The Grinding Gear Podcast

Surviving Arcades & Final Fantasy w/ Maximilian Dood | The Grinding Gear Podcast #176 Nov 11, 2026 Arcades, RPG missed connections, Mega Man, and even cars. Turns out we have a lot in common with today’s guest, Maximillian Dood! Join us and Max as we learn how all three of us made games such a massive part of our lives and talk a lot of Final Fantasy! SupportOurBromance.com or Max and Garrett will bring Kyle home on the roof of a 240SX.

The End of WoW Forever Beta w/ Preach, Girl DM, & PatStaresAt | The Grinding Gear Podcast #175 Oct 23, 2026 The World of WarCraft Forever Beta has come to a close. Our characters have been deleted. Our progress reset. The biggest beta in WoW history. Now begins the long wait till November 4th. We have some thoughts. Many changes were made over the betas life. What hopes do our guests have for Forever? Preach was caught fishing. girl_dm and PatStaresAt returned after long hiatus from Azeroth. What a

Core X Grinding Gear - FOR KYLE! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #174 Oct 7, 2026 The Core Gaming Podcast & Grinding Gear together. Kyle, Garrett, Scott, Jon, Beau all hanging! All thanks to Make A Wish recipient Kyle for bringing us all together! Hope you enjoy the episode dude!

End of Dawntrail Roundtable w/ Jesse Cox & Preach! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #173 Sep 29, 2026 Dawntrail's final MSQ patch is out and the recent patch has given us a toe in the door. Runeworks, portals, Jotnar: the vocabulary is flowing heading into Evercold. We gather the Round Table once more. We look at the expansion that was and what we hope Evercold will be. Who do we want to see more of, what can they do with the Warrior of Light and which direction of the many options the plot w

BlizzCon Roundtable 2026 w/ Preach & Jesse Cox | The Grinding Gear Podcast #172 Sep 16, 2026 The Roundtable gathers discuss all the news that dropped at BlizzCon 2026! Preachgaming has return from Anaheim where he tried WoW Forever with his own two hands! BlizzCon may have destroyed Jesse's computer, but hes up and running, present and ready. And of course, your resident Heroes of the Storm and Starcraft super fans: Garrett and Kyle. Join us for all the news and juicy details. Suppo

Chrono Trigger Roundtable w/ Jesse Cox & Pete (Premier Two)! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #171 Sep 14, 2026 We called forth two Chrono Trigger super fans to discuss the game of a life time. Pete aka PremiereTwo, was was responsible for our active mode playthrough. Jesse Cox, who discusses the game only in whispers and reverent chanting. We are hot on the heels of our Chrono Trigger wrap up. Garrett and Kyle can't stop singing it's praises. Who is the best character? What is the best ending? And how

Retro Ramblings w/ Pete (Premier Two)! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #170 Aug 10, 2026 By the power of Fan Fest Anaheim another GG Pod crossover! Pete (premier two) joins the podcast this week. We'll be diving into the discovering (and rediscovering) the joy of classic games, retro streaming and probably a Japan story or two. Garrett and Kyle are on the edge of their Chrono Trigger playthrough starting tomorrow (at the time of recording). How does one even define retro? How did

EverCOLD ONES (Drinking & Yapping FFXIV) | The Grinding Gear Podcast #169 Aug 7, 2026 With Kyle out this week the podcast is going after dark! Join Garrett, Jesse, Pat, Sly, and JP (OH AND GIRL_DM AND PINT!) for a round of drinks and MANY ROUNDS OF FINAL FANTASY XIV THOUGHTS AND THEORIES! SupportOurBromance.com or we'll end the next one at a reasonable hour.

