Video Game Hangover

Randy tears himself away from his Animal Crossing island to investigate Cozy Grove, where the animals are ghosts and also bears, somehow. Meanwhile, D.J. wonders whether he ever knew how to play Pac-Man at all after trying Pac-Man 99. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro (18:24) - Cozy Grove (41:23) - Pac-Man 99 (1:00:02) - Outro

Randy gives contrarianism a try after playing Say No! More. Meanwhile, D.J. returns from the weird world of Anodyne 2 and plays More! Monster Hunter. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Joy-Con saga update (5:44) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (11:32) - Anodyne 2 (29:36) - Say No! More (49:19) - Monster Hunter Rise (59:11) - Outro

Monster Hunter Rise is here and we're deep into mochi and wirebugs. Also, Randy experiences the bleak future of Outriders, and D.J. makes more raid progress in Final Fantasy XIV. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/The Joy-Con saga continues (13:46) - Outriders (35:23) - Final Fantasy XIV (40:19) - Monster Hunter Rise (1:09:27) - Outro

Randy finishes off the Link's Awakening remake then immediately leaves for Alligator New York in Later Alligator. Meanwhile, D.J. puts his social strand skills to use by planning the first Viking interstate highway in Valheim. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Link’s Awakening (26:32) - Valheim (46:58) - Later Alligator (1:00:29) - Outro

The unexplained prevalence of cats in Super Mario 3D World drives Randy to all-out cat warfare in Kitty Letter. Meanwhile, D.J. ignores his primal-slaying duties in Valheim to build a quiet forest house. Also, centipedes. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Animal Crossing (9:25) - Devotion (14:41) - Waluigi: The disturbing truth (20:56) - Super Mario 3D World (36:03) - Valheim (53:13) - Kitty Letter (1:03:05) - Outro

Project Triangle Strategy vs. Unsung Story: We pit two upcoming tactical RPGs against each other. Plus: Is the Link's Awakening remake actually good? Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro (9:01) - Project Triangle Strategy (33:17) - Unsung Story (51:05) - Link’s Awakening (1:11:31) - Outro

Randy enjoys some party chat (and fermentend fruit beverages) between battles in Haven while D.J. finally escapes from FFXIV raid hell. Also, the last word on Final Fantasy VII Remake. (Seriously, we don't want to talk about it anymore.) Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Tacobringers (4:19) - Final Fantasy XIV (13:02) - Final Fantasy VII Remake (41:19) - Haven (1:03:36) - Outro

We live life ten minutes of a Star Trek episode at a time in The Captain Is Dead, then take a whimsical trip to Norway in Embracelet. Also, our thoughts on the latest Nintendo Direct and the questionable titles therein. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Nintendo Direct (26:49) - The Captain Is Dead (48:45) - Embracelet (1:01:26) - Outro

Randy gets deep into kaiju and cat costumes in the Super Mario 3D World spin-off, Bowser's Fury. Meanwhile, D.J. struggles to adjust to the Bravely Default II demo and wonders if everyone would quiet down if he just paid them lots of money. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Doug (10:01) - I'm not a whale (27:54) - Bowser’s Fury (51:59) - Bravely Default II (1:16:00) - Outro

We played games that answer two of the Metroidvaniaverse's biggest questions: Y can't Metroid throw a harpoon (Olija), and y can't Metroid be Spider-man (Mable and the Wood)? Also, Final Fantasy XIV heads to the moon in Endwalker. Episode Timeline: (0:23) - Intro/Star Wars (11:21) - Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (31:12) - Olija (46:24) - Mable and the Wood (1:00:55) - Outro

Randy learns to cope with 1000 deaths in Pikmin 3 Deluxe. Meanwhile, D.J. plays Final Fantasy VII Remake and Bravely Default simultaneously and somehow still has time to see what the cast of Persona 5 is doing in Dragalia Lost. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Yakuza: Like a Dragon (9:59) - FFXIV announcement showcase announcement (15:42) - Dragalia Lost x Persona 5 (33:24) - Dragon Quest minute (34:16) - Pikmin 3 Deluxe (50:36) - Bravely Default (57:51) - Final Fantasy VII Remake (1:01:26) - Outro  

Randy searches for vacation alternatives and finds himself Down in Bermuda. Meanwhile, D.J. finally plays Final Fantasy VII Remake and has some Thoughts about it. Episode Timeline (0:23) - Intro/Gaming vacations (16:37) - Down in Bermuda (34:17) - Final Fantasy VII Remake (1:07:35) - Outro

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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