This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club to see if Rebel Galaxy holds up to its first impression.

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 (4.51)

Gameclub: Rebel Galaxy (1:30:23)

Next Game Club Game: Kerbal Space Program (2:10:30)

An update on Loot Boxes (2:12:55)

The Golden Joystick Awards (2:22:47)

Community Corner (2:51:00)

Rage:

Fire Emblem Heroes

Slay the Spire

Don't Sink

SimAirport

Shrink:

Animal Crossing Pocket Camp

Spintires: MudRunner

Oh Sir The Insult Simulator

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Classic

Factorio

Halo 5 Guardians

The Guardian Article

ISK Mogul Adventures Article

ISK Mogul Adventures II

PC Games N Article

Rolling Stone Article

Cinema Blend Article

The Sixth Axis Article

Game Industry Biz Article

CNBC Article

Best in Slot Article

Game Zone Article

We're taking the holiday week off so enjoy some leftovers while you enjoy your leftovers.

This week Shrink & Rage dive into mess that is Battlefront 2, talk about how Deckspash failure to make a splash, Mario's possible theatrical return, and more.

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 (7:21)

Battlefront 2 Dumpster Fire (1:24:45)

Decksplash Canceled After Failing to meet 100,000 Downloads During Free Week (2:00:06)

Why Your Favorite Indie Game May Not Get a Boxed Edition (2:09:43)

Bethesda Blocks Skyrim Together Online Mod from Being on Steam (2:16:53)

Developers: Steam No Longer Allows Links to Uncensor Patches for Games (2:35:17)

Are video games bad for your kids? Not so much, experts now believe (2:30:08)

A New Mario Movie? (2:38:05)

Community Corner (2:52:05)

Rage:

Spintires: MudRunner

South Park: Phone Destroyer

Shrink:

The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion

The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim

Spaceplan

Seedship

Battlefront 2 Dumpster Fire

Yong Yea Video

Tech Raptor Article

PC Gamer Article

PC Games N Article

Hardcore Gamer Article

Games Industry Biz Article

Decksplash Fails to Meet Goal

Announcement

Game Industry Biz Article

Indie Boxed Games

Engadget Article

Bethesda Blocks Skyrim Together

One Angry Gamer Article

Steam No Longer Allows Links to Uncensor Patches

Anime News Network Article

Experts Now Claim Games Aren't Bad for Kids

LA Times Article

A New Mario Movie?

Game Industry Biz Article

This week Shrink & Rage talk Call of Duty news, microtransactions infect the news cycle... again, and have a belly laugh at Nintendo.

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 (6:57)

Call of Duty WW2 News (1:38:00)

Microtransactions All Over the News (1:49:15)

Telltale Games Restructures: Cuts 90 (25%) Staff (2:21:50)

LA Noire's Switch download Version Doesn't Fit on a Switch (2:33:30)

Community Corner (2:40:48)

Steam Discovery Queue (3:00:27)

Rage:

Space Pirates and Zombies 2

Watch Dogs

Shrink:

World of Warships

Galactic Civilization 2

Galactic Civilization 3

Pinball Fx3

Freelancer

Spaceplan

Call of Duty

Tech Raptor Article

Git Hyp Article

Microtransactions Round: $$$

Gamasutra Article

Tech Raptor Article

PC Games N Article

Gamasutra Article

Telltale Layoffs

Games Industry.biz

LA Noire Too Big for Switch

Euro Gamer Article

Rage:

Nioh: Complete Edition

Little Busters! English Edition

Shrink:

Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization

Total Tank Simulator

Lost Dimension

Metal as Phuk

This week Shrink & Rage hold our monthly game club, talk news, and lose track of topics.

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.

You can also join us for our stream night! We play games Friday Evenings, Eastern Time, on Twitch. Download one of the upcoming games and join us!