Fan Fest Berlin Roundtable w/ Preach & Jesse Cox! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #168 Jul 29, 2026 The Roundtable gathers discuss all the news that dropped during Fan Fest Berlin! We got our undercover man on the ground. PREACH! Who just returned from the event in Germany. We got the internet's own Jesse Cox, who no doubt has cooked up a fresh batch of off-the-wall predictions, enthusiasms and merriments to share. And of course, your hosts Garrett and Kyle. Join us for all the juicy detail

Pokémon Roundtable w/ Vulpixie and JoCat | The Grinding Gear Podcast #167 Jul 6, 2026 We are joined by returning guest JoCat and new guest Vulpixie for a Pokemon Roundtable! Vulpixie in addition to be a popular FFXIV guest request has had a long line of Pokemon passions, including her own name sake. Before we hit the elite four in our first ever Nuzlocke, we sit down with our panel of passionate Pokefans to discuss many things. Nuzlockes of course, but a plethora of fan games,

Staring at Pat Stares At The Grinding Gear Podcast #166 Jun 29, 2026 You did this! Pat, of PatStaresAt and CastleSuperBeast, is not even a request, he’s required. Viewers from both sides sent the messages and made this happen. Pat is a long time Final Fantasy Fan and XIV enjoyer who has had nobody to talk to. He also just so happens to be a Metal Gear lover and a celebrated opinion haver. Enjoy our first meeting, you monsters. Supportourbromance.com or we'll r

Witch Yap Atelier w/ Pint, Girl_DM_, & Joshua Waters | The Grinding Gear Podcast #165 Jun 24, 2026 A special roundtable gathers to discuss the absolute cinema of the anime seasons: Witch Hat Atelier. We are joined by returning guest Pint, new guest Girl_DM, and surprise guest: the English voice actor of Qifrey, Joshua Waters. Sit back, draw a real nice circle and join us for a chat about this wonderful show. (There will be no spoilers past the point of the show, though several of us have r

Nuzlocke Stunlocked w/ Jocat! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #164 Jun 17, 2026 We sit down with Pokemaster JoCat to learn a thing to or about the wild world of Nuzlockes! JoCat is fresh off their own Pokemon Journey and shares all the required rules for our upcoming Soul Silver / Heart Gold adventure. But It doesn't stop there: Garrett and Kyle have built the tech to take this adventure to the next level. Our upcoming Soul Link adventure will be also Randomized. Jocat h

Solo Everything w/ Rath Games! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #163 Jun 10, 2026 FFXIV is a game where one character can do it all, where you can quest along side friends and build a community to join you in your journey: Rath Games took that personally. Garrett and Kyle sit down with the man who has set out on the wild adventure to defeat Endwalker by himself. No damage is too great, no check to impossible for Solo Only. From his favorite MMOs to his background in Game D

FFVI Roundtable w/ Yunalescka & Jesse Cox! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #162 Jun 3, 2026 We gathered up two Final Fantasy 6 Super Fans and sat em down for a chat about their favorite FF game of all time. Yunalescka and Jesse Cox bring there love of all things Final Fantasy, and a massive list of recommendations for the GG boys. From the Opera House, to the World of Ruin, to the beautiful music, this is the FF6 Roundtable you've been waiting for. Supportourbromance.com or we'll p

7.5 MSQ Roundtable w/ Jesse Cox & Preach! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #161 May 20, 2026 The Roundtable gathers to discuss the key story moments of Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.5 Trail to the Heavens. From the Alliance Raid to Evercold Trailer, to the big story reveals, nothing is save, so Spoiler Warning. Jesse Cox and Preach are summoned and give their hopes, dreams and expectations for the upcoming journey based on all the juicy details. Did we get a peak at Evolved Combat? What

Sick Cast | The Grinding Gear Podcast #160 May 12, 2026 It's time to ISOLATE! Yes indeed, Grinding Gear has grinded to a halt on our Retro FF6 playthrough as both Kyle and Garrett got sick with different things. Different things we don't want to share. But we do have much to share with you today. Our upcoming Fourteen Quarantine schedule, our plans for the future weeks and a bunch of anime we sick-binged while offline. Classic Grinding Gear chaoti

Getting Back to FFXIV w/ Taliesin, Evitel, & JP McDaniel! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #159 May 6, 2026 While at Fan Fest we made some new friends. Friends who may have not played FF14 in a while, who may have experienced the Fan Fest crowd and energy for the first time. Let's see what they are feeling after the bombastic weekend that was. SupportOurBromance.com or we’ll be more angry about Dawntrail.

