Video Game Logic Podcast

This week Shrink & Rage kick off 2019 with news from 2018 and talk about the top games on Steam for the past year. Do you have feedback for the show, have a response for something we said, or something we should know about? Drop us an e-mail at VGLPodcast@gmail.com stop by our Discord, or tweet us @VGLPodcast. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show, and for various show related projects, you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign.   Show Highlights Games We Played Fallout, Fallout 76 Never Changes Steam Best of 2018 Lists Community Corner Steam Discovery Queue   Games We Played Rage: Homeworld Remastered RetroPie   Shrink: RetroPie Homeworld Deserts of Kharak Homeworld Remastered Battletech   News Fallout 76 Finds New Ways to Mess Up 'Fallout 76' Fans Have Every Right To Be Upset Over $80 Plastic 'Nuka Rum' Bottles Yongyea Video 1 Yongyea Video 2 'Fallout 76' bug disabled nukes on New Year's Day Jim Sterling Video   Best of Steam 2018 Announcement   Discovery Queue Rage: Posable Heroes Peg Game Dev Studio   Shrink: Empyrean Frontier  

One last pre recorded episode before we, hopefully, get to the 2019 recording season!

We're taking the holidays off, but that doesn't mean that we can't have a late Christmas special! 

This week Shrink & Rage we hold a quick game club this month before launching into a quick coverage of some news. Do you have feedback for the show, have a response for something we said, or something we should know about? Drop us an e-mail at VGLPodcast@gmail.com stop by our Discord, or tweet us @VGLPodcast. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show, and for various show related projects, you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign.   Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (13:45) December Gameclub: Recettear (1:03:39) Next Gameclub: Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines (1:26:43) Escape from Tarkov Devs Filing False DMCA Claims Against Content Creators (1:35:40) Fresh Prince Star Sues Epic Over Fortnite’s Use of the Carlton dance (1:47:15) Fallout 76 Update Points to Incoming Lunchboxes, and Yes, They Could be Loot Boxes (1:57:37) Voting on the Steam Award Nominees (2:04:47)   Games We Played Rage: ????????   Shrink: Battletech Flashpoint Expansion   News   Escape from Tarkov Devs Silences Content Creator Escape from Tarkov Devs Filing False DMCA Claims Against Content Creators Sid Alpha Video 1 Sid Alpha Video 2   Fresh Prince Star Latest to Sue Epic Fresh Prince star sues Epic over Fortnite’s use of the Carlton dance Fresh Prince's Carlton sues Fortnite for copying his legendary dance Fallout 76 May Have Lootboxes After All Fallout 76 update points to incoming Lunchboxes, and yes, they could be loot boxes The Steam Awards Discussion Announcement Voting!  

This week Shrink & Rage kick the dumpster fire that is Bethesda while Rage rages on about the Epic Games Store. Do you have feedback for the show, have a response for something we said, or something we should know about? Drop us an e-mail at VGLPodcast@gmail.com stop by our Discord, or tweet us @VGLPodcast. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show, and for various show related projects, you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign.   Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (4:31) Epic Games Store Pro Dev but Anti Consumer (44:49) The Bethesda Failure Conga Line Continues (1:25:52) Nintendo Rolls Back Content Creator Program (1:42:51) Boosting now a criminal offense in South Korea (1:53:35) Steam has bugs, and issues with adult content….again (2:03:36) Community Corner (2:21:22) Discovery Queue (2:41:06)   Games We Played Rage: ?????????   Shrink: Planet Explorers   News Epic Games Store As Epic Games Store revs up, some developers scrap or delay Steam releases Some games on Epic Store can cost up to 300% more compared to Steam for dozens of millions of users (regional pricing issues) Epic Games Store Fails to Comply With GDPR Regulations – Might Face Trouble in EU Epic Launches Digital Games Store With 88 Percent Revenue Going To Developers The Epic Games Store is slick, but has some key flaws right now The Guy Behind Steam Spy Has Been Working On Epic's Store For Years What's the deal with Epic Games Store refunds?   The Continuing Failures of Bethesda Bethesda leaked Fallout 76 customer names, addresses, contact details Latest Fallout 76 patch contains huge amount of undocumented changes, including stealth nerfs across the board Yong Yea   Nintendo Axes Content Creator Program Announcement Nintendo pulls plug on YouTube Creators Program   South Korea Makes Boosting Illegal Boosting now a criminal offence in South Korea   Steam Once Again Has Issue with Adult Content and Deals with Bugs Valve banning "child exploitation" games from Steam Steam’s discoverability bug was part of an attempt to improve the search algorithm Valve offers explanation for October drop in Steam traffic Steam bans erotic games with young-looking characters   Discovery Queue Rage: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden Edge Of Eternity Beholder 2 War of Rights Thea 2: The Shattering Battle Princess Madelyn   Shrink: Override: Mech City Brawl Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2 Phantom Brigade

