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VoK 862: Book Club (Vol.8) – The Goblin Emperor (by Katherine Addison)

Posted on November 27, 2025 by | Leave a comment

The VOK Book Club returns to review the fantasy novel The Goblin Emperor (by Katherine Addison). Join Duncan (Valkyrist), Steven (SJLee), Zach (Alias), Adam (drownedsnow), and Alex (LuckyCharms) for an in-depth discussion on courtly intrigue, the power of kindness, and the importance of paying attention to the in-flight safety instructions.

Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist

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VoK 859: The Movie Passport #20 – Indian Cinema

Posted on October 7, 2025 by | Leave a comment

Namaste! Welcome to The Movie Passport, a podcast series about world cinema. In this episode, Duncan (Valkyrist), Tanja (Scilens), Matt (Blu3arm05), Alex (Lucky Charms), and Zander (The Lord Baron) travel to the country of India to discuss the following films:

13:14 – RRR: Rise Road Revolt / RRR: Roudram Ranam Rudhiram (S. S. Rajamouli, 2022)
37:52 – Sometimes Happiness Sometimes Sadness… / Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… (Karan Johar, 2001)
1:00:01 – The Lonely Wife / Charulata (Satyajit Ray, 1964)
1:15:23 – Mela (Dharmesh Darshan, 2000)
1:24:56 – Dangal (Nitesh Tiwari, 2016)

Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist

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VoK 855: The Devils (by Joe Abercrombie)

Posted on July 11, 2025 by | Leave a comment


The Vassals of Kingsgrave dive into the start of a new trilogy by one of their favorite authors, Joe Abercrombie. Join Brett (White Raven), Greg (claudiusthefool), Alex (LuckyCharms), Zach (Alias), and Casey (blue-eyed-queen) as they review and discuss the first book of this new journey, The Devils.

Credits:
Edited by Zach/Alias

Music: Kellan the Undying by Drumurboy

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VoK 853: Full Cast(le) Recording #14 – Burning Down the House

Posted on May 26, 2025 by | Leave a comment

The Vassals get wasted on blue wine and gate crash the House of the Undying. Join them for a special performance of “Daenerys IV” from George R. R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings.

And stop by the smoking rubble afterwards for some serious and crackpot theories about the future events of A Song of Ice and Fire.

1:38 – Chapter Reading
33:28 – Chapter Discussion

The Cast:
Duncan (Valkyrist) – Narrator
Tanja (Scilens) – Daenerys Targaryen
Abdullah (Quaith from Asshai) – Pyat Pree
Michael (Khal Wadege) – Xaro Xoan Daxos / Willen Darry
Hannah (shadow_ baby) – Jorah Mormont / The Undying Young Man
Alex (LuckyCharms) – Jhogo / The True Undying
Adam (drownedsnow) – Aggo
Katie (Lady Griffin) – Rhaegar Targaryen / The Undying Warrior
Zander (The Lord Baron) – Aerys Targaryen / The Undying King
Noah (Pops88) – Elia Martell / The Undying Queen
Everyone – The Slaves

The Crew:
Duncan (Valkyrist) – Editor

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VoK 846: 2024 Video Game Discussion

Posted on January 17, 2025 by | Leave a comment


The Vassals of Kingsgrave return to the video game world to discuss the games they enjoyed playing in 2024 and look ahead to the new releases in 2025. Join Zach (Alias), Bing (Shoeshiner), Matt (blu3arm0r), Katie (Lady Griffin), and Alex (LuckyCharms) as they talk the year 2024 in gaming.

This podcast will contain spoilers for the games discussed and probably other things too.

