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VoK 217: WolfCast – “The Dance of Dragons” (S05E09 Review)

Posted on June 16, 2015 | Leave a comment

Welcome to this week of the Wolfcast Reviews for season five, where the Lord of the Nether tried to claim our podcast, but wolves are not so easily broken. To help you to fight away the hours of boredom is Alix(Aiwendil), Matthieu(Beric175), Sam(Samos), Glen(Dagos_Rivers) and Patrick the Tall as our lead host. We will today be circling around specific scenes like the rabid wolves we are, which means that we can present our faithful listeners with an episode, at over 2 hours, with(non purposely) almost no aftershow.

Hosts:

Patrick the Tall

Aiwendil

Beric175

Dagos_Rivers

Samos

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VoK 215: WolfCast – “Hardhome” (S05E08 Review)

Posted on June 6, 2015 | Leave a comment

VoK Wolfcast Review of Game of Thrones S05E08: “Hardhome” aka “Wildlings
are Awesome”
After last week’s Marathon, the Wolfcast returns for one of the most highly
acclaimed episodes in Game of Thrones history. Patrick the Tall hosts Alix
(Aiwendil), Sander (SwordoftheAfternoon), Matthieu (Beric175) and first time
VoK podcaster Sam (samos) for a less rambling, although still quite detailed –
this is the Wolfcast after all – discussion of all things “Hardhome”. Among other
things we disect the exact timing of the Greyjoy Rebellion in the Show-Universe,
discuss the theory of how Stannis might infiltrate Winterfell through a non-
existant tunnel network, and offer our thoughts on that time a lot of Wildlings
saw dead people.

Timestamps

0:00:00 – Introductions and Lemon Cakes
0:06:05 – The Wall
0:09:28 – Meereen
0:32:30 – King’s Landing
0:48:20 – Braavos
1:00:20 – Winterfell
1:28:20 – Hardhome
2:05:00 – Aftershow
Credits:
Edited by SwordoftheAfternoon

Warning: Contains spoilers for all aired episodes of HBO’s Game of Thrones, as
well as all publised books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

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VoK 213: WolfCast – “The Gift” (S05E07 Review)

Posted on June 2, 2015 | 4 comments

What it lacks in timeliness, Wolfcast makes up for in thoroughness (and length). Nitpicking and speculating about everything from Dorne to the Wall are Sander (SwordoftheAfternoon), Matthieu (Beric175), Alix (Aiwendil) and Patrick the Tall as our lead host, desperately trying to keep this whole affair under control. In the aftershow, Beric unleashes his many thoughts on the previous episode and Cersei takes a trip to Ikea.

00:00 Introduction and Lemoncake ratings
05:30 Castle Black
42:00 Slaver’s Bay
57:45 King’s Landing
1:30:00 Winterfell/Winterhell
1:57:40 Dorne
2:17:00 Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Aiwendil

Warning: Contains spoilers for all aired episodes of HBO’s Game of Thrones (including Season 5 promotional material), as well as all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

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Tagged Aiwendil, Beric175, Ser Patrick the Tall, Sword of the Afternoon

VoK 212: Comic Book Club (Vol.4): Fables (by Bill Willingham)

Posted on May 29, 2015 | Leave a comment

The fourth meeting of The Secret Book Club discusses the comic Fables, written by Bill Willingham published by Vertigo Comics.
Please join the Hosts (Scott, Thomas, Greg, Shane, and Jo) as we discuss the wonderful world of Fables which includes explaining why the world works (Hint its magic), why Snow White is so dumb, and the merits of interspecies sex.

Credits
Edited by: Skywaltzer
Image: Snow White and Bibgy by Mark Buckingham
Music
Aftershow: “Magic” written by William Lyall and David Paton. Performed by Pilot.
After After Show: “Magic” written by B.o.B, Rivers Cuomo, and Dr. Luke. Performed by B.o.B. Ft Rivers Cuomo

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VoK 209: WolfCast – “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” (S05E06 Review)

Posted on May 24, 2015 | 3 comments

Welcome to this week of the Wolfcast Reviews for season five, where there where three and then there were two. To help you to fight away the hours of boredom is Alix(Aiwendil) and Patrick the Tall as our lead host. We will today be covering every detail but at an exceptionally fast pace, which means that we uncharacteristically can present our faithful listeners with what even the KrakenCast would call a “short” episode, at a mere 55 minutes.

