Best Wildstar Podcasts (2026)

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AggroChat #551 - Massive Adjacent 1:34:51

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Featuring: Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! It is that weird time between holidays, and we are down about half of our folks for various reasons. We push forward and record a pretty focused show around a few topics. We start off discussing Q-Up, a game that effectively has a lot of things to say about League of Legends, and also disc…

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AggroChat #550 - Demon Bear Boom 1:10:29

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are down a Tam and a Grace this week but push through with a limited crew. Bel gets called out by Kodra for being entirely too comfortable with excessive grinds… this time specifically talking about World Completion in Guild Wars 2. Kirby Air Riders is a weird game and we talk a…

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Aesthetic Arrest: The Best of 2025! 1:02:55

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Featuring some of our favorite reading, listening, looking, viewing and tasting of the year! https://epicureanvagabonds.substack.com/p/aesthetic-arrest-the-best-of-2025By Ryan Wildstar and Ryan Elston

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AggroChat #549 - Legless Termites 1:16:42

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! We are down a Thalen this week but continue chipping away at our massive backlog of discussion topics after taking two weeks off due to holiday and illness. We start off with some talk about Dwarven Realms Season 5 and how it allows you to get all the loot without gating y…

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Aesthetic Arrest: Sex Is a Spectrum, Son-In-Law Eggs & Radical Neo-Impressionists! 41:35

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Plus music from Branford Marsalis & Nicola Benedetti, a brilliant biopic of Frantz Fanon, & wisdom from Leslie Feinberg! Reading: Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary by Agustín Fuentes Listening #1: Violin Café by Nicola Benedetti Listening #2: Belonging by the Branford Marsalis Quartet Looking: Current Exhibition! Radical Harmon…

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AggroChat #548 - ARPG Players Aggro 1:19:01

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Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Bel was partially dead, and then holiday travel happened, and as a result, we ended up taking a few weeks off without really intending to. We are back and hopefully for more than a few weeks, but given another holiday is looming, who knows. This week we talk about how all of…

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Aesthetic Arrest: Udo Kier, Mulatu Astatke, Bridget Riley & Tastes of Damascus! 40:57

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Plus I Wish You All The Best, Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu, & wisdom from Joseph Campbell! Reading: Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu Listening: The Last Concert of Mulatu Astatke’s Farewell Tour! (at the CT Theater in Athens, Greece on November 25, 2025) Looking: The Art of 94-Year-Old Painter (& Living Icon!) Bridget Riley in the new exhib…

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Aesthetic Arrest: George Orwell, Celeste & Amanda Lear! 52:20

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Plus fantastic documentaries from Raoul Peck & Zackary Drucker, the amazing art of Sonia E. Barrett, & the Quintessential Holiday Cheese Platter! Reading: Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell Listening #1: Looking Back by Amanda Lear Listening #2: Woman of Faces by Celeste Looking: The Art of Sonia E. Barrett Viewing #1: Enigma (2025) …

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AggroChat #547 - The Gabe Cube 1:11:38

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We recorded a massive show where we effectively burned through our entire backlog of topics. We start off talking about the new character, Maru, in Destiny Rising, and how this seems to be leading us to finally getting off the planet. Kodra discusses Broom Sweeper,…

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Aesthetic Arrest: Mavis Staples, Chrissie Hynde, Eleanor the Great & Pasta Perfection! 41:43

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Plus Wifredo Lam at the Museum of Modern Art, Olivia Laing's cinematic new novel, & wisdom from Chinua Achebe! Reading: The Silver Book: A Novel by Olivia Laing Listening #1: Duets Special by Chrissie Hynde & Pals (featuring duets with k.d. lang, Debbie Harry, Rufus Wainwright, Mark Lanegan, Shirley Manson, Lucinda Williams, Dave Gahan, Cat Power, …

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Aesthetic Arrest: Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, Amadou & Mariam, and a Perfect Wine & Cheese Pairing! 36:42

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Plus the ceramic art of Heidi Lau, poetry from Robin Coste Lewis, & wisdom from Carl Sagan! Reading: Archive of Desire: A Poem in Four Parts for C. P. Cavafy by Robin Coste Lewis Listening: L’Amour à La Folie by Amadou & Mariam Looking: The Art of Heidi Lau (Who is one of 10 artists announced this week for The Artsy Vanguard 2026!) Viewing: Franken…

