Video Game Hangover

Join us as we answer 2017's most burning questions: What is it like owning a dragon-cat-dog-bird-thing? How not-terrible is Watch Dogs 2? Is Paul stuck in an Animal Crossing time loop? What's your social security number? Also, D.J. attends a stage play. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - Final Fantasy XIV: A Stage Reborn 05:35 - Mass Effect Andromeda 14:06 - Nintendo Switch 18:05 - The Last Guardian 34:11 - Animal Crossing: New Leaf 49:26 - Watch Dogs 2 62:15 - Replica 68:35 - Outro  

We reflect back on the games of 2016: the ones we loved, the ones we were only mildly enthused about, and the ones that made is stare blankly at our phones while we wandered into traffic. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 4:00 - Uncharted 4 8:55 - The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine 10:56 - Groove Coaster 13:38 - Dragon Quest Builders 20:22 - Final Fantasy XV 27:07 - Stardew Valley 29:40 - The Division 36:46 - Pokemon Go 41:04 - Paper Mario: Color Splash 44:05 - Gears of War 4 45:30 - Deus Ex New Game 49:15 - Doom 55:55 - Overwatch 1:00:06 - Inside 1:05:43 - The Last Guardian 1:11:17 - Oxenfree 1:20:00 - Outro

D.J. and Paul listen to how one classic Final Fantasy song has evolved over the series' 30-year history. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 05:20 - Final Fantasy 07:55 - Final Fantasy II 08:35 - Final Fantasy III 10:35 - Final Fantasy IV 13:55 - Final Fantasy VI 17:50 - Final Fantasy V 20:35 - Final Fantasy VII 25:43 - Final Fantasy VIII 30:36 - Final Fantasy IX 34:40 - Final Fantasy Tactics 36:36 - Final Fantasy X 42:06 - Final Fantasy XI 43:44 - Final Fantasy XII 47:30 - Final Fantasy XIII 49:45 - Final Fantasy XIV 1:00:42 - Final Fantasy XV 1:06:40 - Outro

**SPOILER ALERT** On this special mini episode, Paul is joined by his wife Courtney and they chat about their co-op play through of Batman: The Telltale Series. Spoilers abound!

Good riddance, 2016! We cap off the year with a mailbag full of your questions and a round or two or three or four of our beverages of choice. Who will get eaten this time??   Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Drinking part 1 63:05 - Drinking part 2 110:20 - Outro

Put on your headphones and join us as we listen to the greatest video game music from this terrible year.   Episode Timeline 01:00 - Intro 01:54 - Drunktacular hype 03:40 - Beep bop music brooopp honk 77:00 - Outro

Paul embarks on the anime road trip of a lifetime. D.J. takes a (short!) break from rebuilding Alefgard to hang out with a robot buddy. Randy tries to figure out why everyone's dead. Episode Timeline 00:50 - Intro 01:40 - Drunktacular hype 07:10 - Final Fantasy XV 30:00 - Dragon Quest Builders 38:40 - Titanfall 2 52:15 - Alone with You 60:04 - Outro

Randy finds his new ninja lifestyle oddly unsatisfying. Paul is trapped in the PlayStation 1 zombie wasteland of his dreams. D.J. is also trapped, but in an annoying space pod. Also Dragon Quest Builders Dragon Quest Builders Dragon Quest Builders. Episode Timeline 00:50 - Intro 02:19 - Drunktacular hype 08:35 - Ronin 24:20 - Capsule 35:10 - Ice Station Z 47:55 - Dragon Quest Builders 72:45 - Outro

We survived ExtraLife last week and then started playing even MORE games so we could chat about those GAMES this week. Games like Alphabet, Nium, and Letter Quest Remastered. Also this week: dogs and survival games. Episode Timeline 00:50 - Intro 03:30 - ExtraLife recap 08:06 - Alphabet & Nium 23:30 - The Long Dark 28:41 - Survival Game chat 42:30 - Letter Quest Remastered 60:34 - Outro and Dog stuff

Have some semi-coherent rambling after staying up too late playing video games. And then... our Extra Life live show, ha ha!!   Episode Timeline 00:50 - Intro 18:41 - VGH Live 111:40 - Wrap-up 113:05 - Outro

Paul attempts to drag Randy and D.J. into the depths of the Civilization VI rabbit hole. D.J. is tricked into playing a video game by a spooky grandma. Randy learns about how the people of Norway benefit from sustainable energy. Episode Timeline 00:48 - Intro 01:30 - Extra Life HYPE! 11:00 - Civilization VI 47:35 - Overwatch 64:08 - Balance 68:55 - More Extra Life 71:30 - Outro  

