Monster Mash

Join Monster Mash down in Davey Jones' Locker to follow up our series on the Fated Four with an episode on the Nakarkos. Jay manages to suppress his hatred of squids and Luke successfully passes off "I watched Clash of the Titans for the monster bits" as knowledge of Ancient Greek mythology and literature.

Sometimes you want an elegantly designed, super interesting design for an animal that takes inspiration from nature, mythology and the human condition. Other times you want a big fire-breathing dinosaur with a sword for a tail. The last of the Fated Four, the Glavenus.

Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bug? Is it a dragon? No, actually, it's a wyvern. Listen to the Monster Mash weeabos wax lyrical about the Astalos. EDITED: This podcast was previously uploaded with the last line accidentally cut short, the bit where Jay called back to Luke's joke has been reinstated. Also a couple of awkward pauses have been removed. Enjoy!

This week, we continue to discuss the fated four with an episode on the Gammoth, or Glammoth if you're Jay. We're getting to the point where the clips you hear at the end, from us hunting the monster, are not going so well if we don't wear armour.

This week, the boys kick off the fated four with the elegant dancing bubble fox, Mizutsune! They talk Japan, dragons, kimonos and slip 'n' slides. Jay wasn't around for the pre-recording no armour hunt, so all three of the others managed to faint twice. Shambolic.

Here he is. Jay Leno himself. The Crimson Chin. Our very first Brute Wyvern, the Uragaan! He eats rocks, he's covered in lava, he made all of us faint in our pre-podcast hunting! Also: fruit pastille chat and our best audio ever. It's almost good enough for me to recommend for human ears!

The star of three of the four boys' first Monster Hunter games, the Lagiacrus! We discuss his history, how he's changed for Generations and the inspirations. We also speculate wildly about what we want and expect from Monster Hunter V. For the first time, we each recorded separately instead of recording the skype call! Unfortunately, Luke had his headphones too loud and was using the laptop mic. Gone are the skype glitches, in is a slight annoying echo. Sorry! Soon we'll have good audio like a proper podcast, promise!

Despite being our shortest episode yet, we manage more tangents than a maths lesson. Marvel as we discuss yetis, King Kong, Donkey Kong and Breath of the Wild while occasionally mentioning the Blangonga in passing.

He's a fish on legs and he is not as cool as official artwork would have you believe. This week, the boys engage in a bit of extreme fishing as they tackle the ultimate river monster, the Plesioth. Jay's been reading up on the dinosaur book Luke sent him for Christmas, Jas doesn't like the big fishy bastard and Andy needs to get his hip checked.

This week, the boys return to hunt the hyper aggressive Yian Garuga. Learn some biology, some history and some unpleasant truths; like what birds look like without feathers (picture below). This episode sponsored by KFC. The joke is that anyone would pay us for this nonsense . . .