RPGrinders

There are currently estimated to be over 4 million podcasts with over 500 million listeners. Approximately 44 % of those podcasts made 3 episodes or less. Of those less than 2 million podcasts, less than half made more than 10 episodes. Of the less than 1 million podcasts, less than 200k of those podcasts put out weekly episodes. For the RPGrinders, this is the 799th episode. Most podcasts don't last for a year but the Grinders are now going 15 years strong! This is the penultimate episode!

Being a weekly podcast gives the Grinders the ability to stay on top of the latest RPG news. Combine that with Eric's vast JRPG knowledge, the average listener is going to learn something new. This week's news is filled with release dates and one of the coolest game titles ever created: "Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii"! If the game is anything like the rest of the Yakuza series, the name won't be the only awesome thing about that game.

Not only do the Grinders give weekly news and reviews. It wouldn't be an episode of RPGrinders without a heavy dose of opinion. It does get much more opinionated than the Stinkos. This week's Stinkos are not going to be popular with conservatives as Break has multiple complaints about the party's behavior. Republicans in Ohio, Republicans in DC, Republicans in general, seem to be hated by Break. The Republicans might be a pain in Break's neck but nowhere near as painful of Frank's back issues.

Since the Grinders have been doing this for over 15 years, they are always looking for a new way to entertain themselves and their listeners. One of the latest ways to spice up the show is the creation of the Panic Room! The goal of the PR is to put you into an unpleasant situation and discuss how you would approach the danger. This week, the Grinders have gone to Hell and must battle Death to save their souls. Bill and Tedd beat Grim by playing old school board games. What game would play if you had only one chance to beat the immortal? Would you challenge him to Go Fish or Chess? Is it a wise idea to challenge an immortal to a word game like Scrabble? Can his skeleton body move fast enough to beat Frank at Hungry Hungry Hippo??

October will be here soon and with it comes the 800th episode of RPGrinders. A feat not achieved by the majority of podcasters! Most of them never even make it to 100. Will RPGrinders still be around 15 years from now for episode 1600? Hard to say but we aren't planning on stopping anytime soon!

If you are feeling truly lucky, challenge the Grim Reaper to a game of Operation.

This episode Break has hearing issues, Frank's Sweetos and Stinkos inter twine, and Eric releases a great Panic Zone topic!  A short news weeks paves the way for a whole lot of great podcast content in this stellar edition of RPGrinders!  Join us LIVE every Friday (minus the last Friday of the month) at 7 EST on http://twitch.tv/RPGrinders or on YouTube, just search RPGrinders!  Thanks for listening!  Oh, and a  T-Rex would totally kick all of our asses!

It's an important question. Anyway, in this episode of RPGrinders, the crew gets through a fair bit of news. A lot of release dates drop, and Trails in the Sky gets a remake are the biggest highlights. Break also reviews The Castlevania Advance Collection, while Eric reviews the new Dominus Collection. The crew has plenty of Stinkos to go around though, as we mourn the passing of the creator of Ultraman and the voice of Motoko Kusanagi. Frank has a special FU for squirrels and misinformation as well. At least Frank's Sweeto is that despite pests, his plants are mostly okay. The crew finally gets to start this month's Panic Zone segment. be sure to tune in live for the rest and other segments Friday on Twitch/Youtube at 7 PM EST!

Eric reviews the Xbox version of this NES/Famicom action game!

For the last time in the summer of 2024 the Grinders are back! Well, kind of. Frank and Eric are back. Did Break not get the memo? Maybe Break has just been so busy that he hasn't had time? Maybe that is why he is posting it now, over a week later? More than likely, he's just an idiot. 

Regardless of the failures of their other host, Frank and Eric march on! Since Eric has already done the news, the Grinders can skip ahead. Maybe the show will be shorter? A Food Quest denied is another quest failed. 

Without anyone to interrupt, it's smooth sailing for Frank and Eric. Or at least it would be smooth if Eric wasn't reviewing not one but two terrible movies. Listen to what he thinks about Blade Trinity and Catwoman, Break will be sorry he missed those. He might also be sorry that he doesn't get to hear Frank's review of two good movies! The prequel movie Furiosa and the horror movie that's been gaining a lot of buzz, Long Legs. 

If the stench of bad movies hasn't left your nostrils yet, it's only going to get worse. As it is time for the Stinkos! The lack of a show the previous week is a huge stinko but not as big as the trouble Frank had to face. Though not as bad, rainy paint and 30 FPS (when it should be 60) are very annoying.

Good news should follow the bad and what could be better than Sweetos? There aren't many but one involves Frank going out to dinner with one of our favorite friends, Freak5Chaos! 

