Nerds Without Pants

Welcome to a victorious edition of Nerds Without Pants! JD returns after many, MANY years away to hit the streets for the launch of Street Fighter 6. But before that we brainstorm some video game sequels and spinoffs. Enjoy!

00:00 – 10:57 Spelling bee

11:09 – 1:32:17 STAGE SELECT: Dreaming up sequels and spinoffs

1:32:26 – 3:23:41 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Catching up with JD, the trials and tribulations of video game QA, STREET FIGHTER 6

3:24:18 – 3:37:31 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: NASCAR Heat vs Winter Heat

3:37:40 – 3:49:40 Outro and outtakes

NEXT EPISODE: HEADLINES!

IN TWO WEEKS:

STAGE SELECT: What are some gaming phrases or thoughts that always pop into your head?

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Monster Rancher vs Pokemon Yellow

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 6/16!

Check out JD on Power Rangers Academia!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMLb0WN2Y1RnEh_vNcSAPrg

 

Twitter: @NWPcast

Email: [email protected]

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

 

 

 

Welcome to a jam-packed Headlines edition of Nerds Without Pants! It’s time to kick off “The-Artist-Formerly-Known-as-E3” season, starting with Sony’s big PlayStation Showcase! It sure was…something. Something that we’ll talk about. Please be excited for it. PLEASE.

In Consumption Junction we have more Tears of the Kingdom, a little of the Street Fighter 6 open beta, and Shadowrun Returns. See below for the stories we covered:

The announcement and reveal of Mortal Kombat 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIzef_9kk4A

Overwatch 2 cancels a big part of their PVE content:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/19/23730369/overwatch-2-pve-hero-mode-cancellation

Sony PlayStation Showcase 2023:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4EKydVVvHk

Naughty Dog delays Last of Us multiplayer game, teases new single player title:

https://www.theverge.com/23735862/naughty-dog-new-single-player-game-multiplayer

NEXT EPISODE:

STAGE SELECT: Come up with your idea for a sequel or spinoff to an existing franchise

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: NASCAR Heat vs Winter Heat

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 6/2!

Twitter: @NWPcast

Email: [email protected]

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

 

Welcome to a wacky episode of Nerds Without Pants! In this episode, we decide the 1998 GotY list because, well…why not? Then we talk a whole mess of games before pitting Shaq vs Kobe in the steel cage!

00:00 – 15:20 Fast food

15:32 – 2:49:17 STAGE SELECT: 1998 Game of the Year Deliberations

2:49:28 – 4:02:58 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV Server Slam, Age of Wonders IV, Binary Domain, SF 6 beta

4:03:37 – 4:18:50 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Shaq Fu vs Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside

4:18:58 – 4:28:06 Outro and outtakes

NEXT EPISODE: Headlines!

IN TWO WEEKS:

STAGE SELECT: Give us your idea for a sequel or a spinoff to an existing game series

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: NASCAR Heat vs Winter Heat

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 6/2!

 

Giant Bomb GotY 2013 Theme by Andrew Allen

Twitter: @NWPcast

Email: [email protected]

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

 

This episode of Nerds Without Pants is coming in a wee late, but we think you’ll dig it! We start with Headlines, and close the segment with a beefy discussion about Xbox: where it’s been, where it’s at, and where it’s going.

Headlines:

Street Fighter 6 open beta from May 19-21:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjsAsj1IPcM

 

Rumors of a remake announcement for Metal Gear Solid 3 persist:

https://gameranx.com/updates/id/465854/article/metal-gear-solid-3-remake-could-be-multiplatform/

 

70 dollar pricepoint resulting in fewer game sales??!!

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/91257/new-69-99-price-may-negatively-impact-ps5-game-unit-sales-data-suggests/index.html

 

Phil Spencer on Kinda Funny Games and the big Xbox talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Kbi4ZIIxg

 

Twitter: @NWPcast

Email: [email protected]

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 shout out some of our favorite women in games, be they characters, developers, content creators, and more. Then we talk about a couple bad games and a couple better games before pitting Zelda against Dragon Quest in a cage match.

