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Fantastic guests make for fantastic shows, so for this episode of Nerds Without Pants we are joined once again by Bill Tucker of A Gamer Looks at 40. He’s here to not judge as we let our vicious side out and talk about video game baddies we LOVE killing. Over. And over. And over again. Oh, and Justin gets very creative in Video Game Cage Match. Enjoy! 00:00 – 13:27 Poetry 13:37 – 1:44:34 STAGE SELECT: What video game baddies do you love killing again and again? 1:44:43 – 3:02:30 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Making A Gamer Looks at 40, Doom 2016, Cocaine Bear, Justin’s dark path in WWE 2K23, Drums Rock, Kayak VR Mirage, Diablo IV’s open beta 3:03:08 – 3:23:18 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Punky Skunk vs Easter Bunny’s Big Day 3:23:28 – 3:34:00 Outro A Gamer Looks at 40: https://linktr.ee/agamerlooksat40 NEXT WEEK: HEADLINES! IN TWO WEEKS: STAGE SELECT: What are some of your favorite video game demos? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Super Mario Sunshine vs Dead or Alive Xtrem

Welcome to the first news edition of Nerds Without Pants, as we go weekly for the first time since our beginning way back in 2012! Join us for a second helping of Consumption Junction, followed by Headlines, and then we close out by hopping on the Email Banana Boat. Get into it! 00:00 – 09:39 Intro 09:39 – 1:34:58 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Octopath Traveler II, WWE 2K23, Drums Rock 1:35:25 – 2:31:54 HEADLINES: Suicide Squad Kills the Justice League delayed: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/23/22992865/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-delay-spring-2023-announcement-ps5-xsx-pc Starfield delayed: https://www.polygon.com/23630506/starfield-release-date-delayed-bethesda IO Interactive opens new studio: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/io-interactive-opens-new-studio-in-istanbul Lance Reddick, from Destiny 2 and Horizon series passes away at age 60 Diablo IV is kinda scuffed 2:32:19 – 2:57:25 EMAIL BANANA BOAT and outro NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What video game baddies do you love to kill the

Welcome back to another Nerds Without Pants, where we kick things off with a special announcement: NWP is going weekly! Sort of! You’ll see. Anyhoo, this episode is a chance for Julian to right a great wrong as we talk about good ideas in games that didn’t quite land the first time. Then we have a handful of games to go through before having the first-ever Fatal 4 Way in Video Game Cage Match! Sort of! This episode is going up late, so apologies for the lack of time stamps. NEXT EPISODE: THE NEWS! IN TWO WEEKS: STAGE SELECT: What are some video game baddies you love to kill again and again? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Punky Skunk vs Easter Bunny’s Big Day SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 3/24 TO BE ON THE SHOW! Twitter: @NWPcast Email: NWPcast@gmail.com Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.

 Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants! Friend of the show John Gholson returns after a very long absence to talk about games we wish we could play again for the first time. It’s a fun topic with lots of asides and trips down memory lane. We also talk some Fire Emblem, Like a Dragon, and PSVR 2, plus much more! 00:00 – 10:57 Girls on Film 11:06 – 1:43:40 STAGE SELECT: Games we wish we could play again for the first time 1:43:53 – 3:52:30 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: John’s making movies, Midnight Suns, Fire Emblem Awakening, Fire Emblem Engage, Like a Dragon Ishin!, Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, PSVR 2 3:53:07 – 4:05:44 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Dr. Muto vs Vexx 4:05:53 – 4:14:26 Outro If you have money to spare, please consider pitching in to Megan McDuffee’s Gofundme for her next music video here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-a-pole-dance-music-video-dream?qid=ff36a8c52d790d4e6c5dda0781ff6fc7   NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are some good ideas in video