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AggroChat #546 - Bouncing Balls of Death 53:39

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen We start off the show with some discussion about Geek Girl Con and how it is a great experience for the entire family. From there, Ash has played a bit more Daggerheart and discusses how not having initiative in that game actually works out really well. Kodra is trying a new mine bu…

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Aesthetic Arrest: Florence + The Machine, Philip Pullman & Tessa Thompson as Hedda! 41:20

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Plus Día de los Muertos! Celebrating The Day of the Dead with Performance Art, Elaborate Costumes & The Bread of the Dead! Reading: The Rose Field (The Book of Dust, Volume 3) by Philip Pullman Listening: Everybody Scream by Florence + The Machine Looking: Celebrating Día de los Muertos [The Day of the Dead] with the Art of Teotecpatl Santin Martin…

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AggroChat #545 - The Tree Tree 1:19:32

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen This week, we start off with some discussion around Path of Exile 3.27, the Keepers of the Flame league, and how we are doing breach to make things with the tree tree. From there, we talk a bit about the murder of Amazon Game Studios and how New World is essentially a shambli…

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Aesthetic Arrest: Soft Cell, Peggy Lee, Marlee Matlin & Nigerian Modernism! 47:08

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Plus Anne Waldman's newest collection of visionary poetry & the cheesy toasted goodness of traditional Welsh Rarebit! Reading: Mesopotopia by Anne Waldman Listening #1: A Tribute to the Legendary Dave Ball of Soft Cell (May 3, 1959 – October 22, 2025) Listening #2: Mirrors (Expanded 50th Anniversary Edition) by Peggy Lee Looking: New Exhibition! Ni…

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AggroChat #544 - Gambling Go Boom 1:23:04

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Good Morning, Folks! This week we had the entire crew and a stacked list of topics, forcing us to bump several to next week. Tam starts out talking about Time Flies, leading into Grace talking about Ball X Pit. Bel shares his thoughts about the Path of Exile 3.27 reveal strea…

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Aesthetic Arrest: Riot Women, Miss Major & Chronicles of Ori by Harmonia Rosales! 38:59

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Plus Aimee Lou Wood's charming new rom-com, Charles Lloyd's brilliant new album & The Complete Book of Cheese! Reading: Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic by Harmonia Rosales Looking: The Art of Harmonia Rosales (as featured in her new book, Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic!) Listening: Figure in Blue by Charles Lloyd Viewing #1: Film Club (BBC i…

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AggroChat #543 - Helhest Arrives 1:21:04

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week, Grace and Bel start off the show talking about how good Destiny Rising has been now that they have arrived at the endgame. They also talk a bit about Helhest, the new banner character. Grace shares her initial thoughts about He is Coming a roguelike that…

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AggroChat #542 - Oh, It's Brat 59:12

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Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We start off the show with a discussion about how we all dogpiled on Discord and attempted the pre-release version of the MIT Mystery Hunt… and for those completely lost about the show title, one of the clues to one of the puzzles… was just the specific color of the Charlie XCX Bra…

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Aesthetic Arrest: Jane Goodall, Robert Plant, Patricia Smith, Suranne Jones & Jodie Whittaker! 39:19

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Plus multimedia artist Hew Locke at the Yale Center for British Art, wisdom from W. E. B. Du Bois, & a flavorful flight of Greek craft beers! Reading: The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems by Patricia Smith Listening: Saving Grace by Robert Plant Looking: The Art of Hew Locke (born October 13, 1959) in the Current Exhibition: Hew Locke:…

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Aesthetic Arrest: Good Things, Before Gender & The Hack! 45:01

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Plus a brilliant new album honoring Dinah Washington & a 17th-century Flemish painter finally getting her flowers! Reading: Before Gender: Lost Stories from Trans History, 1850-1950 by Eli Erlick Listening: For Dinah by Ledisi Looking: The Art of Michaelina Wautier (1604 – 1689) Featured in the New Exhibition: Michaelina Wautier, Painter, at the Ku…

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AggroChat #541 - Seeking Trikora 1:05:32

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Tamrielo, and Thalen We had a pretty meandering show where we thought we ran out of topics… and then suddenly remembered a few more at the very end. We start with talking about Grace and Bel's adventures in All Ikora PVPVE nonsense with Destiny Rising. From there, Grace talks about the full release of S…

