Nerds Without Pants

Somehow, Nerds Without Pants has been podcasting pantsless for 8 years straight! Angelo joins us for a celebration, lots of reminiscing about console launches, and a good amount of video game talk. This is one of our most fun episodes so far this year, so don’t miss it! 00:00-06:54 Introduction 07:09-2:06:13 STAGE SELECT: Our Top 3 console launch games 2:06:53-3:10:27 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: The Messenger, Phantasy Star Online 2, Total War: Warhammer, Civilization VI, Gloomwood, Batman: Arkham Asylum Remastered, The Last of Us Part 2 (gameplay discussion, no story spoilers), Justin actually playing Skyrim for once, Halo: Combat Evolved 3:11:02-3:38:06 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic vs Tales of Vesperia 3:38:06-3:46:26 Outro and outtakes NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are some of your favorite video game related gift stories? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Donkey Kong Country 2 vs Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 7/24 TO BE ON THE SHOW! Our theme

And lo, the final seal was broken, and Nerds Without Pants exceeded their previous limits and stepped into the world of four-hour podcasts. Yep, strap in, because this is a beefy boy podcast. We’re joined once again by Mike Fallek of the Hackthought Podcast to talk about our favorite things from gaming’s yesteryears, along with a whole lot more. Hey, it’ll get you through half the workday, so that’s pretty cool, right? 00:00-07:23 Introduction 08:07-3:26:30 STAGE SELECT: What are your favorite things from the “good ‘ol days” of gaming? 2:51:20-3:26:30 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Saints Row the Third Remastered, Skyrim: Special Edition (guess who played that?), Slay the Spire, Grift Lands, Night Call 3:27:06-4:02:24 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Silent Hill Homecoming vs Silent Hill: Downpour NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are your three favorite console launch games? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic vs Tales of Vesperia SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 C

On this edition of Nerds Without Pants we pretend to be pious by talking about our favorite video game religions. Also, we get down with the PS5 reveal, and things get heated with one of the most contentious Video Game Cage Matches so far! This one is a doozy! 00:00-4:40 Introduction 4:53-1:44:22 STAGE SELECT: What are your favorite video game religions? 1:44:29-3:08:19 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Final Fantasy IX, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, Pillars of Eternity and the plight of CRPGs in modern day, Monster Train, THAT PS5 THOUGH 3:08:55-3:31:29 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Super Mario Bros. 3 vs Super Mario World 3:31:29-3:35:06 Outro and outtakes NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are some of your favorite things lost from the “good ol’ days” of gaming? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Silent Hill: Homecoming vs Silent Hill: Downpour in a battle of the Western developed sequels! SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 6/26 TO BE ON THE SHOW! Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks &ldqu

The world is on fire and it’s getting harder to carry on, but Nerds Without Pants is here to hopefully inject a little levity into your day. It’s not much, but it’s all we can do. 00:00-06:38 Introduction 6:53-1:33:41 STAGE SELECT: Let’s make some fun video game spinoffs! 1:33:47-2:33:27 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Ganbare Super Strikers, Super Mega Baseball 3, If Found, You and Me and Her: A Love Story, Final Fantasy IX, Saints Row The Third: Remastered 2:34:03-2:50:41 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Journey to Silius vs Crystalis 2:50:42-3:00:26 Outro NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are your favorite video game religions? Or cults. Cults work, too. VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Super Mario Bros. 3 vs Super Mario World in a battle for plumbing supremacy! SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 6/12 TO BE ON THE SHOW Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.

