No More Whoppers

Ring ring! Time to chat with Alex on another American adventure! You can bet we talk about new wedding plans; the reliable motherness of moms; the best little mobile game gets its best little update; the awfulness of Delta… and somebody finally got a Nintendo Switch. Now go, be free.

This week's episode is a real... recording! On deck: extremely Californian adventures; Alex has stories of Foot, Phone and Fun, specifically: a foot destroyed by sandals; a new phone and a less evil plan; and an exciting new development that could save Critical Hit!(?) This podcast waits for you atop the Aggro Crag.

A bulky boffo box of bodcasting! This time, we chat about Ray's loss of teeth; Biohazard bumbles; what 10x10 Tetris is; and exploring the bullshit surrounding video game bars WRT Alex! This podcast is a Comic-Con exclusive.

The episode centers on Raven and Chelsea attempting to use magic to attend the Halloween party of Raven's nemesis, Alana. While the plan works, a mistake in their spell-casting causes them to turn into cows. In the subplot, Cory tries to convince his parents that he's too old to be trick or treating with them.

This time, we start off spicy with a check-up on why Alex hates his talented and handsome co-host; an Infinity of Marvel movies; pee minding; social mishaps abound at an industry conference; Funky Kong's ASMR; expat weirdos; Al's latest Final Fantasy obsession; audience Q&A, and some jerks from long ago. This podcast puts the calorie count right on the front.

Happy equinox! This month, Alex's tongue troubles; Ray settles into the new job; imagining our bizarro selves; Jeremy Grigson appears on international television; Alex refuses to kick his FFVI habit; Blocko Talko; tales from the bar; Shadow of the Colallex; discussion of various television programmes; Black Panther is a cool dude; mobile dev talk and go play Blast Rush!; the non-presence of podcasts in Japan, and coworkers galore! Experience this podcast in virtual reality!

There's a little podcast in all of us. In this one, there's talk about jobs old and new; lively pedestrians; sneaky cousins; AF hearts FF; a revelatory first edition of Hospital Stories; the Pizza Loop goes to Best Buy; more video game crap, and many more grievances! This podcast is true journalism.

'eyyy Merry Christmas! Stuff THIS up your stocking!

Download this, you SOB! Everybody's lacking sleep on this episode, but there's a whole host of #Japan this time around; the adventures of Sluttyman; more amazing Alex memory tricks; superb Nintendo; Fat Beach Boys; Donkey Kongery; new beds; redoing Blade Runner; sad Muniz news, and plenty of screaming. This podcast is good for what ails ya.

It's our new bi-yearly tradition when Alex reports in over the phone from Pittsburgh with ALL-NEW tales of wine spillage; old games in storage; soft-shelled crabbage; travelrage; and for some reason, X-Men 2099. See YOU… later!

It's DQ season again! We open with Alex's take on the new version of a game called etc. plus miscellaneous game talk; Ray's luxurious new table; The Great Pizza Debate; TV talk; Boku no Drug Cartel; Alex reads more Italian tweets, and we take your questions from Twitter! We are the axis of evil.

Oh yeah, this thing! This week: a farewell to dumb; more travails of bar ownership; mistaken bikedentity; Jacko storms Toys 'R' Us-o; E3 brought to you by Car; porn huts; Krang twang; Wonder Woman's world war, and Crunch Tators lore. This podcast's colors don't run.

This week, Alex sits down at the bar after hours with Nagoya -based comic artist/writer/distributor Adam Pasion! Ray will be back next week! (This week's interstitial music includes two tracks by Adam's college-era band Chillin' Dogs: "I, Flobot," and "WTPDD The Response").

What a hiatus that was! This week, Al'n'Ray froth over that darned Dragon Quest series; the various Kickstarters; the return of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and the nature of riffing; dissecting The Guy With The Iron-Clad Fist and other Marvel talk; an oral history of Almost Live, and Persona 5 is alive! This podcast is fake news!

