This week Rage still has computer troubles but we managed to snag a guest interview. Our first ever female guest!

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This Weeks News Topic:

Twitch Bans 7.5 Million Bots Inflating Viewership

Links to Lexi:

Youtube

Twitch

Twitter

Instagram

This week Rage has computer troubles and we managed to snag a guest interview. 

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.

This Weeks News Topic:

Twitch Bans 7.5 Million Bots Inflating Viewership

Links to Runic Arts:

Twitch

Webtoons

Patreon

Youtube

This week Shrink & Rage get back to as normal as we can, talking about Xbox drift, Amazon having another game failure, and the new Windows 10 app store.

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 6:35

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO has been cancelled 44:40

Xbox controller drift lawsuit to be settled out of court  55:40

Microsoft is building a new app store for Windows 10 in major revitalization effort 1:05:05

Community Corner 1:09:50

Discover Queue 1:13:48

Rage:

RimWorld – Royalty

Shrink:

Code Vein

Trader Life Simulator

Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO No More

PC Games N: Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO has been cancelled

Games Industry Biz: Amazon cancels its Lord of the Rings game

Tech Raptor: Amazon Game Studios Cancels Lord Of The Rings Game

The Gamer: Every Single The Lord Of The Rings Video Game, Officially Ranked

Xbox Drift Lawsuit Settled

Games Industry Biz: Xbox controller drift lawsuit to be settled out of court

A new Windows 10 app store

Windows Central: Microsoft is building a new app store for Windows 10 in major revitalization effort

Rage:

TaleSpire

Weed Shop 3

Emily is Away

This week Shrink & Rage hold the somewhat monthly game club, talk about a big bug in Counter Strike, and then do a quick discovery queue.

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Gameclub: Far Cry 3 9:47

Next Gameclub Game: A Normal Lost Phone 1-2 44:35

Community Corner 48:04

‘Counter Strike’ Bug Allows Hackers to Take Over a PC With a Steam Invite

Discover Queue 1:02:34

Vice: ‘Counter Strike’ Bug Allows Hackers to Take Over a PC With a Steam Invite

Rage:

First Class Trouble

Dorfromantik

The Tenants

The Slormancer

Out of the Park Baseball 22

DRAMAtical Murder

ROUNDS

Shrink:

Colony Ship a Post Earth Role Playing Game

Arons Adventure

Open TTD

Super Mecha Champions

Halo Infinite

Aircraft Carrier Survival Prologue

Another week off as Shrink tries to rest his poor, broken body.

This week we have to run a Fraken episode as Jared falls apart more than usual and needed a week off.

This week Shrink & Rage talk about Hunting Monsters, Cooking (like always) and how disappointing Star Wars is sometimes.

1. Games We Played 

Rage:

Torchlight 3

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1030210/Torchlight_III/

Star Wars Squadrons

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222730/STAR_WARS_Squadrons/

Jared:

Star Wars Squadrons

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222730/STAR_WARS_Squadrons/

Turmoil

https://store.steampowered.com/app/361280/Turmoil/

EA Play is Coming to Xbox Game Pass on PC Tomorrow

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/ea-play-is-coming-to-xbox-game-pass-tomorrow

Japanese Company Takes Day Off for Monster Hunter Rise Launch

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/japanese-company-takes-day-off-for-monster-hunter-rise-launch

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut Refused Classification In Australia

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/disco-elysium-final-cut-refused-classification-in-australia

Mail Notes:

Discord Link

https://discord.gg/Ywjv47m

Discovery Queue

Rage:

Puyo Puyo™ Tetris® 2

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1259790/Puyo_Puyo_Tetris_2/

Overcooked! All You Can Eat

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1243830/Overcooked_All_You_Can_Eat/

Rolled Out!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/873270/Rolled_Out/

It Takes Two

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1426210/It_Takes_Two/

Wanted Raccoon

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1320100/Wanted_Raccoon/

Cartel Tycoon

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220140/Cartel_Tycoon/

SCARLET NEXUS

https://store.steampowered.com/app/775500/SCARLET_NEXUS/

Shrink:

OMFG: One Million Fatal Guns

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1555710/OMFG_One_Million_Fatal_Guns/

Tadpole Tales

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1428900/Tadpole_Tales/

Zombie Army 4

https://store.steampowered.com/app/694280/Zombie_Army_4_Dead_War/

Elite Dangerous Odyssey

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336350/Elite_Dangerous_Odyssey/

Adios

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271400/Adios/

Rolled Out

https://store.steampowered.com/app/873270/Rolled_Out/

This week Shrink & Rage do a little dance before pushing the button, talk EA gate, and give an update on GTA Online.

