Video Game Logic Podcast

This week Shrink & Rage talk turkey as we get ready for Thanksgiving.

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• Games We Played 5:22 

• Sony Bans Shovelware and Easy Platinum Games 27:38

• Golden Joystick Award Winners 2022 42:49

• Community Corner 1:10:04

  • The Truth Behind Nvidia Melting Dongles

Rage:

Escape Academy

Shrink:

Mindustry

• Sony Bans Shovelware

PlayStation Bans Shovelware And Easy Platinum Games On The Playstation Store

"Gameplay"

• The Golden Joystick Awards

Winners and Nominees

The Truth Behind Nvida Melting Dongles

This week Shrink & Rage talk about a bad game, the death of a legend, and a cursed game.

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 [email protected] 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.

• Games We Played 4:52

• Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy has died aged 66 43:47

• Diablo Immortal gem update leaves players demanding refunds 51.35

• Community Corner

  • Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong publisher says box's PS5 upgrade listing was "mistake" 59:57

  • More Users Encounter Melting Issue With Nvidia's RTX 4090 12VHPWR Cable 1:04:32

Rage:

Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator

Shrink:

Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries

Skyrim

Overly Long Documentry Part 1

Overly Long Documentry Part 2

• Batman Voice Actor Dies

Batman actor Kevin Conroy has died aged 66

• Diablo Immortal Gem Update

Diablo Immortal gem update leaves players demanding refunds

Diablo Immortal gem compensation is “adding insult to injury”

• Vampire: The Masquerade Mistake

Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong publisher says box's PS5 upgrade listing was "mistake"

• RTX 4090 Slight... Melting problem

More Users Encounter Melting Issue With Nvidia's RTX 4090 12VHPWR Cable

Pulled away at the last moment, we have to go to another Fraken episode. We should be back next week!

Illness has struck again! We'll be back next week for some hopefully illness-free gaming talk.

This week Shrink & Rage hold game club then dive into the discovery queue.

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• October Gameclub: Beacon Pines 5:06

• November Gameclub: Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion 1:20:00

• Discovery Queue 1:23:29

Rage:

Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

Stranded: Alien Dawn

Persona 5 Royal

The Jackbox Party Pack 9

Coral Island

Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef

Shrink:

Gotham Knights

Settlement Survival

Potionomics

Endoparasitic

Guild Wars 2

Slime Rancher 2

This week Shrink & Rage talk about another service going away, Sims, and an impressive anniversary.

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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.

• Games We Played 3:02

• Sims 4 Goes F2P, Sims 5 Teased 30:32

• G4 As Dead As Stadia 42:25

• Stadia exclusive Outcasters to disappear with Google's platform 50:47

• Euro Truck Simulator 2's 10th Anniversary 57:03

Rage:

Parkitect

Shrink:

Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition

• Sims 4 and 5

Sims 5 Tease

Polygon: The Sims 5 is in early development, has cool new build mode

PC Gamer: How to play The Sims 4 free

• Plug Pulled on G4

Games Industry Biz: Comcast shuts down G4 one year after relaunch, lays off remaining staff

• Stadia Exclusive Will Disappear With Stadia

Games Industry Biz: Stadia exclusive Outcasters to disappear with Google's platform

• Euro Truck Simulator 2 10th Anniversary

Euro Truck 2 10 Year Announcement

This week Shrink & Rage dance on a grave!

Do you have feedback for the show, a response for something we said, or something we should know about? Drop us an e-mail at [email protected] 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.

• Games We Played 1:55

• Google Kills Stadia 1:21:05

• Ubisoft thinks you should pay $120 for Far Cry 6 GOTY Edition even though it didn't win a GOTY award 1:37:10

• Overwatch 2 Dumpster Fire 1:40:20

• FIFA 23 slammed by PC players as EA's own anti-cheat makes it unplayable for many 1:52:22

Games We Played

Rage:

Splatoon 3

Tsubasacon 2022

Shrink:

Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries: Call to Arms

Supreme Commander Forged Alliance

• Stadia Dies!

