The Grinding Gear Podcast
Burnout-free video game coverage from podcast veterans. Join Garrett and Kyle every week as they get lost in games, pop culture, and everything they’re personally playing.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Episodes
- 290
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
40k & The State of MMOs (w/ Endy!) | The Grinding Gear Podcast #95
Endy is back! Space Marine 2 is out! And MMOs are cooking!
Mon 16 Sep 2024
First Fantasy | The Grinding Gear Podcast #94
Final Fantasy 1 has been completed. Discuss.
Mon 09 Sep 2024
The War Within Okaymage | The Grinding Gear Podcast #93
Okaymage makes her triumphant return to give us the inside scoop on World of Warcrafts newest expansion, The War Within. The perfect guest does indeed exist. Okaymage started playing WoW in Legion, w…
Mon 26 Aug 2024
The One with Husky by the Geek | The Grinding Gear Podcast #92
We are joined by Huskybythegeek, the video game guitar cover youtube artist, best known for the insanely huge FFXIV medley projects. In this musically focused gaming episode, we break down Husky’s st…
Mon 19 Aug 2024
Patreon Panic Picnic | The Grinding Gear Podcast #91
Every MMO is having a 2024 release? More on that later. Patreon is up to some biz. Under Apple pressure, they might be getting rid of our weekly-per-content-post format in favor of only supporting mo…
Mon 12 Aug 2024
The One with Frosty | The Grinding Gear Podcast #90
Frosty, host of FF14 esports, World First and the Mogtalk podcast joins the episode. Should we call him a community pillar? Is that still a phrase? The Community Pillar discusses what let down this w…
Mon 05 Aug 2024
Strange Dr. Doom | The Grinding Gear Podcast #89
Our AFK journey has concluded. Garrett and Kyle return from two weeks of touching grass, or more likely sandy beaches. Kyle has been completely Dadding off the grid, while Garrett in classic fashion …
Mon 29 Jul 2024
Summer Q&A! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #88
We may be off on our family vacations, but that won’t stop us from releasing a podcast! Join us as we answer questions about tacos preferences, traveling, where we want to travel, our bucket lists, a…
Wed 17 Jul 2024
The One with MrHappy | The Grinding Gear Podcast #87
MrHappy visits the podcast. This episode is part history FFXIV lesson, part journey of content creation and part raid therapy. After meeting on the Dawntrail Media Tour, Garrett and Kyle sit down wit…
Mon 08 Jul 2024
Not E3 2024 | The Grinding Gear Podcast #85
Games! So many games. Three presentations worth of games to be exact. Sony State of Play, Xbox Showcase and Summer Games Fest have all cruised by and it’s time to review. Stand outs? The dregs? The u…
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Redacted | The Grinding Gear Podcast #84
The classic offline episode, with that classic vibe. We bring you limited stories from our absence, along with a helping of video game and movie news. Is war coming to the republic? Did you read that…
Mon 27 May 2024
“I Am Alphinaud” with Colin Ryan | The Grinding Gear Podcast #83
Our guest today is an actor on stage, screen, and games. You may know him from Doctor Who, Leonardo, the brand new Hades 2, but if you’re watching this stream or listening to this podcast we would be…
Mon 13 May 2024
Sexy Democracy | The Grinding Gear Podcast #82
Stellar Blade may have been the jumping off point, but sexiness in games goes far beyond and much further back than the latest entry in skin-tight clad protagonists. On today's show we dive into our …
Tue 07 May 2024
Go Wake Daddy! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #81
After welcoming his third child into this world, Kyle has returned! Garrett catches up with Kyle and helps Kyle catch up on all of the things that he missed during his paternity leave. The new Fallou…
Tue 23 Apr 2024
Delighting the Audience with Marcomeatball | The Grinding Gear Podcast #80
Marco returns to talk more than just music! Well of course music is also discussed. But Garrett and Marco talk shop about creating content for streams and Youtube, Honkai: Star Rail, Warframe, Helldi…
Mon 08 Apr 2024
MM-NO! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #79
Dawntrail is on its way! A release date has been announced for the upcoming Final Fantasy darling MMO. Garrett and Kyle give you the scoop to grind through your week. But first, Larian parts ways wit…
Tue 26 Mar 2024
Skill Issue | The Grinding Gear Podcast #78
Garrett returns from the Mountains of Wrestling. Kyle was here but survived his venture to buy Warhammer paints. Helldivers Devs lash back at players on Discord causing a comment drama. Garrett and K…
Tue 12 Mar 2024
Hot Chat, Cold Names | The Grinding Gear Podcast #77
Beau Schwartz returns to the Podcast. Now having long completed his Diablo 4 quest for statue fandom, we play a little game we like to call Hot TAKES with the help of the live chat. We also discuss F…
Tue 05 Mar 2024
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