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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 20, 2018
Apr 20, 2018
3hr 41 min
This week Shrink & Rage hear EA promise to do better (again) and CiffyB's sour grapes before giving list of our favorite Youtubers.
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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Cliff Bleszinski accuses Epic Games of stealing staff (1:28:49)
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ASUS teases ROG Gaming Phone (1:50:44)
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EA Pledges to ‘be better’ After Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Debacle (2:02:00)
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Community Corner (2:13:20)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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Cliffy B Accuses Epic Games of Staff Poaching
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ASUS Gaming Phone
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EA's Promises Improvements
Community Corner
Youtube Recommendations
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Rage
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Shrink

Apr 13, 2018
Apr 13, 2018
3hr 1 min
This week Shrink & Rage talk about PUBG Corp's lawsuit, what is the most profitable entertainment product of all time, things looking up on the loot box front, and things looking down for Steam Spy.
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 8:52
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PUBG Corp. Files Lawsuit Against NetEase for Alleged Copyright Infringement (1:34:07)
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GTA 5 Is The Most Profitable Entertainment Product Of All Time… Maybe? (2:02:00)
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Is the Year of the Lootbox Dead? (2:08:13)
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Marvel’s Spider-Man Will Let You Unlock Pre-Order Suits in Game (2:17:57)
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Steam Spy & Steam Privacy (2:26:29)
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Discovery Queue (2:38:38)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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PUBG Corp Sues NetEase For Alleged Copyright Infringement
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GTA 5 Most Profitable Entertainment Product of All Time?
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General Topic: Year of the Loot Box Dead?
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Spider-Man Pre Order Suits Unlockable
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Steam Spy & Valve's New Privacy Settings
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Shrink:

Apr 6, 2018
Apr 6, 2018
3hr 12 min
This week Shrink & Rage talk about wins and losses in the loot box war, the disappearance of Steam machines, and a couple small, personal news items 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 We Played (10:05)
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Lootboxes: Drops come in, drops go out. Can’t explain it. (1:38:52)
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Big Fish Casino Video Game Constitutes Illegal Online Gambling, Federal Appeals Court Rules (1:59:18)
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Valve Removes Steam Machines From Steam’s Storefront. (2:12:34)
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Faeria Goes Pay to Play (2:22:00)
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Fortnite Removes 30 FPS Mode from Consoles (2:28:50)
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Community Corner (2:34:26)
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Discovery Queue (2:53:37)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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Hawaii Loot Box Bills Fail to Advance
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Shadow of War Removes Loot Boxes and Microtransactions
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Big Fish Casino Constitutes Gambling Rules Federal Appeals Court
Penn & Teller's Bullshit Numbers
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Valve Removes Steam Machines
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Faeria Goes Pay to Play
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Fortnight Removes 30 FPS Mode From Consoles
Discovery Queue
Rage:
DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Shrink:

Mar 30, 2018
Mar 30, 2018
3hr 35 min
This week Shrink & Rage hold our monthly game club for Torchlight 2, talk about Atari's empty box, 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
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Games We Played (4:00)
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Gameclub: Torchlight 2 (1:08:10)
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Next Gameclub Game: 80 Days (1:51:50)
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Atari’s Empty Box at GDC (1:55:27)
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GDC's 'realistic' talk about game sales on Steam (2:12:22)
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EA is Hiring for an Open-World Star Wars Game (2:29:33)
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Microsoft are banning offensive language from Skype and Xbox (2:49:15)
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Community Corner (3:05:19)
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Discovery Queue (3:07:57)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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Atari's Empty Box at GDC
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GDC's Talk About Realistic Game Sales on Steam
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EA Hiring for Open World Star Wars Game
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Microsoft Banning Offensive Language from Skype and Xbox
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Shrink:

