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Welcome to a fun-filled episode of Nerds Without Pants! We are joined once again by Friend Of The Show John Gholson to talk all about B movies and B games. What exactly do those entail? I'm glad you asked. Fortunately, we have John's incredible knowledge of film to lead the way. We skip the Consumption Junction portion of the show and instead split it into a section on movies and a section on video games. Enjoy! In the movie portion of the show, John gives us a working definition of B movie. It's more complex than you might think! We talk about some of our earliest experiences with B movies, why we actively seek them out, and the sweet, sweet pain of Santa Claus Meets The Ice Cream Bunny. Yup. Julian takes the reins of the video game section, where he lays out what he means by B games. It turns out that it is an even tougher thing to pin down than B movies. Basically, we know them when we see them. We talk about guilty pleasures, good games that time forgot, and finish things off with the most embarrassing ga

Welcome back! Angelo is on vacation this week, so Patrick and Julian take some time to catch up on some Consumption Junction and a bunch of comic book talk. 2:20 Game of Thrones; Powers 21:45 Julian is better at Rogue Legacy than Patrick; Bloodborne is pretty okay 41:56 Patrick is still way too lucky at Hearthstone; Mortal Kombat X 1:06:00 Massive comic book roundup 1:47:28 Patrick and Julian weigh in on Jared Leto’s Joker 1:56:20 BONUS: Batman Eternal spoiler conversation FEATURED MUSIC Theme song from The Tick Craig Armstrong- Favela Escape (The Incredible Hulk) Starbomb- Mortal Kombat High Ramin Djawadi- Gulmira (Iron Man) Neil Hefti- Batman Theme

Hello, friends! Grab some warm milk, position your sleep mask, and allow the Nerds Without Pants to escort you into the world of dreams. Video game dreams, that is! After a lengthy Consumption Junction section, the Pantsless Ones talk all about the use of dreams in gaming. We may deviate from the plan a couple of times, as is our way. CONSUMPTION JUNCTION 2:40 Angelo’s PS4 impressions; Final Fantasy XV 30:40 Final Fantasy Record Keepers; free to play games; NWP shill for Blizzard 44:50 Patrick’s love/hate/love relationship with Bloodborne; Lewis Black is awesome; boss battles are an art 58:30 The Order 1886; Axiom Verge; Valiant Hearts TOPIC: VIDEO GAME DREAMSCAPES 1:24:08 Super Mario Bros. 2 is the third best Mario Game; pizza dreams 1:30:45 The dreamy backstory of Shadow; Link’s Awakening is amazing and depressing 1:48:00 Chopin’s deathbed; Donkey Kong is tripping balls; Patrick’s comic book death rant 1:58:00 Angelo has permission to talk about Nier; Dreamfall returns; our vid

Welcome to a special April Fool’s edition of Nerds Without Pants! Sure, it’s not April 1 anymore, but we recorded this on April 1, so it counts. No, really. CONSUMPTION JUNCTION 3:22 Final Fantasy XV; Final Fantasy Record Keeper 15:00 The delay of Zelda Wii U; Majora’s Mask; what we want from the next Zelda 26:40 Bloodborne; game delays; the future of Metal Gear and Hideo Kojima 38:33 The latest mega gift from Angelo’s wife; Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 51:50 Disney’s Cinderella; pinball; Angelo’s table top gaming store pickups 1:11:57 Angelo is an Inspire Pro Wrestling fan; Julian talks about Inspire Pro Phenomenon TOPIC: Video Game April Fool’s 1:35:15 The history of the EGM April Fool’s gags 1:50:37 The huge amount of disinformation in the arcades; Krazy Mortal Kombat legends 2:30:58 The best April Fool’s gags; avoiding the internet on April 1 3:10:05 Patrick’s Poetry Corner returns 3:40:10 The purpose of being; philosophic nerds 4:01:15 T

Welcome to Nerds Without Pants, new listeners and old! We’re missing Angelo this week, but we have a huge special guest named Patrick Klepek. You’ve heard of him, maybe? He’s here to talk about interesting game mechanics that we’d like to see exploited more often, and it’s sure to be an interesting episode. Enjoy! TOPIC: THE BEST LAID PLANS We talk about bringing urban traversal into horror games, the somewhat stressful but satisfying time rewinding mechanic of Majora’s Mask, making tough decisions in video games, the trend towards more challenging titles, value proposition, and more. CONSUMPTION JUNCTION It’s a light edition of Consumption Junction since we are a man down and it had only been a week between recording. Julian and Patrick talk about the first episode of Powers (spoiler alert: Julian is not pleased). Julian has turned the corner on Rogue Legacy, and he and Patrick compare strategies and war stories. And that’s about it! It’s a shorter episod

Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants! It’s been almost a full month since the Pantsless Ones got together to record, and after the heavy topic of episode 65 they decide to keep things light. So that means two hours of meandering talk about video games, comics, blasphemy, and indie pro wrestling, among other things. Enjoy! 2:45 PS Plus Roundup: Valiant Hearts; Ollie Ollie 2; Oddworld New and Tasty 14:25 Patrick and Angelo go deep into Hearthstone talk; Angelo is a cheapskate; platforming skills 40:10 Comic book roundup: Saga; Thor; Batman Year One; Bedlam; Ready Player One 1:11:00 Angelo falls back into Magic; Code Combat; DuckTales 1:33:30 Julian’s hate/love for Rogue Legacy; Game of Thrones episode 2 1:43:40 The unadulterated awesomeness that is Inspire Pro Wrestling FEATURED MUSIC Double Dragon Neon- City Streets 2 (Neon Neon) Rogue Legacy- Trilobyte (Castle) Strawberry Alarm Clock- Incense and Peppermints DuckTales- Moon Craig Robinson- Stay  

Well hello again. It’s time for part two of Nerds Without Pants episode 65: the show so nice we named it twice. This is a continuation of our lengthy discussion with Liana Kerzer, and this entire episode is about mental health and how video games can tie into that and even help. This ends up being a very personal episode of Nerds Without Pants, and you are about to see a different side of Angelo, Patrick, and Julian. So enjoy, and we hope that this topic begins some open discussion. Keep in mind that there are spoilers for the Gears of War and God of War series throughout. TOPIC: MENTAL HEALTH AND VIDEO GAMES 6:20 The surprising emotional resonance of Gears of War; the introspective marketing of the game; working through pain internally 15:30 How Angelo’s past affected his relationships; seeking help through support groups 22:20 Patrick’s experience having ADHD; getting along having autism and aspergers 34:35 The humanization of mentally ill characters in video games 39:00 Liana coming out a

Welcome to an unintentionally bonus edition of Nerds Without Pants! Angelo hosts this episode, featuring special guest Liana Kerzer. Liana is a TV and internet personality who also writes about video games for Metaleater. The reason for Liana’s visit was to talk about mental health in relation to video games, but we had such a great time talking to her that the episode went beyond 3 hours. So we’ve decided to split the Consumption Junction and topic portions of the show into two. Please enjoy a lengthy Consumption Junction this week, and come back for our regular time next week as we discuss mental health and the healing power of video games. 4:05 A little bit about Liana; talking about her new book Wrestling With Gods: Tesseracts 18 11:45 Evolve; some of those issues with DLC 26:45 Game of Thrones beer (not really); Rogue Legacy; getting into Roguelikes 38:00 Patrick’s complicated relationship with Destiny; Fifty Shades of Grey is terrible 52:14 An update on Patrick’s Rocksmith journe

Welcome to the 64th episode of Nerds Without Pants! As you may have guessed (because Julian is a lazy dude that loves easy topics), this episode is all about the Nintendo 64. Come join the Pantsless Ones as we discuss the mouthwatering anticipation for Project Reality, some of our favorite and obscure games for the platform, and where it sits in video game history. It’s a fun and free-flowing conversation that may  be a little different than the usual retrospective type podcasts. Stay tuned after the final song for Julian's mini rant about the Royal Rumble. Enjoy! FEATURED MUSIC: Super Mario 64- Main Theme The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time- Title Screen Buck Bumble- Title Screen

Well hello there! It’s time for another excellent community-driven episode of Nerds Without Pants. What does that mean, exactly? It means a bunch of fun, random, bite-sized topics. We are joined by Casey to talk about Pokemon, Drakengard 3, a look at some of our favorite consoles, piracy, and more! CONSUMPTION JUNCTION 2:25 Wolfenstein: The New Order; Beyond Good & Evil is meh; the woes of Assassin’s Creed 14:55 The dark rabbit hole of competitive Pokemon 29:10 Patrick is part of the cool Destiny kids; Boyhood; more pinball talk; 44:15 Comic book rundown: Modern Wolverine sucks; Drifter; Invincible Volume 19 and 20; The Walking Dead 55:50 The dark rabbit hole of speed runs; Ace Combat 6; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989); Kingdom Hearts 2 COMMUNITY TOPICS 1:18:30 Drakengard 3 and Bayonetta 2 1:28:34 Nintendo had a pretty good 2014; Julian wants a Little Mac Amiibo 1:45:00 The best console to buy this year 1:57:22 The huge backlog shame of the Nerds Without Pants 2:11:35 Should certain subjec

