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AggroChat #299 – Please Backup Your Dog

May 17, 2020 by Belghast

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

Tonight we start off with what has become a regular side topic of us talking about our lives dealing with the pandemic. From there we dive into Cloudpunk a game about a digital dog and delivering packages in a blade runner landscape. Bel dives into a discussion about how Modern Consoles are effectively turning into Gaming PCs and the weirdness of cross generational purchases for Microsoft games. Bel also waxes nostalgic about Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and how he is greatly looking forward to the upcoming remaster of 1+2 coming this September. We end up getting off on a side jaunt into Elder Scrolls games, and then transition into a talk about Sodoku. Finally we talk some about the announcement of a brand new Paper Mario game and the new footage available for Ghosts of Tsushima.

AggroChat #298 – Faces Ground and Griefers

May 10, 2020 by Belghast

We start the show with what has disturbingly become a tradition for us as we talk about what life is like in this weird time we happen to be living. For some of us I believe it is week eleven and for others week nine, but really what exactly is the passage of time anyway. The first topic is a bump from last week as Tam talks about discovering Rampage the Board Game, otherwise known as Terror in Meeple City in its most modern incarnation. This leads down a rabbit hole of talking about classic monster movies and many agreeing that the correct place to start is with the OG Godzilla from 1954. From there Bel dives into a topic from the Aggronaut blog, of if grinding is actually fun. This leads to a whole other discussion of how each of us appear to have a vastly different description of what that even means. For Kodra it means grinding his face off over and over against hard content, but for Grace and Bel it largely means repetition of largely mindless content. Tam on the other hand has to have a purpose and his brain has to be engaged. Finally we talk about the integration of PVP into otherwise PVE games and why developers seem to be stuck on that concept. This leads to some discussion of a recent outing in Sea of Thieves when Tam finally gets people interested enough to try it, but they get griefed over and over by some jerk ruining an otherwise enjoyable experience.

Topics Discussed

Rampage the Board Game
- Terror in Meeple City
- Classic Monster Movies
- Mechagodzilla
Is Grinding Fun?
- World of Warcraft
- Farming Content
- Phantasy Star Online 2
- Grinding Hard Content
  - Hollow Knight
Do PVP and PVE Mix Well?
- No
- Why Devs are Obsessed with It
- Why its a Bad Idea
- Why Sea of Thieves ruined the experience

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AggroChat #297 – Easing the Learning Curve

May 3, 2020 by Belghast

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

Tonight we start off the show with a special announcement. Cat Context was effectively the podcast that inspired Bel to go out and try and do the same thing with some of his friends. After a three year absence, this week we get a brand new Cat Context episode that can be found hosted on Aggronaut.com. Today Kodra is going to be playing some Hollow Knight randomizer since there are a bunch of new updates and he has been given an entire day for gaming. From there we get into a topic that has been skipped a few times due to the potential length regarding easing into a learning curve and how Infinity is trying this with Code Zero. Bel segues into a discussion about what happens when the servers go offline and a game goes dark and the concern that there will be an entire generation of games that are eternally lost. Finally we wrap things up with some talk about the Mario Maker 2 Final Update and the interesting things that level builders are doing with it.

Topics Discussed:

Cat Context Podcast
Hollow Knight Randomizer Updates
- https://www.twitch.tv/kodra22
Easing into the Learning Curve
- Infinity Code Zero
- Magic the Gathering
- Warhammer 40k
- Timeless Games
Lost Generation of Games
- What happens when a game permanently goes offline
- The age of private servers
Mario Maker 2 Final Update
- Fun with World Maker
- What makes a quintessential Mario game

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AggroChat #296 – Sea Shanties and Scurvy

April 26, 2020 by Belghast

We welcome Grace back after a few weeks away and talk a bit about life in pandemia. Bel talks about the introduction of RTX Voice and its nonsense ability to filter out background noise from your microphone. Kodra and Thalen talk a bit about gaming with youngsters focusing on Mario Kart and Katamari or “The Ball Game”. Ash talks a bit about how bad the storytelling is in Phantasy Star Online 2. We shift over to some talk about flying in Eorzea and some general talk about alting in Final Fantasy XIV. Finally we wrap up with Sea of Thieves as Tam has been recently exploring this title and how PVP apparently doesn’t matter as much as it once did.