No More Whoppers

More of this?! This time we talk commercial props; more on corporate transparency; Nintendo Japan’s MK8 promo is rose gold bullshit; Pokemonotony; MS-DOS what 32Xn’t; taking whiners in stride; kicking back at the KKB; The Nagoya Skip; the perils of Beatlemania; the local meat market and an expensive sale in #Japan; Square-Enix been served; Zelda Muslim; donor thanks in stereo, and new videogaimz!...

Our 108th episode of destiny! This week, Dinner Food Copy; Pine SOL; sweating through your suit and summer vs. winter; Alex’s birthday haul; dispelling the myths of blood type in this week’s #Japan; Tako Talk, and insuring our bones and teeth! If you don’t listen to this podcast today, don’t bother coming in on Monday!

Lucky 107! In this outing, Table Tool Time Episode 001; trying to open a business account in this week’s #Japan; covert advertising in the face of legal pressure; enjoy the free FFXIV weekend by not playing; incredulous foreigners in Japanese advertising; Alex signs on to promote Ireland; the rules of kegs; Fanf rises like a Phoenixph; ranking our pros and cons; logo theft cont’d, and Alex abuses...

Welcome back to the stage of history! This week, retro game shopping, price-gouging Japanese t-shirts; hauling ass through Shovel Knight; summer weddings; logo thievery; multiple viewings; Alex gets Gold Carded; this week in #Japan (or, “It can’t be helped, please understand”); bar scrubdown and nauseating discoveries, and listening in on a child prodigy! This podcast includes scenes too outrageou...

We’re sweating our butts off! This week, No More Mondays Episode 001; bar news and the financial Hokey-Pokey; an exodus to Genesis; I think we just found Ray’s impressions of Trans4mers; Alex’s tips for drinking at the movies; Game Talk! (Mega Mans, Shovel Knight, Mario Kart 8, Dragon Quest X); the decline of shock-jock shit-heel radio; clumsily bilingual Fan Fun; the brackish pit of internet hype...

We put the “sad” in “back in the saddle”! This week, Alex’s positive reaffirmations; Critical Filth; the burger heirarchy; adventures in Osaka featuring Daniel Feit and Matt Bloch; Ray’s adventure at TooManyGames 2014; the joy and brutality of Shovel Knight; rolling our Rs; words Alex thinks people want to hear him say; the surprising consequences of self immolation; a savory, full-bodied Fanf, an...

Surprise! We thought it lost, but that’s only half true. Apologies for the short episode this week, try not to get lost as our technical foul-up creates a mystifying web of conversation! You can best enjoy this podcast by writing your own damn description.

Broadcast live from the Empire State Building’s 102nd floor! In this week’s hot and sweaty outing, we lead with a technical gaffe; the mystery of Hydrox; the various uses of Twitter; LTTP: Twin Peaks; more Mario Kart talk and the opening of our tournament; thrilling new segment “Names of British Things”; premature Fanf, and The Balcony is Closed! Can you spot the six differences between a raving d...

An intro to doofery! In this installment, the rigors of completionism; Mario Kart 8 and Koopaling anthroponymy; Dragon Quest VIII frames per second; other notable eights throughout history; fond memories of Homeland Week II; superhero movies and the new X-Mans; echoey shouting; classic voice acting revisited; disagreement over Phoenix Wright localization; mourning the blue Koopa shell; compact Fan...

Finally operating at 100% capacity! In this thrilling installment, Alex skirts death in the wild; the onsen and Japan Vs. The Foreigners; The Judge Judy Prime Time Special; the Alex & Droopy pilot; bodily injury and new beginnings; what NoMoWo means to us; questions from the social media platform Twitter; renting in Japan cont’d; unnecessary roughness among “fans”; 7-11 beer-flavored alcohol; Kore...

Barbara Feldon presents! This week, pain-vomitting; paying for FFXI fan fiction; the first of more poignant NoMoWo Memories; exploring the Wii U; the joys of garlic; Alex reconnects with an old friend and makes a new one; even more podcast pet peeves; Ray laments the livestream, and Xtreme Fanf! This podcast will return in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Brunswick.

This week, Alex is on zero sleep; price gouging at this year's Belgian Beer Weekend; post-workout injury; Bar Watch: Day 753; homemade limoncello; podcast pet peeves; a microcosm of imagined Fanf; The Great Atari Dig brings out muddle-brained conspiracy theorists, and marvel as Alex's brain burns out in spectacular fashion! Hang a scrunchie on your dorm room doorknob to best enjoy this podcast und...

