Nerds Without Pants

It’s a random episode of Nerds Without Pants! Command? (Hopefully you selected “listen”). Angelo isn’t here this time, what with him going on Space Mountains and Splash Mountains and all sorts of Disney Mountains, so Patrick and Julian hold down the fort with some fun Consumption Junction topics. Enjoy!

 

3:00 Fez, Road Not Taken, childhood PC games

10:51 PT (that Silent Hill sorta-but-not-really-a-demo),

23:35 Patrick’s roundabout assessment of Tomb Raider, the “wisdom” of exclusivity, Julian loves norse mythology more than Patrick

35:10 Julian’s new Hearthstone addiction, Blizzard is genius/evil

43:25 The lack of community in recent MMORPGs

48:30 Julian is sucked back in to Diablo 3

58:00 Some new PS4 games announced at Gamescom

1:05:30 Movie roundup: Expendables 3, Lucy, Ninja Turtles

1:22:05 Comic roundup: Deadpool, Batman: Zero Year, the problem with repeated relaunches

FEATURED MUSIC:

The Blast Processors- Genesis Does

Akira Yamaoka- Rain of Brass Petals

Nobuo Uematsu- Recollection

Poe- Wild

Partners in Kryme- Turtle Power

I'm up against a deadline folks, so I will have to keep this description of Nerds Without Pants brief. See what I did there? Ahem.

It's a show brought to you by...you! The listeners and bloggers at PixlBit keep the Pantsless Ones hopping with a plethora of varied topics. From Power Rangers to a trio of horrorific talking points to the state of Sonic the Hedgehog, this episode has plenty to please you. Regular listeners: let us know how this episode sounds, as it's our first time using our webcams while we record, which I feel made for a much more natural conversational flow. Also: actual outtakes! Thanks for all your submissions, and keep 'em coming!

FEATURED MUSIC:

Theme to the '80s X-Men cartoon pilot

Killer Instinct- The Way U Move

Silent Hill 4- Fortunate Sleep

Contra- Jungle

Punch Out!!- Little Mac's Confession

They said we’d never make it! They said we’d fail after a couple episodes! They said we wouldn’t survive, and yet here we stand, defiant! Okay, maybe nobody ever said that, but I sure as shootin’ didn’t expect to be posting the 50th episode of Nerds Without Pants! We do things in style with the biggest assembly of pantsless nerds yet. Fan favorites Erika Szabo and John Gholson join us to celebrate this huge milestone.

 

 

1:34 Quarter bins and John’s insanely huge comic collection

 5:30 Erika talks her new day job; John and Julian wax nostalgic about indie video game retail

 18:80 Erika updates us on the amazing things she’s been up to since her last appearance

 25:00 Convention virgin Julian consults Erika, John, and Patrick about what to expect at PAX South

 40:45 Patrick actually hasn’t played FIFA this time, and talks about “books”

 46:30 Julian has hope that his crazy Final Fight movie could actually be made. Statham Sighting™!

 48: 50 Angelo finally saw The Lego Movie and is getting some surprising swag from his wife

 1:05:00 Julian’s retro dive into the PS One; Angelo watches bad games on YouTube; that MK remake; Johns N64 wrestling habit

 1:18:00  That Destiny beta, tho

 1:39:00 The myth of the 17th Colossus; John’s comic book-style movie reviews

FEATURED MUSIC

Stan Bush- Dare

Mega Man 2- Dr. Wily’s Castle (melancholy mix)

Tenacious D- Tribute

The Blast Processors f/Erika Szabo- The Cool Spot

 

 

It’s an episode of Nerds Without Pants 8 months in the making! Watch Dogs is the impetus for this very thoughtful discussion about our addiction to technology, the insidious way that we are expected to share everything about our lives, the intrusive NSA, and more. But first, Consumption Junction!

CONSUMPTION JUNCTION

2:20 Shovel Knight, Julian’s problem with retro-style indie games

20:30 Angelo watches an entire let’s play of Shadow Warrior

29:11 Patrick’s FIFA corner, Patrick’s comic book picks, Julian exposes fresh minds to comics, Patrick’s adventures in babysitting

55:10 Julian’s recent trips to Pinballz Arcade, that Hercules table, the weird feel of modern pinball

1:06:30-1:22:20 WARP ZONE (behind the scenes cutting room floor stuff that you might want to skip)

TOPIC: THE CHILLING WORLD OF WATCH DOGS

1:25:37 Angelo weighs in on raising kids in an environment full of tech.

1:33:05 Patrick talks about how uncomfortable things can be for kids that aren’t allowed to have devices.

1:39:00 Julian’s distrust of smart phones and social media.

1:54:00 The creepy Minority Report-style advertising that is popping up.

