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 (...
Jan 07, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Randy's here with a playlist to help usher out 2020 once and for all.
Dec 31, 2020•38 min
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.
Dec 24, 2020•47 min
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
Dec 17, 2020•2 hr 8 min
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...
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 25 min
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
Dec 03, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Randy acquires a mysterious artifact that both tells the time and plays Super Mario Bros. Also, getting all London-y in Watch Dogs: Legion , and a deeper take on 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro/Drunktacular hype (8:48) - 13 Sentinels (20:56) - Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (41:11) - Watch Dogs: Legion (1:06:26) - Outro
Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Nobody got a PS5 or Xbox but we're finally, FINALLY talking 'bout Bugsnax . Also, Sackboy: A Big Adventure , and, as always, Piffle . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (5:12) - Extra Life update (6:54) - Drunktacular is coming (8:30) - Piffle (22:53) - Bugsnax (36:15) - Sackboy: A Big Adventure (57:02) - Obligatory next-gen console chat (1:00:58) - Outro
Nov 19, 2020•1 hr 4 min
We're recovering from our Extra Life haze and trying to remember the games we played, including Among Us , We Were Here Too , Sea of Thieves , The Walking Fish 2 , and Penko Park . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro/Extra Life (7:02) - Among Us (16:50) - Obligatory FFXIV/Animal Crossing chat (18:57) - Spelunky 2/Slay the Spire (22:49) - We Were Here Too (39:19) - Sea of Thieves (46:20) - The Walking Fish 2: Final Frontier (52:18) - Penko Park (1:02:38) - Outro...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 6 min
We're solving problems with the power of maps in Carto , ninja-slicing millions of bokoblins in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity , and getting in way over our heads in Minecraft . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (2:22) - Extra Life (7:21) - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (28:44) - Carto (39:04) - Minecraft (1:00:26) - Outro
Nov 05, 2020•1 hr 4 min
[extremely Halloween voice] We played some spooOOoky games this week, like Home , Until Dawn , and the dreaded The Walking Fish . Also Pixel Puzzle Makeout League , which is not spooky at aAAAaaaLLLllllLL oOoOOoOOoooOooooooo Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (04:22) - Extra Life (08:23) - Spooky games (13:01) - Until Dawn (27:01) - The Walking Fish (36:18) - Home (50:35) - Pixel Puzzle Makeout League (it is not spooky) (1:07:02) - Outro...
Oct 29, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Randy casts spells indiscriminately in Ikenfell , then learns what happens when all the knights are on vacation in Micro RPG . Meanwhile, D.J. balances high school life and a kaiju invasion in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim . Also, Final Fantasy XIV goes to war. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (2:27) - Extra Life (08:45) - FFXIV: The Bozjan Southern Front (18:35) - Micro RPG (27:46) - Ikenfell (46:28) - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (1:01:35) - Outro...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 6 min
D.J. finds himself in over his head after playing Super Marios Sunshine , RPG , and 35 . Meanwhile, Randy wonders how many wire puzzles it takes to fix a spaceship in Filament , then terrorizes his neighbor. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro/Crazy neighbor Randy (10:16) - Extra Life (14:06) - Super Mario Sunshine (21:18) - Super Mario RPG (32:42) - Super Mario Bros. 35 (47:43) - Filament (1:01:28) - Outro...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 5 min
We're exploring the strangely familiar world of Genshin Impact , while doing our best to avoid Paimon. Also, revisiting Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine on the Switch. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (12:23) - Super Mario 64 (29:39) - Super Mario Sunshine (40:29) - Genshin Impact (1:10:36) - Outro
Oct 08, 2020•1 hr 13 min
We're escaping the underworld in Hades , worrying about ravenous bears in The Long Dark , and chilling out with some relaxing Worm Jazz . Also, the secret to procuring an enormous amount of crushed clams. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (9:17) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (21:06) - Worm Jazz (28:09) - Hades (53:11) - The Long Dark (1:10:14) - Outro
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 13 min
VGH REACTS!!!! to the PlayStation 5 price reveal!! Also: Rediscovering dying in Spelunky 2 , losing our marbles in Skully , planet hopping in Super Mario Galaxy , and some brief thoughts on Final Fantasy XVI . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro/PlayStation 5 (8:33) - Final Fantasy XVI (24:22) - Spelunky 2 (50:18) - Skully (1:03:39) - Super Mario Galaxy (1:16:19) - Outro
Sep 24, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Randy begins his new life as an ember in search of The Last Campfire . Meanwhile, D.J. wraps up chapters 2 and 3 of Tell Me Why , then makes poor time management choices in Moon: Remix RPG Adventure . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (4:15) - 2020, 9th ascension (11:58) - The Last Campfire (30:44) - Tell Me Why, chapters 2 and 3 (51:44) - Moon: Remix RPG Adventure (1:07:16) - Outro
Sep 17, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Put your headphones on for our latest game music playlist—featuring the breezy sounds of fall, Super Mario 3D All-Stars , NieR: Automata , Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles , and more! Episode Timeline (3:53) - Intro (5:41) - Fall Playlist (13:26) - Super Mario 3D All-Stars (23:08) - NieR: Automata unMixed (36:49) - Chip Tanaka (52:22) - Listener Selections (1:04:48) - Outro (1:07:17) - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles...
