Video Game Logic Podcast

Topics list: For Show Date: 06/12/2025    May Gameclub: Juno New Origins Next Gameclub: GTA 5 As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG Showing accessibility support to Steam users As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/as-the-outer-worlds-2-hits-usd80-director-says-we-dont-set-the-prices-for-our-games-and-wishes-everybody-could-play-obsidians-new-rpg/   Showing accessibility support to Steam users https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/500575275933763410

This week scheduling conflict got in the way again, but I recorded a little something about a several games I have been playing that won't make into the main show at some point. Enjoy! and we'll keep trying to schedule ourselves correctly to record a new show. 

This week we needed to do another re-upload. Work schedules and tech issues prevented us from getting together with enough solid time to record an episode. We hope you enjoy this episode, chosen because May is Mental Health Awareness month, which is an update and re-upload of the gameclub episode covering A Normal Lost Phone, and Another Lost Phone. 

This is a small snippet of franken episode from the last recording. We were unable to record this week due to a tornado tearing through Jared's location. He's fine, but the infrastructure was down for a few days of recovery. So we were unable to record or do a larger franken piece this week. We hope you enjoy none the less!

Topics list: For Show Date: 05/13/2025   Games We Played World of Warcraft Is Getting a One-Button Option That Will Automatically Cast the Ideal Next Spell — but at a Cost Microsoft Reportedly to Lay Off 3%(~6,800) of Its Total Employees Blizzard's Overwatch Team Just Unionized: 'What I Want To Protect Most Here Is The People' Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted'         Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered   Games We Played   Rage: Mob Control https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vincentb.MobControl&hl=en_US   Good Pizza, Great Pizza https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tapblaze.pizzabusiness&hl=en_US       Jared: WW2 Historical Naval Games Victory At Sea Atlantic https://store.steampowered.com/app/1674830/Victory_at_Sea_Atlantic__World_War_II_Naval_Warfare/   Victory at Sea Pacific https://store.steampowered.com/app/806950/Victory_At_Sea_Pacific/   War on the Sea https://store.steampowered.com/app/1280780/War_on_the_Sea/               News Items and sources: World of Warcraft Is Getting a One-Button Option That Will Automatically Cast the Ideal Next Spell — but at a Cost https://www.ign.com/articles/world-of-warcraft-is-getting-a-one-button-option-that-will-automatically-cast-the-ideal-next-spell-but-at-a-cost   Microsoft Reportedly to Lay Off 3%(~6,800) of Its Total Employees https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/microsoft-3-percent-layoffs-report   Blizzard's Overwatch Team Just Unionized: 'What I Want To Protect Most Here Is The People' https://kotaku.com/overwatch-2-blizzard-team-4-union-microsoft-1851779922   Rocketwerkz's CEO alleges Unity are threatening to revoke studio's licence over apparent personal licence usage https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rocketwerkzs-ceo-alleges-unity-are-threatening-to-revoke-studios-licence-over-apparent-personal-licence-usage   Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/even-starfields-community-patch-modders-are-growing-disenchanted-with-the-sci-fi-rpg-as-volunteers-depart-in-droves-if-nobody-comes-forward-we-may-have-to-retire-the-project/

This week we needed to run a franken due to work and other scheduling conflicts being unresolvable again. We'll be back soon!

Topics list: For Show Date: 04/29/2025    Gameclub: Balatro Next Gameclub: Juno New Origins Electronic Arts Lays Off Hundreds, Cancels ‘Titanfall' Game News Items and sources:   Electronic Arts Lays Off Hundreds, Cancels ‘Titanfall' Game https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-29/electronic-arts-lays-off-hundreds-cancels-titanfall-game?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0NTk1MzQ2OCwiZXhwIjoxNzQ2NTU4MjY4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVkhVQjFUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.Ok9U1G-8KnrQWSRme5JF1VqfCPIxgENs3iq9d32PeRc&leadSource=uverify%20wall

This week a member of Jared's family had a medical emergency, and so he had to go help deal with that. So, we bring you Franken content from the most recent recording. We will see you for Belatro next week!

This week detectives Shrink and Rage are on the case with Tex Murphy for a late, but present, gameclub episode. Enjoy! Topics list: For Show Date: 04/15/2025    Gameclub: Tesla Effect Next Gameclub: Balatro 58% Of PC Gaming Revenue In 2024 Came From Microtransactions Switch 2?   News Items and sources: 58% Of PC Gaming Revenue In 2024 Came From Microtransactions https://tech4gamers.com/microtransactions-half-pc-gaming-revenue/   Switch 2? https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/features/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/04/14/nintendo-switch-2-delay-due-to-trump-tariffs-see-release-day-in-nj/83083565007/

There once was a time when we questioned podcasts taking long hiatus periods or doing old re-releases on this show. How nieve we were! Life once again stands in the way. Rage's new job and work schedule combined with my own major career changes again makes it hard to record. We believe next week's schedule hold solid promise for recording, and we can finally get past Tex Murphy onto the next gameclub and some regular shenanigans. We love and appreciate you so much. 

