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AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #532 - Is It Game? Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We got the full crew and dived into the topic of what defines a game. Is it still a game if it mostly plays itself? From there, we talk about the recent acquisition of Eleventh Hour Games by Krafton and what it might mean for the future of Last Epoch. We reprise the topic of connecting with players since Kodra was out last week and had thoughts. This deteriorates into a general topic about Guild Wars 2 and chasing rare items. Tam shares the conclusion to...2025-07-271h 09
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #531 - Commodore Is Back? Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are down a Kodra this week but assembled a surprisingly long list of topics. First off Bel discusses the return of Commodore and the new product being released. Blaugust is coming up soon, and Bel is not running it this year. Tam shares the tribulations of trying to upgrade a PC right now, and the expense of hardware. Ash is finally back on the Final Fantasy XVI trai,n and it is really good. Donkey Kong Bananza is pretty great… but completely unintelligible. BPL or Ba...2025-07-201h 13
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #530 - Stardew Pirates Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks. We start off with a pretty frank discussion as to why we did not record last week and the death of Belghast’s wife of almost thirty years. From there, we talk about what if Stardew Valley were a Pirates game with Seablip. Bel shares his thoughts about the overwhelming success of KPOP Demon Hunters. Kodra has reached the endgame of Minecraft Dungeons and talks about Apocalypse. The crew has been playing some Sunderfolk and talking about that experience, and Tam shares his initial thoughts about Sk...2025-07-131h 08
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #529 - Illing with Illagers Featuring: AmmosArt, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week, we start off talking about Four Job Fiesta and how Ash’s playthrough is going as he takes the donation route to fix his class choices. Bel talks about the Absolum a new demo up on Steam which mashes together Streets of Rage, Hades, and Darkest Dungeon into a really fun Roguelike Beat Em Up. From there, Kodra talks about his recent foray into Minecraft Dungeons and how it is a really good entry point to the ARPG/Diablo-like genre. Ash has been revis...2025-06-291h 19
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #528 - How Do Rails Work? Featuring: AmmosArt, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen The Nintendo Switch 2 has been out for long enough that folks have really gotten some time to play Mario Kart World, and we discuss some of its features. We also talk a bit about the Donkey Kong Direct and the upcoming game releasing in July. It is the second week of Path of Exile 3.26, and Bel talks about his progress so far and some of the finer details of Mercenaries. We talk briefly about the news that Marathon has been delayed to an indefinite date in the fut...2025-06-221h 10
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #526 - Fear the Sun Featuring: AmmosArt, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are down a Grace this week, but still end up filling up more than our normal slot full of nonsense. There is a big sale going on right now for Guild Wars 2, and if you have ever thought about checking it out, now is the time. The Nintendo Switch 2 was released, and we are all pretty happy with it so far, and was at least a MASSIVE upgrade over the OG launch Switch. We talk a bit about the Summer Games Fest… which we only...2025-06-0858 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #525 - Insurance for Cats Featuring: AmmosArt, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! We are down a Thalen this week, but that is mostly because he was up visiting Bel Town, so Bel talks a bit about that. Kodra discusses how playing a lot of Blue Prince has ruined his brain for every other game… especially Cyberpunk 2077. It is Path of Exile 3.26 Spoiler Season, and Bel talks about some of the quality of life changes coming. Tam shares his experiences with Skin Deep and why it may not be the “sandbox stealth” game that it is purported to be. Kodra...2025-06-0150 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #524 - Fun To Lose Featuring: AmmosArt, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are down a Grace this week and start off with what seems like a reasonable list of topics… that we immediately have to bump half of because the night ran long. Thalen starts off with a bit of a rebuttal to our Eurovision topic as he shares his thoughts about Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente. From there, we talk about the death of Marathon and potentially Bungie as things keep getting worse for that game and its studio. Speaking of angry crowds… we also ta...2025-05-251h 05
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #523 - Get That Slorm Featuring: AmmosArt, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, and Kodra Hey Folks! We are down a few folks, but we had a lot to talk about. Bel and Grace have been watching Eurovision for several years at this point… and talk about some nonsense that went on during the Saturday show that was amazing. From there, Ash shares his broadening love of Taiko Drum games and tries to figure out a way to play them at home. Bel talks a bit about recent Last Epoch updates that have added quite a bit of quality of life to the game...2025-05-181h 05
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #522 - What Makes a Crossover? Featuring: AmmosArt, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mothers out there who might be listening to our show. We are down an Ash and a Grace and have an under-the-weather Kodra, but push on. We start off with Bel asking the question: What is the bare minimum required for something to be called a crossover in a game? Kodra shares his thoughts about his playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077 and how it gives the impression of time pressure, but that there really is not any. This branches off into a who...2025-05-111h 05
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #521 - The French JRPG Featuring: AmmosArt, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We start off with almost no topics on the docket and then fill up a full show as we are rolling. Bel saw Thunderbolts and shares that it might be the best Marvel movie he has seen since Guardians 3. From there, Tam dives into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, an aggressively French take on the JRPG genre that is insanely good. Grace shares their experiences with Conquest Dark, a new Vampire-Survivors-like that they have been playing. Bel gets sucked back into Path of Exile for Pohx Lea...2025-05-0454 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #520 - Prophecy Fulfilled Featuring: AmmosArt, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Thalen Good Morning Folks! We are down a Tam this week and went into this with no topics on the docket… and still managed to pull together a full-length episode. We talk a bit about our experiences attempting to preorder the Nintendo Switch 2, and what a massive cluster that was. From there, we talk a bit about the worst-kept gaming secret, the Oblivion remaster, and how magical this product is. Magic: The Gathering has seemingly lost its mind, and we talk a bit about the Omenpaths thing and how po...2025-04-2753 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #519 - Lord Orca Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Happy Easter to all of our listeners, since this happens to be dropping on the actual holiday. We talk a bit this week about how we recorded last week on the eleventh anniversary of this show… without realizing it until far too late to discuss. We start off the show talking about the second season of Last Epoch and the Tombs of the Erased expansion. This expansion is largely focused on the endgame, and for the last year, they have apparently been cooking because it is ama...2025-04-201h 06