FFXIV Fan Fest NA Roundtable w/ Jesse Cox & Preach! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #158 Apr 29, 2026 We gather the Round Table to discuss the big news and the future of our beloved MMO. Fan Fest announcements, Evercold Trailer, Evolved Combat and more. The "vacation" expansion Dawntrail seems brighter knowing we head into the darkness again. What was the crowds reaction? What was life like online during the big announcements. Jesse Cox and Preach "the big man" return for the big talk. Suppo

LFG Fan Fest 2026 | The Grinding Gear Podcast #157 Apr 20, 2026 Pre-Fan Fest special!

Let's a Go to Court! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #156 Mar 9, 2026 We played Deadlock. A lot of Deadlock. The memes are true, it will overwhelm you and you'll be left wanting more. Kyle is happy to report that Slay the Spire 2 is more Slay the Spire, exactly what we wanted. Garrett played World of Warcraft, and its exactly what he wanted. Nintendo sueing America? Everyone wants that. But it seems not everyone wanted FF14 loot? This is GG Podcast. Supportourb

To Exclusivity and Beyond! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #155 Mar 4, 2026 Games come and games go, some fast and some slow. This is Grinding Gear podcast where we discuss all the industry happenings, along with our own retro journey. Sony Pulls back from games on PC. Resident Evil 9 sold well, but lacks cultural splash. Highguard announces final update. Crimson Desert hype is building? Pokopia crits player desires. We've been playing Arc Raiders, RE1, Minecraft, FF

Tanking Control | The Grinding Gear Podcast #154 Feb 24, 2026

Peak Chungus with Pint! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #153 Feb 12, 2026

FF14 Special - 7.4 Roundtable | The Grinding Gear Podcast #152 Jan 26, 2026 Jesse and Preach return to the Podcast to discuss the MSQ that was and the surrounding state of MMOs. Final Fantasy XIV has delivered a tight patch and a glimpse at where the story is heading. We question what will be important later, who are the Winterers, the Squirrel Suit, what was Yoshi P hinting at and much much more. Fan Fest will be here before we know it and the Roundtable shall retur

Old RAM, High Hopes | The Grinding Gear Podcast #151 Jan 21, 2026 You’ll take our PCs from our old RAM hands! On the GG podcast this week Kyle is lost in the BG3 sauce again, Garrett gets sold on Blue Mage, Highguard sure has low hype, AI might be on the ropes, and folks want to know about Garrett’s NYC adventures!

“TO ME, MY BETAS!” w/ Shenpai & Sydney Jones | The Grinding Gear Podcast #150 Jan 12, 2026

The Grindys 2025 | The Grinding Gear Podcast #149 Dec 22, 2025 The Grindys, The Golden Gears, Return! The Best of 2025. What a year it has been. GG has survived several YouTube-polyspes and played many games. Some retro, but more modern than our normal affair. This is the final official podcast record for the year 2025 and we have our own LEGALLY DISTINCT accolades to hand out. An insane year for video games comes to a close. Who will win “Best I Think I

Announcements of the Year w/ Jesse Cox | The Grinding Gear Podcast #148 Dec 15, 2025 Jesse Cox returns to the show to discuss the Game Awards! The reveals, the trailers, the gossip and the awards. Fathoming Highgaurd and trying to sell us on Ace Combat. What is Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic? How much goo fits in a single Divinity body? These are all classic questions that Garrett and Kyle need answers for. We are also on the eve of a fresh new Final Fantasy XIV MSQ Patc

Shonen Grump | The Grinding Gear Podcast #147 Dec 8, 2025 Guild Wars 1, Octopath 0, new FFXIV content on the horizon, revisiting our favorite childhood films, talking smack about Tarantino talking smack, and exploring Jujutsu Kaisen! ALL on today’s episode of the GG Podcast!

The Slop Olympics | The Grinding Gear Podcast #146 Dec 1, 2025 We touched the grass, ate the turkey and watched the sports ball. Video game discord trudged on. With these perspectives, we return to ai up to its old bull. Banana Fish has been released on Amazon Prime Video with a horrid case of the Computer voice for the english dub. Where Winds Meet’s ai chat bots are being tricked into completing quests early. In other news, Team Cherry wants to make ne

Keighley Decrees | The Grinding Gear Podcast #145 Nov 17, 2025 The Game Awards nominees are here! Let’s see how many Expedition 33 racked up and who else broke through! On top of that Yoshi P is out here hyping up the next chapter for FFXIV, WoW housing is bumming us out, and Steam Machines are back and made by Valve!

