This week Shrink & Rage are a bit wacky as we're both sleep deprived, talking news.

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Games We Played (11:15)

G2A Extends Deadline for Stolen Key Tool (1:09:04)

Some Steam News once again (1:24:27)

Niche developer offers game to schools for free (1:40:47)

Community Corner (1:46:55)

Discovery Queue (1:59:38)

Games We Played

Rage:

911 Operator

Shrink:

Forza Horizon 4 Fortune Island

Star Realms

Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection

She Sees Red

G2A Delays Deadline

G2A wanted 100 devs to sign up for its key-blocker – only 19 did, so the deadline’s extended

Only 19 developers have called for G2A's key blocking tool

G2A’s proposed key-blocking tool receives little support, deadline extended

Some Steam News

Some Steam Workshop submissions now require moderator approval

The Steam store now lets you mark games you’ve played on other platforms

Game Dev of Niche Offers game to Schools

Niche developer offers game to schools for free

Rage:

The Song of Saya

Vicious Circle

NinNinDays

Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

Apsulov: End of Gods

Indivisible

Stone Story RPG

Steel Circus

Shrink:

Dicey Dungeons

Variables

GreedFall

Eliza

Rabbit Burn

This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club with Final Fantasy Tactics.

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VGL Game Club: Final Fantasy Tactics (8:12)

Next Game Club: Void Bastards (38:47)

E3 Accidentally Leaks Personal Details of Journalists (37:02)

Bethesda Missteps in Doom Re-Release (56:37)

Google Testing Subscription for Android (1:07:19)

Community Corner (1:22:53)

Discovery Queue (1:27:17)

E3 Leaks

E3 accidentally leaks personal details of journalists, YouTubers and analysts

Sophia Narwitz

Bethesda's Missteps

Bethesda missteps mar Doom re-releases

Google Subscription

Google testing 'Play Pass' subscription for Android

Rage:

Legends of Aria

Metal Wolf Chaos XD

Remnant: From the Ashes

Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game

60 Seconds! Reatomized

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Prophecy

Iratus: Lord of the Dead

A Short Hike

Axis & Allies 1942 Online

Jupiter Hell

GOD WARS The Complete Legend

DOOM Eternal

Shrink:

Cricket 19

Interstellar Space: Genesis

Merchant of the Skies

GOD WARS The Complete Legend

Eons of War

Space Company Simulator

It's been some time since we needed a week off, but life once again has thrown a monkey wrench into the works. So, while we put out all the fires enjoy some things we saved from the editing room floor. 

This week Shrink & Rage talk about the loss of iNcontroL, more Nintendo news, and GTA V going full on gambling.

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Games We Played (4:33)

Geoff "iNcontroL" Robinson dies at 33 (41:07)

Nintendo Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over Switch Joy-Con Drifting Issue (47:05)

Grand Theft Auto V update adds a casino that can be played with real money (57:58)

Rare talks Sea of Thieves' upcoming pets and micro-transaction store (1:13:42)

Community Corner (1:28:14)

Discovery Queue (1:32:50)

Rage:

Dr. Mario World

Shrink:

Survive on Raft

Traffix

iNcontroL Passes Away

Geoff "iNcontroL" Robinson dies at 33

Nintendo Class Action Lawsuit

Nintendo Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over Switch Joy-Con Drifting Issue

‘JoyCon drift’ problem causes controversy and a lawsuit among Nintendo Switch owners

Nintendo Instructs Customer Service to Fix Notorious Joy-Con Drift for Free, According to Report

GTA V Casino Update

Grand Theft Auto V update adds a casino that can be played with real money

Fifa packs and loot boxes 'not gambling' in UK

Rare Talks Sea of Thieves Micro-transactions

Rare talks Sea of Thieves' upcoming pets and micro-transaction store

Rage:

Swords & Souls: Neverseen

Automachef

Biotope

Nowhere Prophet

Founders' Fortune

Vane

MotoGP™19

Elsinore

Shrink:

Gloomhaven

Night Call

She Sees Red

missed messages.

Mini Gal4Xy

This week Shrink & Rage talk about meth gators... oh and some game news!

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Valve Announces Steam Labs (5:55)

G2A wants 100 Devs Before it Builds a Key-Blocking Tool (24:50)

Nintendo Switching Up the Switch (38:17)

Ubisoft Bans XP Farming Quests in Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Story Creator (48:25)

The ESA Makes Congress Play in a Rocket League Tournament on Twitch (55:42)

Community Corner (1:02:40)

Discovery Queue (1:11:20)

Meth Gators

If you flush drugs down the toilet, you could be creating 'meth gators,' police in Tennessee say

Steam Labs Opens

Valve Announces Steam Labs: Interactive Recommendations, Automated Showcases, and Micro Trailers

Steam launches Steam Labs to house feature experiments

Steam Labs

G2A's Newest Nonsense

G2A wants 100 devs to sign up within a month before it builds a key-blocking tool

Nintendo Switching Things Up

Nintendo Making Hardware Revisions To Nintendo Switch

The Nintendo Switch Lite Isn’t For You But It Has An Audience

Nintendo Switch Lite Revealed

Ubisoft Banning Player-Made XP Farming Quests

Ubisoft bans XP farming quests in Assassin's Creed Odyssey's story creator

ESA Runs Rocket League Tournament for Congress Members

The ESA makes Congress play in a Rocket League tournament on Twitch

Twitch VoD

Rage:

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5

Killsquad

Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment

The Dark Pictures Anthology - Man of Medan

Robo Instructus

Goat of Duty

DATE A LIVE: Rio Reincarnation

TINY METAL: FULL METAL RUMBLE

Field of Glory: Empires

Stranger Things 3: The Game

Shrink:

Godhood

Space Mercs

Starfighter: Infinity

Precipice

This week Shrink & Rage invoke a commandment, talk about what devs thing about Xbox game pass, and wish they were as witty as a game dev.

