Lore Boys

Hey Lore Folk, the Lore Boys are back (at least 2/3 of us) with more Magic: The Gathering lore! We're continuing our harrowing tale of a young barbarian girl who wants nothing but to help her ailing brother and to free her people from the evils of an ancient artifact which, so far at least, has brought nothing but death and destruction and grief. Kamahl, for his part, has given up the Mirari for n...

Hello and welcome Lore Folk, the Lore Boys are back but are not long for this world. Jamie is still in Mexico so it's another conference call, but that's probably for the best as we are covering the corrupted blood incident from World of Warcraft. We certainly don't want to get too close to each other for this one as it could mean our certain doom. Come along and learn about how fake germs grabbed...

The Lore Boys are back and this time they're in it for the money. Join us for another conference call since Jamie is still in a different country, unless you're in Mexico then Ethan and Peter are in a different country and Jamie is your neighbour. This week we have returned to the font of lore known as BATTLETECH for a sixth time to cover the infamous Bounty Hunter. While many people don't know wh...

Good morning, afternoon or evening Lore Folk. We return once again with more Magic the Gathering lore! Today (or whenever you're listening, I don't care) we continue the unfortunate story of Kamahl and his search for the ironically cursed Mirari. We discuss his return to the blood pits, his journey home and his eventual attack on his sister which transformed her into Phage the Untouchable. Many ol...

Hey Lore Folk, today we've moved away from fake history about fake people and changed to real history about real people telling stories about fake monsters. This week we will take you through the multiple eras of Godzilla's film production in honour of the newest film; King of the Monsters! Today we learn about the horrors of nuclear war, pollution, asthma and transferring your soul into your son'...

Lore Boys back, after another hiatus brought about by unforeseen circumstances. Who'd have thought three sad boys would have such a hard time meeting up for several hours a week to do something they all love? Not us, that's for sure. Regardless, we're here with some more Magic: the Gathering history in what will be another multipart series. We're returning to Dominaria, though we're way ahead of t...

Hello and welcome Lore Folk, this week we're building towards something great. This week we're building Lego! That's right, we're getting into the deep sometimes convoluted and Mask obsessed lore of Bionicle. We learn about how some tiny people crashed their creator spirit into the ocean, the raw deal of being a magic robot angel and that giant enemy crabs can never be stopped. Pete misses his toy...

Well the Lore Boys are back to finish off Arthas's story. You know the tragic story of a rich, beautiful prince who decides the best way to save all his subjects is to kill all his subjects? Yeah, we're real beat up over his loss too. Still a compelling story as we some of Warcraft's heavy hitters, like Illidan Stormrage, Sylvanas Windrunner, Kel'Thuzad, Uther Lightbringer, and more! Hop into the...

Lore Boys are back, this time we're getting pumped for World of Warcraft Classic with some Warcraft Lore. We're talking the Lich King, Arthas, Jaina, Uther, Muradin, and all the the crazy antics they all got up to. Who found that pesky Frostmourne, and why was Arthas so excited about it? Whose knees get broken, and whose kidneys get destroyed? We'll learn about Arthas's signature weapon, the brick...

Lore Boys are here once more with the juiciest video game backstory podcast in town. This week we're riding the hype of Mortal Kombat 11 to bring you the lore for MK1, 2, 3, 9, and a lead-in to MKX and MK11. Jamie couldn't be here this week as we had to send him to mine some electricity and anime for the good of the podcast, but Peter and Ethan soldier on to wade through gore and viscera and bring...

The Lore Boys are back with another episode. Season three is shaping up to be real hum-dinger with this week's Fire Emblem episode. Meet all your favourite characters, like Marth, Roy, Ike, Chrom, Robin, and Lucina. At least, meet them as far as we mention all of them, but we do go in depth with Marth lore! It's the history or Archanea in sweet and savoury podcast form. We talk about the creation...

Lore Boys are back with more tasty lore. In case you missed it, our previous Titanfall episode covers a bit of the backstory to Kuben Blisk's Apex Games, and why all these quirky characters find themselves at the end of the known universe with nothing but and endless rain of firepower and a thirst for the blood of other athletes... a lot like Sochi, I'd imagine. But today's episode is all about th...

Boy the Lord of the Rings sure does have a lot of lore. Sauron sure did like to get up to a lot of stuff, like making 19 whole other rings just like the one they made three movies about. We talk about their maker, Celebrimbor, and his work in Sauron's sweatshops producing cheaply made phones. At least he managed to get his friends some phones before Sauron data-capped them. This episode Ethan kiss...

