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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.   The post WTG Episode 22: Grok the Break appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

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: The post WTG Episode 21: 2nd Annual Christmas Spectacular! appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

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 The post WTG Episode 20: Friends of the Show appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

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! The post WTG Episode 19: BOOKS! Part 2 appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

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!       The post WTG Episode 18: BOOKS! Part 1 appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

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 The post WTG Episode 17: FaIl TV 2015 appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

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_Tarantin

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

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!     The post WTG Episode 14: SDCC 2015 Special appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

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) The post WTG Episode 13: Crossovers FTW! appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

On this episode: The boys take a trip back down memory lane as they talk about an assortment of 80's and 90's pop culture staples that have decided to once again rear their ugly heads.   The exhaustive and nostalgia laden list from this episode: X-Files Inspector Gadget Mortal Kombat X Clerks 3 Mallrats 2 Mike Tyson's Mysteries Mr-T's I Pity The Tool JNKO Jeans Pogs Ecto-Cooler Rocko's Modern Life Liquid TV Eagle Talon The post WTG Episode 12: Bringing It Back… appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

On this episode: After an over two month hiatus: We're BACK! The boys return to talk TV shows they actually like, Bryan gets something off his chest and we give Sony Pictures a MAJOR AWARD. Here's some of the stuff you can look forward to hearing us ramble about:   XKCD: TEN THOUSAND Source: http://xkcd.com/1053/   Arrow vs Ra's Al Ghul: Lightsaber Edition Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl5LVVur4eM The post WTG Episode 11: Return of the Grok appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

On this episode: It's our Christmas gift to YOU! WhatTheGrok's First Annual CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR! The boys talk about the worst thing about Christmas, Christmas Movies and play the Christmas Edition of Cards Against Humanity. IT'S AN HOUR AND A HALF OF CHRISTMAS AWESOMENESS! Our Christmas Movie List: The Ref Die Hard Elf Jingle All the Way Scrooged Bad Santa Christmas Story National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Rise of the Guardians Muppet's Christmas Carol Thank you to all our listeners for an awesome 2014! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The post WTG Episode 10: CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

Man, our anti-schedule has really gotten out of control! We recorded this episode November 15th 2014... BUT WAIT NO LONGER! On this episode: The boys discuss Batman Villains, Vacation Boobs, Tech Implants, SPACE (along with Bryan's non-interest in science) and Superpowers.   Once you're done with the episode check out some awesome related content: Ghost Tits   Comet 67P The home of Philae compared to major european cities. BTW: You can follow our buddy Phil on twitter.   The post WTG Episode 9: HOLY SPACE IMPLANTS BATMAN! appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

On this episode: The WhatTheGrok crew talks about the disaster that is the SyFy network and our very own version of marry, fuck, kill called: Remake, Sequel or Leave It Alone! Here's a link to the Syfy interview we discuss in the episode: http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/30/syfy-looking-to-get-back-to-battlestar-galactica-quality-sci-fi And the list of movies we cover during Remake, Sequel or Leave it alone: Bionic Man Mad Max Point Break The Crow Poltergeist Jumanji Gremlins Short Circuit Weird Science Scarface Escape from New York Fletch Highlander Wargames   The post WTG Episode 8: Remake, Sequel or LEAVE IT ALONE appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

On this episode: The WhatTheGrok crew goes solo and spends an hour or so talking about the Best & Worst of this Fall's TV schedule. From horrible new TV to our picks for the best (albeit geeky) things to watch this year we un-expertly break it down. * DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE * or just stream it below...   The post WTG Episode 7: CANCELLED! (Not us… Bad Fall TV!) appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

On this episode: Danny once again joins the WhatTheGrok crew to talk about a smattering of random topics including Destiny, Lots of Apple News and Adam's favorite time travel movie of the moment: Edge of Tomorrow.   * DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE * or just stream it below...   The post WTG Episode 6: We Didn’t Prep For This… appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

On this episode: Our hosts (Adam, Bryan and Joe) are joined by fellow geek Jason to talk Time Travel, San Diego Comic-Con news and a very lengthy conversation about Guardians of the Galaxy. Argument Roulette: Best Time Travel Movies There are a LOT of time travel movies and they run the gambit from very good (Back to the Future) to very bad (TMNT 3). So for this argument roulette we have our first of likely many conversations about time travel, specifically: The Best Time Travel Movies. Selections: Adam - Back to the Future Bryan - Timecop Joe - Primer Jason - A Sound of Thunder (I think we can all agree who the winner here is...)     News: San Diego Comic-Con! It was a few weeks ago but there was a lot of awesome at SDCC. So we talk about just a little of it. Here is the rapid fire list and links! Wonder Woman picture is released and Gal Godot looks bad ass:    Not SDCC but still awesome... Kacy Catanzaro on American Ninja Warrior: Naked Ninja Warrior Run: Firefly Online: http://www.geekexchange.com/sdcc-201

Grok Pick 4 – Favorite Cards from M15 Hornets! Skulls! Slivers! Artifacts!  The crew was told to pick 1 card each from the M15 to be their favorite (and some of them failed miserably to do so). On this episode’s GrokPick: Shake, Joe, Bryan and Adam cover their favorite card(s) from the new set and give a bit of a preview on some of the best selling cards in set – before it’s even been released.   Our Picks:   Adam: Hornet Nest Reason: Awesomely Flavorful Joe:  Constricting Sliver Reason: It’s cool? (We have no idea – He should’ve picked Sliver Hivelord!) Bryan:  Profane Memento Reason: The Art is awesome and the card is good to. Shake: Ensoul Artifact Reason: Turn 2 5/5!   * DOWNLOAD THIS SHORTCAST * or just stream it below...   The post WTG GrokPick 4: Favorite Cards from M15 appeared first on WhatTheGrok.

On this episode: The guys are joined by their resident amateur-professional Magic player, Shake. Who joins us to talk a little news and A LOT of Magic: The Gathering. Specifically the Magic 2015 Core Set.   We cover the new Planeswalkers, some new versions of old Legends and a pretty random assortment of other goodies in the set. (BTW: Magic 2015 will be available to purchase on Friday July 18th! Go to Wizards.com to find a store near you!) Grok Pick - Favorite Cards from M15 Hornets! Skulls! Slivers! Artifacts!  The crew was told to pick 1 card each from the M15 to be their favorite (and some of them failed miserably to do so). On this episode's Grok Pick, Shake, Joe, Bryan and Adam cover their favorite card(s) from the new set and give a bit of a preview on some of the best selling cards in set - before it's even been released.   Our Picks:   Adam:  Reason: Awesomely Flavorful Joe:   Reason: It's cool? (We have no idea - He should've picked !) Bryan:   Reason: The Art is awesome and the card is good to. Sha