The Casual Hour

About The Casual Hour

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.

Publisher

The Casual Hour

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

31 Aug 2017

Latest episode

30 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

426 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Oct 2026

   Episode 491 - Give Us The Full Ass

   Episode #491 – Final Fantasy Resonance Hooks Us, Zelda and GTA 6 Show Up, and the November Nobody Was Supposed to Release Games In It’s the biggest month in gaming history don’cha know? The Ocarina of Time Remake and Grand Theft Auto VI are going to make for a very discourse heavy November. Let’s see what other releases the month has in store for us on this edition of The Casual Hour! ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:28 – Intro & Welcome: Who Releases Games in November? 00:01:42 – Final Fantasy Resonance: First Impressions & Brave Exvius Roots 00:07:35 – Resonance Story Setup: Rain, Lasswell & the Black Knight 00:10:06 – The Visions System, Classic FF Characters & Build Crafting 00:19:51 – Resonance’s Weird Random Encounter Pulse System 00:25:22 – Stagger, Timeline Combat & All-Out Attacks 00:28:46 – October Picks Recap: Galactic Racer, Gears, Castlevania & More 00:31:44 – PlayStation Plus Essential for November 00:33:15 – Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered 00:35:20 – Hull Rupture 00:37:24 – Lightyear Frontier 1.0 00:39:37 – Theos: City of Myth 00:41:14 – Voidbreaker 00:43:31 – World of Warcraft Forever 00:47:30 – Blizzard & Studios Stuck on the Same Franchises 00:50:41 – Cozy Game Restoration 00:52:12 – Shivalware 00:53:16 – Far Away 00:54:31 – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Switch 2) 00:55:41 – Dredmor 00:57:15 – Barbie Rewind 00:59:23 – Metaphor: ReFantazio & Pikmin 4 Switch 2 Editions 01:02:49 – Sonic x Petco Park & Nine Kings 1.0 01:04:47 – Little Lands 01:05:43 – The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ (Switch 2) 01:07:46 – Grand Theft Auto VI 01:10:28 – Apulse 01:11:55 – Grimkeep 01:12:53 – Monthly Picks 01:14:10 – Big Walk Streams & Game of the Year Talk 01:17:16 – Wrap-Up 🔗 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

2. 

   23 Oct 2026

   Episode 490 - Deep Dive: Street Fighter (2026)

   Episode #490 – Getting Over it with Over the Hill, Fire Emblem is good?, and the a very bad Street Fighter Movie Bobby and Chase went to see the new Street Fighter movie. It was bad. We knew it was going to be bad, but we went anyway. Let’s talk about it. 🔗 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

3. 

   16 Oct 2026

   Episode 489 - Chase Erasure

   Episode #489 – Metroidvania Double Feature, Fire Emblem DLC Drops, and the Road to Game of the Year Chase may still be chipping away at Fire Emblem, but at least Bobby’s got new games to talk about, like new Metroidvania titles Well Dweller and Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse. Plus, we run down what’s on our backlogs to get to before GOTY time. All that and more on this edition of The Casual Hour! ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:28 – Intro & Birthday Cake Debate 00:02:12 – Street Fighter Movie Plans & Next Week’s Deep Dive 00:04:14 – Well Dweller Impressions 00:11:59 – Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Impressions 00:20:00 – Well Dweller vs. Belmont’s Curse: Which to Play 00:24:02 – Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave Check-In 00:25:19 – Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave Expansion Pass 00:35:37 – Star Wars Galactic Racer & Dynasty Warriors 3 00:36:32 – Game of the Year Schedule 00:37:55 – Chase’s Backlog: Dragon Quest VII, Peace Walker, Big Walk & Final Fantasy Resonance 00:41:56 – Bobby’s Backlog: Monster Hunter Stories 3 & Esoteric Ebb 00:44:34 – Retro Handhelds, ROM Hacks & Early Access Picks 00:53:35 – A Rough Year for the Industry, a Great Year for Games 00:56:45 – Gaming on a Budget 00:59:06 – Star Wars Zero Company 01:00:18 – 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

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

6,373

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

77

Social presence

91

YouTube

68

Engagement

76

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