Video Game Logic Podcast

This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly Game Club for Xenonauts before diving into some rather bad news topics. 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 Gameclub: Xenonauts (3:15) Next Gameclub: Torchlight 2 (1:23:03) Video Games Under Fire After School Shooting (1:25:44) ESRB Announces Label Covering In Game Purchases (1:46:24) Flight Sim Group put Malware in a Jet and Called it DRM (2:02:01) Discovery Queue (2:34:02) News Video Games Under Fire Again R.I. Tax Bill for Games Trump Rambles Incoherently Jim Sterling Rants KY Gov Calls Video Games Immoral ESRB Announces Label for In-Game Purchases PC Gamer Article Game Industry Biz Article Flight Sim Group's Malware DRM Rock Paper Shotgun Article Discovery Queue Rage: Abandon Ship Gleaner Heights Surviving Mars Shrink: SOS My Life as a Maiden  

This week Shrink & Rage have a very special episode one hundred.  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 Name Behind the Game Microsoft (5:50) Nintendo & Sega (34:17) Ubisoft (1:16:30) Mount Rushmore of: Important Gaming Figures (1:34:17) Community Corner (2:05:45) Discovery Queue (2:10:18) Discovery Queue Rage: Eternal Hour: Golden Hour Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole Puyo Puyo Tetris SYMMETRY The Station SENRAN KAGURA Peach Beach Splash Shrink: What?! My Neighbors Are Demons Bunny Bounce Train Journey Love Stories Sakura Cupid Mutiny  

This week Shrink & Rage combine a bunch of Lootbox topics into one mess, talk Sea of Thieves, and Scrolls. 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 (3:38) Loot Boxes going forward In (4:34) Report: Disney/LFL Talking with Two New Game Developers for Star Wars (1:08:15) Sea of Thieves is getting microtransaction pets a few months after launch (1:25:36) Mojang’s Card Game Scrolls Wraps Up For Good On Feb 13 (1:36:57) Relic leaves Dawn of War 3 behind as it moves on to new projects (1:43:15) Community Corner (1:53:08) Discovery Queue (1:54:15) ???????   Games We Played Rage: Brick Rigs Computer Tycoon Transport Empire: Steam Tycoon Stickman Destruction 3 Annihilation Spintires: Mudrunner Shrink: Computer Tycoon Town Craft Tacoma News Lootbox Bonanza Hawaii Tribune Article Game Industry Biz Article PC Games N Article PC Invasion Article One Angry Gamer Article The Gamer Article Rumor: Disney/FLF Looking for New Star Wars Developers Cinelinx Article Sea of Theives Will Have Microtransactions a Few Months After Launch PC Games N Article Scrolls Wraps Up Tech Raptor Article Runic Moves on to Other Projects, Drops Support for Dawn of War 3 Euro Gamer Article Discovery Queue Rage: DESOLATE Fishing: Barents Sea Aegis Defenders Shrink: Dynasty Warriors 9 Cattle And Crops Attack of the Earthlings  

This week Shrink & Rage tease episode one hundred before talking games played, wished for, and discovered. 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 Episode 100 Tease (10:25) Games We Played (16:15) Pitch a Game (1:46:30) Community Corner (1:57:05) Discovery Queue (2:00:00) Games We Played Rage: Paradox Wrench Motorsport Manager Mobile WeakWood Throne Tactera Shrink: Civilization 6 The Ship: Murder Party Don’t Make Love Lost Odyssey Discovery Queue Rage: Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare We Were Here Too Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia Trailmakers Pixel Shopkeeper Candleman: The Complete Journey AtmaSphere Shrink: Death or Cress Another Lost Phone Salem Witch Trial Murder Mystery Murder Most Misfortunate Gears of Eden

This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club for The Wolf Among Us. 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 VGL Gameclub: The Wolf Among Us (2:47) Spoilers Past This Point (28:30) Next Game Club: Xenonauts (3:29:32) Discovery Queue (3:31:06) Discovery Queue Rage: LOST SPHEAR Hobo: Tough Life Alea Jacta Est StellarHub Azulgar Star Commanders Shrink: Scavenger SV4 Russian Fishing 4  

