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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 Jun 14, 2019
Friday Jun 14, 2019
This week Shrink & Rage host our annual E3 special!
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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Opening Thoughts (6:44)
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Microsoft (10:10)
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Bethesda (35:02)
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Devolver (50:55)
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PC Gaming (1:05:30)
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Ubisoft (1:31:27)
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Square Enix (1:56:40)
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Closing Thoughts (2:25:17)
Friday Jun 07, 2019
Friday Jun 07, 2019
This week Shrink & Rage talk about E3 and the future of the coverage on the podcast before diving into 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 & Timestamp
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Games We Played (5:40)
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E3 Preview Discussion (1:08:15)
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Microsoft Bringing Xbox Games to PC (1:27:55)
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Loot Box Ban Bill Introduced To Senate With Bipartisan Support (1:41:14)
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Todd Howard spews bullshit (2:00:31)
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WHO Gaming Disorder Classification Violates Cultural Freedom, South Korean Culture Ministry Says (2:11:30)
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Clicker Heroes Removed From App Store After Chinese Company Clones Game (2:23:39)
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Community Corner (2:35:26)
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Discovery Queue (2:35:50)
Games We Played
Rage:
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News
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Microsoft Bringing Xbox Games to PC
Microsoft to launch Xbox Game Pass on PC
Microsoft is bringing more games to Steam
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The Loot Box Ban Bill Detailed
Loot Box Ban Bill Introduced To Senate With Bipartisan Support
The Loot Box Bill is Public, And The ESA Says It's "Flawed And Riddled With Inaccuracies"
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Todd Howard Admits Fallout 76 Wasn't Good at Launch
Todd Howard admits that the team knew Fallout 76 was “not a high Metacritic game” at launch
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WHO Gaming Disorder Classification Upsets South Korea
WHO Gaming Disorder Classification Violates Cultural Freedom, South Korean Culture Ministry Says
South Korean government split on gaming disorder
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Clicker Heroes Cloned and Banned
Clicker Heroes Removed From App Store After Chinese Company Clones Game, Claims Trademark
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Sankaku Renai: Love Triangle Trouble
Shrink:
Friday May 31, 2019
Friday May 31, 2019
This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club, going back to the visual genre for the first time in ages with Fault- Milestone One.
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 (6:37)
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Gameclub: Fault Milestone 1 (1:02:03)
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Next Gameclub: Enter the Gungeon (2:29:09)
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Next Next Gameclub: Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1)
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Community Corner (2:35:02)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
Guild of Dungeoneering (Google Play)
Game Club
Next Game Clubs
Friday May 24, 2019
Friday May 24, 2019
This week Shrink & Rage take a look at the Epic Game Store's first major sale, talk PC vs Console, and more 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
- Games We Played (1:37)
- The Epic (Fail) Sale (1:03:33)
- The Division 2 raid has been beaten on PC, but console players couldn't finish it (1:28:13)
- Valve’s Latest Steam Blog Addresses Positive Review Bombing (1:45:36)
- Valve lets players avoid toxic people in DOTA 2, charges for the privilege (1:58:33)
- Loot Box Laws Are Shutting Down Two Nintendo Mobile Titles in Belgium (2:06:28)
- Community Corner (2:15:32)
- Discovery Queue (2:17:50)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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Epic Games Store Sale
[Updated] Epic Chaos Continues As Borderlands 3 Gets Removed From Epic Mega Sale
Epic Mega Sale Caught in Chaos as Games Pulled, Prices Change
The Epic Store stops you buying too many games too quickly – here’s why
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The Division 2 Raid
The Division 2 raid has been beaten on PC, but console players still can’t finish it
The Division 2's Raid Has Not Been Beaten By A Single Team On PS4 Or Xbox One
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Valve on Positive Review Bombs
Valve’s Latest Steam Blog Addresses Positive Review Bombing
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Valve's Pay Walls Player Block
Valve lets players avoid toxic people in DOTA 2, charges for the privilege
- Loot Box Laws Shut Down two Nintendo Mobile games in Belgium
Loot Box Laws Are Shutting Down Two Nintendo Mobile Titles in Belgium
Nintendo to halt service of two mobile games in Belgium amid loot box debacle
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest
Castlevania Anniversary Collection
Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love
Shrink:
Friday May 17, 2019
Friday May 17, 2019
This week Shrink & Rage have a long general topic in community corner after talking law in 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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Games We Played (6:18)
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Loot Box Ban Bill To Be Introduced By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (1:13:59)
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A new Final Fantasy 7 Remake (1:32:26)
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US Supreme Court says Apple can be sued for monopolization (1:42:12)
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Community Corner (1:54:24)
Games We Played
Rage:
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News
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Loot Box Bill
Loot Box Ban Bill To Be Introduced By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley
Sweden investigating loot boxes
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Final Fantasy 7
A new Final Fantasy 7 Remake trailer shows Aerith, Sephiroth, and action combat
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Apple Can Be Sued
US Supreme Court says Apple can be sued for monopolization
Community Corner
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Games As a Service Discussion
"Games as a service" is fraud. ← Accursed Farms
"Games as a Service" is NOT FRAUD* ← Leonard French
Deeper Dive: Games as a Service is STILL NOT FRAUD ← Leonard French II
Friday May 10, 2019
Friday May 10, 2019
This week Shrink & Rage give an update from an item from last week, go into a general topic, and cover some Kerbal 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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Games We Played (12:23)
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Sonic Movie Director Jeff Fowler Vows to Fix Character’s Design (57:28)