00:00 – 07:46 Julian’s bad mood

07:56 – 2:04:01 STAGE SELECT: Favorite women in video games

2:04:10 – 3:10:39 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: The Last Case of Benedict Fox, not playing Redfall, LARPing in Vampire: The Masquerade, Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster, Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster

3:11:16 – 3:31:27 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild vs Dragon Quest XI

3:31:36 – 3:41:13 Outro and outtakes

NEXT EPISODE: HEADLINES!

IN TWO WEEKS:

STAGE SELECT: We’re deliberating Game of the Year for 1998! Give us your nominations and let us know why you think they belong in the discussion. We will whittle down the nominations to 5 games, and then put them in an ordered list based on your input and our bias.

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Shaq Fu vs Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 5/19 TO BE ON THE SHOW!

Twitter: @NWPcast

Email: [email protected]

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

 

Welcome to a decidedly NOT special episode of Nerds Without Pants, despite what the episode number may tell you. We’ve got some fun headlines and some deep discussion about a couple of games, so we hope you enjoy!

00:00 – 07:00 Being in a good mood feels bad

07:36 – 1:33:49 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Coffee Talk Episode 2, Final Fantasy (pixel remaster), closing thoughts on Octopath Traveler II

1:34:04 – 3:00:26 HEADLINES:

Inside a massive Eve Online heist:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/04/when-a-plan-comes-together-inside-a-massive-eve-online-corporate-heist/

 

Interview with Shuhei Yoshida: “We cancel so many games”:

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/apr/24/shuhei-yoshida-playstation-video-games-sony-bafta-fellowship-award?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

The trailer for Unrecord goes viral:

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/25/unrecord-trailer-bodycam-studio-drama-columbine

 

Remedy investor call says Alan Wake 2 is on track for 2023:

https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/alan-wake-2-final-production-phase-2023-release-2614519/#:~:text=Alan%20Wake%202%20is%20reportedly%20on%20track%20for%20its%20planned%202023%20release.&text=In%20its%20latest%20financial%20update,final%20stage%20of%20full%20production'

 

NEXT WEEK:

STAGE SELECT: Who are some of your favorite women in gaming?

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Dragon Quest XI vs The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 5/5 TO BE ON THE SHOW!

Twitter: @NWPcast

Email: [email protected]

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

 

 

Welcome to a special Nerds Without Pants! Eric Peacock from the Soundtracker Podcast joins us for the first time to talk about pretty video game music, his video game origin story, and much, much more!

00:00 – 26:35 Pabloism, the Soundtracker Podcast

26:47 – 3:33:50 STAGE SELECT: Songs from video games you think are pretty

3:34:01 – 4:43:06 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Eric’s secret origin, Resident Evil 4 remake, Hitman’s Freelancer mode, Forspoken, Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster, Street Fighter 6 demo

4:43:45 – 5:08:54 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Kartia: World of Fate vs Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (and outro)

NEXT WEEK: HEADLINES!

IN TWO WEEKS:

STAGE SELECT: Who are some of your favorite women in video games? Can be characters, developers, writers, content creators, go nuts!

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Dragon Quest XI vs The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 5/5 TO BE ON THE SHOW!