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #518 - One Hundred Pages Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We were out last week but, as such, came back with a stacked list of topics to discuss. We start off talking about Path of Exile II and the bad launch patch for Dawn of the Hunt. We also talk about the interview between Zizaran and the Devs and the resulting updates. We then dive into some discussion about an amazing-looking season for Tombs of the Erased in Last Epoch coming next week and all of the new features. Kodra and Tam share their exper...2025-04-1359 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #517 - Aggressively British Fallout Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are down a Grace this week, but push on with several topics. This week, Path of Exile II revealed the Dawn of the Hunt league, and we talked a bit about how it did not really resolve some of the problems we had with the game. Bel also talks a bit about pushing up his third level 100 in the Legacy of Phrecia Event. We then discuss the very last Switch based Nintendo Direct because next week we are getting one announcing the Switch 2. Bel share...2025-03-301h 00
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #516 - Cooperative Design Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! We were out last week because Bel’s world was burning and all of the smoke was killing his lungs. This week we start off with a discussion about the Eleventh Hour Games and Grinding Gear Games situation as GGG pulls a Blizzard and ambushes the Last Epoch Season 2 launch. From there we talk about the chill tea shop gameplay of Wanderstop, telling us that sometimes it is a good idea to stop and relax for a bit. Tam and Kodra played through Wanderstop and talke...2025-03-2359 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #515 - Guild Authorizes This Hunt Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are down an Ash this week and start the show down a Kodra who slips in while we record. This week we talk about the press tour for Last Epoch Season 2 and some of the new information that came out on a podcast with Raxxanterax and Zizaran. From there we talk about the fatal wound that is the upcoming Season 8 in Diablo IV because Season 7 was apparently too fun and Blizzard cannot stomach that. Tam shares his experiences with Megamek an archaic way of play...2025-03-091h 18
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #514 - Seeking Tribooty Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are down our West Coast contingent this week but carried forth with a relatively short show. Bel talks a bit about the Anti Sanctum Alliance and how it seems to have actually made an impact at least in the pricing of Sanctum Tomes in the Legacy of Phrecia event. From there Thalen shares his experiences with The Roottrees Are Dead, which is a logic puzzle spiritual successor to games like Return of the Obra Dinn. We move on to talking a bit about Monster Hunter Wilds and...2025-03-0252 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #513 - Morrowindish Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We have the entire crew this week. We start off the show with Bel explaining to Kodra the weird faction war currently happening in the Path of Exile Reddit. Bel also talks about his experiences so far with the Legacy of Phrecia event. From there we talk a bit more about Avowed now that Tam has had a chance to play it. Kodra shares his experiences with Civilization VII talking about how wildly different of a Civ game it is. From there he also tal...2025-02-231h 10
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #512 - Simless Scrolls Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we are down a Grace and Kodra but get back an Ammo. We start off with a topic that got bumped from last week about how much of a difference music makes in games. Specifically, we talk a bit about Star Citizen getting music but also talk about how important good audio queues are. From there Bel shares his early experiences with Avowed a game by Obsidian that is very much Elder Scrolls if you removed the awkward simulationist tendencies. Ash and Bel talk a bit...2025-02-1648 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #511 - Closed Loops Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we are down an Ammo which throws Ash off a bit. We start off with a discussion about the changes to the death system and multiplayer in Windblown. From there we talk about the most recent updates to Utopia Must Fall. Citizen Sleeper 2 has been released and Tam shares some of his early thoughts. Dwarven Realms Season 3 is going on and the game continues to get more polished over time. Bel and Grace talk about the Lunar Awakening event and how it represents this...2025-02-091h 03
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #510 - Death From Above Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we started with a single topic… and by the time we were finished ended up having to bump half of the assembled topics to next week in order to keep the runtime down. We start off with Bel talking about the bad news for Path of Exile players, and how there is no new league around the corner. He also talks a bit about getting sucked into the private league that Pohx created which has capped out at 20,000 players. From there Grace talks a...2025-02-021h 10
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #509 - Surfing Witches Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are down a Tam this week but start off the show talking a bit about our various mental states with the happenings going on out in the world. From there Grace talks about Rusty’s Retirement a delightful idle game that has a lot of the same functionality as Stardew Valley but runs in a small window at the bottom of your monitor. From there we talk about Diablo IV Season 7 and how it is quite possibly the best D4 season ever… that no one is r...2025-01-261h 06
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #508 - It’s Really Real Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Welcome to our actual first show of the year since we did Games of the Year shows for the last two weeks. We start off with being shocked that the Nintendo Switch 2 leaks and rumors were actually real. From there we talk about the Path of Exile II Patch 0.1.1 information, Elon Musk’s being panned by the community and his subsequent Meltdown, and the frustrations of playing multiplayer. We also weave in a bit of discussion about Last Epoch as several of us are playing that a...2025-01-191h 14