Heya! I bet you weren’t expecting this episode of Nerds Without Pants so soon! Well, since we got delayed a week with our first episode back from hiatus we decided to record this one a week later to stay on the schedule we had planned. It’s an all-Consumption Junction edition of NWP because we…had a ton of games to talk about! In a surprise twist Justin played The Sims 4. He also checked out Chained Echoes. Julian finished Crisis Core and has some thoughts about the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, and tries to explain some thoughts he’s been having about RPGs. Then it’s a quick mention of Theatrhythm Final Bar Line before an EXTENSIVE discussion of Fire Emblem Engage. We have a couple quick hits before ending with some bigger games like Hi-Fi Rush and God of War: Ragnarok!     NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are some games you wish you could play again for the very first time? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Dr. Muto vs Vexx SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON FEBRU

NERDS WIITHOUT PANTS IS BACK! Technical issues kept us away for an extra week, but we’re joined once again by Xavier Krieger to talk about our favorite games that we played in 2022. It’s a really fun discussion, and unlike nearly every GotY podcast you’ve heard for the year. Also, Elden Ring challenges Chrono Cross for the NWPWF Heavyweight Championship in a steel cage match. Please enjoy! Twitter: @NWPcast Email: NWPcast@gmail.com Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.    

Welcome back! We’re still on hiatus, but it’s time for our annual music special, and we have a jam-packed edition this year. We’ve gone back to our older format of getting together and talking about our music selections and what they mean to us. In traditional Nerds Without Pants fashion we overshare, things get heavy, and then there’s probably a joke about boobs or something. You know how it goes by now. NEXT EPISODE: VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT: Elden Ring (challenger) vs Chrono Cross (champion) SUBMIT YOUR WINNER BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 1/27!   FEATURED MUSIC: Art-Nainita Desai (Immortality), Masquerade Nights-Masaki Nagata and Hami (Idol Manager), Ashita he no Kodou-Falcom Sound Team JDK (Trails of Cold Steel), Wushu Dolls-Marcin Przybylowicz (Cyberpunk 2077), The Rebel Path-P.T. Adamczyk (Cyberpunk 2077), Valentinos Combat-P.T. Adamczyk (Cyberpunk 2077), Title Sequence-Omniboi (We Are OFK), Infuriata-OFK (We Are OFK), Red & Blue-Daniele Zandara (Vampire Survivors),

Well, here we are. It’s the final episode of Nerds Without Pants for 2022. It sure has been a year that happened, with things and events and…I’m already pretty checked out, to be honest. This is our annual State of the Generation episode, which begins as always with us talking about how we feel about the current console generation and our machines in general. Then we discuss some of the biggest news stories of the year before wrapping up with a look at the games we’re most excited to play in 2023. Also, Super Mario Odyssey challenges Chrono Cross for the NWPWF Heavyweight Championship in a steel cage match! See you on the other side, listeners. We love and appreciate you all! Twitter: @NWPcast Email: NWPcast@gmail.com Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.

Welcome to a really special edition of Nerds Without Pants! We watch The Game Awards together every year, but this year we decided to record ourselves, and it ended up working out as a pretty fun commentary track! Enjoy our live reacts to some big announcements, dunk on fashion, and listen to Justin totally fracture when one of his least favorite games of 2022 wins an award. There are instructions on how to sync up the audio with the video archive in the intro to the show, and we have included a link to the official video archive below. I mean, I guess you could listen to this along with someone else's stream, but that would be kinda weird.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl9yakt_5tc  

Welcome to the penultimate episode of Nerds Without Pants! It’s a shorter show this time around, as we take your super hero video game pitches, talk about a small handful of games, and find out who comes out on top between Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man (2018). 00:00 – 01:53 Intro 01:53 – 51:03 STAGE SELECT: We hear your pitches for a super hero game! 51:35 – 2:00:36 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Pentiment, Tactics Ogre Reborn, Final Fantasy Tactics, Spy x Family 2:01:14 – 2:11:32 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Spider-Man 2 (2004) vs Spider-Man (2018) 2:11:41 – 2:29:36 Outro and outtakes NEXT EPISODE: It’s our annual state of the generation episode! Give us some of your thoughts on the current generation of gaming, or talking points around the year in gaming news you’d like us to talk about. VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: END OF THE YEAR TITLE BOUT: Super Mario Odyssey (challenger) vs Chrono Cross (champion) for the NWPWF World Heavyweight Title SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL

