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Burnout-free video game coverage from podcast veterans. Join Garrett and Kyle every week as they get lost in games, pop culture, and everything they’re personally playing.
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After welcoming his third child into this world, Kyle has returned! Garrett
catches up with Kyle and helps Kyle catch up on all of the things that he
missed during his paternity leave. The new Fallout show, FFXIV Dawntrail
drama, lots of baby sitting and birth stories, and of course… where babies
come from? This episode goes places.
Marco returns to talk more than just music! Well of course music is also
discussed. But Garrett and Marco talk shop about creating content for
streams and Youtube, Honkai: Star Rail, Warframe, Helldiver 2, Final
Fantasy 7, and the most underrated game soundtracks of all time.
Dawntrail is on its way! A release date has been announced for the upcoming
Final Fantasy darling MMO. Garrett and Kyle give you the scoop to grind
through your week. But first, Larian parts ways with the Hasbro juggernaut
Dungeons and Dragons, to much celebration. Dragon's Dogma 2 doesn't make
the best first impression, but true fans are too busy playing. Will the
League of Legends MMO ever release? All this and more.
Garrett returns from the Mountains of Wrestling. Kyle was here but survived
his venture to buy Warhammer paints. Helldivers Devs lash back at players
on Discord causing a comment drama. Garrett and Kyle discuss the huge
influence Toriyama had on the anime medium as a whole and their exposure to
Dragon Ball Z growing up. Are crossovers going too far?! Your emails and
more.
Beau Schwartz returns to the Podcast. Now having long completed his Diablo
4 quest for statue fandom, we play a little game we like to call Hot TAKES
with the help of the live chat. We also discuss Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
(spoiler free), Helldivers, State of MMOs and streaming life.
Garrett and Kyle both return from a Florida Disney weekend, no relation,
with a pile of hot Monday news. After a thorough park review lacking of
expert opinion, Garrett feels a great pull towards the water cooler of FF7
Rebirth. Elden Ring DLC is about to plow every release in the summer out of
its way. Larian’s good deeds lead to Kyle's paranoia. And why is there a
Borderlands movie? All this and more.
The Ministry of Truth has declared, Helldivers 2 is good y'all. You may
have heard about the newest internet darling. Garrett and Kyle share the
sentiment even if it did rain on their parade. And rain it did all over the
renaissance fair. X-Men 97 is coming back in its Fox Kids glory. All the
consoles are dead?!
Jesse Cox returns for the final grilling before the end of Endwalker. The
test is stacked, the questions are hard and our memories are shit. Better
than most? Maybe. Are there dragons in the Crystal Tower? Who has cloud
hair? What characters are missing? What happens in patch content given the
meta knowledge of the launcher? Jesse leaves no stone unturned, while
Garrett and Kyle loose the stones.
We’re cross-aisle, breaking down barriers, and having a lovely time doing
it. On this week’s episode, Taliesin, half of Taliesin and Evitel, joins
the show to discuss content creation, Final Fantasy 14 story, and WoW’s
pursuits of that story. Taliesin streamed FF14 at the height of the
“exodus” and had quite the journey. There’s no stopping this storytime.
2024 is feeling a whole lot like 2023 with layoffs continuing in the games
industry. We take some time to talk about how the continuing cascade of
lost jobs have now reached Riot and Blizzard, the Pokemon Company looking
at getting legal with Palword, a cancelled Final Fantasy XIV live-action
television adaptation, and which one of us is the best vocalist.
On this Monday episode of Grinding Gear, the new time btw: Palworld has
taken the steam by storm, but is plagiarism afoot? Is Ai the villain in
this tale? Is it really hard not to call them Pokemon. We are the judge!
Garrett and Kyle also tell the tales of their many watchings and playings
over the holiday break. Garrett is smitten by Freiren. Kyle’s friends
conspire to get him a Tyranid army ready to paint.
