Game of Groans Emily Bateman and Kate Koballa

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 sword energy, and they both don't know any characters from the Simpsons.New episodes...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about The Last Watch, the HBO Max Documentary.They discuss spoilers for Frozen 2, table read politics, actors on Cameo, the heroes of the documentary, the dope wrap jackets, the sad looking Ghost head and how stressed everyone was.Additionally, Emily really has come around on Kit Harrington as a person, Kate highly enjoyed this documentary, and they are both excited to start watching Dragon House. New episodes biweekly, the next episode is...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Game of Thrones as an entire series, Emily's prior "knowledge" of GOT, as well as some links and videos pertaining to GOT.They discuss Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie's wedding, the Coldplay Game of Thrones Musical, practical effects and sets, vaguely European accents, murder butterflies and plot hole poison. Additionally, Emily realizes that she predicted Dany being a bad guy years earlier and Kate presents her article book report.New epi...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about the series finale Episode 6 of Season 8, The Iron Throne.They discuss the short recap, the happiest Dany has ever looked, red flags, dramatic irony, evil dictator vibes, democracy, Tyrion’s joke from season 1, what happened to Arya’s horse, that the episode didn’t feel like a finale, renting VHS tapes, and Tyrion’s best friend.Additionally, Emily questions who made the giant Targaryen flag, Kate isn’t interested in unforeseeable twist end...

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 8, The Bells.They discuss Hunchback of Notre Dame, the reserve Dothrakis, aggressive dog breeds, Arya’s concussion count, Rotten Tomatoes scores, unnecessary scenes, copy-pasted ships, the Oberyn special, closure vs neat little bows, and Tyrion not acting like himself.Additionally, Emily forgets that Theon is dead, Jay calls out previous guest Andrew, and Kate does som...

This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Andrew Kimball from Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers to talk about Episode 4 of Season 8, The Last of the Starks.They discuss that winter has ended, Mean Girls, loose ends that don’t need to be wrapped up, giant horses, how Jon would be a good house husband, Dany’s tiny army, the Starbucks cup, and fake smiles.Additionally, Emily mistakes Dragonstone for King’s Landing, Kate wonders if there are any remaining Dothraki, and Andrew ques...