Video Game Hangover

A weekly show about playing an unreasonable amount of video games. Each week we discuss the games that are keeping us up late and chat about gaming culture and the games industry.

VGH #646: GameCube Boot-Up Sequence 04/17/2025

VGH #646: GameCube Boot-Up Sequence It's finally time!!! We get into every last detail from the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, the fallout from the Direct, the fallout from the fallout from the Direct, etc. Also: Blue Prince. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Stream announcement (6:53) - Nintendo Switch 2 (56:03) - Blue Prince (1:15:06) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/36203140

VGH #645: Point-and-Click Situation 04/03/2025

VGH #645: Point-and-Click Situation Randy and D.J. learn a bunch of spooky new words in Cryptmaster. Also: Giving up bad habits in Death of the Reprobate, and trying to ignore the fancy cutscenes in Monster Hunter Wilds. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (21:07) - Cryptmaster (33:31) - Death of the Reprobate (47:16) - Monster Hunter Wilds (1:03:55) - Final Fantasy XIV VS. Infinity Nikki (1:09:33) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/35986150

VGH #644: Fan-Favorite Monsters 03/20/2025

VGH #644: Fan-Favorite Monsters Some of the new features in Monster Hunter Wilds leave D.J. with a lot to think about. Meanwhile, Randy takes a break with Wanderstop, a game about making tea and definitely nothing else. Also: Ignoring what everyone's saying about Final Fantasy XIV and Animal Crossing. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/D.J. hates Final Fantasy XIV (14:18) - Randy loves Animal Crossing (25:10) - Stream announcement (26:21) - Wanderstop (51:03) - Monster Hunter Wilds (1:15:42) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/35786850

VGH #643: Mysterious Yakuza Reasons 03/06/2025

VGH #643: Mysterious Yakuza Reasons D.J. escapes from his abusive relationship with Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, only to fall directly into whatever's going on in the brand new Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Also: Randy takes oral hygiene several light years too far in Mouthwashing. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (10:38) - Stream announcement: Wanderstop (14:12) - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (26:36) - Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (48:26) - Mouthwashing (1:10:10) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/35556500

VGH #642: Cool, Cute and Fresh 02/20/2025

VGH #642: Cool, Cute and Fresh Randy and D.J. embark on their dream vacation in Hello Kitty Island Adventure!!!!! Also, Infinity Nikki is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (8:42) - Hello Kitty Island Adventure (43:13) - Infinity Nikki (1:13:37) - Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers (1:21:39) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/35361515

VGH #641: I Like Bats 02/06/2025

VGH #641: I Like Bats Time to check in on what all those meddling kids are up to in Fortnite Festival. Also: Randy has a Balatro breakthrough before having a CineNerdle2 Battle breakathrurgle2. Battle. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Game trailers (6:54) - Stream announcement: Hello Kitty Island Adventure (09:43) - Fortnite Festival (44:47) - Balatro (1:02:36) - CineNerdle2 Battle (1:21:16) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/35173105

VGH #640: Best Game Music of 2024 01/23/2025

VGH #640: Best Game Music of 2024 Take a listen to some of our favorite game music from (mostly) 2024! /episode/index/show/vgh/id/34967620

VGH #639: Best Games of 2024 01/16/2025

VGH #639: Best Games of 2024 After much debate over whether Slay the Spire should be disqualified (it was), we present our favorite games from 2024. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/NINTENDO SWITCH 2 ACTUAL DEFINITIVE REVEAL REAL (7:57) - Best of 2024 (13:00) - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (20:40) - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (31:04) - 1000xRESIST (37:34) - Astro Bot (45:26) - Content Warning (50:06) - Minishoot’ Adventures (51:41) - Balatro (57:00) - Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (1:00:18) - Honorable mentions (1:05:44) - Dragon’s Dogma II (1:11:14) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/34873875

VGH #638: Peanut Butter by Volume 12/19/2024

VGH #638: Peanut Butter by Volume Another year, another strangely murder-centric holiday show. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Part 1 (1:12:30) - Part 1 (continued) /episode/index/show/vgh/id/34522520

VGH #637: All These Slime Things 12/05/2024

VGH #637: All These Slime Things Randy finishes off Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, D.J. (re-)starts Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, and everyone has a great time drinking and smoking in Webfishing. Also: How's Rez doing these days? Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (11:30) - All these slime things (15:59) - Drunktacular hype (20:39) - Webfishing (28:56) - Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (1:03:50) - Rez Infinite (1:16:41) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/34298870

VGH #636: Positive but Stupid 11/21/2024

VGH #636: Positive but Stupid Randy and D.J. argue about how many numbers there are after playing Lorelei and the Laser Eyes. Also: Crow Country, What the Car?, more Zelda, and being very good, yet dumb, in Final Fantasy XIV. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (11:33) - Stream announcement: Webfishing (16:29) - Extra Life update (19:16) - Drunktacular hype (21:21) - D.J.’s stupid FFXIV story (32:12) - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (42:15) - Crow Country (53:29) - What the Car? (1:06:11) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/34075716