Mar 23, 2018
Mar 23, 2018
3hr 25 min
This week Shrink & Rage talk Battlefront II, Will Wright's return, PUBG, and speculate on the Atari Box.
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 (2:55)
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Star Wars Battlefront II New Progression System Coming Next Week (1:16:25)
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Changes for Humble Monthly? (1:31:10)
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Will Wright returns to Game Development with Mobile title Proxi (1:49:29)
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PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS Possibly Working On Region Lock (1:57:27)
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Atari Reveals Info on New Console (2:09:48)
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Community Corner (2:28:25)
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Discovery Queue (2:51:03)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
News
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Star Wars Battlefront II Gets New Progression System
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Changes for Humble Monthly?
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Will Wright Returns to Game Development with Mobile Title
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PUBG Region Lock
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Atari Box Speculation
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Shrink:
Super Seducer: How to Talk to Girls
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

Mar 16, 2018
Mar 16, 2018
3hr 18 min
This week Shrink & Rage are back to our abnormal selves and talk about the ESA Roundtable and a bit on Artifact & Fortnite.
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 (5:15)
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Trump’s ESA Roundtable (1:20:25)
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Artifact: Valve makes a game again (1:49:28)
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Fortnite is Coming to Mobile and will Support Crossplay with PC and Consoles (2:10:42 )
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Community Corner (2:32:39)
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Discovery Queue (2:48:50)
Games We Played
Rage:
SENRAN KAGURA Peach Beach Splash
Shrink:
News
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Trump ESA Roundtable
Response from Games for Change
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Artifact Info
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Fortnight Mobile
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Shrink:

Mar 9, 2018
Mar 9, 2018
3hr 27 min
This week Shrink & Rage we catch up on three week's worth of games we played.
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 (4:00)
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Reliance of Game Devs on Modding Communities (2:24:06)
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Community Corner (2:44:15)
Games We Played
Rage:
Shrink:
Shadowrun Dragonfall Director's Cut

Mar 2, 2018
Mar 2, 2018
2hr 32 min
This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly Game Club for Xenonauts before diving into some rather bad news topics.
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: Xenonauts (3:15)
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Next Gameclub: Torchlight 2 (1:23:03)
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Video Games Under Fire After School Shooting (1:25:44)
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ESRB Announces Label Covering In Game Purchases (1:46:24)
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Flight Sim Group put Malware in a Jet and Called it DRM (2:02:01)
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Discovery Queue (2:34:02)
News
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Video Games Under Fire Again
KY Gov Calls Video Games Immoral
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ESRB Announces Label for In-Game Purchases
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Flight Sim Group's Malware DRM
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Shrink:

Feb 23, 2018
Feb 23, 2018
2hr 38 min
This week Shrink & Rage have a very special episode one hundred.
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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Name Behind the Game
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Microsoft (5:50)
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Nintendo & Sega (34:17)
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Ubisoft (1:16:30)
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Mount Rushmore of: Important Gaming Figures (1:34:17)
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Community Corner (2:05:45)
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Discovery Queue (2:10:18)
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
SENRAN KAGURA Peach Beach Splash
Shrink:
What?! My Neighbors Are Demons

Feb 16, 2018
Feb 16, 2018
2hr 15 min
This week Shrink & Rage combine a bunch of Lootbox topics into one mess, talk Sea of Thieves, and Scrolls.
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 (3:38)
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Loot Boxes going forward In (4:34)
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Report: Disney/LFL Talking with Two New Game Developers for Star Wars (1:08:15)
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Sea of Thieves is getting microtransaction pets a few months after launch (1:25:36)
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Mojang’s Card Game Scrolls Wraps Up For Good On Feb 13 (1:36:57)
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Relic leaves Dawn of War 3 behind as it moves on to new projects (1:43:15)
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Community Corner (1:53:08)
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Discovery Queue (1:54:15)
Games We Played
Rage:
Transport Empire: Steam Tycoon
Stickman Destruction 3 Annihilation
Shrink:
News
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Lootbox Bonanza
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Rumor: Disney/FLF Looking for New Star Wars Developers
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Sea of Theives Will Have Microtransactions a Few Months After Launch
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Scrolls Wraps Up
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Runic Moves on to Other Projects, Drops Support for Dawn of War 3
Discovery Queue
Rage:
Shrink:
