Monthly Archives: July 2018

VoK 483: Ice & Fire Con 2018 Recap

Posted on July 29, 2018 by vokalias | Leave a comment

Hey, remember Ice and Fire Con? We finally got a podcast out about it. Get an inside look at what it’s like at this wonderful event as Vassals Casey (blue-eyed-queen), Matt (blu3arm0r), Greg (claudiusthefool), Zach (Alias), Dan (Witless Chum), Thomas (FTWard), and Jon (eigenvectorjon) recap and share their experiences of Ice and Fire Con 2018.

Credits:
Edited by Alias
Music by Alpine Universe and DrumurBoy

Ice and Fire Con Links
Ice and Fire Con 2019 Tickets
Ice and Fire Con and Vassals of Kingsgrave Instagram pages for more pictures from the event
Westeros: An American Musical
The Rains of Castamere in Russian by Pasha
Mallory/Sanxrian’s Art
The Broken Man by Scad from Davos Fingers
The Floppy Fish by Tom o’Sevens
Ser Duncan the Tall vs Rohanne Webber Rap Battle

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Posted in A Song of Ice and Fire, Board Games & Trivia, Fandom, Podcast

Tagged Alias, Blu3arm0r, blue-eyed-queen, claudiusthefool, Eigenvectorjon, FTWard, witless chum

VoK 482: The Buckethead Army aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 73)

Posted on July 26, 2018 by bina007 | Leave a comment

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In this episode Bina007, Matt/Varley, Adam/Drownedsnow, Marie/Nymeria and Michael/Khal Wadege discuss Arya 2 from Feast (2m in) Jon 4 (24m in) and Davos 3 (at 56m in) from Dance. The events take place from March 7th to March 12th. We get Arya’s supercool training montage in Braavos, we get Stannis hearing some home truths from Jon, and Wylla Manderley being a badass.

The podcast contains spoilers for all published works in ASOIAF but not for Game of Thrones.

For those following along at home the next episode of the re-read will cover Cersei 4 from Feast and Tyrion 4 and Bran 2 from Dance.

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Posted in A Song of Ice and Fire, ASOIAF ReRead, Books & Novellas, Podcast

Tagged Bina007, drownedsnow, Khal Wadege, Nymeria, Varley

VoK 481: Class of the Titans aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 72)

Posted on July 22, 2018 by bina007 | Leave a comment

Join Adam/DrownedSnow, DavidHHH, Hannah/Shadowbaby, James/QueenJames, Jock/MunroJock, Sarah/LadyWeaver and Zander/The Lord Baron, as they continue the epic reread. In this episode they discuss events of the 1st and 2nd March 300 AL. They begin, at 2m in, with Arya 1 from Feast, wherein Arya enters the temple of the many-faced god. They continue at 37m with Tyrion 3 from Dance wherein Tyrion and Illyrio come across the Shy Maid. At 1hr 11m they move to Sam 2 from Feast, in which Aemon reveals Jon’s ruse.

The podcast contains spoilers for all published works in ASOIAF but not for TWOW preview chapters unless clearly signposted, and not for Game of Thrones.

For those following along at home the next reread will be hosted by Bina and will cover Arya 2 from Feast, Jon 4 from Dance and Davos 3 from Dance.

Episode edited by Bina007

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Tagged davidhhh, drownedsnow, Lady Weaver, Munrojock2, Queen James, Shadowbaby, The Lord Baron

VoK 480: SoccerCast (Vol.5) – World Cup 2018 (Finals)

Posted on July 20, 2018 by bina007 | Leave a comment

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Join Bina, Bing and Leigh as they round out VOK’s World Cup 2018 coverage with a review of the semi-finals and final. TL:DR – it ain’t coming home #sadface. We end at 1hr in with a debate on which was the best goal, player and keeper of the tournament as well as the biggest disappointment. At 1hr 10m we look to Qatar 2022.

Music credit – official Fifa World Cup 2018 theme song, “One Life” by Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era Istrefi.

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Tagged Bina007, ChaoticNeutral1882, Shoeshiner

VoK 479: Solo – A Star Wars Movie [2018] (Review #2)

Posted on July 14, 2018 by vokalias | Leave a comment

Time for another job that only VoK can deliver. Shoddily and with rambling nerds. Join Zach (Alias), Zander (The Lord Baron), Matt (blu3arm0r), Jock (munrojock2) and Paul (SerDinnerRoll) as they look into this little gem of a movie and discuss not only its excellence as a film but also why it has been doing poorly in the box office.

This podcast will contain spoilers for Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Credits:
Edited by SerDinnerRoll
Music by John Powell and John Williams

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Posted in Movies, Podcast, Science Fiction, Star Wars

Tagged Alias, Blu3arm0r, Munrojock2, SerDinnerRoll, The Lord Baron

VoK 478: Queer Eye (Netflix series) – Seasons 1 & 2

Posted on July 12, 2018 by bina007 | Leave a comment

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Join QueenJames Varley and Bina as they discuss the GORGE Netflix reboot of Queer Eye. We begin by discussing the Fab 5 and who’s the MVP and LVP. At 21m in we discuss the heroes of season 1. At 1hr2m we move to season 2.

Music credit – “All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)” by Betty Who.

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Posted in LGBT+, Podcast, TV Shows

Tagged Bina007, Queen James, Varley

VoK 477: SoccerCast (Vol.4) – World Cup 2018 (Knockout Stage)

Posted on July 9, 2018 by bina007 | Leave a comment

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Join Bing/Shoeshiner, Bina007, Leigh/ChaoticNeutral1882, Matt/Blu3arm0r and Noah/Pops88 as they review the R16 and Quarter Final matches and preview the Semi-finals. The after show begins at 1hr 9m wherein the team takes a World Cup trivia quiz.

Music credits – Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds, “Three Lions” 1998 and “Vindaloo” by Fat Les.