6:35 — Persona 3 Reload
20:00 — FF7 Rebirth
33:30 — Dragon Age: The Veilguard
55:20 — Metaphor: ReFantazio
1:08:50 — Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
1:14:35 — Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
1:19:05 — Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
1:27:40 — Astro Bot
1:32:20 — Rapid Fire of Other Games We Enjoyed
1:56:45 — Most Anticipated Games of 2025
2:28:50 — Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Zach/Alias

Music:
I Am Astro Bot (ASTRO BOT Remix)
Full Moon Full Life – Persona 3 Reload

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VoK 839: Arcane Season 2

Posted on December 6, 2024 by | Leave a comment


The Vassals of Kingsgrave return to discuss the second season of Netflix’s animated show, Arcane. Join Zach (Alias), Abby (DaceyMormont), Alex (LuckyCharms), Matt (blu3arm0r), and Michal (inkasrain) as they thoughtfully consider the show and its conclusion.

This podcast contains spoilers for all episodes of Netflix’s Arcane.

Credits:
Edited by Zach/Alias

Music:
Arcane: Season 2- Opening Titles
Stromae, Pomme – Ma Meilleure Ennemie English Lyrics (Arcane Season 2 Soundtrack)

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VoK 832: The Movie Passport #16 – French Cinema

Posted on September 27, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Bonjour! Welcome to The Movie Passport, a podcast series about world cinema. In this episode, Duncan (Valkyrist), Abby (Daceymormont), Stephanie (gsdg), Alex (Lucky Charms), and Jock (MunroJock) travel to the country of France to discuss the following films:

13:43 – Eyes Without a Face / Les Yeux sans visage (Georges Franju, 1960)
37:07 – Queen Margot / La Reine Margot (Patrice Chéreau, 1994)
57:24 – La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
1:18:06 – The City of Lost Children / La Cité des enfants perdus (Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1995)
1:28:16 – Amour (Michael Haneke, 2012)

Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist

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Vok 739: The Movie Passport #8 – Brazilian Cinema

Posted on December 20, 2022 by | Leave a comment

Olá! Welcome to The Movie Passport, a podcast series about world cinema. In this episode, Duncan (Valkyrist), Matt (Blu3arm05), and Alex (Lucky Charms) travel to the country of Brazil to discuss the following films:

9:52 – City of God / Cidade de Deus (Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002)
35:47 – Elite Squad / Tropa de Elite (José Padilha, 2007)
1:04:19 – Central Station / Central do Brasil (Walter Salles, 1998)

Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist

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VOK 697: Video Game Hall of Fame #2

Posted on July 22, 2022 by | Leave a comment


The Vassals of Kingsgrave return to the video game world with their second round of VOK Video Game Hall of Fame nominations. Join Zach (Alias), Bing (Shoeshiner), Matt (blu3arm0r), Katie (Lady Griffin), Alex (LuckyCharms), Jock (munrojock2), and Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall) as they bring forward a new set of outstanding games for the group to consider inducting.

3:00 — Dragon Age 2
17:00 — Minecraft
30:00 — The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
51:40 — Limbo
1:10:20 — Hollow Knight
1:30:50 — Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
1:53:00 — Undertale
2:10:00 — Voting

Credits:
Edited by Zach/Alias

Format inspired by the Easy Allies Hall of Greats

Music:
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Soundtrack – 01. Nerevar Rising
Undertale OST: 090 – His Theme

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VoK 687: Video Game Hall of Fame #1

Posted on April 29, 2022 by | Leave a comment


The Vassals of Kingsgrave return to the video game world with a new format for discussion inspired by the Easy Allies YouTube channel. Join Zach (Alias), Bing (Shoeshiner), Matt (blu3arm0r), Katie (Lady Griffin), Alex (LuckyCharms), Jock (munrojock2), Peter (Shellfish), and Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall) as they each nominate a game they hope will be inducted into the newly created VOK Video Game Hall of Fame.

3:20 — Civilization 5
11:55 — Barbie Riding Club for Windows 98
22:40 —The Outer Wilds
39:40 — Resident Evil 4
55:50 — Ghost of Tsushima
1:17:00 — Bioshock
1:25:40 — World of Warcraft
1:41:10 — Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
1:53:10 —Voting
2:02:10 — Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Zach/Alias

Format inspired by the Easy Allies Hall of Greats

Music:
World of Warcraft – Seasons of War
Outer Wilds – End Times

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VOK 681: Arcane

Posted on January 11, 2022 by | Leave a comment

The vassals discuss and review Netflix’s hit animated show Arcane.

