AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut Podcast Mark "Belghast" Temple
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- Ocio
The podcast is a conversational look at video games, primarily focusing on the Online and Multiplayer PC genres. Join Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Ashgar, Kodra, and Tam as they discuss current news and trip down memory lane.
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AggroChat #481 - Off Meta Fun
Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, and Kodra
Hey Folks! We are down a few folks who are travelling this week. Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there. We start off with Bel talking about the recent controversies surrounding New World Aeternum and the general marketing self-own of that announcement and seemingly ignoring the current player base. We roll into a discussion about Steam Next Fest and a few games we have played, namely: Flintlock, Dungeon Clawler, and Beastie Ball. From there we talk a bit about Guild Wars 2 releasing information about the new spear attacks for three more jobs and how fun some of the general off meta weapons can be. Bel talks about getting his confidence back and tanking once more for the first time in a few years in Final Fantasy XIV. Ash and Kodra talk about their recent experiences playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon as a Tabletop Roleplaying Game. Finally, we talk a bit about the influx of monster collection games including some more discussion about Beastie Ball.
Topics Discussed:
New World Aeternum
Marketing Self-Own
Steam Next Fest
Flintlock Siege at Dawn
Dungeon Clawler
Beastie Ball
Guild Wars 2
More Spears Released
Fun with Off Meta Weapons
Final Fantasy XIV
Bel Got His Groove Back
PokeRole
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon as TTRPG
Monster Collection Games
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AggroChat #480 - Number One Fan
Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen
Hey Folks! Bel crash lands the introduction by completely managing to skip over Thalen. We have a pretty packed show as several things got bumped from the previous show. We start off the show with some discussion of Luck Be A Landlord, a game that was compared to Balatro. From there we talk a bit about Summer Games Fest, admittedly in a disjointed manner while also talking about the Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail Media Tour Embargo lifting. Bel has now wrapped up the Post Endwalker content ans is significantly more excited for Dawntrail. Grace talks about the Alan Wake II DLC and her experiences so far with Number One Fan. Tam talks about Star Trek Resurgence. Collectively we talk about some One Shot TTRPG Ideas, and Kodra shares some thoughts about Dropout TV. Finally we talk a bit about Kodra’s experiences with the Kitsune Tails Demo on Steam.
Topics Discussed:
Luck Be A Landlord
Summer Games Fest
FFXIV Dawntrail Media Tour
Bel Wraps up Post-Endwalker
Alan Wake II DLC
Number One Fan
Star Trek Resurgence
RPG One Shots
Dropout TV
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AggroChat #479 - Froggers
Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen
Hey Folks! Apologies for another missed show last week but Bel very narrowly missed some Twisty Weather. This week we start off the show with a discussion of Grace’s recent experiences in Diablo IV and how the game has changed for the better. From there we talk about Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail and how a number of us are on the fence about playing it. Ammo shares her thoughts about the expansion. Bel talks about his recent experience with Pandaria Remix and how it has jarred him out of his stupor when it comes to forming groups and playing with other human beings. Bel also shares some of the recent happenings with the Frogger incident. Tam discusses his dive into Warhammer Orks and how they are maybe the best that game has to offer in the vibes department. We close out the show with some discussion about a weirdly good Random PVP mode in AFK Journey.
Topics Discussed:
Grace’s experiences with Diablo IV
AmmosArt Explains FFXIV Dawntrail
World of Warcraft Pandaria Remix
The Frogger Incident
Orks are the best of Warhammer
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AggroChat #478 - Bullethell Raid Simulator
Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen
Hey Folks! We start off the show talking about some of the recent updates to Pathfinder adding a number of player background options including build your own animal race. Kodra talks about his experience finishing up Animal Well, and Ash talks about playing a game that mimics raiding in Final Fantasy XIV called Rabbit & Steel. Bel shares his thoughts so far about Diablo IV Season 4, where they gave up on whatever the original vision was and just made the ARPG people expected them to make. This ends up in a side conversation about how breaking an implied promise and removing content from your game is very hard to pull off. We talk about still being bitter about Cataclysm and Destiny 2.
Topics Discussed:
Pathfinder Animal Options
Animal Well Finished
Rabbit & Steel
FFXIV Bullethell Raid Simulator
Diablo 4 Season 4
They decided to make the game folks wanted
Changing Content is REALLY hard
Cataclysm Blowing up the World
Destiny Deleting Content -
AggroChat #477 - Why Fallout Works
Featuring: Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen
We have a pretty big show which is surprising given we are down a few folks. Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers out there who might be listening to this show. We start talking about Bluey Surprise! Episode, and then dive into Kodra’s thoughts about Guild Wars 2 Season 1. Bel talks a bit about why the Fallout series works but the Witcher series did not after the first season. Grace talks about Wylde Flowers a witchy queer farming sim and Thalen his experiences with Little Kitty Big City. Kodra shares his thoughts about the platformer Metroidvania Animal Well and Tam about the massive changes with Star Citizen 3.23. Lastly, Bel talks a bit about beating “The Feared” in Path of Exile on a non-bossing character.
Topics Discussed:
Bluey the “Surprise!” episode
Guild Wars 2 Living Season 1
Why Fallout Series Works by Witcher Does Not
Wylde Flowers
Little Kitty Big City
Animal Well
Star Citizen 3.23
Virtual Tabletops
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AggroChat #476 - Viva New Vegas
Featuring: Belghast, Kodra, and Tamrielo
Hey Folks! We have a bit of a “Smol” show at least when it comes to cast. Last week we had to take that off because Bel was in “duck and cover” mode do to the storm system tearing through the center of the country and producing over one hundred Tornados. This week we had a bunch of folks with other commitments leaving it with just Bel, Kodra, and Tam. We talk a bit about the Helldivers Review Bomb, Angry Tarkov Players, and a now-fixed outrageous bug in Path of Exile that allowed for 18 linking a skill. From there we dive into some of Tam’s recent experiences in trying to get Fallout New Vegas up and running and how like Bel said a few weeks back… the games really still hold up well once you get past the technical limitations. Kodra gives a bit of a round-up of Metroidvania titles that he has been playing recently and then talks a bit about considering Strawberry Jam “done” after beating the Expert Lobby Yellows.
Topics Discussed
Helldivers Review Bomb
Path of Exile Ridiculous Socket Bug
The Effort of installing Fallout New Vegas
Older Fallout Games Still Hold Up
Fallout New California TCM
Metroidvania Roundup
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
TEVI
Celeste Strawberry Jam
Expert Lobby Yellows Completed