No More Whoppers is a podcast about two best friends trying to get to sleep at a sleepover.
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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…
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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 podcas…
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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…
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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 re…
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249: Detective Comics Eiga Universe
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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 …
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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.…
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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 corv…
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A Game Site About Nothing #10: Nothing, Forever
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(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.
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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 for…
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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 (…
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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-achieve…
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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; Ra…
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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 star…
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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 2…
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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!
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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, thi…
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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…
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A Game Site About Nothing: Prologue II: Hi and Goodbye
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(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.
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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==…
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A Game Site About Nothing: Prologue I: Officially Unofficial
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(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.
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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, an…
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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 w…
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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 …
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234: The Mixed-Up Files of B.D. Wong
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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 need…
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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 D…
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