Video Game Logic Podcast

Life threw us a bit of a curve ball and kept us from recording this week. Have some fresh scraps of random recordings as we put out a few fires.

This week Shrink & Rage puzzles over the monthly game club before tackling 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 July Gameclub: Professor Layton and The Curious Village 10:19 Next Gameclub: Death Stranding 38:43 ESRB proposes facial age estimation technology for parental consent 39:12 Sony agrees to 10-year Call of Duty deal with Microsoft 50:33 Microsoft Ends Xbox Gold 1:01:33 Community Corner 1:20:39 Bear Sex Scene Sends Baldur’s Gate 3 up Steam Charts Will Ubisoft Delete Inactive Accounts?   News ESRB Face Scans Eurogamer: ESRB proposes facial age estimation technology for parental consent   Sony Agrees to Call of Duty Deal

The weather got in the way of recording this week. We'll be back next week for game club!

This week Shrink & Rage talk about the FTC... again while Shrink takes a video game vacation. 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 2:17 Microsoft/Activision Deal Getting Closer? 50:57 Dutch government seeks to ban loot boxes 57:31 87% of classic video games are 'critically endangered', says game history organization 1:02:55 Community Corner 1:17:51 Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” Official Minecraft wiki editors furious at Fandom Video Games And TikTok Are To Blame For French Riots   Games We Played Rage: Arcade Paradise   Shrink: Pillars of Eternity   News Microsoft and the FTC... Again Games Industry Biz: Canada regulat

Because our usual recording day took place on Independence Day, and we didn't want to deal with nutters shooting off fireworks in the background, we took a week off for some rest and totally not being sick.

This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club and check out 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 Gameclub: Cassette Beasts 8:55 Next Gameclub Game: Professor Layton and the Curious Village 55:22 A Splatoon 3 player took over a Nintendo shareholder meeting over male customisation options 1:00:17 DDoS attack on Blizzard leads to more calls for a Diablo 4 offline mode 1:14:03 Google reportedly testing feature to play games on YouTube 1:25:59   News Splatoon 3 Player Upset Over Male Customisation VG 24/7: A Splatoon 3 player took over a Nintendo shareholder meeting over male customisation options Gamer infiltrated Nintendo meeting to c

This week Shrink & Rage talk about EA splitting, FTC slowing Microsoft/Blizz Activision coming together, and where gamers game. 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 3:17 Study: 47% of gamers play on multiple platforms 29:58 FTC temporarily blocks Microsoft Activision Blizzard buyout 38:45 EA Sports and EA Games Splitting Apart in Internal Shakeup 45:08 Discovery Queue 50:30   Games We Played Rage: Pokemon Crystal   Shrink: Per Aspera Starbound   News Where Do Gamers Game? Video Games Biz: Study: 47% of gamers play on multiple platforms   FTC Taps Brakes On Microsoft/Activision Blizzard Buyout FTC temporarily blocks Microsoft Activision Bl

This week Shrink & Rage roll the dice and try to deduce what really happened with Disco Elysium? 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 5:15 Real Trucking Company Is Buying Billboards In American Truck Simulator To Help Recruit Staff 42:11 Community Corner Investigation: Who’s Telling the Truth about Disco Elysium? 51:31 GameStop fires its CEO 1:09:42 Diablo 4 Unleashes Hell of Overpriced, Cosmetic Microtransactions 1:18:54 Twitch Announces, Repeals Branded Content Guidelines 1:24:00   Games We Played Rage: Railway Empire 2   Shrink: School Girl Zombie Hunter Farworld Pioneers News Trucking Company Ad in American Truck Sim Gamestop: Real Tr

A rough night, not in that way, left one of us too tired to perform... in that way. 

This week Shrink & Rage go to the metaverse in Persona 5 then talk about Nintendo and non-Nintendo related 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 May Gameclub: Persona 5 Royal 3:37 Next Gameclub: Cassette Beasts 57:45 After killing legal access to hundreds of 3DS games, now Nintendo's going even harder on illegal access 1:00:37 Nintendo, Steam, Dolphin and the DMCA 1:09:00 Knockout City Releases Server Software 1:17:15 The Lord of the Rings Gollum devs “deeply regret” its dismal reception 1:20:25   News Community Corner 3DS Patched to Stop Homebrew Games Radar: After killing legal access to hundreds of 3DS games, now Nintendo's going even h

This week Shrink & Rage talks about games wasting our time and revolting fans in War Thunder and Overwatch! 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 2:22 Hawken Reborn is having a rough time on Steam 39:14 War Thunder reverses economy changes after Steam review bombing 46:33 Nintendo receives lawsuit over Mario Kart Tour microtransactions 54:01 Community Corner 1:02:27 Blizzard Scraps Most PvE Plans for Overwatch 2, Fans Pissed Report - Sony fails to appeal Austrian loot box verdict Games We Played Rage: Homestead Arcana   Shrink: Space Engineers Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2   News Hawken Stillborn? PCGamesN: Hawken Reborn is having

With one of us sick it is time to throw out more filler content! Getting a bit political as we wait for Shrink to recover from his latest plague. 

This week Shrink & Rage discusses Nintendo, Nintendo, and influential video games. 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 2:10 Nintendo Switch Sales Slow, Surpasses 125 Million 53:45 Nintendo On Warpath. Files DMCA on Emulation Tools 1:00:37 Last of US, Wii Sports, Computer Space, and Barbie Join World Video Game Hall of Fame 1:07:47 PC gamers are getting really, really fed up with one sh*tty port after another 1:30:00   Games We Played Rage: Shapez The Oregon Trail   Shrink: Mods! Honkai: Star Rail   News Nintendo Hardware Nintendo Life: Switch Hardware Sales Now Over 125 Million, PS2, Nintendo DS Target Still A Way Off Games Industr

This week Shrink & Rage return with a quicker game club and then catch up on a backlog 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 April Gameclub: Coffee Talk 7:20 Next Gameclub: Persona 5 38:05 Cloud Gaming Blocks Microsoft and Activision Blizzard Merger? 40:15 Live service keeps killing modestly successful multiplayer games, and it doesn't have to be this way 53:57 Atari Announces Acquisition of More than 100 PC and Console Titles from the 80s and 90s 1:03:20 80% of game workers interested in four-day week, Skillsearch survey finds 1:15:49 Community Corner 1:21:06 Apple’s iOS “walled garden” doesn’t break antitrust laws, appeals court affirms

Ever get the feeling that Tuesdays are just... cursed? Another week of life getting in the way, we should be back for Game Club next week!

With Shrink away we talk about some serious issues in a very special Fraken episode.

This week Shrink & Rage catch up with the mailbag with some community content. 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 7:10 Resident Evil 4 remake has added microtransactions to upgrade weapons quicker 44:50 Community Corner Dark and Darker has been removed from Steam following a cease and desist demand 1:02:00 E3 is Dead… for Good? 1:08:46 Ark 2 is delayed, so they're turning off Survival Evolved's official servers and charging $50 for a remaster 1:15:55 Monster Energy targets indie game in latest trademark lawsuit 1:20:19   Games We Played Rage: Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure   Shrink: Ace Combat 7 Mu

This week Shrink & Rage are... unimpressed with the game club then gets cut short. 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 2:28 March Gameclub: Ori and the Blind Forest 29:42 Next Gameclub: Coffee Talk 1 Games We Played Rage: Sonic Frontiers   Shrink: Project Wingman “Update” BTA: 3062 “Update”

A special Sunday recording that we hoped to not have to use just yet. 

If you have one cult, does it really matter if you accidentally start a second one? Find out on this thrown-together Franken episode.