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Veilguard is Pretty Great

Veilguard is Pretty Great - After roughly twenty hours, I talk about some of the things that I really like about Dragon Age Veilguard and some of the things I dislike.

Hey Folks! On Friday I talked a little bit about my very early experiences starting a new character in Dragon Age The Veilguard… or I as I seem to keep shortening it to just Veilguard. There was a heap of negative press surrounding this game ahead of its launch and if you spend time on Reddit or YouTube you would be convinced that this is quite possibly the worst game on the planet. Ignore these…

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AggroChat #498 - Rogue Missle Command

AggroChat #498 - Rogue Missle Command - This week we discuss Utopia Must Fall, Nodebuster, Wayfinder, Windblown, I Am Your Beast, Tactical Breach Wizards, and Return of Reckoning

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…

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siblings in "horror": dumb-ass edition

cursed | friday the 13th | lost boys 3 | hansel & gretel: witch hunters

codependent | blood-soaked | haunted | ride-or-die | damned

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Landing Sufficiently Stuck

Landing Sufficiently Stuck - Last night I wrapped up Final Fantasy XVI and this morning I started Dragon Age Veilguard and talk a bit about both.

Morning Folks! Last night I wrapped up Final Fantasy XVI and I have to say for the most part it wrapped things up in a satisfying manner. There are a few things that happened that I would prefer not to have happened, but that is going to be the case with pretty much any story-driven game where you are not given any real control over the narrative outcome. Did I complete everything? No, as I got…

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Delays are Good

Delays are Good - This morning I talk about the POE2 delay announcement and games that would have landed better had they delayed.

Path of Exile II Three Week Delay Announcement The community had noticed that recently GGG was curiously radio silent regarding the upcoming early access launch for Path of Exile 2 and the plans for the 3.26 Path of Exile 1 league. Yesterday we found out why when this video dropped informing us that there would be a three-week delay in the start of early access from November 15th to December…

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Sixteenth Fantasy

Sixteenth Fantasy - This morning I share some of my early thoughts about what is simultaneously the most anime and at the same time grounded Final Fantasy.

Hey Folks! I guess I am going through one of my single-player phases because over the weekend I burned through Space Marine 2 which I talked about yesterday, and also made significant progress into Final Fantasy XVI. Side note… There is a non-zero chance that I will accidentally type XIV numerous times just out of the habit of talking about that game. This is a game that I was very much looking…

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The Emperor Protects!

The Emperor Protects! - This weekend I played through the Space Marine 2 campaign and it was pretty much everything I could want in a shooter.

Hey Folks! I was not really feeling it on Friday so I did not make a blog post. This weekend I spent most of my time playing single-player games, and I think that was a good call. In theory, I am prepping myself for the release of Dragon Age at the end of the month and wanted to try and knock out a few games that I had been holding onto for awhile but had not started. While this blog is old…

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I laughed so fucking hard at this

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A Lament for Uncomplicated Feelings

A Lament for Uncomplicated Feelings - Legitimately... this post is a mess of my emotions and feelings and frustrations about how I relate to video games in my life.

Good Morning Folks. Often times what you end up seeing here on my blog has at least started in some small part with some random comments here or there or on social media. Not that I expect anyone out there to be hanging on my ramblings, but if you follow me on Gamepad.club especially you might have seen the beginnings of this post. We are nearing the end of the year and there is something about…

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Wayfinder 1.0 Launched

Wayfinder 1.0 Launched - Wayfinder retooled itself from a cash shop freemium experience, to buy-the-box co-optional gameplay and it works amazingly well.

Wayfinder is an interesting game. Back in March of 2023, I got into beta testing, which was under a strict NDA, so as a result I never talked about it publicly. I played the game quite a bit at the time and even managed to get into some multiplayer testing with my friend Ace and I think maybe even Ashgar. It was a perfectly cromulent experience, but also a deeply flawed and buggy one. I thought…

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Fears for Next Season

Fears for Next Season - Season Six has been a blast, but Bel is already bracing for the nerfs that will ultimately hit Spiritborn in Diablo IV Season Seven.

Good Morning Folks! It has taken a while for Diablo IV to reach the point of feeling amazing, but it truly is there. I should take a step back… it feels amazing if you are playing the new class Spiritborn. My Barbarian that I power leveled through Whispers Caches feels like complete ass comparatively. It is slower and clunkier, and mobs just don’t die anywhere near as fast as they should. Diablo…

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Stupid Alt Tricks

Stupid Alt Tricks - I'm almost done with Diablo IV S6 which means I start doing stupid side projects... like leveling an alt exclusively with Whisper Caches.

Good Morning Folks! I’m getting to the point where I think I am almost “done” with Diablo IV, at least until the next season rolls around. This is the inevitable place that I end up with seasonal model games like this and depending on how engaging they all have different cycles associated with them. In Diablo 3, Last Epoch, and Diablo 4 I pretty much get a few weeks out of them before deciding I…

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AggroChat #497 - Kids on Bikes

AggroChat #497 - Kids on Bikes - Metaphor ReFantazio, Diablo IV Endgame, MechWarrior 5 Clans, Kingdom Eightes, Echoes of Wisdom Credits, and Adios

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…

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Chill Torment Four

Chill Torment Four - I got my build sorted, unlocked Torment IV, and am now essentially crushing the endgame of Diablo IV Vessel of Hatred.

Good Morning Folks. One of the things that went in with the Vessel of Hatred expansion is the ability to open up your wardrobe settings from anywhere in the world. This has been huge for me personally because I am highly motivated by making my characters look cool while playing the game. This morning out of curiosity I decided to flip off all of my transmogs to see what my gear looks like by…

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Peak Mythicality

Peak Mythicality - My fabled "Bel Luck" strikes again and I walk away from an evening of running bosses with five Mythic Uniques from Diablo IV Vessel of Hatred

Good Morning Folks. My friends will tell you that I have “Bel Luck” when it comes to anything involving random chance. I’ve spent years trying to deny this but there are times you just cannot ignore there is something. For example around 2015/2016 Magic the Gathering released a number of sets with ultra-rare chase cards that had a pull chance roughly equivalent to one in every two full cases of…

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