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #507 - Games of the Year Show 2024 - Part Two Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We have a bit of a long show because we wound up cramming a few games that we missed in the first show into this list. We round out our yearly tradition with the second part of our Games of the Year show. I am once again so glad that we decided a few years ago to start doing these on multiple nights because this year would have been a four-hour-long epic marathon of recording. Games Discussed: Space Mari...2025-01-121h 46
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #506 - Games of the Year Show 2024 - Part One Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! It is that time again when we pull together our list of favorite games from 2024. In theory, we each get three primary choices and an almost unlimited number of honorable mentions… which causes us to divide the show into two packed episodes. In this case, we have 36 games on the list divided into two shows of roughly 18 games. Games Discussed: Unicorn Overlord Pesticides Not Required Minishoot Adventures Little Kitty Big City PC...2025-01-051h 23
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #505 - One Portal Woes Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! We are back this week and only actually down one person which seems great for the holiday season. This week we start off talking about Toad’s Item Factory which is a multiperson minigame in Super Mario Party Jamboree and Kodra talks about his experiences playing it with his kiddo. From there Tam shares his experiences with Nine Sols, which is in theory a game he should like but is not quite there. Several of us have made it to the Path of Exile II Endga...2024-12-291h 24
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #504 - You Know, For Kids Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen This week we start off with some discussion of the Video Game Trailer show… which really should just call itself that because the “Awards” thing feels like an afterthought at this point. Bel is excited for Witcher 4 and Dispatch, and Ash’s favorite game of all time is finally getting a Sequel. We also are curious what sort of game Intergalactic is going to end up being and sure hope it is not a soulslike. From there Bel talks about softening his thoughts about Path of Exile II as...2024-12-151h 16
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #503 - Over One Million Players Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we end up mostly talking about the early access launch for Path of Exile II. This truly was a feat of cloud engineering as the Grinding Gear Games team delayed for a few hours to prepare for the onslaught of over a million players… then the game just worked pretty much flawlessly until some minor issues on Saturday. It is hard to explain how big of a feat this is, especially considering the struggles that Last Epoch had with unexpected success, for a game...2024-12-081h 08
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #502 - One Engrossing Read Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We had a show where we were not certain we were going to record… and then suddenly essentially had everyone but Ashgar. Bel has been revisiting Starfield and talks about what a weirdly offputting game it is. From there Bel and Grace talk about their experiences with Dungeon Clawler which is essentially Peglin but with a Claw machine instead of Pachinko. Kodra has ventured forth into Veilguard and finds the pacing and structure a bit odd, so we talk about that and how it contrasts from t...2024-12-011h 14
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #501 - Endless Atlas Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This is ACTUALLY episode 501 and we have the entire crew. We start off talking about the Settle folks surviving what was effectively a category one hurricane and living without power for around 48 hours. From there Bel talks about finishing Dragon Age Veilguard and how the game has learned lessons from the Mass Effect 3 ending.Grace talks about their experiences with Enshrouded and starting the game from scratch. Thalen talks a bit about I am the Future and Ash shares his revisiting of N++ playing it c...2024-11-241h 18
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #500 - Information Deficit Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we talk about Episode 500 and the ramifications of recording that many shows. From there Ash talks a bit about Unnamed Sound Voltex Clone and Beatmania SImulator on his further descent into rhythm gaming. From there we talk a bit about Beastieball's early access as it steps ever closer to the full release. Dragonquest 3 HD-2D is out and we talk a bit about the changes to the game. A bunch of us got more keys to hand out for Soulframe and as a resul...2024-11-1756 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #499 - Pokemon Hearthstonification Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are all reeling a bit from the past week, but we start off things with the joyful return of Ammo from her trip to Japan. She spends a bit of time talking about all the arcade hopping and wonderful food that she found along the way. From there we dive into the furious growth of Pokemon TCG Pocket and how it has swept through our friend group. Ash talks about his experiences with Monster Hunter Wilds Beta and Bel shares his own comfort gaming in...2024-11-101h 04
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #498 - Rogue Missle Command Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are back after a week off last week due to too many being out. When we do one of those weeks missed we have a truly stupid number of topics to discuss, and this week is no exception. We start off talking a little bit about Xenoblade Chronicles X getting a Switch release date, and Utopia Must Fall the game that you get when you make Missile Command a Roguelike. Related we also talk a bit about Nodebuster which is going for a somewhat sim...2024-11-031h 10
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #497 - Kids on Bikes Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we start off with Ash’s early thoughts about Metaphor: ReFantazio. From there Grace and Bel decide to share some of the great things going on in Diablo IV after last week’s story bashfest. Kodra is Cursed and cannot upgrade hardware without it for some reason going completely off the rails. From there he talks about Mechwarrior 5: Clans where we are in fact the baddies. Tam shares his thoughts on Kingdom Eighties where kids on bikes try and save their hometown. Kodra has hit t...2024-10-201h 08
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #496 - Explosive Kitten Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Good Morning Folks! This week we had one topic dangling from the previous week so we started out with some discussion about Ravenswatch and their interesting take on the action roguelike genre. From there Bel and Grace share their thoughts about Diablo IV Vessel of Hatred and how Blizzard largely missed the mark with the story, but that the game is in a pretty good mechanical state otherwise. From there Tam shares his experiences with the new Rogue Trader CRPG DLC Void Shadows. Then we wrap thin...2024-10-131h 09
