Randy gives Chibi-Robo another chance with Chibi-Robo: Zip Lash. D.J. battles spooky blobs and touch controls in the new mobile sensation, Downwell. And Paul plays the latest Additional Content for his The Witcher 3 Video Game Product. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:40 - Extra Life 10:30 - Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone 15:25 - Dishonored 17:20 - Downwell 32:25 - Chibi-Robo: Zip Lash 50:45 - Transformers 59:20 - Viewer Mail & Outro...
Oct 22, 2015•1 hr 6 min
D.J.'s Dishonored game meets its non-grisly end. For the second week in a row, Paul doesn't transform into a gun. And Randy prays a looming voice actor strike doesn't take Nolan North away. Bonus: A no-spoilers barred discussion of The Beginner's Guide. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:40 - Extra Life 11:40 - Transformers: Devastation 24:35 - Dishonored 38:25 - Voice actor strike 59:20 - The Beginner's Guide (SPOILERS) 88:10 - Outro...
Oct 15, 2015•1 hr 31 min
We play Super Mario Maker and Transformers: The New One and don't talk about movies. Well, maybe a little. Randy takes time off from Animal Crossing but has mixed feelings about his new career as a Happy Home Designer. D.J. lives the Laserlife. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:20 - Weather & 90s TV Chat 11:05 - Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker 15:50 - Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer 24:05 - Super Mario Maker 46:25 - Transformers: Devastation 59:40 - Laserlife 66:30 - Outro...
Oct 08, 2015•1 hr 10 min
D.J. reaches the end of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and it's about time. Paul climbs tall things in Ubisoft's latest Art™, Grow Home. Nobody plays Super Mario Maker. Randy reads some books. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 02:20 - Randy's existential summer vacation 16:40 - Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer/Amiibo cards 35:40 - Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker 44:15 - Grow Home 58:55 - Outro
Oct 01, 2015•1 hr 2 min
Paul and D.J. compare notes on recent Metal Gears and come to the conclusion that maybe The Phantom Pain was Peace Walker all along!? Randy remains strangely silent. Also, how to cheat at Dishonored. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 04:50 - Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain VS. Peace Walker Ultimate Showdown Substance Subsistence VR Missions EXTREME 44:48 - Dishonored 65:12 - Outro
Sep 24, 2015•1 hr 9 min
It's the spiritual sequel to episode 211 that everyone demanded: Your favorite characters return to talk about familiar games--like Metal Gear Solid V, and Ghost Trick, and Until Dawn--but in new and exciting ways. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 05:50 - Until Dawn 22:48 - Qube 29:50 - Final Fantasy XIV and Ghost Trick 36:05 - Anthology sequels 50:08 - Metal Gear Solid V 74:35 - Outro
Sep 17, 2015•1 hr 18 min
Paul regales everyone with his Metal Gear Solid V antics, like: Attaching balloons to animals! Improper cardboard box use! Cassette tape theft! Meanwhile, Randy makes questionable vacation plans in Until Dawn and D.J. is still attacking his backlog. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:45 - Metal Gear Solid V 28:50 - Ghost Trick 35:30 - Dishonored 46:50 - Until Dawn 70:35 - Outro
Sep 10, 2015•1 hr 14 min
PAX Prime is over and we're all still alive! D.J. has early impressions of Dragon Quest Heroes, Final Fantasy Explorers, Thumper, and Star Fox Zero. Randy raids some kind of tomb in Lara Croft GO and Paul is pleasantly confused by Metal Gear Solid V. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:40 - PAX Prime 13:25 - Dragon Quest Heroes 16:12 - Final Fantasy Explorers 22:10 - Star Fox Zero 28:30 - Thumper 37:40 - Lore Live 45:55 - Backlog Attack wrap-up 53:30 - Metal Gear Solid V 59:30 - Lara Croft GO 59:3...
Sep 04, 2015•1 hr 8 min
John de Lancie joins us this week to chat about his favorite games like Dishonored, Tales from the Borderlands, Volume, and updates us on his Backlog. Also: Randy sounds like Bob Ross having sex to Jazz music, whilst eating Fig Newtons. Wat. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:40 - PAX Primer 13:25 - Taco Tuesday Update 16:12 - Mark of the Ninja 22:10 - Dishonored 28:30 - Volume 37:40 - Tales from the Borderlands 45:55 - Vanquish 53:30 - Backlog Attack Winner and Recap! 59:30 - Fig Newtons 74:50 -...