Life found a way, once again, to throw a wrench into our recording night. So it's time to once again to dish out the very best of cutting room floor contents. 

This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club featuring Divinity: Dragon Commander. Do you have feedback for the show, have a response for something we said, or something we should know about? Drop us an e-mail at VGLPodcast@gmail.com stop by our Discord, or tweet us @VGLPodcast. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show, and for various show related projects, you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps November Game Club: Divinity Dragon Commander (5:45) Next Game Club Game: Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale (50:55) Loot Boxes are Gambling (53:20) Community Corner (1:10:20) Discovery Queue (1:11:47)   News FTC Will Investigate Loot Boxes Federal Trade Commission will investigate video game loot boxes Federal Trade Commission Pledges to Investigate Loot Boxes Amid European Crackdown Number of child gamblers quadruples in just two years   Discovery Queue Rage: JUMP FORCE Element: Space Marble It Up! HellSign Equilinox Despotism 3k Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon SimpleRockets 2 Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don't Dry   Shrink: Occupy White Walls Merchant A Raven Monologue Airmen Dr Greenstuff

This week Shrink & Rage prepare for turkey day with a steaming helping of news! Do you have feedback for the show, have a response for something we said, or something we should know about? Drop us an e-mail at VGLPodcast@gmail.com stop by our Discord, or tweet us @VGLPodcast. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show, and for various show related projects, you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (15:30) Firesale Episode 3: Return of the Walking Dead (1:11:52) Valve Discontinues Steam Link Hardware (1:29:44) Star Citizen Celebrates Anniversary and $200m Raised With Free Week And New Planet (1:47:46) Fallout 76: What a shit pile (1:49:28) Discovery Queue (2:03:35)   Games We Played Rage: Warframe   Shrink: Shadowverse CCG Trainz Simulator 12   News Telltale's Firesale Telltale undergoing liquidation, removing games from Steam Skybound Gives Update On The Walking Dead: The Final Season   Steam Link Discontinued Valve Discontinues Steam Link Hardware Valve has killed Steam Link, and it’s sold out in Europe   Star Citizen Reaches $200m in Funding Star Citizen Celebrates Anniversary and $200m Raised With Free Week And New Planet   Fallout 76's Fallout Fallout 76 had less than half the Twitch viewers Fallout 4 did at launch   Discovery Queue Rage: Sunset Overdrive Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus STAR WARS™ Episode I Racer   Shrink: Sword Art Online Lost Song Simplerockets 2 LoveKami Healing Harem

This week Jared had a very sore throat so we couldn't record. While we try to figure out exactly what/who he did to tear it up so badly, have some Fraken content!