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #495 - Just Let Your Soul Glo Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We start the show with a quick discussion about Path of Exile, and how we are now two months into a League, a position where things would normally be dead… and that the Currency Exchange is still hopping. This leads to a secondary discussion about Kodra’s woes as he attempts to do the Merchant Guild thing in the Last Epoch. From there Bel talks about Witchfire with its Hexen meets Destiny meets Hades PVE extraction shooter gameplay. Bel also got an invite to Soulframe Preludes...2024-10-061h 23
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #494 - Stardew Survivors Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we continue to chip away at the massive list of topics from our time off. We start off the show with an adorable Frog version of Vampire Survivors meets Stardew Valley called Pesticide Not Required. From there we talk a bit about Pokemon Go and what it is like playing it with your kids. Ash continues his dive into rhythm games via the Round1 Arcade, this time with Beatmania. Space Marine 2 has been released and a bunch of the folks on the podca...2024-09-291h 06
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #493 - So Many Lizards Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Apologies for taking a few weeks off but Covid kicked Belghast’s butt and he is the person who records, edits, and posts the show. This week we had a mountain of topics to get through and got nowhere close to hitting them all. Last Epoch has their very poorly named cycle reset going on, in which they added some pretty freaking cool new features like Loot Lizards, Stash Priority system, and the Imperial Undead event. We talk a lot about the game and then...2024-09-221h 14
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #492 - Obtuse Unlocks Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are down a handful of folks but continue pushing forward. We start off with talking about a world where Arcades did not die out… aka Japan and what the 2020 Covid crisis did to them. This leads to a discussion about playing DDR and similar rhythm games at home. From there Bel talks about the upcoming update to Last Epoch where they are doing a mid cycle reset and some of the reasons why this is happening. Ammo talks about her experiences returning to Guild Wars 2 and Bel s...2024-09-011h 08
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #491 - The Spearhead Format Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We actually finally get around to having the Age of Sigmar discussion, and more specifically talk at length about Warhammer Fantasy and the new Spearhead game mode which feels a bit like a Magic the Gathering Format. From there Kodra talks about his recent experience attending the Dragonflight Convention in the Seattle Area for the first time. Related to that he talks about his experiences playing Starfinder 2.0. Tam has made it further into Fallout London and shares some more thoughts about it, and Bel dives into his n...2024-08-251h 10
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #490 - Dawntrail Spoiler Show - Part Two Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! After taking a week off from it, we are returning to our Dawntrail full spoiler show. This week we say hi to Tam and Kodra… before they boop out of the show given that neither has actually played FFXIV recently. We pick up where we left off with the coronation of the new Dawn Servant and then dive into all of the “things” that happen after that. We also talk a bit about the story surrounding the first raid of the expansion in the Arcadion. 2024-08-181h 41
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #489 - Kodra the Dreamer Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we are taking a break from the Dawntrail topic because Ammo was not available. As a result we dive into a normal topic load starting with Grace talking about their experience playing Diablo IV Season 5. From there we dive into a mega topic of Kodra and his recent trip to GenCon. He talks about True Dungeon, Various Assorted LARPs, and some of the cool stuff from the convention floor. We also dive into a discussion about how a convention reforms its reputation as being...2024-08-111h 28
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #488 - Dawntrail Spoiler Show - Part One Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, and Thalen Hey Folks! For years we have had this tradition of recording a full spoiler show once all of the folks who are actively playing Final Fantasy XIV have completed the content. We knew this would be an epic undertaking given that we never got around to recording a post-Endwalker show. This is absolutely going to at a minimum be two shows… maybe three depending upon how well the next show goes. We used to record these epic five hour long shows that I edited down into chunks… but have thankf...2024-08-041h 41
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #487 - Wraeclast Trading Company Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen This week we dive into the brand new Path of Exile league as we assist the Settlers of Kalguur. We talk about our experiences with the exceptionally detailed league mechanic so far. Tam contrasts his experience with this league with his experience playing Last Epoch. We talk a bit about our league starts and how the progress is going in both games. From there we talk a bit about the Fallout London total conversion mod for Fallout 4. Lastly we talk a little bit about Zenless Zone Zero the l...2024-07-281h 05
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #486 - Sheep for Divines Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Thalen Good Morning Folks! I am going to give you fair warning… this is a very Path of Exile episode. We pushed that topic to the very end of the show but once you hit it… it is pretty much an hour of talk about the upcoming Settlers of Kalguur League. We start off the show with some discussion about Last Epoch and the most recent market crash that banned exploiters… but left all the gold in the bloated market economy. From there we dive into Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail...2024-07-211h 09
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #485 - The Fantasia Dare Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are back in fighting form with the entire crew. We start off discussing SGDQ or Summer Games Done Quick a massive speedrunning community event. From there we talk a bit about the Path of Exile 3.25 Settlers of Kalgur spoilers and some of the changes that are being made. Then we roll into Last Epoch Cycle 2 which has so many amazing gameplay and polish improvements. Lastly Bel and Grace talk about their nonsense mission to replay all of the FFXIV content and some of the e...2024-07-141h 27
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #484 - Pray Return Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Last night we recorded a show in which we attempted to thread the most delicate needle. Ammo, Bel, Grace, and Thalen have all finished the Dawntrail MSQ and only really want to talk about that. Tam however has not even started it, nor has he finished any of the post-Endwalker content. So we play this game of minesweeper where we attempt to talk about our thoughts and feelings about Dawntrail… without actually revealing any meaningful information about the expansion. Bel and Grace also talk about their experien...2024-07-071h 13