This week Shrink & Rage ponder Nintendo Labo, Nivida talking the talk, Piracy, and Destiny 2. 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 3:36 Nintendo Sells the Box with Labo 1:01:57 Nvidia's Anti-miner Retailer Advice is Just an Empty Gesture to PC Gamers 1:18:46 Activision’s ‘Destiny 2’ is ‘struggling’ as Gamers are Unhappy Over Microtransactions 1:33:19 Anti-piracy firm Denuvo acquired by Irdeto to “protect the gaming industry” 1:42:38 John Cena in talks to Star in a Duke Nukem Movie 1:52:34 Discovery Queue 2:02:23 Community Corner 2:16:16   Games We Played Rage: Staxel SuperTrucks Offroad Spaceflight Simulator Phantom Signal Shrink: Elite Dangerous Trackmania Turbo Sunless Skies Dig Dug News Nintendo Labo Tech Raptor Article Trailer Nvidia Wants Gamers to Have Their Cards PC Games N Article Destiny 2's Struggles CNBC Article Denuvo Acquired by Irdeto PC Invasion Article John Cena as... Duke Nukem? Euro Gamer Article Discovery Queue Rage: SWORD ART ONLINE: Fatal Bullet Full Metal Furies Forged Battalion Shrink: Nantucket Ascendent Hearts Battleship Bishojo A Sky Full of Stars Galaxy Girls  

This week Shrink & Rage have a game heavy week as we talk about good game that aren't fun and games we're interested in for the coming 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 & Timestamps Games We Played (6:40) Games We’re Interested in for 2018 (1:16:13) The Best Games That Aren’t Fun (2:26:40) Community Corner (2:52:53) Games We Played Rage: Sandiego Inc. Blackwell Convergence Another Case Solved Shrink: Galactic Crew Gratuitous Tank Battles Lady Killer in a Bind Gender Bender DNA Twister Extreme The 2018 Interested Game List Rage: BattleTech MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Two Point Hospital Project Hospital Monster Hunter World Dauntless Jurassic World Evolution Rimworld Kingdom Come: Deliverance Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Sea of Thieves Frostpunk A Way Out Frozen Synapse 2 Wargroove Spellbound Xenonauts 2 The Wolf Amung Us Season 2 Super Mega Baseball 2 Goose Game Shrink: Railway Empire Monster Hunter World Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet A Way Out Far Cry 5 Elite Dangerous Beyond Crackdown 3 Detroit Become Human State of Decay 2 Sunless Skies Final Fantasy 15 (PC Version) Jurassic World Evolution Anthem Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries BattleTech Death Stranding Ace Combat 7 Hashtag Wargames Into the Breach  

This week Shrink & Rage address some of the news from the past few weeks and hold our first patron funded discussion. 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 (11:25) Steam’s Best Sellers of 2017 (1:19:56) Steam Award Winners of 2017 (1:59:08) Nexon Writes off LawBreakers as a Loss, Blames PUBG (2:26:44) Homeland Security Rolls Out Virtual School Shooter ‘Game’ to Teachers (2:33:17) EA Is Looking Into Engagement Optimized Matchmaking Algorithms to Promote Games as Service (2:40:28) Is Steam too Powerful? (2:51:18) Community Corner (2:22:17) Games We Played Rage: Access Denied Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf Shrink: Please Don’t Touch Anything Elite Dangerous Gender Bender DNA Twister Extreme Jumanji (Movie) News The Best Sellers on Steam for 2017 Steam Page The Steam Awards Winners Winners Announcement Nexon Gives-up on Lawbreakers PC Games N Article Homeland Security Rolls out Training Tool to Teachers Fire Arms Blog Article EA EOMM Algorithms One Angry Gamer Article YongYea Video Jim Sterling Video  

