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The Grinding Gear Podcast

Burnout-free video game coverage from podcast veterans. Join Garrett and Kyle every week as they get lost in games, pop culture, and everything they’re personally playing.

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Into the Nightreign | The Grinding Gear Podcast #123

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2025/06/02

We’ve got a big channel update video out over on the Grinding Gear YouTube channel right now. Go give it a watch to see our new studio setup and hear what’s in store for what might be the next ten+ years of our lives. Nightreign is dominating our minds and while it’s not perfect, that’s also what’s great about it. We have ideas, the internet has ideas, lets see if this games got legs after selling 2 million copies. It’s Switch 2 release week and there is an odd quite in the air. There is a new

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FriendSoft | The Grinding Gear Podcast #122

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2025/05/28

Good games are good. And we’ve played some GOOD games. We didn’t know we needed to play Blue Prince but we love it, and must play more. Monster Train 2 is more of the same, which is a very good thing. Final Fantasy XIV unleashed is Field Operation patch and its a solid compliment to the game, though many say they aren’t returning to play it. Elden Ring Nightreign approaches. And more! Supportourbromance.com and your VAC ducts will align.

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Marathief | The Grinding Gear Podcast #121

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2025/05/19

Grab your briefcase of your biggest words, gaming is doing the thing again. Bungie has been caught stealing art, but it’s not just art, it’s the whole look of Marathon. Ai Vader is dropping F-bombs in Fortnite. WoW housing is real, though they were a bit secretive about what could be shared. Magic the Gathering is doing great though. All this and more.

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Anime Girls Don’t Smell | The Grinding Gear Podcast #120

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2025/05/09

Sick hosts, but sick games! GTA 6 has a release date and trailer 2 is out. World of Warcraft is giving players a way to play with a single button. The Final Fantasy Magic the Gathering set is now the fastest selling pre-order ever. Elden Ring Nightreign is looking real good. All this and a big dose of thanks from our sickness addled brains.

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MMO Duality | The Grinding Gear Podcast #119

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2025/04/22

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7.2 Roundtable (FFXIV MSQ) | The Grinding Gear...

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2025/04/14

The Roundtable assembles once more. All elustrious members have returned: Jesse Cox, Okaymage and Preachgaming. The cloud has lifted and celebrations ring out over the internet as MSQ returns. But who is the real bad of this expansion? Is it the new Calyx or is there a more sinister face in plain view? Will baby king say "I'm in"? Will the crew agree on Arcadion shipping? That last one wont happen, but the rest will!

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Nintendamn | The Grinding Gear Podcast #117

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2025/04/07

Switch 2 is switching it up, with more expensive games? The line-up is unconvincing, but has some mysterious gems. Our WoW Hardcore adventure is underway with Jocat, Squidsena and Girl_DM. Lots of details on our dangerous adventures. FF14 got hard. We’ve said that before but the expansion keeps getting harder. All this and more.

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FFXIV 7.2 Special with MrHappy | The Grinding Gear...

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2025/03/24

Mrhappy joins us for a look at the 7.2 FFXIV Patch and a history lesson!SupportOurBromance.com or we’ll make you job simpler!

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Cooking FFXIV with Jesse | The Grinding Gear Podcast...

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2025/03/17

Jesse Cox returns to the show and we have a big deep dive on the upcoming 7.2 patch named “Seekers of Eternity”. An intense three months of content are lined up ahead of us, including the Occult Crescent field operation, which Jesse is keen to explore the lore gravatas of. Naturally eyes turn to the MSQ on the horizon, with cooks a’ plenty on a moment to moment breakdown of the trailer. You know there is more, cause Jesse is here. A lot more!