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #483 - Kids and Origins Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are back to a full crew this week. We start off with a discussion about Fallen Aces which leads into a larger discussion of games that feel like spiritual successors to other games. From there we talk about Kodra’s experiences with Origins and taking his kiddo to at least part of it. We revisit the Nintendo Direct discussion from last week with a few things that Kodra specifically wanted to talk about. Tam has returned to Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis and how i...2024-06-301h 09
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #482 - Roguelike Asteroids Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! We are down essentially half our folks and as a result we have a bit shorter show than our normal fare. We start off with some discussion about Grace’s return to Final Fantasy XIV and how Bel “influenced” them into coming back. From there we talk a bit about Four Job Fiesta and how the White Mage start is REALLY rough. We dive into Nova Drift and talk about its roguelike take on Asteroids or Geometry Wars. Tam talks about his love of arcade racers and talks abou...2024-06-2339 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #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...2024-06-1659 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #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...2024-06-091h 09
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #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 ou...2024-06-021h 19
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #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...2024-05-191h 22
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #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. ...2024-05-121h 27
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #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 a...2024-05-051h 24
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #475 - Wasteland Dreams Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen We had a bit of a cursed show… Tam lost power and was essentially knocked out of the rest of the show and then Ash disconnects as well and takes a bit to get back in. We push through however as we always do. Bel talks about returning to Fallout 76 and all of the cool changes that have been put in since he last played. Thalen talks about Open Source Star Control 2 aka Free Stars. Ash continues his journey into Roguelikes talking about Anomaly Collapse and Inkbound. Thalen an...2024-04-211h 16
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #474 - Decade of AggroChat Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! On April 13th of 2014, we recorded the very first episode of AggroChat so last night the stars aligned just perfectly for us to be recording on our ten-year anniversary. We start the show by discussing a few different AFK games, namely Gnorp Apologue and AFK Journey. From there Bel talks a bit about the new Fallout TV Series and how it nails the setting and tone of the game. Kodra and Thalen talk a bit about the latest Bluey episode Ghostbasket. Kodra and Tam discus...2024-04-141h 37
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #473 - Successor to Loom Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we are down a Kodra and a Grace but carry on with a short list of topics. First, we talk some more about playing Secrets of Grindea in its final form. Tam has ventured forth into Helldivers 2 and talks a bit about what makes the gameplay so infectious. Thalen introduces us further into Chants of Sennaar a game that he has decided is the spiritual successor to Loom. Bel is amazed at what a difference a few percentages make as Necropolis League in Path of E...2024-04-0755 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #472 - Corpse Based Crafting Featuring: AmmosArt, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Since this episode will be coming out on Easter, Happy Easter to all who celebrate. Last night we talked about Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs for that more approachable Gloomhaven experience. We took a trip over to the Switch and discussed Mario vs Donkey Kong and Princess Peach Showtime. Bel talks a bit about his experiences with World of Warcraft Plunderstorm. Then we dive into a discussion about the Hugo Award Nominees and how hopefully 2024 will be a more reasonable year. This week the Necropolis League started in Path of E...2024-03-311h 27
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #471 - Drinkable Mayonnaise Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Thalen, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! Grace has returned to Stardew Valley and we spent some time discussing some recent changes… including the mayo meme. From there we talk a bit about Balatro as folks have had a chance to dive into it. Tam talks about his experiences with Pacific Drive and its unique blend of Car Survival games. This week was the full reveal stream for Path of Exile Necropolis League and we spent a bit of time talking through some of the significant game system changes. Finally, we end the sho...2024-03-241h 29
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #470 - The Impact of Epoch Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks we’re back! Sorry for the week off but we return with a full docket of topics. We start off with some more discussion of Last Epoch and how everyone is still enjoying the game. Bel dinged 100 for the first time and we talked a bit about buildcraft and approachability. From there Bel talks about Dwarven Realms an ARPG of a sort that has gained traction this week amongst some of the streamers that is just “big dumb fun”. From there Ash goes down a list of Ro...2024-03-171h 20
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #469 - Explosion Specialist Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Tonight we are back with the whole crew. We start off the show talking about how Secrets of Grindea, a game that we did an early gameclub show about… has FINALLY launched out of Early Access. From there we talk about Last Epoch some more as Kodra was out last week and has much to say about explosions. We also discussed building different characters and how the game rewards them. Bel attempts a Tier list but gets shut down as he is the only one who still...2024-03-031h 18
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #468 - Accessible Design is Important Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are back after taking a break last week due to the limited number of folks available. This week we start off with a topic that has bounced around a bit on our docket. Namely, we marvel at just how balanced City of Heroes/City of Villians is and what a pinnacle of system design it really is. Bel spent a bit of time playing Nightingale now that is available in early access, and talks about the mess of a game that it is. Finally, we dive...2024-02-251h 18