This week, Rage is busy with work, and Jared is busy at a marriage and family therapy conference getting to learn and talk all about sex! Due to those pesky adult scheduling conflicts, we were not able to get together again. A few weeks ago a re-release and old episode where the RSS feed from how we used to upload the show has broken. So we have another blast from the past. We have put together our gameclub list, and we will be updating you soon on what games we've put up so you can start playing as well if you'd like.   

Greetings all! We have a short little franken episode this week, as continued work and personal issues prevented us from recording. We have talked shop and adjusted/updated the gameclub list and have made plans for late but truncated VGL awards to discuss some gameclub games. We hope you all are having a good week, and hope to be back soon. 

This week, continued work tumolt for Rage ensured no recording was possible. So, we bring you a story about fixing houses, and some other stuff. We wish you all well this week, and hope to see you again very soon!

Topics list: For Show Date: 03/13/2025    Games We Played Monster Hunter Wilds locks character editing behind microtransactions. The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remake reportedly set for imminent reveal Disco Elysium is being "reimagined" for mobile devices to "captivate the TikTok user" Discord Enshitification Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered   Games We Played   Rage: Jared: Halo Infinite https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240440/Halo_Infinite/ News Items and sources: Monster Hunter Wilds locks character editing behind microtransactions https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/monster-hunter-wilds-locks-character-editing-behind-microtransactions/   The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remake reportedly set for imminent reveal https://www.eurogamer.net/the-elder-scrolls-4-oblivion-remake-reportedly-set-for-imminent-reveal   Disco Elysium is being "reimagined" for mobile devices to "captivate the TikTok user" https://www.eurogamer.net/disco-elysium-is-being-reimagined-for-mobile-devices-to-captivate-the-tiktok-user https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/disco-elysium-mobile-version-tiktok-user   Discord Enshitification https://kotaku.com/discord-reddit-ipo-gaming-server-gta-6-enshitification-1851768033

This week, Rage is busy with work, and Jared is busy repairing his roof after a massive storm blew part of it off. Looking at old Archives, there are a lot of old episodes that have never been viewed, as PodBean seems to have broken their RSS import Support. So an episode appears with no Audio. I've taken the time to find as many of these as I can, and will re-release them on weeks where we don't have Franken Content Prepared. So, enjoy a blast from the past of 2016.....or maybe 2017. We were so young.      Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show you can do so by supporting our Patreon campaign. Show Highlights and Timestampes Games We Played (11:15) VGL Game Club: Path of Exile (53:28) The Votening (1:13:30) Fallout 4 and Skyrim Enhanced Edition Gets Mods Afterall on PS4 (1:24:35) No Man's Sky Subreddit Purged and Locked, Restored by Admin (1:31:55) Titanfall 2 News (1:40:35) Amy Benning Denounces AAA Gaming Industry (1:53:05) Oculus Touch Price and Release Date & VR Talk (2:04:15) Community Corner (2:18:40) Steam Weekly Deals (2:27:20)   Games We Played Rage: Shu The Crew The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Wildstar Shrink: Spintires Galactic Civilizations 3 Pocket Planes VGL Game Club Poll! Vote! News PS4 Gives Mod Support to Skyrim EE and Fallout 4 Gamnesia Article No Man's Sky Subreddit Drama Archived Reddit Thread Titanfall 2 News PC Gamer Article Extreme Tech Article Amy Benning Denounces AAA Gaming Industry Keen Gamer Article  Tech Raptor Article  Oculus Touch Price and Release Date Announced Lets Play Video Games Article Weekly Steam Deals Rage: Zeno Clash  Company of Heroes Humble Bundle Shrink: Sanctum 2  Bridge Constructor Stunts 

Jared is very sick this week, a lot of people in his orbit have had both the Flu and Covid. Hopefully it isn't that, but we aren't sure yet. Enjoy! We hope to see you next week. 

This week responsibility got in the way again, but we have new Franken Content since we were able to record a few weeks in a row. Enjoy the show, and we should be back next wee to talk Tex Murphy!

