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VoK 314: Balticon 2016 Recap

Posted on July 15, 2016 by vokalias | Leave a comment

The Vassals of Kingsgrave return not to review a book or a movie or a TV show, but to talk about Balticon, a science fiction and fantasy con that we attended this past May. Topics including meeting the illustrious George R. R. Martin, the various panels, and having lots of fun with the A Song of Ice and Fire fandom at large.

Join Matt (Eiffel), Jasmine (jazzimen08), John (eigenvectorjohn), and Zach (Alias) as they recap their con experience and hearing George read the newest Winds of Winter spoiler chapter.

Warning: Contains spoilers for all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series and unpublished spoiler chapters in The Winds of Winter.

Credits:
Edited by Alias
Kellen the Undying by Drumurboy

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VoK 313: Vassals Night Out – Gay Special

Posted on July 14, 2016 by bina007 | Leave a comment

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The Vassals of Kingsgrave present: Gays’ Night Out.

Join Wargasm (Drew), Khal Wadege (Michael), Lady Griffin (Katie), Shadow_ Baby (Hannah), Amberrocks (Amber) and Varley (Matt) as we take a gay roadtrip through Westeros. We explore all things LGBT in ASOIAF. Would Cersei go gay for Jaime? Who is the hedonism-bot in this world? Is there a glory hole at the wall? What exactly happens on Grindr? Find out all this and more in this very special VoK.

2.19.30 Aftershow
2.42.10 Season 6 Spoilers

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VoK 312: We Do Not Snow! aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 19)

Posted on July 12, 2016 by bina007 | 2 comments

In this episode the Vassals cover chapters from Clash of Kings that correspond to the week of March 20th to 28th, 299 AC. They are:

Bran 3- The Reeds arrive at Winterfell.
Jon 1 – News of comet at the wall.
Theon 1 – Theon arrives at Pyke.
Tyrion 4 – Sends offer to Doran.
Tyrion 5 – Cersei learns Myrcella is being sent to Dorne.

Hosts: Amber (Amberrocks); Alexi (Czar Alexi); Bina (Bina007); Drew (Wargasm); Hannah (Shadowbaby); Jeff (Jeff14); Matt (VarleyOnTheForums); Noah (Pops88); and Paul (SerDinnerRoll).

The aftershow begins at 2hr 13m.

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire but does not give Game of Thrones show spoilers. There is a short discussion covering a The Winds of Winter preview chapter that begins at 2hr 15m.

Music credit: Alpine Universe. Picture credit: The A Podcast Of Ice and Fire drawing project: Theon 1 by Exodus.

The next episode will cover the following chapters from A Clash of Kings corresponding to the month of April 299: Arya 6, Jon 2, Dany 1, Cat 2 and Tyrion 6.

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Tagged amberrocks, Bina007, Czar Alexi, jeff14, Pops88, SerDinnerRoll, Shadowbaby, Varley, Wargasm

VoK 311: The Sopranos ReWatch (Part 3) – Members Only

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Valkyrist | Leave a comment

The Vassals convene at Holsten’s diner to draw their Sopranos rewatch to an ominous close. Join Duncan (Valkyrist), Bina (Bina007), Michael (Mordion) and Mattias (Maca) as they delve into the spiritual awakenings, invisible chains, and frustrating blackouts of the series’ sixth and final season.

This is the third podcast in a three-part retrospective of the series.

02:40 – Season 6A Discussion
40:34 – Season 6B Discussion
1:37:21 – Aftershow (including trivia contest and plugs for upcoming podcasts)

Warning: Contains #SPOILERS# for all aired episodes of HBO’s The Sopranos

Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
Audio clips owned by HBO

Links:
VoK 179: The Sopranos (Part 2) – The Strong, Silent Type
VoK 151: The Sopranos (Part 1) – Since the Ducks Left

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Tagged Bina007, Maca, Mordion, Valkyrist

VoK 310: Childhood’s End aka The Great Harry Potter ReRead (Part 1)

Posted on July 8, 2016 by vokalias | 1 comment

Welcome to the Hogwarts of innuendo! Join the great load o’ duffers known as Michal (inkasrain), Greg (claudiusthefool), Casey (blue-eyed-queen), Matt (Varley), Adam (drownedsnow), Zach (Alias), Bing (Shoeshiner), Paul (Pod’s Plight), and Shane (easttexasdirewolf) as they study the first nine chapters of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. Listeners will be tested on 90’s technology, baseball insults, and flying phallic imagery.

This podcast contains spoilers for the entire Harry Potter series, as well as A Song of Ice and Fire (including spoiler chapters) and Captain Planet.