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #467 - Bombardier Falcon Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we have a sick Bel that is trying to hold on during the show and a very long-distance Kodra, but it all works out in the end. We start off with some discussion about Marvel reprinting the Godzilla comic run that has been out of print for decades. From there Bel and Grace talk a bit about some recent experiences with Enshrouded and playing it multiplayer. Bel also talks a bit about the endgame and its strengths and weaknesses. From there we talk...2024-02-111h 02
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #466 - When Crowd Control Mattered Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! It has been a few weeks since we recorded a normal show and I think we had a bunch of conversation in us waiting to get out. As a result, we recorded a bit longer than we should have but that is okay! We talk about Celeste 64 and that sort of gameplay translates to a very Mario 64 inspired game. From there Kodra shares his experiences with Songs of Conquest a game that is very much a nostalgic continuation of the Heroes of Might and Mag...2024-02-041h 31
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #465 - 2023 Games of the Year Show - Part Two Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! It is that time again, time for our yearly Games of the Year show. Last year we learned that it was far better to record two weeks in a row instead of creating a marathon three-plus hour long show and cutting it in half. This week we dive into the second half of the show covering the final eleven games. These are games that were important to us this year and may or may not have actually been released this calendar year. A lot of t...2024-01-281h 31
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #464 - 2023 Games of the Year Show - Part One Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! It is that time again, time for our yearly Games of the Year show. Last year we learned that it was far better to record two weeks in a row instead of creating a marathon three-plus hour long show and cutting it in half. So this week I bring you the first part covering fourteen games and for those who have not listened to one of these before… these are games that were important to us this year and may or may not have actua...2024-01-2158 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #463 - Paragon City Returns Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Hopefully, everyone is staying warm this week with the big cold snap hitting the center of the country and more specifically impacting Bel and Thalen. This week we start off talking about the Rogue Trader CRPG and how it is doing a pretty solid job of moving the bar forward. From there we talk a bit about the upcoming Granblue Fantasy Action RPG and how we have been waiting for it since 2017. In shocking news, we talk about the City of Heroes Homecoming server and how...2024-01-141h 10
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #462 - Copying Homework Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Thalen Hey Folks! Happy New Year! We are back after the holiday break and are delaying our Games of the Year Show until a bit later in the month. This week we talk about the Dave the Diver Dredge Crossover, Super Mario RPG and Thalen’s child plotting an interesting course through the game, and a return to Monster Hunter World. With Bobby Kotick leaving ActiBlizz, Bel has stepped back into World of Warcraft and talks a bit about his thoughts so far and the inspirations taken from Guild Wars...2024-01-071h 20
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #461 - Respecs Should Be Free Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! This is potentially our last show of the year because the next few weeks and the holidays within them… are going to make it very hard to gather a quorum. This week we are going to be brutally honest and tell you that if you have no interest in Path of Exile, then this might be a show for your to skip. While we have a very brief conversation about Pokemon Mystery Dungeon and Kodra saving the day and being the big kid rescuing a stranded party, the sh...2023-12-171h 22
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #460 - Spoopy Forest Friends Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are back with everyone and it is weird how long it has been since we have done a full seven-person show! Tonight we discuss the Game Awards and some of the negative reception surrounding it. We talked for a bit about the Monarch television show and the larger Legacy Pictures Monsterverse. Tam talks about The Exit 8 and the liminal weirdness of an ever-shifting train station. Then we dive into the Path of Exile Affliction League and more specifically our private “Bel League” and how that...2023-12-101h 10
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #459 - An Elegy for Pohx Featuring: Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are down basically the front half of the alphabet for this show, but the remaining four of us end up recording a deceptively long episode. Path of Exile revealed the details of the Affliction League and we had an awful lot to say about that. We talk through one of the biggest meta-shakeups in the game’s history. Bel also picks a fight with Kodra apparently when he called Guild Wars 2 more of an ARPG than an MMO. It all resolves peacefully however as we realize those j...2023-12-031h 28
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #458 - Muddied WatersHey Folks! This week we start off with a topic about in game events, and how wildly different they can be between various games. Specifically this topic was inspired by the Star Citizen IAE 2953 event but we give into many different game events. Ash gets around to playing Armored Core 6 and talks about how awful the intro to the game is. Bel laments how sometimes maybe being a more Open World experience makes a game worse. Specifically this is inspired by Jedi Survivor and how it is a much less tight game than Fallen Order. Shocking to no one we di...2023-11-261h 14
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #457 - Complex Payoffs Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We start off with a topic that has been bumped for time a few weeks in row as we discuss how complex video games can stick the landing with their denouement. Bel has been playing Alan Wake 2 and talks about how Remedy finally has achieved seamless integration of FMV and rendered gameplay. We talked a bit about Risk of Rain 2 and the buildcraft surrounding the game. Kodra has officially gone further in Path of Exile than the rest of us and talks about his adventures in...2023-11-191h 17
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #456 - Kalandra Redemption Arc Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We start off the show with a bit of a reprisal from last week. Namely, Grace and Bel thought that all of the announcements at BlizzCon were universally good, but it seems that at least for some WoW Pundits they were a bit disappointed. Ash talks about the remake of Risk of Rain called Risk of Rain Returns and how it improves upon the original. We talk about the Blast from the Past League in Path of Exile and how Lake of Kalandra is getting a bi...2023-11-121h 07
