Lore Boys

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...

Lore Boys are back with part 2 of our Sigmar Unberogen trilogy! This episode we're talking about the End Times, led by Archaon the Everchosen, the Three-Eyed King, the Lord of the End Times and the self-proclaimed supreme champion of the four Gods of Chaos who was sent to command the last and greatest Chaos Invasion. If the world of Mallus is full of substitious fools ready to buy into a...

Lore Boys, Warhammer edition! We're talking Sigmar Unberogen, big Daddy Emperor himself on this week's episode. From his humble origins in the Unberogen clan all the way up to fighting off Nagash, Lord of the Dead, and eventually Morkar the first Everchosen of Chaos himself. This episode is part one of two talking about Sigmar, with an upcoming episode describing just how exactly we went from Sigm...

Season's greetings from your friendly neighborhood Lore Boys. We're taking on one of the world's most notorious criminal perverts in this week's episode, the fat, sleazy bastard that is Santa Claus himself. This episode, James gets his stripes, Ethan loses his cool, and Peter puts out an APB. It's the lore of Ol' Saint Nick told from our dumb brains and bad acting! As always, we super appreciate y...

Lore Boys are here with everyone's favorite Harvest Moon clone, Stardew Valley. James has been elbow deep in it for weeks now, only venturing out to drag himself to the dull light of his office, and Ethan got too drunk on power to remember it was his turn to host, we figured a little dip in the stardew valley to talk about Nutbustin' for Stardrops was appropriate. We do our best to tackle the game...

Lore Boys are back, this time with that sweet anime goodness we love in the Persona series! Ever want to hear three absolute idiots talk about Jungian psychology? Well you're in luck my friend as we do our best to pull the shadow over your eyes and show you our beautiful garbage iceberg. This week Jamie checks all his friends' teeth, Peter drinks some puddle water, and Ethan makes sure everyone's...

This week we're talking movies. Big Daddy Ethan has an exam so Jamie and Peter go wild and out with Jurassic Park. We cover how to make a dinosaur with the cheapest, but smartest sounding science. How would the media cover a homegrown dinosaur attack? How many words actually have a silent "P" in them? It's riveting stuff and you should absolutely listen to it 65 million times. Thanks so much for l...

Ever wonder what a Pikmin is and how you can get one for yourself? Well the Lore Boys are here with all the Pikmin facts you'll need to wrangle up your own collection of precious little bastards. We're doing the backstory of the first three games, and talking about plants, hemolyte, and why you shouldn't download a statue. On this episode Ethan explains the color purple, James steals some pies, an...

Lore Boys are back, this time with some hot Pac-Man lore. That's right, we're looking at what makes that little guy go Waka Waka. We find out who Ms. Pacman is, why super PAC is bad, and how a sentient pizza pie can get so much work done. On this episode Peter finds a new presidential candidate, Ethan takes his happy pills, and James puts more ravioli in his toaster. So plug in those earbuds and l...

Lore Boys here with some spicy lore to catch you up on even more past and future Netflix shows based on IPs we all cherish. Will the Witcher series go over as well as Castlevania? We can't know that, but we can help you get caught up on who Geralt of Rivia is, why he has cat eyes, and what his porn 'stache could mean to YOU. We're sifting the Continent through a pasta strainer to see what sticks,...

It's our Extra Life Charity stream episode! The Lore Boys sat down with @Tigurias87 of the Stranger Lands podcast to talk about their canonical world in 5E D&D, Pilas, and all the monsters come people within it. Grab a drink, hop into a gelatinous cube, and run screaming from a local ginger while we take you through this magical land to meet the world's tallest gnome. We talk about the link be...

Excited about that hip new show on Netflix? Well the Lore Boys have you covered with all the backstory you might need. We specifically are talking about the Belmont family line, way before the events of the show, so you don't even need to worry about spoilers! We're talking about Leon Belmont and how he became the first good-boy Dracula killer. This episode Ethan pays attention, Peter learns how t...

Lore Boys are back for more good lore and video game backstory. This week we're keeping the spook level set to doot as we dive into the scariest of foggy towns: Silent Hill. We're tackling all the good spook stories that lobster country has to offer, from lost tourists to early European settlers playing Uno. This week Ethan gets caught in a tourist trap, Jamie figures out why they call it Cordon B...