2:08:05 The future fate of people living online when they reach middle age

FEATURED MUSIC

John Williams- Imperial March

Daft Punk- Recognizer

Weird Al Yankovic- All About the Pentiums

Rockwell- Somebody’s Watching Me

Sorry folks, but this one is coming in hot! As in, recorded less than twelve hours ago hot. So apologies for another rough episode. We almost didn't record this week, but life, ah, ah, finds a way.

Lots of stuff is touched upon this time, with a little E3 mop up, Angelo's beef with Fable, Julian's apathy towards video games, and ABSOLUTELY NO WORLD CUP TALK. Oh, we probably talk about Maleficent for a long time, but not nearly as long as Angelo talks about board games or Patrick talks about comics. So yay? I don't know. We'll do better next time. I promise.

FEATURED MUSIC

Aqua- My Oh My

Aqua- Freaky Friday

Man, that E3 was a bummer, wasn't it? Or..not? I don't even know anymore. I had a rough week at work and I've spent most of my freetime podcasting, but it sure feels to me like this was one boring show with little to be excited for. Fortunately, I have Jesse and Nick to tell my why I'm wrong!

It's a well-rounded look back at E3 2014. I could tell you what we talked about, but it's late and I'm tired. I know there's a lot of Nintendo in there. And Rainbow Six. And social disease. You'll see. Oh, and apologies once again for the slipshod production values. We'll be back to normal in two weeks.

E3, Y'ALL!

Hello again! It's the second Nerds Without Pants E3 special, and we're joined by our resident Rockstar (tm), JD to talk about...well, pretty much just Nintendo.

Even Julian has to admit that Nintendo did a lot of things right, and their E3 lineup is pretty killer. Angelo couldn't make it to this recording but he's with the Pantsless Ones in spirit (via email). We run down basically the entire digital event game by game, and spend waaaay too much time talking Smash Bros. Enjoy!

Well hello there! I have no time to talk, because we recorded this just now and had terrible technical difficulties and I didn't have time to do my normal editing magic so unfortunately you'll have to take a page from Adam Orth's book and deal with it which is why I am doing this massive run-on.

Whew! This is the first of our E3 specials, and like I said, it's a little rough. But since we're under a time crunch I hope you understand. We came away from the first day of press conferences with a collective "meh". Well, except for Patrick, who is so in love with Sony's showing that he can't contain his excitement. We hope you enjoy this episode, and let us know what you think of the convention so far in the comments below!

Come look into our crystal balls as we attempt to look into the future and predict E3. No, wait, come back! I promise you that this is an entertaining pre-E3 edition of Nerds Without Pants. We decided to dream up some wild (but plausible) wishes for the Big Three, and then do a reality check and talk about what we think will actually happen. Before that, Consumption Junction!

CONSUMPTION JUNCTION

2:50 Conception 2

9:55 PAX Talk

16:00 Angelo does yard work; Patrick and Julian fight the fat

23:00 Final Fantasy XIV

32:30 Fond memories of plastic music instruments

38:00 Mercenary Kings, “Nintendo Hard” is a myth, more of the great Megaman debate

53:40 Watch_Dogs

59:05 Godzilla (minor spoilers)

1:06:40 Teach us how to blitz!

TOPIC: E3 PREDICTIONS

1:21:44 Nintendo

1:45:00 Microsoft

2:03:50 Sony

2:20:37 Third Party

FEATURED MUSIC

The Rolling Stones- Fortune Teller

Keane- Crystal Ball

Boy Hits Car- LoveFuryPassionEnergy

Well, look who decided to show up! Angelo is back, and he’s here just in time for an awesome edition of Nerds Without Pants brought to you by…you! Yep, this episode was orchestrated by the awesome PixlBit community, and it’s kind of special.

CONSUMPTION JUNCTION

1:55 Where Angelo has been, the weird NSFW nature of R-Type, anesthetic is awesome

22:05 Comics: Batman Eternal, Future’s End, the end of Superior Spider-Man (no spoilers), Winter Soldier, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

34:37 The Amazing Spider-Man 2

43:40 Final Fantasy XIV, Patrick has trouble “raising”

48:08 Julian still hates blitzball, Bravely Default is kind of strange

1:07:40 TOPIC: Community Smorgasbord

1:08:22 A “friendly” Megaman debate

1:22:40 Nintendo’s dire situation, question mark?

1:42:00 STATHAM!

1:50:20 Doing bad things with Nintendo plushies, Metal Gear mood lighting, Akira Yamaoka makes Julian squee

FEATURED MUSIC:

The Pretty Reckless- My Medicine

Super Smash Bros. Brawl- Intro

Tommy Tallarico- Megaman 2