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
- 291
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
#433 - Into the Nexus: “Out of the Nexus”
Heroes, the time has come. Blizzard has announced Maintenance mode for our beloved game. If you’ve enjoyed this show, if you’ve enjoyed that last year: Stay tuned right here. This feed is going to ev…
Fri 08 Jul 2022
#432 - Into the Nexus: “4 Days”
Season extension! But only 4 days? What is in store for our favorite MOBA. Or should I say, Hero Brawler! Kyle has been on an Artanis kick while Garrett got his eyes on the future. We take a look at …
Thu 30 Jun 2022
#431 - Into the Nexus: “1 Week”
One week till a balance patch?! What’s on your list? Garrett and Kyle share their desires for the upcoming Heroes of the Storm update. Reddit has ideas, discord has ideas. All math or CCL balance awa…
Thu 23 Jun 2022
#430 - Into the Nexus: “Getting Hammered”
Into the Nexus, the Heroes of the Storm resistance broadcast that will not STOP! News from the bastion of battle, the holdout for our great game. Garrett and Kyle talk Hammer of all things. Hammer is…
Thu 16 Jun 2022
#429 - Into the Nexus: “Storm the Gate!”
Into the Nexus is hot on the tail of the Stormgate’s announcement. Unveiled at the Summer Game Fest, old Blizzard and even Heroes devs hope to revive the RTS genre (and even take esports with it). Da…
Thu 09 Jun 2022
#428 - Into the Nexus: “RTS Revival”
Bahamut joins for what starts as a CCL centric episode, but goes on a journey. The caster tells tales of metas abound and gets you hype for this upcoming weekend of games; but with Garrett out sick, …
Fri 03 Jun 2022
#427 - Into the Nexus: “Mobile-palooza”
No internet can’t stop us, THIS IS Into the Nexus. Mobile Madness is unleashed. Arclight Rumble beta and Marvel Snap beta have been played. Diablo Immortal is just a week away. The new Heroes season …
Thu 26 May 2022
#426 - Into the Nexus: “Into the Breakfast”
Join us for Into the Breakfast! Garrett and Kyle, give you a special morning episode of your favorite Heroes of the Storm podcast. The HeroesEsports Twitter account has awakened yet again, and the la…
Thu 19 May 2022
#425 - Into the Nexus: “Don’t Light My Fire”
Into the Nexus returns with Hot Fixes and Hot Takes! Garrett and Kyle take on the received bug fix report and HeroesHearths Week 1 of the CCL Season 4. What awaits in the meta for you? You’ll have to…
Thu 12 May 2022
#424 - Into the Nexus: “Leaver Inferno”
CCL is on the horizon. Garrett and Kyle breakdown the team rosters released last week. Heroes is currently undergoing maintenance, so that mystery will be saved for another day. We now know the WarCr…
Thu 05 May 2022
#423 - Into the Nexus: “First Time?”
Garrett and Kyle share all. Wisdom Gaming, hosts of the HeroesHearth CCL, have revealed that they have been running Heroes of the Storm esports at an “unsustainable loss” since. In an attempt to attr…
Thu 28 Apr 2022
#422 - Into the Nexus: “Live Más”
Garrett and Kyle return with the latest Heroes news! We are speeding towards HeroesHearth’s CCL Season 4, just two weeks out. We also take a look at the recent meta shake ups. Naturally, Blizzard has…
Fri 22 Apr 2022
#421 - Into the Nexus: “Koticking”
Into the Nexus, returns to bring you the Heroes best and Blizzard happenings. NGS is over for Kyle, so he and Garrett have been on a Stormrage vacation from serious town. The Activision Blizzard ongo…
Thu 14 Apr 2022
#420 - Into the Nexus: “Ladder Land”
Into the Nexus is back and talking ladder! Former Heroes Balance Designer AZJackson was on Twitter this week talking about a recent article posted by Magic the Gathering creator Richard Garfield. The…
Thu 07 Apr 2022
#419 - Into the Nexus: “Patch Feelings”
We’ve got a patch! Garrett and Kyle break-down the tools and toys you’ll be enjoying or lamenting this weekend. Download bug has been fixed, the version mismatch has been fixed. We may also have a ne…
Thu 31 Mar 2022
#418 - Into the Nexus: “Maw or Naw?”
Into the Nexus is back! The people’s show. The show for the people by the people. Garrett and Kyle take a look at Blizzard’s upcoming releases and talk about the health of video game production. NGS …
Thu 24 Mar 2022
#417 - Into the Nexus: “Whitemane Steam Train”
Live esports is back! HeroesHearth announces its round of 4 for CCL will be held in their new studio in August. Three Heroes of the Storm lan events in 2022? What is this? 2018?! Garrett and Kyle tak…
Fri 18 Mar 2022
#416 - Into the Nexus: “Roster Woes”
Into the Nexus, the Blizzard episode. Heroes of the Storm is of course the focus, we talk the 30k Roster shake-up that might impact the entire league. However, Blizzard is making big moves across its…
Thu 10 Mar 2022
#415 - Into the Nexus: “Is Mal’Ganis Good?”
Garrett and Kyle are cursed! Solo games are great, but their duos suffer. After a brief recovery, CCL announcements abound! Season 4 is on the way along with some changes to the player draft and form…
Fri 04 Mar 2022
#414 - Into the Nexus: “Give Arthas Defile!”
Video game riches have descended upon us. A wealth of games are releasing and Heroes of the Storm is still one of your favorite dishes. Garrett and Kyle take a look at the recent balance patch to see…
Wed 23 Feb 2022
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