The Bastards of Kingsgrave

Bastards of Kingsgrave continues our reviews of George RR Martin’s earlier works, this time providing spoiler filled discussion about Remembering Melody and Portraits of His Children. We dig deep into the latter story, trying to draw parallels with George’s own … Continue reading →

Bastards of Kingsgrave returns to the Madokaverse, this time providing spoiler filled discussion of the third movie: Rebellion. We debate whether it lives up to the high standard of the TV series and try to predict where they will go from here. … Continue reading →

Bastards of Kingsgrave continues our reviews of George RR Martin’s earlier works, this time providing spoiler filled discussion about The Hero and With Morning Comes Mistfall. We discuss the importance theses stories played in George’s life and alternative paths his own life story … Continue reading →

Bastards of Kingsgrave returns to our anime and manga roots, hosting the first of our general Anime and Manga corners. Joined by Vassals of Kingsgrave Bill (Mrkorb) and Bing (Shoeshiner), we cover the recent release of Sailor Moon Crystal. In … Continue reading →

Bastards of Kingsgrave continues our reviews of George RR Martin’s earlier works, covering the Nebula and Hugo winning Sandkings. We have a spoiler full podcast discussion of one of our favourite short stories in the Georgeverse. Notes: Sandkings is readily … Continue reading →

Bastards of Kingsgrave returns with another gaming podcast, this time covering the current gaming phenomenon that is Hearthstone, created by Blizzard. Joined by some experienced Vassals who have been playing since beta, we cover the upcoming expansion and debate the … Continue reading →

Bastards of Kingsgrave continues our reviews of George RR Martin’s earlier works, this time covering The Second Kind of Loneliness. We have a spoiler full chat about the short story and properly define the terms Martinsphere and Georgeverse.  We have … Continue reading →

Bastards of Kingsgrave recap our experiences at Ice and Fire Con 2014! Notes: This episode was salvaged from a very poor audio recording, sadly discovered only after the recording was complete. If you are interested in the convention, check out … Continue reading →

Bastards of Kingsgrave hosts several vassals of Kingsgrave (Amber, Greg, Mordion) to help cover A Song for Lya, another one of George RR Martin’s short stories based in his science fiction ‘Georgeverse’. We have a spoiler full chat and tie in the discussion … Continue reading →

Ashley returns to the Bastards of Kingsgrave as we recap our experiences at Anime North 2014 in Toronto, Canada. The audio quality varies in this episode as we recorded some of the clips each day at the convention. Recurring guest … Continue reading →

The second gaming related episode of the Bastards of Kingsgrave, we take a nostalgic look at the classic game Mount and Blade, as well as the multiplayer (PC Steam DRM) successor Mount and Blade: Warband. Guests hosts and “manhunters” David … Continue reading →

The Legend of Korra crew returns to cover the Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Rift, Part 1 comic. We discuss Toph’s dating life, the lack of Fire Nation angst, and the Keystone Pipeline meets Spirit World issues. Episode 30 download … Continue reading →

Recorded in July 2013 and recently recovered, the following is an open ended chat about HBO’s Game of Thrones between Amin and Sean Russell, the creator and owner of Anime3000. The first 26 minutes avoids any major spoilers, after that … Continue reading →

Bastards of Kingsgrave continues its 2014 anime reviewing run, as we cover The Devil is a Part-Timer. Recorded back to back with Episode 27, we provide another spoiler filled review of this comedy anime. The aftershow contains the first Snakes … Continue reading →

Bastards of Kingsgrave returns for the new year to cover Madoka Magica, a true deconstruction of the magical girl anime genre. We briefly discuss two articles related to the anime series (article 1 & 2), as well as the many … Continue reading →

The Legend of Korra crew reunites to cover  Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Search, Part 3 comic.  We discuss the final issue of the comic and speculate about  future comics. We discuss Ozai’s moonblood charts, why we like Ty … Continue reading →

Amin and Ashley review the anime Steins;Gate (and yes that semicolon is supposed to be there). It is a spoiler filled review that was recorded like so many BOK episodes: right after an APOIAF episode recording.   As all meosters know, … Continue reading →

Amin and Ashley are joined once again by Carly to cover Attack on Titan, the manga (up to early November 2013). We discuss a variety of personal theories and theories from the general fandom, as well as our thoughts on … Continue reading →

Amin is joined by guest hosts Mordion and Vikram to review George RR Martin’s chess short story Unsound Variations. It is a spoiler FULL episode where we dive into every aspect of the story, analyzing it and trying to draw … Continue reading →

Amin and Ashley review the dark comedy anime (and manga) Watamote. We have a detailed discussion about the show’s portrayal of social anxiety. As noted in the episode, if you would like to nominate Bastards of Kingsgrave for the Podcast … Continue reading →

Amin and Ashley are joined by Carly to cover Attack on Titan, the anime. We have an extensive aftershow filled with shipping, creaking doors, and a failed attempt to define the scorpions in the snakes and scorpions game. At the … Continue reading →

BOK continues the Legend of Korra reviews, Episode 3: Civil Wars – Part I. To download mp3s of the episodes, click the download tab at the top of the page. Episode 20 download link (right click and download).

BOK returns to our reviews of The Legend of Korra, season 2! (Episodes 1 & 2). We deal with some heavy lag spirits and manage to podcast despite the technical difficulties. To download mp3s of the episodes, click the download … Continue reading →

Ashley hosts the long awaited episode on Battlestar Galactica with three guest hosts. It contains an extensive session of House Sandwoody’s Snakes and Scorpions game. Notes: Ashley had some sort of microphone issue this episode, resulting in echo talk. Not … Continue reading →

The Legend of Korra crew returns to review Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Search, Part 2 comic. But first we hear about Michal’s adventures at SD Comic-Con and learn more about TLOK season 2, including commenting on this trailer. … Continue reading →