Video Game Logic Podcast

This week Shrink & Rage play host to Chmis and Ghostshark where we talk about Steam Direct and Steam Discovery 2.0. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at [email protected] drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps: Games We Played (3:13) Steam Direct (1:49:50) Steam Discovery 2.0 Leads to More Sales? (2:15:55) Community Corner (2:48:13) Games We Played: Ghostshark: Stone Hearth Children of a Dead Earth Star Trek Online Chmis: Brawlhalla Crypt of the Necrodancer: Amplified Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Factorio Shrink: Factorio Lifeline Crisis Line Flatline Halfway to Infinity Executive Command News: Valve Replaces Greenlight with Steam Direct Announcement Tech Raptor Article Steam Discovery 2.0 Leads to More Sales? Tech Raptor Article

This week Shrink & Rage talk about Valve coming under fire due to regional pricing, the lack of For Honor review copies, and the future of a VGL segment. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at [email protected] drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (1:05:25) A European Commission Investigates Valve And Five Publishers (1:53:20) No Early Reviews for For Honor (2:09:12) Community Corner (2:17:10) Games We Played Rage: BuriedTown Fumiko! Valiant Hearts: The Great War Shrink: Galactic Junk League Foxhole Time Clickers Factorio News European Commission Investigates Valve And Five Publishers Tech Raptor Article For Honor to Have No Early Reviews Hardcore Gamer Article

This week Shrink & Rage hold the VGL Game Club where we talk about FTL: Faster than Light, Ubisoft breaking a promise, and the future of a VGL segment. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at [email protected] drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps: Games We Played (7:52) VGL Game Club: FTL: Faster than Light (1:06:20) The Votening (1:57:25) Ubisoft Breaks a Promise with The Division (2:08:00) Community Corner (2:21:50) Weekly Deal Picks (2:56:10 Games We Played Rage: Rocket League For Honor Beta Shrink: For Honor Beta Factorio Golf Clash The Trail Halo Wars 2 Blitz Beta VGL Game Club Kestrel Adventures Votening Vote for the March VGL Game Club game News Broken Promises for The Division Lets Play Video Games Article Weekly Sale Picks Rage: Dragon Age: Origins (Ultimate Edition) SPAZ: Space Pirates and Zombies Shrink: Science Girls Cafe-0 The Drowned Mermaid

This week Shrink & Rage talk about indie devs making threats, when does a PC become obsolete, and our standards for AAA gaming. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at [email protected] drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Time Stamps Games We Played (10:58) Dead Effect Dev Makes Threats (1:27:08) General Discussion: When does PC hardware become obsolete? (1:41:48) General Discussion: Are our standards too high for modern AAA game devs? (2:00:43) Community Corner (2:18:08) Weekly Deal Picks (3:21:00) Games We Played Rage: PAKO - Car Chase Simulator Golf Clash The Trail Shrink: Steam Link Valkyria Chronicles Factorio Star Wars Force Arena News Dead Effect Devs Threaten Critics Cog Connected Article Weekly Sale Picks Rage: Singularity XCOM 2 Shrink: Command and Conquer Series A Wild Catgirl Appears

This week Shrink & Rage talk about the cancellation of Scalebound, pick apart the Nintendo conference, and talk about games we're looking forward to in 2017. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at [email protected] drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (16:05) Scalebound Canceled (1:11:30) Nintendo Switch Conferance (1:20:30) Games We're Looking Forward to in 2017 (1:53:50) Community Corner (2:42:15) Weekly Deal Picks (3:14:05) Games We Played Rage: Super Dungeon Bros Minion Masters Shrink: Remotr Steam Link Valkyria Chronicles Digimon Masters Online News Links Scalebound Canceled University Herald Article IGN Article Tech Raptor Article Nintendo Switch Conferance Cnet Article Tech Raptor Article 1 Tech Raptor Article 2 Tech Raptor Article 3 Tech Raptor Article 4 IGN Article Niche Gamer Article Niche Gamer Article 2 Games We're Looking Forward to in 2017 Rage: South Park: The Fractured But Whole Divinity: Original Sin 2 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III Foxhole Heat Signature The Guild 3 Shrink: Halo Wars 2 For Honor Mass Effect Andromeda Yooka Laylee Ace Combat 7 Prey Weekly Sale Picks Rage: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Impossible Creatures Steam Edition Shrink: Valkyria Chronicles If My Heart had Wings

