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PNR: Play Nemesis Radio

Listen to the rantings of three grown men attempt to stay on topic as they discuss their favorite subjects in geek culture.
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Episodes

PNR #26

After a short holiday break your favorite podcast crew is back determined to not understand how calendars work, SofaBear played a sub par game about a Ronin, we prefer our alcoholic beverages more bitter less frozen sugar, college students don't understand alcohol, we finally succumb to discussing What Does the Fox Say, music taste is all relative, SofaBear blames Nazareth for power ballads, Pandora is making us listen to off genre music, Nemesis played The Binding of Isaac, and more Kerbal Spac...

Dec 29, 201356 min

PNR #25

The days as short as ever and we're losing our minds as we discuss: if VHS tapes had extra features, we don't understand crappy Beats by Dre headphones, we don't buy into status symbols, trucks in are super annoying to us, we don't like other drivers in general, brain chiggers, more offensive Canadian jokes, we pitch a new less than less-than-lethal nerf gun, spying in World of Warcraft, conspiracy theories are stupid, extreme LARPing, and we love Sean Connery. Starring: SofaBear, Nemesis, Butte...

Dec 18, 201356 min

PNR #24

We start things off right, complaining about pizza, we look back on some classic comedians, Saint Molotov is a nerd-redneck hybrid, we hear about Saint Molotov's near death experience, SofaBear's hometown police officers are apparently bored, Butternub's hometown police officers don't like gingers, Nemesis hates everyone, the new trends of Knock Out and the Cotton Ball diet are ridiculous, adventures from SofaBear's school years, Kiss isn't the same, and we love Alice Cooper Starring: SofaBear, ...

Dec 11, 201350 min

PNR #23

Saint Molotov is back and he brought science with him, this week we look at: a unique toilet, the Steam Autumn Sale, Space Base DF-9, our attempt to layout plans to create a new form of measurement using swinging balls, interesting twitter argument, Saint Molotov breaks Butternubs, some of our favorite Sci-Fi series', and we loathe black Friday. Starring: SofaBear, Nemesis, Butternubs, and Saint Molotov Running Time: 54min 42min

Dec 04, 201355 min

PNR #22

We have two special guest hosts this week as we discuss how birthdays are lame when you're an adult, multi-tiered pie, rum is better than cake, B horror movies, fantasy football is like Pokemon, one of our guest hosts broke her ankle and had a *censored* adventure at urgent care, some highlights from our guest host's tour with thier band Contraband, Fireball is an acceptable substitute for water, SofaBear and Nemesis complain about work, Ghostbusters is mch different movie for ghosts, and we're ...

Nov 27, 201355 min

PNR #21

The original crew is back from their week off and jump right into the most adult of topics... childrens cartoons and porn (seperately), we also look at: cartoon fan theories, SofaBear's adventures in Kerbal Space Program, the train wreck that is Toronto's mayor, our screwed up view of Canadians, a short talk about new video game consoles, SofaBear and Butternubs disagree over privacy, porn movies that try to have plots, and our plea to NASA for space boobs. Starring: SofaBear, Nemesis, and Butte...

Nov 20, 201349 min

PNR #20

We start off running with a very quick look at SofaBear's passion for server racks, the second variety of fart filtering underwear we've found in a month, some unfortunate names, a look at bacon everything, we spend way too much time talking about pizza, we're bitter over modern school food and kids refusing to eat it, Nemesis and SofaBear are even more bitter over the new vending machines at work, we revisit some office pranks and rubber horse heads, a certain industry has the worst product nam...

Nov 06, 201344 min

PNR #19

A somewhat Halloween themed episode this week with discussion of: The best costume we've seen so far this year, a potential office costume prank, racial slurs in the star wars universe, the true ending to Raider's of the Lost Ark, Halloween candy, getting ideas right before you fall asleep, SofaBear's terrible timing with Steam sales, a look at some of the worst horror films ever made, Bollywood movies, Japan's interesting population problems, and a little talk about Mega Man and Mighty No. 9. S...

Oct 30, 201352 min

PNR #18

A super hero heavy episode this week. Things start off wierd, as usual, with talk of horoscopes, we learn leopard seals think divers are hungry, a listener question about what super heor we would, we realize there are ome really lame X-Men, SofaBear loves Hawkeye, Gotham was better off with Batman's parents alive, a discussion about if having a group of super heroes in a large city is a good thing, a look at who we think are the lamest super heros, a realization that everything Batman was pretty...

Oct 23, 201351 min

PNR #17

Friend of the show Scat Moerens is back for this episode with a Super intro. Thinks quickly turn when we find a database of obscure derogatory terms, SofaBear bought a Wii U and immediately took to abuse of a built-in social feature, we wonder how Keanu Reeves ever got into The Matrix, Six degrees of Captain Falcon, a brief talk about the latest SofaBlog, a listener question about character alignment and may misinterpret the question, we invent two incredibly ineffective varieties of Incredible ...

Oct 16, 201346 min

PNR #16

We have a special intro, written by SofaBear, inspired by Welcome To Nightvale to start things off. We dive into our best and worst Star Wars games, what a Bill & Ted and Doctor Who crossover would look like and Saint Molotov gets nerd all over the podcast, a fake iPhone ad from a few weeks back, fake tweets and people on the internet can being really stupid, our news preferences, Butternubs talks about the building blocks of comedy, news coverage of a large time capsule found in Aspen makes...

Oct 09, 201350 min

PNR #15

Saint Molotov is back this week to talk about his confusion over the proper use of a vacuum cleaner, SofaBear takes an apparently very important phone call, the hot new way to hold doughnuts, our reaction to getting an incorrect order at a restaurant, SofaBear is oblivious around the opposite gender, Saint Molotovs favorite drinking game, Nemesis has been playing pranks on SofaBear, possibly the best cosplay to appear at Dragon Con 2013, we go over a list of inappropriate children's products, an...

