NooBTooB is a videogame podcast that was started by Tobin Coziahr and Yuzo Watanabe in June 2006. They were inspired to do a videogame podcast because they felt that the majority of videogame podcasts were too focused on gaming news and not focused enough on actual gaming and what it was like to play games. They also created a gaming forum
of the same name. Here is also a link to the video show on YouTube. And finally here is a link to the defunct Noobtoob Wiki on the Wayback Machine.
Noobtoob contains examples of:
- Go Out With A Bang: The show was ending in June 2011 because Tobin was moving 2000 miles away and they refused to use Skype as they didn't enjoy using it. They decided to end he show with the two part episode 231, instead of continuing the show with Skype. They felt that the show would have been much worse because they weren't enjoying it as much as they used to when they were in the same room as each other, and they could enjoy beer or wine together and they thought that the small amount of al fans they did have would drop away. They never got paid to do the show, so the only reason to do it regularly didn't exist anymore.
- Humble Pie: There were a few instances where they both ate humble pie and admitted they were wrong about thinking a game was going to suck.
- They thought Deadly Creatures would be a stupid educational game like Endless Ocean ,but instead was an atmospheric game with an actual plot.
- They said Dead Space didn't look that good when they previewed it a week before the release, and the game went on to be voted as the best game of 2008 by both of them.
- Innocent Swearing: Both Tobin and Yuzo frequently used the word Bukkake which is a term that describes a porn with multiple cumshots. One of their teenage fans called in with a story about how he taught his six year old sister the word. She was in school and when the teacher asked her a question his sister responded with "Bukkake!" The teacher was shocked that a six year old knew such a word and called in her mother. His mother banned the show from their house for a long time after that.
- Running Gag: It became commonplace for a fan to say "Yow!" at the end of a call in.
- Straight Man and Wise Guy: Yuzo is usually more fair when reviewing games. In the first year or two he would be sometimes mildly shocked when Tobin sometimes (well, maybe more than sometimes) would make an offensive comment out of left field. This changed later on when Yuzo would sometimes make an offensive comment of his own, like his comment about the game Rapelay.
- Vulgar Humor: The show has frequent swearing in it, mostly from Tobin.