After our brief hiatus the Lore Boys are back, and we arbitrarily have decided to call this our season 3 premiere! Truth be told, none of us knows why some seasons end and new ones start, so we're going with our gut. We're talking about Marvel comics' Avengers on this episode, but we made sure to keep it completely spoiler free for Endgame content, so all you frosty nerds out there don't need to w...

Hello and welcome back to The Lore Boys. This week was a quiet one so Pete decided to take us back a billion years and relax on some forgotten beaches with the oldest (according to them) race in the Milky Way. We're covering Mass Effecft's Leviathans, who out of hubris or stupidity created the main antagonist of the galaxy for the next billion years. We learn that no matter how smart you are, your...

Lore Boys are back, this time with some more Hollow Knight story. We're talking Quirrel, Hornet, Cloth, Zote, the girl with the orange fog, the Pale King, the Dreamers, the Mantis Lords, and pretty much all the characters with the coolest names. We talk about the Dream, what is Soul, or Void, or The Infection -- sometimes called the plague. Who was the Pale King? What are Wyrms in Hollow Knight? D...

Buzz buzz Lore Folk as they say in the Hollow Nest, this week is Hollow Knight! Well as per usual the events leading up to Hollow Knight. Jamie is back from IEM and Ethan is slaving away in the University Mines where they give group projects to people who are almost 30! This week Jamie explains to Peter why he's missing out on adorable bugs that are actually vessels of negative energy that siphon...

Lore Boys are back, and Ethan's hosting, which means we're talking about Dungeons and Dragons, of course! This episode has all the juicy D&D items you care about: beholders, dancing swords, the Harpers, wizards, Manshoon, necromancy, betrayal, and more. We're talking the lore of Manshoon, one of D&D's earliest recurring characters, and his exploits leading up to the Manshoon Wars. Jamie's...

Well here it is: a late submission for likely our most important episode to date. The Lore Boys are talking about the Lord of the Rings creation myth. That's Illuvatar, the Ainu, the Valar, Gandalf, Balrogs, Sauron, Melkor, and more. Who is the God of Pouring? Of course we try and pepper in a few good goofs but in this illustrious episode tackling one of the most important pieces of fiction of the...

Lore Boys are back, this week talking about Apex Predators backstory and the fantastic world of Titanfall. For all the Fortnite fans trying to figure out what a "singleplayer game" is we're breaking down the canon universe where Apex Predator takes place: the Titanfall Universe! So slap on a helmet, jump in a Vanguard-Class, and let's take this baby for a spin. As always, we super appreciate you l...

Lore Boys here with your weekly injection of juicy hot lore. This week we're talking about the PS2 classic, Jak and Daxter series! We have all the lore from all three games, from Precursor to... well still Precursor. That doesn't sound right. We're talkin' ottsels, eco, and time travelling murder fantasies. Naughty Dog really does know how to write a compelling story. So huff down some magic butte...

Baweepgranaweepninibong everyone, the Lore Boys have returned once again with more information you actually cannot live without. We're discussing the history, friendship, and frenemy-ship of Optimus Prime and Megatron of the Transformers. Learn how being poor makes you evil, how sexy griffons with arms are and how billionaires are in no way completely out of touch with the real world. Today Jamie...

Lore Boys are back, this time with everyone's favorite toy-cum-cartoon: Transformers! That's right, the robots in disguise, at least their prehistory, is today's topic. We're talking before the Autobots, before the Decepticons, when all we had were two cousin planets named Unicron and Primus. They may get imprisoned in alternate dimensions which block their FM signals, but not for long! These two...

Welcome back Lore-Folk, we're solving puzzles and talking about one of the best selling PC games of all time. We're talking about the puzzle adventure that is Myst. Come and flip switches with us that derail trains off their tracks. Causing civilization itself to collapse as trains without tracks could never be stopped. In this episode Jamie checks in with the Millers, Pete checks in with the Beat...

The Lore Boys are just about ready to wrap up Sigmar's story with the Age of Sigmar. Hop on board the lore train as we speed towards the conical planets of the Eight Mortal Realms. We take our story from the End Times of Warhammer Fantasy Battle and explain how we end up in the Age of Myth, through the Age of Chaos, and finally into the Age of Sigmar. On this episode, Ethan leans about magnets, Pe...