VGH #635: The Guy Who Fights Dinosaurs 11/07/2024

VGH #635: The Guy Who Fights Dinosaurs Catch up with what we played during this year's Extra Life game day, including Gourdlets, Slay the Spire, Subpar Pool, Jisatsu, and, of course, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (19:25) - Turok: The Guy Who Fights Dinosaurs (30:57) - Slay the Spire (41:14) - Gourdlets (50:36) - Zelda/Astro Bot (57:09) - Chilla’s Art: Jisatsu (1:04:36) - Subpar Pool (1:12:47) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/33827002

Extra Life 2024 Preview 10/31/2024

Extra Life 2024 Preview Get a sneak peak at what we're playing at this year's Extra Life marathon! Head to vghangover.com/extralife for more details, including how to join us. /episode/index/show/vgh/id/33700842

VGH #634: Happy Noises 10/24/2024

VGH #634: Happy Noises What does Disney Speedstorm have in common with horrow throwback Hollowbody? Not too much, honestly. Also! Metaphor: ReFantazio and Ballionaire. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (2:42) - Stream announcement: Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival (8:10) - Extra Life hype (11:47) - Disney Speedstorm (38:23) - Hollowbody (1:02:38) - Metaphor: ReFantazio (1:07:32) - Ballionaire (1:13:26) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/33595312

VGH #633: Everything Is Expensive, Life Is Hard 10/10/2024

VGH #633: Everything Is Expensive, Life Is Hard Spooky season kicks off with discussion of Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (scary) and Conscript. Also: Johnny Depp and Call of Duty tattoos. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Burger Town (11:28) - Monday Stream/Extra Life hype (17:43) - Scary movies (30:29) - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (55:58) - Conscript (1:10:21) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/33401187

VGH #632: You Can’t Give Astro Bot an AK 09/26/2024

VGH #632: You Can’t Give Astro Bot an AK We're back—both in the country and in the recording booth—and catching up with Astro Bot and all the drama surrounding Concord and the PlayStation 5 Pro. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Randy’s European adventure (20:55) - Giant gaming headlines (34:07) - Stream announcement: Inscryption (36:00) - Extra Life hype (39:35) - Astro Bot (1:12:22) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/33205932

VGH #631: VGM Radio - The Lost Intros 09/12/2024

VGH #631: VGM Radio - The Lost Intros Take a listen to some alternate intro and outro songs from VGH history in this week's playlist episode! /episode/index/show/vgh/id/33017877

VGH #630: The Queen of All Vampires 08/29/2024

VGH #630: The Queen of All Vampires The Backlog Attack concludes as Randy takes a trip to spooky El Paso, Elsewhere, while D.J. finds himself in a bygone era of gaming in Shenmue. Also: What actually happened on Pony Island? Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Pony Island (21:41) - Shenmue (46:15) - El Paso, Elsewhere/El Paso Nightmare (1:11:26) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/32788837

VGH #629: Explainy Guy 08/15/2024

VGH #629: Explainy Guy Randy goes for a ride through the desert in Sable. D.J. fights off spooky aliens in 1994's Marathon before hanging out with the Drasles in Dragon Slayer IV. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Switch 2 (10:19) - Marathon (23:51) - Borderlands minute (26:03) - Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family (44:36) - Sable (1:04:11) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/32584037

VGH #628: An Emotional Attachment to Bidoof 08/01/2024

VGH #628: An Emotional Attachment to Bidoof We kick off the summer Backlog Attack and immediately get into our first two games: Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, and New Pokemon Snap! Also: Old Pokemon Snap! Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Game shows (9:11) - Backlog Attack (28:03) - New Pokemon Snap (53:37) - Crimson Skies (1:10:01) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/32381352

VGH #627: Luigi All Day 07/18/2024

VGH #627: Luigi All Day Randy once again finds himself in a Luigi mansion in Luigi's Mansion 2. Meanwhile, D.J. wonders if there's more to life than talking to another three NPCs in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail. Also, it's true: Suika Game. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/AI, VR, SPQR, etc. (13:10) - Xbox store closing (18:42) - Suika Game (31:43) - Luigi’s Mansion 2 (48:05) - FFXIV Dawntrail (1:11:15) - Outro /episode/index/show/vgh/id/32193907

VGH #626: A Fresh Start on a New Continent 07/04/2024

VGH #626: A Fresh Start on a New Continent 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 /episode/index/show/vgh/id/32002297

VGH #625: Two More Swords 06/20/2024

VGH #625: Two More Swords 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 /episode/index/show/vgh/id/31820107

VGH #624: Weird Little Blob 06/06/2024

VGH #624: Weird Little Blob 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 /episode/index/show/vgh/id/31627847

VGH #623: These Are My Babies 05/09/2024

VGH #623: These Are My Babies 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 /episode/index/show/vgh/id/31209902

VGH #622: Scales in Weird Places 04/25/2024

VGH #622: Scales in Weird Places 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 /episode/index/show/vgh/id/30975903

VGH #621: The Rare Turkey 04/04/2024

VGH #621: The Rare Turkey 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 /episode/index/show/vgh/id/30676048

VGH #620: Underwear Overcoat 03/21/2024

VGH #620: Underwear Overcoat 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 /episode/index/show/vgh/id/30473338

VGH #619: Watch Out, There’s a Bear! 03/07/2024

VGH #619: Watch Out, There’s a Bear! 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 /episode/index/show/vgh/id/30267228

VGH #618: Obviously Very Haunted 02/22/2024

VGH #618: Obviously Very Haunted 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 /episode/index/show/vgh/id/30060333

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