Virtual Homework

What's the name of this week's game again?

Virtual Homework is a podcast where the hosts (Dana and Sam) alternate each week to force the other to play a game of their choosing. We then talk about the game and use that conversation to talk about other aspects of life. Hilarity Ensues!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Theme Song

0:16 - We're Back From Hiatus

2:56 - Moving Updates

7:08 - What's the Name of This Good Game?

7:50 - Forgettable Plots

9:44 - Shadow Comlpex Gameplay Overview

14:21 - Sam and Dana's Likes and Gripes

20:27 - Final Thoughts

26:52 - Shadow Complex's Price vs. Similar Games

30:42 - Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl Double Pack

34:19 - Beef Jerky + Chicago Foods

41:52 - The Best Chapstick

45:19 - Viper Update (Not Getting Products)

52:10 - Dream Admits To Cheating

1:01:06 - Yu-Gi-Ohguessr

1:03:34 - Weed Smell Everywhere

1:04:52 - Paddington 2 Dethroned

1:07:54 - Onions, IGN, and Ratios

1:11:20 - Dana's New Framed Print

1:15:38 - Outro

Is Pokémon Snap is so cool why don't they make Pokémon Snap Crocs?

Virtual Homework is a podcast where the hosts (Dana and Sam) alternate each week to force the other to play a game of their choosing. We then talk about the game and use that conversation to talk about other aspects of life. Hilarity Ensues!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Theme Song

0:16 - Dana Moved! RIP to Noises

1:43 - Break Last Week and Celeste Follow-Up

4:01 - New Pokémon Snap Overview - Are We Nostalgic?

8:27 - Sam's Initial Thoughts

9:15 - New Pokémon Snap vs Original Pokémon Snap

17:27 - New Pokémon Snap Plot Overview

19:18 - Handheld vs. Docked Gaming

24:23 - Overall New Pokémon Snap Thoughts

26:30 - Rating Inflation In Game Reviews

29:03 - New Pokémon Snap Side-Content

32:45 - Pokémon Knockoffs

35:35 - Lightning McQueen Crocs

38:44 - Pokémon Card Outages + Fight Club

47:21 - Mission BBQ

51:02 - Adult Swim Movies - Aqua Teen, Venture Bros, Metalocalypse

56:48 - Outro

Celeste: Worthy of at least 10% of this Podcast's runtime.

Virtual Homework is a podcast where the hosts (Dana and Sam) alternate each week to force the other to play a game of their choosing. We then talk about the game and use that conversation to talk about other aspects of life. Hilarity Ensues!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Theme Song

0:16 - A Podcast For Gamers By Gamer

1:55 - Balan Wonderworld Follow-Up and Speedrunning

5:33 - Celeste Overview and Thoughts

9:48 - Can A Positive Review Hurt A Game?

12:06 - This Game Has A Ton Of Extra Content

18:03 - Celeste Soundtrack

20:49 - Celese vs. Super Meat Boy

25:18 - This Game Is Hard

28:06 - Streaming First Playthroughs

30:40 - Celeste Speedrunning

32:25 - Best Modern Platformers Of All Time

37:29 - Pokemon Is Going Nuts + Clueless NFT Talk

46:08 - Greyhound Racing And Drugs

52:14 - GSA, Speedrun Academy, and Paid Coaching

1:06:35 - Chiropractor Pivot Conversation

1:10:26 - GSA, Speedrun Academy, and Paid Coaching Pt. 2

1:17:40 - Esports Certification

1:21:18 - Dana's Messed Up Tuesday

1:26:56 - Dana's Crazy Tuesday

1:29:07 - Outro

If this game was named Balan Wonderland there'd be no issues with it whatsoever. Maybe.

