Searching for Grog

Evan tracks down Grant Goddard, one of the people incorrectly credited as the creator of the power glove along with Samuel Cooper Davis. We find out just how the two came to be credited in the first place and some insight into why it hasn't been taken down. We also find out Chris Gentile, one of the ACTUAL creators of the power glove, is nice.

Adam looks up the patents for the "optical flex sensor" and the "data glove" - the core technology behind the power glove, and in so doing finds several key people who could be called the rightful creator of the power glove, but none of those names were Samuel Cooper Davis. This gives the back story to how it came to be, it's many iterations, and who was responsible for bringing it about.

The boys recreate the road trip from 25 years ago where they first discovered "Trog." Over the course of week they drove across the country from California to Chicago, stopping in Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, and Iowa and recording their adventures every night as podcast episodes. Except all those recordings somehow got BALEETED! Here we recount our tale of our epic cross-country, soul-searching road trip. The trail for season one and season 2 both lead to Chicago, so it is a fitting conclusion to those quests.

The boys discuss the Konami run-and-gun games Mystic Warriors (1992) and C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa(1992) and which is the true successor to Sunset Riders. The conversation meanders around lofty topics such as games as literature, the death of Superman and circles the drain of pornographic Atari games like Custer's Revenge.

X-Men producer Masahiro Inoue holds the patent for multi-screen arcade cabinets, but on a recent trip to Tokyo, Adam finds a machine with THREE monitors that predates X-Men by 5 years! The boys get in touch with folks at SVI, and are introduced to The Talent Group, an agency that may have found the voices for X-Men...??

The boys celebrate Andrew's birthday in true "Searching for Grog" style with M.Bison and Rhinox. Adam gets a surprising email from composer Kenichiro Fukui, and the boys employ the classic search and destroy algorithm.

The boys circle the wagons to check in on their progress. Norton has another swing and a miss, Brandon hears back from Bill Archer, and Evan regales everyone with the extreme, possibly illegal lengths he went to to hunt down his contact.

At MAG Fest, the Colossus roar has become a battle cry and a sort of secret-handshake that reverberates through the hallways of the festival. Evan and Adam go in search of the story of this MAG Fest tradition, and have a colossus-off with the originator!

Evan digs through old Konami games and finds a surprising link between X-Men and Lethal Enforcers. Adam goes down a different path and uncovers some unexpected clues through the world of professional sports.

Adam switches from researcher/reporter mode to full-fledged stalker mode. In the process, he hits pay dirt and has a chance to talk with the producer of X-Men (as well as TMNT, Sunset Riders and other hit titles). The boys gain insider info about the game including who the real director was, why everyone used pen names and most importantly info about the voice work.

A miraculous clue drops in Adams lap from the depths of a YouTube comment thread that ties up some loose threads.

Tony Daniels is the man of 1000 voices, including the voice of Tony the Tiger and Gambit from X-Men the animated series. He has voiced countless cartoons and video games, but did he do the 1992 X-Men Arcade game?!