Best Game Grumps Podcasts (2025)

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Shonen Grump | The Grinding Gear Podcast #147

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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!By Garrett Weinzierl & Kyle Fergusson

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Work Party and Podcast Jesus Returneth 33:52

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Send us a text On this week’s Super Familiar with the Wilsons, Amanda and Podcast Jesus return to Sunday-morning recording to unpack holiday work parties, questionable parenting moments, mysterious car trouble, and the strange comfort of niche pillows, Hallmark-adjacent movies, and loyal listeners. It’s marriage 2.0 with kids, hormones, neighborhoo…

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298: The 5th Annual Miles Luna Thanksgiving Special (feat. Miles Luna) 1:49:17

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We're back with our favorite yearly tradition: hanging out with our buddy Miles Luna in the spirit of Thanksgiving-- while imbibing spirits! We talk about adjusting to life across the pond, British food image rehabilitation, musicals, Twin Peaks, D-bag hotties, and more! As always, it's a total joy. Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want a…

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"Lad, Geezer, Bloke or Chap" with Gavin Belson 43:57

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Send us a text Barbecue-sauce “arson,” a stadium that literally farts during fireworks, and a coffee order that could break up a marriage, welcome to another perfectly unhinged conversation with our friend Gavin. We compare UK and US chaos, ride the annual “Merry Christmas vs Happy Holidays” outrage carousel, and BBQ sauce. Gavin walks us through a…

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The Slop Olympics | The Grinding Gear Podcast #146

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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…

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297: No Country for Old Lizards (feat. Nick Thorburn) 1:36:09

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On this lovely ep, we're joined by musician and artist Nick Thorburn (insta: @nickfromislands) to discuss such hard-hitting topics as the best/worst movie dogs, the Forbes 30 Under 30 spam email list, innovations in reed technology, the zen of making art, film school, Cine2Nerdle, and more! Go to https://tinyurl.com/f4ywnnep to get tickets for the …

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Open Carry at The Book Store, Pillows at Disney Springs 38:45

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Send us a text Amanda is beefing with a nine-year-old “lawyer of parenting,” Josh is emotionally held hostage by the phrase “I need to talk to you” via text, and Alexa has decided she also deserves hot cocoa. We wander through Target pillow trials, Disney Springs escapism, Publix yoga-pant anthropology, open carry at the bookstore, HOA roller disco…

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296: The Bye-Bye Man Gambit 1:08:50

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We're back with a lo-fi episode of Leighton Night to study and relax to, because despite Brian being in a literal recording studio, his audio is bad and also our tracks got lumped together with no backup. Forgive us our sins. We discuss high school stories, how to destroy people in Cine2Nerdle, character actors, mid animated television, and we also…

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Alexa Uploaded an Attitutde 47:18

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Send us a text In this episode, we save someone from an unnecessary tow truck, confront a smart speaker that suddenly thinks it’s our equal and honor a true hero of the public restroom. We also test-drive a switch from coffee to matcha (spoiler: fewer jitters, more smugness), debate whether dogs are tiny furry theologians while cats are morally neu…

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Keighley Decrees | The Grinding Gear Podcast #145

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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!By Garrett Weinzierl & Kyle Fergusson

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295: The Tsarina of Mediocrity 1:17:13

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We're back with a REAL episode this time. We promise. We're on the path to fix our past wrongs, i.e. having to scrap the last episode we recorded because it was too bad to air. Do we atone for our sins and reclaim our honor on this ep? Listen to find out! We discuss a variety of things: board games, Breaking Bad, phone etiquette, sangria, toxic mas…

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Parenting Through Grumps, Spiders, Bowling, And AI Relationship Coaching 42:37

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Send us a text We wander into the strange promises of tech: an “anti-gaslighting” app. Winter makes a cameo, Florida-style. Bowling humility. Plus, a cryptic song riddle gets solved, our Scottish friend is deciphered, and movies are backward. Pull up a chair. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s juggling kids and chaos, and listen up. Super Fa…

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Back From Japan! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #144

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By Garrett Weinzierl & Kyle Fergusson

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294: More-y Jory! (a Jory Griffis Supercut) 4:21:31

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We're back with another supercut of re-runs, because we both have busy lives, for which we are incredibly sorry. What we're not sorry for is MORE JORY CONTENT! Here we have three wonderful eps with our most frequent guest/unofficial third co-host Mr. Jory Griffis! This selection includes his inaugural appearance, Episode 2: Jory Griffis, Movie Boy;…

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What KPop Demon Hunters Taught Us About Ourselves (Seriously) 40:19

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Send us a text Marriage 2.0 with kids means romance, mustaches, and emergency key fob batteries. In this installment of Super Familiar with the Wilsons, Josh discovers something surprising at a KPop Demon Hunter sing-along, we give a PSA about cars that die but really don't, a neighborhood HOA saga update, and a pink-slippers-on-a-scooter sighting …

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293: The Official Leighton Night Horror Canon 1:16:08

