Vassals of Kingsgrave

VoK 226: Dragonheart [1996] (DVD Commentary)

Posted on July 24, 2015 by vokadmin | 2 comments

Return to a bygone age of magic and wonder with Sir Alex(LuckyCharms), Sir Greg(claudiusthefool) and Sir Peter(Shellfish) as they embark upon a quest to commentate upon the nineties cult classic Dragonheart (1996).

Edited by Peter

Warning: Contains spoilers for the film Dragonheart.

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VoK 225: Book Club (Vol.5) – City of Thieves (by David Benioff)

Posted on July 17, 2015 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

The Vassals of Kingsgrave gather for the 5th meeting of the VOK Book Club. This time around we discuss City of Thieves by David Benioff; a chilling and yet darkly humorous tale of an impossible quest in a city under siege and a partnership between polar opposites.

Join hosts Greg (claudiusthefool), Alex (Lucky Charms), Zach (Alias), Matt (Eiffel), Dan (witless chum) & Scott (Skywaltzer) as they follow Lev & Kolya through their various trials and tribulations against cannibals, partisans, Germans, cold, hunger & chickens as they attempt the impossible; to find a dozen eggs.

Edited by Greg

Be sure to vote on the forums for the next VOK Book Club pick and the new Book Roundtable discussion.

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VoK 224: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC series) – Season 2

Posted on July 4, 2015 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

The agents of Kingsgrave break their cover to discuss season two of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Join Michal (inkasrain), Eddie (Teddard), Adam (drownedsnow), and Amber (Amberrocks) as they talk about the highs and lows of aliens, Inhumans, Ultron, and of course, Edward James Olmos.

We apologize for any frequent beeping, buzzing, or poor sound quality. It’s Hydra’s fault.

Credits:
Edited by inkasrain

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VoK 223: Vassals Night Out – “Manly” Edition

Posted on July 1, 2015 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

Join the VOK boys for the first (annual? decennial? never again?) Guys Night Out.

Hosts Shane (easttexasdirewolf), Augustine (linecom1), Matt (Varley), Michael (Mordion), Zach (Alias), Duncan (Valkyrist), Brett (White Raven), Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall) & Greg (claudiusthefool) for an in-depth and critical discussion of facial hair, manly drinks, The Weather, & very briefly ASOIAF plus a myriad of other manly topics.

Contains spoilers for beards & A Song of Ice and Fire.

Edited by Shane

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VoK 222: Comic Book Club (Vol.5) – Spring TV Shows

Posted on June 26, 2015 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

The fifth meeting of the Secret Book Club invites you to join our round table conversation about comics on TV in the Spring of 2015.
Thomas (FTWard), Shane (easttexasdirewolf), Scott (Skywaltzer) and Adam (drownedsnow) discuss Arrow, The Flash and Daredevil as well as iZombie, Powers, Constantine and Gotham.
We talk TV, we talk comics, we talk Swamp Thing, we talk Canadian-American relations you know the drill.

4:25, Arrow
34:55, The Flash
1:04:30, Daredevil
1:48:00, The Rest
2:19:50, After Show

Credits:
Edited by FTWard
Blog Image by Legends of the Superheroes National Broadcasting Company

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Music:
Bein Green
Written by Joe Raposo
Performed by Sophie Milman

The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel (Scratch Perverts Remix)
By Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Scratch Perverts
Special Thanks to: Chic, Blondie, Queen, Sugar Hill Gang, Furious Five and Spoonie Gee

Sympathy for the Devil
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Performed by alfatones

Uptown Funk
Written by Jeff Bhasker, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, Nicholas Williams, Devon Gallaspy, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Charles Wilson, Robert Wilson, Rudolph Taylor
Performed by Andie

Blame Canada
Written by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman
Performed by MrConor777

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Tagged drownedsnow, easttexasdirewolf, FTWard, skywaltzer

VoK 221: E3 2015 Recap

Posted on June 22, 2015 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

Join the impressionable VoK crew for their take on Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 2015.

