Video Game Logic Podcast

This week Shrink & Rage talk about how video games are protrayed in mass media, try to figure out Nintendo's actions, and more! Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (7:16) General Topic: The Media Doesn’t Understand Video Games (1:13:07) Nintendo Discontinues NES Classic Edition (1:34:14) Rumor: Halo 3 Finally Coming to PC? (1:45:30) Original Starcraft is Now Free (1:55:58) Crytek Shanghai Closes After Not Paying Employees for Six Months (2:00:30) Community Corner (2:16:45) Ghosts Star Wars Rebuttal Discovery Queue (2:41:17) Games We Played Rage: Shock Tactics Wasteland 2 Endless Space Shrink: The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited Naval Ops Commander News Nintendo Discontinues NES Classic Edition IGN Article Rumor: Halo 3 to Finally Come to PC One Angry Gamer Article Starcraft: Brood War Now Free Announcement Crytek Shanghai Office Closes After Not Paying Employees for Six Months Techraptor Article Discovery Queue Rage: Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Caveman World: Mountains of Unga Boonga Shardbound Shrink: Syberia 3 Grey Phobia The Last Hope: Trump vs Mafia  

This week Shrink & Rage dive into the train wreck that is the G2A and Gearbox deal, some shady stuff may be going down in Germany as well as with the payment processor Xsolla, and much more on this week's VGL podcast. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (5:25) Gearbox and G2A Get Together, Then Break Up (52:50) Payment Processor Xsolla Maybe Adding a Default 18% "Tip" to Payments (1:34:40) Germany Wants to License 24 Hour Twitch Streamers (1:41:10) Microsoft to Offer Refunds on Xbox & Windows 10 Store (1:52:15) AMD: Fallout 4 VR Will be the "Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog" of Virtual Reality (1:57:45) Community Corner (2:07:05) Kyle’s Korner Discovery Queue (2:47:20) Games We Played Rage: Guardians of Ember Domina Shrink: Fallout 4 Sanctum 1 Sanctum 2 Super Sanctum TD News G2A & Gearbox Drama Hardcore Gamer Article Techraptor Article 1 Techraptor Article 2 TB's Soundcloud PC Gamer Article   Xsolla Tipping Itself? Reddit Thread   Germany Wants to License Twitch Streamers Esports News Article Reddit Thread Engadget Article   Microsoft Offers Xbox & Windows 10 Store Refunds Techraptor Article   AMD Thinks Highly of Fallout 4 VR MCV Article   Discovery Queue Rage: Bayonetta Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition Nightshade The Signal From Tölva Shrink: Steel Division Low Magic Age Steam Hammer  

This week Shrink & Rage talk about the British invasion of Valve, Atlus threatening streamers who stream their game, We Happy Few getting a movie, and wrap things up with mocking PETA and their asinine remarks. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (8:00) Total Biscuit and Jim Sterling Visit Valve (50:55) Persona 5 Dev Threatens Streamers (1:54:27) We Happy Few Getting Movie Adaptation (2:03:35) PETA Whines at Nintendo Over Milking Minigame (2:11:45) Community Corner (2:26:37) Discovery Queue (2:36:00) Games We Played Rage: Faeria The Great Whale Road Shrink: Fallout 4 News British Invasion of Valve Techraptor Article Persona 5 Dev Threatens Streamers Official Announcement We Happy Few Getting Movie Adaptation Techraptor Article PETA Whines at Nintendo Because Cow Milking Game Not Cruel Enough Escapist Article Discovery Queue Rage: X-Plane 11 Thimbleweed Park Rime Berta Beat Cop Shrink: Guns of Icarus Alliance Mirage Arcane Warfare Has Been Heroes    

This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club as we talk about Valkyria Chronicles, then we look at the new class of finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame, and finishing off with the question of whether or not Hearthstone is killing itself. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us same cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (11:15) Game Club: Valkyria Chronicles (52:40) Next Game Club: Life is Strange (1:52:30) World Video Game Hall of Fame Names 2017 Finalists (1:54:40) Is Hearthstone Killing Itself? (2:29:05) Community Corner (2:38:37) Discovery Queue (2:42:25) Games We Played Rage: Ecchi Sketch: Draw Cute Girls Every Day! Faeria Shrink: Fallout Shelter Fallout 4 News World Video Game Hall of Fame 2017 Finalists AP Article Is Hearthstone Killing Itself? Game Industry Biz Article Discovery Queue Rage: PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Shrink: Constellation Distantia R.C Bot Inc

