AggroChat Podcast

Tonight we are surprised to have with us Kodra and his five-day-old daughter.  Gotta get that podcasting started early.  This evening Ash and Tam talk about attending Pax Prime during a Pandemic and the oddities that come with that.  After that, we dive into a topic that we somewhat previewed at the end of last week’s show, but Magic the Gathering goes to some really odd places in 2022.  It seems that Wizards of the Coast is finally taking advantage of the fact that they exist in a game setting that can travel to all sorts of dimensions.  Bel talks for a bit about his adventures with the Gamesir X2 controller that turns any Android phone into something resembling a Nintendo Switch.  Finally, we talk about how the mechanics of “Real-time with pause” is generally awful and talk about some of the games that would have been made better with a proper turn-based mode.  Lastly, a quick topic as Kodra talks a bit about the 2.3 updates for VVVVVV and how he hopes to try speedrunning some other modes.

Topics Discussed

• Attending PAX During Pandemic
  • Interesting games
• Magic in 2022
  • Cyberpunk Kamigawa
  • Art Deco Gangland
  • Street Fighter
  • Fortnite
• Gamesir X2 Android Controller
  • PS5 Remote Play
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Steam 
• Real-Time with Pause Sucks
  • Pathfinder
  • Pillars of Eternity
  • Dragon Age: Origins
• VVVVVV 2.3 Released
  • Kodra can speed run more modes

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Tonight we talk about several things that Blizzard claimed were impossible, making their way into the 9.1.5 patch.  Is this fan service or an act of desperation in trying to stem the hemorrhaging of players?  From there we talk about how other games have done a better job of making sure that players’ feedback was heard and understood.  Thalen talks about the release of Psychonauts 2 and how it has been a long time coming.  Kodra discusses the frustrations of the game featuring callbacks to a virtual-reality-only game that very few players have been able to experience.  From there we talk about Marvel Crisis Protocol, a skirmish scale miniatures game as well as the revolving door of miniature games that have come and gone from game stores.  Finally, we preview a topic for next week, as we talk about all of the weird places that Magic the Gathering is going to go this coming year.

Topics Discussed

• Blizzard Eats Crow
  • Undoing Covenant Restrictions
  • Undoing Conduit Energy
  • Fanservice Racial Changes
  • Too little too late
  • Why we still can’t play Blizzard games
• Psychonauts 2
  • Connections to previous games
  • Collectible platformers
• Marvel Crisis Protocol
  • Marvel Skirmish Miniatures
  • Coming and going of Miniature games

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Tonight we start off with the travails of Belghast attempting to heal things on Scholar.  Kodra chimes in with his own experiences in the same class.  Bel talks a bit about getting to the bottom of the weird obsession that seems to be taking place with hitting +99/+99 aetherpool as fast as humanly possible in Palace of the Dead.  This leads to some discussions of WoW mindsets showing up in FFXIV players.  Bel and Ammo talk a bit about The Diadem and super chill leveling gatherers.  We talk at length about Wildermyth and how it does an excellent job of replicating the tabletop RPG experience in a digital interface.  Finally, we talk a bit about Art Software and Ash’s explorations of what works for him with Ammo and Bel chiming in a bit towards the end.

Topics Discussed:

• Bel Trying to Heal Stuff
• Gotta get 99/99 Fast
  • WoW Mentalities in FFXIV
• The Diadem
• Wildermyth
• Adventures in Art Software

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Tonight we start the show with some discussion of copyright trolls trying to prove how broken our system is by copyrighting a Magic the Gathering deck.  From there Grace talks about her experiences with the Kickstarter Kitfox game Boyfriend Dungeon.  We revisit The Ascent as Bel, Grace, and Thalen have now played the game and relate their experiences of how it is not really Diablo but also really enjoyable.  Ashgar and Kodra share their experiences of playing Bullet <3 in co-op and the challenges it presents.  Bel talks a bit about the most recent controversy in FFXIV of people freaking out about Cruise Chaser not being a PVP mount and instead sold on the store.  We talk a bit about Moonfire Faire and the bear friend mount.  Finally, we wrap things up with a discussion of Katana Zero and Kodra’s experience playing it.

Topics Discussed:

• Copyrighting your Magic Deck
• Boyfriend Dungeon
  • The Joys of Smooching Swords
• The Ascent
  • Grace, Bel, and Thalen have played now
• Bullet <3 Co-Op
• Cruise Chaser Controversy
• FFXIV Moonfire Faire
• Katana Zero

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