No More Whoppers
No More Whoppers is an independent, conversation-driven podcast hosted by longtime friends Ray Barnholt and Alex Fraioli. The show is framed around the loose premise of two best friends trying to get to sleep at a sleepover, which gives episodes a relaxed, late-night feel. Conversation drifts between personal stories, games, media, and whatever the hosts happen to be thinking about. It is a self-produced hobby podcast rather than a program from a radio broadcaster.
Episodes
274: Full Nelsons With Attitude
Don't forget our new show Draw Game! drawgamepod.com \\\ Times are tough all over, and this doesn't help! On this round of NMW: Pre- and post-kindergarten; a Tokyo jaunt with old pals; Iggle; student driver stickers; Metal Gear follies; Alex's new YouTube video; Final Fantasy XI nerdspeak, and Zen and the art of arcade cabinet maintenance. This podcast is easily distracted. Pardon?
273: Tadanosuke Turner
272: Squid Inkarus
Celebrating America 's 272nd! And we're also old! Today: a two-part chat on the latest Japan vacation adventure, including Cup Noodle museums, Nintendo Museums, and Castilians! (Is that where Alex is from? Well he was on the vacation too.) Plus a new report from our FFXI junkie, and the latest news of physical video games going bye-bye. This podcast is like a long road trip in that you're lulled t
271: The Gay Reserves
June is in the air! This month, Another disagreement with gravity; blood work and how to avoid it; a warm, family-friendly round of Snack Food Copy; Pride Month discussion and the Alex in DC; the foibles and missteps of CH LLC; sad news out of J-Rock; Nicholas Cage's beloved Japanese toy commercial; celebrating the DQXII announcement 5th Anniversary with another DQXII announcement; the ongoing h
270: Joe & Mac: Lost in the Gumbo
Like a sweet lullaby, us cranky weirdos are here to soothe! This one's full of mid-Spring updates, including: piddly town festivals; the Last Happy Meal; when in Nagoya, visit Meikoya; an "e"-xciting new phone; a SHOCKING review of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie; will Alex play the new FFXIV expansion YES; gorging on retro Resident Evil; strategy guides; the Linux Desktop, and more! This podcast sup
269: Pickle Pubicle
We're Springtime fresh! This month, new employment beginnings; Ray's return trip to Japan, finally featuring the Nintendo Museum; a rich, full-bodied installment of Snack Food Newsy; colossal video game talk jam-packed with vitamins and minerals; Super Mario Galaxy heads to the silver screen; the ramblings of an ancient and powerful dinosaur elicit cultural disagreement; the main varieties of "g
268: Robert Dojima Jr.
Splendid Smarch weather! This month, a farewell to the Xbox; a sneaky consent form; the soporific return of Alex's Dream Corner; the ongoing audio saga; the Virtual Boy is back and redder than ever; the new version of a game called Yakuza and Japanese cancel criteria; Paranormasight 2 in your area (if you're Alex), and the boys disagree about remakes (again)! Listeners of this podcast are cleared
267: Diamond Jubilee Martin Short
The Japanese call it "the second month!" This episode, the "loss" of a "comic" "legend"; rearranging your office for better acoustics; video games old and new; the ins and outs of sleep training; Fresh Prince lore; clam chowder distinctions; Japanese-Italian fusion cuisine; celebrity ages; Alex's eye-contact policy; the ear hair dilemma; sneaker etiquette at the gym; swapping bicycle stories, an
266: Better Ring Sting
It's 2026 and there's nothing to celebrate! Still, here's some things we jabbered about: Scottish authors; Xevious; Snack Food Copy returns; and now Vending Machine Copy?!; Marvel fatigue; Belarus Benedict; Alex prevents his plane from exploding; the 7-Eleven misinformation train rolls on; quitting the 33rd Expedition, and mind that chronic pain! This episode comes with Toyota Safety Sense™ 2.0.
