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. = = = MUSIC = = = 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! === MUSIC === Masayoshi Soken - Bee My Honey DJ Cutman - Trekkin'

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 next order!

(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.

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 Mobile! Mint Mobile: Why Else?

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. ===MUSIC==== 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!! ==MUSIC== 2 Mello - Benten-cho Boogie Masayoshi Soken - Course Uncharted

(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.

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==== Kukikodan - Hakugin No Shoujo Masayuki Yamamoto - Lucky

(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.

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.   ===MUSIC==== 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! ==MUSIC== 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. ===MUSIC==== 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.   ==MUSIC== Hidenori Iwasaki - Crime Busting With a Smile!

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.   ===MUSIC==== 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! ==MUSIC== 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." ==MUSIC== 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! ==MUSIC== Pixies - Indie Cindy Banjeoin - Bumble Buster

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. ==MUSIC== 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! ==MUSIC== 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. ==MUSIC== 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? ==MUSIC== 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. ==MUSIC== 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! ==MUSIC== 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. ==MUSIC== 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 phun knuckleheads! You must attach this podcast to your Form 1040 if you made over $100 last year!

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 states!

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.