monster hunter stories

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, and Kodra

Tonight we are down both a Thalen and a Tam and get off on some meandering topics. We start off with some discussion about the Final Fantasy XIV Rising event that just finished and the introduction of the cheap dungeon. From there Belghast gets pretty deep in the woods talking about infusion mechanics and Destiny 2. We branch off from there into a discussion that is really hard to describe. Functionally we were having a chat about MMOs and whether or not the devs are obligated to provide a uniform experience for all players and all activities in a game. This branches out into a bunch of directions from the PVP/PVE debate to how uneven some of the artifact weapon quests felt in World of Warcraft Legion. Kodra talks a bit about his recent journey into the iOS port of one of his favorite Vlaada Chvatil games… Though the Ages. Ashgar gives us some updates on his experience playing through Monster Hunter Stories and we delve a bit into the new Magic the Gathering expansion Ixalan.

Topics Discussed

Final Fantasy XIV – The Rising Event
Destiny 2 Mechanics
Providing Uniform MMO Player Experiences
Through the Ages iOS
Monster Hunter Stories
Ixalan Pre-Pre-Release

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Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

Tonight we return to the normal course of our show after last weeks unintended break. We start the show off with a brief explanation of what happened then dig straight into some talk about Guild Wars 2 and the impending Path of Fire expansion. From there we talk about West of Loathing, the pseudo sequel to Kingdom of Loathing one of the longest running web games than I know of. Grace has been spending some time in the mobile world and talks about two games.. Legendary: Game of Heroes and Rabbit Evolution. Ash talks a bit about the Monster Hunter Stories demo and gameplay in general. Kodra dives into a few board games he has been playing… Macao, Potion Explosion and Scythe. From there we talk a bit about Magic the Gathering and how folks have been playing a bit of Commander. Finally we close things out with a discussion of just how well Orcs have clicked with Kodra in Warhammer 40k.

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