265: A Year of Food
264: Sincerity's Gay
Feeling safe? Don't! It's 264, with talk of: the official report on Baby Number 2; Baby Number 3 (a big metal one that plays Street Fighter); selling games the PayPay way; Al's dinner with Andre; "collecting" video games from a different angle; a new extra-long 7-Eleven Update; French rap; and games are still art? Maybe? This podcast is as good as Halloween candy on November 2.
263: Tirestarter
Boo!! With Ray on paternity leave, Alex is joined by returning guest Adam Pasion to talk karaoke; urban shrimp fishing; bucket drank; transporting goods; the mysteries of social media; animism as a function of the z-axis; video game discourse discourse; the ins and outs of Searching for Grog; various Yahoo Auctions; zeroing in on visual novel details; food feedback, and a trip to the Nintendo Muse
262: Jack in Those DATs
In Japan they call it kugatsu! September sees the addition of a new family member to the cast; food alchemy at the convenience store and beyond; Blast Rush LS explodes onto Steam and Switch; travel plans in the works (again); how to quit your job in Japan; corporations and the cost of living; hunkering down on the worst platforms imaginable; an untimely end for one of FFXIV's most popular mods;
261: The Gym
Haughty enough for ya?! This August, Alex recounts his time spent in southwest Pennsylvania, including games, books, sandwiches, jobs, and films; the mystery of the American mall; flame-broiled personal computing; manual labor around town; a trip to New York to meet the half-sibs; convenience store news!; the modern American highway and the curse of cashless; Death 2tranding and the vtuber menac
260: FWD
Powerful forces have tried to suppress this show, but we have prevailed. (Well, they forgot to suppress this month.) First off, it's the Summer of Announcements: Listen to Draw Game (drawgamepod.com)!! Download Blast Rush LS (bipedal.dog)!!! And more: Dull chimps; Janeane Garofalo; disc rot; AP English; a Deep Space Nine debrief; Pee-Wee; the Q Score; subconscious joke theft; Wes Anderson; gore gu
259: RoundThrone
We're fallin' for pollen! This June, Ray prepares to ship (again!); Alex dons his detective hat to play some interactive fiction; Blocko continues to be boffo; an update on Bokura no favorite Canadistralian; even more ways to enjoy Final Fantasy VI, an exploration of horrifically-named controllers; Switch 2 mania grips the world; Alex dips a toe into Linux; more driver talk than the F1 commentato
258: Hey, Bereke!
It's May, which means only a handful of things! Specifically: Alex's new audio interface; Switch 2 preorders bring the internet to its knees; mucking it up with Mercari; pondering the rarities of games and trinkets; Oblivion and the nature of remasters; Alex drags the ol' bag of bones into the shop for maintenance; the inaugural installment of StarFeld; Ray scapes land; tourists in the neighborhoo
257: Riven Heaven
Hit that defrost button! This Spring, Alex goes back to the Savage mines; a pair of Nintendos Direct, each heralding a fantastic new age in hardware and software; casting off the yoke of hyperconsumerism; YouTube and the art of putting yourself out there; exciting changes come to Alex no Natsuyasumi; wondering at the hentai game industry; an abridged consumer review of the Sony ZV-1F; the time-con
256: NAPA Auto Parts Oni
We're working on a new audio software for editing, so maybe this will be one of those crazy eps that sound like they're going too fast, but on the bright side, we do sound less stupid! Today: big breakfasts; SkiFree 2; Alex pulls the plug on live events (going to them, I mean); Keebee and Baby Robot; car antenna? More like anten-no; doing the Grampa Simpson walk-in-walk-out on LinkedIn; angelfire.
