The club returns to Azeroth, but gets side-tracked immediately when Emily goes on a long rant about how she's never seen someone eat a brownie (??????). Caldwell ponders which energy drink best encapsulates the essence of Garrush Hellscream and Murph introduces "Murph's Gurph's," a new segment to redact his goofs.

THE BOOK BUDS ARE BACK! The club travels to Orgrimmar, aka New Orc City for some POLITICAL INTRIGUE! Caldwell introduces another exciting edition of Caldwell's Word Corner, Emily gets really into britches, and Murph struggles to say the phrase "Horde waters" with his Jersey accent.

The club is going on a summer hiatus, but we'll be back in the Fall! Possibly in a new format!

The club cracks open the D&D Monster Manual to learn about dragons -- their mating habits, personality-types, and treasure preferences. Emily tries more than once to mimic the sound of a "dragon greeting."

The club continues the most difficult, nonsensical, foot-worshipping Nintendo adventure book to date. Featuring a giant goomba with shaved legs, Magmagate Part 2, and Luigi drinking orange juice in his uncle's pool.

After Wendy O. Koopa goes missing, King Koopa buries his turtle pride and asks Luigi to find her. Can everybody's second favorite plumber save the day? THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL 8 BIT BOOK CLUB OF ALL TIME.

With Emily out of town, Susanna Wolff joins the show for a little WIKI-WANDERIN'. The club explores the story of Mortal Kombat, including the DC crossover and the short-lived cartoon series.

John Elway the Flying Sword has shattered, causing his spirit to awaken an evil, giant John Elway hellbent on destroying the kingdom with his magic quarterbacking skills. Can Rob the Zombie and his goth followers sack this monstrous football legend and save the realm?

The 8 semi-finalists duke it out in the conclusion of our D&D scrub tournament! Featuring John Elway the Flying Sword, Borf the Giant Badger, Snake the Spider, Spider the Snake, Legolas the Drow, Rob the Zombie, Dixie the Pixie, and Peder the Giant Centipede.

A gaggle of D&D's most pathetic monsters compete in a 16 scrub tournament to crown King Weenie! Caldwell and Emily each control 8 monsters, with Murph acting as ref/announcer/DM. Featured combatants include Flying Sword, Giant Badger, and Riding Horse.

The Lore Lords read a book that's mostly pictures. Caldwell gives a detailed history of the digital world, while Murph struggles to remember all FOURTEEN main characters. Emily constantly compares the story to LOST, despite having only seen the first season.

The Lore Lords use their keyblades of wisdom to unlock the secret to Kingdom Hearts. Emily spends a good 10 minutes talking about the tan M&M and how it tasted different than the other M&Ms (it didn't).

The club reads glorified fan fiction featuring Final Fantasy characters, Disney critters, and anime-forever-friends. Caldwell sings the Kingdom Hearts theme more than once in our new segment, "The Bard Yard."

The Lore Lords explore the tragic origin of Doctor Robotnik, the death of Sonic's rabbit pal, and other stories where tiny cartoon animals are taken way too seriously. Murph and Caldwell take turns singing their favorite Sonic zone themes, and Emily makes up one of her own.

The Lore Lords explore the Metal Gear wikia, which proves almost unnecessary because Caldwell knows it by heart. Come for the cybernetic ninjas, stay for the nanomachines!

The club guides sassy 90s cartoon Link on a quest to protect the Triforce. Along the way, they meet a curious stranger with an even MORE CURIOUS magic necklace. Can the gang defeat this bejeweled dude? My rupees are on no!

The club graduates to a 3rd grade reading level and discusses a children's book based on a movie based on a game. We contemplate the hidden message behind the bird/pig war, and Caldwell considers getting a very bad tattoo.

The club, aka the Lore Lords, explore the lore of Twisted Metal by traveling down a wiki rabbit hole. Things are about to get TWISTED! And CONFUSING.

The club revisits their favorite D'ni wunderkin, his crap dad, and his cave-dwelling grandma while trying to wrap their heads around the mind-boggling lore of the Myst world.

With Murph and Emily out of town, Nathan Yaffe joins Caldwell to tackle a book WITHIN a videogame -- "The Wraith’s Wedding Dowry" from Skyrim.

The club discusses the literary prequel to the original Myst game, which Emily confused for a children's puzzle game called The Island of Dr. Brain. Once again, the conversation devolves into jokes about dads.

The club finishes their Metal City adventure in spectacular fashion. Everything turns out great and Sonic ends up totally fine!!!

The club revisits a Sonic choose-your-own-adventure book to right the wrongs of their previous failed play-through. Last time, Sonic was incapacitated by poison gas and dragged off by robots, so this time can only go better!

The club reads the videogamiest videogame book they've ever read, featuring cursed bloodlines, squirrel suit ninjas, and lots and lots of helicopters.

The club reads about a forbidden romance between Sub-Zero and Scorpion, then bullies Murph about his Animorphs fan fiction. Featuring an original Sub-Zero song by Emily!