Virtual Homework is a podcast where the hosts (Dana and Sam) alternate each week to force the other to play a game of their choosing. We then talk about the game and use that conversation to talk about other aspects of life. Hilarity Ensues!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Theme Song

0:16 - The Bodcast

2:38 - Balan Wonderworld Is A Bad Name

3:21 - Game Overview + Background

6:29 - This Game Ain't Good

13:18 - 80 Costumes Is Too Many Costumes

17:00 - Weird Cutscenes + So Bad It's Good

23:51 - Chao Ripoffs Are Still Cute

27:53 - Sam Read The Balan Wonderworld eBook

33:59 - Are Games Too Big? Are Gamers' Expectations Too High?

40:02 - Jeff Kaplan Is Leaving Blizzard

49:05 - r/RatchetandClank is Terrible, Xem Charity Drama

1:03:16 - Scrabble Has Banned Words

1:08:29 - Outro

What better way to celebrate 50 episodes than having tech issues. The audio was lost in the original recording but luckily we had a low quality back-up from our video recording. If you still would like to listen in audio format, it should be acceptable, otherwise, feel free to watch the video version here:

Virtual Homework is a podcast where the hosts (Dana and Sam) alternate each week to force the other to play a game of their choosing. We then talk about the game and use that conversation to talk about other aspects of life. Hilarity Ensues!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Episode Quality Warning, VIDEO EPISODE ON YOUTUBE

0:40 - Theme Song

0:56 - 50 EPISODES!!!!!111!!!

3:22 - Fuser Follow-Up

4:03 - Return of the Obra Dinn Overview

6:29 - Return of the Obra Dinn's Graphics Are Insane

8:30 - Is Return of the Obra Dinn Fun? (Gameplay Review)

10:23 - Non-Linear Story Telling and Video Games As An Art-Form

16:35 - Final Thoughts

17:19 - Sam Got The Vaccine

20:16 - Steak-umm vs. Neil deGrasse Tyson

23:12 - Is There Ever Too Much 2FA?

27:32 - Anime Recommendations, Akira 4K Woes

30:48 - Customer Service From Tech Companies

35:38 - Annoying Orange Is Really Annoying (They Made An NFT)

40:52 - Michelle Obama's Podcast

43:20 - Frank Social Media Network

48:43 - Outro

To celebrate a year of podcasting we are completely rebranding to worship Sean Paul. Specifically Temperature by Sean Paul.

Virtual Homework is a podcast where the hosts (Dana and Sam) alternate each week to force the other to play a game of their choosing. We then talk about the game and use that conversation to talk about other aspects of life. Hilarity Ensues!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Theme Song

0:16 - The Virtual Sean Paulcast

4:07 - Femininity In Rhythm Games, Fuser Included

6:38 - Fuser Gameplay Overview

10:36 - Character Customization

12:21 - Fuser Gripes + Campaign Mode

23:15 - Rhythm Game Music Over Time

26:24 - Sam Beat Cyberpunk 2077 and Has Thoughts

40:03 - Super Seducer Not Being Ported To The Switch

43:13 - Teletubbies Made A Fake Cryptocurrency

44:23 - SacAnime Conficted With Vaccine Distribution

48:59 - YouTube Kids and Removed Videos

52:23 - Reddit Moderation

53:40 - Outro

Sam and Dana's most heated argument in the history of this podcast is now officially about how good the GameCube was. What a bunch of nerds.

Virtual Homework is a podcast where the hosts (Dana and Sam) alternate each week to force the other to play a game of their choosing. We then talk about the game and use that conversation to talk about other aspects of life. Hilarity Ensues!

Timestamps:

0:00 - The Weird Wii Wiki

0:24 - Theme Song

0:40 - A Too Cool Intro

4:19 - Gorogoa Overview

8:45 - This Game Is Short!

13:53 - Is This Game Overpriced? Should People Want Refunds?

15:38 - Gorogoa Is A Good, Pretentious Game

20:34 - Game Length and Price Pt. 2

24:51 - Steam is Bloated, GOG and Cyberpunk Update

28:01 - Ex-Blizzard Employees Making An RTS, Blizzard Making Bad Decisions

34:05 - ICP Gang Status Update

35:44 - PS2 Prototype and Demo Dumps + PS2's Legacy

40:25 - GameCube: Overrated or Underrated?