255: Just Type Jonas Brothers
The classic taste is back! This month, a hilarious conversation about loss; worrying mom news distracts from vacation time; food poisoning turns into mood poisoning; the capture card as an invasive species; Alex's transcen-dental experience; the unbearable grossness of the human head; Ray experiences movie theater quality in his own home; Permanent Residency Application Round Two; further meditati
254: Pedestal Bay
Good morning Vietnam! Ray rings in 2025 with a trip to southeast Asia; the 72-hour Misery Gauntlet; holiday gatherings and Jim Belushi; the weather outside is fright'ning; the monolithic Vingroup; the perils of internet telephony; Alex falls for Fantasian; the CRITICAL HIT video game library is officially for sale!; UI complaints old and new, and mapping the course of Alton Brown's insanity! Take
253: Kong Making Sense
Making the yuletide gay! This holiday season, casual Thanksgivings; acquisitions on the cheap; flipping burgers during the end of the world; cleaning out the husk of the bar; adapting to the freelancer lifestyle; Star Trek: The Horny Series; stories and songs need good writing; the new version of a game called Dragon Quest III; reacclimating to the loud & foreign; one phone phun, and our embarrass
252: Brazier Crane
The spooks came a little late this year! This ep: NMW outlives Critical Hit; the world's longest pneumatic tube; can Alex fix his rods and/or cones?; our valuable English lessons; Switch¥; attempts at reason; crowin' 'bout Carlin; loud and proud about Silent Hill 2; you wouldn't calculate a damage stat, and voicemalis aplenty, for once! This podcast is moving to Canada for real this time.
251: Son is Friend
J-j-j-jittery Juugatsu! This month, Alex burns the midnight oil; the pitfalls of finding the right freelance voice work; Unity partially backpedals; pronunciation hang-ups as a matter of course; the Nintendo Museum is open for business; the bizarre reverence of the Zelda fan; Snack Food Copy meets Drink Food Copy!; the rare J-Drama talk; how's that Avatar?; UFO 50 talk devolves into NES insanity;
250: Hawklegs
We found a way to get to 250 episodes, and now you gotta live with it! The adventures continue with talk of a little bit of typhoon in my life; doing English bits in Japanese; vlogging cameras; the story circle; the 7-Eleven insanity rolls on; Suikoden I & II might actually come out!; cold shower summer; droning on about making a website, and we really should screen our calls! This podcast should
249: Detective Comics Eiga Universe
It's lunch time for your head! This August, Alex's frustration with Japanese corporate jobs; how do retakes work?; dealing with bizarre neighbors both real and imagined; Herman Miller & The Secret Sale; Ray finally pulls up to the window; the inscrutable CaliBunga; Japan solves autism with this one weird trick; wasteful corporate culture continues unabated; America misunderstands 7-11; Alex admini
248: Destined for Landfill
You wanted a podcast? You got one of these instead! On this great 248: Ray's got Japan Fever!; shopping bags: they're good to have!; Transformers!; pink shirts!; a Dragon Questified Nintendo Direct; a phone call on the dangers of lawns, and an educational tale about a chair. This podcast acknowledges no wrongdoing.
247: Marilda Peach
In the same room for the first time in five years! This episode, Alex is taken to task for Super Family Computer crimes; the animated footballer at the airport; the Barnholt family takes to the skies; shopping and dining in beautiful Japan; Alex's brainlord delivery guy; getting burnt at the Higashiyama Zoo; Nintendo Store goodies; accosted by corvids; an entire land built of Lego; running down th
A Game Site About Nothing #10: Nothing, Forever
(This episode is a free public preview! Catch the rest of the series at our Golder Subscriber tier on Patreon! patreon.com/nomorewhoppers) We end with highlighting the final years of Crunk Games, and what it all meant.
246: Put Your Dog on the Phone
It's Spray and May! On a platter for you today: Guess Who's Coming to Nihon; unprepared Drink Food time, and struggling to pronounce "alcohol;" the Komeda Chronicles; Alex assumes the throne of English textbook guy; a long talk on what the deal is with cartoons these days; 3 Body Problem sounds like a You Problem; Alex apologizes to the UK; god forbid you make an Underoos joke; what's up with Drag
245: King of Iron Fish Tournament
Clawing our way out of the ice! This April, we share notes; what do Patreon and Uniqlo have in common?; platforms and piracy in the realms of games, movies, and music; Ray reports on his sojourn to the Game Developers Conference; publically announcing the bar's closure; Alex is finally diagnosed with Advanced Stage Alex; a trip to the Koban; FF7R (no, the new one) and a critique of precious dialog
244: Tonari no Swat Kats
Hey whoa, get a load of this: It's a packed discussion about a packed month, and we lead off with ACAB Japan; game developers and the conferences that love them; way too much about taxes (it's March, give us a break!); dumb slogans and the guys who read them; two big RPGs with big parties, including Cosmic Kiryu; applause breaks; Alex retro-achieves crawling back to Vana'Diel; and hey, play some o
243: Uncle Samanosuke
Celebrating our fourth leap year! This episode, the podcast returns to free-range easy-livin'; the enigma of the podcast promo; the inaugural installment of What Did Alex Do?; commencing Operation Sunset (thanks in part to the rules of Japanese unemployment insurance); phone etiquette in the wild; Alex concludes his research on Love Letter RPGs; Ray continues to like a dragon; games on the horizon
242: Tax Shoes
Casting pods for 242 years! Or it feels like it, anyway! This time: Alex shoulders the burden of being an American taxpayer; for Ray, No More Schoolers; how both those things leave us hopeless; Hemophobes beware because talk about a very bloody good time; and obsolete sitcoms rule our lives. This podcast is like AI but we can't tell you how to start a car dealership.
241: Aonuma Nissan
A December to never forget! This episode, Alex's Thanksgiving journey leaves him jet-lagged and loopy; a busted entertainment unit leads to mild inconvenience; Firewatch with me; Like A Dragon and turmoil in the Seiyuu Clan; anime's unfortunate effects on modern VA; dealing with cranky friends and family; negativity on social media; recapping the 2023 Game Awards; more cool folks visit the bar, an
S15: A Rough Nine Years
One in-person wedding and global pandemic later, we're back to our NMW holiday tradition: the Pittsburgh call-in! Alex reports on food ate, backs hurt, and Mario games played. And will they ever find frozen artichoke hearts? PLUS special guest: the contractors' saw!
240: Crane-ohazard
240: No longer just a Frappuccino calorie count! This time it's all about the infeasible pasta bowl; Japan's jobs drying up; Halloweirdos; the soothing sounds of Killer Kuts; Resident Evil Zero six! I mean sucks! (Resident Evil Six is cool); making games: still messy!; And running a bar, for that matter!; curious yellow cartridges, and frankly, this one is thick with video game talk. This podcast
239: Porno Trigger
Get spooked or die trying! This episode, vaccines all around; a veritable dental bloodbath; haircuts outsourced and otherwise; higher education plods along; cool visitors to the bar; so long, Zuck; another Nintendo Direct recap!; a disdain for references; the Unity mistake; Like A Dragon fails to follow through; the bloom is off the Persona, and an adults-only Phone Phun! King Size candy bars or b
A Game Site About Nothing: Prologue II: Hi and Goodbye
(This episode is a free public preview! Catch the rest of the series at our Golder Subscriber tier on Patreon! patreon.com/nomorewhoppers) Alex and Ray collide as we enter -- then exit -- the GIA. Eight weird months follow.
238: Nankai Trough Megathrust
If you're a fan of ours, you'd be home by now! For the occasion of the 238th episode, we have good cop/bad cop at the government office; the Wind Era; intense corn; post-Natsumon thoughts; shedding shame in order to live; and a pixel art RPG about a venerable star ocean! This podcast does not operate in the jurisdiction of the bone zone. ===MUSIC==== Kukikodan - Hakugin No Shoujo Masayuki Ya
A Game Site About Nothing: Prologue I: Officially Unofficial
(This episode is a free public preview! Catch the rest of the series at our Golder Subscriber tier on Patreon! patreon.com/nomorewhoppers) The early years of internet game media and "semipro fansites" of the 2000s help us get where we're going.
237: Neverending Bug Bowl
Summer is cancelled?! This month, Ray's repeated bouts with disease; Alex's visa anxiety leads to a panic party; the boys' own respective tax miasmas; positive discussion of no fewer than THREE modern Final Fantasies; Natsumon brings summer home!; dealing with jackass phone salesmen and telemarketers; snatching hungrily at the scraps of VO work, and the bountiful harvest of Phone Phun! Do not stan
236: Dork Goes Hearing
Still here and still sleep deprived! On this one: A new segment that asks "What's Your Problem?;" Alex's body is not yet fixed; Ray's family is all squared away being American; no gym for old men; game talk with another Nintendo Direct hypesplosion, The Devil Part IV, Eeshin, and Summerall! Community was a good TV show; schlebrities, and the wild world of Japanese voice over job sites! This podca
235: Yukichan's Papa
Don't touch that dial of destiny! This episode, Alex struggles with audio AND video production; Ray wraps up another semester; school spirit and lack thereof; a brief bout of Drink Food Copy; Alex's first PC build is fully operational; the search for the ideal controller; Remakes Remakes Remakes; the wild mind of H. Kojima; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and a superhero quiz; Phone Phun, and a bre
234: The Mixed-Up Files of B.D. Wong
Dry those tears, kingdom: NMW is here to save the land. Inside this issue: Cocktails pre-canned and funnily-named; this year's medical foibles; fixing RPGs; R-rated Saturn games; SPOILERS and plenty more on that cartoon movie about the plumbers; a check-in on the residence-- oh no, it's all evil; and voicemails that need revising! This podcast needs your peer evaluations turned in before you get y
233: Murphy Broundtable
We've broken the smell barrier!! This episode, sip some coffee talk; 911 calls both real and fake; sending the kid off to daycare; Spring Break Spring Sucks; video games to pass the time; the premiere installment of Normal Food Copy; multitudinous visitors to the bar; pixel art then and now; be courteous or gtfo; ensnared in the pizza app; Like A Dragon (the Japanese mafia); toy loyalties and iden
232: Department Af Defense
Are we having fun yet? No? Sorry, was it rude to ask? OK, well, it's time for a new No More Whoppers, and we *did* have fun! In this rodeo: pivoting to video, and pivoting to oatmeal; IPvSucks; Mario redubs; more Seinfeld ADR; talkin' Gak; "lost ID" stories; what word is bugging Alex this week?!; going broku for Boku, and a voicemail that may be admitted as evidence! This podcast is made of fine
231: Doo-Doo Inflation
It's snacktime for your brain's mouth! This time around, Alex's whirlwind week and eyewear woes; Ray's job hunt continues; it's cool to stay in school!!; the deceptive breakfast; running down the latest Nintendo Direct; summer's back, baby; DS & 3DS classics; indie RPGs and the pointlessness of "love letters"; bad career moves from Duane, and miscellaneous game talk cleanup! Our Michelin rating ha
230: B is for Balibi
New year, old men! On this podcast, we cover goose news (it's not good!); the Christmas report featuring glasses, bricks, and more customer service follies; how does a restaurant work?; Alex's virgin excursion with Xbox; updates on the highly-contested Pixel Remasters; Ray's cleanin' house; the return to Sound Bigot; lovin' that chicken, hackin' that 3DS, and a voicemail about... something?! This
229: Preformatted Bride
We're rolling credits on 2022! This month, we recount Ray's internet saga; Alex gets the jabbo cuatro; the first Pixies show in Nagoya; how to sleep-train your child; the spectacle of the Game Awards; warming up to FFXVI; Alex succumbs to severe customer service anxiety; fundamental disagreement over the very concept of a Mario movie; unboxing Yuji Naka & The Secret Knowledge; cheap games, minimal
228: Clang-Bong Bullshit
It's No More Whoppers, the holiday gourd of podcasts! This time around: a rousing start with all the bad things that happened; our pivot to video; mini Geneses and phantastic stars; revisiting Village; and basically a lot more video game talk because it's comforting and we need it right now! And the Scatman. This podcast needs to be extremely hardcore. ==MUSIC== Tomoya Otani / Seirou Okamoto - Hea
227: Bokuvist
October, the tenthest month of the year! In tonight's episode, Ray gets boosted even further; evangelizing the Bokuverse; return to Eataly; developments in The Great Seinfeld Rewatch; deep within the clutches of move depression; regrets and reminiscence; The Super Mario Brothers Computer Graphics Feature Film; Twitter derangement syndrome; Butt Phun; Alex's futile mat search, and Stitcher still su
226: Big Tourism
You'll just have to accept it: there's another new episode of No More Whoppers. On the docket this time: electric cars; VERY high-speed DSL; your favorite website; the latest baby bloopers; the yearly KFC binge; Doom is like Picross; Alex is a car model (not that kind), and ninja turtle-based social anxiety. This podcast supports adding widgets like weather and a world clock. ==MUSIC== Humbert Hum
225: J.D. Scaresem
Come melt with us! This month, Ray's trip to Eataly; Tales From Birthscene; Toyotal Recall; medieval malarkey; Alex's very normal brain; real estate, real problems; RPGs all around; a visit from Fun Elemental Maddie; NTT & The Legend of the Old Building, and a singular Phone Phun! Why don't they just make the whole NES out of the black box? ==MUSIC== Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy Yo
224: The Eatalian Job
Like a rally car navigator, we're telling you this is a very long easy ep! Maybe! Talked about this time: tiny people; stress headaches; plenty on la pizza and la pasta; Al's new adventures in remote voice work AND trying to find the perfect audio equipment; Resident Evil for what; bona fide bar celebs, and a delicious throwback to episode 1. This podcast delivers constant positive air pressure. =
223: Listerine Total Sarcophagus
We're lean, mean, and full of bream! This month, the mystery of Soundplant; Osaka and the chamber of sound editing; Ray's Math Munchers; good grief, yet another health check; Tonari no Subtitles; XI turns XX and XIV turns savage; Japan gives Covid to specially selected tourists; 0-factor authentication; the new version of a game called SaGa; video'd games; a weekend in the mountains; dealing with
222: Lousy Bloodletter
It's us two ones for this three twos! This ep: hiding the thunder; dudes are *so* dumb; you can't spell "health" without "Al" and more medical follies; staring down real estate hell in Japan; Ray's got a date with your Playdate; Al just cannot stop thinking, and voicemail about our new cohost! This podcast is taking on 100% of the legal and financial responsibility. ==MUSIC== yayuyo - Urusai! imai
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[PREVIEW!] Gold in 16 Seconds Episode 1: Sprint Paramount Edward
We've launched our patrons-only bonus show, but not without giving you a tantalizing taste! If you'd like to join the upper echelons of Whopperdom, subscribe to our Patreon at the $5 level! Or don't, we know how the economy is! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nomorewhoppers Film clips discussed in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k4NzE5w4Fs
221: Party Jar
April GHOULS! This month, streams are back, baby; who owns whom; digging into the E3 swag bin; Alex: Origins; the ornery Switch; FFVII talk; Alex's booster concerns; a visit from the Australian contingent; poking our heads into the pantheon of Kemco garbage; childhood sports; the open world sweet spot; the quirks of sobriety; Patman the weeb; updating language, and truncated phone fun! Keep it to
220: TTYLNTT
It's Month Marchness and we're paying off! This time around, old man yells at school; our new "keebs" (don't worry we don't actually say that); loving the purps; the eggcellent Egret Mini; so many Square Enix games we should be sponsored; allowing each other to goof; Lasik? More like La-sucks; feeling highly sensitive about high sensitivity, and phone calls about our favorite topic: pronunciation!
219: Chocoplasmosis
Celebrating a decade of delight! This year, Ray runs down the ins and outs of home ownership; marking ten whole years with Drink Booze Copy; Alex's empathy curse; the mystery of the ocarina; bitten by radioactive spoilers for Spiderman: No Way Home; putting the personal computer to bed; savage eye strain and the search for static; Alex & The Secret Game; Phoenix Wright's many phoibles; PSOh no!; R
218: The Bell Helped Me
It's 2022 and the Age of Whopperius is upon us! We ring it in with discussion, complaints, and arguments about: watching other people play D&D; the almost-new house for Ray; a new batch of insane weirdos visiting Critical Hit; resurrecting a matrix; hey remember DVDs?; The best flavor of Calorie Mate, and wildly imbalanced lengths of voicemails! This podcast can still be transmitted through cloth
217: #ReleaseTheAlexCut
O Holy Smokes!! This month, Ray disposes of a body; the landmark case of dogs v. cats; collegiate discourse; the ongoing quest to discard negativity; Japan locks the door; discarding the smugness of hot takes; the versatility of fifty bucks; revisiting other people's classics; spoiler-free Endtalkin'; Ray tries Microsoft's "X-box", and Alex likes Marvel's "X-Men"! We'll be in the lobby signing woo
216: Tales of Diphtheria
Congratulations, you're the proud new owner of an episode of No More Whoppers. Only you can enjoy this content: video games in string form; more Pixel Remasterings; why DO salarymen drown their sorrows?; stay tuned for Mayor Jason; Prez sez school is for losers; Ray's moving into a terrarium or something; righteous anger towards NTT; game stories are bad, and a very long voicemail! This podcast is
215: Big "E" Emerald
It's the spookiest possible Sunday! This week, the death of Cokey "Sug Knight" Sugiyama; Alex returns to regular hours; an impromptu trip to a cartoon doctor; vax facts; an Atsugiri update; Ray battles hoarseness and loses Judgment; a livestream to celebrate the emerald anniversary; chair upgrades all around; a substantial brush upgrade; unfocused Asia roundup; Alex scales back the streams; Phone
214: Good Golly Miss Malroth
Storm's a-brewin', but it's just NMW, so it's more like a gust of air. This time, we discuss the fallout of the FFIV pixel kerfuffle; Al goes chair shopping; fever dreams on tape; plenty more on creative struggles; getting gaga for SaGa, and tracking true crime! This podcast must be inserted 1/2 to 3/4 inside the nostril and rubbed in a circular motion at least four times.
213: Bonnie Wraith
We're on shore leave and in your neighborhood! This week, drink food copy right out of the gate; a brief exploration of sugar; unexpected Twitch guests; the games of summer; revisiting the biggest box office hit of 1994; the pipe dream of making Partner; Sega Picross... on Nintendo?!; Alex bounces immediately off of a particular indie RPG; a whole heap of game design talk; Spider-Man: No Way From
212: Behind the English Box
What kind of japes are you in for this time? Well, we've finally found a third subject to talk about on this show: "wacky foreigner" characters from Japan! The classic "Mr. James" returns, but first, livestream updates; Big Desk Update; a barbed argument about Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters; Al's awkward voice over encounters; Olympic music fails; how's that Crayon Shin-Chan summer vacation anyway?
211: Truck Can Be Stakes
Lengthy podcasts in your area! This week, stimulant discussion as we hunt for raw, unadulterated Pepsi; Discord discourse; Atsugiri Jason update 2021; booze returns to Critical Hit as Japan continues to deal with COVID; newly unearthed footage from the film "The Super Mario Brothers"; wrapping up the energy desert we call E3; getting into Intergrade; box quotes of days yore; Ray explodes on Twitch
210: Bluegrass Slow
Fortune finds you with a gift of a new ep! You get a big helping of chat about bank-like marriage; movin' moms; streamin' Rays; RE Eightage; and of course, our report on the recent Dragon Quest 35th anniversary announcements (and any other game related to it, for some reason), plus phone calls akimbo! This podcast is free with verified photo of receipt of any five (5) Combos products.
