This week Shrink & Rage try to figure out what's going on With Activision Blizzard now they feds have gotten in on the act.

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Games we played 3:29

Valve patents “instant play” game downloads 22:49

Gran Turismo 7's big new campaign will require an internet connection 25:10

Sports Games Add More Terrible Monetization 30:38

Community Corner

Activision Blizzard Now a Federal Case 44:39

American and Euro Truck Simulator 2 devs have mastered sim economics 1:00:14

Discovery Queue 1:10:05

Rage:

SkateBIRD

Shrink:

Will it Crush

Shrink's Crimes Against Humainty Stream

Instant Play Coming to Steam?

NME: Valve patents “instant play” game downloads

Gran Turismo Always Online

Eurogamer: Gran Turismo 7's big new campaign will require an internet connection

Sports Games Anti-Consumer Moves

Eurogamer: EA sticks with loot boxes for FIFA 22 Ultimate Team, but adds preview packs

Eurogamer: Konami selling a £33 eFootball premium player pack you can't use until November

Even More Bad News for Activision Blizzard

TechRaptor: Activision Blizzard Addresses SEC Investigation and Depatures

Wall Street Journal: SEC Is Investigating Activision Blizzard Over Workplace Practices, Disclosures

PC Games N: Activision Blizzard faces unfair labour practice suit alleging “worker intimidation and union busting”

Eurogamer: Activision boss Bobby Kotick subpoenaed as multiple agencies seek truth on harassment allegations

Hoeg Law Video

American/Euro Truck Sim Devs Nails Selling a Sim Game

PC Invasion: American and Euro Truck Simulator 2 devs have mastered sim economics

Rage:

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

World War Z: Aftermath

Sheltered 2

Tails of Iron

Aragami 2

I Am Fish

Severed Steel

STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town

Destroy All Humans!

Shrink:

Gas Station Simulator

Scrapnaut

A Plague Tale: Requiem

The Magister

City of Gangsters

Beyond Contact

This week Shrink & Rage head to court to hear the results of Epic vs Apple, oh and Twitch is getting in on the litigation action.

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Games we played 

Epic vs Apple Court Decision

Twitch sues users over hate raids

Community Corner

GameStop Says It's Moving Beyond Games, "Evolving" To Become A Technology Company

China bans all new video games as it warns children are addicted to 'electronic drugs'

SWAT 4 and Rainbow Six: Vegas Rendered Unplayable by Dynamic Ads

Indian news channel uses Arma 3 gameplay footage to claim Pakistan bombed Afghanistan

Discovery Queue

Rage:

Dodgeball Academia

Shrink:

Star Wars Galaxies: Legends

Megamek

Jared Is a Naughty Boy Stream

Epic vs Apple

9 to 5 Mac: Epic vs. Apple ruling revealed: Apple must allow App Store devs to redirect users to other payment systems

CNBC: Apple can no longer force developers to use in-app purchasing, judge rules in Epic Games case

Forbes: Apple’s App Store Illegally Stifles Consumer Choice, District Court Rules

The New York Times: Why Apple Didn’t Lose in the Epic Games Ruling

The Verge: A comprehensive breakdown of the Epic v. Apple ruling

Hoeg Law Video

Twitch Sues Hate Raiders

Games Industry Biz: Twitch sues users over hate raids

Euro Gamer: Twitch files lawsuit against two hate raiders

The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/10/22666953/twitch-sues-alleged-hate-raiders-harassment-streamers

The Jimquisition

GameStop “Evolves”

Gamespot: GameStop Says It's Moving Beyond Games, "Evolving" To Become A Technology Company

China Games Stuff

CNN: China tells Tencent and Netease to focus less on profit as gaming crackdown expands

Daily Star: China bans all new video games as it warns children are addicted to 'electronic drugs'

SWAT 4 and Rainbow Six Vegas Unplayable Due to Ad Server

Tweet Thread

PC Mag: SWAT 4 and Rainbow Six: Vegas Rendered Unplayable by Dynamic Ads

Indian News Lies

PC Gamer: Indian news channel uses Arma 3 gameplay footage to claim Pakistan bombed Afghanistan

Rage:

Life is Strange: True Colors

Webbed

The Artful Escape

Rec Room

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites

Honey, I Joined a Cult

Shrink:

Dice Legacy

DEATHLOOP

Animalia Survival

FINAL FANTASY II

Lilith Odyssey

This week Shrink & Rage dive into the dumper fire when we get political... again.