With only one segment left the Grinders might be able to get an early dinner! First, they will have to do this week's Driver's Seat. Do you trust the media? Frank and Eric have a lot of perspective on the media and how it affects the world and things like politics. Who else has an opinion? Break Man, as he finally shows up to do the show.

Was Break high, drunk, and lost in the woods? Did he come across a helpless old woman being attacked by an evil motorcycle gang and he had to save her and single handily defeat all of them? Was he in the hospital, again? Was he in the nuthouse, again? Or was he simply stuck in traffic? 

Well, whatever the answer is to those questions, at least we do know the answer to another question: Food Quest failed. The loudmouth Break could keep them there all night. He is back with plenty of Stinkos, Sweetos, his views on the media, and maybe a review.

Better late than never, unless everyone was hungry.  

Now that it's quasi-fall, is it too soon to start putting out the Halloween decorations?

Once again, a show from last week had to be canned, since Break and Frank were too busy to get an episode out. But thankfully Eric can provide you listeners with new content to make the next show go by quicker! Enjoy!

Not a ton of news this week so the guys talk about power outages in Ohio, Frank reviews House of the Dragon Season 2, Break brings up some great underrated video games, and Eric reviews two crappy movies Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance, and Elektra.  Join us every Friday 7EST http://twitch.tv/RPGrinders thanks for listening!

I review the PS4 and 5 versions of this great entry to the Legend of Heroes series!

in this episode of RPGrinders the crew gets through some modest news before tackling both possibly the worst Comic-related film this year, followed by the best in Deadpool and Wolverine, sans Break Man. Frank also reviews the mixed bag that is Baby Shower. Afterward, there sure are a lot of stinkos to complain about, but at least Frank's outreach efforts balance that out in the Sweetos segment. Finally, Eric is in the Driver's Seat asking the crew whether they think Visual Novels are games(after Eric's lengthy defense) Be sure to tune in next week for more live commentary on Twitch/Youtube at 7 PM EST!

The Grinders are back for the last time in July. At least, most of the Grinders show up to work. Frank and Eric have to work twice as hard to host the show, since a certain Man is missing. Without the dead weight, a new era of RPGrinders begins. A new show with a new theme. Welcome to the Eric & Frank Show!

The regular format of the old Grinders show was good. So why change? The Eric & Frank Show continues the format and starts with the news but now it's better with only two hosts! What could be better? Maybe some of the upcoming game releases? August is right around the corner and with it come the upcoming titles: Castaway and Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony. After August we have an announcement for the Cho Aniki Collection and a November release date for River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next.

With the news out of the way the Erick & Frank Show continues on to talk about the games they have each played before starting the greatest show segment ever created: the Stinkos!

Could there be a worse Stinko that the sudden return of Break to ruin the Eric & Frank Show? Probably not. The show was running smoothly until a certain Man returned to Break everything. In fact, he showed up right on time to handle a topic very close to his heart: Jack Black and the D. Even rock music wasn't safe from some of the fallout of the assassination attempt on the life of Donald Trump.  Break may hate Trump's guts, but Break feels strongly that every life has value. Break is glad Trump wasn't badly wounded but regrets the lives who were stolen. 

The attempt on Trump's life has caused much speculation and countless conspiracy theories. The Grinders aren't immune as Break and Frank disagree on what is real and fiction. Was Trump hit by a bullet or was it something else?

The disagreement over facts and conspiracy continues into the Sweetos because Break isn't done smashing the show! Everyone agrees that Trump is a threat to our democratic repbulic and that Biden doesn't have a chance to win. Frank sees a golden opportunity. He strongly believes the Joe Biden will drop out of the race but Break doesn't seem to think its possible or feasible... (This show was posted after Biden officially dropped out of the race but the disagreement happened before Biden's announcement. In other words, Frank was right.)

Destroying the show doesn't seem to be enough to satisfy Break's love for destruction. The rest of the globe suffers from this horrible Panic Room scenario! The electrical grid is gone for good. 8 billion people will never again have access to electricity. How would the Grinders react to awakening in a world of darkness? How will they survive the Breapokalypse? 

The Eric & Frank Show was good while it lasted but nothing goes unscathed when a walking natural disaster is around. Break's nature is so destructive that he might bet on Trump to win the election! Just like Break bet Biden wouldn't retire. Or when Break guaranteed that Trump wouldn't get elected in 2016. Or when Break went to Vegas and didn't win any money. Or like every time Break made a football bet with Frank!  

Wesley Snipes said to "Always bet on Black." But better advice is to bet your money the opposite of Break Man. He is a TERRIBLE gambler. 

FRANK WAS RIGHT!

Now someone put that on a t-shirt.