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VOK 784: 2023 Video Game Discussion

Posted on January 25, 2024 by | Leave a comment


The Vassals of Kingsgrave return to the video game world to discuss the games they enjoyed playing in 2023 and look ahead to the new releases in 2024. Join Zach (Alias), Bing (Shoeshiner), Matt (blu3arm0r), Katie (Lady Griffin), Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall), and Adam (drownedsnow) as they talk the year 2023 in gaming.

2:00 — Fire Emblem: Engage
20:00 — Tears of the Kingdom
37:20 — Baldur’s Gate 3
1:16:30 — Diablo 4
1:26:00 — Final Fantasy 16
1:29:00 — Lies of P
1:47:00 — Cyberpunk 2077 + Phantom Liberty
1:51:00 — Alan Wake 2 + Octopath Traveler 2
2:04:35 — 2024 Anticipated Releases

Credits:
Edited by Zach/Alias

Music:
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: Main Theme
Lies of P: Quixotic

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VOK 766 – Agatha Christie Reread 27 – And Then There Were None Part 2

Posted on August 28, 2023 by | Leave a comment

This is the second of a two part discussion of Agatha Christie’s frighteningly bleak standalone mystery, And Then There Were None. In this second spoiler-filled episode, Bina, Pat, Hannah and Bing discuss the characters, the plot construction (22m30s) and the adaptations of the novel (37m30s).

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VOK 765 – Agatha Christie Reread 27 – And Then There Were None Part 1

Posted on August 28, 2023 by | Leave a comment

This is the first of a two part discussion of Agatha Christie’s frighteningly bleak standalone mystery, And Then There Were None. In this first spoiler-free episode, Bina, Pat, Hannah and Bing discuss the original title of the novel and how it has changed, as well as the historic context in which this book was first published. Trigger warnings for discussions around racism and racial epithets.

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VOK 741 – Soccercast – World Cup Final Review

Posted on January 13, 2023 by | Leave a comment

A VOK episode is never late. It turns up precisely when it means to. Join Noah, Bing and Bina for a particularly sweary discussion about the greatest World Cup final in living memory. We also debate who is the biggest cockwomble: Emi Martinez, Infantino, Macron, Ronaldo, the Qatari Emir, or Salt Bae, and what Ronaldo has down his trousers.

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VOK 738 – Soccercast – World Cup Quarter Final Round-Up

Posted on December 13, 2022 by | Leave a comment

Join Noah, Bing and Bina as they discuss the results of the Quarter Final matches starting with England vs France; then Argentina vs Netherlands (18m); Brazil vs Croatia (23m); and Portugal vs Morocco (27m).

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VOK 736 – Soccercast – World Cup R16 Round-Up

Posted on December 9, 2022 by | Leave a comment

Join Noah, Bing and Bina as they discuss the results of the Round of 16 matches and preview the Quarter Finals. Netherlands vs USA; Argentina vs Australia and Netherlands vs Argentina preview (2m); Japan vs Croatia; Brazil vs Korea and Croatia vs Brazil (13m); France vs Poland; England vs Senegal and France vs England (24m); Morocco vs Spain; Portugal vs Switzerland and Morocco vs Portugal (45m).

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VOK 735 – Soccercast – World Cup Group Stage Round-Up

Posted on December 2, 2022 by | Leave a comment

Join Noah, Bing and Bina as they summarise 60 matches in 100 minutes, and preview the Round of 16 results. Group A chat (3m); Group B including Iran protests and armband chat (11m); Gonzo Group C inc obligatory Mexico rant from Bing (26m); Group D (46m); Group E with mighty Japan (49m); Group F with mighty Morocco and Bing’s defence of Canada (55m); Group G and H predictions (65m); Aftershow (77m).

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VOK 733 – Soccercast – World Cup Preview

Posted on November 17, 2022 by | Leave a comment

Join Noah, Bina007, Bing and Neil for a discussion about the controversy surrounding Qatar as hosts; the likely results of the group stages; who will win the tournament and the Golden Boot.

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VoK 731: DragonCast – “The Black Queen” House of the Dragon (S01E10 Review)

Posted on October 29, 2022 by | Leave a comment

The Dragons discuss episode 10, the season 1 finale, of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “The Black Queen”. Fly you fools!

Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Bing (Shoeshiner), Casey (blue-eyed-queen), David (davidhhh), Michal (inkasrain), Katie (Lady Griffin), Stephanie (gsdg), Ben (King Jucio), and Matt (Blu3arm0r).

Spoilers: This episode could cover anything from George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and various related media.

Aftershow at 2:27:10 featuring #greg and birthday Casey!

Editor: Adam

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VoK 726: DragonCast – “The Green Council” House of the Dragon (S01E9 Review)

Posted on October 17, 2022 by | Leave a comment

The Dragons discuss episode 9 of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “The Green Council”. The king is dead, long live the king.

Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Bing (Shoeshiner), Katie (Lady Griffin), Stephanie (gsdg), and Matt (Blu3arm0r).