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Florida Snowman | The Grinding Gear Podcast #114

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2025/03/07

Wilds and Wyoming! Garrett and Kyle return from giving a lecture at the University of Wyoming and tell stories of their journey. Garrett got touched by snow, Kyle praises Steamdeck. Wilds Chapter 3 spoiler warning! We have a passionate chat about the story so far in Wilds and it’s hits and misses. T-rex doesn’t want to be fed, he wants to hunt. Yoshi-P is “stepping down”, “fired” or none of the above. In fact we have some hot FF14 news thats about as scandalous as the sun rising. All this and

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Hunting with Rurikhan | The Grinding Gear Podcast #113

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2025/02/21

Long time requested guest Rurikhan joins the episode for a massive Monster Hunter breakdown. New players Garrett and Kyle get a glimpse at the development history and evolution of the franchise as we approach the much anticipated Monster Hunter Wilds release. Pack with tips, tricks and stories for Hunters of every level (in particular for the Worlds players out there). Supportourbromance.com or knights will be dispatched for failed investigations!

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From World to Wilds | The Grinding Gear Podcast #112

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2025/02/14

Like the monsters hunt, this episode is sneaking up on ya. Garrett and Kyle spend the week diving DEEP into Monster Hunter World, even exploring the beta for Monster Hunter Wilds last night. In short, smitten. After a rough run in with the game 2 years ago, the GG boys forsook the hunt, but have fallen in love with this meety RPG. During a quite time for MMOs, this MMO Lite has been promise, if their 2018 entry is any proof. Emails and more.

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MMostly | The Grinding Gear Podcast #111

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2025/02/07

Victorious and offline. Garrett and Kyle have completed their savage journey for the moment with the downing of Wicked Thunder last night in FFXIV. Their month long journey comes to a close just in time to catch a wave of Monster Hunter Wilds beta play next week. Weapons shall be selected, monsters shall be hit with them. WoW flexes an upcoming housing update in FFXIVs direction. Dinosaurs and more.

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Ass of You and Me | The Grinding Gear Podcast #110

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2025/01/28

Games approach! Xbox Developer Direct, Switch 2, and games-that-feel-safe-from GTA. Garrett and Kyle also enter the news cycle of FF14 and find it full of assumptions. The odd thing is that all these assumptions are true, but it does make for some odd coverage. We do have some facts though. 7.2 live letter approaches and the next big wave of content prepares to hit the game. Emails and more.

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Raiding is Savage (w/ LlamaTodd) | The Grinding Gear...

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2025/01/13

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The Dead Game Olympics | The Grinding Gear Podcast #108

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2025/01/06

Garrett never left, Kyle returns! Garrett has been holding down the fort with the JRPG darling, Metaphor ReFantazio, but had his struggles. Kyle reports on his domestic adventure culminating in a Steam Deck review of Rogue Trader. Apparently while we were “gone” the FF14 doomsaying department was in full blast, but numbers can be deceiving. Supportourbromance.com or we’ll put a big head in the sky.

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The Grindys 2024 | The Grinding Gear Podcast #107

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2024/12/16

The Grindys, The Golden Gears, Best of 2024. This is the final official podcast record for the year 2024, and we have our own LEGALLY DISTINCT accolades to hand out. A wild and packed year of video games. Who better to dish out the accolades then two dudes who play too much MMO.

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FFXIV 7.1 Roundtable | The Grinding Gear Podcast #106

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2024/12/09

The MSQ Roundtable has assembled once more. Preach, Okaymage, and Jesse Cox have all returned to discuss the major story content that was released in the semi-recent “Crossroads” 7.1. The Story following Baby King and everyone's new favorite Jafar Ja lizard. The entire roundtable is now living the current life. Divining what will be released in what patch, what story beats will be covered where and what that means of the future of Final Fantasy as a whole.

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Futures Rewritten (Ultimate) Roundtable! | The...

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2024/12/02

Following the swift completion of the recent Futures Rewritten Ultimate Race to World First, we have assembled a crack team of panalists to discuss the raid and the drama that followed. Mr Happy is fresh off his completion of the Ultimate. Llamatodd joins the show for the first time after casting the first clear moments. Okaymage is still in the Echo studio! So add-us-on to your schedule, plugin your headphones and listen to these tools.

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Alien Abductions & Game Award Nominees | The Grinding...

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2024/11/26

We are approaching the Holiday Season, which means it’s also the Award Season. Garrett has returned and has opinions on the FFXIV Mobile announcement. Can DLCs be game of the year? Will we have a big sweep? Or will all our favorites walk away a winner.

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