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Games We Played (5:55)

Developers Petition G2A To Take Down Indie Games As Controversy Erupts… Again (1:04:52)

"Xbox Game Pass is the first time subscription is fair for developers" (1:18:33)

Zachtronics Makes Entire Library Free To Schools In Zachademics Program (1:36:07)

Cuphead getting Netflix series (1:41:11)

Community Corner (1:45:00)

Discovery Queue (1:46:23)

Games We Played

Rage:

Motorsport Manager Mobile 3

ASTRONEER (Co-Op)

Shrink:

X4 Foundations

Forza Horizon 4

G2A Cause More Controversy

Developers Petition G2A To Take Down Indie Games As Controversy Erupts… Again

A rogue G2A employee asked ten sites to publish an “unbiased” article – without credit

G2A image rehabilitation effort backfires

Xbox Game Pass

"Xbox Game Pass is the first time subscription is fair for developers"

What developers think of Xbox Game Pass

Zachtronics Launches Zachademics Program

Zachtronics Makes Entire Library Free To Schools In Zachademics Program

Cuphead getting Netflix series

Cuphead getting Netflix series

Rage:

Kubifaktorium

Exception

Reventure

7th Sector

Littlewood

Lorelai

Shrink:

Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Age of Wonders: Planetfall

Starbase

This week Shrink & Rage talk the Steam Summer Sale, TV, and if EA really are the baddies.

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Games We Played (2:45)

Steam Summer Sale (General Discussion) (1:22:24)

Multiple Video Games get TV Adaptations (1:39:42)

EA: "I struggle with the perception that we're just a bunch of bad guys" (1:52:19)

Community Corner (2:10:07)

Discovery Queue (2:18:21)

Rage:

SUPERHOT

Heat Signature

Shrink:

Forza Horizon 4: Lego Speed Champions

X4: Foundations

Video Games TV Shows

Ticket To Ride TV Show Being Developed By Propagate Content

Final Fantasy 14 Live-Action TV Series Announced

Myst to be adapted for TV and film

EA Struggles With Being Baddies

EA: "I struggle with the perception that we're just a bunch of bad guys"

Study Shows Loot Boxes Linked With Problematic Gambling in Minors

Let’s go whaling: Tricks for monetising mobile game players with free-to-play

The Addictive Cost Of Predatory Videogame Monetization

Discovery Queue

Rage:

CODE VEIN

Barotrauma

Fission Superstar X

SUPERHOT VR

The Last Hex

Shrink:

Overload

Hypergate

Dota Underloards

This week Shrink & Rage Enter the Gungeon with the latest Game Club, then move onto the news after getting thoroughly trounced.

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Games We Played (3:15)

June Gameclub: Enter the Gungeon (1:10:40)

Next Gameclub: Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1) (1:57:50)

EA: They’re not loot boxes, they’re “surprise mechanics,” and they’re “quite ethical” (1:59:15)

NBA 2K19 fans are unhappy at an increase in the number of in-game unskippable ads (2:10:01)

Community Corner (2:20:46)

Discovery Queue (2:32:13)

Rage:

ASTRONEER

Forza Horizon 4: Online

Shrink:

Forza Horizon 4: Online

Battletech: Urban Warfare

EA Attempts to Rebrand Loot Boxes

EA: They’re not loot boxes, they’re “surprise mechanics,” and they’re “quite ethical”

EA knows how many FIFA matches you’ve played, but “we don’t actually record playtime”

2K NBA Even Worse This Year

NBA 2K19 fans are unhappy at an increase in the number of in-game unskippable ads

Quirks and Quarks

Discovery Queue

Rage:

Zengeon

Cooking Simulator

SpaceEngine

Shrink:

Hell Let Loose

Police Simulator Patrol Duty

Destiny 2

Wychsun Elleros Origins

This week Shrink & Rage have an unscheduled gameclub then move on to a couple news items.

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• Games We Played (8:44)

Mobile games are losing to video in the battle for users' time (1:43:28)

83% of gamers potentially interested in streaming services (1:58:01)

Square Enix Has No Idea How Many Parts Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Have (2:16:25)

Community Corner

Hot Swap (Jim3535) (2:28:03)

Games We Played

Rage:

Opus Magnum

Forza Horizon 4

Shrink:

Forza Horizon 4

Plague Inc

Mercury Fallen

Mobile Games Losing to Video

Mobile games are losing to video in the battle for users' time

Game Streaming More Popular Than We Think?

83% of gamers potentially interested in streaming services

Sqaure Enix Has No Idea How Many Parts FF7 Will Have

Square Enix Has No Idea How Many Parts Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Have

Square Enix: development of second game in the Final Fantasy 7 remake project will be "more efficient"

This week Shrink & Rage host our annual E3 special!

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Opening Thoughts (6:44)

Microsoft (10:10)

Bethesda (35:02)

Devolver (50:55)

PC Gaming (1:05:30)

Ubisoft (1:31:27)

Square Enix (1:56:40)

Closing Thoughts (2:25:17)