Forbes: Google Reveals ‘First Laptops Built For Cloud Gaming’ Just After Killing Stadia

Eurogamer: Stadia owners want Google to make controller usable elsewhere

Eurogamer: Destiny 2 and Hitman developers respond to Google Stadia shutdown

Games Industy Biz: Stadia shutting down

Game Devs And Stadia Employees Alike Were Blindsided By The Sudden Shutdown

Eurogamer: Stadia developers still working on games shocked to hear of shutdown

Google 9 to 5: Source: Stadia turned down an exclusive Death Stranding follow-up from Kojima

The Verge: Ubisoft will let you transfer your Stadia purchases to PC

NME: ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ Stadia player will lose 6000 hours of playtime

Stadia Price Tracking Site

• Ubisoft's Insane GotY Edition

Techspot: Ubisoft thinks you should pay $120 for Far Cry 6 GOTY Edition even though it didn't win a GOTY award

• Overwatch 2 Dumpster Fire

Eurogamer: Overwatch 2 asks new players to unlock characters over 100 matches

PCGamesN: Overwatch 2 server error woes plague launch of Blizzard FPS

Kotaku: Overwatch 2's Phone Requirement: 'It's Like Being Punished For Being Poor'

MP1st: Overwatch 2: To Earn One Legendary Skin Requires Over 8 Months of Challenge Grind

• FIFA Unplayable

PC Gamer: FIFA 23 slammed by PC players as EA's own anti-cheat makes it unplayable for many

This week Jared got sick again and Rage had a Convention to go to, so we ran a Franken from our last few weeks worth of recordings. We almost cleared the Tuesday Curse.....Almost. 

This week Shrink & Rage gets some skill kills in the September 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 [email protected] 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.

• September Gameclub: Bulletstorm Full Clip Edition 2:34

• Next Gameclub Game: Beacon Pines 48:00

• Twitch Creator Chief Exits With Controversy Over Streamer Pay Swirling 52:07

• AimJunkies Countersues Bungie for Hacking and DMCA Violations 1:05:41

• Grand Theft Auto 6 hacker teen suspect held in youth detention center 1:09:37

• Twitch Creator Pay Controversy

Bloomberg: Twitch Creator Chief Exits With Controversy Over Streamer Pay Swirling

Yahoo Finance: Twitch Creator Chief Exits With Controversy Over Streamer Pay Swirling

• AimJunkies Countersue Bungie

Torrent Junkies: AimJunkies Countersues Bungie for Hacking and DMCA Violations

• Grand Theft Auto 6 Hacker Busted

Eurogamer: Grand Theft Auto 6 hacker teen suspect held in youth detention centre

This week Shrink & Rage talks GTA, G4, EVGA, and non-initialism news.

Do you have feedback for the show, a response to something we said, or something we should know about? Drop us an e-mail at [email protected] 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.

• Games We Played 10:57

• Twitch Streamer’s $200,000 Gambling Scam 42:37

• G4 Layoffs, Dying Again? 50:01

• Community Corner

  • EVGA GPUs No More? 1:03:03

  • The Leakening of GTA 6 1:12:29

Rage:

Hotwheels Unleashed

Little Big Workshop

Shrink:

Lego Indiana Jones The Original Adventures

• Twitch Gambling Scam

Games Industry Biz: Twitch streamer Sliker admits to $200,000 gambling scam

Dexerto: Sliker’s Twitch partner status and sub button disappear after scamming scandal

• G4 Dying Again?

Twitch: First Report

Kotaku: G4TV Hit With Major Layoffs Less Than A Year After Coming Back

Kotaku: Xplay Host Frosk Out At G4 A Week After Layoffs

Kotaku: G4 Host Slams Xplay Audience’s Sexist Expectations

The Rant

• EVGA Leaving GPU Market

Gamer's Nexus: EVGA Terminates NVIDIA Partnership, Cites Disrespectful Treatment

Tom's Hardware: EVGA Abandons the GPU Market, Reportedly Citing Conflicts With Nvidia

IGN: EVGA Will No Longer Make Graphics Cards for Nvidia

• The GTA 6 Leakening

Archive of Reddit Breakdown of Leak

Tech Crunch: Massive GTA 6 gameplay video leak depicts male and female playable characters