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.
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VGH #630: The Queen of All Vampires
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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…
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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…
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VGH #628: An Emotional Attachment to Bidoof
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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…
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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:…
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VGH #626: A Fresh Start on a New Continent
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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…
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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 - Angeli…
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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) - Anima…
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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…
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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…
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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) -…
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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 Pea…
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VGH #619: Watch Out, There’s a Bear!
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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…
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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 Upd…
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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 (12:28) - Like a Dragon Gaiden (18:40) - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (1:10:15) - OutroBy Video Game Hangover
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D.J. attempts to speedrun Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name to get ready for even more Like a Dragon (if that's even what it's called). Meanwhile, Randy goes where no deck of cards has gone before in Cobalt Core. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (16:39) - Like a Dragon Gaiden (46:51) - Cobalt Core (1:13:10) - Outro…
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What were the best games of 2023? Someone please tell us. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (11:28) - Resident Evil 4 (15:40) - Cocoon (18:37) - Chilla’s Art: Parasocial (20:40) - Dredge (26:04) - Dave the Diver (34:35) - Final Fantasy XVI (39:49) - Super Mario Bros. Wonder (44:02) - Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (49:35) - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of t…
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TEKKENNN 8! NEEEW CHALLENGERRRRR! GAAARRRYYYYYY BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSEEEYYYYY! Episode Timeline (0:00) - Part 1 (1:13:50) - Part 2By Video Game Hangover
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Listen to our favorite game music of 2023 (and 1998, apparently) in this musical mega-episode. Featuring songs from Street Fighter 6, Dave the Diver, Final Fantasy XVI, Dredge, Oxenfree 2, and more!By Video Game Hangover
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Randy heads back to the space mines to do a little civic planning in SteamWorld Build. Meanwhile, D.J. flees from the cops and that classic EA racing dialogue in Need for Speed: Unbound. Also: Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Doing the big work (9:09) - Black Friday (13:11) - Need for Speed: Unbound (37:22) - …
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Randy escorts a troupe of animals harboring a dark secret in KarmaZoo. Meanwhile, D.J. checks in on how far voice acting has come since 1998 in Star Ocean: The Second Story R. Also: Return to Jusant Mountain. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (13:42) - 1998 (23:12) - Star Ocean: The Second Story R (42:52) - Jusant (1:00:34) - KarmaZoo (1:11:54) - Out…
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Randy discovers there's much more to Dave the Diver than simply diving and... Daving? Meanwhile, D.J. ventures into Silent Hope's endless dungeon with the help of his trusty maid. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Cleared the tier (21:04) - Silent Hope (36:27) - Persona 3 is long (39:41) - Dave the Diver (1:07:57) - Outro…
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VGH #609: Questionable Hedgehog Rolling
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We survived another year of Extra Life where once again we played an unhealthy amount of games, including Golf Gang, Mineko's Night Market, Chilla's Art: Parasocial, and more! Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Extra Life wrap-up (15:01) - Metal Gear: Ghost Babel (21:04) - Spelunky/Slay the Spire (29:33) - Golf Gang (36:42) - Jusant (39:53) - Korokoro…
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Randy gets in some quality watermelon time with Suika Game. Meanwhile, D.J. can't figure out what the flowers are trying to tell him in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Extra Life (17:11) - It’s Ridge Racer! (30:08) - Suika Game (46:53) - Super Mario Bros. Wonder (1:10:57) - Outro…
