Episode 251: In Samus We Trust...I Guess.

Published: May 10, 2023, 3 p.m.

b'Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants! This week, we shout out some of our favorite women in games, be they characters, developers, content creators, and more. Then we talk about a couple bad games and a couple better games before pitting Zelda against Dragon Quest in a cage match.\\n00:00 – 07:46 Julian’s bad mood\\n07:56 – 2:04:01 STAGE SELECT: Favorite women in video games\\n2:04:10 – 3:10:39 CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: The Last Case of Benedict Fox, not playing Redfall, LARPing in Vampire: The Masquerade, Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster, Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster\\n3:11:16 – 3:31:27 VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild vs Dragon Quest XI\\n3:31:36 – 3:41:13 Outro and outtakes\\nNEXT EPISODE: HEADLINES!\\nIN TWO WEEKS:\\nSTAGE SELECT: We’re deliberating Game of the Year for 1998! Give us your nominations and let us know why you think they belong in the discussion. We will whittle down the nominations to 5 games, and then put them in an ordered list based on your input and our bias.\\nVIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Shaq Fu vs Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside\\nSUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 5/19 TO BE ON THE SHOW!\\nTwitter: @NWPcast\\nEmail: NWPcast@gmail.com\\nOur theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.\\n '