We sniff the breath of the wild and chat about Enix soliciting noms for Dragon Quest poet laureate; the latest(?!) Switch; Alex gets hitched on paper; Doctorb Strange; my CU; WE answer YOUR questions; Obama plays Contra, and Al peppers the podcast with patrons. This podcast is Australian for "beer."

Welcome to Barnoli's America! This week, snack food copy right out of the gate!; Ray almost gets washed away in torrential flooding; mild E3 disparagement; Alex Pokemon GOES to the parks; App Talk!!; mail mishaps and pizza talk; the emotional drainage of modern games; some tearjerkin' Fan Fun, and eleventh-hour movie talk! Go fund us on Payola!

It's a nice sleepy round of fun this week as we discuss island weddings, plucked parcels, having that Yakooza, autograph apathy, pastime cereals, an evil residence, KAZUTECH, and of course, a whole lotta bitching about pronunciation! This podcast is a generous tipper.

Welcome to the apocalypse! This week, Alex winds down from AGDQ; dealing with idiots in the bar; the boys' thoughts on Rogue One and the problems with being "dark"; Last Guardian is mostly fun; the semantics of Japanese loan words; that Nintendo Switch sure looks neato!; this week in Bar Talk, mostly negative but some positive; Ray explores the magic of the ZIP disk; a single Overnerd, and the struggles of nerd-bonding! We validate!

…And a PODCAST in a pear tree?! This week is like the tense holiday dinner you always wanted, with topics like Final Fantasy XV, ancient China, Dragon Quest XI, how to use Twitch, xenophobic deliverymen, and your burning drop questions answered! This podcast had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Bacardi 161?! This week, Alex fails to find the Diminutive Famicom; a mini-mini installment of "The Human Body is Bullshit"; monetary misfortunes and the introduction of Tax Talk!; Pictlogica Final Fantasy is dumb; Alex isolates those darned aliens and ganks ganados; more miscellaneous game talk; Ray dives back into the muzukashii world of nihongo no benkyou, and we take your questions from Twitter! Don't blame us, we voted for Kodos.

So monthly, it's technically a magazine! This time we open with DRAGON QUEST!!!; wine country minus wine; A trip to the DRAGON QUEST!!! Museum; virtual INSANITY!; Mother Nature crashes the show; the dope-ass Nintendo Switch, boi; Al's root canal and other dental tales, and an Overnerd urine pyro. All that and more explained! This podcast is takes around 100 hours to complete.

Never forget… to listen to this episode! This week, Ray gives Alex some new drops; Alex recounts an experience at the Apple Store; Super Mario Run, don't walk!; PlaySnooze 4 Pro; Nioh is neato!; the boys butt heads over trivial grammatical matters; bar stories as per usual; Alex preps for his annual Tokyo trip; psyching up for the English release of Dragon Quest VII 3DS!; Fan Fun, and another heaping helping of Cinema Sukiyaki! Listen to this podcast and discuss it with your children.

An episode so late, it's back to school! Join us for a Moranistastic discussion of Final Fantasy concerts; Final Fantasy cousins; Pokemon Go; ridiculous gamers, and a brief but rousing return to Overnerds. This podcast is more valuable if you bag and board it.

It's Christmas in July! This week, Ray finally optimizes his automotive setup; Alex is monitored by the stone sentry; Ray celebrates his 33rd sol; belated E3 and video game talk; requisite Critical Hit update; Yahoo Auctions is bullshit; we answer your sparse questions from Twitter!; Alex finally finishes Persona 4, and we pile on the Fan Fun! This podcast implores you to taste the rainbow.

We're alive and kicking this week. On the docket: Ray's move; Al's legal status; the wedding of the century; aborted interviews; Alex is Never Not hung up on; the long-awaited return of Plane Movies, and Fan Fun is lonnng! This podcast is the latest in steaming technology.

Look I have to catch a plane tomorrow so just enjoy this shit okay

Pull up a chair and have a hot link! This week: talk of cars; pastries; questionable behavior at Critical Hit (I mean really… carpet?); Saturday night's all right for fighting -- and social engineering; the world's worst curry slogans; laughs abound in the retro gaming scene; and Fan Fun finally drives Alex insane! This podcast is brought to you by the banjo.

