The Casual Hour

The Casual Hour
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Welcome to The Casual Hour, a podcast ostensibly about video games. Hosted by Bobby Pease and Chase Koeneke, The Casual Hour is a gaming channel where we chill out, mess around and, sometimes, even talk about games! Whether we’re previewing the monthly releases, diving deep on a variety of topics, streaming with our friends or just chatting about the games we’ve been playing that week, The Casual Hour is your home for sharp insight, dumb jokes and most of all, a real good time.

  1. 4d ago

    Episode 485 - NO SUBTITLE

    Episode #484 – Star Wars Zero Company, a Zelda-Stuffed Direct, and the Most Stacked September We've Ever Covered  We’re back from a break, and so much has happened that we decided to do a double episode! In the first half, we give our reactions to the new Star Wars Zero Company tactics game, and break down the Zelda and Nintendo Directs. Then we preview an absolutely stacked month of September game releases. Buckle up because there’s a lot to talk about on this edition of The Casual Hour!  ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:28 – Intro & Welcome Back 00:02:24 – Star Wars Zero Company: Is It Good? 00:03:35 – Performance Problems on PS5 and PC 00:06:47 – XCom Comparisons & Customization 00:09:43 – Midnight Suns & Three Houses Comparisons 00:30:09 – Nintendo Direct: Zelda Ocarina of Time Remake Revealed 00:31:41 – The Jump Button Debate 00:34:04 – Voice Acting, Art Style & Whimsy Argument 00:42:31 – Nintendo Direct: Metroid Ravenous 00:45:50 – Kirby and the World Beyond 00:49:16 – Eternal Anima 00:52:39 – August Recap Begins 00:59:45 – September Preview: Grail & Let It Die Offline Edition 01:02:29 – Moonlighter 2 01:05:12 – Orbitals 01:07:45 – Keeper 01:08:51 – Blood of Dawn Walker 01:11:37 – Onimusha: Way of the Sword & Black Myth Wukong Talk 01:16:01 – Sprawl Zero 01:18:00 – Valheim Hits 1.0 01:18:56 – Marvel's Wolverine 01:22:32 – TCG Card Shop Simulator 1.0 01:23:42 – Animo 01:25:58 – Fire Emblem Fortune's We've 01:30:07 – Colonel Hearts 01:34:43 – Xiao Xiao 01:35:37 – Control Resonant 01:38:53 – The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Remastered 01:40:28 – Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition 01:42:47 – Tome 2 01:44:05 – Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete Edition Remastered 01:48:19 – Picks of the Month 01:49:23 – Wrap-Up & Socials 🔗 Links & Community 🎮 WATCH LIVE: twitch.tv/thecasualhour & youtube.com/thecasualhour M/W @ 9PM CST 📱 FOLLOW: Bluesky, Threads, Instagram: @thecasualhour Everything: thecasualhour.com 🎧 SUBSCRIBE We post VODs and Casually Considereds weekly on YouTube. 👋 THE HOSTS Bobby Pease — linktr.ee/bob_omby Chase Koeneke — linktr.ee/chase_koeneke 🎵 MUSIC: Theme by Patric Brown (@insaneanalog) — insaneanalog.com

