Nerds Without Pants

 It’s a new year, and the nerds without pants are back with an epic, 3 hour extravaganza! Wait, come back, because you’re gonna want to listen to all of this. Not only do we have a great discussion about Christmas loot, Dragon Age, Game of Thrones, and Destiny, but we also have a very special interview with David Evans and Jamie Roboz, who worked on NWP indie favorite Rollers of the Realm. Enjoy!

 

CONSUMPTION JUNCTION

3:35 Angelo’s Christmas haul; Amazon shipping woes; PS2 collections; Mario 64 memories

29:10 Patrick is a rock god; Destiny finally becomes great; epic loot; PS Plus games for January

45:36 SPECIAL: An Interview With David Evans and Jamie Roboz of Phantom Compass, Developers of Rollers of the Realm; moving from triple A development to indie games; the origins of Phantom Compass; translating pinball into an RPG; dream arcade setups; voice direction and casting; Rollers of the Realm Easter eggs and super tips; Torchy’s Tacos

1:45:50 Dragon Age Inquisition is Julian’s biggest letdown of 2014; Julian’s thesis for why current open world games are overdone

2:01:20 Game of Thrones: the video game and the TV show; Julian’s amended freebee five list; the problem with Telltale games

2:15:00 Comic book roundup: Sex Criminals; Batman issue 37 (spoilers from 2:18:40-2:27:24); Mono; Cap Stone; Rumble

2:39:20 Julian’s humbling 100 Match Melee with JD on Street Fighter IV; looking forward to Street Fighter V

FEATURED MUSIC

Starbomb- Smash!

The Wonderful 101- Victory

Mark Hamill- Only You

Exile- Indestructible

 

By now you have probably opened all of your presents and are wondering what else to do with your day. Since you can’t go to the theater to watch The Interview (topical!), why not kick back with some eggnog and listen to the Nerds Without Pants have an exhaustive discussion about some of our favorite music from the seventh console generation? And yes, I realize that I blundered when I brought up BioShock Infinite. We were almost 4 hours into recording, so cut me some slack! Happy Festivus! EDIT: You can thank Angelo for pushing to get this episode out early for you Christmas Eve travelers. Enjoy!

FEATURED MUSIC:

The Who: My Generation

Super Mario Galaxy—Gusty Garden Galaxy

Mass Effect 2—Suicide Mission

Mass Effect—The Normandy

Final Fantasy XIII—Blinded by Light

Heavy Rain— Ethan Mars theme

Ace Combat 6—Liberation of Gracemaria

Spec Ops—The 33rd

Batman: Arkham City—Wham, Gotcha!

Skyrim—Streets of Whiterun

Fable 2—Bowerstone Market

Scott Pilgrim—Another Winter

Double Dragon Neon –Final Palace

Shatter—Neon Mines

Emil Chronicle Online—Under the Pressure

Little Big Planet 2—Batteroo

Diablo 3—New Tristram

Shadow Warrior—Risen From the Ashes

Corpse Party—Chapter 5 Main Theme

Portal—Still Alive

Metal Gear Rising—It Has to Be This Way

Nier—Song of the Ancients

Alan Wake—The Poet and the Muse

FIFA ’14—Hit It (American Authors)

BioShock Infinite—God only Knows (Barbershop Quartet)

Fallout 3—I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire (The Ink Spots)

Gran Turismo 5—Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor (Ludwig van Beethoven)

Saints Row 3—What I Got (female voice 2)

Cave Story—On to Grass Town

Red Dead Redemption—Far Away (Jose Gonzales)

 

 

 

Welcome to the last regular episode of Nerds Without Pants of 2014! Since it is our last opportunity to talk about what media we’ve been consuming until January, we get together and…not really talk much about video games. Huh. Well, it’s a show, anyway.

 

2:23 Julian’s black Friday adventure; again with the free to play; Knights & Dragons; Clash of Clans; Angelo is an elitist gamer

17:50 Escape Plan; The Binding of Isaac; Julian questions buying discs

27:50 Injustice: Gods Among Us; Fighting games, Metal Warriors

36:00 Angelo + Rollers of the Realm devs = BFFs?; XCOM is really hard

46:00 Angelo’s Risky holiday tradition, The Neverending Story, Children observations about gaming

1:12:40 Patrick’s problem with Outlast

FEATURED MUSIC:

Jo Li- Everything is Awesome

Will Arnette- Batman

 

Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants! Casey joins us for the first time to talk a lot about Dragon Age Inquisition. Come for the video game discussion. Stay for the talk about furries and sexual puns.

No time for a blow by blow recap this time folks. It's been a crazy holiday week, but we hope you enjoy lots of talk about Dragon Age Inquisition, Rollers of the Realm, Enslaved, Pokemon, Super Smash Bros. Wii U, and assorted random craziness.

FEATURED MUSIC:

Mel Brooks- The Inquisition

Alice Cooper- No More Mister Nice Guy

Stan Bush- The Touch

Well hello, there! Unfortunately it’s a two man band again this time, as Patrick was out for work reasons. Angelo and Julian hold down the fort by talking for FAR TOO LONG about mobile games, free to play philosophy, and Christmas shopping.

