Searching for Grog
Searching for Grog
Adam Pasion
Three brothers try to reconstruct their childhood memories of a roadtrip involving sledding accidents, freak hailstorms, confessions of love and an arcade game about cavemen playing golf.
The last 1%
After a long hiatus, the boys circle up the wagons to find a path forward.
Feb 18, 2023
1 hr
Cowboy Game Completionist
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.
Jan 7, 2023
1 hr 19 min
Tommy Westphall Universe
The boys discuss whether a cross over between between TMNT and "Friends" would be possible and whether or not they exist in the same universe according to the Tommy Westphall theory. They also discuss Captain Planets strange off-brand episode about AIDS awareness, and Cartoon All-stars to the Rescue.
Dec 3, 2022
23 min
Zeino's Paradox
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...??
Nov 28, 2022
40 min
Brothers helping Brothers Part Deux
Adam makes some forward progress by contacting the Blaustein brothers - Jeremy who worked as a voice director and localization director at Konami in Tokyo, and Michael who was a producer at Konami in Chicago. They determine the studio and voice agencies behind many Konami games...but are they the games we are looking for?!?!
Nov 19, 2022
38 min
The Fukami Probability Wave
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.
Nov 5, 2022
33 min
Double Agent Wall-Clock
Adam talks to the X-Men developers to figure out why the credits are such a mess, why Lethal Enforcers director Y. Hatano is thanked in the credits, and the back story behind the classic line "Welcome to Die."
Oct 29, 2022
34 min
Devourer or Worlds
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.
Oct 22, 2022
53 min
Pixel Master Asano Yuji
Adam sits down to talk with Asano Yuji, the artist behind Konami's arcade classics X-Men and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They discuss his past as an animator, the process of creating pixel art in the 90s and how the team came-up with the iconic Colossus mutant power move!
Oct 15, 2022
43 min
The Roar Heard 'Round the World
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!
Oct 8, 2022
39 min
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