Episode 442 - Always Egg

00:00:28 – Cold Open & PS5 Portal Confession05:51 – Death Stranding 2 Credits & Kojima Closure10:09 – Starbirds (Early Access Impressions)11:55 – Ghost of Yōtei Review & Design Praise25:18 – Open-World Design Discussion & Fast-Travel Innovation27:33 – Digimon Story: Time Stranger Discussion41:06 – Digivolving, Stats, and Personality System Breakdown45:00 – Pokémon Comparisons & Franchise Fatigue44:31 – State of Xbox Discussion (Game Pass, Studio Closures, Brand Decline)01:27:00 – Wrap-Up & Weekly ScheduleThis 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 CSTtwitch.tv/thecasualhouryoutube.com/thecasualhour// S U B S C R I B E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhourWe 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_ombyChase 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