Nerds Without Pants

It’s the spoopy time of year, which means it’s time for Halloween Havoc on Nerds Without Pants! We are once again joined by show co-founder and horror writer Rob Ottone to talk about game characters and creatures that scare us. Also: Resident Evil 4 takes on Dead Space 2 in the steel cage! 00:00 - 09:26 Introduction 09:37 – 02:33:51 STAGE SELECT: Video game characters and creatures that scare us 02:34:00 – 03:31:28 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Rob’s big news, Alan Wake Remastered, Only Murders in the Building, Tales of Arise, Haunted Chocolatier 03:32:05 – 03:51:50 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Resident Evil 4 vs Dead Space 2 03:52:02 – 04:00:38 Outro NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are some of your favorite video game “buttons”? (Can be a particular in-game action or a physical hardware button) VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Serious Sam vs Turok: Evolution SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 11/5 TO BE ON THE SHOW!   Twitter: @NWPcast Email: NWPcast@gmail.com Ou

Welcome back to a very chill episode of Nerds Without Pants! As we gear up for our annual Halloween Havoc episode, we got together for an all Consumption-Junction edition of the show. Even though we didn’t cover very many games we still had plenty to talk about, but you probably could have guessed that already. There really isn’t a lot to write about in these show notes. Justin is in love with Tales of Arise and falling out of love with Lost Judgment. Julian came to an epiphany regarding something he really didn’t want to talk about. And of course we somehow end up talking about a terrible piece of shovelware longer than anything else in the episode. Enjoy? NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What video game characters or creatures scare you the most? NOTE: They don’t have to come from horror games! VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Resident Evil 4 vs Dead Space 2 SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 10/22 TO BE ON THE SHOW! Twitter: @NWPcast Email: NWPcast@gmail.com Our theme song “Relax&r

Put on your footie pajamas and pour a bowl of your favorite sugary cereal, because this week the Nerds Without Pants are turning their favorite games into imaginary Saturday morning cartoons! Don’t worry, we’ll explain what that is if you’re a young’un. Angelo joins us for this super fun show, so let’s get to it! 00:00 – 00:10:41 Introduction 00:10:51 – 02:10:08 STAGE SELECT: What games would you want to see turned into Saturday morning cartoons? 02:10:19 - 03:28:48 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Halo Master Chief Collection, toxic multiplayer people, Minecraft, game music playlists, artbooks, Lost Judgment, Lost Words, The Avengers 03:29:25 – 03:47:58 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Primal Rage vs Bloody Roar 03:48:07 – 03:53:33 Outro NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What video game characters or creatures scare you the most? NOTE: They don’t have to come from horror games! VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Resident Evil 4 vs Dead Space 2 SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 10/2

Welcome to another edition of Nerds Without Pants! Well, we asked for you guys to send us questions, and you did not disappoint. Enjoy this jam-packed deep dive into the Pantsless Ones, with some fun asides and some behind the scenes tea. 00:00 - 08:58: Introduction 09:09 – 02:43:59 STAGE SELECT: It’s an NWP AMA! 02:44:09 – 03:40:22 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Deathloop, The Artful Escape, Life is Strange: True Colors, Myst (remake) 03:41:00 – 03:57:36 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Tetris vs The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 03:57:45 – 04:02:11 Outro NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What games would you like to see turned into Saturday morning cartoons? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Primal Rage vs Bloody Roar SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 10/1 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! This week we go over what ended up being a really tricky Stage Select, spoil the hell out of Twelve Minutes (check the timestamps in the notes), and have a battle of Odysseys in a steel cage match. Enjoy! 00:00-07:20 Introduction 07:32-1:49:42 STAGE SELECT: What are some of your favorite character introductions? 1:49:53-3:08:12 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Twelve Minutes (full spoilers, skip to 2:09:34 if you really don’t want us to save you from playing a terrible game), Justin is still on his Sims bullshit, Guilty Gear Strive, Saints Row (2022), Halo, Gears of War 4, Julian’s back on his FF XIV bullshit 3:08:50-3:26:06 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Super Mario Odyssey vs Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey 3:26:15-3:34:15 Outro NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: Ask us anything! You have three questions; make ‘em good! VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Tetris vs The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 9/17 TO BE ON THE SHOW! Twitter: @NWPcast Email: NWPcas

Hey, folks! No, we haven't forgotten about this Nerds Without Pants series where we go over every PS2 North American release one by one. I just...forgot to edit it. So enjoy this, as it's the next to last episode of this series, and I know all four of you will dig it. There's also a bonus from the cutting room floor at the end. FEATURED MUSIC: Legaia 2: Duel Saga- battle theme Radiata Stories- battle theme