Welcome to another all-Consumption Junction edition of Nerds Without Pants, which means that Justin has once again punished himself by playing a terrible game for your pleasure. But before that we are joined by former cohost Angelo for a quarantine catch up. And so very many games.   We’re really all over the place this episode, and we cover a ton of games, including Doom: Eternal, Red Dead Redemption 2, Streets of Rage 4, a little more on Final Fantasy VII Remake (sorry), Candlebox facts, X-COM: Chimera Squad, some TV talk, the return of Angelo’s Board Game Corner, and more!   NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: You are creating a spin off to a popular video game series.  What is it, and what kind of game is it? GET CREATIVE! VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Journey to Silius vs Crystalis: who wins? You decide! SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON MAY 29 TO BE ON THE SHOW!   Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” w

Are you feeling more stressed than normal? Anxious? Are the walls closing in on you? We feel that, too, so this episode of Nerds Without Pants is designed to throw those feelings right out the window. Yep, it’s another musical edition of Stage Select, but this time we go through video game songs that make us happy. It’s an eclectic mix, so let’s just dive right in! Oh, also Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game takes on The Simpsons: The Arcade Game in Video Game Cage Match.   Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” written and performed by Megan McDuffee. And now you can download our theme song as a full single here: https://meganmcduffee.bandcamp.com/track/relax

Well, here we go: it’s the Nerds Without Pants spoilercast for Final Fantasy VII Remake. Justin and Julian don’t agree with the majority of reviewers when it comes to this game, but hopefully you will enjoy this different take on one of the biggest games of the year. Keep in mind that, in order for us to talk about what rubbed us wrong about Remake we also need to spoil the original Final Fantasy VII. So if you were thinking of going back and playing that after playing this, you may want to wait before diving into this episode. With that said, enjoy this very raw, very unedited special edition of NWP!  

Welcome to what’s sure to be one of the most divisive episodes of Nerds Without Pants since, like, The Last of Us came out. We’re here to talk to you about some of our greatest video game regrets, which ends up being a very healing and cathartic Stage Select topic. Then, Julian and Justin are against the world when it comes to Final Fantasy VII Remake, and in Video Game Cage Match we have Horizon: Zero Dawn taking on X-Com: Enemy Unknown. Let’s goooo! 00:00-03:25 Introduction 03:40-1:55:57 STAGE SELECT: Our greatest gaming regrets 1:56:37-2:52:18 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Um, pretty much just Final Fantasy VII Remake, so strap in. 2:52:54-3:15:20 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Horizon: Zero Dawn vs X-Com: Enemy Unknown   NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: Give us 2 video game songs that make you HAPPY! (You can list more, but we’re only playing 2 per person) VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: The Simpsons: The Arcade Game vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game (original arcade releases) SUBMIT YOUR CO

Ok, I won’t lie; I’ve been editing this episode for almost an entire week, and I just don’t have the mental bandwidth left to write a pithy, entertaining show post. Y’all don’t read this stuff anyway, amirite? Yeah, so here we go.   We talk about video games, namely, games that we have never played, but we love anyway. It’s a really fun Stage Select section, but I don’t have time to give you the time stamps. It’s about a two-hour segment, if you’re one of those people who skip segments. In Consumption Junction, we don’t really have anything to talk about, but we still manage to go on for almost an hour? I don’t know how that happened? Finally, Galaga takes on Centipede in Video Game Cage Match NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are some of your greatest gaming regrets? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Horizon: Zero Dawn vs X-Com: Enemy Unknown. Who wins? You decide! SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 4/17 TO BE ON THE SHOW!   Our theme song

Well, with the world shut in and working from home (if you have to still go out to go to work, we salute you), maybe people will have more time to listen to podcasts. If so you’re in luck, because we have a MASSIVE episode of Nerds Without Pants lined up for you, including the triumphant return of Video Game Cage Match! 00:00-08:33 Intro 08:54-2:06:40 STAGE SELECT: We make the next WWE video game (sort of) 2:06:47-3:12:24 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Max Gentleman: Sexy Business (yes, you read that right), Yes, Your Grace, Nioh 2, Rune Factory 4, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Diablo 3 season 20, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Doom 64 HD, Doom: Eternal 3:13:03-3:38:13 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Doom: Eternal vs Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3:38:40-3:43:10 Outro and outtakes NEXT EPISODE STAGE SELECT: What are 3 games you love, but have never played? VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Centipede vs Galaga SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON APRIL 3 TO BE ON THE SHOW! Our theme song, “Relax”, and interstitial t

In a very rare moment for Nerds Without Pants, we’re coming at you with some breaking news! Well, we didn’t break it, but we’re gonna talk about it, because we wanted to! Well, Julian wanted to; Justin is just along for the ride. Aaaanways, E3 2020 is cancelled due to everyone pulling ou…er, I mean, because of the Covid-19 virus. Yep, that’s the reason. And nothing else. So we talk about it! For…about 30 minutes of this meandering hour long special. Enjoy! Our theme song, “Relax” written, composed, and performed by Megan McDuffee.

