The No Holds Barred Podcast

Topics include: Topics include: SO MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED! A detailed breakdown of the last five months of our lives, including Nick winning a prestigious award but working like a boss, the UFC Fight Night 54 experience in Halifax, Movember, Library Chess Productions, Justin going through 7-year-old Facebook messages, and lots and lots of Christmas & New Years talk; New Year's Resolutions; Tyler's artistic plans; getting back into shape (again) and eating healthier (again); Nick going into a burning building (for a good reason!); Nick's roommate Jerod's karaoke parody of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know"; the future of the CraigsList segment; hating CraveOnline but commenting on a CraveOnline article about the Top 55 Most Common Sexual Fantasies; the haps on MediaDetour; filming on The BridgewatersFinest 2014 Movie Awards!</description> </item> <item> <title>No Holds Barred Podcast Episode 35</title> <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2014 16:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <link>http://archive.org/download/noholdsbarred-35/NoHoldsBarred35-24August2014.mp3</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://archive.org/download/noholdsbarred-35/NoHoldsBarred35-24August2014.mp3</guid> <author>[email protected]</author> <category>Podcast</category> <description><![CDATA[ Topics include: We welcome back TYLER from the �On The Gamely� video game blog!; talking about �The Matrix�; Nick doing Insta-radio�s under the name Neorad and the importance of having an outlet; apologizing for �Ascension Week� dying slowly; Justin has naked pictures of ex-girlfriends; Tyler�s sex face, playing �The Witcher 2� & talking about whether �Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes� is a rip-off; how October & February 2015 are death months for Tyler�s life; Nick�s ongoing trials and tribulations as a developing firefighter, including cute nicknames & how nobody got killed; a ten-plus-minute conversation about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge; the �No Holds Barred Taste Test� of Shock Top Belgian White Ale (featuring Nick�s sexy voice & nips); the �Hang Out With Nick Challenge� is born; dropping dime on the �Hall of Fame Burger Challenge� which we will do sometime soon; Tyler�s favorite color/flavor combination; Nick treats beer like Justin & Tyler treat movies; Justin�s alcoholic patriotism; Nick challenges Tyler�s dislike for beer; Tyler MIGHT be gay for Nick; autistic seagulls & how amazing pretzels are; quick movie review of �Lucy�; reviewing the Twin City Wrestling �Ascension� show, including Nick�s shitty day & how easy it is to break into his car, giving up our seats for a young fan with cancer, a Kurrgan double-chokeslam, and announcing that season two of Twin City Wrestling on Eastlink TV is a go; LOTS of WWE and SummerSlam 2014 talk � Brock Lesnar winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, Dolph Ziggler winning the InterContinental Championship & a new Dolph push, unifying the two WHC belts, the new WWE logo and the WWE Network screwing Canada, Justin going 7-2 predicting SummerSlam, the quality (or lack thereof) of the Cena/Lesnar main event, whether anyone can take the belt off of Lesnar believably, more talk about Lesnar/Undertaker at WM30, who could win Superstar of the Year 2014, anti-Meltzer talk, the Bray Wyatt-Chris Jericho feud, remembering Wyatts vs. Shield, �old man� RVD, the Paige-A.J. feud & what needs to change about it, �the Stephanie McMahon conversation� & the Bella feud, Paul Heyman & his new DVD, Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose, Rusev & Lana, shit-talking the U.S. Title, more about how awesome The Shield was & ranking them all-time, re-living D-X and the nWo; Nick takes a piss that ISN�T on mic this time; the boys do a little singing; Tyler takes a SHIT on malcontented video game fans (re: Bioware, Final Fantasy, Day-Z, Skyrim, and more!)!

