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Biggest Blaugust Ever

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2025/09/08

Good Morning Folks. I want to start out this week’s posts by giving a rousing round of applause for the Blaugustans who just finished participating in Blaugust 2025. This event would not have existed were it not for the wonderful community of mentors that have volunteered for that role over the last decade. Specifically I ... Read more The post Biggest Blaugust Ever appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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AggroChat #537 – Breaking E-Commerce

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2025/09/07

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 Is This Seat Taken, and Bel reprises ... Read more The post AggroChat #537 – Breaking E-Commerce appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Steam Go Boom

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2025/09/05

Good Morning Folks. Happy Day After Silksong launched, if you celebrate it. So for those who were confused as to why pretty much every digital storefront died around 9 am CDT… Silksong the sequel to Hollow Knight was released and it was exceptionally anticipated by many. I enjoyed what I played of the first game ... Read more The post Steam Go Boom appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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What Happened to Last Epoch?

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2025/09/04

Good Morning Folks. If you have been reading this blog lately you might have had a bit of whiplash as I went from having a blast in Last Epoch… to suddenly diving headlong into Path of Exile II. So you might be asking yourself… Hey Bel… What happened to Last Epoch? This is one of ... Read more The post What Happened to Last Epoch? appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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The World is Burning

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2025/09/03

Good Morning Folks. I pretty much played Path of Exile II in full degenerate mode this weekend. I took Tuesday off, which combined with Labor Day Monday gave me a four day weekend. I had family stuff on Friday when the league launched, but a good chunk of Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday I played ... Read more The post The World is Burning appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Delving Abyssus

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2025/09/02

Good Morning Folks. Yesterday was Labor Day here in the United States and since both myself and my friend Ace were off we hung out doing some multiplayer of a new rogue-like game. They had discovered this one and were having quite a bit of fun with it, and I opted to pick it up ... Read more The post Delving Abyssus appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Tale of Two Game Experiences

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2025/09/01

Good Morning Folks. Friday was the start of a new league in Path of Exile II, and with it came a lot of hype from the trailers leading up to the release of it. The skill gem system was getting a massive rework and the abyssal mechanic from Path of Exile 1 was getting reworked ... Read more The post Tale of Two Game Experiences appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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AggroChat #536 – Fear the Beefists

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2025/08/31

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 playing, where things explode around him ... Read moreThe post AggroChat #536 – Fear the Beefists appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Empire of Beef

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2025/08/29

Good Morning Folks. This is going to be a weird post and I apologize ahead of time for the madness that I am about to unleash upon you. However it was so fucking weird to live through it, that I have to write it down before it fades. Friends… I had one of those nights ... Read more The post Empire of Beef appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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A Thorny Reception

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2025/08/28

Good Morning folks. I am getting a bit later start than normal to blogging, because work got in the way. If it can start interrupting me at 6 am… I can take a brief break to bang out a blog post. While I have mostly been focused on my new Thorns Forge Guard build, I ... Read more The post A Thorny Reception appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Righteous Fire but Thorns

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2025/08/27

Good Morning Folks. I’m officially in the Monolith on my second character of the league. This does not mean that I have abandoned my Necromancer, in fact I ran around on it last night with my friend Ace. I actually swapped over to Dragonflame Edict last night and dropped my crab ring for another Phantom ... Read more The post Righteous Fire but Thorns appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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POE2 Free Weekend and Thorns Sentinel

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2025/08/26

Good Morning Folks. This weekend is the launch of Path of Exile II 0.3 aka The Third Edict and I have had every intent to just start playing whenever the hell I felt like it. Last Epoch Season 3 launched this past weekend and with how close these two things seem to always be now… ... Read more The post POE2 Free Weekend and Thorns Sentinel appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Visual Clarity Overrated

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2025/08/25

Good Morning Folks. On Thursday the Last Epoch Season 3 started and since then I have largely been focused on leveling. I finished Act 10 at some point on Saturday morning, and pushed into Empowered Monoliths last night around 7pm. I have a pretty solid build at the moment, but it is one that I ... Read more The post Visual Clarity Overrated appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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AggroChat #535 – Dino Go Honk

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2025/08/24

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 there, we ... Read moreThe post AggroChat #535 – Dino Go Honk appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Witchy Goth, Sloth, Toucan, and Capy

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2025/08/22

Good Morning Folks! Yesterday was the release of Last Epoch Season 3 aka Beneath Ancient Skies and I spent all evening leveling a Necromancer. There are a number of changes to the way that minions work in this update and I wanted to give it a spin. More importantly the supporter packs added a Sloth ... Read more The post Witchy Goth, Sloth, Toucan, and Capy appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Helena Steps Up

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2025/08/21

Hey Folks. Yesterday was a massive reveal for Path of Exile II, and there is a lot of interesting stuff there happening in that game. I am actually excited to give it a shot once Last Epoch Season 3 (which starts today at 11 am CDT) has run its course for me. All of that ... Read more The post Helena Steps Up appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Out of Time

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2025/08/20

Good Morning Folks. Yesterday was a bit of a wild ride work-wise for me and this morning has been similarly wild but I have a bit of a gap and am going to try and bang out a blog post in the spirit of Blaugust. After I finished with my sixteen hour day I unwound ... Read more The post Out of Time appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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So Much Fortress

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2025/08/19

One of the cool things about playing Path of Exile and buying the supporter packs, is that you end up with a bunch of interesting toys. For example I have a ring that when equipped on a character as a cosmetic, keeps track of every bit of currency that drops on the ground. I wish ... Read more The post So Much Fortress appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Low Stake Hot Takes

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2025/08/18

Krikket was the first of the mentors to offer to run with Blaugust 2025 this year, and she has been doing a phenomenal job of things. One of the things that they have been cooking is a Community Builder group project trying to get as many people as possible to make a post today on ... Read more The post Low Stake Hot Takes appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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AggroChat #534 – Runners Ready

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2025/08/17

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 plans to ... Read more The post AggroChat #534 – Runners Ready appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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