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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
Apr 12, 2019
Apr 12, 2019
2hr 9 min
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:
Shrink:
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:
Apr 5, 2019
Apr 5, 2019
2hr 45 min
This week Shrink & Rage talk games, a swatter getting sentenced, BioWare upset over development coverage, and Valve addressing the larger problems in Artifact.
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 (2:01)
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Serial 'swatter' Tyler Barriss Sentenced to 20 years for Death of Kansas Man Shot by Police (1:23:37)
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BioWare Doesn’t “see the value” in Articles “tearing down” Anthem’s Development (1:33:46)
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Valve Focusing on Larger Artifact Issues, Not Shipping Updates in Immediate Future (2:02:11)
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Community Corner (2:18:24)
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Discovery Queue (2:22:12)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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Swatter Sentenced
Serial 'swatter' Tyler Barriss sentenced to 20 years for death of Kansas man shot by police
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BioWare Upset Over Anthem Development Stories
BioWare doesn’t “see the value” in articles “tearing down” Anthem’s development
Anthem barely had a single finished mission when it was demoed at E3 2017
How BioWare's Anthem Went Wrong
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Valve Focusing of Larger Issues in Artifact
Valve Focusing on Larger Artifact Issues, Not Shipping Updates in Immediate Future
Who can still afford to keep up with Hearthstone?
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Shrink:
Mar 29, 2019
Mar 29, 2019
2hr 21 min
This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club!
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 (6:51)
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Gameclub: Company of Heroes (53:59)
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Next Gameclub Game: Stardew Valley (1:51:52)
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Community Corner (2:01:55)
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Discovery Queue (2:05:10)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2
Shrink:
Mar 22, 2019
Mar 22, 2019
2hr 40 min
This week Shrink & Rage have a mega topic talking about Google's big announcement.
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 (6:04)
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Stadia (1:13:06)
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Steam Link Anywhere (2:30:22)
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Community Corner (2:36:00)
Games We Played
Rage:
One Finger Death Punch (Android)
Shrink:
News
- Stadia
Google GDC 2019 – Stadia Games Studios Announced Headed by Jade Raymond
Google GDC 2019 – Crowd Play and State Share Coming to Stadia Platform
Google GDC 2019 – Stadia Supports Instant Sharing of Gaming Moments
Google GDC 2019 – Tequila Works Shows off Style Transfer ML
Google GDC 2019 – Google Introduces the New Stadia Controller
Google GDC 2019 – Google Announces Stadia
Google Stadia offers faster, cross-platform multiplayer, with no way to cheat
Google's Stadia Claim: If You Can Run 4K YouTube Videos, You Can Run 4K Stadia Games
- Steam Link
Steam Link Anywhere gives you PC access, well, anywhere… if you have the bandwidth
Mar 15, 2019
Mar 15, 2019
2hr 32 min
This week Shrink & Rage get into some Valve & Steam news before taking a look at yet another way Anthem has screwed up.
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 (16:33)
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Valve Removes Rape Day from Steam (1:20:53 )
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Valve terminates Contract with Artifact Designer (1:33:30)
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Coming PC, Will Be on Steam (1:43:22)
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WoW Classic Release Schedule Spreads Content Updates Across Six Phases (1:51:03)
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Level 1 Gun in Anthem Does More Damage Than Top Tier Guns Anywhere (1:59:47)
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Community Corner (2:15:18)
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Discovery Queue (2:18:06)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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Valve Removes Rape Day From Steam
Rape Day prompts call for UK government review
Valve removes rape fantasy game from Steam
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Valve Terminates Contract With Artifact Designer
Valve terminates contract with Artifact designer
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Halo: Master Chief Collection Coming to PC
Halo: The Master Chief Collection Coming PC, Will Be on Steam
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to Steam, starting with Reach
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WoW Classic Will Release in Phases
WoW Classic release schedule spreads content updates across six phases
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Anthem Starter Gun is Most Damaging in Game
[Updated] Level 1 Gun in Anthem Does More Damage Than Top Tier Guns Anywhere
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Shrink:
Mar 8, 2019
Mar 8, 2019
2hr 17 min
This week Shrink & Rage talks about some unfortunate events and interesting tidbits 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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Games We Played (9:30)
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THQ Nordic and 8chan (49:40)
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Anthem Joins Our Recurrent News Cycle Debacle with Another Issue (1:01:38)
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Devil May Cry 5 Actually Has an Interesting Deluxe Edition (1:12:24)
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Dead or Alive 6 Season Pass is $93, and That's Only the Beginning (1:24:30)
