The Casual Hour

Episode 476 - My Star Sign? Animal Crossing, V-Rising

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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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! // T W I T C H  &  Y O U T U B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M W F @ 9 PM CST ⁠twitch.tv/thecasualhour⁠ [https://t.co/LQ40IdOLfP] ⁠youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ [https://t.co/wCzZvsxRtw] // S U B S C R I B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour] We post Casually Considereds and VODs from previous streams weekly! // F O L L O W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One link to rule them all:⁠ www.thecasualhour.com⁠ [http://www.thecasualhour.com] // T H E   C A S U A L   H O U R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bobby Pease -⁠ ⁠ [https://linktr.ee/lumberjacksmack]https://linktr.ee/bob_omby Chase Koeneke -⁠ http://Linktr.ee/chase_koeneke⁠ [http://linktr.ee/chase_koeneke] // M U S I C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter⁠ @insaneanalog⁠ [https://www.twitter.com/insaneanalog] or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠ [http://www.insaneanalog.com/]

Episode 475 - Deep Dive: The State of Emulation

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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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!  // T W I T C H  &  Y O U T U B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M W F @ 9 PM CST ⁠twitch.tv/thecasualhour⁠ [https://t.co/LQ40IdOLfP] ⁠youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ [https://t.co/wCzZvsxRtw] // S U B S C R I B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour] We post Casually Considereds and VODs from previous streams weekly! // F O L L O W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One link to rule them all:⁠ www.thecasualhour.com⁠ [http://www.thecasualhour.com] // T H E   C A S U A L   H O U R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bobby Pease -⁠ ⁠ [https://linktr.ee/lumberjacksmack]https://linktr.ee/bob_omby Chase Koeneke -⁠ http://Linktr.ee/chase_koeneke⁠ [http://linktr.ee/chase_koeneke] // M U S I C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter⁠ @insaneanalog⁠ [https://www.twitter.com/insaneanalog] or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠ [http://www.insaneanalog.com/]

Episode 474 - Long Granny Ash

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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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!  // T W I T C H  &  Y O U T U B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M W F @ 9 PM CST ⁠twitch.tv/thecasualhour⁠ [https://t.co/LQ40IdOLfP] ⁠youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ [https://t.co/wCzZvsxRtw] // S U B S C R I B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour] We post Casually Considereds and VODs from previous streams weekly! // F O L L O W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One link to rule them all:⁠ www.thecasualhour.com⁠ [http://www.thecasualhour.com] // T H E   C A S U A L   H O U R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bobby Pease -⁠ ⁠ [https://linktr.ee/lumberjacksmack]https://linktr.ee/bob_omby Chase Koeneke -⁠ http://Linktr.ee/chase_koeneke⁠ [http://linktr.ee/chase_koeneke] // M U S I C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter⁠ @insaneanalog⁠ [https://www.twitter.com/insaneanalog] or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠ [http://www.insaneanalog.com/]

Episode 473 - Keigh3 2026

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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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!  // T W I T C H  &  Y O U T U B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M W F @ 9 PM CST ⁠twitch.tv/thecasualhour⁠ [https://t.co/LQ40IdOLfP] ⁠youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ [https://t.co/wCzZvsxRtw] // S U B S C R I B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour] We post Casually Considereds and VODs from previous streams weekly! // F O L L O W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One link to rule them all:⁠ www.thecasualhour.com⁠ [http://www.thecasualhour.com] // T H E   C A S U A L   H O U R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bobby Pease -⁠ ⁠ [https://linktr.ee/lumberjacksmack]https://linktr.ee/bob_omby Chase Koeneke -⁠ http://Linktr.ee/chase_koeneke⁠ [http://linktr.ee/chase_koeneke] // M U S I C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter⁠ @insaneanalog⁠ [https://www.twitter.com/insaneanalog] or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠ [http://www.insaneanalog.com/]

Episode 472 - Pay to Play

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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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!  // T W I T C H  &  Y O U T U B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M W F @ 9 PM CST ⁠twitch.tv/thecasualhour⁠ [https://t.co/LQ40IdOLfP] ⁠youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ [https://t.co/wCzZvsxRtw] // S U B S C R I B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour] We post Casually Considereds and VODs from previous streams weekly! // F O L L O W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One link to rule them all:⁠ www.thecasualhour.com⁠ [http://www.thecasualhour.com] // T H E   C A S U A L   H O U R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bobby Pease -⁠ ⁠ [https://linktr.ee/lumberjacksmack]https://linktr.ee/bob_omby Chase Koeneke -⁠ http://Linktr.ee/chase_koeneke⁠ [http://linktr.ee/chase_koeneke] // M U S I C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter⁠ @insaneanalog⁠ [https://www.twitter.com/insaneanalog] or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠ [http://www.insaneanalog.com/]