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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.
Episodes
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VGH #277: Chief Grass Technician
We're gaming like it's 2012 (or is that 1996?) by venturing into Diablo III's Diablo I tribute dungeon. We're also gaming like it's 2014 (Monument Valley)…
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VGH #276: Taco Truck Challenge
Join us as we answer 2017's most burning questions: What is it like owning a dragon-cat-dog-bird-thing? How not-terrible is Watch Dogs 2? Is Paul stuck in an…
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VGH #275: Sneaky Ninja in the Cyber Age
We reflect back on the games of 2016: the ones we loved, the ones we were only mildly enthused about, and the ones that made is stare blankly at our phones…
Video Game HangoverMini Hangover: The Final Fantasy Prelude
D.J. and Paul listen to how one classic Final Fantasy song has evolved over the series' 30-year history. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro 05:20 - Final Fantasy…
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Mini Hangover: Batman: The Telltale Series
**SPOILER ALERT** On this special mini episode, Paul is joined by his wife Courtney and they chat about their co-op play through of Batman: The Telltale…
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VGH #274: A Good Time with a Good Dude
Good riddance, 2016! We cap off the year with a mailbag full of your questions and a round or two or three or four of our beverages of choice. Who will get…
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VGH #273: Best Game Music of 2016
Put on your headphones and join us as we listen to the greatest video game music from this terrible year. Episode Timeline 01:00 - Intro 01:54 - Drunktacular…
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VGH# 272: Overall Pretty Dumb
Paul embarks on the anime road trip of a lifetime. D.J. takes a (short!) break from rebuilding Alefgard to hang out with a robot buddy. Randy tries to figure…
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VGH #271: Things We Know to Be Things
Randy finds his new ninja lifestyle oddly unsatisfying. Paul is trapped in the PlayStation 1 zombie wasteland of his dreams. D.J. is also trapped, but in an…
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VGH #270: Ffftroggy
We survived ExtraLife last week and then started playing even MORE games so we could chat about those GAMES this week. Games like Alphabet, Nium, and Letter…
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VGH #269: Live at Extra Life 2016
Have some semi-coherent rambling after staying up too late playing video games. And then... our Extra Life live show, ha ha!! Episode Timeline 00:50 - Intro…
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VGH #268: I Want the Pumpkin Face!
Paul attempts to drag Randy and D.J. into the depths of the Civilization VI rabbit hole. D.J. is tricked into playing a video game by a spooky grandma. Randy…
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VGH #267: A Counter to Whatever You Encounter
Paul replaces homes with slightly nicer homes. Randy learns what to do about a soggy toad. D.J. decides to loiter in a vacant virtual house where the Target…
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VGH #266: Something Bad Happened
Randy tries to determine if Paper Mario: Color Splash is finally the game that justifies the Wii U's, well... Wii U-ness. D.J. descends into Thumper's spooky…
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VGH #265: Smurgushbird
We get a glimpse of Paul's nascent Dragon Quest Builders addiction as he recounts his time with the demo. Meanwhile, D.J. makes the responsible decision to…
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VGH #264: Fake Authenticity
Paul and Randy revisit New Deus Ex's grim future where cybernetic superhumans can't stop breaking into their neighbors' homes to steal their snacks and drinks…
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VGH #263: NBD
By listening to this episode you will learn: how to select the appropriate robot dog for any situation; operating procedures for the Belus-07 railway vehicle…
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VGH #262: You Just Stole My Onions!
Kitchen thievery in Overcooked, naked ninjas being shot out of cannons in Ninja Launcher, and Adam Jensen's sunglasses. One of those things is not like the…
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VGH #261: Straight Outta XCOM
D.J. risks prison time playing AM2R, the Metroid II fan remake. Without Randy around, the conversation quickly devolves into Final Fantasy and Star Trek, but…
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VGH #260: Almost Live from PAX West 2016
Paul and D.J. report in from the first ever PAX West. Hear about Dragon Quest Builders, The Silver Case, World of Final Fantasy, PAX Game Show Night, and more!…
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VGH #259: Fill Him Full of Juice
D.J. finds a new way to play FFXIV in the Deep Dungeon, then rolls a healer in popular Internet meme, Overwatch, because maybe there's more to gaming than…
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VGH #258: The Most Baller-Ass Ship in the Universe
Randy continues his new life of intergalactic trading in No Man's Sky. D.J. watches people play every arcade game at once, then tries to come to terms with the…
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VGH #257: I Shoot My Little Laser
No Man's Sky is out so we can definitively answer everyone's remaining questions, like: Are there really 600 trillion planets, or did they just copy/paste the…
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VGH #256 - Champagne Problems
Randy pops heads off (and back on again) in the 70s sci-fi-vania, Headlander. Paul is still playing only Monster Hunter. And D.J. would have finished Last…
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VGH #255 - Mob Dude's Thugs
D.J. emerges from Final Fantasy XIV's deep dungeon to talk about its new Deep Dungeon mode. Paul navigates Batman through some jankiness. Randy has questions…
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VGH #254: The Telltale Series
In this audio series of dramatic podcasting you'll find: an in-depth conversation about the new Nintendo NX, an emotionally charged soliloquy about Monster…
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VGH #253: Filthy Man
Pokemon Go? Check. Monster Hunter Generations? Check. Final Fantasy XIV? Check. Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel? Check. Yep, sounds like another show from your…
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VGH #252: Weiner Dogs Everywhere
We look up from our Pokedexes just long enough to avoid being hit by oncoming traffic and also to discuss the Pokemon Go phenomenon. Also, did we play Resident…
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VGH #251: Cool Game
As seasoned video gamers, we know a little about what makes a cool game. We strive to talk about only the coolest games every week. Like Boxboxboy. That's…