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Kerbal Space Program’s second expansion lets you do science on the final frontier (1:10:58)
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Rainbow Six Siege “reverse friendly fire” teamkilling fix going live tomorrow (1:19:07)
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Are AAA game studios scaring off new talent from entering the industry? (1:30:27)
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Community Corner (1:52:03)
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Discovery Queue (1:54:43)
Games We Played
Rage:
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News
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Sonic Reforged
Sonic Movie Director Jeff Fowler Vows to Fix Character’s Design
Sonic The Hedgehog film character design will change, says director
Detective Pikachu's Director Isn't Sure If Movie Sonic Can Be Re-Designed in Six Months
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Kerbal Space Program Second Expansion
Kerbal Space Program’s second expansion lets you do science on the final frontier
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Rainbow Six Siege Anti-Teamkilling
Rainbow Six Siege “reverse friendly fire” teamkilling fix going live tomorrow
Community Corner
Discovery Queue
Rage:
STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004)
Shrink:
Friday May 03, 2019
Friday May 03, 2019
This week Shrink & Rage try a simpler life in Stardew Valley for the monthly game club, try to put the abomination that is the Sonic movie out of our minds, and talk other 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: Stardew Valley (5:50)
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Next Gameclub Game: Fault - Milestone One (1:26:04)
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Sonic Movie (1:28:11)
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US Lobbyist Banned from EVE Online Found Innocent (1:42:01)
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Notch Excluded From Minecraft Anniversary For “Comments And Opinions” (1:52:07)
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Fan-funded Skyrim Multiplayer Mod May Never Release As Devs “don’t owe the community anything” (2:05:18)
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Community Corner (2:14:28 )
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Discovery Queue (2:17:19)
News
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The Sonic Movie
The live action Sonic movie trailer reveals Jim Carrey as Robotnik, is ridiculous
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US Lobbyist Found Innocent
US Lobbyist Banned from EVE Online Found Innocent
Banned Republican politician restored to EVE Online council following investigation
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Notch Excluded From Minecraft Anniversary
Notch Excluded From Minecraft Anniversary For “Comments And Opinions”
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Fan-Funded Skyrim Multiplayer
Fan-funded Skyrim multiplayer mod may never release as devs “don’t owe the community anything”
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Shrink:
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Friday Apr 26, 2019
This week Shrink & Rage talk MMOs as the secret server sees a predictable end and Anthem more faces issues.
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 (15:27)
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City of Heroes Secret Server War Continues (51:57)
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Anthem Update 1.1.0 Now Live, Numerous “Act 1” Calendar Events Delayed (1:05:42)
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Mortal Kombat 11 Microtransaction Shenanigans (1:19:26)
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Community Corner (1:31:03)
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Discovery Queue (1:34:20)
Games We Played
Rage:
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News
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City of Heroes Server Ends
City of Heroes Private Server Launched After Code Released Online
Private City of Heroes Server Shuts Down After ‘Doing The Impossible’
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Anthem's Sees Delays on Roadmap Features
Anthem Update 1.1.0 Now Live, Numerous “Act 1” Calendar Events Delayed
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Mortal Kombat Microtransactions
Discovery Queue
Rage:
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Friday Apr 19, 2019
Friday Apr 19, 2019
This week Shrink & Rage talk about a well hidden secret, new consoles, and Youtube.
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 (5:36)
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‘Secret’ City of Heroes Emulator Address Drama (1:12:15)
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New Console Announcements from Sony and Microsoft (1:50:32)
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YouTube to Create Interactive Narratives (2:13:43)
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Community Corner (2:21:55)
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Discovery Queue (2:24:50)
Games We Played
Rage:
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News
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The Secret City of Heroes Server
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Xbox One S All-Digital Announcement
Xbox One S All-Digital Announced at Inside Xbox
Xbox One S All-Digital Edition launches May 7
Xbox One S All-Digital Drops the Disc Drive But Still Costs a Cool $250
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New PlayStation Details Highlighted
New PlayStation is Coming With Backward Compatibility But Not in 2019
Sony’s PS5 SSD has “raw bandwidth higher than any SSD available for PCs”
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Youtube to Create Interactive Narratives
YouTube follows Netflix into the interactive videos business
YouTube creating interactive narratives
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash
DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY NT Free Edition
Shrink:
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
This week Shrink & Rage get back to the Vault as Bethesda does another dumb thing, talk about a real politician banned from Eve, and it seems everyone loves Nintendo.
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 (13:52)
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Fallout 76 is getting repair kits, and fans say they’re pay-to-win (1:08:30)
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Real-life US politician banned from Eve Online for alleged corruption (1:21:23)
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Nintendo is the ninth most reputable company in the US (1:29:10)
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Community Corner (1:45:49)
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Discovery Queue (1:52:13)
Games We Played
Rage:
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Elder Scrolls Blades
News
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Fallout 76 Repair Kits
Fallout 76 is getting repair kits, and fans say they’re pay-to-win
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Real-Life Politician Banned For Alleged Corruption from Eve
Real-life US politician banned from Eve Online for alleged corruption
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Nintendo Ninth Most Reputable Company in US
Nintendo is the ninth most reputable company in the US; only gaming company to crack the top ten
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Don't Escape: 4 Days in a Wasteland
Shrink: