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 guys; (free)Lancers; virtual mailboxes!; Death Stranding 2; Fitness Boxing; Final Fantasy... XI... and...
Jul 13, 2025•2 hr 2 min
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 commentator booth; Ray & Truck Hit the Road; pizza logo chaos, and scintillating Phone Phun! Don’t read our...
Jun 15, 2025•1 hr 42 min
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 neighborhood; dream cities and homes; the roller coaster of freelance voice work; Six Degrees of Yamauchi, and ...
May 11, 2025•1 hr 41 min
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-consuming craft of creation; Phan/Phone Phun, and musings on Pixarcore! Yes, we're ready for you to sta...
Apr 13, 2025•2 hr 1 min
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.com/pa/flansburgh; Final Fantasy’s the one with the guns, right?; Spot the Seinfeld Guest Star; Dyna...
Mar 16, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 256
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 meditations on obnoxious YouTube practices; a double dose of Phone Phun, and new developments are afoot at t...
Feb 16, 2025•1 hr 57 min
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 this podcast with you to your first shrine visit of the new year and receive a FREE blessing! ====MU...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 36 min
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 embarrassing forays into fiction (fan and otherwise)! Replace this podcast in your disaster survival kit ...
Dec 15, 2024•1 hr 52 min
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. = = = MUSIC = = = Karakuri Kiden Hiwou Senki - Scenic Journey Karakuri Kiden Hiwou Senki - Scenic Journey pa...
Nov 17, 2024•2 hr 8 min
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; social anxiety in the bar sphere, and learning how to use a camera the hard way! Not liable for lost...
Oct 13, 2024•2 hr 5 min
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 not be returned to place of purchase.
Sep 15, 2024•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 250
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 administers another very special quiz to Ray; transformative Phone Phun, and trouble on the Tokaido-se...
Aug 18, 2024•2 hr 22 min
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.
Jul 14, 2024•1 hr 59 min
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 the hot new trailers from Summer Game Fest; the infuriating quest for permanent residence; tourism's a...
Jun 16, 2024•1 hr 30 min
(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.
May 26, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 10
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 Dragon Quest? And smashing prices on mashed gadgets! This podcast has a duty to protect the mountain on ...
May 12, 2024•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 246
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 dialogue; the many faces of Akira Toriyama; Phone Phun, and a collection of Collections! Check out our pav...
Apr 14, 2024•2 hr 19 min
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 of those free games! As ever, this podcast is nonrefundable.
Mar 17, 2024•2 hr 28 min
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 and an analysis of survival horror combat; a tight and tidy Phone Phun, and video games for fitness...
Feb 11, 2024•2 hr 8 min
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.
Jan 14, 2024•2 hr 8 min
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, and tax updates all around! Get your picture taken with us!
Dec 17, 2023•2 hr 20 min
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!
Nov 26, 2023•1 hr 2 min
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 is the vanilla next to chocolate and strawberry. ===MUSIC==== Guitar Vader - Super Brother Bitei Mat...
Nov 12, 2023•2 hr 25 min
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 bust!! ==MUSIC== 2 Mello - Benten-cho Boogie Masayoshi Soken - Course Uncharted
Oct 15, 2023•2 hr 34 min
(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.
Sep 24, 2023•1 hr 56 min
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 Yamamoto - Lucky
Sep 17, 2023•2 hr 30 min
(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.
Aug 20, 2023•1 hr 22 min
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 stand at our grave and cry, we are not there, we did not die!
Aug 20, 2023•2 hr 19 min
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 podcast has updated to Moment 3. ===MUSIC==== VASALLO CRAB 75 - Fifth Season (feat. advantage Lucy) Cape o...
Jul 16, 2023•2 hr 34 min
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 breakdown of the reminiscence machine! Tell your friends that we're cool now! ==MUSIC== They Might Be G...
Jun 11, 2023•2 hr 32 min