5:20 , Microsoft event
33:30 , Sony event
60:00 , Ubisoft Event
1:14:00, EA event
1:25:00, Bethesda Event
1:44:00, Nintando Event
2:02:00, Others

Credits:
Edited by Vikram (fortytwo)
Hosts: Fortytwo(Vikram), Alias(Zach) and Easttexasdirewolf(Shane)
Music: Gillicuddy

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Shownotes

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VoK 220: KrakenCast – “Mother’s Mercy” (S05E10 Review)

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Valkyrist | Leave a comment

THE KRAKEN SENDS ITS REGARDS! Aussie & Asia-Pacific vassals Duncan (Valkyrist), Joseph (Ciao_Gamer), Silvana (silvaubrey) and Michael (Khal Wadege) review the tenth episode of Game of Thrones’ fifth season, entitled “Mother’s Mercy.”

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

01:03 – Introduction/Lemoncake Ratings
13:53 – Winterfell
43:55 – Bravos
59:48 – Dorne
1:13:12 – Meereen
1:26:41 – King’s Landing
1:38:20 – The Wall
1:55:44 – Closing Thoughts
2:06:31 – Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
“Valyrian Steel” by Adam WarRock

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That concludes KrakenCast for this season of Game of Thrones. Thank you to all of our hosts, listeners, and commenters.

What is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger!

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Tagged Ciao_Gamer, Khal Wadege, silvaubrey, Valkyrist

VoK 219: Ice & Fire Con 2015 Recap

Posted on June 18, 2015 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

Join the Vassals that attended Ice & Fire Con 2015 for a recap of the weekend’s festivities. Follow hosts Greg (claudiusthefool), Dan (witless chum), Jasmine (Jazzimen08), Thomas (FTWard) & John (Eigenvectorjon) for the play-by-play of the awesomeness and craziness of Ice & Fire Con.

Edited by Greg
Episode Image: The Nine Mistresses of Aegon IV

Links
VOK Bad Fan Fic

Summer Book Bingo Sheets (Refresh the page to get a new sheet)
Book Bingo Thread on the APOIAF Forums

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VoK 218: DragonCast – “Mother’s Mercy” (S05E10 Review)

Posted on June 17, 2015 by vokalias | 3 comments

DragonCast is back, despite continuing technical nonsense, to review the tenth and final episode of Game of Thrones Season 5, “Mother’s Mercy”.

Join Greg (claudiusthefool), Matt (Varley), Bing (Shoeshiner), Steven (SJLee), Adam (drownedsnow), Michal (inkasrain), Paul (Pod’s Plight), Alex (LuckyCharms), Brett (White Raven), and Zach (Alias) for one last time (this year).

Apologies for the audio problems on this one. The recording had some choppiness and a persistent echo at times.

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.

0:50 – Introduction and Ratings
7:31 – Stannis’ Camp & Winterfell
31:27 – Braavos
36:19 – Dorne
42:22 – Meereen
48:46 – King’s Landing
56:53 – The Wall
1:21:02 – Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Alias
Kellen the Undying by Drumurboy

Links
New York Times GoT Finale Post

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Tagged Alias, claudiusthefool, Dragoncast, drownedsnow, inkasrain, LuckyCharms, Pod's Plight, Shoeshiner, SJLee, Varley, White Raven

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

Posted on June 16, 2015 by vokadmin | 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 216: DragonCast – “The Dance of Dragons” (S05E09 Review)

Posted on June 12, 2015 by vokalias | Leave a comment

DragonCast overcomes the Darkling Plain in spite of power outages and Skype problems, back to review the second to last episode of Game of Thrones season 5!

Join Greg (claudiusthefool), Bing (Shoeshiner), Paul (Pod’s Plight), Katie (Lady Griffin), Adam (drownedsnow), Michal (inkasrain), Matt (Varley), Alex (LuckyCharms), and Zach (Alias) for extensive Stannis talk, Mad Max, and Chinchillas.

0:39 – Introduction and Ratings
8:32 – The Wall
12:45 – Dorne
19:27 – Braavos
25:16 – Stannis’ Camp
1:07:27 – Meereen
1:22:22 – Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Alias
King Stannis’ “Renly’s Peach” Speech by Valkyrist
End Music

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

Posted on June 6, 2015 by vokadmin | 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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Tagged Aiwendil, Beric175, Samos, Ser Patrick the Tall, Sword of the Afternoon

VoK 214: DragonCast – “Hardhome” (S05E08 Review)

Posted on June 4, 2015 by vokalias | 1 comment

DragonCast is roused again to discuss and, in a turn of events, generally be really happy with the latest Game of Thrones episode.