This week Shrink & Rage watch and comment on many dumpster fires this week. Do you have feedback for the show, have a response for something we said, or something we should know about? Drop us an e-mail at VGLPodcast@gmail.com stop by our Discord, or tweet us @VGLPodcast. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show, and for various show related projects, you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign.   Show Highlights Games We Played Blizzard Booed at Blizzcon Over Mobile Diablo Fallout 76 Faces Technical Woes PS4 Share Will Be Blocked In Second Half Of Catherine: Full Body’s Story Mode Community Corner Discovery Queue   Games We Played Rage: Monument Valley 2 Dreadnought   Shrink: Dreadnought Dark Souls 3 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning   News Blizzard Booed at Blizzcon Over Mobile Game Jim Sterling Dev Booed During Q&A Asked if It's an April Fools Joke Blizzard Working on Diablo 4 – May have Had a BlizzCon Announcement In Mind? Diablo Immortal Controversy Causes Activision Blizzard Stock To Drop Over 7% Demon-Hunting Comes To Mobile With Diablo Immortal Blizzard refutes report it planned Diablo 4 BlizzCon reveal   Fallout 76 Faces Technical Woes Fallout 76 has built-in speed hacks if you unlock the framerate on PC Five Damning Networking Problems Lockpick Mod From Fallout 4 in 76 Fallout 76 hacking concerns “inaccurate” according to Bethesda Unlocked frame rates in the Fallout 76 beta let players speed hack   PS4 Share Blocked In Second Half of Catherine PS4 Share Will Be Blocked In 2nd Half Of Catherine: Full Body’s Story Mode   Discovery Queue Rage: Project Hospital Lethal League Blaze Party Hard 2 Sabbat of the Witch Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded-   Shrink: Kart Kraft Snow Daze: The Music of Winter Special Edition The Shapeshifting Detective The Ditzy Demons Are in Love With Me

This week Shrink & Rage hold a very dwarfy game club this month as we talk about Dwarf Fortress! Do you have feedback for the show, have a response for something we said, or something we should know about? Drop us an e-mail at VGLPodcast@gmail.com stop by our Discord, or tweet us @VGLPodcast. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show, and for various show related projects, you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (5:04) October Gameclub: Dwarf Fortress (1:24:36) Next Gameclub: Divinity Dragon Commander (2:21:13)   Games We Played Rage: The Colonists Dreadnought   Shrink: Organ Trail: Director's Cut Scribblenauts Remix Dark Souls Remastered Elder Scrolls Oblivion Red Dead Redemption 2

This week Shrink & Rage have yet another Wednesday episode, focusing on news. Do you have feedback for the show, have a response for something we said, or something we should know about? Drop us an e-mail at VGLPodcast@gmail.com stop by our Discord, or tweet us @VGLPodcast. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show, and for various show related projects, you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign.   Show Highlights & Timestamps Telltale bosses insisted “people did not associate humor” with Guardians of the Galaxy (5:45) John “TotalBiscuit” Bain to be Inducted into Esports Hall of Fame at ESL One Hamburg 2018 as First Non-Player (15:37 Indie Developers are Frustrated with Valve’s Lack of Support (25:34) Proposed Law in Pennsylvania Would Tax Mature Video Games (37:08) CCP CEO: “You can't build a business” on Current VR (50:10) Fortnite Delays Full Launch and Free To Play Save The World Mode (1:10:40) Dreadnought Developer Six Foot Lays Off One-Third Of Its Staff (1:21:33) Community Corner (1:35:05) Discovery Queue (1:37:44)   News More Tells from Telltale Telltale bosses insisted “people did not associate humour” with Guardians of the Galaxy   TotalBiscuit Inducted into Esports Hall of Fame John “TotalBiscuit” Bain to be inducted into Esports Hall of Fame at ESL One Hamburg 2018 as first non-player   Indie Devs Frustrated with Valve Indie developers are frustrated with Valve’s lack of support   Proposed Law in Pennsylvania Would Tax Mature Video Games Proposed Law in Pennsylvania Would Tax Mature Video Games   CCP Thinks You Can't Build a Bussiness on Current VR CCP CEO: “You can't build a business” on current VR   Fortnite Delays Free Save the World Mode Fortnite Delays Full Launch and Free To Play Save The World Mode   Dreadnought Developer Lays Off One Third of Its Staff Dreadnought Developer Six Foot Lays Off One-Third Of Its Staff Six Foot lays off one third of development staff   Discovery Queue Rage: Terraforming Mars Mad Tower Tycoon MY HERO ONE'S JUSTICE Deliver Us The Moon: Fortuna   Shrink: The Colonists Carcassonne - Tiles & Tactics NEKOKORO