We’re rapidly running out of stock of Nerds Without Pants, so get yours now! This episode has our lovely listeners turning the tables on us and doing the game recommendations for once! Then we talk a few games, and even some comic books! 00:00 – 08:21 Words and Batman 08:31 – 1:11:57 STAGE SELECT: Listeners give their game recommendations 1:12:40 – 2:25:09 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Vampire Survivors, Pentiment, God of War Ragnarok, Julian can’t stop reading Uncanny X-Men 2:25:46 – 2:35:49 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Superman 64 vs Cyberpunk 2077 2:35:58 – 2:43:52 Outro and outtakes NEXT EPISODE: LAST STAGE SELECT OF 2022! Pitch us your most awesome superhero video game idea. You only get one, so make it special and cool! VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Spider-Man 2 (2004) vs Spider-Man (2018) SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 12/2 TO BE ON THE SHOW! Twitter: @NWPcast Email: NWPcast@gmail.com Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx”

Welcome to our long-anticipated spoilercast for Horizon: Forbidden West! We are joined by Brock Sager of the Comic Conspiracy podcast. Turns out that Brock is an Aloy super fan, and we end up having a...really thoughtful discussion on a game that didn't deserve to be instantly forgotten.  MAJOR spoilers for the entire game, in case the title wasn't clear. So skip this unless you aren't planning on playing this one. Twitter: @NWPcast Email: NWPcast@gmail.com Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.

You know, in hindsight, it was probably a poor idea to have the bombastic Mike Fallek guest on this episode of Nerds Without Pants, considering we were doing a listener AMA. Oh well, just consider this a learning experience. And even though this is the LONGEST EPISODE OF NWP EVER in a year where we’ve already broken the record twice this year it’s also a banger. Enjoy! 00:00 – 12:06 Good Mood Marshmallow 12:13 –4:14:51 STAGE SELECT: Listener AMA! 4:15:01 – 5:56:52 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Mike Fallek’s exciting new project, Being a DIK, Gotham Knights, Bayonetta 3, Signalis 5:56:39 – 6:14:02 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Street Fighter 2 (1992) vs Metroid Prime 2 6:14:11 – 6:25:32 Outro and outtakes NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: Give out your game recommendations! They can be to the hosts, other listeners, or just games you want to recommend in general. VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Superman 64 vs Cyberpunk 2077 SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 11/18 TO BE ON THE SHOW! Twit

Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants! This episode is a pseudo-sequel to the last one, as we discuss levels and areas in games that we find spooooky. Then it’s a lot of games talk before the War of the Roses in Video Game Cage Match. Enjoy!   00:00 – 15:50 Child With a Knife 16:00 – 1:32:57 STAGE SELECT: Scary levels/areas in games 1:33:17 – 1:48:00 EMAIL BANANA BOAT 1:48:00 – 3:41:55 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Read Dead Redemption 2, PGA Tour Golf, Gotham Knights, Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XVI, Silent Hill 2 remake, Resident Evil 4 remake, Dead Space remake 3:42:35 – 3:54:54 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Rule of Rose vs Rumble Roses 3:55:03 – 4:00:08 Outro NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: LISTENER AMA! What advice would you give your younger self if you could go back in time? What is your comfort movie or TV show? Who would play you in a movie? What’s a word that should come back? What food is too much work for you to bother with? How big of a difference has corn mad

Hey folks! This episode of Nerds Without Pants was recorded while Julian was on vacation, so this is a very mediocre endeavor. Anyway, on to the show! No time for timestamps this week, but we talked about our least favorite areas and levels in games, Read Dead Redemption 2, some more Elden Ring, and a little bit of Trails From Zero. Then, Grand Theft Auto V takes on Read Dead Redemption 2 in the cage! NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are some levels or areas in video games that scare you the most? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Rule of Rose vs Rumble Roses SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 8/21 TO BE ON THE SHOW!