Join Greg (claudiusthefool), Matt (Varley), Paul (Pod’s Plight), Adam (drownedsnow), Bing (Shoeshiner), Alex (LuckyCharms), Duncan (Valkyrist), and Zach (Alias) for another Game of Thrones review.

Credits:
Edited by Alias
Music: Kellen the Undying by Drumurboy

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Tagged Alias, claudiusthefool, Dragoncast, drownedsnow, LuckyCharms, Pod's Plight, Shoeshiner, Valkyrist, Varley

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

Posted on June 2, 2015 by vokadmin | 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

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

Posted on May 29, 2015 by vokadmin | 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 211: DragonCast – “The Gift” (S05E07 Review)

Posted on May 28, 2015 by vokalias | Leave a comment

DragonCast is back to discuss the latest Game of Thrones episode, “The Gift”, and how the show is doing gearing up for the final stretch of season 5.

Join Alex (LuckyCharms), Adam (drownedsnow), Paul (Pod’s Plight), Matt (Varley), Greg (claudiusthefool), Bing (Shoeshiner), Steven (SJLee), and Zach (Alias) for another Game of Thrones review.

Credits:
Edited by Alias
Music: The Dornishman’s Wife by Yunck

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Tagged Alias, claudiusthefool, Dragoncast, drownedsnow, LuckyCharms, Pod's Plight, Shoeshiner, SJLee, Varley

VoK 210: Better Call Saul (AMC series) – Season 1

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Valkyrist | Leave a comment

Law offices of James M. McGill, how may we direct your call? Join Duncan (Valkyrist), Zach (Alias) and Adam (drownedsnow) for a trip down New Mexico way. They review the first season of AMC’s new series Better Call Saul, dissecting its themes of identity, morality, family, justice, and Chicago sunroofs.

Due to Skype problems, the audio quality takes a dip at various points during the episode. Apologies for that. 🙂

Warning: Contains spoilers for all aired episodes of AMC’s Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad

Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
Audio clips owned by AMC

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

Posted on May 24, 2015 by vokadmin | 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 208: DragonCast – “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” (S05E06 Review)

Posted on May 21, 2015 by vokalias | 5 comments

DragonCast returns to give their thoughts on the latest Game of Thrones episode. Stay for the aftershow, where we unwind as only the dragons can. #Greg

Join Greg (claudiusthefool) , Matt (Varley), Bing (Shoeshiner), Steven (SJLee), Adam (drownedsnow), Michal (inkasrain), Paul (Pod’s Plight), and Zach (Alias) for yet another Game of Thrones review.

00:38 – Introduction and Ratings
10:40 – Braavos
21:50 – Essos
31:13 – King’s Landing
57:32 – Dorne
1:07:45 – Winterfell
2:01:10 – Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Alias
Music: Kellen the Undying by Drumurboy

Links
S.S. Abandoned Plotlines
Game of Thrones S5E6 – Atlantic Roundtable
Alyssa Rosenberg on S5E6

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Tagged Alias, claudiusthefool, Dragoncast, drownedsnow, inkasrain, Pod's Plight, Shoeshiner, SJLee, Varley

VoK 207: KrakenCast – “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” (S05E06 Review)

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Valkyrist | Leave a comment

THE KRAKEN LASHES OUT! Aussie & Asia-Pacific vassals Duncan (Valkyrist), Joseph (Ciao_Gamer), Silvana (silvaubrey) and guest host Glen (Dagos_Rivers) review the sixth episode of Game of Thrones’ fifth season, entitled “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.”

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

Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist

KrakenCast typically records on Tuesday at 7:00pm (AEST) / 10:00am (GMT).

This time is meant to cater for Australian and Asian-Pacific fans, but everyone is welcome. Just let us know on the “Call to Arms” thread HERE, if you’d like to join us for an episode.

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Tagged Ciao_Gamer, Dagos_Rivers, silvaubrey, Valkyrist