The Casual Hour

00:00:28 – Intro: new retro handhelds & show outline

00:03:25 – Kicking off the July games recap

00:03:57 – Chase's July picks

00:07:10 – Bobby's July picks 

00:14:08 – PlayStation Plus freebies 

00:18:52 – August releases begin: Beast of Reincarnation (Aug 4)

00:23:47 – Big Walk (Aug 4)

00:29:47 – D-Hopper and Zero Racers hit Virtual Boy service (Aug 4)

00:32:28 – Super Robot Wars Y Anniversary Expansion Pack (Aug 5)

00:34:14 – Fields of Mistria (Aug 5)

00:36:39 – Echo Breaker (Aug 6)

00:38:50 – Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls (Aug 6)

00:41:18 – Monster Hobby (Aug 6)

00:44:24 – Re:Store, Bobby's birthday pick (Aug 6)

00:45:51 – Pro Jank Footy (Aug 12)

00:47:56 – Wild Blue Skies (Aug 13)

00:51:09 – Dusk Fade (Aug 13)

00:53:35 – Hell Let Loose: Vietnam (Aug 13)

00:55:56 – Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 (Aug 25)

00:57:18 – Blood Dungeon (Aug 25)

00:59:00 – Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 (Aug 27)

01:02:05 – Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (Aug 27)

01:03:49 – Star Wars: Zero Company (Aug 27)

01:06:56 – Bobby and Chase run down their August pick lists

01:08:14 – Wrap-up 

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This Week on The Casual Hour…

The month of August brings some exciting releases, including the very cool looking Big Walk, as well as an XCOM-style game in a galaxy far, far away — Star Wars: Zero Company. And there are a few other games that are filling out the month nicely. What are they? You’ll have to tune into this edition of The Casual Hour to find out! 

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00:00:28 – Intro

00:01:27 – Bobby's Android handheld obsession

00:04:41 – Show Rundown

00:06:11 – Decompiled and recompiled games explained

00:13:15 – Pokemon Red and Blue decompile plus the Dramatic Shapes voxel mod

00:18:10 – Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remastered impressions

00:19:17 – Palworld hits 1.0

00:21:37 – Super Mario RPG remake

00:30:24 – The Diofield Chronicle

00:38:02 – Splatoon Raiders

01:00:32 – Wrapping up: why Splatoon Raiders has them both hooked

01:01:46 – Plugs

01:06:02 – Outro & sign off

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This Week on The Casual Hour…

The Casual Boys have both been splatting it up in Splatoon Raiders, but we’ve got a lot of other games to talk about before that. Bobby’s back on his Palworld bullshit. Chase is playing a bunch of Square games, but not the ones he’s supposed to be playing. And one of us has dug a very dep hole into retro handhelds (and it might not be the one you expect!) All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! 

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00:00:28 – Intro & Welcome: 10 Years of The Casual Hour

00:03:11 – The 2016 Game of the Year Rewind Concept

00:06:33 – Lost Lists & Building the Show Archive

00:09:43 – Chase's Original 2016 Handheld Top Ten (Gamers on the Go)

00:11:53 – Bobby's Original 2016 Top Ten

00:14:46 – The Casual Hour's Combined 2016 Top Three

00:15:48 – Cicis Pizza Memories & Early Show History

00:20:19 – Bobby's #10: Uncharted 4

00:23:02 – Chase's #10: Bravely Second End Layer

00:25:55 – Bobby's #9: Doom 2016

00:28:15 – Chase's #9: The Last Guardian

00:32:05 – Bobby's #8: Pokemon Sun and Moon

00:35:21 – Chase's #8: Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth

00:38:07 – Bobby's #7: XCOM 2

00:40:46 – Chase's #7: Forza Horizon 3

00:43:09 – Bobby's #6: Inside

00:45:18 – Chase's #6: The Witness

00:48:48 – Bobby's #5: No Man's Sky

00:52:24 – Chase's #5: Dragon Ball Fusions

00:53:38 – #4 for Both: Titanfall 2

00:56:01 – Bobby's #3: Pokemon Go

00:58:23 – Chase's #3: Fire Emblem Fates (and a List Mistake)