Paul replaces homes with slightly nicer homes. Randy learns what to do about a soggy toad. D.J. decides to loiter in a vacant virtual house where the Target employees can't find him. And Nintendo introduces the Slapchop. Episode Timeline 00:50 - Intro 01:35 - Extra Life HYPE 12:50 - Nintendo Switch 33:10 - Dragon Quest Builders 50:10 - Viewer Mail 53:40 - Paper Mario Color Splash 63:30 - FFXIV/Overwatch Halloween events 67:04 - Anatomy 78:20 - Outro

Randy tries to determine if Paper Mario: Color Splash is finally the game that justifies the Wii U's, well... Wii U-ness. D.J. descends into Thumper's spooky rhythm dimension. And yes, Dragon Quest VII. Episode Timeline 00:40 - Intro 01:04 - Dragon Quest VII 17:05 - Paper Mario: Color Splash 36:30 - Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 44:20 - Thumper 60:04 - Chase: Cold Case Investigations: Distant Memories: The New Challengers: Revengeance 64 70:00 - Outro

We get a glimpse of Paul's nascent Dragon Quest Builders addiction as he recounts his time with the demo. Meanwhile, D.J. makes the responsible decision to only play games for 15 minutes at a time, and, doing the opposite, Randy plays Picross 3D.   Episode Timeline 00:40 - Intro 01:25 - Extra Life hype 10:30 - Dragon Quest Builders 27:30 - Dragon Quest VII 36:15 - Picross 3D 2 47:50 - Gravity Bone/Thirty Flights of Loving 57:20 - Stardew Valley 65:40- Outro

Paul and Randy revisit New Deus Ex's grim future where cybernetic superhumans can't stop breaking into their neighbors' homes to steal their snacks and drinks. Also, we play Virginia: The Official Game of the U.S. State, and Dragon Quest VII is.   Episode Timeline 00:40 - Intro 03:00 - Extra Life hype 10:15 - Deus Ex: New One 39:20 - Dragon Quest VII 52:12 - Cyberpunk Vegan/Booze Chat 55:00 - Virginia 72:10- Outro

By listening to this episode you will learn: how to select the appropriate robot dog for any situation; operating procedures for the Belus-07 railway vehicle in case of apocalypse; how to get through the first hour of Dragon Quest VII in only three hours. Episode Timeline 00:38 - Intro 04:30 - ReCore 21:45 - The Final Station 34:10 - Dragon Quest VII 64:02 - Outro

Kitchen thievery in Overcooked, naked ninjas being shot out of cannons in Ninja Launcher, and Adam Jensen's sunglasses. One of those things is not like the other... but to find out you'll need to listen to this week's episode! Also: Randy is still (not) dead (hopefully) and we flashback to Flashback: The Quest for Identity.   Episode Timeline 00:38 - Intro 05:40 - Overcooked 22:18 - New Streetpass games 40:05 - Flashback 57:00 - Viewer Mail 63:45 - Outro

D.J. risks prison time playing AM2R, the Metroid II fan remake. Without Randy around, the conversation quickly devolves into Final Fantasy and Star Trek, but it's mostly because Paul played Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander. Mostly.   Episode Timeline 00:30 - Intro 01:02 - AM2R: The Return of Samus 25:10 - Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander 37:50 - Star Trek Online 49:18 - Battlefield 1 60:05 - Outro

Paul and D.J. report in from the first ever PAX West. Hear about Dragon Quest Builders, The Silver Case, World of Final Fantasy, PAX Game Show Night, and more! Episode Timeline 00:50 - Intro 09:00 - Dragon Quest Builders 20:21 - World of Final Fantasy 24:14 - Dragon Quest VII 28:31 - Final Fantasy XII remaster 34:15 - Suda51 / The Silver Case / Gwent 49:38 - PAX Wrap-up 54:03 - Outro

D.J. finds a new way to play FFXIV in the Deep Dungeon, then rolls a healer in popular Internet meme, Overwatch, because maybe there's more to gaming than killing people. Meanwhile, Randy drops zillions of grenades on people in Deus Ex yeahhhh siicckkkkk Episode Timeline 00:55 - Intro 05:50 - Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 37:16 - Final Fantasy XIV and MMO Roles 61:00 - Overwatch 77:04 - Final Backlog Attack XVI Update 84:03 - Outro