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #455 - Getting Krangled Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are down essentially our entire Seattle contingency for assorted reasons that I don’t believe are actually connected. So we carry forward with our Central and Eastern Timezone folks and talk a bit about BlizzCon and how there was a wildly different energy surrounding the event. It feels like a new chapter for Blizzard is opening that may or may not have anything to do with the Microsoft acquisition. From there we talk a bit about the Krangled event and how bizarre it is to play with a...2023-11-051h 07
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #454 - World of Wonder Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are back but still down several members of our crew. This week we start off with some discussion about Diablo IV Season 2 and whether or not the game is good now. From there we talk a lot about the events of the Star Citizen CitizenCon. Super Mario Wonder has come out and we talk about the experiences with the game so far. Tam talks a bit about Endless Dungeon and how it might actually be fun in multiplayer. Kodra shares some news about an upcoming Sudoku...2023-10-291h 12
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #453 - Keeping Up With The Cardassians Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we start off the show with some discussion about the most recent Honkai Star Rail patch and how it does a Pokemans. From there we dive into the Stellaris offshoot Star Trek Infinite and how it is more than just a reskin. This leads into a long winding conversation about how games feel wildly different once you tweak a few variables. All of that takes a brief detour into how frustrating it is that the Sea of Thieves PVE mode has some limitations. Bel...2023-10-151h 10
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #452 - Cyberpunk Redemption Arc Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! We are down a Grace and a Thalen this weekend so we floundered a bit on the topics we were going to talk about. While we questioned if we had enough for a show, we still wound up going over by about fourteen minutes. We start off with some discussion about GeekGirlCon 2023 which all of our Seattle contingency attended this weekend. From there Bel talks a bit about a new Switch device that he picked up called the CRKD Nitro Deck that makes the Switch a bit...2023-10-081h 14
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #451 - Scour League Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen I promise no books were burned during the making of this episode. We start off the show with a discussion about Warhammer Fantasy and more specifically the latest rendition of Cities of Sigmar. Tam talks about how Warhammer finally makes humans in a fantasy setting interesting. From there Bel talks about his weekend adventure in the Toucan Treasure League, a private Path of Exile league where everything drops scoured and you start with 25% resistance in the hole. This leads to a discussion about how overpowered the new Gua...2023-10-011h 03
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #450 - Arrrchivists Be Praised Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We start the show by discussing Diablo 3 Season 29, and how it Visions of Enmity are shockingly good. We praise the Arrrchivists who have somehow managed to make Marvel Heroes private servers a reality… just currently feature-limited. Kodra and Ash talk about their experiences recently with the Furvana seaside Furry Convention. Tam begins a discussion about narrative structures and how New Game Plus functions in different games. Kodra talks about a brand new skip method in Mario 64 and how it essentially branched out of a long-ru...2023-09-241h 02
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #449 - The Magic Analogy Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Sorry we missed last week but we were down over half of our show members. This week Bel faceplants the intro and is urged by the entire crew to keep going. We start off with some discussion about the Honkai Star Rail Swarm Disaster event and a bit of idle gameplay with Chillquarium. From there we dive into some Path of Exile talk as Kodra is now beginning become infected with our madness. He presents the Magic the Gathering draft analogy and we discuss usin...2023-09-171h 20
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #448 - NASApunk Adventures Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We start this week with the fact that Bel cannot distinguish a 6 from an 8 when looking at it from the corner of his eye. We dive into a discussion of Goodbye Volcano High that Kodra has been playing. From there we talk a bit about what is happening at PAX West this year and this leads into a discussion of all of the games. We talk a bit about some of our first impressions of Starfield in as spoiler-free a manner as we can. Finally, Tam t...2023-09-031h 17
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #447 - Giant Robot Souls Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen This week we start off the show with some continued Path of Exile Trials of the Ancestor league discussion. From there we talk briefly about the new Guild Wars 2 expansion. Tam has spent some time playing Pseudoregalia and has thoughts about that, which leads into a discussion about our impressions of game generations shifting over time. Tam also spends some time playing Banished Vault and has some things to say about it. This week Armored Core 6 launched and we talk a bit about a Giant Robot game...2023-08-271h 01
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #446 - Hanging with Navali Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Sorry, we were out last week but we ended up with too few folks to feel like it was worth recording a show. This week we are back and talk about the launch of the Trial of the Ancestors League in Path of Exile. Grace talks a bit about their adventures in Genshin Impact and exploring the realm of the Hydro Archon. Kodra gets featured again on Cracking the Cryptic with a Sudoku and then talks about his adventures at GenCon. Finally, we wrap up the...2023-08-201h 05
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggronaut #445 - Mushroom Go Boom Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, and Tamrielo We have a pretty small group this week as we are down a Kodra, Ammo, and Thalen for various assorted reasons. We start off the show with Tam talking about Viewfinder a bit which winds its way to Bel talking about the coin pusher indie Clockwork Owl. Grace has been playing a lot of XVI and we talk about the Giant Kaiju Battles that take place when two Eikons fight. Bel got into the Palia beta this week and he talks a bit about what feels like Stardew Valley th...2023-08-0653 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #444 - Graha Discovers Taco Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen We start off the show with Ash talking about playing through Wandersong. From there Thalen talks about his experience with Lost Words, and Tam dives into a discussion about how Far Cry does a shockingly good job with its cultural experience. From there we talk about Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest and the announcement for the Dawntrail Expansion. Then we talk a bit about the news coming out of ExileCon with Path of Exile II. We also talk a bit about the changes coming to the first game...2023-07-301h 09
