unfettered by inclement weather, Cap'n Randy takes his galleon in search of booty (and a bigger bucket) on the Sea of Thieves. Meanwhile, D.J. sticks to the familiar music game waters of DJMAX Respect. Also, someone's been drinking again. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 05:44 - Sea of Thieves 40:58 - DJMAX Respect 60:04 - Monster Hunter Wiggler World 66:10 - Outro

Paul heads Into the Breach for another chance to save humanity from giant insects, Randy hops aboard the Subsurface Circular, and D.J. takes a part-time job as a UFO. Also, a year later, how much do we love exchanging friend codes on the Switch? So much. Episode Timeline 00:35 - Intro 01:42 - Merry Switchmas 2018 06:43 - Luigi's Balloon World 16:14 - Into the Breach 41:53 - Subsurface Circular 53:10 - Part Time UFO 61:00 - Mass Effect Andromeda 70:35 - Outro

On this week’s show: Garrus chat. Also, Paul finally makes room in his busy schedule to play Mass Effect Andromeda for some reason, and Randy regales us with tales of his recent experience with Dandara ON THE SWITCH. Episode Timeline 00:41 - Intro 05:08 - Monster Hunter: World 11:28 - Mass Effect: Andromeda 46:00 - Dandara 66:35 - Outro  

Paul and D.J. get pulled into Metal Gear Survive's weird alternate dimension of tower defense and zombies. D.J. interrogates robots on a train in Subsurface Circular. And Monster Hunter: World continues. Episode Timeline 00:38 - Intro 02:10 - Monster Hunter: World 20:30 - Metal Gear Survive 37:30 - Subsurface Circular 55:10 - Outro

Randy delves into the world of thinly veiled 90s TV references in The Darkside Detective. D.J. plays the latest in one of his favorite genres: Shadow of the Colossus remakes. And Paul continues hunting monsters, somewhere. Episode Timeline 00:44 - Intro 06:53 - The Darkside Detective 17:58 - Celeste 25:53 - Shadow of the Colossus 55:18 - Monster Hunter: World 71:12 - Outro

Randy shoots up space-terrorists in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare before uncovering Radiant Historia's dark underbelly of anti-anime DLC. D.J. gives an update on the state of fashion in Final Fantasy XIV. And Paul continues hunting monsters, somewhere. Episode Timeline 00:35 - Intro 01:52 - Monster Hunter Hunt Night 07:14 - Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology 28:48 - Final Fantasy XIV: Fashion Report 45:41 - Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare 67:18 - Outro  

Part 6 of the Garbage Trilogy confusingly continues with the full version of Monster Hunter: World, which Paul and D.J. determine, after an unspecified number of hours, is decidedly not garbage. Also, Randy climbs a mountain in Celeste. Episode Timeline 00:41 – Intro 05:01 – Celeste 27:16 – Monster Hunter: World 56:40 – Bridge Constructor Portal 64:55 – Outro

Paul and D.J. get deep into Monster Hunter World and opine on controversial topics like drinks and numbers. Meanwhile, Randy escapes Monster Hunter with the Lost Sphear demo, then escapes from the Lost Sphear demo with a classic 3DS game. Also, cardboard. Episode Timeline 00:00 – Intro 01:38 – A plebeian TV 09:20 - Nintendo Labo 18:14 – Monster Hunter World 45:10 – Lost Sphear 55:36 – Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon 64:48 - FM Corporate Utopian Fantasy 67:05 – Outro  

It’s the episode we’ve all been waiting for: Randy played Knack II and has opinions. Meanwhile, D.J. treads cautiously into Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King, and Paul played Yakuza 5? Episode Timeline 00:00 – Intro 01:34 – Knack II 16:38 – Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King 39:00 – Yakuza 5 57:23 – Viewer Mail 1:14:24 – Outro

So far, 2018 is looking a lot like 2017 with more Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Yakuza. Meanwhile, D.J. takes a trip to an art installation. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 04:48 - Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC 25:30 - Yakuza 0 and 4 and 5 44:35 - Islands: Non-Places 51:20 - Panoramical 59:55 - Outro

