No More Whoppers

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.

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.

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 Museum! This podcast will scare you the three Ss: straight, stiff, and stupid!

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Dick Hunter & The Four Rhythm - Man with Umbrella

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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; the thunderous nothing of Metal Gear Solid Delta; an NES music quiz, and the mystery of the 24-hour CoCo! If you listened to this podcast between 2009-2010 you may...

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 menace; chicken wings with a couple of pals, and a look at the weird recluse phase! We're the gnarly force your psychic warned you about!

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Sakanaction - Shin Takarajima

Gen H...

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 voicemails that push the limits of sanity! This podcast includes additional Nintendo DSi features.

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 interview in Reverse Psychology Today!

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Nobuo Uematsu - Blackjack

Reiko Takahashi...

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 Phone Phun! Remember to poke holes in your phone or we'll suffocate!

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 start dating again!

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insaneintherainmusic - Mii Channel Theme
Masayoshi Soken...

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; Dynasty Hades; catching up on Murakami, and some carlsome calls! This podcast has covered...

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 the NoMoWoCo compound! Don't miss our autograph signing at the Fresno Supercuts!

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Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us
Isao Abe...

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!

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Noriyuki Iwadare - Carbo

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 every two years!

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171 - Lenticular
Anna Makino - Love Song Sagashite

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.

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Karakuri Kiden Hiwou Senki - Scenic Journey
Karakuri Kiden Hiwou Senki - Scenic Journey part 2

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 or damaged time!

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.

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-sen! Do not make eye contact with this podcast!

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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.

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 amplification of Japanese xenophobia, and Twitter is still awful! Bring us up in therapy to receive $5 off your...

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We end with highlighting the final years of Crunk Games, and what it all meant.

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 which its shrine rests.

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 pavilion at the Minute Maid Spring Break Concert Series sponsored by Mint...

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.

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 and otherwise! This is the last rest area for 60 miles!

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.

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!

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: 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.

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Guitar Vader - Super Brother

Bitei Matsuki - The Magic of Creation

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!!

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2 Mello - Benten-cho Boogie
Masayoshi Soken - Course Uncharted

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Alex and Ray collide as we enter -- then exit -- the GIA. Eight weird months follow.

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.

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Kukikodan - Hakugin No Shoujo

Masayuki Yamamoto - Lucky

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The early years of internet game media and "semipro fansites" of the 2000s help us get where we're going.

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!

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.

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VASALLO CRAB 75 - Fifth Season (feat. advantage Lucy)

Cape of good hope - Noonoonoon

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!

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They Might Be Giants - Brain Problem Situation
Masayoshi Soken - Starsbreath

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 your final grade.

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Who Do You Love - Ai No Tabi

Natsuko Nisshoku - mirage girl

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 identity; how not to use a Super Famicom, and Phone Phun wins the day! Full disclosure: This podcast received a free shipment of Nickelodeon Acoustic Floam.

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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 Alcantara.

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Yutai Communications - Yu
The fin. - Outer Ego

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 has finally been revoked!

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dj grumble - difficulty select
The O'Jays - I love music

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 podcast is known in some cultures as "The Unspeakable Ones."

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Ayano Tsuji - Daisuki Panda
Potomelli - Moonsault
For Tracy Hyde - Friends 

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 disappointment; mobage mo' problems; phone phun; the superfluous CostCo, and Netflix, more like Notflix! You cannot be ejected from a Honeybaked Ham for blasting this podcast!

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Pixies - Indie Cindy
Banjeoin...

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.

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Tomoya Otani / Seirou Okamoto - Heaven's Labyrinth (Magic Knight Rayearth)
AIRCRAFT - Nekomusume

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 sucks! Fax me back, it's urgent!

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Suikoden  - Forgotten Days (Nassbroc Remix)
NiGHTS - Dreams Dreams

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.

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Humbert Humbert - Kimi no Mikata
peanut butters - JUSCO,UENO 

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?

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Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy
Yoko Shimomura - Megalomania (Michael Solski remix)

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.