Back From Japan! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #144 Nov 10, 2025

Expedition 33 w/ MarcoMeatball | The Grinding Gear Podcast #143 Oct 20, 2025 Expedition 33 special with music YouTube extraordinaire, MarcoMeatball is today’s offering! Marco joins the boys to talk not just about the exceptional music of Clair Obscure. But also it’s story and the hot takes that start flying around chat whenever someone gets to the ending. Enjoy this deep dive in Sandfall’s first game as well as our brains’ as content creators!

Our AI Savior, Pokemon | The Grinding Gear Podcast #142 Oct 15, 2025 Will Pokemon save us from the Ai? Stormgate, you remember Stormgate right? Tim Morten had a rather honest rundown of where he feels the post-Blizzard design team went wrong and brings up the changing landscape of Venture Capital. The episode can’t help but get real on the eve of Pokemon’s release. Love em or hate em, Nintendo is about to drop another massive Poke’drama’pocalypse into the worl

7.3 Roundtable (FFXIV MSQ) | The Grinding Gear Podcast #141 Oct 6, 2025 The Round Table gathers. 7.3: The Promise of Tomorrow MSQ ends the Dawntrail ark in traditional fashion. Garrett, Kyle and Jesse freshen themselves up on the story happenings, having played it back in August. Preach, recently caught up, shares a fresh viewer's perspective. Is Calyx around for the long haul? What does that mean for the story and Sphene? What lessons have the devs learned from

Final Resting Price | The Grinding Gear Podcast #140 Oct 1, 2025

Tactical Ponchos | The Grinding Gear Podcast #139 Sep 24, 2025 A day of many trailers, of many announcements. Kojima Productions, Capcom, Star Wars, Silent Hill and more. The Prince of Sweden is giving awards to Split Fiction. Fornite is trying proximity voice chat. The Expedition 33 continues, Garrett’s playing Hollow Knight and Kyle is READING BOOKS?!

De-Shittify | The Grinding Gear Podcast #138 Sep 17, 2025 Nintendo Direct! New HOTS patch! The problem with game music. AND SO MUCH MORE! SupportOurBromance.com or… well we won’t enshittify. So, thanks for the support!

Restricted Podcast | The Grinding Gear Podcast #137 Sep 10, 2025 The tubes are on fire. Or maybe they have been for a month. In a massive conspiracy turned reality, YouTubers found that they’re views have dropped by half in the month of August due to YouTube’s new features. Indie games don't know how to price themselves in the wake of Silksong’s release. We got the Yoshi P interview round up covering all the teases and perhaps walkbacks on the upcoming job

Legally Activated | The Grinding Gear Podcast #136 Sep 3, 2025 Expedition 33 talk later, news first. Silksong is only $20 but Monster Hunter Wilds certainly wasn't. Blizzard shuts down Turtle wow, or plans to. Yoshi-P asks people to be nicer. Then our thoughts on the first 3 hours of Expedition 33. Emails and More

New Bullshit Awaits | The Grinding Gear Podcast #135 Aug 25, 2025 Video games! More are coming and the ones that are here are under debate. Thats Gamescom 2025 for ya. A few winners grabbed our attention. Kyle is playing Hollow Knight. Crossovers be damned, MTG Airbender is looking real good. World of WarCraft showed off its newest expansion Midnight. Pick your side, because FFXIV mods lovers and haters are at each other this week. We got the full rundown t

Epic Universal Scalping Experience | The Grinding Gear Podcast #134 Aug 18, 2025 The merch cluster is under attack. Pokemon Worlds took place in Anaheim this week and it was invaded by SCALPERS. While Garrett and Kyle attempt to fathom this, Japanese McDonald’s was also forced to end their Pokemon Happy Meal tie-in early. Gamescom is tomorrow, and World of Warcraft is set to show its newest cinematic for Midnight. Dandadan, Alien: Earth, and so much more.

