Adam Pasion

Searching for Grog

Society EN ↓ 43 episodes

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.

Author

Adam Pasion

Category

Society

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Latest episode

Nov 24, 2025

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Episodes

The Marvel Way 06.08.2022

Based on a tip from Dan Gilvezan, the boys learn about how Marvel was once owned by Revlon, and how they came to acquire Fleer, Toy Biz and other companies making them a "mini-Disney." They track down another possible voice actor who played multiple X-Men characters on TV and videogames.

Like a Miniboss 29.07.2022

Evan and Adam report in their visit to the bar-cade Miniboss in downtown San Jose, where they tried to recreate the memories of playing the machine together as children.

Agent Clockwall 23.07.2022

Adam talks about his clandestine info gathering with former Konami employee "Agent Clockwall" and sheds some light on the mystery of who might hold the license to the original voice of Colossus.

Colossus-Off with Kyle Hebert 16.07.2022

Evan and Adam sit down with voice actor Kyle Hebert, who voiced every character in the 2010 release of X-Men for Konami. Kyle has voiced characters on Dragonball, Bleach, One Piece, Naruto and countless other anime, as well as video games such as Ryu from Street Fighter. Listen to the end to hear Adam and Kyle have a Colossus-Off.

Square Waves - Konami's Kukeiha Club 09.07.2022

The boys hear from Dan Gilvezan, voice of Colossus from the TV pilot "Pryde of the X-Men." The also talk to members of the original team at Konami that made X-men and discuss the Kukeiha club, Konami's in-house band, as well as the square waves behind digital music.

The Golden Age of Brawlers 02.07.2022

Adam explains the beat-em-up/brawler boom of the 80s~90s and Konami's place among them. Meanwhile Evan may have found a lead to the voice of Colossus!

Welcome...to DIE! 25.06.2022

The boys are back to discuss another arcade game from their youth, the 1992 Konami classic, "X-Men" which comes with a mystery of its own. This season we're joined by a new co-host, Evan.

Episode 9: This is the Game 22.10.2020

The boys visit the private collection of vintage arcade enthusiast Keith Galocy, which includes an original, dedicated TROG cabinet. Old memories are jostled, and a new found appreciation for pinball is discovered. Opening and closing theme are by Captive Portal, used under Creative Commons Sharealike license

Episode 8: Basement Games 14.10.2020

The boys sit down with George N Petro, the creator of such games as NARC, Revolution X, Terminator 2 and of course the game TROG. The conversation bounces from Aerosmith to Terminator, and what a unique and special game TROG is to the creators and fans alike.

Searching for Mrs. Trujillo 22.09.2020

On a tangent about crypto currency and the Google graveyard, the boys tell stories about their childhood babysitter and other various denizens of their old neighborhood. Theme music is by Captive Portal. End music by Visager is licensed under a Attribution License. Based on a work at http://visager.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-an-unmade-world-2

Episode 7: Navi-nuts and the Roar of Colossus 17.09.2020

An unexpected phone call reveals some interesting information, and opens a discussion on family super powers such as savant-like memory, navigating while asleep, and impersonating obscure game characters.

Mini-episode: LeBron & La Bamba 09.09.2020

This week in lieu of a full episode, we've rescued a couple of stories that were left on the editing room floor. Find out about LeBron's famous 178 bug and why Drew hates La Bamba

Episode 6: Brothers Helping Brothers Helping Brothers 01.09.2020

Grog himself plays reporter this week digging up some dirt on potential locations and distribution channels. Adam chases leads from the other side, from the top down. Brandon ponders his own contributions.

Episode 5: The Boys Trip 26.08.2020

Things get surprisingly emotional when the boys uncover some old photos and make some unexpected breakthroughs.

Episode 4: Letting Bro Down for 37 Years 18.08.2020

The boys lock down the Who, What, When and Why of their epic roadtrip, complete with photographic evidence! Adam unlocks some forgotten memories of disgust and humiliation that were best left undiscovered. To see some of the photos mentioned on this episode, follow us on Instagram at @searchingforgrog https://www.instagram.com/searchingforgrog

Episode 3: "These Aren't the Grogs You're Looking For" 13.08.2020

Out of over 80 candidates, the boys find cavemen named Grag, Brog, Grunk, Gork and even a Grog, but none feel right. Perhaps they should be searching for . . .Trog ?!

Episode 2: G'arth the Merman 02.08.2020

After a long sidetrack about mermaid genitals, the boys discuss possible game machines that they might have encountered on their road-trip as well as "The Wacky World of Mini-golf featuring Eugene Levy" for the Phillipt CD-i.

Episode 1: Neanderthal Blood 25.07.2020

Adam, Brandon and Andrew discuss their memories about a roadtrip from almost 20 years ago to piece together the common elements. Teenage heartbreak, sleeping pills and cavemen playing minigolf are on the docket.

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