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KLEPTO - Sandy
Pandagolff - Dropping the Bottle

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 drunkos; Ray's Skunkbusters, and morose phone phun! This podcast knew you could do it!

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Casiopea - Swear
Don't Stop or We'll Die - Lisa

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.

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yayuyo - Urusai!
imai - Music

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 

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 a tight 90, ya cretins!

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! This podcast is like talking, but violent!

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!; Ray revisits Red Dead Redemption; opinions on puroresu; health and safety facts you need to know!; Caramello down under; getting right with the IRS; two late bloomers bloomin', and a couple of phone...

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 masks.

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 wool sweaters!

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 not the one about junk food.

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 Phun; when to quit recommending, and WOWboy Bebop! This podcast is eligible for free shipping!

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.

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 Homecoming; Alex Kidd in AR World; adequate beer garden meat; heated quibbling over pixels, and a couple of fans who literally phoned it in! Our house dressing is now FDA-approved in all 50...

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? And how's Alex going to blow his tax money? This podcast is like having a portable *radio!*

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; exploring more Japanese commercials of the 90s; microphone etiquette cont'd, and movie tropes condemned! No shoes in the dojo!

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.

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 comes alive!; making games playable in 2021; Phone Phun: Awkward Memories Edition; one final Retro Achievements vent, and the boundaries of romhacks! This podcast is a real threat in the muktuk-eating contest!

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 animal fat; failing the gifted class, and a certain caller exposed! This podcast don't know from Adam.

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!

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 been deleted by a moderator.

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 or lesser value!

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 country for 28 yen; our employee evaluations; getting all the regional variations of the vaccine; we finally found a new topic on the podcast: music; and getting VERY fired up about garbage! This...

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 fresh round of voice mails; a surprise visit from Mr. 3D0; missing the point of comedy by over-examining it, and is Fraioli even real? Beach life is the life for this podcast!

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! Podcasting has no limits.

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 callers; trouble at the polls for Mr. Fraiolo, and dealing with braggadocious nerds! Vote, ya bingus!

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 were already addressed earlier in the episode! This podcast is not getting older, it's getting better.

The $1.99 special! This week, the VO gigs keep rolling in; a double dose of snack food copy with deep Asian flavor; Ray's back to school special and the best and worst of college professors; The Mario Brothers; the DC roster in the Kombat Zone; FFXIV and a lesson in RPG music; Moon musings; a poseur of an Overnerd, and dreams of office life! We've updated our terms of service!

Your favorite pacific rimmers are back! First, a piece of lost media is recovered and changes our lives; Al patches FF14 and wants friends; Ray shares Suikoden by the seashore; pushing the boulder of Twitch partnership; sobriety stories; a beast tribe called quest; MitsuBEEshi, and Overnerds expose the seedy underbelly of parody songs! You will believe a gold can be found.

July, what a country! This week, the wild world of streaming; Ray wraps up the semester early; it wouldn't be a show without FFXIV talk; Ray's GPU thinks outside the box; hardware aesthetic and the power of purple; nature returns to the bar; the controller world's finest; the new version of a game called Shin M'gammy Tansei; Alex runs down the top tourist attractions of Nagoya; a pair of odious Overnerds, and Alex's Patreon problems and Twitch triumphs! Let this podcast be your mask! (but also wear a real one ffs)

How much can we pack into this one? Well, let's take a look: today it's all about the relationship between wind and microphones; Alex has another dream with a staggering new segment name; the mid-30s threshold; Cram School Confidential; donut bags; BLM in NGO; towers of Chris; how DARE you record a video game; Sumsan; at least two arguments about math, and Ray plays Earth Defense Force INSIDE the console! This podcast is found artwork.

