The Casual Hour

**Bobby's Audio is REALLY messed up on this episode. We apologize and encourage you to do what you normally do, just fast forward past his parts.**

This Week on The Casual Hour…

Welcome to another Deep Dive episode of The Casual Hour! Tonight, Johnny delivers a book report on the new book Ask Iwata. A nice little anthology of newly translated blog posts, segments from Ask Iwata’s and words of wisdom from the late, great former president of Nintendo. The boys look back on Iwata’s early days of programming on an HP calculator in high school, all the way to being named president of Nintendo in 2002, and end with a freeform discussion about tidbits from the book and his career at large. It was a lot of fun paying our own small homage to this legend of the gaming industry. Thanks for tuning in!

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M&F 10:30PM CST

W 7:30PM CST

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Bobby Pease - Host - Twitter: @bobbypease | Website: www.Lumberjacksmack.com

Chase Koeneke - Co-host - Twitter: @chase_koeneke | Website: www.gamersonthego.com 

Johnny Amizich - Co-host - Twitter @jamizich

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

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Episode Description:

This Week on The Casual Hour…

It’s a week full of verbs. Snapping into Pokemon Snap, returning to Returnal and getting absolutely wrecked in Wreckfest. We also dive into the new season news for Destiny, Discord’s partnership with Sony and Nintendo’s newly announced programming tool, Game Builder Garage. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour!

We’re On Twitch!

Twitch.tv/thecasualhour

Schedule:

M&F 10:30PM CST

W 7:30PM CST

Let’s Talk!

We love fan mail, send us some! [email protected]

You can follow our show on Twitter at: @thecasualhour

Enjoy what we have to say? Please leave us a review!

The Casual Hour is:

Bobby Pease - Host - Twitter: @bobbypease | Website: www.Lumberjacksmack.com

Chase Koeneke - Co-host - Twitter: @chase_koeneke | Website: www.gamersonthego.com 

Johnny Amizich - Co-host - Twitter @jamizich

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

If you are enjoying what we do and would like to further support us you can do so by making a monthly contribution through Anchor!

This Week on The Casual Hour…

We’ve got The Casual Hour OG Patric Brown coming back home to the show for a guest spot as wave goodbye to April and rundown the games of May. Also, we chat about GTA Online, Disco Elysium, the Everspace 2 update, the new Switch demo for Miitopia and a whole lot more on this four-chair edition of The Casual Hour!

We’re On Twitch!

Twitch.tv/thecasualhour

Schedule:

M&F 10:30PM CST

W 7:30PM CST

Let’s Talk!

We love fan mail, send us some! [email protected]

You can follow our show on Twitter at: @thecasualhour

Enjoy what we have to say? Please leave us a review!

The Casual Hour is:

Bobby Pease - Host - Twitter: @bobbypease | Website: www.Lumberjacksmack.com

Chase Koeneke - Co-host - Twitter: @chase_koeneke | Website: www.gamersonthego.com 

Johnny Amizich - Co-host - Twitter @jamizich

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

If you are enjoying what we do and would like to further support us you can do so by making a monthly contribution through Anchor!

This Week on The Casual Hour…

Chase is very confused. He thought he was the mechs and baseball fan of the podcast. But now Bobby’s playing the turn-based mech tactics game Phantom Brigade and Johnny’s dipping a toe into MLB The Show 21. What is the world coming to? We also cover The Longing, Pac-Man 99, Subnautica: Below Zero and more on this edition of The Casual Hour.

We’re On Twitch!

Twitch.tv/thecasualhour

Schedule:

M&F 10:30PM CST

W 7:30PM CST

Let’s Talk!

We love fan mail, send us some! [email protected]

You can follow our show on Twitter at: @thecasualhour

Enjoy what we have to say? Please leave us a review!

The Casual Hour is:

Bobby Pease - Host - Twitter: @bobbypease | Website: www.Lumberjacksmack.com

Chase Koeneke - Co-host - Twitter: @chase_koeneke | Website: www.gamersonthego.com 

Johnny Amizich - Co-host - Twitter @jamizich

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

If you are enjoying what we do and would like to further support us you can do so by making a monthly contribution through Anchor!

This Week on The Casual Hour…

For this deep dive, we're going back 20 years to talk about the 2001 "classic" film, Final Fantasy The Spirits Within. How do you make a movie that loses $94 million and almost destroys your entire company? We find out on this edition of The Casual Hour!

We’re On Twitch!

Twitch.tv/thecasualhour

Schedule:

M&F 10:30PM CST

W 7:30PM CST

Let’s Talk!

We love fan mail, send us some! [email protected]

You can follow our show on Twitter at: @thecasualhour

Enjoy what we have to say? Please leave us a review!

The Casual Hour is:

Bobby Pease - Host - Twitter: @bobbypease | Website: www.Lumberjacksmack.com

Chase Koeneke - Co-host - Twitter: @chase_koeneke | Website: www.gamersonthego.com 

Johnny Amizich - Co-host - Twitter @jamizich

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

If you are enjoying what we do and would like to further support us you can do so by making a monthly contribution through Anchor!