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 (5:57)

VGL Game Club: Alan Wake American Nightmare (34:35)

Next Game Club Game (1:31:42)

Games Industry Says Single Player Games Aren’t Going Anywhere (1:35:57)

Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect (1:56:17)

CCP Exits the VR Business (2:07:42)

PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds Could Face Ban in China (2:23:22

Community Corner (2:29:50)

Steam Discovery Queue (2:44:15)

Rage:

Underhand

World of Warships

Shrink:

World of Warships

Future of Single Player Games

Game Industry.biz Article

Game Spot Article

The End of the Kinect

Fast Code Sign Article

CCP Exits VR Business

Game Industry.biz Article

Could PUBG be Banned in China?

Game Industry.biz Article

Rage:

B͞҉ŗeak the̶̢ ͠҉G̵ame

AER Memories of Old

Star Control: Origins

Shrink:

Battlevoid Sector Siege

60 Parsecs

This week Shrink & Rage hold our monthly game club, talk news, and lose track of topics.

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.

You can also join us for our stream night! We play games Friday Evenings, Eastern Time, on Twitch. Download one of the upcoming games and join us!

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 (5:57)

VGL Game Club: Alan Wake American Nightmare (34:35)

Next Game Club Game (1:31:42)

Games Industry Says Single Player Games Aren’t Going Anywhere (1:35:57)

Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect (1:56:17)

CCP Exits the VR Business (2:07:42)

PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds Could Face Ban in China (2:23:22

Community Corner (2:29:50)

Steam Discovery Queue (2:44:15)

Rage:

Underhand

World of Warships

Shrink:

World of Warships

Future of Single Player Games

Game Industry.biz Article

Game Spot Article

The End of the Kinect

This week Shrink & Rage talk about two web sites having trouble, a rare unicorn of AAA gaming, and Kickstarter failures

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.

You can also join us for our stream night! We play games Friday Evenings, Eastern Time, on Twitch. Download one of the upcoming games and join us!

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 (5:55)

Neogaf CEO Accused of Sexual Assault (53:58)

The Escapist Fires All Paid Staff Save Yahtzee (1:11:55)

Wolfenstein 2 Doesn’t Have Multiplayer Because it Would Dilute the Storytelling (1:25:20)

Over Three Times as Many Video Game Projects Fail than Succeed on Kickstarter (1:38:23)

Destiny 2’s Population Tracker is Gone Because it was Used to “spread a false narrative” (1:43:40)

Twitch Adds Loot Boxes for Temporary Emotes 1:50:32)

Community Corner (2:01:35)

Steam Discovery Queue (2:26:35)

Rage:

Warframe

FoxyLand

Blackwell Unbound

Shrink:

Frisky Business

Frontline Tactics

Neogaf Issues

Niche Gamer Article

Official Announcement

Escapist Clears House

Game Industry Biz Article

Announcement

Why Wolfenstein Lacks Multiplayer

PC Gamer Article

Kickstarter Failures

Game Industry Biz Article

Destiny 2's Population Tracker

PC GamesN Article

Twitch Temporary Emotes

Announcement

Rage:

Opus Magnum

Gold Rush: The Game

Party Hard Tycoon

Warbanners

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Shrink:

Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon

Blackberry Honey

This week Shrink & Rage can't escape loot boxes, but that's just the tip of the iceberg of bad news heading our way.

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.

You can also join us for our stream night! We play games Friday Evenings, Eastern Time, on Twitch. Download one of the upcoming games and join us!

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 (6:51)

Loot Boxes Aren’t Gambling Claims Games Rating Boards (1:15:15)

DICE Responds to Star Wars Battlefront 2 Loot Box Fiasco (1:32:17)

Humble Bundle to be Acquired by IGN (1:45:10)

How Game’s Use Matchmaking to Sell Content (1:51:25)

Gamestop Ad Rubs Pre Orders in our faces (2:00:18)

Doom Coming to the Nintendo Switch (2:06:12)

Electronic Arts Closes Dead Space Developer Visceral Games (2:15:33)

Community Corner (2:22:02)

Steam Discovery Queue (2:55:20)

Rage:

Warfrane

The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk

Rocket League

Shrink:

World of Warships

Factorio

Space Run Galaxy

SuperCluster: Void

Call of Duty Black Ops 2

Lootboxes Aren't Gambling?