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 2:28

EA investigating allegations of employee selling rare FIFA Ultimate Team cards 28:55

Tencent Apologizes For Sales Of Pirated Games On Its App 43:12

Community Corner 59:15

Rockstar pays $10,000 to modder who fixed GTA Online loading times

Discover Queue 1:05:24

Rage:

Duelshock Surgery

Shrink:

Absolute Drift

EA Gate

Games Industry Biz: EA investigating allegations of employee selling rare FIFA Ultimate Team cards

Eurogamer: EA suspends all discretionary FIFA Ultimate Team content granting indefinitely amid "EA Gate" scandal

Games Industry Biz: EA confirms "one or more" accounts involved in FIFA Ultimate Team scandal

Tencent Pirating Games

Tech Raptor: Tencent Apologizes For Sales Of Pirated Games On Its App

Games Industry Biz: Rockstar pays $10,000 to modder who fixed GTA Online loading times

Rage:

Star Dynasties

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

Forza Horizon 4

Saviors of Sapphire Wings / Stranger of Sword City Revisited

Ecosystem

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance

Ranch Simulator - The Realistic Multiplayer Agriculture Management Sandbox; Farm, Harvest, Hunt & Build

Luck be a Landlord

Teamfight Manager

Shrink:

X4 Cradle of Humanity

Loop Hero

The Tenants

Hunie Pop 2: Double Date

Old School Runescape

This week Shrink & Rage talk loot boxes... again. Also, the end of another game as a service and how games will look in the future year 2021!

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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Game We Played 1:49

Germany To Consider Loot Boxes In Ratings Going Forward 40:43

Valve Announces End to 'Artifact' Development 49:53

Community Corner

How Video Games Will Look in 2021 - 59:05

Rage:

Global Steam Controller

Shrink:

Stardew Valley

Germany Takes Another Look at Loot Boxes

Tech Raptor: Germany To Consider Loot Boxes In Ratings Going Forward

Games Industry Biz: German legal reform to set new standards for loot boxes

The End of Artifact

Tech Raptor: Valve Announces End to 'Artifact' Development

IGN: How Video Games Will Look in 2021

This week Shrink & Rage are shocked, SHOCKED, to learn about Anthem dying and of Google's mess when it comes to Stadia.

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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Game We Played 4:45

EA Ceases Development of Anthem 34:05

Plans for Dragon Age 4 Multiplayer Reportedly Canceled 46:10

Google Stadia's Launch Troubles Detailed in New Report 1:01:17

Activision warns a standard 500GB PS4 may no longer fit Call of Duty: Warzone, Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare 1:11:43

Community Corner

How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% 1:26:30

Rage:

Dirt 5

Wreckfest

Shrink:

Wreckfest

Defense Grid: The Awakening

Anthem No More

Offical Announcement

Changes for Dragon Age 4

Tech Raptor: Plans for Dragon Age 4 Multiplayer Reportedly Canceled

Google Stadia Launch Woes

Tech Raptor: Google Stadia's Launch Troubles Detailed in New Report

Games Industry Biz: Google reportedly paid $20m for Ubisoft ports on Stadia

Euro Gamer: New reports detail Stadia's demise, cancelled projects and wasted millions

Bloomburg: Google’s Stadia Problem? A Video Game Unit That’s Not Googley Enough

Call of Duty's Storage Requirements are Too Darn High

Eurogamer: Activision warns a standard 500GB PS4 may no longer fit Call of Duty: Warzone, Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare

Cutting GTA Online Loading Time

How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70%

PC Games N: GTA Online player figures out how to speed up loading times by 70%

Ars Technica: Hacker reduces GTA Online load times by roughly 70 percent