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