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AggroChat #540 - Suck It Grandpa 1:01:13

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen We are down a Grace this week, but carry forward with a handful of topics. Bel talks about Diablo IV Season 10 after having sat out for a few seasons. The game is in a pretty good state now. Bel also goes on a tirade about how much he dislikes the builder/spender architecture in ARP…

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Aesthetic Arrest: Mulatu Astatke, Griffin in Summer & The Highest Apple by Judy Grahn! 40:35

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Plus art & Indigenous activism from Santiago Yahuarcani, wisdom from Howard Zinn, and culinary trailblazers Georgiana Viou & Inez Cook! Reading: The Highest Apple: Sappho and the Lesbian Poetic Tradition by Judy Grahn Listening: Mulatu Plays Mulatu by Mulatu Astatke Looking: The Art of Santiago Yahuarcani Viewing: Griffin in Summer (2024) — written…

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AggroChat #539 - Triple One Hundred 1:00:56

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Hey Folks! This week, we have a second opinion of Destiny Rising to offset Bel's fanaticism… and Grace doubles down on pretty much everything that has been said to this point. From there, Ash talks a bit about Alabaster Dawn which currently has a demo available. Grace discusses her further adventures in idle gaming, this time with Cast N Chill. Bel…

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Aesthetic Arrest: Omara Portuondo, Benediction & Ryan Elston's Birthday Feast! 37:48

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Plus Rabih Alameddine's brilliant new novel, the homoerotic art of Yannis Tsarouchis & wisdom from Anna Deavere Smith! Reading: The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine Listening: Eternamente Omara by Omara Portuondo (produced by Roberto Fonseca) Looking: The Art of Yannis Tsarouchis (1910 – 1989) Viewing: Bened…

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AggroChat #538 - Mobile Destiny is Great 1:21:50

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We start off the show with a discussion about the hidden episode of this season's Game Changers over on Dropout TV. Bel regales the group with his adventures in the endgame of Destiny Rising and how it really is a better Destiny game than anything we have gotten in…

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Aesthetic Arrest: Black Thunder, Antidepressants & When the Earth Was Green! 39:38

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Plus Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake, Emily Kam Kngwarray at the Tate Modern & Naan Stop Indian Cuisine! Reading: When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution’s Greatest Romance by Riley Black Listening #1: Antidepressants by Suede Listening #2: Black Thunder by Brittany Davis Looking: The Art of Emily Kam Kngwarray — Current Exhibition at …

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AggroChat #537 - Breaking E-Commerce 1:06:44

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week, we are down a Grace, and Bel botches the intro… but we keep moving forward. We start off the show with a brief discussion about Silksong effectively breaking every digital game distribution platform when it released this week. Kodra and Tam talk about puzzler I…

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AggroChat #536 - Fear the Beefists 1:06:05

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! Happy Labor Day holiday weekend for our fellow countryfolk. We start off this show with Thalen making a reference to a dream that Bel had… which forces a recounting of the madness. From there, we talk about Last Epoch and a completely silly build that Bel is playin…

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AggroChat #535 - Dino Go Honk 1:08:13

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week, we have the entire crew and start off talking about Last Epoch Season 3 with the release of Beneath Ancient Skies. We talk briefly about the patch reveal for Path of Exile 2: The Third Edict, and while it sounded promising, it is mostly a bunch of nerfs. From t…

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Aesthetic Arrest: DEVO's New Documentary, Alison Goldfrapp's New Album, & A Dorothy Parker Quote Battle! 41:18

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Plus Eloghosa Osunde's brilliant new novel, the dynamic ceramic art of Roberto Lugo, & Cookoomela Grill — Athens' oldest vegan restaurant! Reading: Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde Listening: Flux by Alison Goldfrapp Looking: The Art of Ceramicist Roberto Lugo Viewing: DEVO (Netflix) — New documentary (directed by Chris Smith) about the iconic …

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AggroChat #534 - Runners Ready 1:14:31

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We had a bunch of topics left over from last week that rolled over to this week. First, we talk a bit about Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, the Shinobi Metroidvania. From there, we talk a bit about Summer Games Done Quick and some of the better runs. Tam talks about his…

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Aesthetic Arrest: In The Absence of Men, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl & The Centennial Birthday of Oscar Peterson! 41:14