Welcome, to another Nerds Without Pants that, despite hardly having any listener interaction, still snuck past the three-hour mark. I don’t know, y’all. This is the reality you have created for yourselves. We won’t be held responsible. You fell in love in the first place. 00:00-08:35 Introduction 08:49-1:41:49 STAGE SELECT: We turn our favorite (?) books into video games, with…results. 1:42:00-3:09:30 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Yakuza: Like a Dragon closing thoughts, Tomb Raider (2013), Julian’s Series X, Road 96, Twelve Minutes, Hades, Tales of Arise 3:10:07-3:27:05 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Loaded vs Crusader: No Remorse 3:27:45-3:35:11 Outro NEXT EPISODE STAGE SELECT: What are some of your favorite character introductions? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Super Mario Odyssey vs Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 9/3 TO BE ON THE SHOW! Twitter: @NWPcast Email: NWPcast@gmail.com Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Max

It’s another massive episode of Nerds Without Pants. Don’t blame me, this is all Justin’s fault. No time to get pithy, here we go! 00:00-6:33 Introduction 6:44-4:04:54 STAGE SELECT: NWP Total Request Live(ish) 4:05:05-4:54:36 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: The Ascent, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Nightbook, Julian got an Evercade 4:55:14-5:13:47 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Final Fantasy VIII vs Chrono Cross 5:13:56-5:23:18 Outro and outtakes NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What book(s) would you like to see adapted into a video game? Get creative! VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Loaded vs Crusader: No Remorse SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 8/20 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.   TRACKLIST: Philistine (No More Heroes 2), Intro Theme (Starsky and Hutch: The Video Game), The Runaround Pt II & III (Final Fantasy

Welcome to a very special Nerds Without Pants! After two years of Julian CONSTANTLY singing the praises of the No One Can Know About This podcast we are joined by the hosts of that very show: Jeff and Ryan! It’s a short but sweet visit with these awesome dudes, and then Julian and Justin talk about a bunch of fun stuff after the break. Enjoy! In the opening hour, we find out what Jeff and Ryan get up to when they aren’t spending copious amounts of time playing and talking about Final Fantasy games. Then Justin has some Burning Questions, and we close out things with our guests by talking about the creative process of NOCKAT, which we hope is as fascinating to listeners as it is to a couple guys who get really nerdy about podcast producing. After the break, we have a bunch of stuff, including Last Stop, Julian can’t go back, podcast ads, Justin really can’t stop playing Animal Doctor, some closing thoughts on Mass Effect, a check in on Julian’s monthly Persona 5 Royal playthrough,

On this episode of Nerds Without Pants it’s all about family, for reasons. Turns out there are some really interesting examples of family dynamics in video games, so this is a pretty good episode I think. Tell the people you love that you love them. 00:00-04:46 Introduction 5:00-1:48:48 STAGE SELECT: Video Game Families 1:50:12-3:12:59 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: More Sims 4 mods, DokiDoki Literature Club, Mass Effect 3’s DLC 3:13:36-3:29:04 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Quest 64 vs Castlevania 64 NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: Listener Total Request Live! Give us any two video game songs you want us to play. No licensed tracks! VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Final Fantasy VIII vs Chrono Cross SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 7/23 TO BE ON THE SHOW! FEATURED MUSIC: Theme from The Golden Girls Theme from Who’s The Boss? Theme from Perfect Strangers Theme from The Nanny

After over a month of not recording, the Nerds Without Pants are back with a new episode! Unfortunately, this episode was cursed, and there are a lot of technical issues that we tried our best to fix in post. Also, this one goes off the rails and stays that way the entire time thanks to Friend Of The Show and Podcast Saboteur Mike Fallek. Strap in, because...dang. There's a lot of stuff in here, and at this point it's all a blur. We kick things off talking about This is Video Games. Once we've scared off 80% of the audience with hardcore porn talk we get into E3 discussion, the longest talk of the Intellivision Amico that has ever been done, and also some games. How does that fill over four hours? Even I don't know. It's a secret to everybody. No one is going to listen to all of this. Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.

Hey hey! It's weird typing this a month before this episode drops, but here we are. Nerds Without Pants continues its deep dive into the PlayStation 2. I'll be honest, I don't remember what ground we cover here, but I know we hit Final Fantasy, so that's cool. Does anyone enjoy these, really? I guess we'll find out.  