Spoilers: This episode could cover anything from George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and various related media.

Aftershow 1:09:00

Editor: Adam

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VoK 725: DragonCast – “The Lord of the Tides” House of the Dragon (S01E8 Review)

Posted on October 12, 2022 by | Leave a comment

The Dragons discuss episode 8 of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “The Lord of the Tides”.

Hosts: Casey (Blue-eyed-queen), Bing (Shoeshiner), Adam (drownedsnow), Katie (Lady Griffin), Stephanie (gsdg), Matt (Blu3arm0r), and Benjamin (King Jucio).

Spoilers: This episode could cover anything from George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and various related media.

Editor: Casey

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VoK 721: DragonCast – “Driftmark” House of the Dragon (S01E7 Review)

Posted on October 5, 2022 by | Leave a comment

The Dragons discuss episode 7 of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “Driftmark”.

Hosts: Casey (Blue-eyed-queen), Michal (inkasrain), Adam (drownedsnow), Stephanie (gsdg), Bing (Shoeshiner), Katie (Lady Griffin), Benjamin (King Jucio), and Matt (Blu3arm0r) .

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and related media.

Editor: Casey

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VoK 719: DragonCast – “The Princess and the Queen” (S01E6 Review)

Posted on September 28, 2022 by | Leave a comment

The Dragons discuss episode 6 of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “The Princess and the Queen”. The show takes a major time jump forward and we have to lot to catch up on. Time to meet a whole bunch of new characters.

Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Stephanie (gsdg), Bing (Shoeshiner), Katie (Lady Griffin), Benjamin (King Jucio), and Matt (Blu3arm0r) .

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and related media.

Editor: Adam

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VoK 715: DragonCast – “We Light the Way” House of the Dragon (S01E5 Review)

Posted on September 18, 2022 by | Leave a comment

The Dragons discuss episode 5 of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “We Light the Way”. Love is in the air and a wedding is in the works. With the track record of weddings in this world I think we all know what that means. Will this wedding end up with it’s own unique name? Would the Dothraki consider it dull?

Wedding chat starts at 59:00

Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Bing (Shoeshiner), Casey (blue-eyed-queen), Katie (Lady Griffin), Stephanie (gsdg), Michal (Inkasrain), Benjamin (King Jucio), Hannah (Shadowbaby), and Matt (Blu3arm0r) .

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and related media.

Editor: Adam

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VoK 712: DragonCast – “King of the Narrow Sea” House of the Dragon (S01E4 Review)

Posted on September 12, 2022 by | Leave a comment

The Dragons discuss this week’s episode of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “King of the Narrow Sea”. Daemon is back in King’s Landing and Daemon gonna Daemon. Will the show continue with it’s focus on prophecy or leave it behind?

Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Kevin (Nuncle Kevin), Matt (Blu3arm0r), Bing (Showshiner), Benjamin (King Jucio), Michal (Inkasrain), Stephanie (gsdg), and Katie (Lady Griffin).

Aftershow will appear on Youtube

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and related media.

Editor: Adam

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VoK 708: DragonCast – “Second of His Name” House of the Dragon (S01E03 Review)

Posted on September 4, 2022 by | Leave a comment

 

Continue along with us for the third episode of HBO’s “House of the Dragon”. The show continues to skip ahead in time as babies are born and the court shifts. We discuss how this works for the pacing of the story and how well they are pulling off the action sequences.

Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Casey (blue-eyed-queen), Katie (Lady Griffin), Matt (Blu3arm0r), Bing (Showshiner), Benjamin (King Jucio), and Michal (inkasrain)

Aftershow at 1:39:00

 

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and related media.

Editor: Adam

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VoK 706: Wolfcast – House of the Dragon s1e2 review

Posted on August 31, 2022 by | Leave a comment

Vassals Assemble! Wolfcast offers its firmly imperialist opinion on the new series from the A Song of Ice and Fire Universe – HBO’s House of the Dragon. Join us to review s1e2 with spoilers for all of George R R Martin’s published works but NOT for Game of Thrones, the TV show as it moved ahead of the books.

Intro – Game of Thrones Main Title (Church Organ Version) [From “Game of Thrones”] – TAM TAM MUSIC – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp-xjcKW4uE

Outro: Mr.ACCORDION – [Accordion]game of thrones – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_zuP2xqmB4 

Hosts: Bina007, Bing (Shoeshiner), Patrick (The Tall), Sara (DrBlood), Jock (MunroJock1), and Elle (Nettles)

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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 682: The Witcher (Netflix series) – Season 2

Posted on January 21, 2022 by | Leave a comment

We’ve read the books, we’ve played the video games, and now we push onward into season 2 of Netflix’s “The Witcher” series. So toss a coin to your Witcher and listen as we figure what we liked, and didn’t like, about the direction of the Netflix adaptation.

Potential major spoilers from the The Witcher book series in the aftershow.

Hosts: Bina (Bina007), Michal (Inkasrain), Bing (Shoeshiner), David (davidhhh), and Adam (drownedsnow)

Edited by Adam

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