Topics include: Some corporate shilling for sponsorship and patronage; Nick's new role at work & continuing fire hall duties; Nick talks about how some dealers are assholes & talks shit about Apple geniuses; Canadian vs. American customers; Nick needs a bookshelf; shilling for Kevin Smith; Justin blowing shit up on Twitter with Kevin Smith, Mick Foley & RAINN; Justin doesn't like/know how smoke detectors work; a customer service issue with Upper Deck; the L.A. Kings winning the Stanley Cup & Justin gets trolled within two minutes; movie reviews of "A Million Ways To Die In The West", "Edge of Tomorrow" & "Maleficent"; Justin talks about Twitter some more; an NHB Taste Test of Liverpool, Nova Scotia's Hell Bay English Ale; speculating on doing a 24-hour podcast; a long discussion of ScanBC; talkin' some Twin City Wrestling on Eastlink on Demand & being two weeks away from the next live show; discussing some recent WWE cuts; Nick makes podcasting history; does Canada need a Hawaii?; the CraigsList segment, including Magic: The Gathering, hairy balls, and a tiger; the shootings in New Brunswick, Seattle and California; the Stupid Recent News segment, including a cabbie getting stiffed on a fare, a dog causing a car accident, and a shark getting eaten!

Topics include: a creepy Wyatt Family inspired intro to announce our OFFICIAL move to Twitch.tv; an NHB Taste Test "Second Look" at Rickards Shandy; where we've been/what's new; the continuing adventures of Nick as the Liverpool Fire Hall treasurer & firefighting training; Nick's InstaRadio podcasts with roommate Jerod; more on Nick's impending move; a forthcoming P.O. Box to send us shit & do a contest from; future project possibilities; Tyler playin' dem gaems, including Transistor & Wolfenstein; a cute bike riding story; the Bastion soundtrack & video game music as great music; NHL Playoffs; Justin's TripAdvisor addiction; Justin signing up for Loot Crate, and Minecraft vs. Terraria; Nick as a reincarnated Ultimate Warrior & a hummingbird; a little Global Force Wrestling & TNA talk; question: better in its prime -- WCW or WWF/E?; a bunch of Twin City Wrestling talk; blastin' on David Blaine, John Edwards & Criss Angel; some nomenclature confusion as Justin & Tyler present: "How To Women"; wall plug-in sex toys & the Autoblow; a quick old-school The Car story; QMJHL Playoffs and Dustin Tokarski!

Topics include: starting with a BANG as a host is (unofficially) fired; Nick moving into a new place; a little Trailer Park Boys 3 talk; a friendship origin story between the three of us; Justin STILL waiting for his award; NHL, NBA, and QMJHL Playoffs; is Justin too negative?; relating to teenage girls; reminiscing about high school; Tyler's brother becoming a better version of Tyler; Limp Bizkit; an NHB Taste Test of Gahan Island Red Ale; Training Day name-drops; FINALLY starting the games talk -- why Tyler started his game blog, first systems, first games, and teaching Nick all about dem Final Fantasy games, including dropping mad dimes about the FFVIII Junctioning system; Nick and Justin's earliest games; Tyler giving Nintendo free ideas; Tyler's older brother converting Vietnamese girls into gamers with Tetris; Justin bombing around in the Enterprise; video game AI and its cheating bullshit; Justin's dad playing Bomberman; play Bombermine; the games we grew up on and loved back in the day; Tyler loves Lollipop Chainsaw, Super Dodgeball, and General Chaos; ever-present homosexual tendencies; Nick loves the D (by Acclaim), Portal 2, the GTA series, and Full Throttle; Justin loves NHL '95 and Donkey Kong Country; what we're playing right now; talkin' dat Diablo III expansion; Tyler's thoughts on 2013 Game of the Year nominees -- The Last of Us, GTA 5, and what HIS GotY was in 2013; Tyler slobbering Jack King-Spooner's knob, calling Sluggish Morss: Ad Infinitum his GotY so far in 2014; censorship and parental controls in video games; how good Nick's piss was; whether violence in video games is an issue; how much Tyler can't stand the intro to FFVI anymore; our Top 5 favorite video games of all-time!

Topics include: NHB Taste Test of Alexander Keith's Cascade Hops Ale; No Holds Barred joining Patreon; the long and convoluted story of the production of the Last Fan Standing WrestleMania XXX Preview Show (including trips to The Source, Mahone Bay, and Wendy's); grabbing pre-podcast Boston Pizza lunchie-munchies; LOTS of pro wrestling talk -- WrestleMania XXX results & reactions, and where the product is heading through the results of post-WrestleMania week, including the storylines of Daniel Bryan, The Authority, The Shield, Cesaro, the Diva's division and more!