Four more years! This week, Alex explores NEW more whoppers; Ray emerges mostly victorious from the battlefield of illness; the further adventures of Blocko; Ray dreams of Xbox One imports; the intersection of fantasy and football; aspirations of streaming; why, Atsugiri Jason?; cool Japan vs. hypocritical Japan; the fall of Becky; don’t question Abe or Johnny, and a sampling of Fan Fun! We’ve got it going on!

The greatest modern musical! This week on the show: the uh, merits of Bayonetta cosplay; preserving X in 10; Firewatchin'; Dragon Quest Blocko is boffo!; seeing what Alex can gank from "AFK;" and searching behind the couch cushions for drops! This podcast has the power to nominate a Supreme Court justice.

Brought to you by Bacardi! This week, we talk Star Wars, paintings, and Christmas; Alex needs help with games; our best tweets of 2015; video game talk, and Alex finally joins PS Plus!; Bar Talk here ad there; Ray attends SF SketchFest; the joys of AGDQ and charity streaming; Netflix is the best/worst; Rockmen 9 and 10 are very hard; elongated Fan Fun, and Cinema Sukiyaki! Don't listen to this.

Zap! Pew! Bwang! This week, it's time for some Star Wars chat (no spoilers); a Christmas delivery for Critical Hit; some dinosaur movie; laptop woes, and the good and bad of really generic RPGs. This podcast is 50% off with purchase of the STAR WARS: BEHIND THE MAGIC Interactive CD-ROM.

We’re the original Black Friday! This week, we give thanks for several new versions of a game called Dragon Quest!; celebrating Thanksgiving with a list of great things; the horrors of Japanese marketing; X-Files brainstorming; MGSV advice and other video game talk; television and podcast programmes; another bumbling installment of Cinema Sukiyaki, and some big, juicy Fan Fun! Tivo us!

Now with 33% more free! Thanks to a recent holiday, we go long this week. Lots of Metal Gearin'; slushy drink arguin'; MST3K (and general) Kickstartin'; some quick Fan Fun BUT THEN a new segment about Japanese movie titlin', and some pretty funny old-fashion bullshittin'. This podcast has everything you need to survive at sea.

What horrors we discuss this week! Ray gets stoned, cranky, and cured; Alex busts his hump at the end of October; video game talk of most shapes and sizes; Chipotle coli; Alex’s bum 3DS; the rigors of working in costume; brewing beer for fun and profit; Fan Fun returns, and we shill for some other podcasts! Look for this podcast in your grocer’s freezer.

146 is a really high number! Autumn is here and it's a hot time for video games, so feel free to skip discussion of Picross or Dragon Quest Heroes or Metal Gear Solid! No, actually, you might miss talk about Lifetime Balderdash; Rather's Day; new stories from Critical Hit; and Red Lobsterburger! This podcast is a tribute to the podcasts that died so that we may live.

It’s October and death is in the air! This week, Ray acquires more Amiibos; a variety of games both tanked and tankless; Alex rages against wasei eigo; NES cameos because 80’s and brainstorming for FunTime; the AAA phenomenon; Better Call Al, and we break in that new Fan Fun theme! This podcast is free size!

144 CCs of inanity, stat! On this escapade: Ray ends his car saga (with a twist ending!); Alex spends a day in Tokyo and talks to some friends, and also means video game talk!; Hulk Baby Tweets; swimming in business receipts; writing sitcoms; and Fan Fun gets a new game! In a clerical error, this podcast was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame.

A return to something! This week, heaps of car trouble; sweaty cans; Dragon Quest VIII on IIIDS, no MGSV on PSIV; death and taxes; Al returns to D&D; a bumper crop of Overnerds, and Ray hates tattoos! This podcast is really looking for a long-term commitment!

142, the REAL meaning of life! This week, Ray's car doesn't want to come home; Alex fights the ingenious Japanese banking system; YES Dragon Quest XI!; our round-up of new mobile games!!; lemon-covered chocolate balls, and catching up on a backlog of donors and Likes -- has it been a year already?? This podcast is like a double-walled thermos of fun!