Credits:
Edited by inkasrain
Music by Mike Peoples, inspired by the work of John Williams.

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VoK 309: Sagging Breasts and Kindly Smiles aka The Great Linear ASOIAF ReRead (Part 18)

Posted on July 6, 2016 by bina007 | 1 comment

The Vassals return from hiatus to pick up their ramble-chat through George R R Martin’s epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. Once again, we re-read the chapters in linear, rather than published, order, so as to add a little novelty to proceedings. The chapters covered in this episode are Sansa 2, Davos 1, Tyrion 3, Arya 5 and Bran 2 from A Clash of Kings. They correspond to events from the 3rd to the 17th March 299.

As ever this podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series but does NOT contain spoilers from HBO’s Game of Thrones.

The aftershow begins at 1 hr 15 m. Picture credit: The A Podcast of Ice and Fire MS Paint project of A Clash of Kings. Sansa 2 by Jenn Rose. Music credits: Alpine Universe. The chapters for the next episode will be Bran 3, Jon 1, Theon 1 and Tyrion 4 and 5.

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Tagged Alias, amberrocks, Bina007, claudiusthefool, drownedsnow, Varley

VoK 308: The Godfather [1972] (DVD Commentary)

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Valkyrist | 1 comment

The Vassals make you an offer you can’t refuse. Join Duncan (Valkyrist), Matt (Varley) and Nadia as they discuss Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 crime epic The Godfather.

And stick around after the 3-hour mark for a few salvaged highlights from our failed commentary of The Godfather: Part II.

Warning: Contains spoilers for The Godfather film trilogy

Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
Audio Clips owned by Paramount Pictures

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Tagged Nadia, Valkyrist, Varley

VoK 307: DragonCast – “The Winds of Winter” (S06E10 Review)

Posted on July 1, 2016 by vokalias | Leave a comment

DragonCast returns to review the tenth episode of Game of Thrones Season 6, “The Winds of Winter”.

Join Adam (drownedsnow), Steven (SJLee), Paul (Pod’s Plight), Drew (Wargasm), Matt (Varley), Greg (claudiusthefool), Casey (Blue-Eyed-Queen), Small Paul (SerDinnerRoll), Katie (LadyGriffin), Jeff (jeff14), and Zach (Alias) as they discuss the very last episode of Season 6, general thoughts on the development of show characters, and one last hurrah of Dragoncast ridiculousness as we go not-so-quietly into the night for another season.

Warning: Contains spoilers for all aired episodes of HBO’s Game of Thrones (including Season 6 promotional material), as well as all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

0:35 – Introduction and Ratings
11:00 – King’s Landing
27:10 – The Twins
31:15 – Oldtown
36:10 – Dorne
38:10 – Beyond the Wall
42:25 – Winterfell & General Game of Thrones Character Discussion
1:13:15 – King’s Landing Part II
1:21:15 – Meereen
1:36:40 – Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Alias
A Song of Ice and Fire by Alpine Universe
Kellen the Undying by Drumurboy

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Tagged Alias, blue-eyed-queen, claudiusthefool, Dragoncast, drownedsnow, jeff14, Lady Griffin, Pod's Plight, SerDinnerRoll, SJLee, Varley, Wargasm

VoK 306: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [2005] (DVD Commentary)

Posted on June 30, 2016 by dagosrivers | Leave a comment

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Beware of Spoilers, The following podcast discusses spoilers for all published book in A Song of Ice and Fire, some Game of Thrones episodes and the C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia series.

Glen (Dagos_Rivers) and new host, Sarah (Lady Weaver) provide an audio commentary on the 2005 version of C.S. Lewis’ children’s classic ‘The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe’…we get sidetracked a lot and don’t say much about the actual movie but rather focus on the timeless tale of C.S. Lewis and all the incarnations of the story…In all the excitement, we forgot to talk about the ‘Problem of Susan’.

They discuss topics such as:
-The clever clogs children from this movie and their future endeavours.
-Many comparisons to Harry Potter and the cast of Harry Potter.
-Comparisons with the 1967, 1979 and 1988 versions of the story.
-Childhood fantasies and escapism.
-Brief mention of parody book ‘The Chronicles of Blarnia’, and an unflattering review.

Running Time: 02:27:08
CREDITS:
Edited by Dagos_Rivers

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VoK 305: Battlestar Galactica ReWatch (Part 4)

Posted on June 24, 2016 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

Join Wargasm, Shoeshiner, Jeff14, Alias, Brock The Black, and Dansparce as they continue VoK’s epic re-watch of Battlestar Galactica.
This podcast covers episodes 7-9 of season 1. (Six Degrees of Separation, Flesh and Bone, and Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down).