This week Shrink & Rage talk about the For Honor treadmill and Kerbal Space Program's recently announced paid expansion before going into some video game logic with Kyle in the Community Corner. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (5:35) Kerbal Space Program's Making History Expansion (1:34:55) The For Honor Treadmill (1:57:13) Community Corner (2:11:02) Discovery Queue (2:39:22) Games We Played Rage: Clone Drone in the Danger Zone Civ 6 Demo Dead Rising 4 Halo: Combat Evolved Shrink: Blood Bowl 2 Fallout Shelter Elder Scrolls Legends News Kerbal Space Program: Making History Announcement http://boostersandspacetape.libsyn.com/ For Honor's Treadmill PC Gamer Article Ubisoft's Rebuttal Gameasutra Article on Rebuttal Discovery Queue Rage: Vikings - Wolves of Midgard Shrink: Planetoid Odyssey - The Next Generation Science Game

This week Shrink & Rage have the undead terror of the deep, Ghostshark, on this week to talk about a bunch of games and to revisit VR. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (4:44) Community Corner (1:25:36) VR Revisited (1:48:46) Discovery Queue (1:55:10) Games We Played Rage: Grow Up Halo: Combat Evolved Robocraft Shrink: Robocraft Anime Studio Story Halo Wars 2 Ghostshark: Motorsport Manager 911 Operator Slime Rancher Minecraft Blood Bowl 2 Community Corner Starship Commander Announcement Trailer Short Video About the Tech Behind Starship Commander Starship Commander Interview Discovery Queue Rage: Streets of Rogue Monster Monpiece Shrink: Nier Automata Ghostshark: Nights in the Woods

This week Shrink & Rage talk about the Nintendo Switch, No Man's Sky & Hello Labs, then take a look at the winners and losers of the GDC awards. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (11:16) Sean Murry, No Man's Sky's Launch, and Hello Labs (1:10:54) Nintendo Switch (1:21:00) GDC Awards (1:54:57) Community Corner 2:25:54) Kyle Reviews Civilization VI (2:26:48) Discovery Queue (2:51:58) Games We Played Rage: Infektor ENERGIA Robocraft Shrink: Kerbal Space Program Super Tank Rumble Turret Fusion News Sean Murry, Hello Sky Launch, & Hello Labs Arstechnica Article Nintendo Switch Durability Test Escapist Magazine Article Tech Raptor Article Escapist Magazine Article 2 Tech Raptor Article 2 Dbrand's Warning on Skins Notch on Switch's Charging Port Location Tech Raptor Article 3 Switch Malfunction Montage GDC Awards GDC Winners GDC Award Nominates & Honorable Mentions GDC Award List & Past Winners Hello Games Wins Award, No Shows to Award Show Discovery Queue Blackwake Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~ For The King Shrink: Oracle Stupid Raft Battle Simulator MyWorld

This week Shrink & Rage have the end of month game club where they discuss the visual novel If My Heart Had Wings, talk about the right to repair, and take a look at the Xbox Game Pass. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (3:10) VGL Game Club: If My Heart Had Wings (56:37) The Votening (1:58:05) Jim Sterling Wins Lawsuit against Digital Homicide (2:08:20) The Right to Repair (2:13:15) Xbox Game Pass (2:26:08) Community Corner (2:41:45) Discovery Queue (2:47:25) Games We Played Rage: Ghost Recon: WIldlands Beta Dogolrax Legend of the Skyfish Shrink: All Guns on Deck The Sims 3 Kerbal Space Program News: Jim Sterling Wins Lawsuit Video Gamespot Article The Game Industry vs Right to Repair Motherboard Article Xbox Game Pass Announcement Discovery Queue Rage: Northgard Pixel Privateers FEMINAZI: The Triggering Finding Bigfoot Shrink: Black Wake

This week Shrink & Rage have one of the hosts of the 1P vs 2P Podcast to talk about the death of a Twitch streamer during a charity marathon, games being sold on hype over merit, and Valve talking about paid mods. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Guest Spot: Taylor Reeh from 1p vs 2p Podcast (1:22) Gamestop's Circle of Life Program (19:12) Twitch Streamer Dies During 24 Hour Charity Stream (40:51) General Discussion: Hype Over Substance (58:49) Valve Wants Modders to be Paid (1:24:03) Games We Played (1:43:55) Community Corner (2:33:35) Discovery Queue (2:40:07) Guest Spot: 1P vs 2P Podcast  News: Gamespot Circle of Life Kotaku Article 1p vs 2p Video Twitch Streamer Dies During Charity Marathon PvP Live Article Kotaku Article on Twitch Streamers Valve Wants to Pay Modders PC Gamer Article Tech Raptor Article Games We Played: Rage: Robot Soccer Challenge Rimworld Shrink: Halo Wars 2 Law Craft Argument Wars Discovery Queue: HEBEREKE!: March! Red Army Girls' Brigade Guts and Glory Jump to Die Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition Princess Maker Refine

