x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

Searching for Grog

Probing unsolved mysteries (tangentially related to video games) that nobody else dares (or cares) to investigate. We try to answer questions like who the voiced Colossus epic roar in Konami"s X-Men arcade game, why Wikipedia credits completely unrelated people as the creators of the Power Glove and more. Join us on an epic goose chase involving interviews with game designers, voice actors and other guests who are way too important for the stupid questions we ask them.

society & culture places & travel

All Episodes

01:00:11

Power Glove Tramp Stamp

Searching for Grog ·

2025/11/08

The boys all get together in person to record their progress. Adam shares his results of scraping the entire edit history of Wikipedia articles about the Power Glove, and his correspondence with Jaron Lanier, founder of VPL - the company that created the Data Glove.

en

00:53:41

Frosties or Fingies

Searching for Grog ·

2025/08/01

Evan tracks down Grant Goddard, one of the people incorrectly credited as the creator of the power glove along with Samuel Cooper Davis. We find out just how the two came to be credited in the first place and some insight into why it hasn't been taken down. We also find out Chris Gentile, one of the ACTUAL creators of the power glove, is nice.

en

00:59:44

Cat-Butt

Searching for Grog ·

2025/06/15

The boys dig deeper into the Wikipedia archives and find an additional person credited with creating the Power Glove. Evan tries to track him down while Drew goes after Chris Gentile, who recently held an event as the "the Creator of the Power Glove."

en

01:17:54

Glove, Actually

Searching for Grog ·

2025/05/29

Adam looks up the patents for the "optical flex sensor" and the "data glove" - the core technology behind the power glove, and in so doing finds several key people who could be called the rightful creator of the power glove, but none of those names were Samuel Cooper Davis. This gives the back story to how it came to be, it's many iterations, and who was responsible for bringing it about.

en

00:45:16

Oil Can Boyd

Searching for Grog ·

2025/05/15

The boys embark on an all new adventure, to find the TRUE inventor of the Power Glove! Evan heard from a friend of a friend that he added his own name to Wikipedia as the inventor of the power glove and before anybody has a chance to change it, the article was referenced in other publications, making it impossible to edit afterwards. So who REALLY did make it?

en

01:25:39

Baleeted

Searching for Grog ·

2025/04/15

The boys recreate the road trip from 25 years ago where they first discovered "Trog." Over the course of week they drove across the country from California to Chicago, stopping in Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, and Iowa and recording their adventures every night as podcast episodes. Except all those recordings somehow got BALEETED! Here we recount our tale of our epic cross-country, soul-searching road trip. The trail for season one and season 2 both lead to Chicago, so it is a fitting

en

01:00:37

The last 1%

Searching for Grog ·

2023/02/18

After a long hiatus, the boys circle up the wagons to find a path forward.

en

01:19:43

Cowboy Game Completionist

Searching for Grog ·

2023/01/07

The boys discuss the Konami run-and-gun games Mystic Warriors (1992) and C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa(1992) and which is the true successor to Sunset Riders. The conversation meanders around lofty topics such as games as literature, the death of Superman and circles the drain of pornographic Atari games like Custer's Revenge.

en

00:23:05

Tommy Westphall Universe

Searching for Grog ·

2022/12/03

The boys discuss whether a cross over between between TMNT and "Friends" would be possible and whether or not they exist in the same universe according to the Tommy Westphall theory. They also discuss Captain Planets strange off-brand episode about AIDS awareness, and Cartoon All-stars to the Rescue.

en

00:40:40

Zeino's Paradox

Searching for Grog ·

2022/11/28

X-Men producer Masahiro Inoue holds the patent for multi-screen arcade cabinets, but on a recent trip to Tokyo, Adam finds a machine with THREE monitors that predates X-Men by 5 years! The boys get in touch with folks at SVI, and are introduced to The Talent Group, an agency that may have found the voices for X-Men...??

en

00:38:16

Brothers helping Brothers Part Deux

Searching for Grog ·

2022/11/19

Adam makes some forward progress by contacting the Blaustein brothers - Jeremy who worked as a voice director and localization director at Konami in Tokyo, and Michael who was a producer at Konami in Chicago. They determine the studio and voice agencies behind many Konami games...but are they the games we are looking for?!?!

en

00:33:04

The Fukami Probability Wave

Searching for Grog ·

2022/11/05

The boys celebrate Andrew's birthday in true "Searching for Grog" style with M.Bison and Rhinox. Adam gets a surprising email from composer Kenichiro Fukui, and the boys employ the classic search and destroy algorithm.

en

00:34:12

Double Agent Wall-Clock

Searching for Grog ·

2022/10/29

Adam talks to the X-Men developers to figure out why the credits are such a mess, why Lethal Enforcers director Y. Hatano is thanked in the credits, and the back story behind the classic line "Welcome to Die."

en

00:53:18

Devourer or Worlds

Searching for Grog ·

2022/10/22

The boys circle the wagons to check in on their progress. Norton has another swing and a miss, Brandon hears back from Bill Archer, and Evan regales everyone with the extreme, possibly illegal lengths he went to to hunt down his contact.

en

00:43:46

Pixel Master Asano Yuji

Searching for Grog ·

2022/10/15

Adam sits down to talk with Asano Yuji, the artist behind Konami's arcade classics X-Men and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They discuss his past as an animator, the process of creating pixel art in the 90s and how the team came-up with the iconic Colossus mutant power move!

en

00:39:30

The Roar Heard 'Round the World

Searching for Grog ·

2022/10/08

At MAG Fest, the Colossus roar has become a battle cry and a sort of secret-handshake that reverberates through the hallways of the festival. Evan and Adam go in search of the story of this MAG Fest tradition, and have a colossus-off with the originator!

en

00:40:37

Da Bears, Da Bears, Da Bulls!

Searching for Grog ·

2022/10/01

The team divides and conquers - Evan follows up on a lead with a former Konami employee, Andrew chases down a sound producer/talent agent, and Brandon gets in touch with the possible sound engineer who recorded voice work for Konami!

en

00:46:19

Welcome to "DIE PIGS!"

Searching for Grog ·

2022/09/24

Evan digs through old Konami games and finds a surprising link between X-Men and Lethal Enforcers. Adam goes down a different path and uncovers some unexpected clues through the world of professional sports.

en

00:33:36

MAGwest: whiskey socials and DDR

Searching for Grog ·

2022/09/17

The boys check out MAG-West, the sister festival to the long-running MAG-Fest where the Colossus Roar has become its own cultural meme. Nostalgia abounds with Mario Kart competitions, Dance Dance Revolution, and early 00's LAN parties.

en

00:44:01

Prison Liver Edition

Searching for Grog ·

2022/09/09

Adam switches from researcher/reporter mode to full-fledged stalker mode. In the process, he hits pay dirt and has a chance to talk with the producer of X-Men (as well as TMNT, Sunset Riders and other hit titles). The boys gain insider info about the game including who the real director was, why everyone used pen names and most importantly info about the voice work.

en

42 results

Similar Podcasts

Voices of Life

APG Mannheim

Promo Estereo Podcast

Promo Estereo

Talking Timelines Podcast

Talkingtimelines

גיקונומי

ראם שרמן ודורון ניר

Drømmefanger

Drømmefanger