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VGH #607: Pointy-Headed Haystack Men
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Spooky season is in full effect with The Callisto Protocol, the haunted space-jail simulator, and Mundaun, the haunted mundaun simulator. Also, Randy's pokemon costume sparks a violent incident. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Trunk or track (14:30) - Extra Life (20:21) - The Callisto Protocol (47:20) - Mundaun (1:05:04) - Sunshine Manor (1:10:23) …
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We're back and are wasting no time placing orbs into other orbs in Cocoon. Also: Hands-on with the CRKD Nitro Deck for the Switch, because it's a dock that you hold! Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Extra Life (13:17) - Can’t clear the tier (26:30) - Cocoon (54:22) - CRKD Nitro Deck (1:08:26) - OutroBy Video Game Hangover
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VGH #605: Beating Each Other Up on the Moon
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It is 2023 and there is time for Asura's Wrath. Also, Randy embarks on a magical quest to Disney Illusion Island, and D.J. rediscovers the weirdness of the Nintendo 64. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Nintendo Sixty-Four (28:32) - Extra Life (33:15) - Asura’s Wrath (57:22) - Disney Illusion Island (1:15:51) - Outro…
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VGH #604: The World’s Worst F-Zero Player
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Randy tries to become the world's best F-Zero player in F-Zero 99. Meanwhile, D.J. threatens once again to talk about Asura's Wrath. Also: The latest Nintendo and Sony things. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Switch 2 rumors (15:06) - Nintendo thing (26:46) - Sony thing (38:15) - F-Zero 99 (56:05) - D.J.’s Movie Moment (1:01:58) - Outro…
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VGH #603: Dragons All over the Place
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Randy keeps his JRPG streak going with the new Sea of Stars. Meanwhile, D.J. has trouble adjusting to a post-Backlog-Attack world and wonders if dragons are the answer.By Video Game Hangover
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The Backlog Attack concludes with New Super Mario Bros. U, and the long-awaited original Dragon Quest. Also: The new PlayStation Portalable. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (8:57) - Starfield? (17:39) - PlayStation Portal (27:09) - Dragon Quest (51:23) - New Super Mario Bros. U (1:13:00) - OutroBy Video Game Hangover
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Randy does as Spider-Man does in Marvel's Spider-Man's Mile's Morales. Meanwhile, D.J. extremely crosses the picket line in Armored Core 3. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (9:51) - 10 years of being good (15:27) - Spider-Man: Miles Morales (42:11) - Armored Core 3 (1:01:27) - Backlog updates (1:06:33) - Outro…
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The Backlog Attack continues as Randy accompanies the gang on summer vacation in Persona 5 Strikers. Meanwhile, D.J. faces off against the demon lord, an evil empire, AND a mischievous hell goblin in Alcahest. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (11:44) - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (19:56) - Alcahest (38:23) - Persona 5 Strikers (1:10:36) - Outro…
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We get into our first Backlog Attack games: D.J. witnesses the invention of shooting in Wolfenstein 3D, while Randy's explores the world's grossest house in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Also: Finally cooking some Indian food in Venba. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (4:15) - Venba (20:23) - Wolfenstein 3D (38:53) - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (1:06:5…
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The summer Backlog Attack returns! We take a look at the strange and neglected games we plan to get through this month. Also: Unexpected news out of Final Fantasy XIV's Fan Festival. Episode Timeline (00:00) - Intro (09:14) - FFXIV Fan Festival: The Revenge (18:59) - Backlog Attack! (49:39) - Viewer Mail (53:08) - Outro…
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Randy finds himself listening to the radio on yet another mysterious island in Oxenfree II: Lost Signals. Meanwhile, D.J. is just plain lost (but loving it) in Final Fantasy XIV's latest Variant Dungeon. Episode Timeline 00:00 - Intro/PTO 15:43 - Viewfinder 24:21 - Final Fantasy XIV: Variant Dungeons 37:13 - Oxenfree II: Lost Signals 55:47 - Asura’…
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Randy is mystified by Viewfinder's perspective-bending puzzles. Meanwhile, D.J. figures out Final Fantasy XVI's true form. Also: The definitive way to play Dragon Quest. Maybe. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Dragon Quest (15:19) - Viewfinder (35:31) - Final Fantasy XVI (1:06:05) - OutroBy Video Game Hangover
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This week we're stressing out over all our dead carrot friends in Pikmin 4, talking to animals in Crusader of Centy, and not doing our taxes but definitely doing the other thing in Death and Taxes. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/D&D (18:47) - Mission: Impossible minute (26:36) - Pikmin 4 (44:33) - Crusader of Centy (57:59) - Death and Taxes (1:17:…
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VGH #594: Who Murdered This Person?