Kotaku Article

Game Rant Article

Forbes Responds to ESRB

Tweaktown Covers PEGI Response

Euro Gamer UK Response

Game Industry Biz Uk Response

DICE Responds to Battlefront 2 Loot Boxes

One Angry Gamer Article

Humble Bundle Acquired by IGN

Tech Raptor Article

Matchmaking Manipulation to Sell in-game Items Patented by Activision & How Riot May Already be Doing It

Rolling Stone Article

Greedy Goblin Article

Poor Taste in Gamestop Ad

Polygon Article

Doom Switch Port

Tech Raptor Article

EA Shuts Down Visceral

Tech Raptor Article

Rage:

Field of Glory II

Computer Tycoon

Shrink:

Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation

Doki Doki Literature Club!

This week Shrink & Rage crack open the loot box debate again, talk about PUBG again, then move on to some new stuff.

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.

You can also join us for our stream night! We play games Friday Evenings, Eastern Time, on Twitch. Download one of the upcoming games and join us!

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 (4:18)

Loot Boxes Corrupting Triple A Releases (1:03:11)

Open Critic Takes Stance Against Loot Boxes (1:46:30)

RPG Helps Fight Depression in Japanese People (1:56:05)

Microsoft Rumored to Want To Extend PUBG Exclusivity on Xbox (2:03:10)

Telltale Will Remove Image of Real-Life Assassination Victim from Batman: The Enemy Within (2:11:23)

Community Corner (2:17:25)

Steam Discovery Queue (2:22:02)

Rage:

Pixel Starships

Vertigo Racing

Shrink:

X3 Albion Prelude

Cuphead

Loot Boxes Lunacy

Angry Joe Video

TotalBiscuit Video

Euro Gamer Article

Game Industry.biz Article

Open Critic takes Stance Against Loot Boxes

Niche Gamer Article

Video Game Fighting Against Depression in Japan

Japan Times Article

Game's Site

PUBG Exclusivity

Tech Raptor Article

Batman: Enemy Within Placeholder Art

Games Radar Article

Rage:

A Hat in Time

Bermuda - Lost Survival

Sakura Gamer

Dungeons 3

Shrink:

Winged Sakura Endless Dream

The Ultimatest Battle

This week Shrink & Rage talk about the seductive art of loot boxes, yet another review bomb on PUBG, and more!

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.

You can also join us for our stream night! We play games Friday Evenings, Eastern Time, on Twitch. Download one of the upcoming games and join us!

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 (7:25)

Behind the Addictive Psychology and Seductive Art of Loot Boxes (1:38:40)

Nintendo Creators Program Bans YouTube Live Streaming (2:06:42)

PUBG Hit With Negative Reviews Following In-game Ads In China (2:15:25)

The Company That Had Its 200 ‘Fake Games’ Removed From Steam is Shutting Down (2:25:46)

Fortnite Battle Royale Gamemode Hits 1 Million Players On Its First Day (2:30:10)

Overwatch Director Says it’s “Scary” to be Open With Players (2:39:28)

Community Corner (2:43:15)

Steam Discovery Queue (2:51:17)

Rage:

Dark Cloud 2

Pinball FX3

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Figment

The Walking Vegetables

World of Warships

Shrink:

World of Warships

X3 Albion Prelude

Tracks: The Train Set Game

Unending Galaxy

AX:EL

The Psychology of Loot Boxes

PC Gamer Article

Nintendo Bans YouTube Live Streaming for Creators Program

Tech Raptor Article

PUBG Hit with Negative Reviews, Again

Green Man Gaming Article

Fake Game Maker Shuts Down

Green Man Gaming Article

Fortnite Battle Royale Hits 1 Million Players

Tech Raptor Article

Overwatch Director Says It's Scary to be Open with Players

Arstechnica Article

Rage:

Stick Fight: The Game

Hob

RUINER

Shrink:

Airport CEO

Dead Exit

Galactic Crew

Space Wrangler