Episode 444 - Absolum-ly

00:28 Opening & Halloween banter  03:23 Ghost of Yōtei Check-In  03:53 Absalom — Hades-style co-op beat ’em up  11:37 The Outer Worlds 2 — smarter flaws, sharper writing  19:36 Big Head Hats & merch shout-out  19:55 Ball Pit — Devolver’s roguelike Breakout addiction  26:13 Fire Emblem: Sacred Echoes (GBA demake)  27:56 Pokémon Z-A — real-time battles & mixed feelings  42:28 Pokémon strategy deep-dive & real-time design talk  49:38 Closing thoughts & outro  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This Week on The Casual Hour…We’re back after a week off to tell you all about a handful of new and fun video games. Bobby’s been hacking away at Absolum, Chase went deep into the Ball x Pit and we have a long discussion about the good, the bad and the missed opportunities of Pokemon Legends Z-A. All that 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