Friedrich Engels can come and fuck me up.

Hosts:

Peter/Shellfish
Abby/Daceymormont
Zach/Alias
Alex/LuckyCharms
Katie/LadyGriffin
Dana/Taindana
David/davidhhh
Matt/Blu3armor

Credits:
Edited by Peter/Shellfish

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VOK 678: The Wisdom of Crowds (by Joe Abercrombie)

Posted on November 23, 2021 by | Leave a comment


The Vassals of Kingsgrave dive back into the world of the First Law, created by Joe Abercrombie. Join Brett (White Raven), Greg (claudiusthefool), Alex (LuckyCharms), and Zach (Alias) as they review and discuss the final book in the Age of Madness trilogy, The Wisdom of Crowds.

Credits:
Edited by Zach/Alias

Music: Kellan the Undying by Drumurboy

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VoK 673: The Movie Passport #4 – Polish Cinema

Posted on September 25, 2021 by | Leave a comment

Dobry dzień! Welcome to The Movie Passport, a podcast series about world cinema. In this episode, Duncan (Valkyrist), Alex (Lucky Charms), Bina (Bina007) and Matt (Blu3arm05) travel to the country of Poland to discuss the following films:

9:13 – Kanal (Andrzej Wajda, 1957)
28:00 – Cold War / Zimna Wojna (Paweł Pawlikowski, 2018)
40:31 – The Painted Bird / Nabarvené Ptáče (Václav Marhoul, 2019)
1:04:55 – The Day of the Wacko / Dzień Świra (Marek Koterski, 2002)

Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist

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VoK 635: Book Club (Vol.7) – The Darkness That Comes Before (by R. Scott Bakker)

Posted on January 28, 2021 by | Leave a comment


The VOK Book Club reconvene to review the dark fantasy novel The Darkness that Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker (the first book in The Second Apocalypse series). Join Greg (claudiusthefool), Zach (Alias), Alex (LuckyCharms), Matt (Blu3arm0r), Steven (SJLee), Duncan (Valkyrist), Adam (drownedsnow), and lurkers Casey (blue-eyed-queen) and Amber (amberrocks), for an in-depth discussion on grimdark fantasy, amoral characters, historical parallels, and existential philosophy.

Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist

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VoK 578: A Little Hatred (by Joe Abercrombie)

Posted on November 18, 2019 by | Leave a comment


The Vassals of Kingsgrave get their book reading game back on as they dive into the world of the First Law, created by Joe Abercrombie. Join Brett (White Raven), Greg (claudiusthefool), Alex (LuckyCharms), and Zach (Alias) as they talk about how they got into this series of fantasy novels, share why they enjoy them so much, and do an in-depth review of the most recently published book, A Little Hatred.

This podcast contains spoilers for all books in the First Law series. Spoilers for A Little Hatred begin at 27:50. 

Aftershow starts at 1:40:45

Credits:
Edited by Zach (Alias)

Kellan the Undying by Drumurboy

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You can purchase A Little Hatred, the earlier books in the First Law series, or any other book you want at Southhampton Sag Harbor Books. 

Art by Whichever Flower

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VoK 414: The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring [2001] (DVD Commentary)

Posted on September 9, 2017 by | Leave a comment


It’s the podcast everyone’s been waiting for…

Join Casey (blue-eyed-queen) as she watches Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring for the first time, along with Lord of the Rings experts: Zach (Alias), Paul (Serdinnerroll), and Alex (LuckyCharms)! They discuss first impressions, music, New Zealand, Grime Con 2016, and maybe a little bit of LOTR.

