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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.

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gamers-journey-daniel-kaufman-phd/1145608008;jsessionid=72D67ABDB12601FCBA38CEB1CA541A19.prodny_store01-atgap15?ean=9781955406239

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Gamers-Journey-Daniel-Kaufman-PhD/dp/1955406235

AIE News

Community

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern

Streaming and Guild Podcast News

New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)

Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL

Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)

Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )

STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)

A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.