UNITYYYY!
Julian’s exhausted, so there’s not a lot of time to welcome you to this episode of Nerds Without Pants. We talk some more Starfield and a ton of news, plus your emails. It’s fun!
Abstract!
Welcome to the next Headlines edition of Nerds Without Pants! Julian and Justin are both in holding patterns waiting on bigger games, so this episode has us checking out some different stuff in the meantime, as well as some eclectic news stories that we hope you’ll enjoy. All that, and your emails!
Gang gang!
It's a Headlines edition of Nerds Without Pants, coming in hot, because Julian feels like death warmed over. Enjoy!
The legacy of the crystals, blah, blah, blah
Welcome to a big edition of Nerds Without Pants! It’s a slow news week, but that’s okay, because we have a lot to say about Final Fantasy XVI, and a good amount of emails. Enjoy!
Buy our merch!
Welcome to a jam-packed Headlines edition of Nerds Without Pants! It’s Not-E3 season, and we have a lot to say about the Summer Games Fest, as well as some other news stories and quite a bit more about Street Fighter 6.
He's gonna keep us waitin', huh?
Welcome to a jam-packed Headlines edition of Nerds Without Pants! It’s time to kick off “The-Artist-Formerly-Known-as-E3” season, starting with Sony’s big PlayStation Showcase! It sure was…something. Something that we’ll talk about. Please be excited for it. PLEASE.
Man, I wanted to do a generic YouTuber face for this...
This episode of Nerds Without Pants is coming in a wee late, but we think you’ll dig it! We start with Headlines, and close the segment with a beefy discussion about Xbox: where it’s been, where it’s at, and where it’s going.
Maybe for 300...
Welcome to a decidedly NOT special episode of Nerds Without Pants, despite what the episode number may tell you. We’ve got some fun headlines and some deep discussion about a couple of games, so we hope you enjoy!
Rooting for the little guy.
Willow is a 1988 dark fantasy movie I never watched as a child. Yet the name still rings a nostalgic bell in my brain. Strangely, I didn’t consciously pay it much attention until I stumbled across the NES game sometime in the mid-2000s. But seeing the name and characters on the cover felt deeply familiar in a way I still grapple to understand. Maybe I saw the movie poster and heard its name in passing as a kid but didn’t think much of it until discovering the video game later in life. Initially released by Capcom in 1989, Willow was a calculated attempt to create a game with broader appeal since it was based on a property with characters familiar to its audience. Fortunately for Capcom, those calculations were entirely correct.
A Robot Boy and his Dog
For years, there has been a heated debate among fans of the Mega Man series regarding which one is the best of the original hexalogy. After the facts have been laid out and philosophical life lessons thoroughly dissected, the debate usually boils down to Mega Man 2 vs. Mega Man 3. Which is the greater of the two? Well, no matter which side you’re on, we can all agree on the thing- the cover art for Mega Man 3 finally got it right! No more awkward stances or that pistol-for-an-arm-cannon nonsense. Of course, he didn’t look as good as on the Famicom cover, but that’s another argument.
