AggroChat #110 – Conservation of Ninjas

Belghast,  Kodra, Tam and Thalen discuss war in many forms…  some crafty others hammery and still others multidimensional

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This week we are down quite a few people, since it seems like everyone is travelling over the summer. This week we have Bel and Tam in their correct places, and Kodra and Thalen have been travelling as well but were able to sort out how to join the podcast.  This is another one of those weeks where we thought we had nothing to talk about… then wound up podcasting for two hours withou stop.  Tam is super excited about the new Mirror’s Edge, and it continues his trend of trying to do ninja things….  Without actually playing a ninja.  We talk about how the ninja genre really never quite made a fully successful transition to three dimensional.  From there we talk about how Tom Clancy games have gotten more and more paranoid over the years.

Kodra and Tam discuss a new to them miniature game they have been playing called Bushido that sounds suspiciously like the Legend of Five Rings setting.  Which spawns a brief conversation about Magic the Gathering and spoiler season.  Which leads its way into a discussion about Warhammer and how they went from completely fearing licensing games… to seemingly giving anyone with a heartbeat the right to make Warhammer 40k games.  I spend some time returning to Rift and talk about how well they are messaging fights these days.  Which leads to a discussion about Final Fantasy XIV in a not great light.  I also talk about my experience watching the Warcraft movie and finally we wrap things up with a discussion about he start of the Final Fantasy V Four Job Fiesta.

Topics Discussed

  • Mirror’s Edge
  • Ninja Games
  • Tom Clancy
  • Bushido
  • Magic the Gathering
  • Warhammer Licensing
  • Total War Warhammer
  • Rift
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Warcraft Movie
  • Four Job Fiesta

1 thought on “AggroChat #110 – Conservation of Ninjas”

  1. For what it’s worth, only the Defiant faction in Rift have time travel as part of their intro (or at least, time travel from the future).

    Basically, each side has a tutorial that shows how the other side ruined everything. Defiants start off twenty years in the future, after the Guardians’ refusal to use sourcestone technology resulted in Regulos taking over the world, and you escape into the past right before he begins the final step of eradicating all life on the planet.

    The Guardians, on the other hand, start off twenty years before the present, and you see the Defiant use of sourcestone technology break open the ward that was holding Regulos prisoner. Then, you die, and the gods resurrect you in the present. (I think. It’s been a long time since I’ve done the Guardian starting zone, and my memory isn’t great.)

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