"Thanks" to the typical follies, Ray is forced to call in live to Pittsburgh for a special report from Alex! We talk great local eats; Ant-Men; Alex hacks the in-flight entertainment; Grodin/Brolin; a serious moment regarding podcast editing, and awkward moments with the family! We'll be back… eventually?!?

We’re one for one! This week, Alex finally sees Wet Hot Avengers Summer and Ray finally sees The Terminating Robot; X-Men more Marvel and DC movie talk; dumb title gripes; Alex attends a long-awaited concert; taking annoying bullets on Facebook; two new versions of a game called Dragon Quest, and a little bit of Fanf! Like it or lump it!

Fact: This IS the 140th episode. And WHAT an episode! Car storage technology; Hawaiian cuisine; celebrating our nation's burrito; anything is an amiibo; news from the Giuseppe household; shoppin' for PlayStations, and an Overnerd with a Broadway dream. This podcast is injured in the fourth quarter.

We’re back and terrible as ever! This week, tardy E3 roundup; Happy Birthray!; Alex narrowly avoids fiery death; Ray’s phone takes a tumble; do people like Kingdom Hearts? and other common questions for teens; Fan Fun & Mad Max; giving out our personal information, and Alex alienates the audience! This podcast tortured some folks.

138 practices no hate! Yeah. In this episode: Alex's record-breaking Twitter victory; an intense staircase situation; gross bar customers; a certain game of quests' news; MAPO?!; and Fan Fun handles WAY too many donors! This podcast hid a million dollars where the sun meets--*gurk*

Wow, two consecutive weeks! This time we cover the new version of a game called Dragon Quest; Alex makes the jump back into FFXI; RDB on P&D; one disgruntled van owner; bar news and Rockman blues; sudden Saturn acquisition, and Fan Stuff! This podcast is set in its ways.

The show of shows! (That's not taken, is it?) This week: You can take the Vana'diel outta Alex, but you can't take the Alex outta Vana'diel! Hence another several minutes on the old boy's favorite vice. Plus: fake Seinfelds; GotHam; woozy bees; surprise parties at Critical Hit and other follies; SPIDERS!!! And Fan Fun is light on originality. This podcast is rotgut for the soul.

Our price $1.35, cheap! This week, Alex’s rage of Ultron and the Korean kontingency; TV talk including Daredevil, Mad Men, Halt and Catch Fire, and Bob’s Burgers; the hosts’ public feud continues with Ray’s appearance on The Free Cheese; Alex contemplates returning to Vana’diel, returns to Ragol in the meantime; the wonders of Amiibo Tap; PSPing on the cheap; Ray endeavors to understand the multinerd; new downloadable content for gamesoft “Mario’s Car”, and Fanf for your face! This show’s going places!

It's not enough to dream a podcast, we have to be one, too! This week: Alex is courted by Saudi royalty (or just a rich guy); amiibo talk? Really?; the formal debut of our segment McDonald's Presents Pizza Problems; Hokkaido Likers dot com; and Overnerds practices sobriety! This podcast likes to let the light in.

Hiatus? Hi-EAT-us! This week, Alex moves out, in; Tax Talk; video games great and small; tele-vision programmes; the playable demonstration of Final Fantasy Fifteen; Vana’dead; Fan Fun, featuring the return of Overnerds and listener mail!; Alex gets kicked out of a party, and another run-in with an enraged Japanese grandpa! This podcast is 100% gluten.

132 skidoo! That's a lotta skidoos. This week, we're feeling a little full… of ourselves! Listen to us indulge in our appearances on other podcasts; Japanese radio for some reason; inaugural Blu-rays; Alex leaves the bar in some guy's hands; SPLOOBY?!; a live demo of a new version of a game called Dragon Quest; and Fan Fun with new Facebook Likes and a special announcement that someone nearly forgets to announce! This podcast knows you still owe it for covering you at lunch.