Nerds Without Pants

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 Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.

 

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 [email protected] 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 [email protected]. 

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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] if you like.

 Our theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.

FEATURED SONG: "Army" by Boy

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!