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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

Jul 3, 2020
Jul 3, 2020
1hr 41 min
This week Shrink & Rage talk being bad and if it is good in Tyranny, games we played, and being shocked that an Amazon game is out... let alone being pulled from release.
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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A Brief “Me Too” PSA 1:53
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Games Played 6:44
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Gameclub: Tyranny 53:49
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Next Gameclub: Gears Tactics 1:24:26
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Amazon is yanking struggling free-to-play shooter Crucible back into closed beta 1:26:28
Games We Played
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News
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Amazon's Crucible going back to the drawing board
Eurogamer: Amazon is yanking struggling free-to-play shooter Crucible back into closed beta
Eurogamer: Amazon's team-based shooter Crucible "retiring" two of its three modes

Jun 26, 2020
Jun 26, 2020
2hr 25 min
This week Shrink & Rage talk about locked demos, shutdowns, and commitment issues 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 & Timestamps
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Games Played 12:17
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Microsoft to Shutdown Mixer on July 22nd 1:29:42
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater remake gets a demo on August 14 – but only if you pay for it 1:41:02
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Nintendo is reportedly cooling its commitment to mobile games 1:46:37
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Steam Top Releases of May 2020 1:55:08
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Discovery Queue 2:00:49
Games We Played
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Mixer to Shutdown
TechRaptor: Mixer Plans to Move Creators to Facebook Gaming
CNBC: Microsoft will end its video game streaming service, tells everyone to use Facebook instead
PCGamesN: Mixer is shutting down, Microsoft has partnered with Facebook Gaming
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Demo
PCGamesN: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater remake gets a demo on August 14 – but only if you pay for it
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Nintendo Cooling Mobile Game Commitment
VGC: Nintendo is reportedly cooling its commitment to mobile games
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Steam Top Releases of May 2020
Discovery Queue
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Jun 19, 2020
Jun 19, 2020
1hr 54 min
This week Shrink & Rage talk about the PC Gaming Show and the PS5.
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 Played 6:05
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PC Gaming Show 1:02:10
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Playstation 5 Makes its Appearance Known 1:10:45
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FDA approves game marketed as a treatment for ADHD 1:20:46
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The Steam Games Festival 1:28:11
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Discovery Queue 1:35:26
Games We Played
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Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
News
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The PC Gaming Show
PC Gaming Show – our round-up of all the news
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Playstation 5 Looks... Odd
PlayStation 5 Appearance And Digital Edition Revealed
PlayStation 5 is a hefty chonk of a console
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FDA Approves Game Marketed as ADHD Treatment
FDA approves game marketed as a treatment for ADHD
Video game approved as prescription-only ADHD treatment: FDA
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The Steam Games Festival
Steam's summer Game Festival is now on, features over 900 playable demos
Discovery Queue
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SWORD ART ONLINE Alicization Lycoris
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Jun 12, 2020
Jun 12, 2020
1hr 53 min
This week Shrink & Rage talk about KSP 2, Take 2, 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
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Games Played 3:01
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Take Two kills KSP 2 Dev, pulling contract and attempts to poach talent 45:58
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Destiny 2 is removing year 1 content from the game 57:25
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Gaming Companies that actually take action 1:10:55
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Discovery Queue 1:35:33
Games We Played
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News
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Take Two and KSP 2
Game Publisher Cancels Contract With Developer, Then Tries to Poach Its Entire Team
Star Theory reportedly shutters after Take-Two takes over Kerbal Space Program 2
Kerbal Space Program 2's Original Studio Reportedly Closed After Take-Two Poached Staff
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Destiny 2 Removes Content
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Game Companies Trying to Make a Difference
Itch.io Racial Justice Bundle Now Contains Over 1,000 Projects
Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality
Infinity Ward to Crack Down on Racist Behavior
Discovery Queue
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Jun 5, 2020
Jun 5, 2020
1hr 39 min
This week Shrink & Rage talk game news and maybe a bit of politics.
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
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Games Played
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30 years later, a lost Days of Thunder NES game recovered from 21 floppy disks
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Fallout 76 'Amounts to a Major Failure', Austrailian government says
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Video Games Don't Have To Be Educational To Spark Learning
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Discovery Queue
Games We Played
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Battletech Extended 3025: Commanders edition.
News
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Days of Thunder Recovered
30 years later, a lost Days of Thunder NES game recovered from 21 floppy disks
Lost Days of Thunder Game Reconstructed by Historians
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Fallout 76 a “Major Failure”
Fallout 76 'Amounts to a Major Failure', Austrailian government says
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Video Games Don't Have To Be Educational To Spark Learning
Video Games Don't Have To Be Educational To Spark Learning
Discovery Queue
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YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story
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May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
1hr 43 min
This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club for Yakuza 0 then move onto 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
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Gameclub: Yakuza 0 (9:47)
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Next Gameclub Game (1:10:14)
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Doom Eternal will drop Denuvo anti-cheat (1:12:55)
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KSP 2 Delayed to 2021 (1:15:06)
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Formula E driver Daniel Abt uses professional gamer to compete for him in esports race (1:20:51)
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League of Legends Will Feature Advertisements on In-Game Banners (1:31:15)
Game Club
News
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Doom Eternal Update
Doom Eternal will drop Denuvo anti-cheat “within a week”
Latest Information on Update 1 & Anti-Cheat
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KSP 2 Delayed
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Formula E Driver Hires Ringer
Formula E driver Daniel Abt uses professional gamer to compete for him in esports race
Daniel Abt fired from Audi’s Formula E team for using pro sim driver in virtual race
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League of Legends Banner Ads
League of Legends Will Feature Advertisements on In-Game Banners