Oct 02, 201350 min

PNR #14

The original crew is back this week with a video game centric episode featuring discussion of the recent flooding in Colorado, the Humble Bundle charity, rogue-like games, how some people differentiate between nerds and geeks, a listener question about vintage video games, we destroy more childhoods by creating the pimp weasel, a look at modern story telling and character design in video games, and a quick plug for the upcoming SofaBlog. Starring: SofaBear, Nemesis, and Butternubs Running Time: ...

Sep 25, 201347 min

PNR #13

The Summer 2013 highlight episode! We experienced some data corruption and lost some of the data for the podcast recorded for this week. While SofaBear works on restoring the corrupted data, he's put together an episode comprised of his favorite clips from the summer of 2013. We have clips from episode 2 all the way up to episode 11. This is a great episode for a first time PNR listening wanting to get a broad look at what we're all about. Enjoy! Starring: SofaBear, Nemesis, Butternubs, Phoenix,...

Sep 18, 201335 min

PNR #12

Saint Molotov returns this week for a particularly crazy episode. Nemsis starts off by trying to convince SofaBear into a ridiculous cosplay, we discuss the scary origins of warning lablels, our confusion over the Michelin Man, SofaBear rages over in-app purchases, our take on the actors annouced to play Rocket Raccoon and Ultron, a brief look at if Voltron was a rich old man, a look at how games attempt to keep players engaged, we create the worlds worst adult film star, Saint Molotov informs u...

Sep 11, 201353 min

PNR #11

Special Guest Host Saint Molotov joins us this week as we learn about a cell phone store arguement gone terribly wrong, recalling the hell of dealing with customers in retail, a poorly placed childrens play set, we invent the top activity of the 1% hot tub skiing, messing with drunk people, SofaBear recalls a nightmarish concert he attended, and we argue over the cleanliness of ice. Starring: SofaBear, Nemesis, Butternubs, and Saint Molotov Running Time: 48min 34sec

Sep 04, 201349 min

PNR #10

A slightly shorter episode this week, from Nemesis' kitchen. We discover we all had terrible jobs at a retail game store, SofaBear discovers the wrath of nature on his car and his rental car may be the Batmobile. We review some listener mail and swiftly link listener names to cartoons. And SofaBear takes us on a wild rant about music. Starring: SofaBear, Nemesis, and Butternubs Running Time: 29min 00sec

Aug 28, 201329 min

PNR #9

The orignal crew is back this week for a slightly shorter than normal episode. We discuss SofaBears new favorite lunch activity, Butternubs reflects on his time playing the orginal Everquest, we explore the digially social world of MMORPG's, Nemesis talks about a terrible space horror movie, the possible future projects of Valve Studios, and a look at 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy Movie and a possible star for Ant Man Starring: SofaBear, Nemesis, and Butternubs Running Time: 33min 43sec Direct ...

Aug 21, 201334 min

PNR #8

Special Guest Host Phoenix is back with us this week to discuss: trying to start the podcast, Indiana Jones characters, the classic ET knock-off "MAC and Me", Mr. Wizard, The Secret World of Alex Mack, we reflect in the glory that was Mr. Rogers, a little Evil Dead chronology debate, and the return of the webMD symptom checker. Starring: Sofabear, Nemesis, Butternubs, and Phoenix Running Time: 41min 37sec

Aug 14, 201342 min

PNR #7

This week we discuss: a crazy storm just prior to recording, how Nemesis never sees new movies, trying to get non-geeks into table top games, the future of Furturama, a listener question regarding a desert island and a sandwich, we explore webMD symptom checker once again, and discuss the upcoming 2014 Xmen movie. Staring: SofaBear, Nemesis, Butternubs, and Scat Moerens Running Time: 48min 47sec

Aug 07, 201349 min

PNR #6

We're back with special guest Phoenix. We ponder the finer details of a certain mythical firebird, find some crazy news story regarding an immensely confused Nirvana "fan" and another about a bizarre street fight, try out a new segment featuring WebMD’s symptom checker, ponder if Gollum ever suffered from trench foot, rant about Wilfred Brimley and the movie Ewoks: Battle For Endor, and reminisce about our younger, much dumber, selves. Staring: SofaBear, Nemesis, Butternubs, and Phoenix Running ...

Jul 31, 201346 min

PNR #5

The Outtake Episode! We were not able to find time to get togther to record this week. However since there was so much audio cut from PNR #4 we decided to put it togehter as a little outtakes episodes. In this special episode we discuss: Caution this episode is VERY NSFW at times. A micro-micro brewery for sale online, things that annoy Sofabear, more boat restaurants, our inability to agree on word etymology, a possible theme for PNR #4, if we were a mixed drink, NASA printing food, office pran...

Jul 24, 201346 min

PNR #4

Join us this week as our hosts discuss Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, The Brak Show, DC comic's Hawkgirl, what we would like seen made into a movie, Sofabear explains why t-rex were so mean and his dreams of a boat bar that's not what you'd think, strange allergies, our favorite sub-reddit, how to ruin a sushi restaurant, the only Vine video we've seen, food related TV show, and failed adventures in cheese making. Starring: SofaBear, Nemesis, and Butternubs

Jul 17, 201334 min

PNR #3

This week, our hosts explain the PNR cast lists, discuss the new alpha release of Cube Wolrd, a bittersweet review of the Deadpool game, classic Tomb Raider vs the new Tomb Raider, the various Transformers cartoons / TV shows to sell toys, and Dan unknowing mixes up his serial killers. Starring: SofaBear, Nemesis, and Butternubs

Jul 10, 201340 min
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