Video Game Hangover

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VGH #421: Ichiban Something Something Nov 27, 2019

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We're out drinking the devil in Afterparty and wielding the baseball bat of legend in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Also: Holedown arrives on the Switch, and we escape the early slog (mostly) as Death Stranding moves into an exciting new chapter.

Episode Timeline:

(00:26) - Intro/Drunktacular hype

(07:48) - Yakuza: Like a Dragon

(26:15) - Afterparty

(45:01) - Holedown

(52:47) - Death Stranding (light spoilers for chapter 3)

(1:03:09) - Outro

VGH #420: Transdimensional Psychic Baby Nov 21, 2019

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Death Stranding is here and we try to make sense of it. But that's not all: Google Stadia, Microsoft news from X019, and... Star Wars?!

Episode Timeline:

(00:26) - Intro/Google Stadia

(05:04) - X019

(19:37) - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

(23:26) - Death Stranding (light spoilers for chapters 1 and 2)

(1:08:55) - Outro

VGH #419: Money for Dumb Things Nov 14, 2019

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While we mentally prepare ourselves for Death Stranding, we're picking up some cash on the side in Neo Cab, making a mess in Luigi's Mansion 3, and trying to figure out what NieR: Automata is doing in Final Fantasy XIV.

Episode Timeline:

(00:26) - Intro

(04:11) - Extra Life

(05:39) - Google Stadia

(13:30) - Neo Cab

(36:10) - Luigi's Mansion 3

(57:38) - Final Fantasy XIV: YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse

(1:06:32) - Outro

VGH #418: It's Bad If You Touch the Ghost Nov 07, 2019

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We survived another Extra Life weekend! Hear about the games we played, including: We Were Here, Devotion, River City Ransom, Medievil, Spelunky, and, of course, Fortnite.

Episode Timeline

(00:26) - Intro (08:05) - Good Morning/Spelunky (09:14) - River City Ransom (13:42) - Medievil (26:44) - Fortnite (39:09) - We Were Here (50:56) - Devotion (1:01:45) - Outro

VGH #417: Put the Burger Down Oct 31, 2019

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We're getting spoooooky with creepy games like Return of the Obra Dinn, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, and Dishonored 2! Also, we have a poor grasp of what the word "spooky" means.

Episode Timeline

00:26 - Intro/ExtraLife hype

07:40 - Return of the Obra Dinn

30:48 - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

46:22 - Dishonored 2

1:02:18 - Outro

VGH #416: Hooligans and Rogues Oct 24, 2019

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D.J. embarks on a mysterious fitness adventure. Meanwhile, Randy builds beautiful lunch sets for cats in Inbento, then kills vikings dead in Bad North. And yes, there's Dragon Quest.

Episode Timeline

00:26 - Intro/ExtraLife hype

08:30 - Ring Fit Adventure

27:33 - Inbento

33:50 - Hashi

39:18 - Bad North

53:39 - Dragon Quest XI

1:04:20 - Outro

VGH #415: Things Jumping Out of Things Oct 17, 2019

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We check in on the spooky Castlevania-like, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, before having even spookier adventures in Worse than Death. Also, as usual: Spellworm. I mean, Dragon Quest XI. Dragon Quest XI and Spellworm.

Episode Timeline

00:26 - Intro/ExtraLife hype

07:47 - Spellworm

18:25 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

36:38 - Worse than Death

49:30 - Dragon Quest XI

59:41 - Outro

VGH #414: This Time I'm a Sofa Oct 10, 2019

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It's finally here: We take our first steps into the massive Dragon Quest XI. But first, What the Golf?

Episode Timeline

00:26 - Intro

05:18 - Mario Kart Tour

10:52 - What the Golf

24:52 - Dragon Quest XI

59:41 - Outro

VGH #413: Shoot the Pipe Oct 03, 2019

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Between grinding the guardrails and firing off the pipe, Randy isn't sure what to make of Mario Kart Tour. Meanwhile, D.J. splatters everything in sight as a rampaging gorilla in Ape Out. Also, updates on Sayonara Wild Hearts and Link's Awakening.

Episode Timeline

00:26 - Intro/Sayonara Wild Hearts

06:11 - Link's Awakening, easy mode, and shooting dogs

19:02 - Mario Kart Tour

37:12 - Ape Out

55:24 - Final hours before Dragon Quest XI/Outro

VGH #412: Don't Ever Ask Me That Again Sep 26, 2019

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Randy explores the strange world of Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (the new one!) while D.J. compares notes with the Game Boy Color version. Also, motorcycle swordfights in Sayonara Wild Hearts, and life as a horrible goose in Untitled Goose Game.

Episode Timeline

00:26 - Intro

03:10 - Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

23:27 - Untitled Goose Game

35:18 - Sayonara Wild Hearts

53:08 - William Shakespeare's Final Fantasy XIV

56:19 - Outro