Aug 27, 2015•1 hr 17 min
Paul and Randy are stuck in Fallout Shelter while D.J. tap dances on somebody's face in Final Fantasy XIV's Frontlines. Also: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Mark of the Ninja, Dead Rising 3, and Super Mario Maker. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 06:55 - Fallout Shelter 18:58 - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture 31:05 - Final Fantasy XIV 40:45 - Community Backlog Update 49:50 - Dead Rising 3 59:30 - Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes 65:50 - Mark of the Ninja 73:05 - Super Mario Maker 87:50 - Outro...
Aug 20, 2015•1 hr 33 min
The gang discusses the best reasons out of Gamescom to get an Xbox One, none of which are Mafia 3. D.J. wonders what would happen if Perfect Dark and Halo fought each other. Paul binges on episodes of Galak-Z. Randy spells seven words. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 02:30 - Gamescom excitement!!!!!!!!! 06:20 - Crackdown 3 12:20 - What would happen if they made a first-person shooter that was every first-person shooter 18:32 - Random Games!!!!!! 29:40 - Galak-Z 42:45 - Life Is Strange Episode 4 5...
Aug 13, 2015•1 hr 8 min
The whole gang is back together so it's time to talk about every video game: South Park, Gravity Rush, Rocket League, You Must Build a Boat, etc. Plus more Guacamelee racism, and D.J. discovers what happens when they put Battlefield into Final Fantasy. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 05:46 - Racist Viewer Mail 15:10 - South Park: The Stick of Truth 24:30 - The Wolf Among Us 29:10 - Gravity Rush 33:10 - LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham 50:45 - You Must Build a Boat 59:10 - Rocket League 66:40 - Final ...
Aug 06, 2015•1 hr 19 min
D.J. is joined by a mystery guest host who talks him through an Eorzean job crisis. The same mystery host, who is definitely not Paul because he's finished The Last of Us, wonders why Canadians are so racist towards Mexicans, maybe. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 03:30 - Viewer Mail 08:50 - The Last of Us (spoiler free) 12:30 - Guacamelee 22:15 - Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward 47:00 - Gravity Rush 54:50 - Backlog Contest 59:05 - Outro 60:15 - The Last of Us (SPOILERS)...
Jul 30, 2015•1 hr 29 min
Damage Dealing Wizard Character can utilize the following abilities: (10MP) Deal Damage (25MP) Enhanced Deal Damage (50MP) Superior Deal Damage Upon reaching level 30, Damage Dealing Wizard Character can be promoted to Damage Dealing Sage. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 02:40 - Evo 2015 12:08 - Alphabear 29:00 - Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward 41:10 - Geometry Wars 3 54:00 - South Park: The Stick of Truth 71:10 - Gravity Rush 71:50 - Last Call 75:05 - Outro...
Jul 23, 2015•1 hr 18 min
On this week's show, we play game music. Beat the summer heat with icy cooldown songs, exit music for games, and the raddest opening stages of the 90s. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 02:50 - Game Music! 65:20 - Outro
Jul 16, 2015•1 hr 13 min
A message from Video Game Hangover about Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo.
Jul 15, 2015•7 min
In the final act of VGHangover: The Garbage Trilogy, everyone's favorite crimefighter, the Batmobile, returns to shoot more missiles at spaceships. We discuss the first two episodes of The Wolf Among Us, and Her Story Is A Good Game You Should Play It. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 02:50 - Viewer Mail 24:10 - Batman: Arkham Knight 46:28 - Her Story 50:30 - The Wolf Among Us: Episodes 1 & 2 (SPOILERS) 68:05 - Outro
Jul 09, 2015•1 hr 13 min
In case you were worried, we, too, have opinions on the Batmobile. Meanwhile, Xenosaga turns D.J. into a biblical scholar, or maybe he's just telling people that because it sounds cool. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 01:25 - Jake Kaufman, NUREN and VR 19:05 - Batman: Arkham Knight 50:48 - Xenosaga Episode III 65:15 - Mighty Switch Force! 72:08 - Outro
Jul 02, 2015•1 hr 14 min
DESTINY MEGA-SHOW!!!! (Just kidding, please don't leave.) On our 200 millionth episode, backlog celebrity Al Parker joins us to uncover our true feelings about loot. We also get into Magicka (the old one), Dragon Age (the new one), and some cheap beer. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 06:35 - Backlog Attack: The Finalizing 17:05 - Dragon Age: Inquisition 24:01 - Tearaway 26:30 - Portal 2 30:54 - Monument Valley 34:42 - Beercade at Firefly! 42:20 - Magicka 47:22 - Multiplayer Game Tangent 51:25 - L...
