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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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome 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!
Recent episodes include "Episode 491 - Give Us The Full Ass" (30 October 2026, 78 minutes), "Episode 490 - Deep Dive: Street Fighter (2026)" (23 October 2026, 61 minutes), and "Episode 489 - Chase Erasure" (16 October 2026, 63 minutes).
The Casual Hour publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 71 minutes across 423 episodes.
Booking probability for The Casual Hour is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Casual Hour requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Casual Hour's contact route on record: verified email.
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The Casual Hour is a leisure podcast with 423 episodes published.
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Episode #491
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...
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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...
Episode #489
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...
Episode #488
Episode #488– Dynasty Warriors 3 Rides Again, Control Resonant Warps New York, and Your October Games Preview The leaves are changing and the games are flowing. It must be October, and that means it’s time for our...
Episode #487
Episode #487– Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Puts Chase Through the Calendar Grind, and Blood Dungeon Bones Us Up Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is out, and as Chase’s most anticipated game of the year, he unsurprisingly...
Episode #486
Episode #486 – The Blood of Dawnwalker Sinks Its Teeth In, Peace Walker Comes Home, and We Get Schooled on Classroom Gaming Bobby and Chase go back to school, and talk about the games we played in the classrooms of our...
Episode #485
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...
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...
Episode #482
[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...
Episode #481
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...
Episode #480
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...
Episode #479
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...
Episode #478
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...
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00:00:28 – Intro & Bobby's Handheld Shopping Spree 00:08:02 – Mina the Hollower: Credits Rolled on a Game of the Year Contender 00:10:50 – TerraTech Legion: Vampire Survivors With Wheels and Guns 00:20:38 – Fire Emblem...
00:00:28 – Intro 00:05:27 – Starfox 00:23:13 – Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes 00:34:12 – June Recap 00:38:27 – The Free Stuff 00:42:29 – July Games Preview 00:43:51 – Doom: The Dark Ages DLC 00:47:16 – Moonlight...
Episode #475
00:00:28 – Intro 00:02:16 – The Adventures of Elliot 00:17:31 – Fire Emblem Life of Saros 00:19:56 – Deep Dive: The AYN Thor & the Emulation Handheld Era 00:24:18 – Why Now? The Industry Is in Trouble 00:30:41 – A Brief...
Episode #474
00:00:28 – Intro 00:00:56 – StarFox (Switch 2 Demo) 00:10:44 – 007 First Light 00:11:20 – Mina the Hollower 00:11:51 – Voidling Bound 00:20:14 – Sangokushi BOND 00:29:23 – River City Saga, Jeanne d'Arc, and Three...
Episode #473
00:00:28 – Intro & Jeff Keighley's Crushed Velvet Era 00:04:05 – How We're Covering 1,000+ Games 00:08:21 – PlayStation State of Play Kickoff 00:08:47 – Dynasty Warriors 3 Remastered 00:10:34 – Ace Combat 8: Wings of...
Episode #472
00:00:28 – Intro 00:05:47 – Mina the Hollower 00:21:56 – Fire Emblem: Life of Sorrows rom hack 00:34:25 – May Recap 00:37:42 – May PlayStation Plus Titles 00:40:17 – June Releases: Dear and Boy 00:41:27 – Fate Keeper...
Episode #471
00:00:28 – Intro 00:00:51 – Weekend Recap 00:02:51 – The Mandalorian and Grogu: Why Was This a Movie? 00:05:51 – Destiny Slides Into Maintenance Mode 00:16:11 – Steam Deck Price Hikes & the State of the Industry...
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