Game of Groans

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Sarah Sheppard to talk about Episode 4 of Season 2, The Red Dragon and the Gold.

They discuss the podcast five timers club, The Haunting of Hill House, Sesame Street names, manic pixie dream witches, Jace being bitchy, peak Jim Carrey, the fine line between horny and suspicious, and dragons exploding when they die.

Additionally, Sarah finds dragon symbolism, Kate has issues wi...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Andrew Kimball from Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers to talk about Episode 2 of Season 3, The Burning Mill.

They discuss time being irrelevant again, a permanent sneer, Joffrey being the middle child, this episode being poorly written, Dylan's HBO algorithm, Tyland Lannister's character arc, the movie Airplane, and the Amsterdam of Westeros.

Additionally, Emily stru...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Nav from A Song of Ice and Fire Symposium to talk about Episode 2 of Season 2, Rhaenyra the Cruel.

They discuss cathartic arguments, Mark Zuckerberg shark eyes, incredible face acting, too many Aegons, Legos, pop-up video for HOTD, the event coordinators for King's Landing, Jon Snow wannabes, Otto is Regina George, and that marriage is a little bit of pvp.
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Mark Metta talk about Episode 1 of Season 2, A Son for a Son.

They discuss Hulu with ads, bad news ravens, all blonde kids look the same, Bruce Willis in Red, more weird little guys, the definition of magnanimous, Larys being an introvert, Costco CEO, the return of the crime hoodie, the plot of Harry and the Henderson’s, and Cheese & Blood.

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It's that time of year for the Super Bracket Bros, The Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, Game of Groans, and The Wait For It podcast to gather around a holiday topic and argue about it. For our fifth anniversary, the gang aims to find out what the best Santa Claus of all time is.

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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are still taking time away from "canon" episodes and have watched a holiday movie with a Game of Thrones actress in it. We decide to watch Emilia Clarke's movie, "Last Christmas."

They discuss modernizing language can be bad, manic pixie dream boys, Whamageddon, Patti Lupone, Fleabag, suspension of disbelief, and that Chris Pratt isn't funny anymore....

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are taking time away from "canon" episodes and just play some games this month in a bonus episode.  Emily has created some lists that Kate has to "blind rank" and it gets quite interesting.

They discuss actors being hotter than their characters, Dimension 20, award-bait speeches, that Cersei was a victim but still a bad mom, and staying out of cults.

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about the season finale Episode 10 of Season 1, The Black Queen.

They discuss the infamous war table, the Olsen twins, a Dragonstone Hotel, Breath of the Wild, symbolism, how dragon bonding works, jade eggs, and Viserys as a Force ghost.

Additionally, Emily thinks the finale was a little anticlimactic, Kate wonders if she should read the books, and they both have a bad f...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Eliah Nelson from Super Bracket Bros to talk about Episode 9 of Season 1, The Green Council

They discuss the series was leading up to this episode, all characters are morally grey, the return of weird little guys, Criston's dumb hat, an evil himbo, truth bombs, Mysaria's bad accent, an aggressive crown, and the mythological hippocampus vs the brain hippoca...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Nav from A Song of Ice and Fire Symposium to talk about Episode 8 of Season 1, The Lord of Tides.

They discuss the heavy Season 2 marketing, the war room table, too many swords, Aegon's dream, that there's only one drug in Westeros, fantasy politics, and that Viserys is a great grandfather.

Additionally, Emily is uncomfortable saying she likes th...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Dylan Wren from Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers to talk about Episode 7 of Season 1, Driftmark.

They discuss Daemon's unknown age, the very bad night filter, good costume design, questions actually being answered, The Greens sounds like a slur, blood marriages, and that Alicent needs one real friend.

Additionally, Emily believes Laenor isn't co...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 6 of Season 1, The Princess and the Queen.

They discuss the Book of Mormon musical, GOT genetics, plain-featured children, female writers, that Alicent is still naive, that Criston Cole is the ultimate nice guy, and that Aegon sucks.

Additionally, Emily realizes she has no favorite character, Kate assumes Viserys would have been dead, and they both qu...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Jay Davis from Super Bracket Bros to talk about Episode 5 of Season 1, We Light the Way.

They discuss hibiscus flowers, giant braid crowns, The Witcher series, naive characters, Barbie lore, resting smug face, and intentionally confusing scenes.

Additionally, Emily did not anticipate Rhea getting offed, Kate thinks Joffrey is too chill, and Jay compares Cr...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Sarah Sheppard to talk about Episode 4 of Season 1, King of the Narrow Sea.

They discuss Gay Westeros, costume consistencies, small writers rooms, Dragon Riders of Perth series, sexual harassment in the workplace and big Jasmine energy.

Additionally, Sarah decides she wants to vacation in King's Landing, and they all agree that Otto Hightower is the w...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 3 of Season 1, Second of His Name.

They discuss the confusing title, The Mummy, that a pug would not survive in Westeros, poor communication, hunting trip red flags, dragon genetics and The Wicker Man.

Additionally, Emily still finds the crabs hilarious not menacing, Kate thinks Caraxes is too wiggly, and the sisters make a $1 bet on if there are any ...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Andrew Kimball from Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers to talk about Episode 2 of Season 1, The Rogue Prince.

They discuss Westeros small claims court, sea carnage, too many council meetings, the movie adaptation Rampage, and the confusing title sequence.

Additionally, Emily doesn't believe that crabs are vicious, Kate appreciates the definition of tim...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Eliah Nelson from Super Bracket Bros to talk about House of the Dragon Episode 1 of Season 1, The Heirs of the Dragon.

They discuss weird vibes, good CGI dragons, too many council meetings, really bad communicators, GOT nostalgia, big Jorah energy, and that Daemon is the Hot Topic Targaryen.

Additionally, Emily predicts Aemma's death, Kate thinks trea...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate list everything they collectively know about House of the Dragon before starting to watch the series.

They discuss the Aryan race of Game of Thrones, Hot Fuzz, British actors and incest.  Additionally, Kate explains why she didn't want to watch HOTD originally, and they both make a large prediction about the season.

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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate react to listener voicemails and then take some Game of Thrones character quizzes.

They discuss bad acting from Bran, Vin Diesel, that chapter books should have numbered chapters, love gets everyone killed in GOT, an Olenna Tyrell backstory would be dope, and that super villains never have good lives.

Additionally, Emily decides she wants to be a tyrant, Kate has big sw...