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Aggressively Casual | Season 2 – Episode 3
Aggressively Casual is back with Season 2, Episode 3 — and we’ve got questions. Mostly: what the hell are Activision and Treyarch doing with Call of Duty, the ARC Raiders AI drama, and how did FreeBird manage to absolutely nuke their own base situation in Dune: Awakening?
In this episode, FreeBird & Cheeks dig into:
- Call of Duty’s identity crisis: yearly resets, confused tone, and whether Treyarch/Activision even know who this game is for anymore
- ARC Raiders and the creeping “AI everywhere” trend; are we getting better games or just buzzword soup slapped on top of recycled design?
- FreeBird’s tragic, cursed Dune: Awakening base mishap — what happened, what was learned, and why you should never trust sand.
Plus the usual Aggressively Casual chaos:
- Live-service burnout and why every game wants to be your full-time job
- Why “player engagement” has fully replaced “fun” in half the pitch decks
- The stuff we’re still actually enjoying in spite of all that
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AJ Hanson has been part of games media since 2011, writing, streaming, and ranting about the industry long before it was his job. He runs the Galaxy’s Edge Discord, the go-to community for fans of Disney’s Star Wars parks, and works as Marketing Director for the Virtual Cantina Network, helping produce shows, interviews, and fan events. A lifelong Star Wars fan and unapologetic nerd, AJ’s focus has always been on building spaces where people can connect, argue, and celebrate the things they love without all the corporate gloss.
