Another off week, another week of filler content for your ear holes. We'll be back next week for the Game Club!

This week Shrink & Rage talk about yet another apology, NFTs (again), and the first award show of the season.

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• Games We Played 2:55

Phil Spencer says some NFT games feel "more exploitive than about entertainment" 34:24

Warner Bros. crossover fighter Multiversus officially announced 37:42

Rockstar Games Apologizes for GTA Trilogy Launch 45:29

Golden Joystick Awards 54:57

Community Corner 1:39:16

Streamlabs drops ‘OBS’ from company name in response to recent controversy

Games We Played

Rage:

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise

Shrink:

Sprocket

Phil Spencer Says What We're All Thinking

Games Industry Biz: Phil Spencer says some NFT games feel "more exploitive than about entertainment"

Warner Bros Corssover Fighter

Eurogamer: Warner Bros. crossover fighter Multiversus officially announced

Rockstar Launches Apology Blog Post

Techraptor: Rockstar Games Apologizes for GTA Trilogy Launch

The Golden Joystick Awards

Nominations

Winners

Streamlabs Kinda Were Dicks

Polygon: Streamlabs drops ‘OBS’ from company name in response to recent controversy

Eurogamer: Streamlabs under fire from rival software owners and streamers following release of new product

This week Shrink & Rage talk about the crime that is the new GTA Trilogy release.

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.

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Games We Played 5:50

Amazon Games switches off New World's entire economy after players discover duping glitch. 26:02

GTA The Trilogy: The Definitive Shit Show 32:44

Community Corner 55:37

Activision Blizzard's Bobby Kotick under pressure to resign: What to know

Discovery Queue 1:08:22

Rage:

Unpacking

Shrink:

Railroads Online!

New World, New Issues

PC Gamer: Amazon Games switches off New World's entire economy after players discover duping glitch

GTA Is a Bit of a Mess

VGC: GTA Trilogy chaos continues as ‘Hot coffee sex mini-game files’ reportedly uncovered

Tech Raptor: GTA Trilogy PC Pulled After Dev Notes and Missing Music Found

VGC: As GTA Trilogy PC is pulled, dataminers discover it contains missing music and ‘holy grail’ dev notes

Rock Paper Shotgun: Modders are fixing the GTA Trilogy, from better rain to nut-shaped nuts

Cnet: Activision Blizzard's Bobby Kotick under pressure to resign: What to kno

Rage:

The Last Stand: Aftermath

Tavern Master

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™

Grow: Song of the Evertree

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

Bright Memory: Infinite

SYNTHETIK 2

Moncage

Shrink:

Junkpunk

Skyrim Anniversary

KIanga Seeds of Civilization

Lets Build a Zoo

Blue Reflections 2nd Light

Blue Reflections

Jupiter Moons Mecha

We learn the Origin of Craig while Rage is out sick.

This week Shrink & Rage talk about NFTs, New World, and The Jiggle Exploit.

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 3:20

Amazon’s New World Is on Fire 44:43

Ubisoft drinks the crypto Kool-Aid, announces plans to develop blockchain games 1:00:10

Sony has formed the ‘PlayStation PC’ label for its PC games push 1:16:15

Community Corner 1:21:22

How California's wildfire skies ended up in 'Call of Duty: Vanguard'

Discovery Queue 1:30:01

Rage:

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Shrink:

Twelve Minutes

A Whole New World of Dumb Design Choices

CBR: Amazon's New World Loses Over 500,000 Players in a Month

Tech Raptor: Game-Breaking New World Exploit Continues Despite Amazon's Efforts

PC Gamer: Amazon disables New World 'wealth transfers' to fight gold dupe exploit

Ubisoft's Crypto Kool-Aid

PC Gamer: Ubisoft drinks the crypto Kool-Aid, announces plans to develop blockchain games

Sony PC?

VGC: Sony has formed the ‘PlayStation PC’ label for its PC games push

Engadget: How California's wildfire skies ended up in 'Call of Duty: Vanguard'

Rage:

Unpacking

The Jackbox Party Pack 8

To The Rescue!

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles

Escape Simulator

Forza Horizon 5

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

Shrink:

Guardians of the Galaxy

Inscryption

Imposter Factory

Railroads Online

Hot Wheels Unleashed

Steel Crew

This week Shrink & Rage are underwhelmed by the game club then go on to some 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 [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.

