On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
- We say farewell to a good friend
- So, play any games recently?
- Congradudolences are in order for Corley
- The RISING is imminent
- And, we have an interview with Dr Gameology!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #426 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guest Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann) who is here to talk to us about his new book, The Gamer’s Journey. Welcome!
Just a note before we get too far into the show. As you may or may not know, AIE lost one of our greats on August 16th. Our dear friend, guildmate, fellow member of FERT, creator of Overly Dramatic news, and podcast co-host, James “Acuzod” Jefferies lost his battle with cancer. He was loved by so many and made all of us who knew him just a little better. He is survived by his amazing wife Jodi, their kids, Jennifer, Kimberly, and Sami, and grandson Nathan. Zod will be remembered for his humor and his kindness, and his voice will live in this podcast, as it is his voice you hear on all of the bumpers! Oh, and if you see Acuzod online, it is his grandson, Nathan, playing on his Papa’s account.
Ok, we’ll be digging into this week’s news shortly, but first, let’s talk to our esteemed guest, Dr Gamelolgy, himself!
GAME NEWS
Mkallah- We had you back on the show in episode 389 and you talked about your psych research as it relates to gaming and the gaming persona podcast. Now, it’s all come together in your new book, The Gamer’s Journey- tell us about the journey and how you got there.
Mewkow- Did you find gaming an escape while working on the book, or did it evolve into being in research mode?
Tetsemi- What was your biggest surprise while working on The Gamer’s Journey?
Mkallah (if needed)- And, the big one, where can everyone find your book?
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann ) – https://drgameology.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrGameology
The Gamer’s Journey is a book that explores all the stages of the Hero’s Journey, but using only video games.
The sources of knowledge across the book include mythology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, and many others.
Almost 200 games were used in the analysis over the 19 chapters.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Gamers-Journey-Daniel-Kaufman-PhD/dp/1955406235
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday – HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – WoW Classic Hardcore 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
WoW
Noob Raid is officially on break due to the new expansion. It will resume mid to late September.
It’s pretty quiet in WoW right now. Just kidding! New expansion The War Within officially launches tomorrow (Aug 26) but players who bought the Epic Edition have had access since Thursday and many are already level 80. It’s doable in about 3 hours if you can ignore side quests (i.e. not Gustyail) and we ask that everyone resist the urge to discuss major plot twists – and there are some doozies – in Guild chat.
In War Within, we meet the Earthen, Dwarves who will be an Allied Race, and the Arathi, a group of mainly Humans and Elves who were accidentally stranded in Hallowfall on what was supposed to be a 3-hour tour. (Wait? Did I get that right?)
There are 36 new mounts to obtain, including a lynx, fire bees, a giant mole and several mech suits. Some require rep, and the Darkmoon Faire starting next Sunday will help with that and has profession quests as well.
To help carry all the new quest items and loot, there are two free 34-slot bags available. Break the Kaja Cola Machine at the Inn in the Ringing Deeps (59.0, 64.3) to get a Goblin Mini Fridge. (WoWhead has details.) The Windswept Satchel can be found in Hallowfall at 30.2, 38.8 on a ledge at the Priory of the Sacred Flame.
SWTOR
As Max’s retirement, in real life, has gotten busy, Corley has been promoted to GM/Game Director for AIE in SWTOR. Congradudolences!
The SUP ops team has an opening for a full time spot. We run from 8-10 pm (Max time) on Wednesday nights. We mainly run story mode ops on the imp side. We are very new to ops friendly. If you are interested, let Maellung know, please.
A couple things to add: Swtor is having its first ever twitch drop event. For four hours of watching swtor streamers, you get a Orlean Voidstream Mount. A number of guildies have already gotten it, so if you need any help making it happen, just post in discord.
Also, Galactic Seasons 7 has begun and brings with it a nice rotation of returning World Bosses that we have not had the opportunity to kill in a long time. Join us on Tuesday nights for MFN where we will be taking them down.
ESO
We’ve been working on trials, killing world bosses, and helping each other collect gear.
Kraemer has all of the mundus stones and crafting stations currently available at his primary residence. Feel free to stop by to use them if you need to.
FFXIV
In order to implement Patch 7.05 HotFixes and to conduct maintenance on the infrastructure, maintenance will take place on all Worlds at the time below, during which FINAL FANTASY XIV will be unavailable. Aug. 26, 2024 8:00 p.m. to Aug. 27, 2024 3:00 a.m. (PDT)
As for The Rising seasonal event set to start the same day, it will begin once maintenance has concluded.
From Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at 12:00 a.m.
to Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 7:59 a.m. (PDT)
The wandering minstrel seeks an adventurer both willing and able to help put the finishing touches to this year’s Rising celebrations. Limsa Lominsa Upper Docks, see the Wandering Minstrel. Two event items: a Minion, Brushed-up Krile, and an Interior Decoration, Rising Table Lamp.
STO
This Week in STO
Bonus Marks Weekend 8/22 to 8/26
Content that provides marks will reward 50% bonus above normal
Lobi sale 8/22 to 8/26
20% off all items in the lobi store
Key sale 8/22 to 8/26
All matter keys are 15% off
20 key bundle with ultimate tech upgrade also returns during the sale
Hirogen Predator Heavy Escort [T6] Added to Infinity Lockbox 8/22
Flagship Celebration 8/22 to 9/12
14 Days of Progress to earn rewards
4 TFOs: Borg: Disconnected, Iupiter Iratu, Swarm, Synth Wave
Reward is Khitomer Defender Space Set
3 piece set: Shield, Antiproton blast when hull is damaged, Deflector
LOTRO
The legendary servers Angmar and Mordor have been live for several weeks now, and it is really fun seeing the low level instances being run a lot. New instance “The Dragon and the Storm” will be going live this week, up to tier 3 difficulty . The instance will be available to free to play players as well. An announcement was hinted that will be coming this week with a coupon code that you will want to pay attention to. Stay tuned for more on the announcement and the coupon code when it is released.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dr. Gameology for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org You can find us on the AIE Discord and other non-Twitter social media.. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Corley or some other AIE Folks in SWTOR. So until then, AIE…
– This is Dr. Gameology
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.