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AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut Podcast

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Tyler Summitt, son of legendary coach Pat Summitt, as well as the Co-Founder of Pat Summitt Leadership Group , shares the group’s mission, the story of Pat’s humble beginnings, the art of mastering full executive decision making in 90 second or less, the "secret sauce" to Pat’s leadership, what she definitely didn’t understand about, but learned from, a 5-year-old’s soccer game, how to visualize winning in a (very, very) highly detailed way, the key component that gets you to over a 90% success rate, and the answer to the mystery of just who is “Trish”? Mentioned in this episode: This episode is brought to you by Pat Summitt Leadership Group. Pat Summitt Leadership Group…

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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 #517 - Aggressively British Fallout 1:00:12

6 days ago1:00:12

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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 shares his experience playing the aggressively British fallout-like called Atomfall, Tam shares his initial thoughts about Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and Kodra shares his struggles with more competitive Chess. Finally, we have a bit of a revisit of Xenoblade Chronicles X. Topics Discussed: Path of Exile II - Dawn of the Hunt Reveal Bel Gets Third level 100 in Legacy of Phrecia Event Last Switch Nintendo Direct Atomfall Assassin’s Creed Shadows Kodra’s Chess Struggles Xenoblade Chronicles X…

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AggroChat #516 - Cooperative Design 59:48

13 days ago59:48

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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 talked about how it has evolved the already great co-op gameplay of It Takes Two with a much better story. Ash and Ammo talk about diving into Xenoblade Chronicles X as it just was re-released on Nintendo Switch. Bel talks a bit about Gunlocked which attempts to be the Vampire Survivors of Bullethell Shooters… and fails in interesting ways that will hopefully be addressed in the sequel. Bel also shares his initial thoughts from the Titans Quest II playtest, and Tam shares his thoughts about what he is seeing about Dune Awakening. Topics Discussed: The EHG/GGG Situation The ambush scheduling of Path of Exile II The reschedule of Last Epoch Season 2 Wanderstop Split Fiction Xenoblade Chronicles X Gunlocked / Boons and Burdens Titan Quest II Dune Awakening…

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AggroChat #515 - Guild Authorizes This Hunt 1:18:44

27 days ago1:18:44

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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 playing Battletech Tabletop online. From there we dive into our further experiences with Monster Hunter Wilds as Bel has finished all of the story content and the majority of folks have hit the credit roll that transitions to High Rank play. Kodra shares some thoughts about Finspan and also engaging with Chess.com as a way to learn better chess play. Topics Discussed: Last Epoch is Cooking More Season 2 Reveals Diablo IV Enshitification Incoming Bad Season Megamek Oldest School Battletech Monster Hunter Wilds Finspan Chess.com…

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AggroChat #514 - Seeking Tribooty 52:02

5 weeks ago52:02

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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 our early experiences so far. We’ve needed some Palico shenanigans to help us cope with our present dystopia. Last week we got a new feature trailer for the upcoming Last Epoch Cycle 2 coming April 2nd. We spend a bit of time talking about what has been revealed for the new features and how it appears like the long wait has been worth it. Topics Discussed: Path of Exile Legacy of Phrecia Impact of the Anti-Sanctum Alliance The Roottrees Are Dead Monster Hunter Wilds Last Epoch Cycle 2 Trailer…

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AggroChat #513 - Morrowindish 1:10:16

6 weeks ago1:10:16

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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 talks a bit about Pigment and his ambitions to speedrun it. Ash shares his thoughts about Dynasty Warriors Origins and Tam discusses a Steam recommendation find, Deliver At All Costs. Topics Discussed: Path of Exile Reddit Faction Wars Legacy of Phrecia Avowed Civilization VII Pigment Dynasty Warriors Origins Deliver At All Costs…

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AggroChat #512 - Simless Scrolls 48:32

7 weeks ago48:32

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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 about the upcoming Legacy of Phrecia event in Path of Exile now that all Nineteen Ascendancies have been fully spoiled. We also talked a bit about the upcoming release of Monster Hunter Wilds and Ammo offering custom Palico commissions. Ash touches on Soulstone Survivors a bit and then we close out the show with a discussion about the Dungeon Crawler Carl series of books and why Bel and Thalen love them so much. Topics Discussed: Music Makes a Difference Star Citizen: Fight for Pyro Audio Queues in Games Avowed Path of Exile Legacy of Phrecia Event All 19 Ascendancies Now Revealed Monster Hunter Wilds Soulstone Survivors Dungeon Crawler Carl…

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AggroChat #511 - Closed Loops 1:03:18