    Episode 485 - NO SUBTITLE

  2. Sep 8

    Episode 484 - Deep Dive: Zelda Items Tier List Pt.2

    Episode #484 – Twenty More Zelda Items, and the Master Sword Still Isn't Moving We’re back for round two of the Zelda 40th anniversary tier list, sorting twenty more items from the Biggoron's (or is it Big O’ Ron?) Sword to the Sheikah Slate, with Chase fighting Bobby on the Master Sword being the top tier S item. They also break down their predictions for theNintendo Direct before diving into a stacked September of releases. -- ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:28 – Intro & Welcome 00:01:06 – Item List Rundown & Tier List Rules Recap 00:03:58 – Biggoron's Sword 00:06:55 – Fierce Deity's Mask 00:10:01 – Rod of Seasons 00:13:33 – Magnetic Gloves 00:14:48 – Seed Shooter 00:16:36 – Gust Jar 00:18:19 – Deku Leaf 00:20:20 – The Wind Waker 00:21:32 – Bombchu 00:25:18 – Gale Boomerang 00:29:02 – Spinner 00:38:54 – Ball and Chain 00:40:15 – Dominion Rod 00:42:04 – Sand Wand 00:43:08 – Beetle 00:44:38 – Paraglider 00:51:13 – Sheikah Slate 00:55:29 – Ultra Hand 00:56:56 – Tri Rod 00:58:27 – Final Tier List Recap & Master Sword Debate 01:00:07 – What's Coming This Week 01:02:45 – What We're Playing & Plugs 01:05:25 – Wrap-Up & Socials -- 🎮 WATCH LIVE: Twitch: twitch.tv/thecasualhour YouTube: youtube.com/thecasualhour M/W @ 9PM CST 📱 FOLLOW: Bluesky, Threads, Instagram: @thecasualhour Everything: thecasualhour.com 🎧 SUBSCRIBE We post VODs and Casually Considereds weekly on YouTube. 👋 THE HOSTS Bobby Pease — linktr.ee/bob_omby Chase Koeneke — linktr.ee/chase_koeneke 🎵 MUSIC Theme by Patric Brown (@insaneanalog) — insaneanalog.com

    Episode 484 - Deep Dive: Zelda Items Tier List Pt.2

  3. Aug 28

    Episode 483 - Deep Dive: Zelda Items Tier List Pt.1

    Episode #483 – Zelda turns 40, so Bobby made Chase rank 40 items with him (and only got through 23) Did you forget it’s Zelda’s 40th birthday this year? So did Nintendo! But Bobby didn’t, which is why we’re putting 40 classic Zelda items on a tier list. Bottles, bombs, boots and more. And this is just part 1 on this edition of The Casual Hour!  ⏱ TIMESTAMPS THE SETUP 00:00:28 – Intro & Welcome 00:00:28 – Is the Master Sword Actually an Item? 00:03:47 – The Pitch: 40 Items for Zelda's 40th Anniversary 00:09:41 – Bobby Reads the Full 40 Item List 00:10:49 – The Rubric: What S Through F Actually Mean THE RANKINGS 00:15:19 – Master Sword 00:19:02 – Hylian Shield & Mirror Shield 00:22:48 – Bow and Arrow (and the Slingshot Snub) 00:24:55 – Bombs 00:28:50 – The Bottle 00:32:50 – Boomerang 00:35:03 – Hookshot 00:36:59 – Pegasus Boots 00:39:22 – Magic Cape 00:39:56 – Magic Mirror 00:42:22 – Cane of Somaria 00:46:05 – Fire Rod & Ice Rod 00:47:27 – Bug Net 00:48:16 – Roc's Cape 00:49:57 – Ocarina of Time 00:52:53 – Lens of Truth 00:54:10 – Iron Boots 00:55:52 – Megaton Hammer & Skull Hammer DETOURS & WRAP-UP 00:52:08 – Emergency Vet Detour & Part Two Announcement 00:58:53 – Biggoron or Bigger On? The Pronunciation Fight 01:00:54 – Schedule Update & September Preview Tease 01:02:28 – Wrap-Up & Socials 🎮 WATCH LIVE: Twitch: twitch.tv/thecasualhour YouTube: youtube.com/thecasualhour M/W @ 9PM CST 📱 FOLLOW: Bluesky, Threads, Instagram: @thecasualhour Everything: thecasualhour.com 🎧 SUBSCRIBE We post VODs and Casually Considereds weekly on YouTube. 👋 THE HOSTS Bobby Pease — linktr.ee/bob_omby Chase Koeneke — linktr.ee/chase_koeneke 🎵 MUSIC Theme by Patric Brown (@insaneanalog) — insaneanalog.com

