AggroChat #358 - Magic Gets Weird

Tonight we are surprised to have with us Kodra and his five-day-old daughter.  Gotta get that podcasting started early.  This evening Ash and Tam talk about attending Pax Prime during a Pandemic and the oddities that come with that.  After that, we dive into a topic that we somewhat previewed at the end of last week’s show, but Magic the Gathering goes to some really odd places in 2022.  It seems that Wizards of the Coast is finally taking advantage of the fact that they exist in a game setting that can travel to all sorts of dimensions.  Bel talks for a bit about his adventures with the Gamesir X2 controller that turns an Android phone into something resembling a Nintendo Switch.  Finally, we talk about how the mechanics of “Real-time with pause” is generally awful and talk about some of the games that would have been made better with a proper turn-based mode.  Lastly, a quick topic as Kodra talks a bit about the 2.3 updates for VVVVVV and how he hopes to try speedrunning some other modes.

Topics Discussed

Attending PAX During Pandemic Interesting games Magic in 2022 Cyberpunk Kamigawa Art Deco Gangland Street Fighter Fortnite Gamesir X2 Android Controller PS5 Remote Play Xbox Game Pass Steam  Real-Time with Pause Sucks Pathfinder Pillars of Eternity Dragon Age: Origins VVVVVV 2.3 Released Kodra can speed run more modes