Buckle in, boyo! This week, more unconscious brain antics from Alex; sweaty VR; Ray's miraculous mic mods; zen and the art of motor oil maintenance; the state of stimulus in Japan; Ray knocks another semester outta the park; Tax Talk!; finally diving into FFVII Remake spoilers; Tuesdays with Doubutsu no Mori; the new version of an anime called Dragon Quest; boy, TV in the 90s, huh?; sad news from Terrace House; a rousing dose of Fan Fun; big news for fans of Patreon!; Alex no VO Daibouken; audio snobbery, and black lives continue to matter! For real! Don't sleep...

Hey, where ya goin'? It's a new NoMoWo! Yeahhh get back here. This ep: a newfound kinship over murder hornets; Ray is a microPHONY; what time IS it in Japan?; Alex heads back to work, somewhat, and Ray plays FFXIV just in time for that rapscallion Alex to make a new komedy kwiz! This podcast is the choice of a new generation.

Welcome back to the Neverending Pasta Bowl of podcasts! This week, reminiscing about our late-90's homepages; requisite quarantine updates; Alex's Small-Dream Mini-Corner; the discord within Discord; XIV in 14 marches ever onward; all manner of Residents Evil; Ray returns to the Yakuza (the Japanese Mafia); the Final Fantasy remake that sets every child's heart aflutter, and keep it to yourself, Netflix! Friend us on XBAND!

We're here for the taking, and here for the TALKING! This ep: the masks we wear; postponed bar quizzes; good times for the new version of a game called All of Them!; Alex stars in Relic Hunter; блок; The Wizard celebrated; we're writing The 2zard, and don't miss Alex sharing his new VO reel! This podcast lives by the groove.

We're out of beta! This week, life disrupted by that darned virus; Alex dives into YouTube; Ray stocks up on jugs; unpacking Dragon Quest: (Y)our Story; road trip!!; NoMoPho(ne games); honoring some generous donors, and chess talk?! Use this podcast as your hand-washing song!

It's March Month at your local calendar dealer! This time around, Ray moves to a familiar locale; a very apologetic dental adventure with Alex; the boys unleash True Sass; sandwich roleplay; hired dragoons; Bin Bin's summer vacation; how much does it cost to copy something at the library, anyway? Plus Fan Fun has new Overnerds and Facebook Likes! This podcast now comes in Orange Vanilla.

Still uncompromised by Shadow, Inc.! This week, mourning a Doug; Ray continues his adventures in academia; dealing with insufferable personalities; a stressful move on the horizon?!; Japanese furniture is the tops; revisiting Netflix; the importance of cohesion in the creative process; game dev talk and Alex's muddled brain; Facebook Likes, and what makes a game bar-worthy! Don't miss our 3.2 million-dollar Super Bowl spot!

NMW enters 2020 with bells on! (The bells were left on after Christmas.) We chat about our new place on the Greenlit Podcast Network, but it's largely business as usual, which of course means... talking about Final Fantasy a lot?! OK well, that and how to hack PlayStations; what we did over X-Mas, including a shockingly good flight for Al, and Ray going to prison; an update on Ray's report card; sharks; the versatility of lightsabers, and paying Japan for absolutely nothing! This podcast is where the rubber meets the road.

Closing out the decade in style! We start things off with an extreme energy drink kampai; Alex's Mini Dream Corner; Ray wraps up his Fall semester; we cover Ray being blue over a Blu-ray cover; more cool NoMoWo fans make the CH pilgrimage; the joys of making dumb videos and being misunderstood in general; requisite video game talk; more of those abhorrent Facebook Likes; Alex's fryer woes, and the fun of summertime themes! We ain't no tories!

Mute your TV and sync this up to Disney Plus! Some things happen this time: A new recorded Alex dream; we plan an epic Japan trip; game talk including Death Stranding, Yakooza, and Pokoomon; Norman Doofus; more on Ray's *school daze!*; the final Cinema Sukiyaki, and Facebook Likes AND Overnerds! What is this, 2014?!

Back to business after a vivacious vow renewal! This week, Ray is relaunched as the Ray Slim; taking a leisurely DQ stroll with Al; the new version of a phone called iPhone; Mario Kart hits the road; boy, college sure is weird!; a bit of somber news from Japan; the triumphant return of a fan favorite; Alex's thoughts for the future, and the Switch Lite is a winner! Pre-order the NoMoWo Mini today!

