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AggroChat #352 – Partial Vindication

July 25, 2021 by Belghast

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

Hey Friends, it is time for a bit of real talk before I get into the podcast show notes. We had a discussion last night about whether or not we should talk about the horrific Blizzard situation on the show. I’ve made my comments pretty clear on my blog, but it also sorta felt gross and weird to engage in a conversation without anyone other than cisgender men. Real-world emergencies deprived us of both Ammo and Grace last night, and I hope both of those situations got better. It might come up again in the coming weeks but only if everyone on the show is up for talking about it.

As far as the topics we did discuss we talked a bit about Monster Hunter Stories 2 on the Nintendo Switch and how I apparently completely misunderstand the genre of that game. Tam talks a bit about returning to Star Trek Online years later and the pattern of play that the game has fallen into. We also go down a list of games that have quietly been holding on with a steady player base but get very little fanfare. Kodra talks about his experience streaming Celeste and invites everyone to participate in those streams. We close out the show with a discussion about Cyberpunk 2077 because Tam decided to give it a shot and Bel feels at least partially vindicated. It is a mixed bag of a game but an extremely interesting one.

Topics Discussed:

Monster Hunter Stories 2
Star Trek Online
Quietly Successful MMORPGs
More FFXIV Discussion
Kodra Streams Celeste
- Speed runs
Cyberpunk 2077
- Horrible Representation and Great Representation
- Easy to bounce early
- Extremely detailed and interesting game

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AggroChat #305 – What Makes Game Value

June 28, 2020 by Belghast

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

Tonight we have an assorted topic type show, but the main discussion ends up centering around games and game value. What makes one game feel like a valuable experience and another game just seems like a waste of time. We talk a bit about the Phantasy Star Online 2 America Day holiday and how they have a really strange impression of our country. Kodra talks about his adventures in the deeply edge case Sudoku. We also have a discussion about when the right time to group is in a game versus largely solo play. In the middle of all of this there are several references to Guild Wars 2 and Destiny 2 for reasons.

Topics Discussed

Phantasy Star Online 2 “America Day”
When to play a game with friends
- What point do you transition from solo to group play
Kodra’s adventures in edgecase Sudoku.
What makes up game value
- Getting the most out of a game
- The length of AAA Games
Side Discussion about Guild Wars 2
Side Discussion about Destiny 2

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AggroChat #212 – Respect Your Time

May 21, 2019July 15, 2018 by AggroChat

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

Tonight we continue our recent tradition of picking up on topics that we did not quite have time for on the previous episode. First off we discuss our general feelings about “cheating” and by cheating we are talking about relying on guides, maps, and walkthroughs in additional to other more traditional cheats and mods. From there Bel talks a bit about his experiences with Orsinium and how playing through all three factions of the original Elder Scrolls Online content is paying off. From there we discuss long games that have a very clear failure state and how generally lousy that feels when it occurs. Finally we talk a bit about the recent ArenaNet community issues and share some of our feelings about it.

Topics Discussed

Walkthroughs Guides and Cheats
- Respecting our Time
- Enhancing the “Fun Loop”
- When we would not use them
Elder Scrolls Online
- Finishing Orsinium
- Payoff for finishing all original Content
Long Games with Failure States
- Kingdom Death
- Civilization
- Battletech
- Sim/City Builder Games
ArenaNet Issues
- Emboldening Bad Actors
- “Other” on the Internet
- The Stress of Game Development
- Bel’s Brain Broke

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AggroChat #177 – Extreme Home Makeover

May 21, 2019October 15, 2017 by AggroChat

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo and Thalen

This is one of those weeks when we seemed to have more topics to discuss than could possibly fit in a single show. We even had to drop one for the sake of time that we will hopefully revisit in a future episode. We start the show off by talking about Shirogane Extreme mode… or the land rush for housing in the newly opened district in Final Fantasy XIV. Ash and Tam took one for the team and sacrificed sleep schedule to get us a brand new house. From there we talk about Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire expansion and some of the things we have noticed so far. Belghast talks a bit about the Iron Banner 2.0 in Destiny, and some miscellaneous discussion about how clans work. Ash and Thalen discuss Dragon Quest Heroes 2 and the Heroes game genre in general. We wrap up with a discussion on Warhammer starting with the brand new stand alone Shadespire game and then talk a bit about Warhammer 40k.

Topics Discussed