This Week on The Casual Hour…

Chase has started a journey into Final Fantasy XII, Bobby’s trying new Apple Arcade RPG Fantasian and Johnny’s hacking his way through Rez Infinite in Whatcha Been Playing, then we cover E3 coming back, Bungie’s upcoming projects, and the Analogue Pocket delay in News. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour.

We’re On Twitch!

Twitch.tv/thecasualhour

Schedule:

M&F 10:30PM CST

W 7:30PM CST

Let’s Talk!

We love fan mail, send us some! [email protected]

You can follow our show on Twitter at: @thecasualhour

Enjoy what we have to say? Please leave us a review!

The Casual Hour is:

Bobby Pease - Host - Twitter: @bobbypease | Website: www.Lumberjacksmack.com

Chase Koeneke - Co-host - Twitter: @chase_koeneke | Website: www.gamersonthego.com 

Johnny Amizich - Co-host - Twitter @jamizich

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

If you are enjoying what we do and would like to further support us you can do so by making a monthly contribution through Anchor!

This Week on The Casual Hour…

We’re wrapping up March with new releases like Monster Hunter Rise and Narita Boy (and new old releases like Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Subnautica and Bladed Fury) before diving into a preview of the month of April. We also cover the…interesting smattering of games coming to Xbox Games With Gold and PlayStation Plus this month. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour!

We’re On Twitch!

Twitch.tv/thecasualhour

Schedule:

M&F 10:30PM CST

W 7:30PM CST

Let’s Talk!

We love fan mail, send us some! [email protected]

You can follow our show on Twitter at: @thecasualhour

Enjoy what we have to say? Please leave us a review!

The Casual Hour is:

Bobby Pease - Host - Twitter: @bobbypease | Website: www.Lumberjacksmack.com

Chase Koeneke - Co-host - Twitter: @chase_koeneke | Website: www.gamersonthego.com 

Johnny Amizich - Co-host - Twitter @jamizich

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

If you are enjoying what we do and would like to further support us you can do so by making a monthly contribution through Anchor!

This Week on The Casual Hour…

Despite the title, we don’t actually talk about Valheim tonight. Instead, we cover a whole host of depressing video game industry news stories. But fear not, we also have some fun by talkin about Loop Hero, Everhood, Subnautica, Cozy Grove and even…DOOM Eternal? All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour.

We’re On Twitch!

Twitch.tv/thecasualhour

Schedule:

M&F 10:30PM CST

W 7:30PM CST

Let’s Talk!

We love fan mail, send us some! [email protected]

You can follow our show on Twitter at: @thecasualhour

Enjoy what we have to say? Please leave us a review!

The Casual Hour is:

Bobby Pease - Host - Twitter: @bobbypease | Website: www.Lumberjacksmack.com

Chase Koeneke - Co-host - Twitter: @chase_koeneke | Website: www.gamersonthego.com 

Johnny Amizich - Co-host - Twitter @jamizich

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

If you are enjoying what we do and would like to further support us you can do so by making a monthly contribution through Anchor!

This Week on The Casual Hour…

It’s March Madness. And to mark the occasion, we at The Casual Hour are having a tournament of our own. We’re here to determine the worst character in all of video games. From annoying fairies to backstabbing skaters to balls of steel, we (with the help of our chat) decide who’s the worst of the worst on this edition of The Casual Hour!

We’re On Twitch!

Twitch.tv/thecasualhour

Schedule:

M&F 10:30PM CST

W 7:30PM CST

Let’s Talk!

We love fan mail, send us some! [email protected]

You can follow our show on Twitter at: @thecasualhour

Enjoy what we have to say? Please leave us a review!

The Casual Hour is:

Bobby Pease - Host - Twitter: @bobbypease | Website: www.Lumberjacksmack.com

Chase Koeneke - Co-host - Twitter: @chase_koeneke | Website: www.gamersonthego.com 

Johnny Amizich - Co-host - Twitter @jamizich

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

If you are enjoying what we do and would like to further support us you can do so by making a monthly contribution through Anchor!

This Week on The Casual Hour…

It’s Mario Day, and Nintendo is here to give us deals on old, barely Mario-adjacent games. Thanks…we guess. Outside of the Italian plumber-themed festivities, Chase struggles through Persona 5: Strikers, Bobby’s caught in Loop Hero and Johnny remembers he still has an Apple Arcade subscription. Plus we talk about Pokemon, TMNT and Bethesda news. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour!

We’re On Twitch!

Twitch.tv/thecasualhour

Schedule:

M&F 10:30PM CST

W 7:30PM CST

Let’s Talk!

We love fan mail, send us some! [email protected]

You can follow our show on Twitter at: @thecasualhour

Enjoy what we have to say? Please leave us a review!

The Casual Hour is:

Bobby Pease - Host - Twitter: @bobbypease | Website: www.Lumberjacksmack.com

Chase Koeneke - Co-host - Twitter: @chase_koeneke | Website: www.gamersonthego.com 

Johnny Amizich - Co-host - Twitter @jamizich

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

If you are enjoying what we do and would like to further support us you can do so by making a monthly contribution through Anchor!