    Episode 483 - Deep Dive: Zelda Items Tier List Pt.1

  4. Aug 21

    Episode 482 - Little Deb Takes The Cake

    [Episode #482] — Little Debbie tournament brackets, Tears of Metal, and Bobby's Fire Emblem intervention for Chase After a little snack talk, the Causal Crew gets to the gaming in this whatcha been playin’ episode. Bobby’s fixing things up in ReStory, defending them in Omen and ripping them apart in Tears of Metal, all while Chase revisits an old friend in Fire Emblem: Awakening. It’s all here on this edition of The Casual Hour!  ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:28 – Intro & Little Debbie snack nostalgia 00:04:14 – ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs  00:07:43 – Tears of Metal 00:16:51 – Omen 00:20:38 – Fire Emblem Awakening 00:48:11 – Star Wars Zero Company hype 00:53:42 – Wrap-Up & Socials 🎮 WATCH LIVE: Twitch: twitch.tv/thecasualhour YouTube: youtube.com/thecasualhour M/W @ 9PM CST 📱 FOLLOW: Bluesky, Threads, Instagram: @thecasualhour Everything: thecasualhour.com 🎧 SUBSCRIBE We post VODs and Casually Considereds weekly on YouTube. 👋 THE HOSTS Bobby Pease — linktr.ee/bob_omby Chase Koeneke — linktr.ee/chase_koeneke 🎵 MUSIC Theme by Patric Brown (@insaneanalog) — insaneanalog.com

    Episode 482 - Little Deb Takes The Cake

  5. Aug 14

    Episode 481 - Big Walkin’

    00:00:28 – Intro 00:04:26 – ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs  00:19:01 – Pokémon Gen1Recomp 00:33:48 – Big Walk 01:07:28 – Wrap-Up & Socials ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This Week on The Casual Hour… The Casual Crew’s got Big Walk fever, and we just gotta let it out. See why we think this game has real GOTY potential. Plus, Bobby’s tinkering away on virtual devices in ReStory while tinkering on real devices with Pokemon’s Gen1Recomp. 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 ⁠youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ // S U B S C R I B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ⁠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 // T H E   C A S U A L   H O U R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bobby Pease -⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/bob_omby 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 or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠

    Episode 481 - Big Walkin’

  6. Aug 7

    Episode 480 - A Factory of Furries

    00:00:28 – Intro: new retro handhelds & show outline 00:03:25 – Kicking off the July games recap 00:03:57 – Chase's July picks 00:07:10 – Bobby's July picks  00:14:08 – PlayStation Plus freebies  00:18:52 – August releases begin: Beast of Reincarnation (Aug 4) 00:23:47 – Big Walk (Aug 4) 00:29:47 – D-Hopper and Zero Racers hit Virtual Boy service (Aug 4) 00:32:28 – Super Robot Wars Y Anniversary Expansion Pack (Aug 5) 00:34:14 – Fields of Mistria (Aug 5) 00:36:39 – Echo Breaker (Aug 6) 00:38:50 – Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls (Aug 6) 00:41:18 – Monster Hobby (Aug 6) 00:44:24 – Re:Store, Bobby's birthday pick (Aug 6) 00:45:51 – Pro Jank Footy (Aug 12) 00:47:56 – Wild Blue Skies (Aug 13) 00:51:09 – Dusk Fade (Aug 13) 00:53:35 – Hell Let Loose: Vietnam (Aug 13) 00:55:56 – Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 (Aug 25) 00:57:18 – Blood Dungeon (Aug 25) 00:59:00 – Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 (Aug 27) 01:02:05 – Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (Aug 27) 01:03:49 – Star Wars: Zero Company (Aug 27) 01:06:56 – Bobby and Chase run down their August pick lists 01:08:14 – Wrap-up  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This Week on The Casual Hour… The month of August brings some exciting releases, including the very cool looking Big Walk, as well as an XCOM-style game in a galaxy far, far away — Star Wars: Zero Company. And there are a few other games that are filling out the month nicely. What are they? You’ll have to tune into this edition of The Casual Hour to find out!  // T W I T C H  &  Y O U T U B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M W F @ 9 PM CST ⁠twitch.tv/thecasualhour⁠ ⁠youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ // S U B S C R I B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ⁠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 // T H E   C A S U A L   H O U R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bobby Pease -⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/bob_omby 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 or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠

    Episode 480 - A Factory of Furries

  7. Jul 31

    Episode 479 - We Are Not A Cool Community

    00:00:28 – Intro 00:01:27 – Bobby's Android handheld obsession 00:04:41 – Show Rundown 00:06:11 – Decompiled and recompiled games explained 00:13:15 – Pokemon Red and Blue decompile plus the Dramatic Shapes voxel mod 00:18:10 – Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remastered impressions 00:19:17 – Palworld hits 1.0 00:21:37 – Super Mario RPG remake 00:30:24 – The Diofield Chronicle 00:38:02 – Splatoon Raiders 01:00:32 – Wrapping up: why Splatoon Raiders has them both hooked 01:01:46 – Plugs 01:06:02 – Outro & sign off ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This Week on The Casual Hour… The Casual Boys have both been splatting it up in Splatoon Raiders, but we’ve got a lot of other games to talk about before that. Bobby’s back on his Palworld b******t. Chase is playing a bunch of Square games, but not the ones he’s supposed to be playing. And one of us has dug a very dep hole into retro handhelds (and it might not be the one you expect!) 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 ⁠youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ // S U B S C R I B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ⁠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 // T H E   C A S U A L   H O U R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bobby Pease -⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/bob_omby 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 or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠

    Episode 479 - We Are Not A Cool Community

  8. Jul 17

    Episode 478 - Deep Dive: 2016 GOTY Rewind

    00:00:28 – Intro & Welcome: 10 Years of The Casual Hour 00:03:11 – The 2016 Game of the Year Rewind Concept 00:06:33 – Lost Lists & Building the Show Archive 00:09:43 – Chase's Original 2016 Handheld Top Ten (Gamers on the Go) 00:11:53 – Bobby's Original 2016 Top Ten 00:14:46 – The Casual Hour's Combined 2016 Top Three 00:15:48 – Cicis Pizza Memories & Early Show History 00:20:19 – Bobby's #10: Uncharted 4 00:23:02 – Chase's #10: Bravely Second End Layer 00:25:55 – Bobby's #9: Doom 2016 00:28:15 – Chase's #9: The Last Guardian 00:32:05 – Bobby's #8: Pokemon Sun and Moon 00:35:21 – Chase's #8: Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth 00:38:07 – Bobby's #7: XCOM 2 00:40:46 – Chase's #7: Forza Horizon 3 00:43:09 – Bobby's #6: Inside 00:45:18 – Chase's #6: The Witness 00:48:48 – Bobby's #5: No Man's Sky 00:52:24 – Chase's #5: Dragon Ball Fusions 00:53:38 – #4 for Both: Titanfall 2 00:56:01 – Bobby's #3: Pokemon Go 00:58:23 – Chase's #3: Fire Emblem Fates (and a List Mistake) 01:00:03 – Bobby's #2: Firewatch 01:03:07 – Chase's #2: Superhot 01:06:05 – Bobby's #1: Stardew Valley 01:08:16 – Chase's #1: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE 01:13:02 – Wrap-Up ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This Week on The Casual Hour… 10 years ago, The Casual Hour was born. And in 2016 we had our first Game of the Year show. But 10 years is a long time, and opinions change. Do we still think our games of 2016 hold up? On this edition of The Casual Hour, we give ourselves a do-over and see what our games of 2016 are…in 2026!   // T W I T C H  &  Y O U T U B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M W F @ 9 PM CST ⁠twitch.tv/thecasualhour⁠ ⁠youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠ // S U B S C R I B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ⁠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 // T H E   C A S U A L   H O U R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bobby Pease -⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/bob_omby 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 or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠

    Episode 478 - Deep Dive: 2016 GOTY Rewind
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Welcome to The Casual Hour, a podcast ostensibly about video games. Hosted by Bobby Pease and Chase Koeneke, The Casual Hour is a gaming channel where we chill out, mess around and, sometimes, even talk about games! Whether we’re previewing the monthly releases, diving deep on a variety of topics, streaming with our friends or just chatting about the games we’ve been playing that week, The Casual Hour is your home for sharp insight, dumb jokes and most of all, a real good time.

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    The Casual Hour
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    418
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