Find Soundtracker here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4C8paGqzKMklecf9qJ6DIR

Twitter: @NWPcast

Email: [email protected]

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

 

TRACK LIST: Reset (Thank You)- Hiroshi Yamaguchi (Okami), Eternity- Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi (Final Fantasy X-2), Main Theme- Nobuo Uematsu (The Last Story), Sacrifices- Yuzo Koshiro (ActRaiser), Ding Dong Dell Theme- Joe Hisaishi (Ni No Kuni), To Zanarkand (Distant Worlds version)-Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy X), Harmonious- Cassie Wei (Ender Lilies), Vows Between Man and Star- Go Shiina (Harvestella), Wailers and Waterwheels- Masayoshi Soken (Final Fantasy XIV), Aloy’s Theme- Joris de Man and Niels van der Leest (Horzon: Zero Dawn), The Harborlands (Night)- Yasunori Nishiki (Octopath Traveler II), Aethervox- Emi Evans (Drakengard 3), Agnus Castle- Yasunori Mitsuda (Xenoblade Chronicles 3), The Scent of the Sea- Tomoki Miyoshi (I Am Setsuna), Madeline and Theo- Lena Raine (Celeste), Mallard’s Tomb- Alec Holowka (Night in the Woods), Prisoner’s Awakening- Yoann Laulan (Dead Cells), Century of the Patriarch- Yuko Takehara (Breath of Fire II), Serenity- Shusaku Uchiyama and Misao Senbongi (Resident Evil 4-2005)

Welcome to a (relatively) short news edition of Nerds Without Pants! Julian was on vacation when we recorded this, and is still in “away” mode as this goes up, so please excuse the brief show notes this week

HEADLINES:

PSVR 2 sales are way lower than Sony projected: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-30/sony-psvr2-headset-off-to-slow-start-as-metaverse-push-sputters#xj4y7vzkg?leadSource=uverify%20wall

 

Super Mario Bros. shatters box office records: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/super-mario-bros-movie-box-office-biggest-video-game-adaptation-ever-1235583559/

 

The Final Fantasy XVI State of Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfP_3UD5qF8

 

Suicide Squad Kills the Justice League delayed (again): https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/04/13/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-delayed-to-february

 

Twitter: @NWPcast

Email: [email protected]

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

 

I know what you’re thinking: Why is this episode of Nerds Without Pants over 5 hours long? Well, we had Mike Fallek on, so you do the math.

00:00 – 14:32 Typhoid Mary

14:40 – 3:01:33 STAGE SELECT: What are some of your favorite video game demos?

3:01:42 – 4:40:25 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Progress on Poultrygeist, darn near every video game Mike has played since the last time he was on, including (but not limited to): Heavy Rain, Mortal Shell, Metal Hellsinger, and Death Stranding. Julian saw the Super Mario Bros. Movie and has things to say about it.

4:41:04 – 5:07:21 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Super Mario Sunshine vs Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball

5:07:30 – 5:19:39 Outro and outtakes

NEXT EPISODE: HEADLINES!

IN TWO WEEKS:

STAGE SELECT: Give us a video game song that you think is pretty

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Kartia: The Word of Fate (PSX) vs Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (PSX)

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 4/21 TO BE ON THE SHOW!

Twitter: @NWPcast

Email: [email protected]

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

 

 

Welcome to the next news edition of Nerds Without Pants! This week, we say a LOT about very little, hit some headlines that you may have missed on other shows, and close things out with email!

00:00 – 15:20 Boats

15:20 – 1:45:23 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection, final thoughts on the Diablo IV open beta, Octopath Traveller II, Resident Evil 4 remake

1:45:36 – 3:11:59 HEADLINES

A game based on The Last Ronin is announced: https://www.polygon.com/23645176/tmnt-last-ronin-video-game-graphic-novel-ninja-turtles

Lego 2K Drive announced: https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/23/23653017/lego-2k-drive-open-world-racing-game-release-date-news-features-price

State of Unreal 2023 GDC presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akIqVM0gh4w

Ubisoft announces that they will implement an AI “ghostwriter” : https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/22/ubisofts-new-ai-tool-automatically-generates-dialogue-for-non-playable-game-characters/

And more!

3:12:25 – 3:42:17 Email banana boat and outro

NEXT WEEK:

STAGE SELECT: What are some of your favorite game demos?

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Super Mario Sunshine vs Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 4/7!

Twitter: @NWPcast

Email: [email protected]

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