BEL FOLKS STUFF #1 – AN EVENING WITH SYL

An Evening With Syl

This is the first episode of a brand new podcast series where I talk to interesting folks about really important stuff that they enjoy doing.  The idea is that I interview them and talk about both gaming topics and anything else that happens to come up during the process.  My good friend Syl from the awesome MMO Gypsy blog and the Battle Bards Podcast agreed to be the first guest.

I am really pleased with just how well the conversation went, so here is hoping you all will enjoy it as well.  Right now the plan going forward is to do these semi-monthly.  Watch this space for more interesting conversations.

AggroChat #27 – Ice and Ishgard

This week I am joined by Ashgar, Rae, Tam and Kodra.  We talk about the first day of the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival and all of the interesting bits of news related to the Heavensward expansion that will be landing spring of 2015.  We also talk about the upcoming 2.4 Dreams of Ice patch that should be landing shortly.  Kodra and Tam have spent some time playing Borderlands the Pre-Sequel and give their thoughts on the experience so far.  Finally we talk about the recent changes in League of Legends to the jungle systems, and some discussion about the Worlds Final.

AggroChat #26 – Gospel of Galaxy Trucker

Tonight myself, Rae, Tam and Kodra talk about all manner of things.  Tam finds a hidden jar of Nutella, Kodra delivers a sermon on the benefits of Galaxy Trucker, Rae gushes about her new Dinosaur Hunter… and I try and keep things going along smoothly in the process.  We have a long ramble about Dragon Age again, this time talking about Kodra’s struggle to get into the story.  He has finally “gotten off the citadel” to borrow a phrase from Mass Effect 1.  We also talk about how each of us approaches the characters we play in creating a personal story behind them.  We talk about my struggles with Destiny this week and finally hitting the point where I am starting to feel it is entirely too grindly.  Finally we talk about what Blizzard might be announcing at Blizzcon, and we go off on a speculative tour about what genres we think they might do reviving and polishing to a shine.  It was a rather packed podcast and we realistically could have probably gone on for another hour and a half.

AggroChat #25 – Revenge of Dragon Age

Tonight we help launch TGEN or The Gaming and Entertainment Network as we join this awesome new podcast network.  Check out http://tgenetwork.net for further information.  A curious thing happened this week, all of us apart from Kodra decided to start playing Dragon Age: Origins again in anticipation of Dragon Age: Inquisition launching halfway through next month.  It was as though we all realized we didn’t have a clean save game file to import into that game.  So there is much talking about how amazing that game really is and our experiences, as well as talking about some of the roadblocks it sets in front of players… and specifically why Kodra stopped playing the first time.  Additionally we talk about our experiences downing Garuda Extreme mode and the odd compartmentalization of Final Fantasy XIV.  Additionally several other games get mentioned in the mix like Crypt of the Necrodancer, so take a listen and join us as we ramble our way through another episode.