Addon War! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #133 Aug 11, 2025 The World of Warcraft news cycle has begun with the approach of their Midnight expansion Cinematic. WoW plans to get rid of Addons, going the FFXIV route and freeing themselves of their ever escalating arms race. WoW has also claimed massive success with their recent One Button rotation option. Final Fantasy XIV has sales down by 23%, but what does that even mean? We watched Kpop Demon Hunter

The Coming | The Grinding Gear Podcast #131 Aug 4, 2025 We’re back after our collective grass touching. Garrett and Kyle have toured Florida and return to, what ever all this is. Collective Shout is taking down Games with the help of Mastercard? GameStop is getting in to the business of “graded” Pokemon Cards. There was some weird FFXIV drama while we were away, but ultimately the Live Letter did have some surprises, including a key-like-system. P

Old Like Ocarina with EndyD20 | The Grinding Gear Podcast #130 Jul 21, 2025

From Dinos to Horse Girls | The Grinding Gear Podcast #129 Jul 14, 2025

Killing Games | The Grinding Gear Podcast #128 Jul 7, 2025 It’s that slow summer time for gaming news, and the bad news rings loud and clear. The Microsoft layoffs have rocked the industry, stopping some games while they were deep in production. The company claims everything in the 2025 Showcase is safe, but what about the games we didn't see? In good news, Stop Killing Games finds its footing after a rocky start. Plagued with misunderstood goals and

Leon’s Too Professional | The Grinding Gear Podcast #127 Jun 30, 2025 Why would Nintendo stop fun? Is Leon not scared? Can you play Death Stranding 2 without 1? Will Final Fantasy feel the heat of Expedition 33s success? Most of these questions will be answered, but us! With a sizable discussion about our post savage experience.

Omnipresent Erotic Delights (& Surprise Cox) | The Grinding Gear Podcast #126 Jun 23, 2025 When the drama is so juicy it summons a guest! Garrett and Kyle are back to run you through this weeks ongoing gaming happenings, but by the time they got to Final Fantasy 14, a frequent guest had appeared in the live chat. After dropping a few choice opinions, might as well have him on right? So Jesse Cox joins the show, to discuss the FF14 funding conversations going around and what World o

Magic the Restocking | The Grinding Gear Podcast #125 Jun 16, 2025

Meat Fiesta! (Summer Game Fest 2025) | The Grinding Gear Podcast #124 Jun 9, 2025 Not-E3 has concluded. A mad dash through trailers. A dizzying assault of the senses. What stood out? What got lost? Well first, Garrett got a Switch, and we sat down and played a big chunk of Mario Kart World. Sony State of Play, Summer Game Fest and Xbox showcase all tackled in order. Our list might not match yours, but we all walked away with the same conclusions. That’s a lot of games!

Into the Nightreign | The Grinding Gear Podcast #123 Jun 2, 2025 We’ve got a big channel update video out over on the Grinding Gear YouTube channel right now. Go give it a watch to see our new studio setup and hear what’s in store for what might be the next ten+ years of our lives. Nightreign is dominating our minds and while it’s not perfect, that’s also what’s great about it. We have ideas, the internet has ideas, lets see if this games got legs after se

FriendSoft | The Grinding Gear Podcast #122 May 28, 2025 Good games are good. And we’ve played some GOOD games. We didn’t know we needed to play Blue Prince but we love it, and must play more. Monster Train 2 is more of the same, which is a very good thing. Final Fantasy XIV unleashed is Field Operation patch and its a solid compliment to the game, though many say they aren’t returning to play it. Elden Ring Nightreign approaches. And more! Suppor

Marathief | The Grinding Gear Podcast #121 May 19, 2025 Grab your briefcase of your biggest words, gaming is doing the thing again. Bungie has been caught stealing art, but it’s not just art, it’s the whole look of Marathon. Ai Vader is dropping F-bombs in Fortnite. WoW housing is real, though they were a bit secretive about what could be shared. Magic the Gathering is doing great though. All this and more.

Anime Girls Don’t Smell | The Grinding Gear Podcast #120 May 9, 2025 Sick hosts, but sick games! GTA 6 has a release date and trailer 2 is out. World of Warcraft is giving players a way to play with a single button. The Final Fantasy Magic the Gathering set is now the fastest selling pre-order ever. Elden Ring Nightreign is looking real good. All this and a big dose of thanks from our sickness addled brains.