Warning: contains spoilers for the Fellowship of the Ring and maybe the other LOTR movies/books I’m not really sure…

Credits:
Edited by Casey (blue-eyed-queen)
Music credit: Kevin MacLeod ~ Achaidh Cheide

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​VoK 378: Ice & Fire Con 2017 Recap

Posted on May 30, 2017 by | Leave a comment



All hail Satan Con! Join a huge bumper-crop of vassals including Michal (inkasrain), Alex (LuckyCharms), Greg (Claudiusthfool), Jasmine (jazzimen08), Kevin (kevwils83), Casey (blue-eyed-queen), Jon (eigenvectorjon), Zach (Alias), Dan (witless chum), and Nancy (Dan’s Sister Who Doesn’t Have A Name On The Forums) as we recap (in slightly less than linear fashion) the marvelous madness of Ice & Fire Con 2017.

Learn the answers to burning questions like: Why would anyone go hiking ever? What’s a Secret Targaryen? Who ships Jonsa? How drunk were you, exactly? and Why should I come to Ice & Fire Con 2018?

The recording of this episode was Watched By Amber.

For more information, visit the Ice & Fire Con website.

Credits:
Edited by Michal (inkasrain)
Music: “You’re Welcome (for Game of Thrones)” by “D & D” by Tara and Brian

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VoK 363: Critical Role (Geek & Sundry series)

Posted on March 17, 2017 by | Leave a comment


The Vassals return in spectacularly nerdy fashion to rant and rave about Critical Role, a popular Dungeons and Dragons live show on Twitch.tv and Youtube.

Join Alex (LuckyCharms), Bing (Shoeshiner), Paul (Pod’s Plight), and Zach (Alias) as they talk favorite characters and moments throughout the show’s run, and consider just what is so special about this whole tabletop roleplaying thing.

This podcast will contain spoilers for all episodes of Critical Role up through episode 89. You have been warned.

Credits:
Edited by Zach (Alias)
Music credits: Critical Role Theme Song by Jason Charles Miller
Kellan the Undying by Drumurboy
Art by Alika Gupta

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Critical Role airs every Thursday at 7 PM PST on the Geek and Sundry Twitch channel. The recorded episode is published on their website the following Monday. Click here if you’d like to watch the show from the beginning.

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VoK 353: Full Cast(le) Recording #11 – The Hedge Knight (Part 1)

Posted on January 5, 2017 by | 1 comment

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A tourney has been called and you have been invited to listen to several of our brave vassals try their hand at an FCR of George RR Martin’s The Hedge Knight. Afterward, feel free to mill about the tourney grounds to hear some good talk about the Dunk and Egg series, mocking George Lucas, and outtakes.

The Cast:
Paul (Ser Dinner Roll) – Narrator
Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall) – Ser Duncan the Tall
Michal (inkasrain) – Egg
Greg (claudiusthefool) – Baelor Breakspear
Zach (Alias) – The Voice of Ser Arlan, Ser Steffon Fossoway, and Lord Ashford
Matt (Varley) – Daeron the Drunkard and Ser Donnel of Duskendale
Adam (drownedsnow) – Steely Pate and Ser Roland Crakehall
Tanja (scilens) – Guard Captain, Master of Horse, and Prince Maekar
Alex (Luckycharms) –Plummer the Steward and Ser Manfred Dondarrion
Casey (blue-eyed-queen) – Tanselle Too-Tall and Stableboy
Hannah (shadowbaby) – Raymun Fossoway and the Dornish Puppeteer
Dan (witless chum) – Aerion Targaryen
Amber (amberrocks) – The Innkeeper

The Crew:
Paul (Ser Dinner Roll) – Editor

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VoK 347: Book Club (Vol.6) – Perdido Street Station (by China Miéville)

Posted on December 10, 2016 by | Leave a comment

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The VOK Book Club Crew gathers (actually gathered back in September 2015) to discuss China Mieville’s weird fiction masterpiece, “Perdido Street Station”.

Hosts Greg (claudiusthefool), Steven (SJLee), Brett (WhiteRaven), Alex (LuckyCharms), Amber (Amberrocks) & Zach (Alias) assemble to discuss the myriad inhabitants of New Crobuzon, it’s political structure, the true meaning of The Weaver’s ramblings, the effects of Dreamshit & just who the hell was Jack Half-A-Prayer.

Beware of spoilers for Perdido Street Station but not for the other books in the Bas-lag series.

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