Video Game Hangover

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

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's Wrath minute
• 57:34 - Outro

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) - Outro

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

(1:17:37) - Outro

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 Professor on Summer Vacation

(1:01:41) - Outro

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) - Outro

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) - Harmony: The Fall of Reverie

(49:59) - Prose and Codes

(58:49) - Zelda Minute

(1:02:57) - Outro

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) - Outro

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 the Dark: Prologue

(53:19) - Fall of Porcupine: The Last Days of Summer

(1:07:35) - Outro

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]

(1:01:20) - Outro