No More Whoppers

A podcast about two best friends trying to get to sleep at a sleepover.

264: Sincerity's Gay 11/09/2025

264: Sincerity's Gay 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. /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/38886090

263: Tirestarter 10/12/2025

263: Tirestarter 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! ====MUSIC==== Dick Hunter & The Four Rhythm - Man with Umbrella Check out Adam's podcast, , as well as his ! /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/38437595

262: Jack in Those DATs 09/14/2025

262: Jack in Those DATs 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 be part of a class action lawsuit! ====MUSIC==== They Might Be Giants - Trouble Awful Devil Evil Tim Follin - Pictionary Title Screen /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/38083910

261: The Gym 08/17/2025

261: The Gym 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! ====MUSIC==== Sakanaction - Shin Takarajima Gen Hoshino - Koi /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/37727515

260: FWD 07/13/2025

260: FWD 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. /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/37377260

259: RoundThrone 06/15/2025

259: RoundThrone 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! ====MUSIC==== Nobuo Uematsu - Blackjack Reiko Takahashi - Sunset Road /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/36993475

258: Hey, Bereke! 05/11/2025

258: Hey, Bereke! 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! /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/36385640

257: Riven Heaven 04/13/2025

257: Riven Heaven 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! ====MUSIC==== insaneintherainmusic - Mii Channel Theme Masayoshi Soken - Ride the Rhythm /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/36014080

256: NAPA Auto Parts Oni 03/16/2025

256: NAPA Auto Parts Oni 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 parking, so bring the family. ===MUSIC=== Re-Ra - Shine Vulfmon - Dawn /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/35600700

255: Just Type Jonas Brothers 02/16/2025

255: Just Type Jonas Brothers 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! ====MUSIC==== Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us Isao Abe - Dee Jay's Theme /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/35200980

254: Pedestal Bay 01/13/2025

254: Pedestal Bay 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! ====MUSIC==== Noriyuki Iwadare - Carbo /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/34717860

253: Kong Making Sense 12/15/2024

253: Kong Making Sense 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! ====MUSIC==== 171 - Lenticular Anna Makino - Love Song Sagashite /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/34391625

252: Brazier Crane 11/17/2024

252: Brazier Crane 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 /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/33957967

251: Son is Friend 10/13/2024

251: Son is Friend 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! /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/33337212

250: Hawklegs 09/15/2024

250: Hawklegs 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. /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/32997627

249: Detective Comics Eiga Universe 08/18/2024

249: Detective Comics Eiga Universe 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' /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/32509232

248: Destined for Landfill 07/14/2024

248: Destined for Landfill 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. /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/32123037

247: Marilda Peach 06/16/2024

247: Marilda Peach 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! /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/31754885

A Game Site About Nothing #10: Nothing, Forever 05/26/2024

A Game Site About Nothing #10: Nothing, Forever (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. /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/31406592

246: Put Your Dog on the Phone 05/12/2024

246: Put Your Dog on the Phone 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. /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/31245852

245: King of Iron Fish Tournament 04/14/2024

245: King of Iron Fish Tournament 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? /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/30712968

244: Tonari no Swat Kats 03/17/2024

244: Tonari no Swat Kats 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. /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/30392088

243: Uncle Samanosuke 02/11/2024

243: Uncle Samanosuke 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! /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/29853678

242: Tax Shoes 01/14/2024

242: Tax Shoes 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. /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/29478448

241: Aonuma Nissan 12/17/2023

241: Aonuma Nissan 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! /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/29050078

S15: A Rough Nine Years 11/26/2023

S15: A Rough Nine Years 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! /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/28781448

240: Crane-ohazard 11/12/2023

240: Crane-ohazard 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 /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/28597168

239: Porno Trigger 10/15/2023

239: Porno Trigger 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 /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/28255814

A Game Site About Nothing: Prologue II: Hi and Goodbye 09/24/2023

A Game Site About Nothing: Prologue II: Hi and Goodbye (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. /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/27988977

238: Nankai Trough Megathrust 09/17/2023

238: Nankai Trough Megathrust 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 /episode/index/show/nomorewhoppers/id/28054020

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