209: Deep Dishcount
We're half vaxed and fully taxed! This week, finally, a new rig; Alex steams over a Steam SaGa saga; Ray perfects his personal computing space; adventures in vaccination; Japan still pluggin' away at those Olympics; stimulus ups and downs; Ray's tax hiccups; Resident Evil Fo(u)r VR; where do visuals go from here?!; Alex's semantic linguistic meltdowns; exploring the Reminiscence Method; radio come
208: Loto's Day Out
From our mouth to yours, it's the latest in Whopperisms! We're both changing computers and soundboards, which is just one of our problems; we updated our merch?! (Mostly just stickers, buy some stickers); wresting an old Twitter from the hands of criminals; tales of two convenience stores; just give Alex a business receipt; loving livestreaming, hence all the complaining; a moment to learn about a
207: Answer Collation
Coming at you live from the NoMoWo Dawgg Ppoundd! This week, a bevy of news from 7-11; Alex stumbles on stimulus; an echo from SCROLL history; Problematic Fighter II; FFXIV or Perfect Strangers?; Phone Fun; Bravely Defaulting yet again; making the (inter)grade with FFVII; an eleventh hour dream corner, and a fifth-installment wish list! This podcast is part of your process!
206: Captain Natsuyasumi
No one is safe from this almost-three-hour chat-em-up! Lots to discuss, including Ray's new podbunker; a Fraioli DNA update; moving trucks and eating sammies; Ray attains Sega enlightenment; Alex cozies up to the town of Gero; why Mario Kart is like bread; Shin-chan's summer has got Ray's number; and in FFXIV, what happened to my gold!? Plus half a dozen bit-tastic voicemails. This podcast has bee
205: Chime Off
2021, year of the aux cable! This week, a return to stately Barnholt Manor; musings on the legume father and podcast theme songs; Ray's big move and the dream of the recording room; Alex wrestles with Lawson; the dregs of FFXIV discord; fast-trackin' some edumacation; a single shining voice mail in the night, and Alex discusses sobriety one year in! You may exchange this podcast for one of equal o
204: Meme Gene Okerlund
The only way out of this podcast is through! Ray's still up north, so it's another phone-tastic episode. Listen to us discuss the always-engaging audio settings; a very localized coffee shortage; gaming before school?!; hanging on by a stimulus thread; the NEO NeoGeo!; a burrito a day makes you very fat; acting Like a Dragon; today we can finally see a showdown between Cloud and Sephiroth; my coun
203: Vitamin Sea
Literally phoning it in! This week, Ray calls in from the happeningest beach house on the coast; the art of saying no; snagging the elusive PS5; FFXIV is not ideal for streaming; low-key Thanksgivings all around; Ray brushes up for the SAT (Sega Aptitude Test); the PC slow-build; striving for stream stability; Alex gets skittish; keeping the bar legal for less; grappling with waifu culture; a fres
202: Retun to Tale Area
You can't spell "ZOZ" without 202! On this go-around, following up with Fraiolo; Will Ray manage to buy a PS5 live on-air?!; we MONITOR Alex figuring out how to buy a display; the lease is loose; the legend of Kabuki Joe; Alex tries a modern video game with the Alexiest results; Metal Wolf or Joe Biden?; more scintillating talk about how to record audio, and our first voicemails to 805-NMW-TALK! P
201: 26.zip
Just in time for your baby shower! This week, a look back at our inaugural stream; Alex's troubles in Cheevland; the perks of Miruhako!; Ray suffers more classroom idiocy; the eventual acquisition of adult skills; zen and the art of automobile maintenance; Yak's back, baby!; the pitfalls of new translations; Fired up for Emblems; FFXIV talk?! You bet!; calling all long-time listeners first-time ca
200: Luigi's Manse
We're finally 200 episodes old, and we don't look a day over 199! Please enjoy our favorite moment from the recent past, wherein we did an episode about other memories from the recent past; how computers work; a whole lot of Matts; Microsoft's Bethesda buy-festa; Alex's hands continue to be incompatible with phones; voice acting updates; Cinema Sukiyaki, and we address your burning requests that w
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