Sep 10, 2020•1 hr 20 min
We're revisiting mysterious memories in Dontnod's Tell Me Why and trying to figure out absolutely anything about Manifold Garden . Also, Randy finishes a game, and D.J. doesn't play the new Final Fantasy . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (11:05) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (18:07) - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (31:21) - What is Nintendo doing? (34:08) - Manifold Garden (48:36) - Tell Me Why (1:01:16) - Paper Mario: The Origami King (1:17:43) - Outro...
Sep 03, 2020•1 hr 21 min
We're cooped up indoors in Rainy Season and doing errands all over the afterlife in Spiritfarer . Also, for some reason, SpongeBob . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (5:24) - SGDQ (12:52) - Rainy Season (28:56) - Spongebob (42:04) - Spiritfarer (1:00:16) - Outro
Aug 27, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Heads will be mouth as Randy guides a terrifying tentacle beast to freedom in Carrion . Meanwhile, D.J. learns about the surprising responsibilities of a Norwegian dairy farmer in Milkmaid of the Milky Way . Also, a brief discussion of sentient watermelons. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (5:45) - The cutthroat melon market of Final Fantasy XIV (17:07) - It’s Nookazon (26:11) - Carrion (42:20) - Milkmaid of the Milky Way (53:16) - Outro...
Aug 21, 2020•57 min
We're making mushroomy new friends in Paper Mario: The Origami King and learning to pick ourselves up again... and again... and again, in Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout . Also, a Joy Con mishap puts Randy's entire Animal Crossing island in jeopardy. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (5:14) - Randy’s Joy Con ordeal (24:19) - 2020 vs. Final Fantasy XIV (35:01) - Paper Mario: The Origami King (58:43) - Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (1:13:02) - Outro...
Aug 13, 2020•1 hr 15 min
This year's Backlog Attack concludes with Wolfenstein: Youngblood and a deep dive back to Super Mario RPG . Also, gettin' roguish in RogueJack , and we announce the winner of the Backlog Attack contest! Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (5:55) - RogueJack (24:44) - Wolfenstein: Youngblood (43:24) - Super Mario RPG (1:05:41) - Backlog Contest (1:11:11) - Outro
Aug 06, 2020•1 hr 14 min
The Backlog Attack continues as we revisit the Gamecube maybe-classic Killer7 and explore the true meaning of Knights and Bikes . Also, a whimsical detour into Yarntown . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (5:00) - Knights and Bikes (24:12) - Killer 7 (45:17) - Yarntown (53:33) - Viewer Mail/Backlog Contest (1:02:49) - Outro
Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Randy finds himself face-to-face with 100 billion more guns in Borderlands 3 . Meanwhile, D.J. sacrifices 100 billion gallons of blood (probably) in the hopes of becoming a Bloodborne expert. Also: The Muppets play Shin Megami Tensei , or something. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (16:14) - Bloodborne (42:10) - Borderlands 3 (1:03:19) - Backlog Contest (1:07:49) - Outro
Jul 23, 2020•1 hr 13 min
We get a fresh, new perspective on being cooped up at home in Catlateral Damage . Also, the Backlog Attack continues with Thimbleweed Park and some musings on classic adventure games, plus some good, old-fashioned B&E in Deus Ex: Human Revolution . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (09:20) - Catlateral Damage (21:49) - Thimbleweed Park (43:33) - Deus Ex (1:02:47) - Backlog Contest (1:06:04) - Outro...
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 8 min
We take golfing to the final frontier in Golf on Mars , get all introspective in The Almost Gone , and enjoy not only the latest Animal Crossing update, but future, nonexistent Animal Crossing updates. Also: This year's Backlog Attack begins! Episode Timeline: (0:29) - Intro (06:11) - Correction (08:55) - Backlog Attack (28:37) - Golf on Mars (49:25) - The Almost Gone (55:29) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (1:10:24) - Outro...
Jul 09, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Take a musical summer vacation with our playlist of video game summer jams, plus some extras! Featuring songs from Animal Crossing , Final Fantasy , Monster Hunter , Dragalia Lost , and of course, Sly 2: Band of Thieves ! Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (03:21) - Summer at the Beach (11:19) - Spooky Summer (18:46) - Summer on the Sea (29:04) - Community picks (38:06) - Summer at the Funk (48:07) - Summer at the Beach Remake (57:14) - Outro...
Jul 02, 2020•1 hr 2 min
The Last of Us Part II is here, and boy, are our arms tired! Randy gives spoiler-free impressions while D.J. realizes he played Uncharted 4 by mistake. Also: Keeping social composure in Hot Pot Panic , and saving the forest from mean-looking robots in Sai . Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro (6:37) - The Last of Us Part II (feat. Uncharted 4) (48:28) - Hot Pot Panic (58:45) - Sai (1:05:35) - Outro
Jun 25, 2020•1 hr 9 min
We got our first glimpse of the PlayStation 5 and some of its games — but most importantly, Bugsnax . Also: Playing 17 million indie games, starting with Hidden Folks and Hatch , plus revisiting Bioshock in a post- Bioshock world. Episode Timeline (0:29) - Intro/Meal Prep (9:09) - PlayStation 5 REVEALED (20:31) - PlayStation 5 games REVEALED (feat. Bugsnax) (35:16) - Bioshocks (48:33) - Hidden Folks (1:00:38) - Hatch (1:09:59) - Outro...
Jun 18, 2020•1 hr 13 min