01:00:03 – Bobby's #2: Firewatch

01:03:07 – Chase's #2: Superhot

01:06:05 – Bobby's #1: Stardew Valley

01:08:16 – Chase's #1: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE

01:13:02 – Wrap-Up

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This Week on The Casual Hour…

10 years ago, The Casual Hour was born. And in 2016 we had our first Game of the Year show. But 10 years is a long time, and opinions change. Do we still think our games of 2016 hold up? On this edition of The Casual Hour, we give ourselves a do-over and see what our games of 2016 are…in 2026!

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Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter⁠ @insaneanalog⁠ or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠

00:00:28 – Intro & Bobby's Handheld Shopping Spree 

00:08:02 – Mina the Hollower: Credits Rolled on a Game of the Year Contender

00:10:50 – TerraTech Legion: Vampire Survivors With Wheels and Guns

00:20:38 – Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Gets One Last Chance

00:26:03 – Everybody's Golf Hotshots: Controls, Cameras & No Don Pappas

00:55:27 – Microsoft Layoffs, id Software & the Unreal Engine Mandate

01:02:09 – Sony's Physical Media Fumble & PSN Frustrations

01:04:44 – Golden Parachutes, Unions & the Death of the Game Pass Promise

01:09:13 – Wrap-Up, Retro Recommendations & Plugs

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This Week on The Casual Hour…

The games industry continues to burn around us, but thankfully, we have a few interesting titles to insulate us from the bleakness. Bobby polished off Mina the Hollower before getting down to the nuts and bolts of TerraTech Legion. And Chase hit the links in Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots. Is it up to par or stuck in the rough? You’ll have to tune into the newest edition of The Casual Hour to find out! 

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M W F @ 9 PM CST

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We post Casually Considereds and VODs from previous streams weekly!

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Bobby Pease -⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/bob_omby

Chase Koeneke -⁠ http://Linktr.ee/chase_koeneke⁠

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Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter⁠ @insaneanalog⁠ or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠

00:00:28 – Intro 

00:05:27 – Starfox

00:23:13 – Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

00:34:12 – June Recap

00:38:27 – The Free Stuff

00:42:29 – July Games Preview

00:43:51 – Doom: The Dark Ages DLC

00:47:16 – Moonlight Peaks, Backyard Baseball & Granblue Fantasy Relink DLC

00:52:08 – Assassin's Creed Black Flag

00:55:21 – Palworld 1.0

00:56:18 – Heave Ho! 2, The Mermaid Mask, Pupper Geist, Moss: The Forgotten Relic

01:01:15 – Dead Weight & Fading Echo

01:03:59 – Tears of Metal

01:05:15 – Splatoon Raiders

01:07:05 – Halo Campaign Evolved

01:10:23 – Signy and Mino: Against All Gods & Turnip Mountain

01:13:21 – Monthly Picks: Bobby & Chase's July Grab List

01:15:47 – Wrap-Up

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This Week on The Casual Hour…

The weather is hot, the game industry is crumbling, and yet, there are still cool releases coming out all the time. We jump into the most interesting games in the month of July, as well as chat about the new Star Fox and an old Fire Emblem Warriors game. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour!