This week Shrink & Rage take a look at remote play options on PC, the winners of the Steam awards, and Tracer being outed in the latest Overwatch comic Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at [email protected] drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (9:45) Steam Beta Adds Xbox Controller Support (1:22:05) Nvidia Announces GeForce Now Streaming Service (1:28:55) Tracer is Gay! (1:41:55) Steam Awards Winners (1:51:53) Community Corner (2:32:30) Steam Weekly Deals (3:07:30) Games We Played Rage: Remotr Rimworld Valiant Hearts: The Great War Shrink: Steam Link Battle (non)sense Steam Link Video Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed Valkyria Chronicles Celestial Command News Steam Beta Adds Xbox Support Tech Raptor Article Nvidia's GeForce Now Streaming Service Extreme Tech Article Tracer is Gay Overwatch Comic Steam Award Winners Announcement Weekly Sale Picks Rage: Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death Shrink: Red Faction Collection

This week the A Team returns as Shrink & Rage talk a lot about various video games as we cover a belated VGL Game Club discussion of Crimson Skies, have our votening for February, and talk about the top sellers on Steam in 2016! Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at [email protected] drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (11:05) VGL Game Club: Crimson Skies (1:47:45) The Votening (2:19:55) Top Sellers on Steam for 2016 (2:28:25) Community Corner (3:09:10) Games We Played: Rage: The Division Drive!Drive!Drive! Mad Max Wolfenstein: The New Order Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Celestial Command Shrink: i7 4790K Performance Report Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes Satellite Reign Factorio Nomad Fleet TransOcean: The Shipping Company Inevitablity VGL Game Club: Crimson Skies February Game Club Votening Steam's Top Sellers for 2016 Announcement

This week we have a special treat as the B Team, Kyle and Chmis, fills in for an episode about something they love, board games. Games Mentioned Neuroshima Hex! Firefly: The Game Think Str8 Starfarers of Catan Kolejka Smash Thanks guys for covering for us this week; we should be back to our abnormal selves in the new year!

Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at [email protected] drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Best Release of 2016 (7:45) Worst Release of 2016 (17:50) Favorite Game Played in 2016 (37:10) Least Favorite Game Played in 2016 (1:03:05) Best Non Game Item (1:21:33) Worst Non Game Item (1:49:11) Best Gaming Moment of 2016 (2:03:10) Worst Gaming Moment of 2016 (2:21:45) Best Gameclub Game 2016 (2:43:20) Biggest Surprise of the Year (2:55:30) Best Release of 2016: Chmis: Undertale Kyle: Civilization 6 Melz: Civilization 6 Rage: Civilization 6 Shrink: Transport Fever Worst Release of 2016: Chmis: Pokemon GO Kyle: No Man's Sky Melz: No Man's Sky Rage: No Man's Sky Shrink: No Man's Sky Favorite Game Played in 2016: Chmis: Brawlhalla Kyle: Factorio Melz: Fallout 3 Rage: Rimworld Shrink: Factorio Least Favorite Game Played in 2016 Chmis: To the Moon Kyle: Undertale Melz: My Sims Rage: Kitten Rampage Shrink: Super Star Best Nongame Item of 2016 Chmis: Jabra Move wireless headset Kyle: VGL Podcast Melz: Death Star Waffle Maker Rage: RX 480 Shrink: RX 480 Worst Nongame Item of 2016 Chmis: Politics Kyle: Fat Dog Melz: Car headlights Rage: Politics Shrink: Politics Best Gaming Moment of 2016 Chmis: Piwnica Quest Wroclaw, "Garage" escape room Kyle: Star Wars RPG (Flamethrower) Melz: Star Wars RPG Rage: Co-Op Stream Nights Shrink: Playing Games with Kid Worst Gaming Moment of 2016 Chmis: Dropping my phone playing Pokemon Go Kyle: Civ 6's religion Melz: Kyle's assholery with spies in Civ 6 Rage: Dying Mouse Story Shrink: Constant Mulitplayer Crashes Best Game Club Game of 2016 Chmis: Bastion Kyle: To the Moon Melz: To the Moon Rage: Bastion Shrink: Skyrim Biggest Surprise of the Year Chmis: Who the fuck is Chris? Kyle: Will You Marry Me? Melz: Disney practices necromancy​ Rage: VGL Podcast Shrink: Divinity Original Sin

Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at [email protected] drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show HIghlights & Timestamps VGL Game Awards (3:47) Games We Played (11:23) Kyle's Law AMA #1 (1:38:35) How Podcasting has Changed Us (2:44:05) Community Corner Weekly Deal Picks (3:17:13) VGL Awards Vote Now! Games We Played Rage: AMD Relive Drivers Maize Assassin's Creed III Shrink: Divinity: Original Sin Star Wars RPG Eve Online News Kyle's AMA PC Gamer Article Community Corner VGL Game Club Voting Discord Server Weekly Sale Picks Rage: Company of Heroes Assassin's Creed III Shrink: American Truck Simulator Victory at Sea Naval Ops Warship Gunner 2 Naval Ops Commander

Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at [email protected] drop by our Discord, tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (9:00) ASA Finds No Man’s Sky Ad Not Misleading (1:17:00) Steam Spy Says '38% of Steam’s Games Were Released in 2016' (1:44:30) The 2016 Game Awards (1:58:00) Community Corner (2:28:53) The VGL Awards (2:47:20) Games We Played Rage G600 MMO Gaming Mouse Disoriented King Lucas Shrink: Transport Fever Forza 5 No Man's Sky News ASA Finds No Man's Sky Ad Not Misleading ASA Ruling Games Bulletin Breakdown Steam Spy finds that 38% of Steam’s Games Were Released in 2016 Steam Spy Tweet The Video Game Awards 2016 Game Awards Announcements Game Awards Winners Community Corner How Some Games Make Money on the Marketplace VGL Game Awards Voting

Link to the MP3 version of the show. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at [email protected] or tweet us @VGLPodcast and we'll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group or our Discord. We'll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we've talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played (7:45) VGL Game Club: Skyrim (56:15) No Man's Sky Gets Foundations Update (2:55:10) Community Corner Games We Played: Rage: Alice in Wonderland Euro Truck Simulator 2 The Dwarves Divinity: Original Sin Shrink: Divinity: Original Sin Super Star Transport Fever VGL Game Club: Skyrim Vote for the Janurary Game Club Game! News No Man's Sky Foundations Update Tech Raptor Article Update Trailer Patch Notes The Victim Card The Buggy Community Corner Skyrim Book Club

