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 podcast beats grease better than the leading brand.

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 on this shit!

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.

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!