Jun 25, 2015•1 hr 23 min
It's Taco Tuesday! Enjoy the winged tacos of Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward, Batman: Arkham Knight, and Her Story.
Jun 23, 2015•9 min
It’s E3 time again and we’re here with our impressions of all the latest Es! Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 07:45 - Bethesda 15:45 - Microsoft 31:05 - EA 34:45 - Ubisoft 40:20 - Sony 59:43 - Nintendo 85:45 - Outro
Jun 18, 2015•1 hr 30 min
We ask the Crystal Ball of Gaming (totally real) to grant us our E3 wishes, like a release date for The Last Guardian (no), a new F-ZERO (no) or for Geoff Keighley to experience human emotion (no). Instead of playing that other game, D.J. builds a boat. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 04:23 - Still Bloodstained 10:30 - The Witcher III 25:52 - Not Final Fantasy XIV 29:04 - Xenosaga Episode III 37:38 - Splatoon & Puzzle Dragons 42:50 - You Must Build a Boat 51:00 - Pre-backlog update 57:40 - Th...
Jun 11, 2015•1 hr 16 min
It's Tacoless Tuesday! Paul forgot the Tacos YET AGAIN, so we're just gonna eat sum gaemz. On the menu this week: Elder Scrolls, but ONLINE. Dr. Mario continues to let his patients die, Lego T-Rex needs arms, and D.J. wholeheartedly supports Gradius.
Jun 09, 2015•14 min
We hear about an unexplored side of Splatoon from our resident kid and squid, Randy. D.J. alternates between angsty PNW teen and angsty Tokyo teen assassin. Paul refuses to set foot in a casino, but maybe a Witcher slot machine would change his mind. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 03:22 - Bloodstained continues 11:35 - Puzzle and Dragons, abridged 12:10 - Splatoon 35:48 - The Witcher III 43:30 - Life Is Strange episode 3 50:25 - Spelunky 51:35 - Short Peace/Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day 63:15 - ...
Jun 04, 2015•1 hr 19 min
The gang's all here for this super packed, and super awesome Taco Tuesday! On the menu this week: Tetris ULTIMATE, MASSIVE Chalice, THE Escapists (Shiv edition), and D4! So many time travelling shivs. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Tacos and Shivs
Jun 02, 2015•14 min
After years of anticipation, we finally discuss the international smash hit: Puzzle & Dragons. Paul plays a game about a beard albino. D.J. doesn’t play anything. Also, Backlog Attack 2015 looms. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 03:02 - Persona Update! 08:11 - D.J. goes to Portland 14:20 - Bloodstained Update! 19:45 - Episode 200 deets 24:05 - The Witcher III: Wild Hunt 48:04 - Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition 58:30 - Backlog Attack 2015: Pre-Pre-Pre-Backlogging 75:05 - Outro...
May 28, 2015•1 hr 20 min
This should just be called “The Witcher 3 Isn’t Out Yet”. We’re biding our time with Invisible Inc., Persona Q, Stretchmo, and Adventure Bar Story. We also ruminate on our lifelong struggles to balance gaming with being a productive member of society. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 06:51 - Invisible Inc. 26:45 - Stretchmo 37:15 - Aventure Bar Story 42:40 - Persona Q 52:30 - Git ur Grades Up! 68:15 - Viewer Mail 70:35 - Outro...
May 21, 2015•1 hr 13 min
It's Taco Tuesday! On the menu this week we have some Puzzles, Dragons, Marios and the monster hunter that slays them, in The Witcher 3.
May 19, 2015•16 min
When is a squid not a squid? When it's a human-squid girl/boy hybrid. But what if this hypothetical hybrid hu-squid were to transform suddenly into a full squid? A definitive answer eludes squidymologists to this day. Anyway, we played Splatoon. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro 3:01 - Bloodstained Kickstarter 21:18 - Mario Kart 8 32:54 - Splatoon beta 53:05 - Mario Kart 64 57:40 - Super Smash Bros. 64:25 - Viewer Mail 82:35 - Outro...
May 14, 2015•1 hr 25 min
It's Taco Tuesday! Randy and D.J. Paul chat a bit about Breach and Clear, ULTRATRON, Lost Orbit, Axiom Verge, Invisible Inc, and more!!! Much full taco tasty wow.
May 12, 2015•14 min