 It’s a new year, and the nerds without pants are back with an epic, 3 hour extravaganza! Wait, come back, because you’re gonna want to listen to all of this. Not only do we have a great discussion about Christmas loot, Dragon Age, Game of Thrones, and Destiny, but we also have a very special interview with David Evans and Jamie Roboz, who worked on NWP indie favorite Rollers of the Realm. Enjoy!   CONSUMPTION JUNCTION 3:35 Angelo’s Christmas haul; Amazon shipping woes; PS2 collections; Mario 64 memories 29:10 Patrick is a rock god; Destiny finally becomes great; epic loot; PS Plus games for January 45:36 SPECIAL: An Interview With David Evans and Jamie Roboz of Phantom Compass, Developers of Rollers of the Realm; moving from triple A development to indie games; the origins of Phantom Compass; translating pinball into an RPG; dream arcade setups; voice direction and casting; Rollers of the Realm Easter eggs and super tips; Torchy’s Tacos 1:45:50 Dragon Age Inquisition is Juli

By now you have probably opened all of your presents and are wondering what else to do with your day. Since you can’t go to the theater to watch The Interview (topical!), why not kick back with some eggnog and listen to the Nerds Without Pants have an exhaustive discussion about some of our favorite music from the seventh console generation? And yes, I realize that I blundered when I brought up BioShock Infinite. We were almost 4 hours into recording, so cut me some slack! Happy Festivus! EDIT: You can thank Angelo for pushing to get this episode out early for you Christmas Eve travelers. Enjoy! FEATURED MUSIC: The Who: My Generation Super Mario Galaxy—Gusty Garden Galaxy Mass Effect 2—Suicide Mission Mass Effect—The Normandy Final Fantasy XIII—Blinded by Light Heavy Rain— Ethan Mars theme Ace Combat 6—Liberation of Gracemaria Spec Ops—The 33rd Batman: Arkham City—Wham, Gotcha! Skyrim—Streets of Whiterun Fable 2—Bowerstone Market Scott Pilgrim&

Welcome to the last regular episode of Nerds Without Pants of 2014! Since it is our last opportunity to talk about what media we’ve been consuming until January, we get together and…not really talk much about video games. Huh. Well, it’s a show, anyway.   2:23 Julian’s black Friday adventure; again with the free to play; Knights & Dragons; Clash of Clans; Angelo is an elitist gamer 17:50 Escape Plan; The Binding of Isaac; Julian questions buying discs 27:50 Injustice: Gods Among Us; Fighting games, Metal Warriors 36:00 Angelo + Rollers of the Realm devs = BFFs?; XCOM is really hard 46:00 Angelo’s Risky holiday tradition, The Neverending Story, Children observations about gaming 1:12:40 Patrick’s problem with Outlast FEATURED MUSIC: Jo Li- Everything is Awesome Will Arnette- Batman  

Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants! Casey joins us for the first time to talk a lot about Dragon Age Inquisition. Come for the video game discussion. Stay for the talk about furries and sexual puns. No time for a blow by blow recap this time folks. It's been a crazy holiday week, but we hope you enjoy lots of talk about Dragon Age Inquisition, Rollers of the Realm, Enslaved, Pokemon, Super Smash Bros. Wii U, and assorted random craziness. FEATURED MUSIC: Mel Brooks- The Inquisition Alice Cooper- No More Mister Nice Guy Stan Bush- The Touch

Well hello, there! Unfortunately it’s a two man band again this time, as Patrick was out for work reasons. Angelo and Julian hold down the fort by talking for FAR TOO LONG about mobile games, free to play philosophy, and Christmas shopping. 1:55 Julian likes his monster phone; Julian doesn’t know what Tera Battle is 1:15 Hearthstone; Spider-Man Unlimited 21:25 Dealing with free to play economy; Heroes of Dragon Age 40:43 Monster Strike; Rollers of the Realm anticipation 50:55 Christmas shopping at the Grant household; Olive Garden is fine dining for Julian 1:06:45 Julian’s epic weekend roadtrip; Julian is still a young and virile man; Angelo vs. The Tick FEATURED MUSIC: Brendan Small- Alone Brendan Small- Livin’ Like a Bug Ain’t Easy Brendan Small- Mr. Pants

Hey all! Happy Halloween Havoc part tres! No time to go into detail on this one unfortunately. I had to shotgun it to get it ready for release on the big day. Listen to us talk about not scary things that scare us as you get ready to paint the town (blood) red. Also, the honeymoon is over for Destiny and Patrick, Angelo and Julian get down with Bayonetta, and when we bring up Batman # 35 it's spoiler country, so you have been warned!

Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants! Angelo is out this week, which means Patrick and Julian talk way too long about comic books and TV. But at least we bookend it with some Destiny and Shadow of Mordor.   0:00 Intro; Patrick’s experience with Destiny’s endgame 12:00 Comics Roundup: God is Dead; Powers TV trailer; Gotham; Thor 35:19 Selling Patrick on Arrow and The Flash TV shows 41:17 The end of the New 52? 45:28 Spelunky; a little more Diablo 3 50:38 Halloween Havoc 3; The creepy lady from PT 55:10 Julian’s epic Shadow of Mordor nemesis FEATURED MUSIC: Vince DiCola- Escape “Lorde”- Push (Feeling Good on a Wednesday)

This week, on a very special Nerds Without Pants: JD joins the crew and puts Julian on the therapist’s couch to try to get to the bottom of his deep-rooted issues with multiplayer. Spoiler alert: there’s more going on here than not wanting to be called names by a 14 year old. CONSUMPTION JUNCTION 3:15 Tales of Xillia 2; annoying release schedules; Destiny; Super Smash Bros. 3DS 15:12 Hyrule Warriors; manic chickens; 25:40 Patrick’s throat disease; more Destiny; Fez 37:50 Shadow of Mordor; DuckTales Remastered 50:40 Julian’s tales of Diablo 3 triumph and tribulation 59:45 Comic roundup: Future’s End; Amazing Spider-Man; Trees TOPIC: Play With Me 1:09:00 Julian’s anxiety; everyone’s intro into multiplayer; MOAR Destiny 1:31:00 The difference between FPS and fighting game skills; that stress of competitive multiplayer 1:47:45 Meeting cool people online; early MMO memories 1:57:20 Favorite multiplayer moments FEATURED MUSIC Sammy Hagar- I Can’t Drive 55 Palette Swap

Hello there! This week we are once again joined by the talented John Gholson to talk about some games, comics, and absolutely nothing controversial at all. Except for Gamer Gate. And the ESRB. Yeah, this one is gonna be divisive… CONSUMPTION JUNCTION 2:15 John’s recent doings; Spider-Man Unlimited iOS; free-to-play games 12:02 Digital comics; the future of digital readers; John’s choice words for Patrick about Aqua Man 28:42 Patrick plays Sports Friends; Riot Fest; Patrick asks for purchasing advice for Destiny 40:20 John talks about growing up geek in East Texas 46:48 All about the dreaded #GamerGate   1:22:08 TOPIC: The ESRB 1:29:38 Is the ratings system effective; the difference in descriptors between games and movies 1:33:35 The lack of education for game ratings; finding the right compromise for young gamers 1:43:30 Some of the flaws in the ESRB 1:50:45 Remembering GTA San Andreas Hot Coffee 2:01:10 Looking into possible improvements in parental controls FEATURED MUSIC: The Pretty

We’re a couple days late, but it’s never truly too late to enjoy a new episode of Nerds Without Pants. This week, Angelo and Julian are recovering from vacation, Patrick convinces a non-gamer friend why games are cool, Disney world is awesome, and more! 2:45 Patrick’s movie binge; pouring one out for Robin Williams; Julian buys amazing art prints 19:30 Man of Steel; Patrick hates The Flash; the sad fate of Aquaman 27:45 Comic book round up; Julian wants a She-Hulk TV show; Batman Eternal 35:30 What to do when you finish a long game; Doom 3 BFG; Azure Striker GunVolt 48:45 The strange origin of Stardust 53:26 Julian is still in love with Diablo 3 1:02:25 Angelo talks about his Epic Disney Odyssey…at LENGTH FEATURED MUSIC: The Go Gos- Vacation Weird Al Yankovic- Skipper Dan Kenny Loggins- Return to Pooh Corner