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Happy Halloween folks! WE'RE RANKING HORROR MOVIES (NOT CLICKBAIT!) ie. creating our Official Podcast Horror Movie Canon List- We go through our horror movie picks for categories SUCH AS: Horror Movies that are fun and not too scary for kids, Movies so good that people forget to list them but then you watch and you think "wow that movie IS good," H…

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The Chocolate Industrial Complex Strikes Again 38:59

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Send us a text Halloween candy mountain, party “forced fun,” and the eternal mystery of Why Every Kid Owns a 128 oz Water Bottle. In this comedy chat from Super Familiar with the Wilsons, Amanda and Josh rant about trick-or-treat overload, hosting a house full of costumed grown-ups, and building community without losing your mind (or your Kit Kats)…

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292: Zombie Manual Labor (feat. Genevieve LeDoux) 1:30:42

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Today we're joined by Emmy award winning writer and musician Genevieve LeDoux (ig: @last_unicorn_mom) for a chat about her new music project, Neil Diamond (and his various crimes), E.T. (and his selfless heroics), living in Georgia, kid-friendly horror, Jersey foods, and more! This is a fun one. You can check out Star Forest at www.starforest.rocks…

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6-7 KPop Demon Hunters 32:10

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Send us a text Marriage 2.0 with side quests and kids. Amanda and Josh tackle the mysterious “six seven” meme, a KPop Demon Hunters obsession, and why Topgolf isn’t putt-putt (or dueling pianos actually dueling). DoorDash diplomacy, an alarm titled “Play with me, Daddy,” HRT patch wins, and a backyard Baby Saja rap battle. Listener mail checks rapt…

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Expedition 33 w/ MarcoMeatball | The Grinding Gear Podcast #143

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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’ …

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Hexflower Exploration - Ep. 2 51:42

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Alex and James discuss: Hexflowers: A rolltable with memory Applications across game prep Thoughts around discovering this tool Further design extrapolations What are we excited about right now in the TTRPG space Support us by visiting: goofandgrump.com ; glyphngrok.substack.com ; grumpcraft.substack.com…

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291: I BWOKE MY BWOY 1:11:21

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Now, here's what's gonna happen. You're gonna press the play button on whichever platform you're listening to this thing on, be it Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever the hell else, and you're gonna sit quietly and listen to this entire thing. You may hear some things you like; you may hear some things you don't. Depends on what you're into. Doesn…

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Our AI Savior, Pokemon | The Grinding Gear Podcast #142

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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 anoth…

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DEEP CUTS SUPERCUT: THE LOST HISTORY OF FOUND FOOTAGE 2:26:14

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Happy October! We're continuing our annual tradition of re-airing all three episodes of Leighton's horror history series Deep Cuts in one convenient package for your listening pleasure. Learn about the surprising origins of the found footage genre, all the entries pre-dating The Blair Witch Project, a massive section on Blair Witch (duh), and every…

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College Parenting at 2 AM and Disney by 2 PM plus the Dobbins Effect 36:35

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7.3 Roundtable (FFXIV MSQ) | The Grinding Gear Podcast #141

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By Garrett Weinzierl, Kyle Fergusson, Preach, & Jesse Cox

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290: Cinema's Scummiest Scumbags 1:05:50

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Greetings, scumbags. We're here with another listicle episode-- this time ranking the great scumbags of cinema (and TV). This one is sure to be controversial. Can you be too high class to be a scumbag? Who's too evil to be a scumbag? Are all fictional lawyers scumbags? All this, and more. Some of these entries will SHOCK you. And the ranking order …

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Final Resting Price | The Grinding Gear Podcast #140

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Cussing, Kids, and Casseroles 25:31

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Send us a text We wrestle with how to handle swearing around kids and admit our own hypocrisy plus: the matcha shortage, Publix marathons and the Uncrustables saga from vegetarian to steak plus K‑pop Demon Hunters. FamiliarWilsons at gmail.com. Do you let your kids swear at home? Let us know. Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at …

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289: Bad Book Club: The Secret of Secrets Part 2 1:45:23

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Sigh. We're back with a deeper dive into the nitty gritty of this godawful book. Learn more about non-local consciousness and non-local consciousness and non-local consciousness and more non-local consciousness. Are you sick of hearing that phrase? SO ARE WE. We cover the awful "plot twist" and how charming everyone finds the most insufferable fict…

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Tactical Ponchos | The Grinding Gear Podcast #139

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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?!By Garrett Weinzierl & Kyle Fergusson

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It's the Rapture! Prepare to Report the Angel of Death to HR! 30:14

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Send us a text Marriage 2.0, an eight-year-old’s gelato grift, HOA espionage at the pool, PE squats vs. aging knees, Talk Like a Pirate Day, a lovingly irreverent “Seven Things To Do Before The Rapture,” rapture panic history, Amanda’s Flashbackst imeline quiz (Josh gets humbled), and a cozy equinox call to touch grass, maybe before the hurricane. …

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Big Game Rehash - Ep.1 1:00:14

