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Home of the Video Game Logic Podcast. A podcast recorded by Gaming Psychologist and Caffeine Rage, where we talk about many things in the video game industry. Some good, some bad, and then we give in depth thoughts, feelings, and analysis of how to deal with them.
Episodes
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
This week Shrink & Rage are shocked, SHOCKED, to learn about Anthem dying and of Google's mess when it comes to Stadia.
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
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Game We Played 4:45
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EA Ceases Development of Anthem 34:05
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Plans for Dragon Age 4 Multiplayer Reportedly Canceled 46:10
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Google Stadia's Launch Troubles Detailed in New Report 1:01:17
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Activision warns a standard 500GB PS4 may no longer fit Call of Duty: Warzone, Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare 1:11:43
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Community Corner
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How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% 1:26:30
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Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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Anthem No More
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Changes for Dragon Age 4
Tech Raptor: Plans for Dragon Age 4 Multiplayer Reportedly Canceled
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Google Stadia Launch Woes
Tech Raptor: Google Stadia's Launch Troubles Detailed in New Report
Games Industry Biz: Google reportedly paid $20m for Ubisoft ports on Stadia
Euro Gamer: New reports detail Stadia's demise, cancelled projects and wasted millions
Bloomburg: Google’s Stadia Problem? A Video Game Unit That’s Not Googley Enough
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Call of Duty's Storage Requirements are Too Darn High
Community Corner
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Cutting GTA Online Loading Time
How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70%
PC Games N: GTA Online player figures out how to speed up loading times by 70%
Ars Technica: Hacker reduces GTA Online load times by roughly 70 percent
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club then talk a bit about 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
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Game We Played 4:17
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Gameclub: Monster Sanctuary 45:25
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Next Gameclub: Far Cry 3 1:14:26
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E3 skipping in-person event again 1:19:30
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Developer Changes Name to 'Very Positive' to Fool Steam Users 1:26:13
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Delayed Indefinitely 1:31:12
Games We Played
Rage:
PC Building Real Life
Shrink:
News
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E3 Returns
E3 skipping in-person event again
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A Very Positive Game Dev
Developer Changes Name to 'Very Positive' to Fool Steam Users
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Vampire: The Masquerade 2 Delay
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Delayed Indefinitely
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
We're back to our usual form with Jared having connection issues. So have a Franken episode while Jared yells at Spectrum... again.
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
This week Shrink & Rage hold a belated VGL awards.
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
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VGL Awards 2020
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Block 1 7:01
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Most Memorable Gaming Moment 2020
Biggest Surprise of the Year
The It's Still in Early Access Award
The Balderdash Award
The Best Free to Play Game
No School Like the Old School Award
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Block 2 34:55
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The Off the Wall Game Award
The "Drop it like a hot rock" Award
Least Favorite Game Played in 2020
The Time Sink Award
Best Discovery Queue Game
Todd Howard Award for Dumbest Game Bug
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Block 3 1:02:10
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The Niche Scratcher
Greatest Disappointment of the year
The "Maybe I'm Old" Award
The "Video Game Logic Award"
Biggest Video Game Flop That isn't Evolve
Least Favorite Game Club Game
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Block 4 1:31:50
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The Gilded Bird for biggest Dick Move of the Year
The I'll Be Back Award
The Uncanny Valley Award
Best Gameclub Game 2020
Favorite Game Played in 2020
VGL Podcast Game of The Year Award 2020
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Community Corner 1:56:28
Community Corner
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
This week Shrink & Rage talk the stonk market, more Cyberpunk news, and Google Stadia.
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
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Games We played 10:06
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Gamestop Stock Fiasco 49:38
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Cyberpunk 2077 News, not Nudes 1:11:08
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Google Shuts Down First Party Stadia studios 1:19:33
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Warner Brothers Patented Shadow of War's Nemesis System 1:28:45
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Discovery Queue 1:39:17
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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Cyberpunk News
Eurogamer: Cyberpunk 2077 Keanu sex mod removed following CD Projekt warning
PC Games N: Cyberpunk 2077 dev warns that mods can allow code execution exploits
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Google Game Studio Shuts down
Euro Gamer: Google shutting down internal Stadia studios, offering streaming tech to publishers
Techraptor: Google Stadia Closing Internal Game Developers
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Nemesis System Patent
Techraptor: Warner Brothers Patented Shadow of War's Nemesis System
Eurogamer: Warner Bros is trying to patent Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis system
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne
Shrink:
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Friday Jan 29, 2021
This week Shrink & Rage return after some technical difficulties to talk games and Xbox Gold.
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 10:58
- Microsoft Rises Then Backtracks on Gold Price Hike 55:30
- Community Corner 1:05:53
- Discovery Queue 1:10:42
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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Microsoft Rises Then Backtracks on Xbox Gold Price Hike
Game Industry Biz: Xbox U-turns on Gold subscription price hike after fan backlash
Discovery Queue
Rage:
ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
Shrink:
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
This week we run another Franken Episode as Rage still continues to have technical problems. Although, its like a Franken Franken Episode, as technical issues.....and human error....plague Shrink this week as well. Enjoy the show, hope to be back to normal next week!
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021
This week, Rage experiences some major PC issues. We pulled Phil's Franken Content out of the bag to give you a special Franken Guest! Hope you enjoy him as much as we did!
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
This week Shrink & Rage talk about the Steam awards and Minecraft Earth.
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
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Games We played 16:50
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Minecraft Earth shutting down 43:24
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Steam Awards Winners 50:57
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Discovery Queue 1:07:52
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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Minecraft Earth Shutting Down
Games Industry Biz: Minecraft Earth shutting down
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Steam Award Winners
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues
MXGP 2020 - The Official Motocross Videogame
Shrink:
Friday Jan 01, 2021
Friday Jan 01, 2021
This week Shrink & Rage hold the final game club of the 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
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Games We played 4:27
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December Gameclub: Celeste 32:02
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Next Gameclub: Monster Sanctuary 55:53
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Ten-Year Long Study Confirms No Link Between Playing Violent Video Games and Real Life Violence 59:04
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Steam 250’s Best Game Releases of 2020 1:07:44
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Discovery Queue 1:26:10
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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Game Study
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Steam 250's Best Reviewed Games of 2020
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Shrink:
Vampire the Masquerade Shadows of New York