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The 'Xbox Maverick' console will be named 'Xbox One S All-Digital Edition,' preorders in April 2019 (1:36:01)
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Community Corner (1:54:40)
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Discovery Queue (1:57:42)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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THQ and 8 Chan
THQ Nordic Issues Apology For 8Chan AMA
"I do not condone child pornography, white supremacy, or racism"
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Anthem Bricking Consoles
Anthem PS4 Issues Continue, Reports of Consoles Being Bricked
[Updated] PS4 Players Experiencing Major Crash Issues on Anthem
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Devil May Cry Deluxe Edition's Interesting Addition
Devil May Cry 5 ‘Pre-Viz Live-Action Cutscenes’ trailer
Devil May Cry 5's Cutscenes Can Be Replaced With a Live-Action Alternative
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Dead of Alive 6's Season Pass is Outrageous
Dead or Alive 6 Season Pass is $93, and That's Only the Beginning
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Xbox Maverick Rumors
The 'Xbox Maverick' console will be named 'Xbox One S All-Digital Edition,' preorders in April 2019
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Shrink:
Mar 1, 2019
Mar 1, 2019
2hr 49 min
This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club with Bomber Crew then move onto 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 6:05)
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Gameclub: Bomber Crew (57.55)
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Next Gameclub: Company of Heroes (1:37:54)
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Bethesda Bans Fallout 76’s One Fan For Accumulating Too Much Ammo (1:39.05)
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YouTube Creator Misleads Public Over Anthem Video Takedown (1:59:19)
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Federal Trade Commission To Host Public ‘Loot Box’ Workshop (2:16:36)
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Rumored Financial Trouble at GoG (2:21:18)
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Metro Exodus players are leaving thousands of positive reviews - on Steam (2:29:27)
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Community Corner (2:29:45)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
Medal of Honor Pacific Assault
News
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Bethesda Bans Player for Too Much Ammo
Bethesda Bans Fallout 76’s One Fan For Accumulating Too Much Ammo
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Youtube Creator Misleads Public Over Anthem Review
YouTube Creator Misleads Public Over Anthem Video Takedown
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FTC to Host Loot Box Workshop
Federal Trade Commission To Host Public ‘Loot Box’ Workshop
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Rumored Financial Trouble at GoG
GOG Lays Off About A Dozen Employees
GOG Announces Conclusion of Fair Price Package Program
GOG lays off "around a dozen," reportedly due to financial trouble
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Reverse Review Bomb on Metro Exodus
Metro Exodus players are leaving thousands of positive reviews - on Steam
Feb 22, 2019
Feb 22, 2019
2hr 35 min
This week Shrink & Rage catch up on the games we played and talk about some bad news from the gaming industry.
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 (2:35)
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Activision Blizzard Lays Off 8% of Employees (1:51:35)
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Bethesda Broke Their Promise That Fallout 76 Microtransactions Would Be Cosmetic Only (2:07:20)
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Civilization VI Steam EULA Changed to Allow for Data Collection (2:18:08)
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Community Corner (2:28:25)
Games We Played
Rage:
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Shrink:
News
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Activision Blizzard Layoffs
Activision Blizzard Lays Off 8% of Employees (Tech Raptor)
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Bethesda Breaks Micro-transaction Promise
Fallout 76 Subreddit Discussion
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Civilization VI Steam EULA Change
Civilization VI Steam EULA Changed to Allow for Data Collection (Gadgets 360)
Feb 15, 2019
Feb 15, 2019
51 min
Care to guess who is sick again and needs a week off? At least no organs were melted this time around, as far as we know.
Feb 8, 2019
Feb 8, 2019
2hr 49 min
This week Shrink & Rage hold the game club then pad out the rest of the show with some news and dead horse beating.
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 (6:12)
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Gameclub: Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines (55:53)
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Next Gameclub Game: Bomber Crew (2:02:05)
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EA Turns in Bummer Fiscal Report: “We’re disappointed in our underperformance” (2:05:30)
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Fallout 76 Fans are in Full Revolt Following Bethesda's Latest Patch (2:21:04)
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Ubisoft sorry for "offensive" Division 2 marketing email flaunting "a real government shutdown" (2:28:07)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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EA Bummed with Under Performance
EA turns in bummer fiscal report: “We’re disappointed in our underperformance”
EA Says Not Having Battle Royale Hurt Battlefield 5's Sales
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Fallout 76 Fans In Revolt Following Patch
Why Fallout 76 Fans are in Full Revolt Following Bethesda's Latest Patch
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Ubisoft Appolgizes for “Offensive” Division 2 Marketing
Ubisoft sorry for "offensive" Division 2 marketing email flaunting "a real government shutdown"