Warning: Contains spoilers for the 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries and up to season 1, episode 9.
Major spoilers for the full 75 episode run of the 2004-2009 Battlestar Galactica TV series at the close of the show.

Credits:
Edited by Wargasm
“Kara Remembers” by Bear McCreary, available on iTunes.

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Tagged Alias, BrockTheBlack, Dansparce, jeff14, Shoeshiner, Wargasm

VoK 304: DragonCast – “Battle of the Bastards” (S06E09 Review)

Posted on June 22, 2016 by vokalias | 4 comments

DragonCast returns to review the ninth episode of Game of Thrones Season 6, “Battle of the Bastards”.

Join Adam (drownedsnow), Casey (Blue-Eyed-Queen), Small Paul (SerDinnerRoll), Michal (inkasrain), Jeff (jeff14), Katie (LadyGriffin), Matt (Varley), and Zach (Alias) as they discuss battles of Ice and Fire, the arc of one Sansa Stark, and much more. As always, beware the aftershow.

00:40 – Introduction and Ratings
8:10 – Meereen
26:00 – Winterfell
1:20:20 – Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Alias
A Song of Ice and Fire by Alpine Universe
Kellen the Undying by Drumurboy

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VoK 303: Captain America: Civil War [2016] (Review)

Posted on June 19, 2016 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

Join Vassals Adam (drownedsnow), Michal (inkasrain), Matt (Varley), Matthieu (beric175), and Nadia as they discuss Captain America: Civil War and the current state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Warning: The following podcast contains spoilers for the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Credits:
Edited by drownedsnow

Music:
Civil War by Guns N’ Roses
Real American by Rick Derringer

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VoK 302: The Hedge Knight (by George R. R. Martin)

Posted on June 17, 2016 by vokalias | Leave a comment

The Vassals of Kingsgrave embarks on a new journey to read, discuss, and theorize at length on The Tales of Dunk and Egg stories written by George R.R. Martin in conjunction with the popular A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels.

The tales, set 100 years before the start of A Game of Thrones, tell the story of Dunk, a humble hedge knight from Flea Bottom, as he journeys throughout Westeros righting wrongs, getting into his own fair of trouble, and meeting men and women great and small, all with the help of his precocious squire, Egg.

Join Matt (Varley), Chance (Fire and Bud), Jeff (Jeff14), and Scott (ShaggyDog) for a discussion of the first novella in the series, The Hedge Knight.

Warning: The following podcast contains spoilers for all published novellas in the Tales of Dunk and Egg series, as well as all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Credits:
Edited by ShaggyDog
Art by Gary Gianni

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Tagged Fire and Bud, jeff14, Shaggy Dog, Varley

VoK 301: DragonCast – “No One” (S06E08 Review)

Posted on June 14, 2016 by vokalias | 2 comments

DragonCast returns to review the eighth episode of Game of Thrones Season 6, “No One”.

Join Adam (drownedsnow), Greg (claudiusthefool), Bing (Shoeshiner), Matt (Varley), Paul (Pod’s Plight), Small Paul (SerDinnerRoll), Katie (LadyGriffin), Casey (Blue-Eyed-Queen), and lurker Amber (Amberrocks) as they rant, rave (mostly rant), and speculate how Game of Thrones Season 6 will end. #NeverDorne

0:35 – Introduction and Ratings
7:00 – In the Riverlands
11:00 – Riverrun
28:45 – King’s Landing
41:00 – Meereen
50:15 – Braavos
59:55 – Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by drownedsnow
A Song of Ice and Fire by Alpine Universe
Kellen the Undying by Drumurboy

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VOK 300: The Dance of the Vassals III

Posted on June 12, 2016 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

The vassals gather to revel in the glory that is VOK in our 300th episode.
Hosts Greg (claudiusthefool), Patrick (Patrick the Tall), Amber (Amberrocks), Shane (easttexasdirewolf), Zach (Alias), Adam (DrownedSnow), Nadia (Nadia) Brett (White Raven), Glen (Dagos Rivers) & Bina (Bina007) complain about how early they have to get up to podcast, discuss why it’s totally worth it and reminisce about the “good times”.

Intro:                                         00:01
What VOK means to us:       06:29
Best Moments:                      19:21
VOK Curators First Times:   32:55
Bumper segment:              1:15:21
Varley being normal:        1:31:14
Aftershow:                           1:31:41
Something extra?:           1:35:12

Contains spoilers for other episodes of Vassals of Kingsgrave.