Topics list: For Show Date: 11-29-16 Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics Games We Played 7:45 Gameclub: Skyrim 56:15 No Man’s Sky delivers the “foundations update. 2:55:10 Community Corner Games We played Shrink: Divinity Original Sin Enhanced Edition: http://store.steampowered.com/app/373420/ Super Star http://store.steampowered.com/app/503300/ Transport Fever http://store.steampowered.com/app/446800/ Rage: Alice in Wonderland http://store.steampowered.com/app/544190/ Euro Truck Simulator 2 http://store.steampowered.com/app/227300/ The Dwarves http://store.steampowered.com/app/403970/ Divinity: Original Sin http://store.steampowered.com/app/373420/ News Items and sources: No Man’s Sky Update: The Horse Twitches Slightly! https://techraptor.net/content/hello-games-breaks-silence-no-mans-sky-update-coming https://youtu.be/hI9PvjJJijY http://www.no-mans-sky.com/foundation-update/ http://archive.is/hrsfi https://techraptor.net/content/vehicles-may-be-coming-to-no-mans-sky Skyrim Sub Questions to guide discussion: What this game did for us and the GC. Experience and brief opinion of the game prior to gameclub. Mods we used and why. Things you like. Things you dislike. Best part of the game. Worst part of the game. How does it compare to another ES game you like. Final Thoughts on the game after GC. Title: Agree to Disagree Mail Notes: Discord Link https://discord.gg/Ywjv47m skyrimbookclub.ca

Topics list: For Show Date: 11-22-16 Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics Games We Played 11:45 Golden Joystick Winners Announced 42:43 Ubisoft Says Gamers Will No Longer Have to Buy DLC for Full Experience 1:56:00 Community Corner 2:12:00 Steam Sale Wish Lists 2:44:45 Games We played Shrink: Zigfrak http://store.steampowered.com/app/259430/ Portal 2 http://store.steampowered.com/app/620/ Rage: Book of Demons http://store.steampowered.com/app/449960/ Chilie http://store.steampowered.com/app/550560/ News Items and sources: Golden Joystick Winners Announced https://www.greenmangaming.com/blog/golden-joystick-awards-2016-winners-announced/ Ubisoft Says Gamers Will No Longer Have to Buy DLC for Full Experience http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-11-22-no-more-dlc-that-gamers-have-to-buy-for-the-full-experience-ubisoft Mail Notes: Discord Link https://discord.gg/Ywjv47m Our Weekly Picks Shrink: Evochron Legacy: http://store.steampowered.com/app/398170 Tyranny http://store.steampowered.com/app/362960/ Virginia http://store.steampowered.com/app/374030 Major/Minor http://store.steampowered.com/app/475490 Rage: Rimworld http://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/ Shadow Warrior http://store.steampowered.com/app/233130/ Stardew Valley http://store.steampowered.com/app/413150 Spintires http://store.steampowered.com/app/263280 Ghostbusters: The Videogame http://store.steampowered.com/app/9870

Link to the MP3 version of the show. Do you have feedback for the show or wish to respond to something we say? E-mail us at [email protected] or tweet us @VGLPodcast and we’ll read it on the show. You can also contact us via our Steam group. We’ll be hosting events, chatting, and using the curator as a master list of our past and future games we’ve talked about on the show. Check it out for more information. Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights and Timestampes Games We Played (11:15) VGL Game Club: Path of Exile (53:28) The Votening (1:13:30) Fallout 4 and Skyrim Enhanced Edition Gets Mods Afterall on PS4 (1:24:35) No Man’s Sky Subreddit Purged and Locked, Restored by Admin (1:31:55) Titanfall 2 News (1:40:35) Amy Benning Denounces AAA Gaming Industry (1:53:05) Oculus Touch Price and Release Date & VR Talk (2:04:15) Community Corner (2:18:40) Steam Weekly Deals (2:27:20) Games We Played Rage: Shu The Crew The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Wildstar Shrink: Spintires Galactic Civilizations 3 Pocket Planes VGL Game Club Poll! Vote! News PS4 Gives Mod Support to Skyrim EE and Fallout 4 Gamnesia Article No Man’s Sky Subreddit Drama Archived Reddit Thread Titanfall 2 News PC Gamer Article Extreme Tech Article Amy Benning Denounces AAA Gaming Industry Keen Gamer Article Tech Raptor Article Oculus Touch Price and Release Date Announced Lets Play Video Games Article Weekly Steam Deals Rage: Zeno Clash Company of Heroes Humble Bundle Shrink: Sanctum 2 Bridge Constructor Stunts