Howdy, folks! No time for a belabored intro this week. It’s another episode of Nerds Without Pants that cannot hope to compete with the previous episode of Nerds Without Pants. Enjoy! 00:00 – 20:51 Sports? 21:02 – 1:33:40 STAGE SELECT: Our favorite mini games 1:33:51 – 3:07:09 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: The making of NWP radio, Horizon: Forbidden West, Elden Ring 3:07:44 – 3:19:06 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Dr. Mario vs Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine 3:19:14 – 3:25:03 Outro NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are your LEAST favorite levels/areas in games? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Grand Theft Auto V vs Red Dead Redemption 2 SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 10/7 TO BE ON THE SHOW!

Hey there! This is the craziest Nerds Without Pants EVER! We only got a handful of songs for Stage Select, so instead of talking about 7 or 8 songs and calling it a day we decided to create an entire two hour block of radio programming that approaches UHF levels of insanity. Yep, this is happening. Check it out! 00:00 – 14:27 Go fish 14:27 – 2:40:10 STAGE SELECT: Radio NWP 2:40:21 – 5:40:39 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Saints Row, Ghostwire Tokyo, Immortality, Inscryption, Horizon: Forbidden West, Elden Ring 5:41:17 – 5:56:49 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Dynasty Warriors 9 vs Earth Defense Force 4 5:56:58 – 6:05:47 Outro and outtakes NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are some of your favorite mini games? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Dr. Mario vs Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 ON 9/23 TO BE ON THE SHOW! FEATURED MUSIC:   Reiwa Labyrinth- Hidenori Shoji (Yakuza: Like a Dragon), Axe to Grind- Lyn (Persona 5 Strikers), Theme of M. Bison- Yoko Shimomura (Super St

Well hello there! I don’t like to toot our own horn too often, but this may be the best episode of Nerds Without Pants of the year. Is Stage Select a banger? Not even close. Is Video Game Cage Match one for the record books? Fraid not. But Consumption Junction is a blast, and hopefully you think so, too! 00:00 – 12:57 Justin’s OC 13:08 – 1:36:25 STAGE SELECT: Game Shark…Tank 1:36:35 – 3:51:02 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Live A Live, Wasteland 3, Shadowrun, Midnight Fight Express, Cursed to Golf, Cult of the Lamb, We Are OFK, Saints Row, Ghostwire Tokyo 3:51:40 – 4:05:27 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: The Colonel’s Bequest vs I Love You, Colonel Sanders! 4:05:36 – 4:13:25 Outro NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: “Call in” with your video game song dedication! (No licensed music, please) VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Dynasty Warriors 9 vs Earth Defense Force 4 SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 9/9 TO BE ON THE SHOW! Twitter: @NWPcast Email: NWPcast@gmail.com Our

Oh, hi! Xavier joins us for another rip-roarin’ episode of Nerds Without Pants. This week, our listeners throw the Stage Select concept in the trash and opt instead for personal attacks on Julian and Justin. Also, is Digimon Survive the game of the year??? And, listen to Justin somehow not understand the concept of JRPGs. 00:00 – 05:14 Crystals 05:26 – 2:57:25 STAGE SELECT: What are some hills you would die on in video games? 2:57:35 – 4:14:38 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Digimon Survive, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Final Fantasy XIV’s dungeon redesigns, DioField Chronicle, Live A Live 4:15:17 – 4:31:46 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties vs Quest 64 4:31:55 – 4:42:56 Outro and outtakes NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: Julian and Justin are wealthy investors. Pitch your video game ideas to us and see if we’re in or out! VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: The Colonel’s Bequest vs I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator SUBMIT YOUR CO

Hey there! It’s another episode of Nerds Without Pants. Like ten of you are really happy. This one is coming in hot because Julian is a lazy piece of crap, so no time for detailed notes. We talk about our favorite cameos in video games, Stray, Titanfall 2, and more. STAGE SELECT: Favorite cameos and guest spots in games CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: As Dusk Falls, Stray, Titanfall 2, Danganronpa 2, we look at what (if anything) is coming out for the rest of the year VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Syphon Filter vs Driver 2 NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are some video game hills you would die on? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Plumbers Wear Ties vs Quest 64 SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 8/12 TO BE ON THE SHOW! Twitter: @NWPcast Email: NWPcast@gmail.com Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.