Credits:
Edited by Ser Patrick the Tall

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VoK 206: WolfCast – “Kill the Boy” (S05E05 Review)

Posted on May 18, 2015 | Leave a comment

Welcome to this week of the Wolfcast Reviews for season five, where the Seven giveth and the Seven taketh away. By that I mean that we are rejoined by Alix but lost Matthieu. To help you to fight away the hours of boredom is Sandor(Sword of the Afternoon), Alix(Aiwendil) and Patrick the Tall as our lead host. We will today be covering every detail but at an slightly faster pace, which means that we uncharacteristically can present our faithful listeners with what I would call a “short” episode, at 2,15 hours.

Credits:
Edited by Ser Patrick the Tall

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VoK 205: DragonCast – “Kill the Boy” (S05E05 Review)

Posted on May 17, 2015 | 1 comment

DragonCast leaps from the ruins the Rhoyne, or Valyria, or wherever, to discuss episode 5 of season 5 of Game of Thrones, “Kill the Boy.” Join Michal (inkasrain), Matt (Varley), Greg (claudiusthefool), Bing (Shoeshiner), Paul (Pod’s Plight), and Adam (drownedsnow) for a not-quite-raucous, but undoubtedly VoK review.

Credits:
Edited by inkasrain

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VoK 203: Avengers – Age of Ultron [2015] (Review)

Posted on May 10, 2015 | 2 comments

In this Cinco De Mayo special, the crew split themselves up into Mexican and French side to bring both a Spoiler Free and Spoiler Filled review of the new Avenger Age of Ultron.

0:00: Spoiler Free review with Beric175, Teddard and Fortytwo
23:00: Spoiler Filled review with Amin, White Raven, EastTexasDirewolf, Amberrocks and Fortytwo

Credits:
Edited by Vikram (fortytwo)
Hosts: Amin,Beric175,Teddard,White Raven, EastTexasDirewolf, Amberrocks and Fortytwo
Music: Gablé , BoxCat

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Tagged amberrocks, Amin, Beric175, easttexasdirewolf, fortytwo, Teddard, White Raven

VoK 199: WolfCast – “High Sparrow” (S05E03 Review)

Posted on May 3, 2015 | 2 comments

Welcome to this week of the Wolfcast Reviews for season five, where less is more, where more is also more and where nothing of this makes sense but what did you expect; we’re Wolfcast. To help you to fight away the hours of boredom is Eddie(Teddard), Matthieu(Beric175) and Patrick the Tall as our lead host. We will today be covering EVERYTHING to great detail, Which means that we( as usual) can present our faithful listeners with what I call the bastard of Behemoth, at 2,15 hours.

Warning: Contains spoilers for all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire

Credits:
Edited by Ser Patrick the Tall
Hosts: Patrick the Tall, Teddard, and Beric175
We gratefully borrow Benedikt Mendzigal’s and Luc Arbogast’s cover version of Hbo’s Game of Thrones Theme for the intro and outtro respectively.

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VoK 198: DragonCast – “High Sparrow” (S05E03 Review)

Posted on April 30, 2015 | Leave a comment

DragonCast is back to review the third episode of Game of Thrones Season 5, “High Sparrow”.

Join Greg (claudiusthefool), Zach (Alias), Matt (Varley), Bing (Shoeshiner), Paul (Pod’s Plight), Adam (drownedsnow), Michal (inkasrain), Steven (SJLee), & defector from WolfCast Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall) for an in depth and highly intelligent review and analysis in traditional VOK style.

Credits:
Edited by Greg

Episode image created by Zach

Music: “Baby Elephant Walk” by Lawrence Welk

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VoK 197: WolfCast – “The House of Black and White” (S05E02 Review)

Posted on April 26, 2015 | Leave a comment

Welcome to the return of the Wolfcast for season five, where the wolfpups have grown up and most have left the Lair to get away from spoilers, but new pups have risen. To help you to fight away the hours of boredom is Eddie(Teddard), Matthieu(Beric175) and Patrick the Tall as our “lead” host. We will AGAIN(no surprise) today be covering EVERYTHING to great detail, Which means that we( as usual) can present our faithful listeners with what I call “Son of Behemoth”, an episode at 2,20 hours.

Warning: Contains spoilers for all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire

Credits:
Edited by Ser Patrick the Tall
Hosts:Patrick the Tall, Teddard, Beric175

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VoK 195: The Walking Dead (AMC series) – Season 5

Posted on April 21, 2015 | Leave a comment

The Vassals of Kingsgrave gather in the safety (relative) of Alexandria to review and discuss the 5th season of AMC’s The Walking Dead. Join Greg (claudiusthefool), Amanda (Middlecyclone), Augustine (linecom1) & Steven (SJLee) as we discuss how comfortable we are with a possible Ricktatorship, are the Alexandrians dumb or just ignorant of the reality in which they live, how awesome Carl is (just kidding, he’s still awful) and generally meander our way from topic to topic much as the survivors do on the show but still end up where we are meant to be in the end.