We look back on 2017, a year sure to be remembered by history for its seemingly endless stream of quality video games. Episode Timeline 00:48 - Intro 02:20 - Which video games in 2017 were good? 92:48 - Outro

D.J. made a special playlist just for you. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:20 - Kamiko 05:10 - Ninja Gaiden II 09:05 - Metafive 15:20 - Manami Matsumae 20:00 - Glim Spanky

Drunktactular 2017 is here and any topic is fair game, including: Star Trek! Madden! Sexy Spaniards! ASMR! Sega Activator! Getting it on with Kirby! Literacy rates! The Irish! Getting it on with Kate Beckinsale, but actually it’s Kirby! And Star Trek! Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Part 1 66:50 - Part 2 125:00 - Outro

Put your blippers on: It's time for our spotlight on the year's best video game music, with selections from Super Mario Odyssey, Persona 5, Night in the Woods, Yakuza 0, Prey, Nier: Automata, Steamworld Dig 2, Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, and more! Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 03:30 - Objectively the best video game music from the year 2017 76:20 - Outro

This week, it's an all-Yakuza special episode, featuring Yakuza 3, Yakuza 0, The Flame and the Flood and the Yakuza, and Nintendo's new mobile hit, Animal Crossing: Yakuza Camp. Episode Timeline 00:45 - Intro 02:10 - We survived Black Friday 10:03 - Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp 35:15 - Yakuza 0 58:06 - The Flame and the Flood 72:45 - Mario Minute 76:52 - Outro

After fulfilling our obligation to play games for charity, we're back to playing games simply because we don't know any better. Randy suffers through the new South Park and Agents of Mayhem while D.J. is Kazuma Kiryu's vicarious drinking buddy in Yakuza 3. Episode Timeline 00:36 - Intro 02:00 - Drunktacular hype 08:00 - South Park: The Fractured but Whole 21:30 - Agents of Mayhem 46:10 - Yakuza 3 59:50 - Splatoon 2 65:55 - Outro  

We wrapped up Extra Life by getting murdered in the hot new PLAYERUNKNOWN'SBATTLEGROUNDSlike, Fortnite Battle Royale. Also, we learned how bows work in Torchlight, found (and were promptly banned from) our niche in Splatoon 2, and sneakily snuck through Horizon: Zero Dawn. Episode Timeline 00:39 - Intro 01:18 - Extra Life Phase II 03:58 - Splatoon 2 11:14 - Fortnite Battle Royale 24:03 - Super Mario Odyssey 32:00 - South Park minute 33:24 - Torchlight 40:50 - Horizon: Zero Dawn 57:14 - Outro

We survived Extra Life, phase 1 -- now hear about everything we played! Splatoon 2, Night in the Woods, Super Mario Odyssey, Metroid II, and of course, Raft. Also, a brief stint with Superhot on PlayStation VR. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 10:44 - Raft 37:12 - Night in the Woods 47:58 - Splatoon 2 53:55 - Superhot 63:10 - Metroid II 69:43 - Super Mario Odyssey 81:30 - Outro  

Super Mario Odyssey is here and the gang shares stories about the long journey to New Donk City. Also, Paul plays his millionth hour of Horizon: Zero Dawn, D.J. joins an after-school poetry club, and Randy would have preferred a sombrero Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:38 - Extra Life Hype 11:10 - Super Mario Odyssey 46:45 - Doki Doki Literature Club 55:51 - Horizon: Zero Dawn is great 68:43 - Outro  

Randy and D.J. learn their way around a funeral home in A Mortician's Tale. D.J. gets disoriented in Fragments of Euclid, then his office supply empire gets out of hand in Universal Paperclips. Paul is thoroughly overwhelmed in Horizon: Zero Dawn. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:36 - Extra Life Hype 14:30 - A Mortician's Tale 34:28 - Fragments of Euclid 41:58 - Horizon: Zero Dawn 63:24 - Universal Paperclips 71:58 - Outro