AggroChat Podcast

We talk about the controversy burning through the Magic the Gathering community of Wizards selling random boosters of unplayable proxies for $250 a pop.  We talk a bit about how this has triggered condemnation from players and the finance community.  From there Grace talks a bit about the Halloween event going on in Ooblets and the costumes you can earn by playing.  Kodra talks about how maybe Mario Odyssey is a bridge too far regarding control scheme complexity for speed run tactics.  We finally have a date for the New World Brimstone Sands patch release and we talk a bit about our plans, and how Amazon is seemingly bungling things again by not having the “Fresh Start” servers ready until November.  We talk a little bit about video game redemption stories and how the tales of FFXIV and No Man’s Sky are seemingly way more common than they used to be.  Finally, we dive into a discussion about Horror Films brought on by Bel’s recent series of top ten lists by sub-genre.

Topics Discussed

• Magic the Gathering Money Grab
  • 30th Anniversary Proxy Set
  • $1000 for 60 cards
• Ooblets Halloween Event
• Mario Odyssey Control Scheme Complexity
• New World Brimstone Sands on 10/18
  • Our reroll plans
  • Bungling Fresh Start Servers
• Video Game Redemption Stories
• An Ode to Horror Films
  • Bel’s Top Ten Lists
  • Science Fiction and Horror

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We have one of our smallest shows in a really long time as we are down an Ammosart, Grace, Tamirleo, and lose Kodra about halfway through the show.  This leads to a bit of an odd feeling show.  Tonight we burn through a bunch of small topics starting with congrats to ChainChompBraden who beat a Mario Maker 1 map they built seven years ago…  and have been grinding away on for thousands of hours.  From there we talk about the Donkey Kong Adventures DLC for Mario and Rabbids.  We talk about what appears to be the endless spoiler season of magic these days as Warhammer 40k, Dominaria United, Unfinity, and Brothers War fade into each other.  We talk a bit about Rhythm games and while not inspired by Trombone Champ we talk a bit about that game as well.  Bel talks about the early woes with Torchlight Infinite and how they appear to be buying legitimacy by hiring David Brevik as a consultant.  Finally, we talk about what appears to be the second death of G4 Television.

Topics Discussed

• Congratz to ChainChompBraden
• Goodbye Stadia
  • The Future of Cloud Gaming
• Mario and Rabbids Donkey Kong Adventures
• Endless Magic the Gathering Spoiler Season
• Rhythm Games
  • Trombone Champ
• Torchlight Infinite
  • Buying Legitimacy
  • David Brevik Consultancy
• The Second Death of G4

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Hey Folks!  We were expecting to be down both a Grace and a Tam but at the very last minute, Tam was available.  We talked a bit about the new Return to Monkey Island game and how it is educating us on important anchor facts.  From there we talk about one of the longest-to-deliver Kickstarter called Two Guys Spaceventure, which styles itself as a new Space Quest game but largely fails at delivering.  From there we talk about the card games of Richard Garfield and what his initial design intent was versus how the games actually play.  From there we talk a bit about Star Ocean: The Divine Force which has released a demo this week.  We talked a bit about the announcement of the 4000 Series Nvidia cards and the 70% price increase that comes with them.  We talked about how Twitch seems to be eating itself and the onslaught of folks shifting to YouTube after changes in revenue splits.  Finally, Bel talks about getting a Steam Deck and how he has already caused his device to get into a boot loop.  We talk a bit about how the hardware works as an utterly hands-off console for Tam but also allows Bel to tinker endlessly with his setup.

Topics Discussed

• Return to Monkey Island
• Two Guys Spaceventure
• As Garfield Intended
  • Pokemon
  • Magic the Gathering
  • Richard Garfield’s Intent
• Star Ocean: The Divine Force Demo
• Nvidia Price Hike
  • Don’t buy a 4000 Series Card
  • AMD Price Drops
• Twitch Eats Itself
  • The migration to YouTube
• Bricking the Steam Deck
  • Bel gets a Deck and Fiddles with it
  • Logitech G Cloud doesn’t make sense

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We start off the show with a hearty congratulations to Tam who will likely be out for a few weeks because he is in dad mode with a very “smol hume”.  From there we talk a bit about the Fall of Babylon…  or at least Babylon’s Fall and the game we never understood why it was a thing officially shuttering in February.  It has been a very Not-E3 week as all major players had a significant presence at the Tokyo Game Show.  More specifically we talk a lot about everything that came out of the Nintendo Direct.  It is time for the Nightmare Tower in Guild Wars 2 as Season 1 Episode 4 drops, leaving we believe only one more episode to go before the story hole has officially been patched.  Bel talks at length about his adventures on the New World PTR and more specifically some of the massive changes to how crafting works.  From there we dive into a discussion about Path of Exile and how it isn’t really a “chill” game.  When the game is good it is great, but when it is bad it is atrocious.  As always though when we complain about games it comes from a place of love, because if we don’t really care…  we just don’t talk about it.

Topics Discussed

• Babylon’s Fall Shutdown
• Tokyo Game Show
• Nintendo Direct
• New World PTR
• Path of Exile Frustrations

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