Huddle up to our fireplace! This week, Ray goes to hanami; shedding the schlub; fun with Japanese movie titles; post-workout snack food copy; Retronauts Stupid Episode 2; a blog revived and FFXI talk; Hearthstone and Alex's fiery card-hate; striking a rich vein with Google Translate; Fanf, and a X in 10 revival on the horizon?! Get this podcast FREE with any L.L. Bean purchase of $25 or more!

In our ninety-sixth mistake, we perform a brief analysis of KL5; the Today Show; tax season!!; a night out with a good burger and dim bulb; Alex defends HIMYM; this week in Japanese Peace Fetishism; another return to Vana'diel?; triumphant Fanf; Saturday mornings revisited; the future of X in 10, and the dangers of getting one's kicks from social media! This podcast is nominating itself for the Ca...

It's our ninety-fifth outing, and sleep is for the weak! This week, a hanami double-header; Nickelodeon's Japanese presence; Professor Fraioli's Caffeine 101; suiting up for fun; snack bars and missing digits; social interaction and the weight of "Inside Mode"; Perler beads and sprite art; the brief lives of fan remakes, and adequate Fanf! The times when you have seen only one set of footprints in...

Determine inanity by rolling 9D4! This week, we mourn the loss of a 24-hour stalwart; tweeting the world by storm; two's company, twelve's a crowd; thwarted by financial institutions; Alex does a favor for a potential backer; Pocket Monsters Why?; that's a (Ground) Zero, and the triumphant return of Facebook Likes! Find out more at AOL Keyword Giuseppe.

We're united in ninety-three! Ray finds unexpected joy at GDC; Alex bombs his money away; the search for more money; take the Intel challenge!; cross-genre missteps; remakes du jour; questions from Twitter, and Fanf me in the face! This podcast will leave the light on for you.

The terrible ninety-twos! This week, carelessness at Safeway; car talk; St. Fraioli's Day x2; the ungifted program; Japan's peace fetish; reconnecting with an old non-flame; hired and unhired; bugs for lunch, and some terse Fanf! This podcast is out on the street when it hits eighteen.

Ninety-one ways to leave your lover! In this thrill-packed installment, Ray gets a car; Alex loses and finds his wallet; recovering funds from Wally Weasel; backing out of deals in Japan; awkward dealings with neighbors; Bravely Maxed Out; condemnation of the Internet Nerd Announcer; a special surprise Overnerd; Fanf, and unexpected snack food copy! Ass, gas, or grass; nobody rides this podcast fo...

It's the go-go 90s! This week, the boys discuss No More Whoppers Bingo; SCROLL 11; more tales of bar apprenticeship; Home Alone's scar on our psyche; the Olympics?! Kind of?!; Vanilla Ice; Al's new "game;" seven-story bookstores; Sephiroth; some wonderful new FANF, and and a new round of Twitter questions! This podcast won't have dishonest cops on this force.

It's our 89th anniversary! Celebrate with such topics as soundproofing blankets; Alex OTC; Twitter questions (our favorite foods, games, consoles, comedians, podcasts; fear of fun; love; Valentine's gifts; corporate sponsorship; guest spots; Vito software), and Fan Fun is back on top! Don't tell this podcast what it can't do.

We're in for some serious shit! In this episode of we talk about pop singer marriage; Norbit; Alex is watching LOST for some reason; talk of at least one Super Bowl commercial and then that's it we swear; Fallout?!; Alex continues the bar search, with a primer on the Japanese "snack bar," and in FANF, we learn that subscriptions save off the cover price. This podcast did NOT sign up for these Russ...

Fresh from Vault 87! This week in… iOS games?!; Alex('s apartment) blacks out; letters to faceless corporations; lying in court; meet hot tank singles in your area!; seminary seminar; first person pronouns plus alpha; Alex Inc. in Business License World; Fanf, and the boys are mired in stress! Try this podcast with a HOT-N-READY Crazy Combo!

We didn't have a chance to record a proper episode this week, so Alex sat down with childhood friend Brad in a Hilton hotel room to discuss the most disgusting issue of SkyMall ever, pee-floors, and video game/food association! Ray will be back next week with more snack food copy probably!!

Don't eighty-six us yet! Al and Ray return from the holiday break with news from Alex's winter vacation, including the Polar Vortex and its effect on his flights; the latest NMW meetup; presents; mustache games; plane reunions (that's reunions *on* a plane), and a concussion! Plus, talk of RPGs; Phoenix WRONG; and a Christmas bounty of donations! You're all great. This podcast is up to code.