It's like getting TWO episodes in one! Several NMW milestones are in the mix, as this year, Ray visits Alex in Pittsburgh for a week of wedded bliss (well-- no, it-- Alex has a wife). Join us live from Maison Fraioli for 90 minutes about pools; traffic laws; parents; restaurants; museums; fans, and the dangers of gum

Oh, were we NOT releasing episodes? Well, here's one. We catch up on some gamin' news (Smash Bros. with THAT character!); the wide world of Ray's magazines; one more month until Al's fake-real wedding; GOLF?!; when is a cooldown not an ability?; cookie-covered almonds, and we take some listener Qs! This podcast is on some sort of extended trial run.

We're back after boycotting April! This month, we cover our respective Golden Week adventures, including the CH Pub Quiz and Operation Retrieve Games; podcasts and the Canadian accent; Ray finishes a Final Fantasy and we discuss the pre-FF7 PS1 JRPGs; Alex as a semi-responsible corpse; 2B or not 2B; virtual housing is horseshit; spoiler-filled discussion of the 4th Doom book "Endgame"; Ray sees Hamilton and musical talk ensues, and Alex is visited by an old friend! This podcast doesn't even have tax returns!

Back with spunk, whatever that is! We open big with Alex's wrestling injury; the new version of a... yeah, that, and some other RPGs; Ray is *finally* a true retro gamer; new tales from the security conference; and now he has TIME for those retro games!; remembering when Alex was a movie extra; spidered men; bees; Fan Fun gets a name wrong, and Alex nearly gets a Cameo account, stay tuned! This podcast was submitted to Attorney General William P. Barr for review.

Ringing in the Year of the Bore! In another exciting return, Alex samples a new Burger King offering; Ray continues the mod lifestyle; video game talk; Alex's sad news; weight loss and gain; short winter days; Alex is pension for a bruisin'; holiday fun!; game transplants; the latest in Utada Hikaru gossip leads into recent game talk; Alex preps for his vow renewal, and a PlayStation5?! Stay tuned for Diagnosis Murder!

We're young, dumb, and full of FUN! This week, some final DQXI thoughts; Smash Ultimate is upon us; Critical Hit is Critical BACK!; Alex's Dream Corner; what the hell is a Jingle Bell Rock; the long-awaited return of, uh, The Cinema Balcony's Sukiyaki Is Closed; Ray enters Sega Heaven; Final Fantasy XIV again?!; gigantic game installs are dumb, and a very real crowdfunding argument! Please, swipe right!

"Hot" on the heels of our Dragon Quest retrospective podcast seven years ago, we return for a SPOILER-filled conversation on Dragon Quest XI. We Zoom from point to point, including what we thought about the game's story, characters, features, lack of features, us struggling to recall story details because we didn't take a lot of notes, and all that kind of wonderful SPOILERY stuff. And you bet we take a dump on Koichi Sugiyama! P.S. SPOILERS! This podcast is not allowed to be sold on weekdays the Japanese government said so!!!

It's more of this, it seems! This month, west coast vs. east; streams are happening; tax troubles; a segment without media talk?!; Ray's tire issues; scooters are weird; Japan's issues with hito-sourcing; social networking is worthless; bar visits from cool people!; Alex's cheese addiction; the boys talk physical fitness; middling media talk; Picross and Picross variants; Mega Man 11 talk; the dangers of Japanese data entry; Jurassic talk; Ray enjoys Solo; Japan's natural disasters, and the wonders of dealing with Japanese wedding companies! This podcast is up for a supreme court seat.

Back in the swing of things! Get ready for tales of Aladdin the musical; the new version of a game called etc.; a long-awaited Critical Hit update; Alex misunderstands the Cola Wars; the boys argue over absolutely nothing; the triumphant return of Fan Fun and Overnerds!; more game talk and VR is weird, and Alex was on some shows! Elections are coming up so write us in!

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.