WhatTheGrok

On This Episode:

WE CAME BACK! As if there was ever a doubt... After a nice relaxing break the boys are back and covering an avalanche of things that happened while they were slacking off.

On This Episode:

It's that time of year again! TIME FOR OUR CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR! This year we debate the best christmas movie ever, eat some fruitcake and then take a long trip down christmas gift memory lane.

Top Christmas Gifts 1980-2011:

http://thechive.com/2012/12/17/the-best-selling-christmas-gifts-from-1980-to-2011-31-photos/

The Ref:

Christmas Vacation:

On This Episode:

The boys are joined by two of their close friends / gaming buddies to talk best James Bond and oodles of Geek News. (Which quickly turns into talking at length about the Star Wars Expanded Universe)

Here are links that are relevant to the episode:

Wookieepedia

Where you can find out everything you've alway wanted to know about the Star Wars universe - both Canon and Legends. (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page)

Captain America 2: Civil War Trailer

On This Episode:

It's the other half of our books conversation! The boys finish up their conversation talking about The Martian. It's the second half of the first volume of the WhatTheGrok BOOK CLUB!

(WARNING: This episode contains a BOATLOAD of spoilers!)

If you haven't read any of these we HIGHLY suggest doing so before listening to this episode. Luckily, you can find all of them on Amazon!

Ready Player One:

http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-A-Novel/dp/0307887448

Armada:

http://www.amazon.com/Armada-A-Novel-Ernest-Cline/dp/0804137250

The Martian:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Martian-Andy-Weir/dp/0553418025

Thanks to a VERY long conversation; BOOKS! is being broken into two episodes. Part 1 covers Ready Player One and Armada. Part 2 - this one - covers The Martian Book and the MOVIE!

On This Episode:

The boys are once again joined by Danny to talk about three of their favorite recent reads: Ready Player One, Armada and The Martian. It's the first volume of the WhatTheGrok BOOK CLUB!

(WARNING: This episode contains a BOATLOAD of spoilers!)

If you haven't read any of these we HIGHLY suggest doing so before listening to this episode. Luckily, you can find all of them on Amazon!

Ready Player One:

http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-A-Novel/dp/0307887448

Armada:

http://www.amazon.com/Armada-A-Novel-Ernest-Cline/dp/0804137250

The Martian:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Martian-Andy-Weir/dp/0553418025

 

Thanks to a VERY long conversation; BOOKS! is being broken into two episodes. Part 1 covers Ready Player One and Armada. Part 2 covers The Martian Book and the MOVIE!

On This Episode:

Thanks to Adam's move we were forced to take some time off... He's so inconsiderate. So much time that FALL IS UPON US. And with that it's time for our now annual: FALL TV PREVIEW. Where we talk about the shows that will suck, the shows that will be great and the shows that will slowly drain all of our free time away because we have to watch them.  Ladies, Gentlemen and non-gender-conforming humans it's time for Fail TV.

 

 

Here is the list of new Fall 2015 shows we cover on this episode:

The Worst:

Angel From Hell

Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris

Chicago Med

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Dr. Ken

Grandfathered

The Grinder

Truth Be Told

The Best:

Ash vs The Evil Dead

The Bastard Executioner

Fear the Walking Dead

Heroes Reborn

Into the Badlands

Narcos

Supergirl

Misc:

Limitless

Muppets

Minority Report

On This Episode:

Bryan is BACK! After an episode off for Bryan, the boys get together to catch up, talk about Sesame Street's move to HBO, the pre-pre-pre-release of Battletech, and breaking STAR WARS ADVENTURE LAND news from D23. All before settling in to talk about oodles of fan theories.

Will Adam be sad Bryan was gone? Will Joe need to be fact checked because he's making stuff up? Will the guys get through a whole show without taking more than one break? FIND OUT RIGHT NOW ON DRAGONBAL- err.. WHATTHEGROK EPISODE 16!

 

Here's some great links that we talk about in the show:

Battletech the Pre-Kickstarter: http://battletechgame.com/

IGN Article about new Star Wars Theme Park: http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/08/15/d23-2015-star-wars-theme-park-announced

Deadpool Trailer:

 

LOTS O FAN THEORIES: https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/

Mashable Holiday Movie Theories: http://mashable.com/2014/12/08/holiday-movie-fan-theories/

Tarantino Connected Universe theory: http://fantheories.wikia.com/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino

Kevin McCallister = Jigsaw Theory:  https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/1axqsc/kevin_mccallister_home_alone_home_alone_2_grows/

On This Episode:

Adam and Joe travel to Indianapolis, play some games and interview Rob Dougherty - CEO of White Wizard Games and Magic Hall of Famer. (Also the creator of Star Realms, EPIC Card Game and a co-creator of Ascension.) Recorded live from the Star Realms tables at GENCON 2015!

 

Sadly Bryan could not join us for this episode but to make up for it friends of the show Noah and Jordan Miller join us to talk about cosplay, table top games and play a super abridged version of Superfight! with Adam and Joe.

Then the boys are joined by Rob Dougherty to talk about our favorite deck building game Star Realms and get the inside scoop on his newest creation: EPIC Card Game.

 

Here's the full list of games we talk about on the episode:

Poop the Game - A card game about everyone's favorite number 2.

Pairs - The new classic pub game.

Cards Against Humanity - A party game for horrible people.

Castles of Mad King Ludwig - The board game where you play an architect for a crazy king.

Stockpile - An insider trading stock market board game.

Battletech - The classic giant mech based miniatures game.

Trains and Trains: Rising Sun - The train tycoon building board game.

Star Realms - Space based Deck Building Game  .

EPIC Card Game - TCG Style Card Game without the TCG cost.

SUPERFIGHT! - A game of absurd arguments.

Exploding Kittens - The game of exploding cats from The Oatmeal.

 

This Episodes Audio Bumps from:

Doubleclicks - TableTop Games

Minecraft Creeper Song

 

And once you listen to the episode don't forget to enter our contest to win the Cards Against Humanity Reject Pack 2. All it takes to enter is to follow us on Facebook or Twitter by August 15th. So GET ON IT!

On This Episode:

The boys are joined by repeat guest host Jason to talk about all sorts of San Diego Comic-Con news and goodness!

With Appearances* By:

*As in we talk about and watch the SDCC  trailers for some of these things...

Deadpool

SORRY THIS TRAILER HAS BEEN BANNED FROM THE INTERNET!

Suicide Squad

Batman v Superman

Fear the Walking Dead

Legends of Tomorrow

Lego Dimensions

Ash Vs The Evil Dead

Conman

Heroes Reborn

And More!

 

Also:

We argue about the location of Gotham and Metropolis in the DC Universe

AND about a fan made Joker personality chart!

On This Episode:

The boys talk about mashups, crossovers, fanfic and the ever growing Marvel and DC TV/Movie Universes.

image source

 

Some links you will care about more once you listen to the episode:

Reddit - What two movies would make an interesting crossover?

DeathBattle - ALL THE EPISODES!

The Marvel Cinematic Universe IN ORDER (From CNET)