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D.J. takes a break from dodging FFXVI spoilers to visit The Tartarus Key's retro-styled survival horror murder mansion. Meanwhile, Randy simply takes a break in Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Murder holidays/Overworld map controversy (26:23) - The Tartarus Key (44:53) - Shin-chan: Me and the Prof…
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VGH #593: Embrace the Final Fantasy-ness
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There's a new Final Fantasy out and everyone's playing it... even Randy, sort of! Also, we check in on the latest new Super Mario Bros. news. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Consuming gaming news (16:29) - Nintendo Direct (32:44) - Final Fantasy XVI (1:20:41) - OutroBy Video Game Hangover
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Randy investigates Ghost Trick's new lease on life, then moves some letters around in Prose and Codes. Meanwhile, D.J. crosses dimensions in Harmony: The Fall of Reverie. Also: Becoming an ultimate legend, and weaponized ostriches. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (3:07) - FFXIV: Ultima Weapon (21:38) - Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (30:40) - Harmo…
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No Street Fighter 6 or even Zelda this week—just our old standbys: Star Trek and a little beekeeping. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Not E3 or Street Fighter or Zelda (18:04) - Genki Covert Dock Mini (27:15) - Star Trek: Resurgence (58:01) - Apico (1:20:23) - OutroBy Video Game Hangover
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After a bender weekend crafting everything in the new FFXIV patch, D.J. goes back to where it all started in the Final Fantasy I Pixel Remaster. Meanwhile, Randy gets a sneak peak at the upcoming Alone in the Dark reboot and Fall of Porcupine. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Gross weekend (20:38) - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (37:51) - Alone in th…
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Randy deals with a familial crisis (and spider aliens) in Planet of Lana, while D.J. goes maybe a little too retro in The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]. Also: We're still playing Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, continued (25:42) - Planet of Lana (44:17) - The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] (1:01:…
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That Zelda game came out. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (6:42) - New music by Fearofdark (10:03) - Yep, it’s all Zelda this week so buckle up (1:18:37) - OutroBy Video Game Hangover
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With days remaining until that other game comes out, Randy attempts to speedrun The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Meanwhile, D.J. Tronvestigates a Tronspiracy that could bring down the entire Troniverse in Tron: Identity. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (6:29) - Zelda: Majora’s Mask (34:23) - Even more Zelda (43:04) - Tron: Identity (1:02:44) - O…
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VGH #586: The Continuing Adventures of Conrad Hart
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Randy hunts pixels in Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo, then wonders if he's too powerful of a gamer for New Super Lucky's Tale. Meanwhile, D.J. gives Fade to Black a second look after 30 years. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/The World of Gaming! (18:10) - Fade to Black (36:29) - New Super Lucky’s Tale (47:12) - Paranormasight (1:06:04…
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VGH #585: Actually Playing as Zelda
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Randy escapes to the whimsical world of Lost in Play. Meanwhile, D.J. hopes Gal Guardians finally lets him shoot Dracula with a gun. Also, trying out Ultimate raiding in Final Fantasy XIV, and a spicy new Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom prediction. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (5:14) - Zelda: ToTK predictions follow-up (17:18) - Lost in Play (33:12)…
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VGH #584: Plenty of Green Herb to Go Around
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Randy embarks on yet another archipelagic adventure in... wait for it... Tchia!! D.J. wraps up Resident Evil 4 and immediately finds himself embroiled in a mysterious moon conspiracy in Lunark. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/420 (6:07) - Resident Evil 4 (23:54) - Tchia (51:20) - Lunark (1:08:28) - Outro…
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We’re back with even more Resident Evil 4 talk than usual now that the full remake is out. Also: Randy works on his ambidexterity in Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon while he waits for Wildfrost to get good. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Movies we either did or did not see (17:34) - Resident Evil 4 Remake (37:53) - Wildfrost (53:05) -…
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Randy embarks on a spooky fishing trip in Dredge. D.J. revisits Persona 3 and finds it surprisingly familiar. Also: Our very specific (and mostly uninformed) predictions about Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (7:05) - Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom predictions (25:35) - Dredge (49:13) - Persona 3 (1:16:37) - Outro…
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We're taking it back to the Gamecube this week with a look at Metroid Prime: Remastered, plus the original Resident Evil 4 vs. the new Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw Demo. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (5:26) - Resident Evil 4 (2005) (24:21) - Resident Evil 4: Chainsaw Demo (44:22) - Metroid Prime: Remastered (1:08:29) - Outro…
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