Comfortable game chat with real backlog mileage.
Video Game Hangover follows Randy Dickinson and DJ Ross through games they have been playing, backlog detours, demos, hardware quirks, and game-music tangents. The tone is loose and familiar, with real play experience carrying more weight than polished chatter.
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Video Game Hangover treats game talk as a regular check-in, not a press cycle. Randy Dickinson and DJ Ross begin with the titles taking over their evenings, then work outward into habits, hardware, demos, soundtrack albums, and the small absurdities that come with being a longtime player. The pace is easy. The details are not vague. Recent episodes cover The Rogue Prince of Persia, Pokemon Pocopia, Darwin's Paradox, Wax Heads, Slay the Spire 2, Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, Re-Animal, Ark Raiders, Final Fantasy XIV, Claire Obscure Expedition 33, Silent Hill F music, and a continuing curiosity about the Virtual Boy. That mix says a lot about the show. Big releases are welcome, but they do not crowd out odd simulations, expansions, demos, or niche hardware stories. A Steam Next Fest segment can turn into jokes about scalped passes outside Steam. A cozy record-store management sim can sit beside a roguelike Prince of Persia typo riff. A discussion of Ark Raiders can slow down into stealth, extraction, gear loss, safe pockets, and the difference between playing alone and moving with another person. The show is funny because the conversation is comfortable. It does not strain for punchlines. The best moments come from mild exasperation, wordplay, quick pushback, and the kind of tangent that sounds disposable until it clarifies how the speakers actually think about games. Long games get treated as lived commitments rather than spreadsheet entries. Music gets the same treatment, with favorite tracks and soundtrack structure discussed as something worth hearing outside the game. The show also keeps a community edge, with Discord questions and listener prompts surfacing around topics like favorite JRPG fashion systems or music-service alternatives. It is not a hype machine. It is closer to a durable gaming friendship with microphones, a shared backlog, and enough accumulated taste to make the rambling useful.
Made for: Best for players who like conversational game criticism, backlog updates, demos, JRPGs, roguelikes, handheld play, and soundtrack talk. It suits listeners who prefer lived-in opinions over fast news recaps.
What sets it apart: Its strength is the combination of loose banter and concrete play detail. The show can joke about Pokemon pronunciation or Steam Deck scarcity, then land on useful observations about progression, stealth, soundtrack structure, or why a long game keeps pulling someone back.
A weekly show about playing an unreasonable amount of video games. Each week we discuss the games that are keeping us up late and chat about gaming culture and the games industry.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Randy Dickinson and DJ Ross turn close attention to mechanics, music, hardware, and play habits into relaxed, informed video game conversation.
Video Game Hangover turns active play into conversation. Randy Dickinson and DJ Ross compare impressions, question each other's assumptions, and follow mechanics into the odd details that make a game memorable.
This is the show that turns your impossible game backlog into a Randy-and-DJ support group with jokes.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A lively big-budget game chat, led by Ark Raiders.
Video Game Hangover moves through a big-budget stretch, opening on the new Dragon Quest VII Reimagined demo and then spending most of its time with Ark Raiders, while Final Fantasy XIV and Claire Obscure Expedition 33 remain in the mix.
A relaxed year-end roundup of 2025 game music, with a few focused soundtrack highlights.
Video Game Hangover settles into a relaxed year-end chat about favorite video game music of 2025, keeping the show’s easy cadence as it moves from the familiar end-of-year joke into the tracks themselves.
A loose, specific 2025 game conversation that moves from hardware anxiety to odd island humor and Death Stranding-style deliveries.
The episode frames a look back at 2025 as a conversation about games that linger after the credits, with Randy Dickinson and DJ Ross first circling the hardware pressures around modern play.
A loose game chat sharpens when Pokemon habitats meet the Dragon Quest Builders loop.
Video Game Hangover frames this single-episode review around Pokemon Pocopia, The Rogue Prince of Persia, and Wax Heads, with the record-store management sim briefly nudging the conversation into creepy wax-museum territory.
Two games compete for one Steam Deck while Slay the Spire 2 shows the odd edges of early access.
Video Game Hangover frames this check-in around a familiar problem for anyone with too many good games in reach: Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is strong enough to pull attention from Slay the Spire 2, even when both are ready on the same Steam Deck.
The hosts discuss their current gaming habits, including playing shorter games like Claire Obscure Expedition 33 and Shim: Revengeance, due to lacking motivation for long commitments.
This episode of Video Game Hangover features hosts Randy and DJ discussing their recent gaming experiences, including playing Promise Mascot Agency and Strange Horticulture, and visiting Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios.
The hosts discuss playing Ghost of Tsushima and Spilled Star Overdrive while joking about multitasking and the challenges of entertaining viewers while streaming games.
The hosts discuss whether 2023 was a great year for video games, comparing it to previous years and sharing their personal gaming experiences.
Randy Dickinson and DJ Ross discuss three games: Pokemon Pocopia, a post-apocalyptic building sim where players control a Ditto rebuilding society; The Rogue Prince of Persia, a roguelike; and Wax Heads, a cozy record store management game.
Randy Dickinson and DJ Ross discuss their late-night gaming obsessions, primarily Slay the Spire 2 and Dragon Quest VII Reimagined.
Video Game Hangover hosts Randy Dickinson and DJ Ross discuss physical game ownership, Sony's move away from discs, Nintendo's game key cards, and Microsoft's layoffs.
Randy Dickinson and DJ Ross review The Adventures of Elliot, finish Vampire Crawlers, and sample Steam Next Fest demos during a discussion framed by the disputed term “Summerween.” DJ describes Dune Crawl as a four-player game involving a giant crab, dungeon exploration, tower defense, and combat against giant bugs.
The hosts discuss upcoming gaming topics including The Rogue Prince of Persia, Darwin's Paradox, and Pokémon-related games, while briefly touching on tax season.
The hosts introduce three video games they're playing this week: Pokemon Pocopia, Rogue Prince of Persia, and Wax Heads, a cozy record store management sim.
The hosts discuss their recent gaming experiences, focusing on Slay the Spire 2 and Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, while teasing updates on DJ's Virtual Boy exploration.
The hosts discuss recent games like Re-Animal and Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, share experiences from the Steam NexFest event, and talk about the scarcity and value of Steam Decks.
The hosts discuss recent games like Kern and Pragmata, joke about mobile and Wii balance board games, and humorously explore the concept of books as a gaming platform.
The hosts introduce the episode by discussing their plans to play and stream games including the Cult of the Lamb expansion Woolhaven and Incursion Red River, with humorous banter about the ominous-sounding Woolhaven.
Randy Dickinson and DJ Ross open by talking about the January stretch where old games are still being finished and new releases have not quite filled the gap.
Randy Dickinson and DJ Ross spend the episode trading favorites from video game music in 2025.
Video Game Hangover #670 has Randy Dickinson and DJ Ross looking back at their favorite video games of 2025 and teasing games they expect to watch in 2026.