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AggroChat #311 – Endless Potential, Zero Fun

August 16, 2020 by Belghast

Bel spent a few hours playing the Avengers Beta and has some things to say about it. There are what he feels to be fundamental problems with the game that are not likely fixable before the September 4th launch. Kodra gives some recommendations for a few Sudoku games that allow you to play some of those interesting edge case games. We pick up a conversation from last week and talked about Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition and more directly the update cycle for physical games and how it doesn’t exactly work. Warframe announced a major change at Virtual TennoCon and we talk about the Helminth and how it is going to shake up the meta. Finally Bel talks quickly about the Tony Hawk Pro Skater Warehouse Demo and how the game feels exceptionally good.

Topics Discussed

Avengers Beta is Bad
Good Sudoku and Miracle Sudoku
Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition
- The Physical Game Update Cycle
Warframe Helminth
- Gotta Collect Em All
Tony Hawk Pro Skater Warehouse Demo is Good

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AggroChat #310 – Precision is Power

August 9, 2020 by Belghast

Tonight we talk GenCon Online, Horizon Zero Dawn on PC, Gundam EX vs Maxiboost ON, Death Stranding and Companion Apps for Tabletop Gaming — Featuring: Ammo, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo and Thalen

Due to improper planning and the fact that last week was Belghast’s wedding anniversary so we called it for the evening. Tonight we are back and with a proper show chock full of goodness. Actually just prior to the show Tam carpet bombed the trello with like two dozen topics, so we will probably be in business for several weeks. Kodra participated in the very first GenCon Online and has lots of things to talk about regarding it. During the middle of this discussion we break into a side tangent about how we feel like Shadowrun would work well using the World of Darkness Storyteller system. Grace and Bel revisit Horizon Zero Dawn on the PC and talk about how much better the game feels with a mouse and keyboard. Ash talks about playing Gundam EX vs Maxiboost ON and this leads to a side discussion about Gundam Breaker. Bel talks about finishing Death Stranding and how emotionally connected he was to the characters in the game. Finally we dive into a discussion about games and companion apps and how a lot of tabletop gaming and the company fear of the internet shoots them in the foot.

Topics Discussed

GenCon Online
- Shadowrun should be a Storyteller Game
Horizon Zero Dawn on PC
- So much better with mouse
Gundam EX vs Maxiboost ON
- Gundam Breaker
Death Stranding
- Emotional Feels
Rise of the Companion App
- Fear of the Internet

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AggroChat #309 – Gamers and Toxic Expectations

July 26, 2020 by Belghast

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

Bel starts the show off with a discussion about the challenges of playing classic games on modern televisions and how his journey has led him down a rabbit hole that ended up with the Retro Freak. From there we talk about what happens when the expectations of gamers leads to toxic expectations. Namely this came into scope over the last few weeks with the reaction to two recent Nintendo Directs. From there we drive into a discussion about making your own goals in a game and how Tam has found that effective in Guild Wars 2. This leads to a discussion about when games bribe you to behave a certain way. Finally we close the show out with Kodra talking about making meta events happen, and oftentimes folks are willing to flock to a zone if you manage to do all the early phases.

Topics Discussed

Retro Games on a Modern Television
- The Retro Freak
When Expectations Turn Toxic
- Nintendo Fans Are Extreme
- Gamer Identity
Guild Wars 2
- Making Your Own Goals
- Games Bribing You
- Making Metas Happen

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AggroChat #308 – Dance Battle Time

July 19, 2020 by Belghast

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

This evening we record an entire show where we basically talk about three games. The first of these is Ooblets which came out this week in early access and how it is a blending of Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, Pokemon and a Card Battler. From there we talk about Ghosts of Tsushima and how it presents Samurai gameplay in a new high fidelity light. Additionally we talk a bit about Kurosawa mode which offers you a unique black and white/film grain way of playing the game. Finally Bel talks about his adventures being a post apocalyptic fedex driver in a world seemingly run on twitter likes… aka Death Stranding. He talks a bit about the odd social aspect of the game where other players can only have a possible positive impact without ever causing any negatives.