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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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Patreon Panic Picnic | The Grinding Gear Podcast #91

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2024/08/12

Every MMO is having a 2024 release? More on that later. Patreon is up to some biz. Under Apple pressure, they might be getting rid of our weekly-per-content-post format in favor of only supporting monthly posts. For now, do nothing, but we wanted you to hear about it from us. A slightly shaken Garrett and Kyle continue from there. Kyle has been on a video game journey with his son, culminating in Super Smash Bros Ultimate. Garrett has gotten into Balatro. Then we lead you through the MMO

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The One with Frosty | The Grinding Gear Podcast #90

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2024/08/05

Frosty, host of FF14 esports, World First and the Mogtalk podcast joins the episode. Should we call him a community pillar? Is that still a phrase? The Community Pillar discusses what let down this wild road of content creation. What it was like being embraced by Square Enix for events and how that journey brought him to produce last week's World First event.

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Strange Dr. Doom | The Grinding Gear Podcast #89

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2024/07/29

Our AFK journey has concluded. Garrett and Kyle return from two weeks of touching grass, or more likely sandy beaches. Kyle has been completely Dadding off the grid, while Garrett in classic fashion stayed in tune with on goings. Speaking of ongoings, we got the official War Within Cinematic Trailer? Is this the trailer? Robert Downey Jr is coming back as Doctor Doom. What we played, what we watched and more.

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Summer Q&A! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #87

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2024/07/17

We may be off on our family vacations, but that won’t stop us from releasing a podcast! Join us as we answer questions about tacos preferences, traveling, where we want to travel, our bucket lists, and much more!

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The One with MrHappy | The Grinding Gear Podcast #87

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2024/07/08

MrHappy visits the podcast. This episode is part history FFXIV lesson, part journey of content creation and part raid therapy. After meeting on the Dawntrail Media Tour, Garrett and Kyle sit down with the prolific guide and video maker for a peek behind the curtain of the FFXIV raid scene and its many innerworkings. A truly joyous and wild chat.

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The Great Phil Collins Debate | The Grinding Gear...

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2024/07/01

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Dawntrail Roundtable | MSQ&A #3

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2024/06/18

Dawntrail approaches. The table assembles.

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Not E3 2024 | The Grinding Gear Podcast #85

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2024/06/10

Games! So many games. Three presentations worth of games to be exact. Sony State of Play, Xbox Showcase and Summer Games Fest have all cruised by and it’s time to review. Stand outs? The dregs? The ups the downs. Listen to find out. Will there be hat eating? Could be.

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Redacted | The Grinding Gear Podcast #84

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2024/05/27

The classic offline episode, with that classic vibe. We bring you limited stories from our absence, along with a helping of video game and movie news. Is war coming to the republic? Did you read that in a Clone Wars intro voice? Rumors circulate of a Total War Star Wars in production. Value won’t let you inherit a Steam account. Beetlejuice 2 makes us question the Burton evolution. Story time, emails and more.

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“I Am Alphinaud” with Colin Ryan | The Grinding Gear...

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2024/05/13

Our guest today is an actor on stage, screen, and games. You may know him from Doctor Who, Leonardo, the brand new Hades 2, but if you’re watching this stream or listening to this podcast we would bet you know him as Alphinaud from Final Fantasy 14. Today we’re joined by Colin Ryan!

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Sexy Democracy | The Grinding Gear Podcast #82

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2024/05/07

Stellar Blade may have been the jumping off point, but sexiness in games goes far beyond and much further back than the latest entry in skin-tight clad protagonists. On today's show we dive into our likes and dislikes about sex in games, the Helldivers 2 Sony PSN debacle, and take your questions live! Well, not live if you're listening to it now. But it was live. You get it... SupportOurBromance.com or Kyle will cosplay Quiet from MGS5.

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Go Wake Daddy! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #81

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2024/04/23

After welcoming his third child into this world, Kyle has returned! Garrett catches up with Kyle and helps Kyle catch up on all of the things that he missed during his paternity leave. The new Fallout show, FFXIV Dawntrail drama, lots of baby sitting and birth stories, and of course… where babies come from? This episode goes places.

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Delighting the Audience with Marcomeatball | The...

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2024/04/08

Marco returns to talk more than just music! Well of course music is also discussed. But Garrett and Marco talk shop about creating content for streams and Youtube, Honkai: Star Rail, Warframe, Helldiver 2, Final Fantasy 7, and the most underrated game soundtracks of all time.

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MM-NO! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #79

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2024/03/26

Dawntrail is on its way! A release date has been announced for the upcoming Final Fantasy darling MMO. Garrett and Kyle give you the scoop to grind through your week. But first, Larian parts ways with the Hasbro juggernaut Dungeons and Dragons, to much celebration. Dragon's Dogma 2 doesn't make the best first impression, but true fans are too busy playing. Will the League of Legends MMO ever release? All this and more.

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Skill Issue | The Grinding Gear Podcast #78

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2024/03/12

Garrett returns from the Mountains of Wrestling. Kyle was here but survived his venture to buy Warhammer paints. Helldivers Devs lash back at players on Discord causing a comment drama. Garrett and Kyle discuss the huge influence Toriyama had on the anime medium as a whole and their exposure to Dragon Ball Z growing up. Are crossovers going too far?! Your emails and more.

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Hot Chat, Cold Names | The Grinding Gear Podcast #77

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2024/03/05

Beau Schwartz returns to the Podcast. Now having long completed his Diablo 4 quest for statue fandom, we play a little game we like to call Hot TAKES with the help of the live chat. We also discuss Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (spoiler free), Helldivers, State of MMOs and streaming life.

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Final FOMO | The Grinding Gear Podcast #76

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2024/02/26

Garrett and Kyle both return from a Florida Disney weekend, no relation,with a pile of hot Monday news. After a thorough park review lacking of expert opinion, Garrett feels a great pull towards the water cooler of FF7 Rebirth. Elden Ring DLC is about to plow every release in the summer out of its way. Larian’s good deeds lead to Kyle's paranoia. And why is there a Borderlands movie? All this and more.

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Queueing for Hell | The Grinding Gear Podcast #75

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2024/02/19

The Ministry of Truth has declared, Helldivers 2 is good y'all. You may have heard about the newest internet darling. Garrett and Kyle share the sentiment even if it did rain on their parade. And rain it did all over the renaissance fair. X-Men 97 is coming back in its Fox Kids glory. All the consoles are dead?!

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The Final Grill with Jesse Cox | The Grinding Gear...

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2024/02/12

Jesse Cox returns for the final grilling before the end of Endwalker. The test is stacked, the questions are hard and our memories are shit. Better than most? Maybe. Are there dragons in the Crystal Tower? Who has cloud hair? What characters are missing? What happens in patch content given the meta knowledge of the launcher? Jesse leaves no stone unturned, while Garrett and Kyle loose the stones.

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Obviously with Taliesin | The Grinding Gear Podcast #73

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2024/02/06

We’re cross-aisle, breaking down barriers, and having a lovely time doing it. On this week’s episode, Taliesin, half of Taliesin and Evitel, joins the show to discuss content creation, Final Fantasy 14 story, and WoW’s pursuits of that story. Taliesin streamed FF14 at the height of the “exodus” and had quite the journey. There’s no stopping this storytime.

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