This week Shrink & Rage talk snack foods, politics in gaming, and video game remasters! Do you have feedback for the show, have a response for something we said, or something we should know about? Drop us an e-mail at VGLPodcast@gmail.com stop by our Discord, or tweet us @VGLPodcast. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show, and for various show related projects, you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Game Giveaway (6:55) Games We Played (9:24) Assassin's Creed Odyssey Totino's Debacle (1:02:20) Command & Conquer is Getting a Remaster (1:14:54) Being Openly Political in Games is "bad for business",Says Ubisoft (1:27:50) Community Corner (1:45:22) Discovery Queue (2:00:20) Games We Played Rage: Bowmasters Mini Golf King - Multiplayer Game Cavernaut NITE Team 4   Shrink: NITE Team 4   News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Totino's Debacle Sid Alpha's Video   EA Hints at Command & Conquer Remaster Command & Conquer is getting a remaster – and that might not be all   Ubisoft Says It's Bad for Business to be Openly Political Being openly political in games is "bad for business", The Division developer says Ubisoft Massive COO: "We don't want to take a stance in current politics"   Discovery Queue Rage: The Light Keeps Us Safe SpaceBourne Mark of the Ninja: Remastered I’m not a Monster   Shrink: Atomic Society King of Phoenix

This week Shrink & Rage hold a giveaway, talk about games, then dive into the news! Do you have feedback for the show, have a response for something we said, or something we should know about? Drop us an e-mail at VGLPodcast@gmail.com stop by our Discord, or tweet us @VGLPodcast. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show, and for various show related projects, you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Game Giveaway (1:45) Games We Played (6:22) BAFTA Lecture Discusses Why Making Games Should be Easier (38:45) After Months Asking for Region Locks, PUBG Players Are Mad About Region Locks (1:04:11) The (Dis)continuing Adventures at Telltale (1:14:50) CD Projekt Red’s Creative Rights (1:29:26) Community Corner (1:55:26) Discovery Queue (2:11:44)   Games We Played Rage: Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor   Shrink: American Truck Simulator (Oregon Expansion) Tracks: The Train Set Game   News BAFTA Lecture Making Games Should be as Easy as Picking up a Guitar   PUBG Region Lock After Months Asking for Region Locks, PUBG Players are Mad About Region Locks   More Tales from Telltale Telltale Saga: Further Downsizing, Rumored Outsourcing, and More Now Telltale’s “skeleton crew” has been laid off, too The Walking Dead’s Creator is Hiring Former Telltale Developers to Finish the Game Skybound's Walking Dead Finale Hasn't Secured Original Devs Yet   CDProjekt Red Creative Rights Witcher Author Andrzej Sapkowski Demanding Payment From CD Projekt Witcher Author Demands $16 Million From CD Projekt Fantasy Author Brandon Sanderson Considers Granting CD Projekt Free Rights to Mistborn Series   Discovery Queue Rage: CardLife: Cardboard Survival Mega Man 11 Shortest Trip to Earth Beat Hazard 2 Shrink: Cine Tracer Left Alive

This week Shrink & Rage catch up on games we played then combine three news stories into one mega topic. Do you have feedback for the show, have a response for something we said, or something we should know about? Drop us an e-mail at VGLPodcast@gmail.com stop by our Discord, or tweet us @VGLPodcast. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show, and for various show related projects, you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign.   Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (12:02) Workers Comp: A State of Working in the Gaming Industry. (1:21:50) Discovery Queue (1:47:33) Games We Played Rage: Megaquarium Hollow Knight Dirt Rally Let it Die   Shrink: Kerbal Space Program American Truck Simulator Euro Truck Simulator   News Mega Topic: Working in the Gaming Industry Industry Staff Protest Working Conditions with Twitter Storm More than 1,000 Jobs Lost in the Past Year It's Time We Stopped Encouraging Indies   Discovery Queue Rage: The Scroll Of Taiwu Pathfinder: Kingmaker Life is Strange 2 Total War: THREE KINGDOMS Breathedge Parkasaurus   Shrink: Vox Machinae Nimbatus The Space Drone Constructor Lucy Got Problems Nite Team 4 Infinity Racer