Nerds Without Pants

Welcome to Nerds Without Pants, a podcast where we start talking about video games we love, and then go super dark as we face some very uncomfortable truths about ourselves. Thankfully we have Friend of the Show John Gholson on board to keep things from descending into the true depths. This is a very raw episode, but a great listen, as well.

00:00-7:35 Introduction

7:48-1:30:48 STAGE SELECT: What video game characters do you relate to the most?

1:30:54-2:49:14 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Fallout 76, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, moral choice in games, Greedfall, Strange Brigade, John’s horror movie recs, Persona 5, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

2:49:51-3:16:44 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Fallout 4 vs The Outer Worlds

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STAGE SELECT: What are your favorite “haunted houses” in video games?

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Left 4 Dead vs State of Decay 2

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON OCTOBER 16 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 Nerds Without Pants! Well, we asked for epic video game music, and y’all did NOT disappoint. Let’s get right to it!

00:00-02:13 Introduction

02:29-3:03:40 STAGE SELECT: We listen to video game music that is MOST EPIC

3:03:40-4:07:07 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: FINAL FANTASY XVI, MAN! PS5 preordering adventures, real talk, Persona 5, Justin’s Tony Hawk skate park levels, Tell Me Why, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning         

4:07:43-4:27:08 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: The Avengers vs Cyberpunk 2077                  

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STAGE SELECT: What are the video game characters you most identify with?

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Fallout 4 vs The Outer Worlds

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON OCTOBER 2 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.

TRACK LIST:

BlazBlue Central Fiction- Bloodline

Suikoden II- Opening

Halo 2 Anniversary- Follow in Flight

Metal Gear Solid 3- Main Theme

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers- The Puppet’s Bunker Final Boss

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood- Triumph

Octopath Traveler- Galdera Boss (full version)

Final Fantasy VII- Those Who Fight Further

Metal Gear Solid 2- Yell Dead Cell

Super Metroid- Theme of Samus Aran, Galactic Warrior

Final Fantasy XII- Fight to the Death

Halo 3- Finish the Fight

Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness- Mirror B Theme

Deus EX- Theme Song (orchestral version)

Gimmick!- Strange Memories of Death

Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition- You Will Know Our Names

Lords of Thunder- Dezant stage music

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim- Song of the Dragonborn

Borderlands- Ain’t No Rest For the Wicked

F-Zero- Big Blue

Final Fantasy IX- Final Battle

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker- Molgera

Ace Combat 4- Megalith (Agnus Dei)

Mega Man X- Spark Mandrill (Stone McKnuckle remix)

Final Fantasy VI-Dancing Mad (GaMetal remix)

 

 

Hey, it’s another episode of Nerds Without Pants! It’s a pretty good one, I think. This post is lackluster at best because I got two hours of sleep last night, which is not even long enough to sleep through this episode. That makes sense, right? Cool.

00:00-05:30 Introduction

05:47-1:38:34 STAGE SELECT: We invent wacky video game mods!

1:38:40-2:28:35 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Cross Code, AO Tennis 2, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, Spiritfarer, Kentucky Route Zero, Bill and Ted Face the Music

2:29:11-2:51:21 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Mr. Do! vs Dig-Dug

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STAGE SELECT: Give us the two most epic pieces of video game music you can think of!

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Cyberpunk 2077 vs The Avengers

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 9/18 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 back to a very different episode of Nerds Without Pants! Why different? Because this time we’re turning the camera onto our lovely listeners to learn how they have been coping during the Backstreet Boys Reunion Tour. We also get a lot of game talk in before having a Star Wars mirror match in the cage.

00:00-3:22 Introduction

3:35-1:43:27 STAGE SELECT: What games are you playing in these Challenging Times?

1:43:33-2:49:31 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Thronebreaker, UFC 4, Crosscode, Resident Evil 3 Remake, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Xeno Crisis, Kentucky Route Zero

2:50:08-3:07:43 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2005) vs Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017)

3:07:43-3:15:22 Outro and outtakes

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STAGE SELECT: Give us your coolest and wackiest dream mods for your favorite games!

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Mr. Do! vs Dig-Dug

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 9/4 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.

Nerds Without Pants is back with part three of this weird PlayStation list thingy that we did. At this point it’s starting to feel like a mistake, but people seem to enjoy it, so who are we to judge? We are our harshest critics, after all. There’s still a couple more hours left of this crap, so…yay?

FEATURED MUSIC:

Fantastic Four- Fruity Pooty

Final Fantasy Tactics- Character Introduction

Welcome to an episode of Nerds Without Pants that comes in at an actual respectable hour count! It’s a lean and mean episode as Julian and Justin use science to determine the most generic video game characters, while Breath of the Wild takes on The Witcher 3 in an epic Video Game Cage Match!

00:00-03:34 Introduction

3:48-1:08:55 STAGE SELECT: The most generic video game characters ever, as supported by science

1:09:00-1:58:02 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Skyrim, Monster Train, Let’s Listen, Othercide, Ghost of Tsushima closing thoughts, The Eiyuden Chronicles Kickstarter campaign, Carrion, Resident Evil 3 remake

1:58:38-2:12:42 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild vs The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

2:12:42-2:20:05 Outro and outtakes

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STAGE SELECT: What games or geeky things are you using to help you through the pandemic? THIS ONE IS ALL ABOUT YOU, LISTENERS.

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005) vs Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2017)

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON AUGUST 21 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 part two of this dumb PlayStation list…thing that we did! This is only the second hour, so we’re still pretty fresh, but rest assured, we slowly descend into exhaustion and madness as the night wears on.

Oh, now that the cat is out of the bag for this special, you can play along with the list that we used:

https://www.listchallenges.com/all-north-american-release-playstation-games

 

FEATURED MUSIC:

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night- Prologue

Chrono Cross- Time’s Scar

This episode of Nerds Without Pants is coming in late, and I don’t have the energy to do a clever show post or time stamps. I’m sorry; I’ll do better next time. In this episode we talk about some of our favorite memories of game related gifts. We go heavy on Ghost of Tsushima, and we squash the PixlBit beef over Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze.

My mom had great taste in music.

 

 

 

NEXT EPISODE:

STAGE SELECT: What are your favorite (or least favorite?) generic video game characters?

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild vs The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON 8/7 TO BE ON THE SHOW!

 

FEATURED MUSIC:

The Seekers- Georgy Girl

Doris Day- Que Sera, Sera

The Crystals- He’s a Rebel

Gary Lewis & The Playboys- Everybody Loves a Clown

The Royal Guardsmen- Snoopy vs The Red Baron

The Last of Us Part II has become one of the most divisive games of this console generation, so much so that we weren’t quite sure if we should do a full spoiler-cast, a quickie discussion during a Consumption Junction segment, or just skip it entirely. But it turns out that we have a lot to say about this game, so come join us to hear from the perspective of someone who played the entire game, and someone who watched a playthrough as we spoil the crap out of this game.

No, really, if you are thinking of playing this game and want to stay in the dark, skip this episode and come back to it.

Unless you don’t care about spoilers. I’m not going to tell you how to live. I don’t know your life and your struggles.

Hey, so Justin and I did a thing. It's a thing that took us almost 5 hours to record, and we don't know if it's even entertaining. So I'm releasing the first hour. I'm not telling you what it is, because finding out is part of the fun, maybe? Anyway, if you guys like this let us know, and we'll release the rest in a couple more pieces. But if this is totally boring we understand!

FEATURED MUSIC:

Apocalypse- Prison

Black Bass With Blue Marlin- Intro