MMO Duality | The Grinding Gear Podcast #119 Apr 22, 2025

7.2 Roundtable (FFXIV MSQ) | The Grinding Gear Podcast #118 Apr 14, 2025 The Roundtable assembles once more. All elustrious members have returned: Jesse Cox, Okaymage and Preachgaming. The cloud has lifted and celebrations ring out over the internet as MSQ returns. But who is the real bad of this expansion? Is it the new Calyx or is there a more sinister face in plain view? Will baby king say "I'm in"? Will the crew agree on Arcadion shipping? That last one wont h

Nintendamn | The Grinding Gear Podcast #117 Apr 7, 2025 Switch 2 is switching it up, with more expensive games? The line-up is unconvincing, but has some mysterious gems. Our WoW Hardcore adventure is underway with Jocat, Squidsena and Girl_DM. Lots of details on our dangerous adventures. FF14 got hard. We’ve said that before but the expansion keeps getting harder. All this and more.

FFXIV 7.2 Special with MrHappy | The Grinding Gear Podcast #116 Mar 24, 2025 Mrhappy joins us for a look at the 7.2 FFXIV Patch and a history lesson! SupportOurBromance.com or we’ll make you job simpler!

Cooking FFXIV with Jesse | The Grinding Gear Podcast #115 Mar 17, 2025 Jesse Cox returns to the show and we have a big deep dive on the upcoming 7.2 patch named “Seekers of Eternity”. An intense three months of content are lined up ahead of us, including the Occult Crescent field operation, which Jesse is keen to explore the lore gravatas of. Naturally eyes turn to the MSQ on the horizon, with cooks a’ plenty on a moment to moment breakdown of the trailer. You k

Florida Snowman | The Grinding Gear Podcast #114 Mar 7, 2025 Wilds and Wyoming! Garrett and Kyle return from giving a lecture at the University of Wyoming and tell stories of their journey. Garrett got touched by snow, Kyle praises Steamdeck. Wilds Chapter 3 spoiler warning! We have a passionate chat about the story so far in Wilds and it’s hits and misses. T-rex doesn’t want to be fed, he wants to hunt. Yoshi-P is “stepping down”, “fired” or none of t

Hunting with Rurikhan | The Grinding Gear Podcast #113 Feb 21, 2025 Long time requested guest Rurikhan joins the episode for a massive Monster Hunter breakdown. New players Garrett and Kyle get a glimpse at the development history and evolution of the franchise as we approach the much anticipated Monster Hunter Wilds release. Pack with tips, tricks and stories for Hunters of every level (in particular for the Worlds players out there). Supportourbromance.com

From World to Wilds | The Grinding Gear Podcast #112 Feb 14, 2025 Like the monsters hunt, this episode is sneaking up on ya. Garrett and Kyle spend the week diving DEEP into Monster Hunter World, even exploring the beta for Monster Hunter Wilds last night. In short, smitten. After a rough run in with the game 2 years ago, the GG boys forsook the hunt, but have fallen in love with this meety RPG. During a quite time for MMOs, this MMO Lite has been promise,

MMostly | The Grinding Gear Podcast #111 Feb 7, 2025 Victorious and offline. Garrett and Kyle have completed their savage journey for the moment with the downing of Wicked Thunder last night in FFXIV. Their month long journey comes to a close just in time to catch a wave of Monster Hunter Wilds beta play next week. Weapons shall be selected, monsters shall be hit with them. WoW flexes an upcoming housing update in FFXIVs direction. Dinosaurs an

Ass of You and Me | The Grinding Gear Podcast #110 Jan 28, 2025 Games approach! Xbox Developer Direct, Switch 2, and games-that-feel-safe-from GTA. Garrett and Kyle also enter the news cycle of FF14 and find it full of assumptions. The odd thing is that all these assumptions are true, but it does make for some odd coverage. We do have some facts though. 7.2 live letter approaches and the next big wave of content prepares to hit the game. Emails and more.

The Dead Game Olympics | The Grinding Gear Podcast #108 Jan 6, 2025 Garrett never left, Kyle returns! Garrett has been holding down the fort with the JRPG darling, Metaphor ReFantazio, but had his struggles. Kyle reports on his domestic adventure culminating in a Steam Deck review of Rogue Trader. Apparently while we were “gone” the FF14 doomsaying department was in full blast, but numbers can be deceiving. Supportourbromance.com or we’ll put a big head in t

The Grindys 2024 | The Grinding Gear Podcast #107 Dec 16, 2024 The Grindys, The Golden Gears, Best of 2024. This is the final official podcast record for the year 2024, and we have our own LEGALLY DISTINCT accolades to hand out. A wild and packed year of video games. Who better to dish out the accolades then two dudes who play too much MMO.

