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AggroChat #224 – If Twinkies Cared About You

May 21, 2019October 21, 2018 by AggroChat

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra and Tamrielo

Tonight we lead off the show with a brief explanation of why there was no show last week. Namely Bel was at a wedding, Grace still in DC, Tam and Thalen in Japan… and Kodra and Ash probably wisely decided not to record a duo show. No offense to any of the bajillion podcasts out there that are always a duo show… but that isn’t our schtick. Since Tam is in fact back from his vacation we talk a bit about his experiences on his first trip to Japan. This leads into a discussion about the Pokemon Go culture and how popular the game is there. From there Bel talks briefly about his nonsense “Wireless Ethernet” set up and playing the latest God of War game over it. From there we delve into a discussion about the Hollow Knight Randomizer and Steel Soul mode. Finally we briefly touch on The Messenger and Gris.

Topics Discussed:

Why No Show Last Week
Tam’s Adventures in Japan
- Pokemon Go Culture
Wireless Ethernet
- Parsec Remote Play
- Playstation Remote PLay
God of War
- Dad of War
- Wages of Toxic Masculinity
Hollow Knight
- Randomizer
- Steel Soul Mode
The Messenger
Gris

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AggroChat #223 – Freemium Monetization

May 21, 2019October 7, 2018 by AggroChat

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast and Kodra

This week we are down half of our show, but weirdly enough ended up very close to our original line up from the first few AggroChat shows… only missing Rae. We were concerned we might not have enough material for a show, but wound up only about 10 minutes short of our average which seems pretty good. Tonight we talk about Monetization in Free to Play games and in part why some games it feels good to spend money on, and others it feels exploitative. This explores mobile games and mmorpgs as well. From there Bel talks a bit about his experiences restarting with Monster Hunter World PC and how weirdly most of the progress was raising his skill and not necessarily his gearing. Kodra talks about his experiences with Mega Man 11 which leads to a discussion of this golden age of modern 2D side scrollers. Finally we wrap things up with some discussion about Guilds of Ravnica and how it feels in a constructed and sealed environment on MTG Arena.

Topics Discussed

Free to Play Monetization
- Mobile Games
- Dragalia Lost
- MMORPGs
- Elder Scrolls Online
- Star Wars the Old Republic
- Neverwinter
Monster Hunter World
- Skill Acquisition vs Gear Acquisition
- Small but awesome PC community
Mega Man 11
- Hollow Knight
- Shovel Knight
- Celeste
- Bloodstained: Circle of the Moon
- Retro Feeling Modern Games
Guilds of Ravnica
- MTG Arena
- Sealed Play
- Constructed Play

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AggroChat #222 – Gacha of Mana

May 21, 2019September 30, 2018 by AggroChat

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

Tonight my stalwart friends managed to make me completely fail at getting through the intro once more. The truth is I never know what Ash is going to say when I call upon him… tonight was not a thing I was expecting. The first game discussed was Spiderman for PS4 which had rolled over from a few shows. Next up the start of the MTG Arena Open Beta and the end of wipes… so that everything from this point in theory carried forward indefinitely. Kodra talks about his experiences playing Celeste and its interesting variable difficulty settings. We talk about Dragalia Lost and how it is once again taking the world by storm… as most Nintendo mobile releases seem to. Finally we talk a bit about Battle for Azeroth and why some of the systems and the grind involved with them feels bad and often times pointless.

Topics Discussed:

Spiderman PS4
MTG Arena – Open Beta
Celeste
Dragalia Lost
World of Warcraft Grind

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AggroChat #221 – Fighting Infection

May 21, 2019September 23, 2018 by AggroChat

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

Tonight we have another show largely made up of topics that have rolled over from previous shows when we ran out of time. We start the show with some reasonable methadone for Justice Monsters Five… in the form of a little early access Android game called Zombie Rollers. From there we talk a bit about Dragon Quest XI which leads to a discussion about Dragon Warrior and Quest titles in North America. Tam talks about his experiences with Hyperlight Drifter on the switch which leads its way to a discussion about Hollow Knight. This time said discussion is a spoiler filled dive and I highly suggest playing the game before checking out this segment. Finally at the very end we talk about Diablo 3 Season 15… the upcoming switch release, our hopes for Blizzcon and some of the rumors circulating.

Topics Discussed