Vassal of Kingsgrave’s Legend of Korra crew returns to Bastards of Kingsgrave to cover the epic conclusion to the latest Avatar Comic, Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Rift Part 3. We also discuss the upcoming fourth Comic at the end of the episode: Smoke and Shadow.

Notes: This episode contains spoilers for all of The Legend of Korra.

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Episode 52 download link (right click and download).

Notes: The episode was recorded before the Super Bowl, which explains the pro-Seahawks hopes.

http://archive.org/download/bokepisode51full/bokepisode51full.mp3

Episode 51 download link (right click and download).

Bastards of Kingsgrave returns with our fourth Anime and Manga Corner. Joined by Vassals of Kingsgrave Bill (Mrkorb) and Bing (Shoeshiner), we cover some romance themed anime in an appreciation for the upcoming Valentine’s Day. On the manga end, we discuss the latest chapter of Ore Monogatari. On the anime side, the crew deals with the bizarre in Nazo no Kanejo X, the grotesque in School Days, and the awkwardly cute in Kimi no Todoke. As a bonus, we also discuss Princess Jellyfish.

Notes: All discussions are spoiler filled, as usual.

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Episode 50 download link (right click and download).

Feed details:

Scoring high on the arena and BOK arena tests, the MVP of the episode.

Bastards of Kingsgrave starts off the new year with a return to the growing gaming phenomenon that is Hearthstone, created by Blizzard. We review and rate the new expansion Goblins vs Gnomes. We also go explore arena strategy, covering terminology like Mana Curve, the Vanilla Test. and Quadrant Theory in the Hearthstone Arena context. We do a full Arena draft (Paladin) using these principles. To appease the requests from  the last episode, we do a “BOK Arena” draft in the aftershow, applying the famous snakes and scorpions game to Hearthstone.

Notes: Later this week, there will be a Youtube link here to a playthrough of the drafted Arena  deck, as well as our round robin play with the themed decks. We discover the true power  of Violet Teacher.

Final Arena Result

Second half of deck

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Episode 49 download link (right click and download).

Bastards of Kingsgrave returns with our third Anime and Manga Corner episode. Joined by Vassals of Kingsgrave Bill (Mrkorb) and Bing (Shoeshiner), we start off with a discussion about age and the anime fandom. We cover the final chapters of Koe no Katachi (6:16 min in to 9:45)  and the latest chapter of Attack on Titan (9:45 – 20:45).  After a quick update on Crystal, we review the manga Ore Monogatarii! (25:35 –  35:20) and the anime/manga Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun (35:20 onwards)  with our usual full spoiler discussion.

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Episode 48 download link (right click and download).

Bastards of Kingsgrave continues our reviews of George RR Martin’s earlier works, this time focusing on horror. We have an in-depth, spoiler filled discussion about The Monkey Treatment and The Pear-Shaped Man, both available in Dreamsongs. We debate about the origin of the “Monkey Lords” and “Cheez Lords”, drawing disturbing connections between both stories. To your delight or horror, this is the longest BOK episode recorded and produced to date, including a reading from the The Pear-Shaped Man. You will never look at Cheez Doodles the same way again.

Notes: The Cheez Doodles webpage and Facebook page were thoroughly explored during the podcast aftershow. The short stories are most readily available Dreamsongs Volume 1. We will be continuing our Martinsphere reviews, submit your questions here or in the BOK subforum.

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Episode 47 download link (right click and download).

Bastards of Kingsgrave hosts our second Anime and Manga Corner episode. Joined by Vassals of Kingsgrave Bill (Mrkorb) and Bing (Shoeshiner), we hear their updated opinions on  Sailor Moon Crystal. In manga, we cover the last few chapters of two series (full spoilers!): Attack on Titan and Koe no Katachi, and briefly discuss Ore Monogatari!!.  In the aftershow, we cover the latest chapter of Attack on Titan.

Notes: Refer to the manga thread here for the general list of recommended manga. This is the amusing tumblr about SM Crystal. Image above is from this website.

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Episode 46 download link (right click and download).

Vassal of Kingsgrave’s Legend of Korra crew returns to Bastards of Kingsgrave to cover the Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Rift, Part 2 comic.

http://archive.org/download/bokepisode45full/bokepisode45full.mp3

Episode 45 download link (right click and download).

Bastards of Kingsgrave recaps our full experiences attending as press (for A Podcast of Ice and Fire) at San Diego Comic Con 2014.  We dive into detail about our Convention Centre and panel experiences.

Notes: For more detail and perspectives from Kyle and Mimi, check out Episode 155 of A Podcast of Ice and Fire.

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Episode 44 download link (right click and download).

Bastards of Kingsgrave continues our reviews of George RR Martin’s earlier works, this time providing spoiler filled discussion about the macabre short story Meathouse Man. We also chat about the recent Hugo nominated graphic novel adaptation, drawn by Raya Golden.

Notes: The short story is most readily available in Dreamsongs Volume 1. We will be continuing our Martinsphere reviews, but at a less regular rate. Our first novel to review will be Dying of the Light.

http://archive.org/download/bokepisode43full/bokepisode43full.mp3

Episode 43 download link (right click and download).