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #443 - Even Immortality Ends Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we have the entire crew and can finally talk some more about Nimona and how much we love this movie. From there Bel talks about the Diablo 4 Season 1 Patch, and how it might be the worst live service patch ever. We get that everyone is tired of talking about this game but the hits keep coming. This week Honkai Star Rail released the next batch of stories with its 1.2 patch, and we talk about some of the events and ramifications. Thalen was gon...2023-07-231h 15
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #442 - Cute Fish and Eldritch Horror Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! This week we are down a Thalen which bumps a topic that we bumped last week, but whatever we have more! Bel starts off the show with a discussion about Blaugust coming soon and how the changes in the social media landscape are introducing it to more people. From there we talk about the One of One Ring search being over, which dives into a discussion about whether or not the Sol Ring being an auto-include is good or not. Kodra has been using the St...2023-07-161h 07
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #441 - Shackled by Tradition Featuring: Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are down Ash and Ammo but carry on with what we originally thought would be a short show. The curse of saying that means that without a doubt we end up going over. We start off talking about Tam’s new toy, the PlayDate Console, and some of the interesting design choices it presents. From there Bel talks about the Diablo 4 reveal trailer and the weak reception. This leads to a larger discussion about issues with Blizzard as a whole and how everything somewhat feels like s...2023-07-091h 07
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #440 - The Ubiquitous LARP Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we are down an Ash but have the triumphant return of Kodra from Origins. This week we talk about the self-DDoS of Twitter and Kodra chimes in on the return of P-Speed to a new Super Mario Game. From there we talk a bit about the newly announced Guild Wars 2 expansion Secrets of the Obscure. Kodra gives us a bit of a run down on his experiences at Origins and how he has finally played in the most ubiquitous LARP Vampire the Masquerade. We ar...2023-07-021h 23
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #439 - The Lion Returns Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We started with what I thought was a pretty short show, but as we continued on… new topics kept showing up in the dock. We start off with some talk about the most recent Nintendo Direct, then fade into some initial impressions of Final Fantasy XVI. Bel talks about a problem with the Diablo VI community where new players not already engaged with ARPG communities are deeply confused by how seasons work. From there we talk a bit about the ever-increasing prize bounty around the MTG On...2023-06-251h 05
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #438 - Teenage Exocolonist Blues AggroChat #438 - Teenage Exocolonist Blues Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we start off with a carryover topic from last week and talk a bit about Star Wars Shatterpoint. From there Ash tells us about the Furry Child Soldier game… better known as Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2. Bel talks a bit about the Overwatch 2 PVE content that is being sold for $15 after the original PVE expansion was canceled. He also talks a bit about the concerns brewing about a proper cash shop opening in World of Warcraft. Tam te...2023-06-181h 05
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #437 - The Lost Should Stay Lost Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We start the show with the dangers of bowling in a fursuit and then dive straight into the Not-E3 shows. The entire crew has finally watched the Dungeon and Dragons movie so we talk a bit about how damned good it was. Tam and Bel talk about Knights of the Old Republic 2 and how maybe not all of the content in the restored patch should have been restored. Thalen talks about how faithful of a remaster System Shock is and how Nightdive is doing great wor...2023-06-111h 16
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #436 - Accidental Enjoyment Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Thalen Hey Folks! We skipped a week due to the Memorial Day Holiday, and while we had a bunch of built-up topics… we oddly recorded a relatively short show. We start off this week with some discussion about what happens when you date Cthulhu in Sucker for Love. Then we talk a bit about the 80s and Marvel essentially making comics for anyone that would pay them… and the limbo state of several of those properties in theory finally being resolved. Last Epoch released a major update with 0.9.1 and we tal...2023-06-0458 min
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #435 - Seats to the Downfall Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Tonight we start off the show with what is quite possibly the least nonsensical intro that bends around and becomes a Happy Birthday message to Solaria… which by the time this releases will be one day belated. Tonight we talk about the Overwatch PVE Mode debacle and this expands out into a larger discussion of the downfall of Blizzard Entertainment. From there we talk about Amazon making a new Lord of the Rings Game and some snark towards LOTRO. Grace discusses exploring what is ultimately a very Fr...2023-05-211h 22
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #434 - Outgrowing Your Tribe Featuring: Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there in the AggroChat family, and also solace to those who have lost theirs along the way. Tonight we start off the show with Bel and Grace complaining about the results of Eurovision and how both Finland and Austria “got robbed”. From there Bel talks about playing some Diablo IV this weekend and how there have been some minor improvements from the last open beta test. Kodra dives into some spicy takes about Breath of the Wild and how mayb...2023-05-141h 16
AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut PodcastAggroChat #433 - Nanite Preservationists Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! This week we have Ammo back and talk about Honkai Star Rail or at least our early impressions. Grace talks a bit about Horizon Forbidden West and the Burning Shores expansion. We discuss a better FTL in This Means Warp, and that Vampire Survivors has released a DLC. Kodra and Ash talk about how if everyone dies but the Tank, you can still win with Middara and this leads to some random discussion of MMORPG. Tam is the only one of us who has experienced any R...2023-05-071h 16
Captains of Industry by PARTON, JamesAggroChat #229 - Napoleon TuxedomaskTonight we talk about a bunch of differing topics… that sorta blend together into a mix of ideas. We start off with some discussion of Thanksgiving Leftover abominations. From here Belghast talks a bit about his experiences with extremely Hardcore players on mobile phone games. This sorta leads its way into discussions of MMO Design problems, which itself leads to talking about the FFXIV Shadowbringers expansion announcement. We discuss the problems with the Blue Mage and how the Limited Class construct is probably not the right way to do it. This leads eventually into a discussion of the shenanigans that Tam a...2018-11-251h 12