Hey, folks! Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants. This week, we get all corporate on your asses as we talk about our favorite (?) businesses in video games. We’ve also got a game to give away this week, and lots of fun stuff to talk about in Consumption Junction, so strap in for a fun ride! 00:00-05:30 Intro, Great Game Giveaway winner announced 05:44-1:28:20 STAGE SELECT: Top 3 Video Game Businesses/Corporations 1:28:42-2:41:46 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Julian’s second 10th birthday, introducing a newbie to video games, Diablo 3, Julian’s first tattoo, the Final Fantasy VII Remake demo, Gran Blue Fantasy Versus, Stardew Valley NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: Describe the wrestling game of your dreams. If you hate wrestling, tell us what would get you interested in playing a wrestling game for the first time. VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Doom: Eternal vs Animal Crossing: New Horizons SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON MARCH 20 TO BE ON THE SHOW! Our theme song, “Relax”, and interstitial tr

Welcome to an awesome new episode of Nerds Without Pants! It’s our first Stage Select of 2020, and we have an awesome announcement at the top of the show. It’s a long one, but that’s only because you lovely listeners had such fun comments for this episode. Let’s get to it! 00:00-04:53 Intro 05:05-2:29:22 STAGE SELECT: Top 3 Games of the Decade 2:29:29-3:20:15 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Yakuza Remastered Collection, Saints Row IV, an embarrassing amount of The Witcher 3, hella anime   NEXT EPISODE: STAGE SELECT: What are your top 3 in-game corporations? SUBMIT YOUR STAGE SELECT COMMENTS AND GREAT GAME GIVEAWAY ENTRIES BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON MARCH 6 TO BE ON THE SHOW!   Our theme song, “Relax”, and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” written, composed, and performed by Megan McDuffee.

 Nerds Without Pants is back again, but we’re still getting back into the swing of things. Since we were on a six week hiatus it’s time to catch up on a ton of games that we’ve played since the last time we recorded before break. That’s right, folks, it’s time for an all Consumption Junction edition of NWP! But be sure to get the Stage Select topic and the announcement of the first Great Game Giveaway of 2020 at the top of the show. Man, we talk about a lot of games this episode! From Frost Punk to Coffee Talk, Afterparty to Devil May Cry V, there’s probably something for everyone to love in this show. Friendly note to listeners: we end the show with a nearly hour-long spoiler discussion on Horizon: Zero Dawn, so if you’re planning on playing that game maybe save that part of the show for later. Oh, and Julian forgot to throw the Secret Code Phrase in during the episode, so it shows up in the outro (hint: around the 3 hour mark), just in case you are skipping the

Welcome to the first episode of Nerds Without Pants recorded in 2020! That’s right, we’re back from hiatus and we have a ton of things to say about our favorite games that we played in 2019. There are some obvious games, some shockers, and some games that definitely didn’t come out last year. So, pretty par for the NWP course, eh? I won’t lie, this is a beefy episode, even by our standards, but it’s a fun discussion, with some deep dives on a few games that we’d been dying to talk about. We’re also joined by an old friend partway into the episode, and there’s even time for an impromptu 2019 Video Game Cage Match exhibition, as Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice takes on Fire Emblem: Three Houses. We’re back, baby! FEATURED MUSIC: Control -Take Control Hypnospace Outlaw- Granny Cream’s Hot Butter Ice Cream Nier Automata- City Ruins Final Fantasy VII- Underneath the Rotting Pizza Life is Strange 2- A long Road Ahead Barry Manilow- Made it Through the Rain &nbs

