00:00:28 – Cold Open & PS5 Portal Confession

05:51 – Death Stranding 2 Credits & Kojima Closure

10:09 – Starbirds (Early Access Impressions)

11:55 – Ghost of Yōtei Review & Design Praise

25:18 – Open-World Design Discussion & Fast-Travel Innovation

27:33 – Digimon Story: Time Stranger Discussion

41:06 – Digivolving, Stats, and Personality System Breakdown

45:00 – Pokémon Comparisons & Franchise Fatigue

44:31 – State of Xbox Discussion (Game Pass, Studio Closures, Brand Decline)

01:27:00 – Wrap-Up & Weekly Schedule

This Week on The Casual Hour…

Bobby’s sick (and not just of having to hear Chase talk about Super Robot Wars), but we’re able to press on and tell you about all the sick games coming out in the month of September. It’s a month packed with sequels, remakes, early access 1.0s and brand new titles. Listen as we run them all down 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