Nerds Without Pants

Welcome back to a regular episode of Nerds Without Pants! That’s right, we’re here with Stage Select, Consumption Junction, AND special guest Joey, AKA Superstep. Oh, you lucky people!

No time for time stamps, so Julian sends his apologies. Next time, baby!

STAGE SELECT: What 5 items from video games would go into your bag for a quest?

CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Spider-Man, The Simpsons, Netflix Originals, SNES Classic, SO MUCH FIGHTING GAMES, The Witcher 3 (and a new segment), Valkyria Chronicles 4

 

NEXT EPISODE:

STAGE SELECT: What are your top 3 “Missing in Action” games? These need to be dormant franchises with at least one sequel, but hasn’t had a game made or announced for this generation. Check out PixlBit’s dormant feature for more details!

SUBMIT YOUR STAGE SELECT PICKS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON OCTOBER 4!

FEATURED MUSIC:

Planet Booty- Take Off Your Pants

TWRP- Rock n’ Roll Best Friends

Ninja Sex Party- First Date

Ninja Sex Party- Danny Don’t You Know

Wait, what's this? Two special episodes of Nerds Without Pants in a row? Yes, friends, it's true! Our...modified recording schedule led to some, er, confusion. Luckily, we had special guest and long time NWP commenter SuperStep on hand to pick up the slack. So buckle up for a non-spoiler, deep dive discussion about Yakuza Kiwami 2 and the Yakuza series as a whole.

Oh,you're still here? Just listen to the episode. I basically explained what we do in the first paragraph. Enjoy!

Welcome to a slapdash special edition of Nerds Without Pants! Scheduling and tech woes have kept us from recording a proper episode, but instead of leaving our wonderful audience high and dry, Julian has cobbled together this impromptu resurrection  of Digital Mystery Tour, our failed video game music podcast from...4 years ago? Sheesh. Anyway, we hope you enjoy!

FEATURED MUSIC:

Yakuza Kiwami 2: The End of the Dogma

Oxenfree: Beacon Beach

God of War: The Dragon

Octopath Traveler: Decisive Battle II

The Witcher 3: Steel for Humans

Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants, dear listeners! And welcome back Stage Select to our normal format! We thought it would be a few more episodes before we’d be able to bring it back, but phase two of the NWP 3.0 beta is in full swing. As such, it’s a lengthy Stage Select, followed by a tiny bit of Consumption Junction. Hey, baby steps.

00:00-07:40 Introduction

07:57-1:51:09 STAGE SELECT: Top 3 Gaming Pet Peeves

1:52:06-2:20:37 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: NioH, The Witcher 3

 

NEXT EPISODE:

STAGE SELECT: What five items would you put into your inventory for a long quest?

SUBMIT YOUR STAGE SELECT COMMENTS BY 8:30 CENTRAL ON AUGUST 23 TO BE ON THE SHOW!

 

FEATURED MUSIC:

Miami Nights 1984- Ocean Drive

Perturbator- Brain Damage

The Witcher 3- Steel for Humans

NioH- Main Theme

Battle Beast- Dancing With the Beast

Hey, we’re back right away, so I guess the hiatus is really over. Huzzah! On this episode of Nerds Without Pants, it’s another all Consumption Junction edition with Julian and Patrick. But tune in next time for the return of Stage Select, as well as a special guest!

We kick things off with Julian making the podcast rounds. Be sure to check out The Shaded Pixels Podcast and The Arcade Memories Podcast, and let them know NWP sent ya! That leads into another lengthy discussion about arcades, and Julian’s dream business. After that, Julian likes but not loves Octopath Traveler, Patrick has a special deal for NWP listeners interested in blockchain development, and Julian is disappointed in his Nintendo Switch. Patrick bought some stuff on the PlayStation Summer Sale, which leads to a talk about the devaluation of video games. We round things out with some comic book talk, and Julian’s trip to the Distant Worlds: Final Fantasy concert.

 

NEXT EPISODE:

THE RETURN OF STAGE SELECT! What are your top 3 biggest pet peeves in video games?

Submit your comments by 8:30 Central time on August 9th to have them read on air!

 

FEATURED MUSIC:

Octopath Traveler- Main Theme

Final Fantasy XIV- Torn From the Heavens

Final Fantasy IV- Battle With the Four Fiends

Final Fantasy XV- Apocalypsis Noctis

After a longer than intended hiatus, the Nerds Without Pants are BACK! A lot has happened since the last episode of the show two months ago. New jobs, new adventures, and the announcement of the beta phase for NWP version 3.0. Enough with the preamble; let’s get to it!

We kick things off with why we were gone, some minor E3 talk (we know it’s way late, so we don’t dwell on it), and Patrick’s favorite arcade spot. Julian finished God of War and is amazed that he liked Detroit: Become Human more. On top of that, there’s also talk of Yakuza 0, Patrick’s new endeavors, the return of Patrick’s Poetry Corner, and more!