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Alex and James discuss: Running a 16-player, two-table Shadowdark game with parallel adventures Adventure folios and character aids Table playstyles and behavior Adventure design and mechanics Notable moments and player decisions Shared finale boss fight finale Support us by visiting: goofandgrump.com ; glyphngrok.substack.com ; grumpcraft.substack…

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288: Bad Book Club: The Secret of Secrets Part I 1:29:10

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Robert Langdon is back in another riveting entry of Dan Brown Mad Libs, and we're unfortunately also back to talk trash about it. You're never gonna guess what happens in this extremely formulaic, long, and boring race against the clock around Prague with another sexy lady scientist and another monstrous assassin and another shadowy organization pu…

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De-Shittify | The Grinding Gear Podcast #138

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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!By Garrett Weinzierl & Kyle Fergusson

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Flies in the Kitchen and Math in the Negroni 34:28

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Send us a text Josh declares himself a genius after inventing a shockingly effective fly-eviction method and surviving “new math” after a Negroni. Amanda breaks down acronyms vs. initialisms, we celebrate the Strongly Worded Email that moved a construction dumpster, unpack a social-anxiety misunderstanding, and confirm AI is terrible at fantasy foo…

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287: Adventures Through Inner Thigh (feat. Dave Cobb) 2:14:36

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We have an absolutely fascinating, funny, and extremely talented guest for you today-- Dave Cobb, experience and theme park designer extraordinaire! We chat about what got him into this line of work, evergreen Simpsons content, Looney Toons, behind-the-scenes stories of experience design, favorite defunct attractions, and more! Seriously, this migh…

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Restricted Podcast | The Grinding Gear Podcast #137

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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 tea…

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The Familiar Chaos of Football Season 30:12

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Send us a text Josh napalms his throat with Fire Hot Fritos and then explains how he let AI draft his fantasy team… to an F. Amanda declares it the Season of All The Germs and the Microsoft Planner of Doom (167 “due today” tasks!), while the Wilsons unpack kid boredom, screen-time rage-quits, and transitions that need a landing strip. Then it’s Gai…

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286: Dogme 2025 (feat. Simon Macko) 1:47:56

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Friend of the show and longtime NSP collaborator Simon Macko (Shoocharu) joins us today as we arbitrarily decide that we get to make the rules for how movies should be made from here on out- and also how unfair it is that Criterions are only sold in the US and what Brian's perfect honeypot would be, (take notes, otherwise it's entrapment and we can…

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Legally Activated | The Grinding Gear Podcast #136

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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 MoreBy Garrett Weinzierl & Kyle Fergusson

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285: Velociraptors Run on Dunkin 1:13:07

3M ago1:13:07

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We're in peak form today with this chill chat about submissions for the new Massachusetts state flag (as well as ideas for the official Leighton Night flag), Starbucks PSL MVPs, our alternate names, earnestly bad horror movies, War of the Worlds, a lil bit of Succession, and more! Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal o…

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New Bullshit Awaits | The Grinding Gear Podcast #135

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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 ea…

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Hamster Balls and Hallway Grandmas: Unscrewing College Move-in Day 43:16

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Send us a text What happens when your kid finally leaves for college…but only moves 15 minutes down the road? Josh is still sick, Amanda is still emotional, and Muffy is using communal bathrooms. From hamster-ball personal protection systems to grandmas with flying sandals, the Wilsons unscrew the chaos of dorm move-in day. Equal parts parenting th…

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284: Toes Wide Shut 1:21:30

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WE ARE SO BACK! Leighton returns from Portland to discuss strange small world encounters, kittens, and Maeby antics; and we get into all sorts of other stuff, like deep diving on Brian's Succession viewing, creepy feet peeping houses, and more! Good stuff. Very bit/"comedic experience" heavy. Check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.co…

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Epic Universal Scalping Experience | The Grinding Gear Podcast #134

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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, Ali…

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Wind Your Neck In, You Cranky Dog 21:34

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Send us a text A mini-episode amoungst many changes... Talking Points: • Josh recovering • Post-pandemic shift • Historical terminology • Wind Your Neck In • Goblin Tools Super Familiar with The Wilsons Find us on instagram at instagram.com/superfamiliarwiththewilsons and on Youtube Contact us! [email protected] A Familiar Wilsons Productio…

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283: Two Minis XII 1:15:17

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We're taking a week off and UNLOCKING two of our world-famous Patreon minisodes! These two minis we have here are "Leopard Print" from April 30th and "My Little Gamers" from May 21st. If you want more where this came from, or ad-free and video episodes for as low as $2 a month, go to patreon.com/leightonnight to support the show! Follow us on Twitt…

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Addon War! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #133

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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…

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282: The Sea Words 1:24:44

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Folks- you’re never gonna believe it, but we have yet another episode of Leighton Night with Brian Wecht where our hosts make a list, sort of. But that’s just a blip in the middle of the episode, we’ve also got discord drama, the origin of the concept of slapstick, the inexcusable sin of language being used incorrectly, and very briefly, in passing…