May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020
1hr 30 min
This week Shrink & Rage talk about being too little, too late as well bringing back Kerbalcast for a bit.
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
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Games We Played
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Doom Eternal's New Anti-Cheat Breaks Game For Some, and Raises Concerns
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Anthem is being worked on by a 30-person "incubation team"
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Kerbal Space Program Getting Free European Space Agency Update
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Valve shares plans for its imminent Artifact reboot beta
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Discovery Queue
Games We Played
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News
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Doom Eternal Anti Cheat
Doom Eternal's New Anti-Cheat Breaks Game For Some, and Raises Concerns
Doom Eternal is getting review bombed over Denuvo anti-cheat
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Anthem Still Incubating
Anthem is being worked on by a 30-person "incubation team"
Anthem devs go “back to the drawing board” – “this is going to be a longer process”
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Kerbal Space Program ESA Update
Kerbal Space Program Getting Free European Space Agency Update
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Valve Plans for Artifact Reboot

May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
1hr 47 min
This week Shrink & Rage
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 2:17
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The Culling: Origins is Returning with a Strange Business Model 1:06:54
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Looks like Valve’s planning Steam loyalty discounts and rewards 1:17:08
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Terraria: Otherworld Open Source Petition 1:23:11
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Discovery Queue 1:30:30
Games We Played
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News
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The Culling... Again
The Culling: Origins is Returning to Xbox One With New Business Model
The Culling rises from the dead a second time with new pay-per-play monetisation model
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Loyal to Valve?
Looks like Valve’s planning Steam loyalty discounts and rewards
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Terraria: Otherworld
Terraria: Otherworld Open Source Petition Gets Response from Developer
Discovery Queue
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May 8, 2020
May 8, 2020
1hr 33 min
This week Shrink & Rage wonder why The Sims and Sim City are going to the movies, while Shrink gets his brain tickled
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 11:27
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Spoiler Culture 41:24
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SimCity and The Sims Movies In The Works 57:33
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Geoff Keighley unveils four-month all-digital Summer Game Fest, starting in May 1:06:25
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Community Corner 1:13:26
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Discovery Queue 1:21:12
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News
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Animal Crossing Talk Show
Rogue One writer launches a late-night talk show inside Animal Crossing
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Sim City and Sims Movies
SimCity and The Sims Movies In The Works
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Summer Game Fest
Geoff Keighley unveils four-month all-digital Summer Game Fest, starting in May
Discovery Queue
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Touhou Mechanical Scrollery | 幻想討幻経
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May 1, 2020
May 1, 2020
1hr 38 min
This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club, and on time, then talk about a user submitted piece 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
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April Gameclub: Fault Milestone 2 Side Above
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Next Gameclub: Yakuza Zero (May)
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Strange Fallout 76 Bug Causes New Wastelanders NPCs To Permanently Loot Your Weapons
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Discovery Queue
VGL Game Club
fault - milestone two side:above
News
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More Fallout 76 Bugs
Strange Fallout 76 Bug Causes New Wastelanders NPCs To Permanently Loot Your Weapons
Discovery Queue
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