Kyle and Garrett are in the house! Together! Join us for our first
post-move podcast from Garrett’s redesigned studio space. Hear all about
what happened during our break as Kyle moved and Garrett moved things out
and into his studio. Also, is Indiana Jones shaping up to be an exciting
game? The Xbox Developer Showcase gave everyone their first peak into it.
The Grindys, The Golden Gears, Best of 2023. This is the final official
podcast record for the year 2023, and we have our own LEGALLY DISTINCT
accolades to hand out. An absolute banger of a year for video games comes
to a close. Who will win “Best I Think It’s an Indie game” and who will
walk away with Brightest Dumpster Fire. While there may be some bonus shows
on your feed, we will see you in 2024. Supportourbromance.com or Garrett
will make Kyle watch live-action television next year.
Technically the podcast never left but we're back! Kyle has returned from
his Jury Duty exile. The internet has continued to do what it does and
Garrett’s got all the goods lined up. Twitch has set new rules regarding
what has become known as the “Topless Meta”. The Video Game Awards continue
to make dramatic waves as views argue over format and speech timers. In a
real shocker, Kojima wants to make a movie. The Day Before is a truly
bright burning dumpster fire. And so much more. One could say the subject
material in this episode is “mature”, but we certainly aren't.
What a week! The bromance content has been upended due to jury duty. But
we’re not going to let that stop us from getting up very early (EXTREMELY
early for Kyle) and having a chat about this year’s Game Awards! Later in
the show we also get into how jury duty has impacted our end-of-year
schedule and how we’ve surpassed every goal we’ve set thanks to the
gearbox!
The Holidays are incoming. Garrett and Kyle return from Thanksgiving
festivities to bring you all the important happenings from the dinner
table! Bungie is messing it up again, but we don’t have time for that.
Fallout has a tv show incoming and it’s canonical. See the return of HOT
TAKES as we collect your HOTTEST TAKES from the internet, we call it
Unpopular Opinions, but we all know what they are.
It’s a Grinding Gear Thanksgiving! The podcast records early this week as
we’ll both be out the rest of the week for the holiday! Join us as we give
a Bromance Studio update, talk Scott Pilgrim, WoW Classic Hardcore, FFXIV
Endwalker, and share our holiday traditions.
We have gathered an ELITE team of current, former, and cautious World of
Warcraft content creators for our post-BlizzCon round-table. Previous GG
guests Preach, Okaymage and Jesse Cox all make a triumphant return to talk
WoW’s announcement for an upcoming and ongoing 5 year story. Blizzard has
planted a flag, a beginning, middle, and end. A total rework of their
narrative process with evergreen content. The beacon is lit.
A packed week means a packed show. A Zelda Movie? Grand Theft Auto 6?
Transparent MMO Design? What do all these things have in common? They all
happened this week. Garrett is back in the World of Warcraft and for Retail
no less with the Season of Discovery around the corner. If there is a
fence, Kyle is behind it, maybe even still purchasing the wood. Remakes,
remasters, 2024 incoming, and more.
1Immediately following the BlizzCon Opening ceremony live watch, Garrett and
Kyle take a seat to talk about the hits, misfires and mysteries. It should
be no secret that you won't be hearing much about the Overwatch news.
Diablo was also limited. The biggest hitter was the Warcraft section which
features a Co-op Hearthstone Battlegrounds Mode, and a three expansion plan
for the games narrative going forward. The comparisons to Final Fantasy 14
are not lost on us. News will continue to develop over the weekend, so
enjoy this hot-off-the-press coverage.
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Kyle, if you want a good Spire-like, Banners of Ruin. Redwall inspired deckbuilder roguelike set in a dark low fantasy kingdom in turmoil. Took about 20 hours for me to beat. Also, there's practically no difference between roguelike and roguelite, they are modernly used interchangibly.
i haven't been able to find Cavaliers new youtube content - can you help?
big fan of not paradox always bringing great game knowledge
Awesome show guys. Dodge the Salt Wall!
great podcast loved listen to it
capitalism is why we have the luxury to play these great games. The guest is beyond annoying.