We’re happy to be back, and we appreciate your love and patience with us during our hiatus and this upcoming transitional phase. We look forward to getting back to full power and being better than ever; just give us time! We love you all.

 

FEATURED MUSIC

Backstreet Boys- Backstreet’s Back

The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Slayers Next- No One Shall Get in My Way

Mortal Kombat theme (remix)

 

Welcome to a bittersweet episode of Nerds Without Pants! It may be one of our best episodes of the year, but we’re missing Patrick as we discuss what music the Pantsless Ones would strut out to the wrestling ring with. We also have a couple somber announcements, so this is certainly an episode you should not miss. We love you all!

00:00-09:13: Introduction

09:28-1:40:48: STAGE SELECT: Wrestling entrance music for NWP

1:41:39-2:28:16: CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Warhammer 40K Inquisitor, Abyss Odyssey, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, Castles of Burgundy, Conan: The Barbarian board game, Julian’s first cruise, God of War

2:28:54-3:00:01: PAK WATCH: Final Fight (1989)

3:00:01-3:08:39: Outro and outtakes

That rockin’ Castlevania remix we talk about is here!

 

FEATURED MUSIC

Celine Dion- My Heart Will Go On

The Lonely Island f/T Pain- I’m on a Boat

Auli’I Cravalho- How Far I’ll Go

The Lonely Island f/Michael Bolton- Jack Sparrow

Lin Manuel Miranda- Opetaia Foai (We Know the Way)

 

Welcome, True Believers! If you’re reading this when it goes live, it’s been a full week since Avengers: Infinity War came out in theaters. Plenty of time for you to have seen it by now. Or, if you’re Julian, three times! So, it’s time for a special spoilery discussion all about the movie with Friend of the Show John Gholson! Let’s jump in!

We start things off by talking about our personal rankings of the 18 MCU films that precede Infinity War. Our lists may surprise, even startle you! Then, we talk about the original Infinity Gauntlet story from 1992 and how it related to our expectations of the movie. After that, we take you to spoiler country, so you have been warned! We go deep on [REDACTED] and how it relates to [REDACTED]. And of course, that leads into a heated debate over the relation between the [REDACTED] and what it could mean to [REDACTED]. THEN we talk about how shocked we were when [REDACTED]!

We end our discussion with some predictions of where we go from here, and what we are hoping to see in the Marvel Cinematic Universe moving forward. Enjoy the show! EXCELSIOR!

The Nerds Without Pants are back with an episode full of quick time events, animated blood and gore, and tales of medical woe. We won’t be back for a little bit in our standard format, but fear not, as Julian has a special in the works to tide you lovely people over until we’re back. Enjoy!

00:00-08:48: Intro

09:03-00:53:38: STAGE SELECT- What is your video game spirit animal?

00:54:36-1:58:13: CONSUMPTION JUNCTION- Path of Exile, Warhammer 40K: Inquisition: Martyr, Hearthstone, Blizzard aesthetic, “the meta”, the end of Invincible, Ready Player One, Julian’s Nightwish emergency

1:58:50-2:35:07: PAK WATCH- God of War (2005)

2:35:22-2:38:44 Outro

NEXT EPISODE

STAGE SELECT: Pick entrance music for the hosts if they were in the WWE (preferably video game songs)

PAK WATCH: Final Fight (1989)

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS FOR STAGE SELECT AND/OR PAK WATCH BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON MAY 17!

 

FEATURED MUSIC

Nightwish- The Greatest Show on Earth

Nightwish- The Poem and the Pendulum

Nightwish- Wish I had an Angel

Nightwish- The Eyes of Sharbat Gula

Battle Beast- God of War

 

It’s another hefty episode of Nerds Without Pants this week that flirts with the 3-hour barrier. Hey, let it never be said that NWP is a poor value proposition!

00:00-04:44: Introduction

04:44-1:31:16: STAGE SELECT: Games that never got a sequel and should have

1:32:37-2:11:03: CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Patrick’s LAN party-not party, Tekken 7, Mortal Kombat X, Detective Pikachu, Marvel STRIKE Force, Fortnite, Torchlight 2 versus Borderlands 2, Mario Odyssey, Resistance (board game)

2:11:45-2:53:12: PAK WATCH: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) Check out the Digital Foundry video here!

2:53:27-2:56:56 Outro and outtakes

NEXT EPISODE

STAGE SELECT: What is your video game spirit animal?

PAK WATCH: God of War (2005)

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS FOR STAGE SELECT AND/OR PAK WATCH BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON APRIL 19

FEATURED MUSIC

Selections from the Project A-Ko original soundtrack: Morning Light, Spaceship in the Dark, Follow Your Dreams, Explosion

Metal Gear Solid 2- Theme of MGS 2