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Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 308: Video Game Vacation
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Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 308: Video Game Vacation

Video Game Logic Podcast

July 14, 20231h 42m

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Show Notes

This week Shrink & Rage talk about the FTC... again while Shrink takes a video game vacation.

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Show Highlights & Timestamps
  • Games We Played 2:17
  • Microsoft/Activision Deal Getting Closer? 50:57
  • Dutch government seeks to ban loot boxes 57:31
  • 87% of classic video games are 'critically endangered', says game history organization 1:02:55
  • Community Corner 1:17:51
    • Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil”
    • Official Minecraft wiki editors furious at Fandom
    • Video Games And TikTok Are To Blame For French Riots

 

Games We Played

Rage:

Arcade Paradise

 

Shrink:

Pillars of Eternity

 

News
  • Microsoft and the FTC... Again

Games Industry Biz: Canada regulator says Microsoft-Activision deal "likely" to harm competition

The Verge: Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard

The Verge: Microsoft and UK regulators agree to pause their Activision battle to negotiate

 

  • Dutch Government Banning Loot Boxes?

Games Industry Biz: Dutch government seeks to ban loot boxes

 

  • Are Classic Games Endangered?

Games Industry Biz: 87% of classic video games are 'critically endangered', says game history organisation

 

Community Corner
  • Is Denuvo Evil?

Ars Technica: Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil”

 

  • Minecraft Wiki Leaving Fandom?

PC Gamer: Official Minecraft wiki editors so furious at Fandom's 'degraded' functionality and popups they're overwhelmingly voting to leave the site

 

  • Video Games and Tik Tok Caused the French Riots?

Kotaku: Video Games And TikTok Are To Blame For French Riots, Says Prez