1:55 Julian likes his monster phone; Julian doesn’t know what Tera Battle is

1:15 Hearthstone; Spider-Man Unlimited

21:25 Dealing with free to play economy; Heroes of Dragon Age

40:43 Monster Strike; Rollers of the Realm anticipation

50:55 Christmas shopping at the Grant household; Olive Garden is fine dining for Julian

1:06:45 Julian’s epic weekend roadtrip; Julian is still a young and virile man; Angelo vs. The Tick

FEATURED MUSIC:

Brendan Small- Alone

Brendan Small- Livin’ Like a Bug Ain’t Easy

Brendan Small- Mr. Pants

Hey all! Happy Halloween Havoc part tres! No time to go into detail on this one unfortunately. I had to shotgun it to get it ready for release on the big day. Listen to us talk about not scary things that scare us as you get ready to paint the town (blood) red. Also, the honeymoon is over for Destiny and Patrick, Angelo and Julian get down with Bayonetta, and when we bring up Batman # 35 it's spoiler country, so you have been warned!

Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants! Angelo is out this week, which means Patrick and Julian talk way too long about comic books and TV. But at least we bookend it with some Destiny and Shadow of Mordor.

 

0:00 Intro; Patrick’s experience with Destiny’s endgame

12:00 Comics Roundup: God is Dead; Powers TV trailer; Gotham; Thor

35:19 Selling Patrick on Arrow and The Flash TV shows

41:17 The end of the New 52?

45:28 Spelunky; a little more Diablo 3

50:38 Halloween Havoc 3; The creepy lady from PT

55:10 Julian’s epic Shadow of Mordor nemesis

FEATURED MUSIC:

Vince DiCola- Escape

“Lorde”- Push (Feeling Good on a Wednesday)

This week, on a very special Nerds Without Pants: JD joins the crew and puts Julian on the therapist’s couch to try to get to the bottom of his deep-rooted issues with multiplayer. Spoiler alert: there’s more going on here than not wanting to be called names by a 14 year old.

CONSUMPTION JUNCTION

3:15 Tales of Xillia 2; annoying release schedules; Destiny; Super Smash Bros. 3DS

15:12 Hyrule Warriors; manic chickens;

25:40 Patrick’s throat disease; more Destiny; Fez

37:50 Shadow of Mordor; DuckTales Remastered

50:40 Julian’s tales of Diablo 3 triumph and tribulation

59:45 Comic roundup: Future’s End; Amazing Spider-Man; Trees

TOPIC: Play With Me

1:09:00 Julian’s anxiety; everyone’s intro into multiplayer; MOAR Destiny

1:31:00 The difference between FPS and fighting game skills; that stress of competitive multiplayer

1:47:45 Meeting cool people online; early MMO memories

1:57:20 Favorite multiplayer moments

FEATURED MUSIC

Sammy Hagar- I Can’t Drive 55

Palette Swap Ninja-Halo (This is all I Play Oh)

Aimee Mann- One

Lene- Play With Me

 

 

 

Hello there! This week we are once again joined by the talented John Gholson to talk about some games, comics, and absolutely nothing controversial at all. Except for Gamer Gate. And the ESRB. Yeah, this one is gonna be divisive…

CONSUMPTION JUNCTION

2:15 John’s recent doings; Spider-Man Unlimited iOS; free-to-play games

12:02 Digital comics; the future of digital readers; John’s choice words for Patrick about Aqua Man

28:42 Patrick plays Sports Friends; Riot Fest; Patrick asks for purchasing advice for Destiny

40:20 John talks about growing up geek in East Texas

46:48 All about the dreaded #GamerGate

 

1:22:08 TOPIC: The ESRB

1:29:38 Is the ratings system effective; the difference in descriptors between games and movies

1:33:35 The lack of education for game ratings; finding the right compromise for young gamers

1:43:30 Some of the flaws in the ESRB

1:50:45 Remembering GTA San Andreas Hot Coffee

2:01:10 Looking into possible improvements in parental controls

FEATURED MUSIC:

The Pretty Reckless- Heaven Knows

Danny Elfman- The Little Things

Poets of the Fall- War

Poe- Not a Virgin

 

We’re a couple days late, but it’s never truly too late to enjoy a new episode of Nerds Without Pants. This week, Angelo and Julian are recovering from vacation, Patrick convinces a non-gamer friend why games are cool, Disney world is awesome, and more!

2:45 Patrick’s movie binge; pouring one out for Robin Williams; Julian buys amazing art prints

19:30 Man of Steel; Patrick hates The Flash; the sad fate of Aquaman

27:45 Comic book round up; Julian wants a She-Hulk TV show; Batman Eternal

35:30 What to do when you finish a long game; Doom 3 BFG; Azure Striker GunVolt

48:45 The strange origin of Stardust

53:26 Julian is still in love with Diablo 3

1:02:25 Angelo talks about his Epic Disney Odyssey…at LENGTH

FEATURED MUSIC:

The Go Gos- Vacation

Weird Al Yankovic- Skipper Dan

Kenny Loggins- Return to Pooh Corner