This week Shrink & Rage return to hold a somewhat late game club and catch up on what we've been doing for the last few weeks. 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 (6:03) VGL Game Club: Kerbal Space Program (2:03:35) Next Game Club: The Wolf Amung Us (2:46:15) Community Corner (2:50:07) Games We Played Rage: Wild Buster Omega Quintet Bridge Constructor Portal Cuphead Never Alone Hearts of Iron IV Sid Meier's Civilization V Shrink: Elite Dangerous Fairy Fencer F BalanCity Xenonauts Stardew Valley Sentience: The Android's Tale Monster Monpiece  

It's that time of year where Shrink & Rage don their tuxes and give out awards to those deserving games, publishers, and devlopers.   Show Highlights & Timestamps Block One (3:23) Most Memorable Gaming Moment of 2017 Biggest Gaming Surprise of the Year The It's Still in Early Access Award The Balderdash Award Best Free to Play Game The No School Like the Old School Award Block Two (41:10) The Off the Wall Award Drop It lIke a Hot Rock Award Least Favorite Game Played in 2017 The Time Sink Award The Rendering Time Award (Best Mobile Game) Block Three (1:05:06) The Niche Scratcher Greatest Disapointment of the Year The Maybe I'm Old Award The Video Game Logic Award Biggest Game Flop of the Year Least Favorite Game Club Game Award Block Four (1:44:43) The Gilded Bird Award The I'll Be Back Award The Uncanny Valley Award Best Game Club Game of 2017 Favorite Game Played in 2017 The VGL Podcast Game of the Year Award

We've been having a run of bad luck lately in keeping fresh content in the feed as of late. We do apologize for that, but life, especially around the holidays, and technical issues do make a fool of any person's plans... doubly so for fools such as we. We'll try it again next year; but until then enjoy some other random non-sense from us!  

This week Shrink & Rage talk about Valve removing games from Steam, loot boxes (shocking, I know), and whether or not Detroit: Become Human is repulsive. 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 (8:27) Valve Removes Adult Games from Steam (1:45:42) Loot Boxes, Legislation, and Business Models(2:05:43) UK MPs and Campaigners Call Detroit: Become Human Repulsive (2:26:21) Community Corner (2:30:30) Discovery Queue (2:48:52) Games We Played Rage: Carried Away Shadow Warrior 2 Never Alone Battlerite Xenonauts Shrink: Sol Trader Headliner Doki Doki Literature Club Elite Dangerous News Valve Culls two Adult Games from Steam Steam Fourm Post Store Page Archive Tech Raptor Article Loot Box Catch Up Pc Gamer Article Game Industry Biz Article Game Industry Biz Article 2 Tech Raptor Article Is Detroit: Become Human Repulsive? Tech Raptor Article Boogie Video Discovery Queue Rage: Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy OKAMI HD Shadowhand Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith Claybook Hand of Fate 2 Shrink: YLands World of Final Fantasy Reigns Her Majesty  

Sorry but a bit more filler content this week as Jared was out sick this week. We'll try it again next week!

  This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club to see if Rebel Galaxy holds up to its first impression. 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 (4.51) Gameclub: Rebel Galaxy (1:30:23) Next Game Club Game: Kerbal Space Program (2:10:30) An update on Loot Boxes (2:12:55) The Golden Joystick Awards (2:22:47) Community Corner (2:51:00) Games We Played Rage: Fire Emblem Heroes Slay the Spire Don't Sink SimAirport Shrink: Animal Crossing Pocket Camp Spintires: MudRunner Oh Sir The Insult Simulator Star Wars Battlefront 2 Classic Factorio Halo 5 Guardians News Loot Box Round Up The Guardian Article ISK Mogul Adventures Article ISK Mogul Adventures II PC Games N Article Rolling Stone Article Cinema Blend Article The Sixth Axis Article Game Industry Biz Article CNBC Article Golden Joystic Winners Best in Slot Article Game Zone Article  

We're taking the holiday week off so enjoy some leftovers while you enjoy your leftovers.