***Warning: This podcast contains spoilers for the first five seasons of AMC’s The Walking Dead as well as references and spoilers for The Walking Dead Comic by Robert Kirkman (up to the point where the show has reached in the comics. There will be no spoilers for the comics beyond that point.)***

Edited by Greg

Audio clip copyright AMC

Song: “Zombie” – The Cranberries

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VoK 194: WolfCast – “The Wars to Come” (S05E01 Review)

Posted on April 19, 2015 | Leave a comment

Welcome to the return of the Wolfcast for season five, where the wolfpups have grown up and most have left the Lair to get away from spoilers, but new pups have risen. To help you to fight away the hours of boredom is Eddie(Teddard), Jan(Leechlord), Imogen.OB, Matthieu(Beric175) and Patrick the Tall as our lead host. We will today be covering EVERYTHING to great detail, Which means that we( as usual) can present our faithfull listeners with a behemoth of an episode at 2,45 hours.

Warning: Contains spoilers for all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire

Credits:
Edited by Ser Patrick the Tall
Hosts:Patrick the Tall,Teddard,Imogen.OB,Leechlord and Beric175

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VoK 193: Video Game Roundtable (Vol.1)

Posted on April 19, 2015 | 2 comments

The Crew talk about their favorite games, gaming console and games they are looking forward to playing in 2015.

1min 50sec – Dark Souls 2 Discussion
24mins 30sec – Hello Kitty Online
25mins 30sec – Honeypop
28mins – Valkyria Chronicles
43mins 50sec – Gaming Console discussion
51mins 20sec – Bayonetta
1hr 11mins – Darkest Dungeon
1hr 30mins – Metroid Prime
1hr 52mins – League of Legends
1hr 55mins – Star Wars Games
1hr 58mins – Antispated releases of 2015
2hr 15mins – Game of Throne Games and Mods (caution minor spoiler)

Credits:
Edited by Vikram (fortytwo)
Hosts: White Raven, Valkyrist, Alias, Khal Wadege, Shoeshiner, Patrick the tall, Ciao Gamer and Fortytwo
Music: Gablé , BoxCat , Bass Assassin , Bassinfected , Christian Bjoerklund , Flex Vector, Ghost

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“Call to Arms” — April, 2015 (Upcoming Podcasts)

Posted on April 7, 2015 | 1 comment

Here is a list of all of the “Call to Arms” threads currently active on the Vassals of Kingsgrave forums. CTA’s are the organizing stage for all upcoming podcasts. Feel free to get involved in any of them. Or, if you’re feeling brave enough, even start your own! 😉

Game of Thrones:
DragonCast episode reviews (America)
WolfCast episode reviews (Europe)
KrakenCast episode reviews (Australia & Asia-Pacific)

A Song of Ice and Fire:
The Westerlands (TWOIAF)
The Bones and Beyond (TWOIAF)
Talking Targaryens (TWOIAF)

Movies & TV:
Twin Peaks – Full ReWatch
Better Call Saul – Season 1
The Sopranos – Season 6

Books & Novellas:
The Silmarillion – Full ReRead
Book Roundtable – Stephen King
Book Club (Vol.5) *Nominations*
Comic Book Club (Vol.4) – Fables
Comics Book TV Shows (Spring)
The Works of William Shakespeare
The Lord of the Rings – Full Cast(le) Recordings

The full VoK Topic List is located HERE, and is updated frequently.

Finally, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a few seconds to leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. It would be super helpful. Thanks, and stay tuned! 🙂

P.S. Please enjoy the latest masterpiece by our very own uflGator1. It symbolizes mankind’s primordial desire to punch narwhals in their stupid faces (see: VOK 190).

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VoK 190: The World of Ice and Fire – The North and The Wall & Beyond

Posted on April 5, 2015 | Leave a comment

The Vassals of Kingsgrave continue their ongoing discussion series covering George R.R. Martin’s “The World of Ice and Fire”. We discuss “The North” & “The Wall and Beyond” (pages 134 to 149 in the book).

Join hosts Greg (claudiusthefool), Alex (Lucky Charms), Dan (witless chum), Matt (Varley), Michal (inkasrain), Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall) & Peter (Shellfish) as they dare to put into words the awesomeness of the Manderlys, the super-civilized Skagosi, Bear Island Wrestlemania, the pros and cons of punching narwhals in the face as well as unicorns. Did we mention the unicorns? Also unicorns.