This week Shrink & Rage play host to Chmis and Ghostshark where we talk about Steam Direct and Steam Discovery 2.0. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps: Games We Played (3:13) Steam Direct (1:49:50) Steam Discovery 2.0 Leads to More Sales? (2:15:55) Community Corner (2:48:13) Games We Played: Ghostshark: Stone Hearth Children of a Dead Earth Star Trek Online Chmis: Brawlhalla Crypt of the Necrodancer: Amplified Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Factorio Shrink: Factorio Lifeline Crisis Line Flatline Halfway to Infinity Executive Command News: Valve Replaces Greenlight with Steam Direct Announcement Tech Raptor Article Steam Discovery 2.0 Leads to More Sales? Tech Raptor Article

This week Shrink & Rage talk about Valve coming under fire due to regional pricing, the lack of For Honor review copies, and the future of a VGL segment. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (1:05:25) A European Commission Investigates Valve And Five Publishers (1:53:20) No Early Reviews for For Honor (2:09:12) Community Corner (2:17:10) Games We Played Rage: BuriedTown Fumiko! Valiant Hearts: The Great War Shrink: Galactic Junk League Foxhole Time Clickers Factorio News European Commission Investigates Valve And Five Publishers Tech Raptor Article For Honor to Have No Early Reviews Hardcore Gamer Article

This week Shrink & Rage hold the VGL Game Club where we talk about FTL: Faster than Light, Ubisoft breaking a promise, and the future of a VGL segment. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps: Games We Played (7:52) VGL Game Club: FTL: Faster than Light (1:06:20) The Votening (1:57:25) Ubisoft Breaks a Promise with The Division (2:08:00) Community Corner (2:21:50) Weekly Deal Picks (2:56:10   Games We Played Rage: Rocket League For Honor Beta Shrink: For Honor Beta Factorio Golf Clash The Trail Halo Wars 2 Blitz Beta   VGL Game Club Kestrel Adventures   Votening Vote for the March VGL Game Club game   News Broken Promises for The Division Lets Play Video Games Article Weekly Sale Picks Rage: Dragon Age: Origins (Ultimate Edition) SPAZ: Space Pirates and Zombies Shrink: Science Girls Cafe-0 The Drowned Mermaid

This week Shrink & Rage talk about indie devs making threats, when does a PC become obsolete, and our standards for AAA gaming. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Time Stamps Games We Played (10:58) Dead Effect Dev Makes Threats (1:27:08) General Discussion: When does PC hardware become obsolete? (1:41:48) General Discussion: Are our standards too high for modern AAA game devs? (2:00:43) Community Corner (2:18:08) Weekly Deal Picks (3:21:00)   Games We Played Rage: PAKO - Car Chase Simulator Golf Clash The Trail Shrink: Steam Link Valkyria Chronicles Factorio Star Wars Force Arena   News Dead Effect Devs Threaten Critics Cog Connected Article   Weekly Sale Picks Rage: Singularity XCOM 2 Shrink: Command and Conquer Series A Wild Catgirl Appears

This week Shrink & Rage talk about the cancellation of Scalebound, pick apart the Nintendo conference, and talk about games we're looking forward to in 2017. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign.   Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (16:05) Scalebound Canceled (1:11:30) Nintendo Switch Conferance (1:20:30) Games We're Looking Forward to in 2017 (1:53:50) Community Corner (2:42:15) Weekly Deal Picks (3:14:05) Games We Played Rage: Super Dungeon Bros Minion Masters Shrink: Remotr Steam Link Valkyria Chronicles Digimon Masters Online News Links Scalebound Canceled University Herald Article IGN Article Tech Raptor Article Nintendo Switch Conferance Cnet Article Tech Raptor Article 1 Tech Raptor Article 2 Tech Raptor Article 3 Tech Raptor Article 4 IGN Article Niche Gamer Article Niche Gamer Article 2   Games We're Looking Forward to in 2017 Rage: South Park: The Fractured But Whole Divinity: Original Sin 2 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III Foxhole Heat Signature The Guild 3 Shrink: Halo Wars 2 For Honor Mass Effect Andromeda Yooka Laylee Ace Combat 7 Prey   Weekly Sale Picks Rage: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Impossible Creatures Steam Edition Shrink: Valkyria Chronicles If My Heart had Wings

This week Shrink & Rage take a look at remote play options on PC, the winners of the Steam awards, and Tracer being outed in the latest Overwatch comic Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at VGLPodcast@gmail.com drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign.   Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (9:45) Steam Beta Adds Xbox Controller Support (1:22:05) Nvidia Announces GeForce Now Streaming Service (1:28:55) Tracer is Gay! (1:41:55) Steam Awards Winners (1:51:53) Community Corner (2:32:30) Steam Weekly Deals (3:07:30) Games We Played Rage: Remotr Rimworld Valiant Hearts: The Great War Shrink: Steam Link  Battle (non)sense Steam Link Video Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed Valkyria Chronicles Celestial Command News Steam Beta Adds Xbox Support Tech Raptor Article Nvidia's GeForce Now Streaming Service Extreme Tech Article Tracer is Gay Overwatch Comic Steam Award Winners Announcement Weekly Sale Picks Rage: Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death Shrink: Red Faction Collection