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Games we played 3:27

Community Corner

Tripwire CEO Puts Foot in Mouth, Gets Fired 57:23

How Gaming Will Change Humanity as We Know It 1:11:54

Discovery Queue 1:26:35

Rage:

Psychonauts 2

Shrink:

Sword Art Online: Lost Song

Nexus Mods Vortex

The Elder SCrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition

Jared is a horrible person stream

Tripwire CEO Puts Foot in Mouth

Shipright Studios Calls out Tripwire

Kotaku: Tripwire CEO 'Steps Down' After Supporting Texas Anti-Abortion Law

How Gaming Will Change Humanity as We Know It

Bloomberg: How Gaming Will Change Humanity as We Know It

Rage:

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

American Truck Simulator - Wyoming

A Total War Saga: TROY

Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond

Rift Wizard

BRAVELY DEFAULT II

Shrink:

Cookie Clicker

Stellar Warfare

Xenia’s Ark

Bus Simulator 21

VTM Bloodhunt

This week Shrink & Rage defend the earth from giant insects... oh wait... wrong game. Aliens! We fight aliens in game club. Also, take on some community submitted news topics.

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Gameclub: XCom Enemy Unknown 5:49

Next Gameclub: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger 54:17

Community Corner

Roblox Shenanigans and Mass Murder 55:45

Gaming Restrictions Come and Go 1:08:15

Discovery Queue 1:18:55

Roblox

Eurogamer: Roblox "exploiting" young game developers, new investigation reports

Video by People Make Games

The Verge: Roblox is struggling to moderate re-creations of mass shootings

Gaming Restrictions Come and Go

NPR: In China, Kids Are Limited To Playing Video Games For Only 3 Hours Per Week

Engadget: South Korea to end its controversial gaming curfew

Rage:

Sprocket

Myst

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

Axis Football 2021

Tetris® Effect: Connected

Shrink:

Psychonauts 2

12 Minutes

Jurassic World Evolution 2

With Shrink out sick, time for another Franken episode. 

This week Shrink & Rage talk about Blizzard's sweet, sweet lies and EA being Evil Actually. Oh, and the heroes really being the villains with this whole save Titanfall... thing.

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Games We Played 3:01

Despite what Blizzard said, TCP IP functionality for Diablo II: Resurrected has been removed 38:08

EA, Evil Actually 42:04

Apex Legends' "SaveTitanfall" hack allegedly part of elaborate scheme to revive cancelled Titanfall Online 51.35

After more than a decade, development of Kerbal Space Program has come to an end 1:02:16

Discovery Queue 1:06:22

Rage:

Art of Rally

RimWorld - Ideology

Shrink:

Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance

Earth Defense Force 4.1

No LAN Support for Diablo II: Resurrected

PC Invasion: Despite what Blizzard said, TCP IP functionality for Diablo II: Resurrected has been removed

EA's Evil Week

PC Games N: EA thinks it “doesn’t get enough credit” for how good it is with acquired studios

Games Industry Biz: EA will consider "player perspective" when delisting titles after GOG misstep

Save Titanfall Behind Hacks?

Euro Gamer: Apex Legends' "SaveTitanfall" hack allegedly part of elaborate scheme to revive cancelled Titanfall Online

Kerbal Space Program Ends Development

Eurogamer: After more than a decade, development of Kerbal Space Program has come to an end

Rage:

Conquest of Elysium 5

Patron

Car Mechanic Simulator 2021

Lawn Mowing Simulator

Garden Story

Death Trash

Black Book

Dread Templar

Shrink:

Carrier Command 2

Boyfriend Dungeon

Road 96

Elden Ring

Mech Andromeda

Jared needs a week off after a misadventure with his son, so new old stock content!

This week Shrink & Rage talk a little bit of news before diving back into the dumpster fire.