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M W F @ 9 PM CST

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Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter⁠ @insaneanalog⁠ or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠

00:00:28 – Intro

00:02:16 – The Adventures of Elliot

00:17:31 – Fire Emblem Life of Saros

00:19:56 – Deep Dive: The AYN Thor & the Emulation Handheld Era

00:24:18 – Why Now? The Industry Is in Trouble

00:30:41 – A Brief History of Janky Emulation Devices

00:35:04 – Build Quality Levels Up: Analogue, OLED & the New Retroid

00:36:38 – Price Gouging, Tariffs & Insane Storage Costs

00:40:23 – Game Preservation as the Reason to Buy In

00:45:08 – The Community Pushing Emulation Forward

00:51:38 – Open vs Closed Systems & the Games We've Lost

00:55:42 – When the Pocket Still Beats the Thor

01:02:42 – Wrapping the Deep Dive

01:05:48 – Outro & Where to Find Us

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This Week on The Casual Hour…

It’s been a few months since Bobby and Chase have gotten their AYN Thor consoles. Do we still like them? Have they changed our gaming habits? And why do we think we’re living in a golden age of video game emulation? Answers to all these and more on this Deep Dive edition of The Casual Hour! 

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M W F @ 9 PM CST

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⁠https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠

We post Casually Considereds and VODs from previous streams weekly!

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One link to rule them all:⁠ www.thecasualhour.com⁠

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Bobby Pease -⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/bob_omby

Chase Koeneke -⁠ http://Linktr.ee/chase_koeneke⁠

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Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter⁠ @insaneanalog⁠ or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠

00:00:28 – Intro

00:00:56 – StarFox (Switch 2 Demo)

00:10:44 – 007 First Light

00:11:20 – Mina the Hollower

00:11:51 – Voidling Bound

00:20:14 – Sangokushi BOND 

00:29:23 – River City Saga, Jeanne d'Arc, and Three Kingdoms Deep Cuts

00:32:05 – Fire Emblem: Life of Seiros 

00:41:45 – AYN Thor

00:42:16 – Xbox Trouble

00:48:28 – Bobby's Xbox Rant: Game Pass, Helix, and the Future of the Console

00:52:25 – The Unsustainable Gaming Bubble: Late Stage Capitalism Conversation

00:57:28 – What Would It Take for Chase to Go Back to Xbox?

01:01:19 – Console Recommendations: Switch 1 vs Switch 2 vs Everything Else

01:02:44 – Asha's Xbox Leadership and Wrapping Up the News

01:06:39 – Outro

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This Week on The Casual Hour…

You hear about this whole Xbox thing? Sounds like a mess. Between the BDS boycott, lagging Game Pass subscriptions and now talk of studio closures, Bobby and Chase decided it was time to talk about what the hell is going on over there, and whether it’s even worth fixing. On the brighter side, we still have cool games to talk about. Like Voidling Bound and Fire Emblem Life of Seiros. All on this edition of The Casual Hour! 

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M W F @ 9 PM CST

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Chase Koeneke -⁠ http://Linktr.ee/chase_koeneke⁠

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Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter⁠ @insaneanalog⁠ or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠

00:00:28 – Intro & Jeff Keighley's Crushed Velvet Era

00:04:05 – How We're Covering 1,000+ Games

00:08:21 – PlayStation State of Play Kickoff

00:08:47 – Dynasty Warriors 3 Remastered

00:10:34 – Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve

00:13:01 – Murray: Three-Player Co-op Yokai Action

00:14:31 – Marvel's Wolverine

00:17:41 – The New God of War: Playing as Faye

00:22:23 – Summer Game Fest: Cuphead 2 & Mighty Cuphead Adventure

00:24:18 – Project Robot from the Creator of Ico

00:26:04 – Resident Evil Code Veronica (and a Snapped Disc 2 Story)

00:27:34 – TMNT: The Last Ronin

00:28:29 – Crossfire

00:29:34 – Control Sequel & Star Wars Galactic Racer

00:30:28 – Star Wars Zero Company

00:31:09 – Hot Wheels Infinite Rush & Clutch

00:32:59 – Gundam Rogue Orbit

00:34:17 – Final Fantasy VII Revelation (Reunion Was Right There)

00:39:15 – PC Gaming Show: Fights in Tight Spaces Sequel Shadow Drop

00:42:49 – Wind Runners & Into the Wind

00:43:45 – Quick Hits: Cassette Beasts 2002, Dave the Diver, Valheim 1.0

00:44:28 – Persona 4 Revival

00:45:41 – Persona 6 Tease (It's Green)

