The Grinding Gear Podcast
by Garrett Weinzierl and Kyle Fergusson
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FFXIV Fan Fest NA Roundtable w/ Jesse Cox & Preach! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #158
Apr 29, 2026
LFG Fan Fest 2026 | The Grinding Gear Podcast #157
Apr 20, 2026
Let's a Go to Court! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #156
Mar 9, 2026
To Exclusivity and Beyond! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #155
Mar 4, 2026
Tanking Control | The Grinding Gear Podcast #154
Feb 24, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 4/29/26 |  FFXIV Fan Fest NA Roundtable w/ Jesse Cox & Preach! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #158 | 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. SupportOurBromance.com or we’ll never ask Preach to watch Evangelion again. | — | ||||||
| 4/20/26 |  LFG Fan Fest 2026 | The Grinding Gear Podcast #157 | Pre-Fan Fest special! | — | ||||||
| 3/9/26 |  Let's a Go to Court! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #156 | 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. Supportourbromance.com or we'll make Grinding Gear 2, but it will be DIFFERENT! ' | — | ||||||
| 3/4/26 |  To Exclusivity and Beyond! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #155 | 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, FF14 and Deadlock. | — | ||||||
| 2/24/26 |  Tanking Control | The Grinding Gear Podcast #154 | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 2/12/26 |  Peak Chungus with Pint! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #153 | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 1/26/26 |  FF14 Special - 7.4 Roundtable | The Grinding Gear Podcast #152 | 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 return. Supportourbromance.com or Alphinaud will just stand there in 8.0. | — | ||||||
| 1/21/26 |  Old RAM, High Hopes | The Grinding Gear Podcast #151 | 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! | — | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | “TO ME, MY BETAS!” w/ Shenpai & Sydney Jones | The Grinding Gear Podcast #150 | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 12/22/25 |  The Grindys 2025 | The Grinding Gear Podcast #149 | 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 It’s an Indie game” and who will walk away with Brightest Dumpster Fire. Our plans are big for 2026, we’ll see you then. Supportourbromance.com for a big new year of GG in 2026! That’s no joke. | — | ||||||
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| 12/15/25 |  Announcements of the Year w/ Jesse Cox | The Grinding Gear Podcast #148 | 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 Patch. We all played Dispatch too. Supportourbromance.com and you too can get that WB face. | — | ||||||
| 12/8/25 |  Shonen Grump | The Grinding Gear Podcast #147 | 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! | — | ||||||
| 12/1/25 |  The Slop Olympics | The Grinding Gear Podcast #146 | 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 new things, Jeff Keighley has found a terrible portal and Kyle’s voice is going out! | — | ||||||
| 11/17/25 |  Keighley Decrees | The Grinding Gear Podcast #145 | 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! | — | ||||||
| 11/10/25 | Back From Japan! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #144 | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 10/20/25 |  Expedition 33 w/ MarcoMeatball | The Grinding Gear Podcast #143 | 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! | — | ||||||
| 10/15/25 |  Our AI Savior, Pokemon | The Grinding Gear Podcast #142 | 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 world as reviews come in around 8/10. Xbox continues its cursed run by talking about an upcoming “ad supported” tier of Xbox Game Pass. We’re both playing Megabonk. Emails and more. | — | ||||||
| 10/6/25 |  7.3 Roundtable (FFXIV MSQ) | The Grinding Gear Podcast #141 | 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 Dawntrail and what will they carry into the future. One thing is clear, FFXIV is a story first game and it’s future rides on its ability to capture it’s fans once again. 7.3 seems a solid start. | — | ||||||
| 10/1/25 | Final Resting Price | The Grinding Gear Podcast #140 | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 9/24/25 |  Tactical Ponchos | The Grinding Gear Podcast #139 | 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?! | — | ||||||
| 9/17/25 |  De-Shittify | The Grinding Gear Podcast #138 | 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! | — | ||||||
| 9/10/25 |  Restricted Podcast | The Grinding Gear Podcast #137 | 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 update. Blizzard continues to C&D classic plus private servers. Hollow Knight, Expedition 33 and more. Supportourbromance.com if you're a player who likes change, but also for everything to remain the same, with exciting changes on the horizon. | — | ||||||
| 9/3/25 |  Legally Activated | The Grinding Gear Podcast #136 | 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 | — | ||||||
| 8/25/25 |  New Bullshit Awaits | The Grinding Gear Podcast #135 | 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 to help you pick your side. Garrett’s watching Evangelion as an adult. All this and more. | — | ||||||
| 8/18/25 |  Epic Universal Scalping Experience | The Grinding Gear Podcast #134 | 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. | — | ||||||
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