October Gameclub: Darkest Dungeon 5:45

Next Gameclub: Watch_Dogs 31:20

Next year's BlizzConline on "pause" as Activision Blizzard looks to "reimagine" event 34:05

Community Corner

Ubisoft Can’t Stop Harassing People 43:15

Players Have A Ton Of Complaints About Nintendo Switch Online’s N64 Games 49:41

Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion subscription will cost $50 a year

BlizzCon "Paused"

Eurogamer: Next year's BlizzConline on "pause" as Activision Blizzard looks to "reimagine" event

Oh... Ubisoft

Tweet From Brendan Sinclair

Passing on the Expansion Pack

Kotaku: Players Have A Ton Of Complaints About Nintendo Switch Online’s N64 Games

Eurogamer: Nintendo Switch Online's N64 games have a few issues

ScreenRant: Nintendo Switch N64 Game Lag Shown By Zelda & Mario Players

Games Industry Biz: Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion subscription will cost $50 a year

Let's face it, Shrink isn't sorry for what he's about to do. Although, now he is doomed to die in the robot uprising with the rest of us, which is nice.

This week Shrink & Rage force a robot to do questionable things. Oh, and some gaming stuff as well.

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 24:42

Apple files appeal in Epic Games case, potentially delaying App Store changes for years 56:25

Twitch Gets Leaked… All of It 57:07

Microsoft Expands Xbox Accessibility Features and Programs 1:08:54

Blizzard lacks self awareness, attempts to white wash WoW 1:23:19

EA says it needs to work on "real solutions" for FIFA players who lose control of their spending 1:35:21

Community Corner

Grand Theft Auto modders that tried to get around a DMCA claim get walloped with Take-Two lawsuit 1:44:35

You Can Now Buy Marvel's Avengers XP Boosts 1:53:04

Rage:

Tsubasacon

Superliminal

I Am Fish

Shrink:

Sonic Adventure DX

Sonic Adventure 2

Jared Goes to Fae Court

Apple Stalls App Store Changes

CNBC: Apple files appeal in Epic Games case, potentially delaying App Store changes for years

Twitch's Small Leak

Dot Esports: Twitch data reportedly leaks online including source code, streamer earnings, encrypted passwords, and more

Eurogamer: Twitch confirms data exposed in major leak, but "no indication" passwords leaked

Expanded Accessibility Features on Xbox

Tech Raptor: Microsoft Expands Xbox Accessibility Features and Programs

Games Industry Biz: Xbox introduces accessibility tags in its store

Blizzard Plans to Whitewash WoW

MMORPG: Blizzard Continues Updating and Removing Insensitive Older World of Warcraft Content

PTR Patch Notes

EA Makes Us Laugh

Eurogamer: EA says it needs to work on "real solutions" for FIFA players who lose control of their spending

GTA Modders Play With Fire, Take Two Happy to Burn Them

PC Gamer: Grand Theft Auto modders that tried to get around a DMCA claim get walloped with Take-Two lawsuit

Avengers Assemble... Microtransaction XP Boosters

Tech Raptor: You Can Now Buy Marvel's Avengers XP Boosts

VGC: Paid XP boosts have been added to Avengers, despite promises it would never happen

Good day friends! Rage is out this week on an adventure, so we grabbed some Franken content for a franken episode. Hope you enjoy! We'll be back next week.

This week Shrink & Rage go to the old west for some tall tales and a 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: Call of Juarez Gunslinger 5:00

Next Gameclub Game: Darkest Dungeon 59.21

Marvel’s Avengers is coming to Game Pass this month 1:01:17

China bans live streaming by children under 16 1:06:19

It looks like Apple won't be letting Fortnite back on its devices anytime soon 1:12:12

Twitch reportedly launching new security tools to combat hate raiding 1:16:27

Community Corner 

Change.Org petition warning Activision 1:22:39

Game Pass Avengers

PC Games N: Marvel’s Avengers is coming to Game Pass this month

More China Bans

Games Industry Biz: China bans livestreaming by children under 16

Apple Disallowing Fortnite

Eurogamer: It looks like Apple won't be letting Fortnite back on its devices anytime soon

Twitch May Get New Chat Security Tools

Eurogamer: Twitch reportedly launching new security tools to combat hate raiding

Warning at Activision Blizzard: Do not layoff workers!

Waypoint: Activision Blizzard Workers Accuse Company of 'Union Busting' and 'Intimidation'