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Moment of Zen

Moment of Zen - Knocking out Citadels and Xesht in Path of Exile II while staying inside and snuggling with kitties while avoiding the snow.

Good Morning Folks! We’ve had a bit of a snowpocalpyse here in Oklahoma. We handle icy roads pretty well, but when you give us a bunch of inches of snow at once… pretty much all of our infrastructure breaks down. I had already taken the day off because we were supposed to go do something… which has essentially been cancelled. So instead of cancelling my leave and working today… I am just going to…

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Minecraft But Cumbersome

Minecraft But Cumbersome - A friend of mine tipped me off to Vintage Story, which is a much more simulation based Minecraft type building game.

Hey Folks! I guess I might still be taking a bit of a break given that I did not blog yesterday. I am mostly spending my evenings chilling out mapping in Path of Exile II while listening to the latest book in the Divide series by J.S. Dewes. However there is another game that I have been exploring a bit. One of my friend tipped me off to Vintage Story, which is a game that attempts to bring back…

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Failed Goals: The Books of 2024

Failed Goals: The Books of 2024 - This morning I talk about the books I read during 2024 and how I am mostly okay with failing my total books goal for the year.

Good Morning Folks! I’ve not done as much navel gazing as I usually do around this time of the year. Normally I do these posts over the holiday break as filler to keep my blog active. This year however I just took most of that time off from blogging entirely. I think it was good for me to finally take a proper break. However this also means that you are probably going to get a spate of navel…

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An Unjuiced Life

An Unjuiced Life - Back from my blogging break, I talk a bit about my current Path of Exile II game mode of chasing citadels for fun and profit.

Good Morning Folks! I took quite possibly the longest break I have ever taken with my blog over the break. It was good, and honestly I should allow myself to do this a bit more often. It isn’t necessarily that I did not want to blog, but more that I did not want to have to summon forth something worth talking about. I spent a lot of the break listening to audiobooks and grinding away in Path of…

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AggroChat #506 - Games of the Year Show 2024 - Part One

AggroChat #506 - Games of the Year Show 2024 - Part One - This week is the first part of our yearly tradition of discussing the games that were the most important to our crew over the past year.

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…

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Infernalist vs Titan POE2 Mapping

Infernalist vs Titan POE2 Mapping - This morning I share the difference in mapping as a Titan and as an Infernalist in Path of Exile II as I record two of my dumb little videos.

Hey Folks! I decided to do something a little bit different… or at least different from what I have done recently. Occasionally I record videos of gameplay to illustrate a point, and this morning I spent time recording myself running a map on my Infernalist Minions character as well as running a map on my Titan Stampede character to contrast the different in how they feel. I’ve effectively…

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AggroChat #505 - One Portal Woes

AggroChat #505 - One Portal Woes - Mario Party Jamboree, Toad’s Item Factory, Nine Sols, Path of Exile II Endgame, Warhammer 40k Martyr, and Star Citizen Pyro.

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…

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PSA for Switch owners

The latest 11.0 update means that Google Analytics is a thing on the switch and turned on. What that means is that Nintendo has a deal with Google to share with them your data for advertisement purposes.

To turn it off

go to the eShop

go to your profile where your funds and account info is

go down to the bottom of the page

there you will see “Google Analytics Preferences”

select the Change

select “Don’t Share”

Please spread the word. Really shitty of Nintendo to just quietly start allowing Google to spy on users for advertising.

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Path of Exile II Rant Thread

Path of Exile II Rant Thread - I've put just shy of 200 hours into Path of Exile II since its launch and unburden my soul with a rant about the things I would change.

Good Morning Folks! At least I hope it is still morning by the time I get this blog post out there. This thread is a bit out of ordinary for my normal post, and you are essentially getting a stream of consciousness rant about things that I think need to be improved in the game. Generally speaking I take more effort to shape my arguments, but this is pretty much just raw snippets of feelings. It…

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Goodbye Stampede and Hello Minions

Goodbye Stampede and Hello Minions - I give up on my Titan as my Infernalist Minions character eclipses it in every possible way as I progress into the Path of Exile II endgame.

When Path of Exile II was released into early access I had a pretty clear vision. I wanted to play a big tanky character that ran around with a two-handed weapon and a shield. I struggled to get this off the ground because starting off as the Warrior is pure misery. However given enough bashing my head against the wall I managed to make it work, and when I stumbled onto Stampede late in the build…

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Definitely Early Access

Definitely Early Access - Out of bounds rare mobs, Stampede Explode tech, and chill leveling Infernalist "Necromancer" Witch through Act III.

Good Morning Folks! Yesterday I was piddling around and running maps and saw clear evidence that we are currently in “Early Access”. I had started a Savannah map and cleared the entire thing… and noticed that the final rare was out of the bounds of the map. I moved around the entire map but there was no way to break out of the boundary and get there. Thankfully this did not brick the node, but I…

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Sad Stampede and Angy Firebois

Sad Stampede and Angy Firebois - This morning I talk about the stampede nerfs, capping elemental res, and chilling out on my Minion Infernalist.

It took every last exalt I had, but I have balanced out my elemental resistances capping them, and got my chaos up to something reasonable for mapping purposes. I would sure love to have chaos at 75% but for the moment that is just not in the cards. I really need to focus on getting through my third trial so that I can pick up crushing impact, which will make stampede much more effective. I have…

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My Kingdom for a Map Stash

My Kingdom for a Map Stash - This morning I talked about the patch changes last night, and my overwhelming desire to have a proper stash tab for maps and fragments.

Good Morning Folks! Yesterday I partook in some pre-patch degeneracy, and honestly, it wasn’t as overpowered as I was expecting. Yesterday a pretty sweeping patch hit, and one of the things that was broken by it was the Beetle farm. During Act II on Normal or Cruel difficulty, in the Lost City map, there was a waypoint right next to a rare mini-boss. If you had a method for removing the corpse,…

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The Necromantle

The Necromantle - This morning I talk about progress on my Witch Minion character and getting to Tier 3 Maps on my Titan Warrior.

Good Morning Folks! I’ve reached the point with Path of Exile II where I am alternating largely between two characters. You have my try-hard Titan Stampede Explode character that is progressing my way through maps, and then you have my way more chill Minion Necromancer Witch that I am progressing through Act II. It is amazing how much more chill the campaign feels now that I have gotten used to…