Warning: Contains spoilers for all published and unpublished books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, as well as all aired episodes of HBO’s Game of Thrones.

1:49 – The North
29:23 – The Kings of Winter
51:26 – Mountain Clans/Stoneborn of Skagos/Crannogmen
1:10:35 – The Lords of Winterfell
1:26:12 – Winterfell
1:35:44 – The Night’s Watch
1:53:46 – The Wildlings
2:10:45 – Aftershow
2:24:00 – Peter’s Medley

This podcast is part of series of in-depth discussions covering all of the various sections of The World of Ice and Fire (by George R. R. Martin, Elio Garcia & Linda Antonsson). Stay tuned to VOK for lots more installments!

Credits: Edited by Greg

Image Artist: Ted Nasmith
Music Credits
- “Only a Northern Song” – The Beatles
- “Kings” – Steely Dan
- “In the Hall of the Mountain King” – Edvard Grieg, Performed by The Who
- “Run Away!” – Spamalot Cast
- Winterfell Theme – Ramin Djawadi, performed by Scott McKenzie
- The Last of the Giants – George R.R. Martin, performed by Karliene
- Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed)

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VoK 188: The World of Ice and Fire – Talking Targaryens (Part 1)

Posted on March 28, 2015 | Leave a comment

[audio http://archive.org/download/VOK188TWOIAFTargaryens1/VOK188_TWOIAF_Targaryens1.mp3]

The Vassals meet in the Aegonfort to make sure you pass your Targaryen history test and discuss – at extreme length and enormous detail – the Conquest of Westeros and the reign of the first four Targaryen kings. Roman emperors, Viking history, and the Olsen family are also discussed, to varying degrees of elucidation.

Warning: Contains spoilers for all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire

2:50 – Aegon the Conqueror
53:00 – Aenys (the Annoying)
1:06:08 – Maegor the Cruel
1:30:00 – Jaehaerys the Conciliator

Credits:
Edited by inkasrain

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“Call to Arms” — March, 2015 (Upcoming Podcasts)

Posted on March 9, 2015 | Leave a comment

Here is a list of all of the “Call to Arms” threads currently active on the Vassals of Kingsgrave forums. CTA’s are the organizing stage for all upcoming podcasts. Feel free to get involved in any of them… or, if you’re feeling brave enough, even start your own! 😉

A Song of Ice and Fire:
The North/The Wall and Beyond (TWOIAF)
The Westerlands (TWOIAF)
The Bones and Beyond (TWOIAF)
The Reign of the Dragon (TWOIAF)
Preston Jacobs’ Theories

Movies & TV:
Studio Ghibli – Retrospective
Showgirls [1995]
Twin Peaks – Full ReWatch
The Sopranos – Season 6
House of Cards – Season 3
Adventure Time
Berserk

Books & Novellas:
The Silmarillion – Full ReRead
Book Club (Vol.5) – Nominations
Comic Book Club (Vol.4) – Nominations
Comics Book TV Shows (Spring)
The Works of William Shakespeare
The Lord of the Rings – Full Cast(le) Recordings

Video Games:
Dark Souls 2

Fandom:
VoK Awards 2014
Guys Night Out
Serial Podcast

The full VoK Topic List is located HERE, and is updated frequently.

Finally, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a few seconds to leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. It would be super helpful. Thanks, and stay tuned! 🙂

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VoK 185: Book Club (Vol.4) – Ready Player One (by Ernest Cline)

Posted on February 25, 2015 | Leave a comment

Join the Vassals of Kingsgrave for the fourth meeting of the VOK Book Club. We leave the real world to enter the OASIS and discuss “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline.

Join hosts Greg, Zach, Brett, Duncan, Paul & Alex as they debate how awesome the 80s actually were, how healthy it is to live in a virtual world even if you do have your own X-Wing fighter, the pros and cons of watching Highlander 200 times, and why you should always let the girl say, “I love you” first. We also ponder what the true nature of happiness is anyway.

Be sure to vote on the forums for the next pick of the VOK Book Club!

Note: The first 27 minutes of the discussion is spoiler free. When you hear “The Safety Dance” playing that means we are moving to the spoiler-filled discussion.

Credits: Edited by Greg

Image created by Zach (Alias)

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Nominate your Favorites for VoK Awards 2014

Posted on February 17, 2015 | Leave a comment

Dear Listeners,

It being award show season, we curators thought it would be fun to do our own award show this year. We invite you all to use the form below and nominate your picks for best movie,TV show,Anime,Video Game etc.

http://goo.gl/forms/c9zzMm2ATW

Entries will be tallied, and the popular choice wins..simple as that.

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