The Podcast That Never Was: Recent Episodes
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Nick and James discuss the Follow the Leader trope, and question when there's too much or too little world building.
Nick and James discuss people feeling they're part of an exclusive club that's... not so exclusive. Fans thoughts on gateway mediums, and fans not knowing what they actually want.
Nick and James discuss people who can't Google, revisionist history of media, and is being generic a bad thing?
Nick and James discuss odd choices in milking nostalgia, the difference between objective and subjective, and what does indie mean
Nick and James discuss the amount of work creators put in their work, and how much of a certain thing do you have to like to become a fan?
Nick and James discuss the psychology behind how we play games, and how marketing works for stuff
Nick and James discuss their favorite part of fandoms, people being upset over localizations, and when spinoffs are unnecessary.
Nick and James discuss the differences between gatekeeping and co-opting, collecting during a pandemic, and the effects of piracy.
Nick and James discuss their preferred way to increase difficulty in video games, leaking information on games, and fans who don't understand the process of content creation.
Nick and James discuss their opinions on aggregate review sites, how timing hurts or helps media, and the appeal of the retro aesthetic.
Nick and James discuss spoiler culture, voice direction vs poor acting, and fan favorites
Nick and James discuss games and shows that get a seemingly random resurgence in popularity, people complaining about you playing a game different the way they do, and vocal minorities thinking they're bigger than they really are.
Nick and James discuss why people play video games, going back to older entries in game franchises, and discuss who best girl is in the Crunchyroll Anime Awards
Nick and James discuss limitations of Anime Seasons, Game Awards, and When do Spinoffs Matter?
Nick and James the staleness of the shonen community, safe sequels, and placing creators on pedestals
Nick and James triumphantly return to discuss video game console launches, discuss opinion quantifiers, and reverse snobs.
Nick and James announce a temporary hiatus, talk about why old anime were localized, and why modern dubs use the same 12 actors.
Nick and James discuss misremembering nostalgia, the 10 year cycle of loving hated things, and reading off the results of the Anime Awards
Nick and James discuss the future of video games, what constitutes a spoiler, and people putting more significance on missing sequels.
Nick and James take a lazy approach to reading off nominees of anime of the year, and our thoughts on anime of the decade.
Nick and James discuss the strange occurrences in movies for anime series, and also discuss how people feel about the game that introduced them to a series.
Nick and James discuss if games are worth the $60, and our thoughts on media ditching the old fanbase for a new one.
Nick and James discuss the pros and cons of the hype train, and discuss the changes in gameplay between old and new RPG's.
Nick and James discuss the release of Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, and our issues with cancel culture.
Nick and James discuss the changes between new and old anime fans, and answer some questions that Nick's wife has laid out for us.
Nick and James discuss fiascos with franchise timelines, and poor choice in direction for voice actors.
Nick and James return to talk about franchise dark horses, changing mediums of anime, and answer some Q&A
Nick and James discuss the update to the ProJared situation, and people hating on things for reasons outside of the product.
Nick and James discuss the fall of ProJared, the issues with collecting trophies in games, and forcing the appeal of games.
Nick and James discuss the 30th anniversary of the Gameboy, and other topics, as James took forever to upload the episode and forgot the other topics!
Nick and James discuss the problem with stinky gamers, and also wonder how many characters is too much?
Nick and James discuss video game sequels and whether or not certain anime will be popular if released now.
Nick and James discuss video game localization vs direct translations, censorship in video games, and Isekai anime.
Nick and James discuss anime first impressions, Shonen Jump tropes, and their favorite/least favorite anime tropes. They try to fit in some Q&A
Nick and James discuss character building vs world building in anime, and answer some Q&A.
Nick and James discuss Christmas memories, have random anime talk, and discuss the Tales series.