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• Games We Played 5:40

• 700,000 lines of code, 20 years, and one developer: How Dwarf Fortress is built

Rage:

Destroy All Humans!

Shrink:

Microsoft Solitaire Collection

Plants Vs Zombies 2 Garden Warfare

VTM Stream

Forza Motorsport 7 End of the Road

Games Industry Biz: Forza Motorsport 7 to be removed from sale due to "end of life status"

Half-Life 2 Remastered

PC Games N: Half-Life 2: Remastered Collection coming from modders with Valve’s consent

The Activision Blizzard Dumpster Fire Part 2

Games Industry Biz: Activision Blizzard staff respond to Bobby Kotick statement

The Verge: Blizzard’s head of HR is out

Kotaku: Activision Blizzard Hires Union-Busting Firm As Workers Start To Come Together

Dexerto: Asmongold & WoW players slam Blizzard for removing emote from Classic but not racist slurs

TechRaptor: [Updated] World of Warcraft Changes Coming In Wake of Lawsuit

Kotaku: Report: Blizzard Once Slapped With 'Misogyny Tax'

Tech Raptor: Activision Blizzard Shareholders File Class-Action Lawsuit

PC Games N: Blizzard president J Allen Brack is stepping downBlizzard's former president J. Allen Brack

Games Industry Biz: Activision Blizzard confirms former WoW director was fired over misconduct

Asmongold on Blizzard's New "Anti-Harassment" Changes

The Overflow: 700,000 lines of code, 20 years, and one developer: How Dwarf Fortress is built

Rage:

GRIME

FINAL FANTASY

The Forgotten City

Eldest Souls

Banners of Ruin

Fuga: Melodies of Steel

KARLSON

Shrink:

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

HighFleet

Idol Manager

The Ascent

This week Shrink & Rage hold their first game club in a long while, with a double header of lost phones.

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Games We Played 1:52

Gameclub Double Feature: A Normal Lost Phone / Another Lost Phone 29:55

Next Gameclub Game: X-Com Enemy Unknown/Within 1:23:24

Community Corner

Activision Blizzard Nightmare 1:28:30

Rage:

Pokemon Unite

Shrink:

MegaMek

Bloomberg: Activision Blizzard Sued Over ‘Frat Boy’ Culture, Harassment

Asmongold Video

Jim Sterling Video

TechRaptor: Activision Blizzard Sued Over Toxic Workplace Culture

Games Industry Biz: Warcraft 3: Reforged devs blame company for lack of support

Bloomberg: Blizzard Botched Warcraft III Remake After Internal Fights, Pressure Over Costs

This week Shrink & Rage get somewhat excited about the Steam Deck, laugh at the new Tom Clancy game, and talk about a Sony patent.

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Games We Played 9:25

Valve Announces the Steam Deck 53:52

Free to Play Tom Clancy Game Announced 1:22:00

Sony Patents Player-Kicking Microtransaction 1:28:27

Community Corner 1:33:47

Ukraine warehouse packed with thousands of PS4s was actually a FIFA Ultimate Team bot farm

Discovery Queue 1:48:53

Rage:

The Touryst

Snow Runner

Shrink:

Snow Runner

Transport Inc

Steam Deck

Store Page

Tech Raptor: Handheld Gaming PC Valve Steam Deck Revealed

ETA Prime: How Will the Steam Deck Perform?

Digital Foundry: Steam Deck Spec Analysis

“Tom Clancy's” Xdefiant

Tech Raptor: Free-to-Play Shooter Tom Clancy's XDefiant Revealed

Sony's Player-Kicking Microtransaction

Tech Raptor: Player-Kicking Microtransaction Patented by Sony

Ukraine FIFA Ultimate Team Farm

Eurogamer: Ukraine warehouse packed with thousands of PS4s was actually a FIFA Ultimate Team bot farm

Rage:

Mini Motorways

Death's Door

The Last Stand Legacy Collection

SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator

Samurai Gunn 2

Dream Engines: Nomad Cities - A survival city builder with flying cities

Rogue Company

Halo Infinite

Shrink:

Before We Leave

Breakwaters

Hide and Run

The Immortal Mayor

SRX: The Game