Edited by Patrick

Music: “Voklife” by AmberRocks

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Tagged Alias, amberrocks, Bina007, claudiusthefool, Dagos_Rivers, drownedsnow, easttexasdirewolf, Nadia, Ser Patrick the Tall, White Raven

VoK 299: WolfCast – “The Broken Man” (S06E07 Review)

Posted on June 11, 2016 by dagosrivers | Leave a comment

The Wolves are dwindled down this week (much like in the show) as Glen (Dagos_Rivers) and Matthieu (Beric175) review Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 7: “The Broken Man”.

Also discussed:
-Hostages and not giving a flying F*
-Storyline by Storyline discussion.
-The exciting VoK 300 coming soon (updates on http://www.vokpodcast.com).
-Plans for the next episode of WolfCast.

Running Time: 00:42:31
CREDITS:
Edited by Dagos_Rivers

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VoK 298: DragonCast – “The Broken Man” (S06E07 Review)

Posted on June 10, 2016 by vokalias | 2 comments

DragonCast returns to review the seventh episode of Game of Thrones Season 6, “The Broken Man”.

Join Adam (drownedsnow), Katie (LadyGriffin), Casey (Blue-Eyed-Queen), Michal (inkasrain), Small Paul (SerDinnerRoll), Greg (claudiusthefool), Matt (Varley), Bing (Shoeshiner), and Zach (Alias) for our best effort at some serious commentary and then perhaps the silliest aftershow yet.

0:50 – Introduction and Ratings
5:30 – In the Riverlands
22:15 – The North
40:50 – King’s Landing
49:25 – Volantis
55:45 – Braavos
1:02:25 – Riverrun
1:18:15 – Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Alias
A Song of Ice and Fire by Alpine Universe
Kellen the Undying by Drumurboy
The Broken Man by Valkyrist

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VoK 297: The Forsaken (The Winds of Winter – Sample Chapter)

Posted on June 2, 2016 by bina007 | 1 comment

Vassals Assemble! to discuss George R.R. Martin’s newly released preview chapter from The Winds of Winter.

Hosts: Adam/DrownedSnow; Amber/Amberrocks; Bina007; Brett/Whiteraven; Casey/Blue-Eyed Queen; Matt/Varley; Nadia; and Small Paul/SerDinnerRoll.

Spoilers: For all published works in A Song of Ice and Fire including The Winds of Winter but not HBO’s Game of Thrones divergent storylines.

Music credit: Alpine Forest. One Night, Marry, Scorpions at 1hr 11 mins. Aftershow at 1hr 20 mins.

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VoK 296: DragonCast – “Blood of My Blood” (S06E06 Review)

Posted on June 1, 2016 by vokalias | 1 comment

DragonCast returns to review the sixth episode of Game of Thrones Season 6, “Blood of My Blood”.

Join Adam (drownedsnow), Greg (claudiusthefool), Katie (LadyGriffin), Casey (Blue-Eyed-Queen), Bing (Shoeshiner), Michal (inkasrain), Small Paul (SerDinnerRoll), Matt (Varley), and Zach (Alias) for another Dragoncast review as we head towards the second half of the season.

0:40 – Introduction and Ratings
8:20 – Beyond the Wall
18:05 – Hornhill
26:45 – Braavos
31:30 – King’s Landing
42:05 – The Twins
49:40 – The Dothraki Sea
1:05:00 – Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Alias
A Song of Ice and Fire by Alpine Universe
Kellen the Undying by Drumurboy

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VoK 295: DragonCast – “The Door” (S06E05 Review)

Posted on May 24, 2016 by vokalias | Leave a comment

DragonCast returns to review the fifth episode of Game of Thrones Season 6, “The Door”.

Join Adam (drownedsnow), Bing (Shoeshiner), Jack (It Rhymes With Sleek), Matt (Varley), Alex (LuckyCharms), Greg (claudiusthefool), Katie (LadyGriffin), Jeff (jeff14), and Zach (Alias) for another classic Dragoncast review. Stay for the aftershow if you dare.

This particular podcast will also contain spoilers for an unreleased Arya chapter in the Winds of Winter during the Braavos section. Timestamps will be provided in the show notes if you want to skip past this part. Also, spoilers for Harry Potter.

1:05 – Introduction and Ratings
7:50 – The Wall
22:55 – Braavos
28:35 – The Iron Islands
36:20 – Vaes Dothrak
38:40 – Meereen
42:20 – Beyond the Wall
1:12:35 – Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Alias
A Song of Ice and Fire by Alpine Universe
Kellen the Undying by Drumurboy
Greg’s Notes
Two years ago, GRRM told a guy that he wanted to be an elevator operator. That guy correctly guessed the implication of that statement