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VGH #250: Wall Chicken
Paul plays Bloodstained and reports on the state of its found cuisine. Randy tries several extremely Japanese games, with mixed results. 13 years later, D.J…
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VGH #249: Blips and Bloops Remix
The blips and bloops are back! We take a listen to some of our favorite game music mariachi covers, Groove Coaster remixes, and songs appearing in games that…
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VGH #248: E3 2016
This year, at E3: Tom Clancy's robot dog! Norman Reedus's weird body! Games about war! Games about burritos! Typography! JRPGs that look like Mass Effect! And…
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VGH #247: BLADE MODE
The Backlog Attack kicks off with three (maybe) classics: The World Ends with You, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, and Last Window. Nevertheless, we find time…
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VGH #246: Top Level Foliage
We continue our month-long deep analysis of the infamous Uncharted 4 scene where Nate eats his own brother. D.J. is still stuck in a Final Fantasy XIII…
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VGH #245: No More Mr. Nice Reptile
Randy returns to describe Uncharted 4 with the very highest of adjectives, while D.J. is much less favorable on Final Fantasy XIII. Somewhere in between, Paul…
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VGH #244: Enormous Boulder of Salt
We love games for the endless escapism they offer. Imagine charting unknown reaches of the galaxy from the comfort of your home! Imagine a man in Tokyo…
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VGH #243: The Funny Thing About Mr. Zurkon
D.J. further develops his nuclear wasteland survival plan, abandoning guns altogether in favor of a large hammer. Randy parlays his solitaire mastery into…
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VGH #242: Softness in His Eyes
After being unceremoniously killed during the opening credits, Nathan Drake reflects on all the cool video games he never found time away from his life of…
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VGH #241: The Person Who Explains Everything to You
After ignoring warnings about dangerous walls, Paul, too, enters Enter the Gungeon. Randy detonates animals. Hyper Light Drifter remains mysterious. And D.J…
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VGH #240: Maybe We Are the Problem
We try out the Doom and Battleborn betas to see how they measure up to the Dooms and Battleborns of our youths. Randy tries Hyrule Warriors but in 3D, and D.J…
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VGH #239: Jigglypuff vs. Lance Reddick
Paul puts his other obligations on hold to take over a beer farm. With his 10 billion wives behind him, D.J. plans his new career as a stay-at-home…
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VGH Interview: National Videogame Museum co-founder Joe Santulli
Join us for this very special episode where Paul interviews one of the co-founders of the newly opened National Videogame Museum! Episode Timeline 00:00 -…
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VGH #238: I Don't Get Out of Bed for Greens
D.J. decides it's never too late to learn how to play video games and dusts off 3D Out Run and Streets of Rage 2. Paul reveals shocking dog secrets. Virtual…
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VGH #237: Existing Deer A.I. Routines
Randy and Paul run into other players behaving strangely in The Division's Dark Zone. D.J. can't stop liking Yakuza 2, but takes a break to share WAR stories…
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VGH #236: Wink Wink Nudge Nudge
On this week’s show, D.J. is mysteriously absent. Instead of investigating his disappearance, Randy and Paul just chat endlessly about The Division, purpz…
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VGH #235: Large Monster Friend
D.J. redoubles his efforts to understand what's happening in Black Ops III but maybe would rather be hitting things with sticks. Paul explains adjustments to…
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VGH #234: The Full Asterisk Version
Randy falls back into one of his bad habits, and it's not even the one involving plastic guitars. Paul is on better terms with Fire Emblem: Fates. D.J. takes a…
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VGH #233: Tom Clancy's Fire Emblem
Paul and Randy delve into distinguished author Tom Clancy's latest pet project, the massively multiplayer online shooter, The Division. Meanwhile, D.J…
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VGH #232: Music Game Wife
Randy escapes from sea-prison only to immediately become lost in the woods. Paul gets owned by his wife despite his fearsome boulder arm. D.J. makes impulsive…
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VGH #231: The Elite Lifestyle
Paul supplements his actual sickness with motion sickness courtesy of the Gravity Rush remaster. D.J. loves Strike Suit Zero and vows never to play another…
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VGH #230: Non-Gandhi Behavior
How can we accurately judge The Witness to be the best ever made when it's so good that it causes all other games throughout history to cease to exist…
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VGH #229: Mario's Fleshy Face
The pastel-hued island fills you with a sense of familiarity and security. Turning to greet your old friend, Yoshi, you realize the figure before you is not…
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VGH #228: Time to Look for a New Job
We asked the top robotic minds at Google what the best games of 2015 were. When it turned out AIs don't have opinions, we deferred to our slightly less robotic…
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VGH #227: Sacrifices Must Be Made
It’s been a weird week. DJ remains in exile in Japan. We’re sad about David Bowie. We’re still having fun with Just Cause 3 and Mass Effect 3. We’re fighting…
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VGH #226: Paul's Lunch Economy
Instead of assigning traditional review scores, we’re now rating games on their lunchtime equivalency: Just Cause 3 is a tasty soup/sandwich combo from Chili’s…
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VGH: Xmas 2015
It's our Christmas Special! Lots of snow, lots of games? Memories n stuff, yeah.
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VGH #225: Sex and Taco Bell
We celebrate five years of podcasts by answering your questions about PlayStations, questionable roommates, dance hazards, literal game mechanics, regret, and…
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VGH #224: Best Game Music of 2015
Put on some headphones and join us as we listen to our favorite game music of 2015, including Splatoon, Metal Gear Solid 5, The Witcher 3, Monster Hunter 4…
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VGH #223: Four-Bear Wallet
D.J. has more to say about Soma. Paul plays the wrong Fallout, but maybe he can mod it into the right one. Randy admits to using one of those virtual girl…