8 weeks ago1:03:18

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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 perfect example of why Blizzard’s Design Ethos makes the game less fun. Path of Exile has an upcoming Phrecia event with 19 new Ascendancies and we talk about the four that have been spoiled so far. Grace talks about Spirit Swap which is Lo-Fi Beats to Match Three To. Kodra has had a bit of a revival of Ultimate Chicken Horse in his house as his son gets super into it. Grace shares her early experiences with Deep Rock Galactic Survivor and we bid farewell to Kodra’s cat Willow. Topics Discussed: Windblown Death System Updates Utopia Must Fall Update Citizen Sleeper 2 Dwarven Realms Season 3 Diablo IV Lunar Awakening Event Blizzard Design Ethos Issues Path of Exile 3.25.5 Phrecia Event Spoilers Spirit Swap Ultimate Chicken Horse Deep Rock Galactic Survivor Goodbye Willow…

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AggroChat #510 - Death From Above 1:10:30

9 weeks ago1:10:30

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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 bit about playing Heroes of Hammerwatch II and enjoying that. Kodra shares his thoughts about the Diablo IV Campaign thus far as he still is effectively in the first act. Grace and Ash share their experiences with Coridden a more narrative-driven action roleplaying game. Finally, Kodra and Tam talk about their experiences playing Battletech and how Kodra is coming around to the idea of playing games for fun, rather than simply optimizing the strategy for winning. Topics Discussed Path of Exile League Months Away Pohx League Heroes of Hammerwatch II Kodra’s Diablo 4 Thoughts Coridden Battletech - A Game of Awesome Moments…

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AggroChat #509 - Surfing Witches 1:06:48

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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 really giving much fanfare. We talk a bit about how the streamers have seemingly abandoned the game. Kodra shares with us the process of resolving combat in the Battletech tabletop game from the 80s… giving Thalen and Bel flashbacks in a bad way. Finally, Ash has been playing Sonic Frontiers and talks about it actually being a really good open-world Sonic game. Topics Discussed Screaming Goats Rusty’s Retirement Diablo IV Season 7 Season of Witchcraft Battletech is obtuse Resolving Combat Sonic Frontiers Actually Good…

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AggroChat #508 - It’s Really Real 1:14:57

11 weeks ago1:14:57

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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 again. Tam and Kodra spent some time playing Elden Ring using the Multiplayer mod. Tam also talks a bit about 1000xRESIST, and Ash shares some of his recent experiences playing Grim Dawn and preparing for the expansion this year. Topics Discussed: Nintendo Switch 2 Announcement Path of Exile II Patch 0.1.1 Info Elon’s Meltdown Multiplayer Frustrations Last Epoch Elden Ring Multiplayer Mod 1000xRESIST Grim Dawn Upcoming Expansion…

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AggroChat #507 - Games of the Year Show 2024 - Part Two 1:46:18

12 weeks ago1:46:18

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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 Marine 2 Path of Exile II Metaphor Refantazio Kunitsu-Gami Games Finally Leaving Early Access Caves of Qud Middara Gundam Breaker 4 Dwarven Realms Nova Drift UFO 50 Warhammer 40k Franchise Tactical Breach Wizards Path of Exile Settlers of Kalguur League Enshrouded Warcraft Pandaria Remix Rabbit And Steel Helldivers 2 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Last Epoch…

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AggroChat #506 - Games of the Year Show 2024 - Part One 1:23:17

13 weeks ago1:23:17

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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 Releases Horizon Forbidden West Final Fantasy XVI Ghost of Tsushima Secrets of Grindea Diablo IV Vessel of Hatred Beatmania IIDX Infinitas Zenless Zone Zero Visions of Mana Star Wars Outlaws Rogue Trader Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Zelda Echoes of Wisdom Peglin Guild Wars 2 Janthir Wilds FFXIV Dawntrail Dragon Age Veilguard…

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AggroChat #505 - One Portal Woes 1:24:48

14 weeks ago1:24:48

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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 Endgame and as such we discuss some of the issues with it, the most glaring being the whole One Portal Problem. Kodra has started playing Warhammer 40,000 Martyr which is honestly prompting Bel to reinstall and check it out again. Finally, Tam talks a bit about the major changes that have gone into Star Citizen with the opening of a whole other star system with the Pyro update. Topics Discussed: Super Mario Party Jamboree Toad’s Item Factory Nine Sols Path of Exile II Endgame Our Issues Warhammer 40k Martyr Star Citizen 4.0: Pyro…

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AggroChat #504 - You Know, For Kids 1:16:32

16 weeks ago1:16:32

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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 he is probably a day out of getting to maps. Kodra and Tam however have become significantly less charitable than last week. We also talk a bit about Caves of Qud which has actually launched now. Then Ammo and Tam share their glowing praise of the new Indiana Jones game from Machine Games. While it technically is a stealth game, it is also a fascist punching simulator with quirky oneliners which is also great. Topics Discussed: The Game Awards 2024 Lots of Trailers, Few Awards The Death of ESports Path of Exile II - One Week In Caves of Qud Indiana Jones and the Great Circle…

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AggroChat #503 - Over One Million Players 1:08:18

17 weeks ago1:08:18