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Plus one of Africa's cultural landmarks — Ọṣun-Òṣogbo Sacred Grove, & a beautiful bottle of bubbly in Porto Rafti, Greece! Reading: In the Absence of Men by Philippe Besson Listening: Celebrating the Centennial Birthday of Legendary Pianist & Composer Oscar Peterson! (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) Looking: Ọṣun-Òṣogbo Sacred Grove, Nigeria |…

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AggroChat #533 - Greg Universe Equivalent 1:18:15

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Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are back after a week off, and like always, when that happens, we come back to a large stack of topics. We start off talking about Hellclock and Grimshire, two great games that Grace has been playing quite a bit of. From there, we discuss Kodra's adventures in GenCon as…

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Aesthetic Arrest: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson, Janis Ian: Breaking Silence & Public Enemy's Surprise New Album! 42:47

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Plus Marcella Hazan's greatest recipes and the miniature mixed media sculptures of Thomas Doyle! Reading: Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline Listening: Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025 by Public Enemy Looking: The Miniature Mixed Media Sculptures of Thomas Doyle’s Clear History Series Viewing: Janis Ian: Brea…

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Aesthetic Arrest: Season 4 Premiere! Tributes to Ozzy Osbourne & Andrea Gibson, Alison Bechdel's Latest Graphic Novel & Annahstasia's Debut Album! 45:29

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Plus Lena Dunham's brilliant new Netflix series and dynamic paintings from Christian Ruiz Berman! Also . . . WE FINALLY FOUND CILANTRO! Reading: Spent: A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel Listening #1: Remembering Ozzy Osbourne (December 3, 1948 – July 22, 2025) Listening #2: Tether by Annahstasia Looking: The Art of Christian Ruiz Berman Viewing: Too …

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AggroChat #532 - Is It Game? 1:09:28

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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 th…

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AggroChat #531 - Commodore Is Back? 1:13:38

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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 up…

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AggroChat #530 - Stardew Pirates 1:08:34

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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 succes…

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AggroChat #529 - Illing with Illagers 1:19:28

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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 re…

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AggroChat #528 - How Do Rails Work? 1:10:04

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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…

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AggroChat #527 - Worms, Dragons, and Mercs 1:04:38

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Hey Folks! We have the full crew this week, and Kodra and Thalen have made their way into Dune Awakening, so we talk a bit more about that game. Bel asks what the dumbest thing we have done in a video game to make currency. Ash is back in Guild Wars 2 and attempting to catch up on the story. Kodra and Tam share their thoughts about the Microsoft Pu…

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AggroChat #526 - Fear the Sun 58:09

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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 …

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Aesthetic Arrest: Pee-wee as Himself, The Painful Truth by Skunk Anansie & Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain! 40:03

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Plus the dazzling sculptures of Paola Grizi, our fond memories of eating at one of the world's best restaurants, and the perfect book to kick off Pride Month! Wildstar’s Wednesday Libation: Ameztoi Txakoli (Getariako Txakolina, Spain) Reading: So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Colorby Caro de …

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AggroChat #525 - Insurance for Cats 50:06

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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 Se…

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AggroChat #524 - Fun To Lose 1:05:56

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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 Oper…

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Aesthetic Arrest: Epicurean Delights from Our Neighborhood Farmers Market, An Unofficial Rose by Iris Murdoch, & Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story! 39:10

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Plus a stunning debut album from our new favorite opera singer — Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, and the vibrant portraits of Fujishima Takeji! Wildstar’s Wednesday Libation: Ryan Wildstar’s Signature Lemon Drop! Reading: An Unofficial Rose by Iris Murdoch Listening: Masabane Cecilia by Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (with Aron Goldin) Looking: The Art…

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AggroChat #523 - Get That Slorm 1:05:18

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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 a…

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Aesthetic Arrest: The Book of Salt, Peter Murphy's Silver Shade & A Nice Indian Boy! 44:11

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Plus the sensational mixed media collage art of Lavett Ballard & the "Father of French Gastronomy” — Antonin Carême! Wildstar’s Wednesday Libation: Domaine Vincent Carême Vouvray Sec (Loire, France) Reading: The Book of Salt by Monique Truong Listening: Silver Shade by Peter Murphy Looking: The Art of Lavett Ballard — including her current exhibiti…