Welcome to a special edition of Nerds Without Pants! The guys are having to take a break from regular recordings, so we got together a few months ago to do another of these silly list things, because you all seemed to like it the first time around. This time, it's the PlayStation 2! Join us for a walk down memory lane.  You can play along with the list by clicking this link: https://www.listchallenges.com/all-north-american-release-playstation-2-games

Welcome to another episode of Nerds Without Pants! Wait, that sounds like a hackey YouTube intro. Hey, welcome back here with another video! Like, what else would it be? It’s a video platform, you don’t need to point out it’s a video. Also, take it down like, 8 notches. You’re talking about video games, not the second coming. Anyway, it doesn’t matter what I put here because no one reads the show notes. VIDEO GAMES! 00:00-27:20 Introduction, the end of Giant Bomb as we know it 27:35-1:27:48 STAGE SELECT: Best video game taunts, quips, and burns 1:29:00-2:47:26 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Nier Replicant, Resident Evil VII, Resident Evil Village, Persona 5 Royal, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition 2:48:03-3:06:54 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Sonic Adventure 2 vs Mario Golf Toadstool Tour 3:06:54-3:16:06 Outro and outtakes Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.

It's the 200th episode of Nerds Without Pants! We're asking for your help with donating to a special cause: Special Effect. They help get video games into the hands of kids with disabilities, and we'd love to break past the $500 mark. There will be some prizes to the top contributers, so please listen to the details in the show and give generously if you are able and so inclined. Man, this episode is going to be the make it or break it one. Y'all are either going to love this, or this is the last episode of NWP you'll ever listen to. Because in a four hour podcast we don't even touch video game discussion until, like, almost three hours in. But we have some amazing voice mails from you lovely listeners, so it's not all bad, right? Hoo, boy.  NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are your favorite taunts, burns, or quips in video games? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Sonic Adventure 2 vs Mario Golf Toadstool Tour Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Groo

As Nerds Without Pants stands on the precipice of its 200th episode, Justin and Julian get together to rank their top five games of all time. We both branched out to play some games we probably never would have before, and we witness one of the most contentious cage matches in the history of the NWPWF! 00:00-08:55 Introduction 09:08-2:34:33 STAGE SELECT: Our Top 5 Games OF ALL TIME 2:34:43-3:26:49 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Justin’s PS5 journey, Astro’s Playroom, Demon’s Souls, Disco Elysium, Summertime Saga 3:27:26-3:51:41 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Chex Quest vs Quest 64 NEXT EPISODE: It’s episode 200! Don’t forget that we want some lovely audio messages from you guys. You can email them to NWPcast@gmail.com by 8:30 Central on 4/30 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! This week, we explore our favorite "game over" screens in video games. Justin has joined the next generation, Julian loses himself inside his head because of Disco Elysium, and it's a battle of mediocre sequels in Video Game Cage Match! NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are your top 3 games OF ALL TIME? No runners up, no honorable mentions. Favorte games, 3-1. VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Quest 64 vs Chex Quest SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 4/16 TO BE ON THE SHOW! Also, submit audio greetings to NWP by 8:30 Central on 4/30 to NWPcast@gmail.com.  Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.

Hey, there. It's another episode of Nerds Without Pants. I'd go into the whole spiel and show notes and what-not, but to be honest does it matter? it's a long podcast. We talk about video games. And milk, for some reason. NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are your favorite "game over" screens? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Devil May Cry 2 vs Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 4/2/21 TO BE ON THE SHOW! We are also looking for audio greetings to splice into episode 200, so you can email those to NWPcast@gmail.com if you like.  Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.

Nerds Without Pants is back with a mostly tranquil episode about snowy video game locations. Then Julian goes off on some personal strife, so check the time stamps below if you don’t want to hear 30 minutes of whining. We close things out with a battle between two light gun arcade games that feature bad digitized graphics! 00:00-02:30 Introduction 02:45-1:18:59 STAGE SELECT: Our favorite snowy places in video games 1:19:09-1:50:30 Julian’s pity party (skip to Consumption Junction if you just want to hear about video games) 1:51:04-2:26:25 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Persona 5 Strikers, Danganronpa 2 and 3, Project Triangle Strategy 2:27:01-2:57:27 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Area 51 vs Revolution X NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are your top 3 RPG party members? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Super Mario Bros. vs Tetris SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 3/19 TO BE ON THE SHOW! We are also looking for audio greetings to splice into episode 200, so you can email those to NWPcast@gmail.com if you like.  Ou

We’re still getting things off the ground for 2021 here at Nerds Without Pants, so this is an all Consumption Junction episode of the show. Mike Fallek joins us for a show that goes off the rails almost immediately and never recovers. So if that sounds like your bag, here we go! I don’t even know where to start. There’s some Cyberpunk 2077 talk, Mike is thinking about getting a current gen system for the first time in…ever. We get deep into Hitman 3, and delve into Justin’s addiction to bad video games. We close things out with a very spoilery discussion about 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. It’s the last thing in the show, so if you don’t want spoilers YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are some of your favorite snowy/wintery places in video games? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Area 51 vs Revolution X SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 2/26 TO BE ON THE SHOW!