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The evolution of Dragons (and other fantasy creatures)
Episode 366
On this week's Lore Watch Podcast, Joe and Matt are joined again by our writer Eric O'Dea, and they continue to explore how the telling and re-tellin…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Kobolds and the real life origins of in-game creatures
Episode 365
While they are unassuming little creatures, their presence in fantasy lore ranges all the way from traditional folklore all the way into modern day D…
1 year ago
Gallywix is only mostly dead, and other listener questions
Episode 364
This week, Joe and Matt take to the mailbag to answer your questions, which are as varied as you are. First, since WoW has a tendency to bring back c…
1 year ago
Xal'atath, the Void, and the dawn of Azeroth's creation
Episode 363
This week's episode was inspired by a question from a listener, about where the story is going from here as we make our way toward the next expansion…
1 year ago
Cyberpunk Edgerunners explores a crumbling dystopia
Episode 362
The Netflix animated show Cyberpunk Edgerunners is a great entry in the Cyberpunk universe, and one we felt worth exploring in-depth. Joe and Matt gi…
1 year, 1 month ago
Crucial Source Material
Episode 361
While we do enjoy going off on wild tangents or thinking about "what if," sometimes it's important to just go back to the crucial source material. Th…
1 year, 1 month ago
Can you play Hearthstone in the Emerald Dream, and other questions
Episode 360
This week's Lore Watch Podcast is Q&A style, so the topics veer all over the place -- more so than usual. We start off with a question about the Emer…
1 year, 1 month ago
On the origins of the Sethrak
Episode 359
Join our hosts Joe Perez and Matt Rossi as they discuss the lore around the Sethrak, the snakelike humanoids we initially met in Vol'dun in Battle fo…
1 year, 1 month ago
Could the Sunwell become a Voidwell? (And other wild Warcraft speculation)
Episode 358
This week we put on the tinfoil hat to contemplate Xal'atath's plans for the future, the nature of the void, and where we might be going in the Midni…
1 year, 2 months ago
What you need to know about Paladins, Templars, and Crusaders in Diablo
Episode 357
We're doing something a little new this week for Lore Watch, with a remaster of an older episode. As Joe explains in the new intro, we wanted to high…
1 year, 2 months ago