Video Game Hangover

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VGH #626: A Fresh Start on a New Continent Jul 04, 2024

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D.J. sets course for new shores in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail. Meanwhile, Randy comes to terms with being a cat in Little Kitty, Big City. Also: Stumbling through Legend of Zelda: Four Swords in 2024.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro

(3:04) - Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

(21:34) - Little Kitty, Big City

(37:40) - Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail

(1:07:13) - Outro

VGH #625: Two More Swords Jun 20, 2024

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Randy finally gets to see what all the fuss is about in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Meanwhile, D.J. outsources his FFXIV expansion prep. Also: All the news and non-news from fake E3.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Still Slaying

(11:47) - Fake E3 season

(27:22) - One week left

(34:53) - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

(1:00:33 - Angeline Era minute

(1:06:09) - Outro

VGH #624: Weird Little Blob Jun 06, 2024

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Randy makes friends in caves in Animal Well. Meanwhile, D.J. is still playing the same Final Fantasy. (No, not that one.) Also: Trying to make sense of We Were Here Expeditions.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/D.J. abroad

(12:57) - We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip

(28:28) - New music feat. rj lake

(30:31) - 9 Final 9 Fantasy

(43:52) - Animal Well

(1:07:34) - Outro

VGH #623: These Are My Babies May 09, 2024

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D.J. shoots up an entire overworld map in Minishoot' Adventures. Meanwhile, Randy tries to solve the mystery of plants in Botany Manor. Also: Which enormous RPGs to take on your overseas vacation.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Content Warning

(12:05) - Vacation gaming

(29:06) - Minishoot' Adventures

(51:07) - Botany Manor

(1:10:20) - Outro

VGH #622: Scales in Weird Places Apr 25, 2024

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Randy and D.J. return from jaunting around the snail-infested Old World in Content Warning. Also: Screening aliens for therapy in Mars after Midnight, hurling lizards in Dragon's Dogma II, and Final Fantasy IX: What is it?

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Steam Deck exists

(19:26) - Content Warning

(36:44) - Final Fantasy IX

(45:58) - Dragon's Dogma II

(57:47) - Mars after Midnight

(1:20:35) - Outro

VGH #621: The Rare Turkey Apr 04, 2024

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With help from a horde of interdimensional weird guys, D.J. slowly figures out how to play Dragon's Dogma II. Meanwhile, Randy enjoys(?) the royal double-feature of Princess Peach: Showtime! and Super Princess Peach.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Secret Games: Even Secreter

(13:04) - Dragon's Dogma II

(42:35) - Princess Peach: Showtime!

(55:30) - Super Princess Peach

(1:11:38) - Outro

VGH #620: Underwear Overcoat Mar 21, 2024

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D.J. spends hours meticulously prepping his Unicorn Overlord army just to skip to the end. Randy revisits the racehorse-solitaire classic, Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On. Plus: Princess Peach's big debut, yet more Persona 3, and an exciting new Xbox game.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro

(5:53) - FFXIV on Xbox

(10:01) - Persona 3

(27:31) - Princess Peach: Showtime!

(34:06) - Unicorn Overlord

(58:45) - Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On

(1:14:10) - Outro

VGH #619: Watch Out, There's a Bear! Mar 07, 2024

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Randy gets Jokerized in poker roguelite Balatro. D.J. goes on an educational photography tour of virtual Japan in Shashingo. And menacing fish monsters draw near in Splatoon 3: Side Order.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro

(9:10) - Balatro

(28:23) - Shashingo

(49:41) - Splatoon 3: Side Order

(1:08:22) - Outro

VGH #618: Obviously Very Haunted Feb 22, 2024

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Randy and D.J. (re-)visit yet another haunted island in Another Code. Also: Secret games, deciphering that weird Xbox announcement, and accosted by endless hordes of sujimon in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/Secret games

(15:35) - Splatoon 3 stream!

(20:44) - Special Podcast Update on the Xbox Official Podcast's Updates on the Xbox Business

(34:53) - Another Code

(58:30) - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

(1:09:38) - Outro

VGH #617: The Y-Word Feb 08, 2024

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Randy and D.J. compare notes on the first 100 hours of the Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth tutorial.

Episode Timeline

(0:00) - Intro/A world of pals