47:42 - Remembering Viewtiful Joe

49:38 - We Have To Bring Up The Boat (Suez Canal Drama)

51:21 - Outro

When there's no Twitch news the podcast goes to a weird place.

Virtual Homework is a podcast where the hosts (Dana and Sam) alternate each week to force the other to play a game of their choosing. We then talk about the game and use that conversation to talk about other aspects of life. Hilarity Ensues!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Theme Song

0:16 - We Own a Ranch-Related Subreddit Now

2:38 - Replaying Cyberpunk/Can We Have a Game On the Podcast Twice?

5:46 - Why Did Sam Pick Hi no Tori Hououhen - Gaou no Bouken

10:03 - Game and Gameplay Overview

13:21 - The Game's Length and Easy Difficulty

18:47 - Level Design Positives and Negatives

20:56 - Random Final Thoughts

28:03 - Our Thoughts On Osamu Tezuka

29:20 - Media Recommended By Algorithms Rant/Sam Watched Mandabi

32:38 - Dana's Hades Artbook Rant

36:05 - Blizzard Laid Off Hundreds Of People

42:14 - Super Seducer 3 Removed From Steam

48:39 - Mark Zuckerberg Is Trying To Brainwash Children

50:22 - Outro

Does Cyberpunk is good? We finally find out and really, really enjoy talking about it.

Virtual Homework is a podcast where the hosts (Dana and Sam) alternate each week to force the other to play a game of their choosing. We then talk about the game and use that conversation to talk about other aspects of life. Hilarity Ensues!

Timestamps:

0:00 - The Worst Way To Converse

0:20 - Theme Song

0:36 - The Virtual Homework TikTok!

2:56 - TikTok Competition (Will Smith's TikTok)

4:25 - Chug Jug

7:13 - We Picked The Right Cyberpunk Game This Time

8:51 - Cyberpunk 2077 Overview

10:55 - Initial Thoughts

14:29 - Braindance Mode, Unique Cyberpunk Gameplay

19:31 - Cyberpunk's Delays and its "Completeness" (Glitches)

26:14 - Cyberpunk 2077's Story + Keanu Reeves Involvement

30:57 - GOG Galaxy and Other Steam Competitors

31:50 - Our Character Customizations

36:34 - The Small Touches + Music/Radio

39:20 - The Police System Isn't Great

46:20 - Burger King's International Women's Day Tweet

44:56 - Reddit vs. Twitter: Which is Worse?

49:59 - Bean-based Protests in California

51:28 - Twitch's Latest PR Blunder - Brand Safety Scores

57:03 - Twitch's Latest PR Blunder - Sub Refund Reasons

59:42 - Cows, BfBB Speedrunning, and Dirty Discs

1:01:35 - Outro

Is it "Cyberpunk" to spend 20 dollars to epic pwn a make-believe threat?

Virtual Homework is a podcast where the hosts (Dana and Sam) alternate each week to force the other to play a game of their choosing. We then talk about the game and use that conversation to talk about other aspects of life. Hilarity Ensues!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Popeyes Conspiracies

1:03 - Theme Song

1:19 - Dana's Twitter Dunking

3:19 - Anti-Censorship Movement Behind This Week's Game

8:58 - Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story Overview

11:32 - Gameplay Elements

13:28 - Gripes and Nintendo Switch Port Issues

19:21 - Final Thoughts and Trying To Find Positives

26:59 - Maplestory Getting Sued For RNG Manipulation

30:45 - Sam's Picross Addiction

31:27 - Sega and Nintendo's Mobile Presence + Games Not Aging Well

34:08 - Call of Duty Is 200GB

35:36 - Paper Mario + OoT ACE Speedrun

38:28 - Paper Mario TTYD, Wind Waker, and Games Aging Well

43:09 - Dana's Fry's Electronics Rent

48:55 - Banned Pastor Sues Twitch

57:09 - Outro