 Welcome, welcome, welcome, to the annual Nerds Without Pants music special! We’re coming back from hiatus very soon, but before that we have an AMAZING guest to talk about some of our favorite video game music with: none other than Megan McDuffee, the composer and singer of the River City Girls soundtrack! Be sure to find Megan at pretty much every social media outlet you can think of and tell her how awesome she was on this episode, and be sure to grab a copy of her new EP, Barely Covered: https://meganmcduffee.bandcamp.com/   THE TRACK LIST Into the Unknown from Subnautica - Simon Chylinski  Daredevil from Ace Combat 7- Keiki Kobayashi Mules from Death Stranding – Ludwig Fossell Dawn from Skyrim – Jeremy Soule Ready to Shave from Hypnospace Outlaw – Hot Dad (featuring Dave Pino) Inception from Valfaris - Curt Vicor Bryant Maze Forest from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, and Hajime Wakai God Shattering Star from Fire Emblem: Thr

Welcome to a special Nerds Without Pants…thing? Ok, I’ll be honest. This is being written by Julian, but I have no earthly idea what you’re in store for here. Justin played another bad game, I think? And he narrated it? This is the first episode of NWP that I’m not involved with, and it feels…really wrong, actually. Anyway, let’s all enjoy this together, shall we? Or possibly suffer together? With Justin’s taste in visual novels this could go either way, to be perfectly honest. So, strap in, and let’s go on a journey!

It’s the final Nerds Without Pants of the year, and that means it’s time to take a look back at 2019, a look back at the 8th generation, and a look forward to the 9th generation. It’s a short episode that quickly balloons into a normal sized episode for…reasons! We have a bunch of fun talking points for this episode, including Anthem, working conditions in game development, the ascension of crossplay, that Blizzard/China debacle, our scary digital future, Google Stadia, and the future of E3. Then we close things out with our hopes for next gen and our most anticipated games of 2020. Oh, there’s also some more stuff after the show “ends”, so stay tuned! We love you all. Have a safe holiday season, and we’ll see you in 2020! FEATURED MUSIC: Motorhead- The Game Frozen Crown- Neverending Kino- Gruppa Krovi Battle Beast- The Golden Horde Ranetki Girls- O Tebe

Welcome, friends, to the next episode of Nerds Without Pants that was actually recorded before the PREVIOUS episode of Nerds Without Pants! Come join us on a time travelling romp with Mike Fallek. We have no topic, no agenda, so that means this is pure, unfiltered Fallek. Um, strap in. Included in this episode: The flying car, Mike’s journey with retro games, the heyday of video game magazines, the early days of the internet, Warhammer: Space Marine, story in video games, Star Wars, Julian betting on the next generation, Batman: White Knight (spoilers), Dante’s Inferno, pachinko for some reason, a whole lot about a small amount of Death Stranding, Justin’s bad game corner, and much, MUCH more! FEATURED MUSIC CHVRCHES- Death Stranding Low Roar- Don’t Be So Serious Major Lazer and Khalid- Trigger Silent Poets- Asylums for the Feeling Eminem- Stan  

It’s the last standard episode of Nerds Without Pants for 2019, and boy do we have a hum dinger for you? Wait, “hum dinger”? Why am I typing like a kid growing up in 1947? Gee, willikers, this show sure is swell! Golly, it’s just the bee’s knees! Yeah, ok boomer. 00:00-7:08 Introduction 7:31-1:56:38 STAGE SELECT: Games you love that most people hate 1:57:31-2:58:53 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: What Angelo did to his hand, the return of Angelo’s board game corner, Ring Fit Adventure, Red Dead Redemption 2, The Outer Worlds, Horrified, Death Stranding 2:59:30-3:20:17 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Silent Hill 3 vs Fatal Frame 2 3:20:17-3:24:25 Outro and outtakes NEXT EPISODE: BE SURE TO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN FOR THE LAST GREAT GAME GIVEAWAY OF THE YEAR BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 11/26! We’re picking two winners, and EVERYONE is eligible, even if you won a contest in the past 3 months!  FEATURED MUSIC: Valfaris- Torture March Haddaway- What is Love Mass Effect Andromeda- A Better Beginning