This month on The Simpai Podcast, Derek catches everyone up on the anime he’s been watching, his latest adventures through Pokémon Black 2, and the ridiculous journey he had to take just to watch Baccano!

That leads to a bigger question: if an anime is unavailable through any reasonable legal service, is pirating it actually wrong—or is piracy sometimes the only way to preserve and experience older anime?

Then the conversation shifts to gaming as the crew attempts to identify the exact point where someone crosses the line from casual gamer to full-blown nerd. Call of Duty and Madden might be considered mainstream, but what about Pokémon, Persona, Civilization, Total War, or competitive gaming?

Is nerdiness determined by the game you play, or by how seriously you play it? And what’s nerdier: casually playing a stereotypically nerdy RPG or spending 500 hours studying the Madden meta?

Join us for anime reviews, Pokémon stories, questionable streaming methods, and the ultimate debate over what truly makes someone a nerd.