FFXIV 7.1 Roundtable | The Grinding Gear Podcast #106 Dec 9, 2024 The MSQ Roundtable has assembled once more. Preach, Okaymage, and Jesse Cox have all returned to discuss the major story content that was released in the semi-recent “Crossroads” 7.1. The Story following Baby King and everyone's new favorite Jafar Ja lizard. The entire roundtable is now living the current life. Divining what will be released in what patch, what story beats will be covered whe

Futures Rewritten (Ultimate) Roundtable! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #105 Dec 2, 2024 Following the swift completion of the recent Futures Rewritten Ultimate Race to World First, we have assembled a crack team of panalists to discuss the raid and the drama that followed. Mr Happy is fresh off his completion of the Ultimate. Llamatodd joins the show for the first time after casting the first clear moments. Okaymage is still in the Echo studio! So add-us-on to your schedule, plu

Alien Abductions & Game Award Nominees | The Grinding Gear Podcast #104 Nov 26, 2024 We are approaching the Holiday Season, which means it’s also the Award Season. Garrett has returned and has opinions on the FFXIV Mobile announcement. Can DLCs be game of the year? Will we have a big sweep? Or will all our favorites walk away a winner.

Mr. Happy Returns! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #103 Nov 18, 2024 Mr Happy returns to school the boys in Extreme Final Fantasy. After a full week of hardcore progging some midcore content, Garrett and Kyle have questions about boss design, 2 minute windows and more. No better guest for a trip down memory lane than the man who has been here for it all, Mr. Happy.

Better Toes! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #102 Nov 11, 2024 Top news of the week, 7.1 is incoming for Final Fantasy 14, but that’s not all! The final Halloween is here. Garrett watched the big movie of the year and Kyle has played Silent Hill 2. There’s a lot of Magic the Gathering on the brain and even some Monster Hunter Wilds viewed from afar. Emails and more!

The Post-Dawntrail Roundtable | The Grinding Gear Podcast #101 Nov 4, 2024 As we look forward to 7.1, we also look back at the MSQ that was Dawntrail with our friends Preach, Okaymage, and Jesse Cox.

Final Dragon Metaphor: The Gathering | The Grinding Gear Podcast #100 Oct 28, 2024 Can it be? 100 episodes of Grinding Gear! Has experienced 100th episodes makers we know whats best for this kind of event, a normal show. There are some big topics around the gaming space this week. MTG art, after a track record, is under fire for using Ai art. A Final Fantasy 14 article on PC gamer is pointing out the Midcore problems with end game. Dragon Age: Veilguard Approaches and hope

Rocked Like a Hurricane | The Grinding Gear Podcast #99 Oct 14, 2024 When last we left out intrepid Florida boys, they were hunkering down for Hurricane Milton on its way to Florida. We have come out the otherside safe but with many stories to tell. Two hosts, two different paths. Video games? We’ll get to em next time.

Heroes of the Actual Storm | The Grinding Gear Podcast #98 Oct 8, 2024 On the eve of Hurricane Milton, we are boarded up and locked in. Florida is bringing out all the stops for Kyle’s first season and Garrett is an experienced storm rider. Even with weather on the horizon, it has been a while since we’ve had an event-free-guest-free episode. Garrett has been getting into Spooky Season and continuing Star Wars Outlaws. Kyle saw (most of) Transformers One and fin

GG Live 2024! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #97 Oct 4, 2024 We just had our first IRL GG Meet in Orlando, Florida! The podcast this week is the full live show we put on in front of a live crowd. Thanks again to everyone who came out to the show and all of you supporting us through Patreon and YouTube memberships. Without you, we wouldn’t be able to put on events like these.

GG Meet Week! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #96 Sep 23, 2024 It's a big week here at Grinding Gear! Our first non-conference meetup is this weekend! YouTube metrics are wild. Spooky season begins. And much more!