00:47:03 – Nintendo Direct: Orbitals

00:48:24 – Big Walk Gets a Date

00:49:16 – Muramasa: The Demon Blade Returns

00:51:10 – Star Fox 64 Remake Demo Impressions

00:52:32 – Metal Gear Master Collection Vol. 2

00:53:08 – New Fire Emblem

00:56:45 – Final Fantasy Resonance (HD-2D)

00:59:00 – Ocarina of Time Remake

01:06:30 – Remakes That Change Things vs. Faithful Remakes

01:08:51 – Wrap-Up & Where to Find Us

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This Week on The Casual Hour…

Over 1000 video games were shown during this year’s Summer Game Fest extravaganza, and Bobby and Chase are here to cover them all (ok, maybe a tiny subset.) What grabbed our attention and has us excited for the future of gaming? Listen in and find out on this edition of The Casual Hour! 

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Chase Koeneke -⁠ http://Linktr.ee/chase_koeneke⁠

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Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter⁠ @insaneanalog⁠ or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠

00:00:28 – Intro

00:05:47 – Mina the Hollower

00:21:56 – Fire Emblem: Life of Sorrows rom hack

00:34:25 – May Recap

00:37:42 – May PlayStation Plus Titles

00:40:17 – June Releases: Dear and Boy

00:41:27 – Fate Keeper

00:42:55 – Donkey Kong 64 

00:44:00 – River City Saga: Journey to the West

00:46:27 – NBA the Run

00:48:12 – Void Bound

00:50:39 – Destiny 2: The Final Update

00:51:18 – Star Seeker: Astroneer Expeditions

00:53:59 – Densha Attack

00:55:29 – The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales

00:59:20 – Star Fox 

01:03:04 – Monthly Picks

01:04:23 – Wrap-Up, Summer Games Fest, Ten Year Anniversary

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This Week on The Casual Hour…

We preview a mostly thin month of June video game releases (though that might be because devs are saving for some Summer Games Fest stealth drops). In the meantime, we still have plenty to talk about, like Bobby digging into Mina the Hollower and Chase hacking his way through Fire Emblem: Life of Seiros. It’s all happening on this week’s edition of The Casual Hour! 

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M W F @ 9 PM CST

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⁠https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠

We post Casually Considereds and VODs from previous streams weekly!

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One link to rule them all:⁠ www.thecasualhour.com⁠

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Bobby Pease -⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/bob_omby

Chase Koeneke -⁠ http://Linktr.ee/chase_koeneke⁠

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Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter⁠ @insaneanalog⁠ or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠

00:00:28 – Intro

00:00:51 – Weekend Recap

00:02:51 – The Mandalorian and Grogu: Why Was This a Movie?

00:05:51 – Destiny Slides Into Maintenance Mode

00:16:11 – Steam Deck Price Hikes & the State of the Industry

00:18:34 – Forza Horizon 6

00:28:01 – Super Robot Wars Y

00:35:23 – 007 First Light First Impressions

00:48:10 – Snowboard Champion

00:55:46 – Dynasty Warriors 3 

01:00:05 – Wrap-Up

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This Week on The Casual Hour…

A holiday weekend means we’ve been gaming. Bobby’s got a license to kill in 007 First Light while Chase goes back to Super Robot Wars Y. We also pour one out for Destiny 2, which will see its final content drop in a couple of weeks. Are we really going to go back to Destiny to see it? We talk about it on this edition of The Casual Hour! 

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M W F @ 9 PM CST

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youtube.com/thecasualhour

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https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour

We post Casually Considereds and VODs from previous streams weekly!

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One link to rule them all: www.thecasualhour.com

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Bobby Pease - https://linktr.ee/bob_omby

Chase Koeneke - http://Linktr.ee/chase_koeneke

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Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter @insaneanalog or check out more of his music and download our theme at www.insaneanalog.com