Topics list: For Show Date: 02/13/2025  This week we talk a lot about The Sims, partly because Jared played it a good deal, and partly because its in the news again! We talk about some other stuff too. Enjoy! Games We Played Valve Seemingly Bans All Steam Games That Require Watching Advertisements To Play Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor hits out at RPG devs trying to recruit them for their Disco Elysium successors: "Miss me with that casting call" The Sims re-release shows what's wrong with big publishers and single-player games   Games We Played   Rage: Jared:   The Sims 3-4 https://store.steampowered.com/app/47890/The_Sims_3/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222670/The_Sims_4/   Halo Wars 2 https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/Halo-Wars-2/C21TDXKRNMHZ News Items and sources:   Valve Seemingly Bans All Steam Games That Require Watching Advertisements To Play https://www.gamespot.com/articles/valve-seemingly-bans-all-steam-games-that-require-watching-advertisements-to-play/1100-6529356/   https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/advertising Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor hits out at RPG devs trying to recruit them for their Disco Elysium successors: "Miss me with that casting call" https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/baldurs-gate-3-karlach-actor-hits-out-at-rpg-devs-trying-to-recruit-them-for-their-disco-elysium-successors-miss-me-with-that-casting-call/   The Sims re-release shows what's wrong with big publishers and single-player games https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/02/the-sims-re-release-shows-whats-wrong-with-big-publishers-and-single-player-games/

Topics list: For Show Date: 02/06/2025    VGL Gameclub: Terra Invicta  Next Gameclub: Tesla Effect, a Tex Murphy Adventure Sim's Legacy Edition Releases, and we have a few thoughts. Steam Now Warns You If an Early Access Game Hasn't Been Updated In a While   News Items and sources: Steam Now Warns You If an Early Access Game Hasn't Been Updated In a While https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/steam-early-access-update-warning-feature

Greetings friend. Jared had a fight with his two greatest Nemeses at the same time: His ISP and his dishwasher. Service outages and FTD errors prevented him from being able to record this week. So we've gone back into the archives, and pulled out another old Franken Episode. Hope you all have a lovely week!

On this episode of the VGL Podcast, we discuss why we've been gone so long, the state of the US in this moment, and some random video game things. There wasn't a format this time, but the goal as stated in the episode, is to do December/January Gameclub in our next recording, and the VGL Awards the one after that. We hope you enjoy!

Greetings friends! We needed to do so business to sort out the schedule for VGL Awards and making adjustments to the Gameclub Schedule. We hope you all have had a lovely day, and will be seeing you soon!

Good day to you my friends! Hopefully if you're in the path of this Winter Storm you've taken appropriate steps. Rage and I were unable to connect this week to record. I got back from Colorado too late Tuesday, and Rage has had his own work developments that meant he didn't have a night off. We hope to see you soon, and hope you enjoy this Episode from the Archive! 

Happy New Year to our listeners this week! I went back into the archives to grab and older Franken Episode that I can't find a correlating file too on Podbean. Jared is in Colorado this week with his in-laws, so we didn't record anything. Next week should be a return to form, with either a normal episode or the Gameclub episode for December. After that the VGL Awards! We hope you all have a lovely day. 

Merry Christmas everyone! We did not record this week due to the Holiday falling on a Wednesday and it making our other schedules really weird. We hope you had a lovely Christmas. Next week will be Franken Episode as well, as I (Jared) will be in Colorado Visiting my in laws the whole week. 

Topics list: For Show Date: 12/19/2024    Games We Played The Game Awards Winners Balatro Dev Deals Out Thoughts over 18+ Rating Games We Played Rage: Pokémon TCG Pocket https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.pokemon.pokemontcgp   Jared: Warcraft Rumble https://warcraftrumble.blizzard.com/en-us/   Colony Ship: A Post Earth RPG https://store.steampowered.com/app/648410/Colony_Ship_A_PostEarth_Role_Playing_Game/   The Game Awards Winners https://www.thegameawards.com/brackets/players-voice   Balatro Dev Deals Out Thoughts over 18+ Rating https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/balatro-dev-swings-at-pegi-for-rating-it-18-because-of-its-evil-playing-cards-jokes-that-he-should-add-microtransactions-like-ea-sports-fc-25-to-lower-that-rating-to-a-3/

This week we have a Satisfactory discussion, followed by a long runthrough of games that NPR likes. Pretty straightforward. We hope you enjoy it! For Show Date: 12/12/2024    November Gameclub: Satisfactory Next Gameclub: Terra Invicta The best games of 2024, picked by NPR's staff

Greetings friends, Jared's internet was dead again. This time it was so bad and Jared complained so much, they sent him new network equipment to try to fix the problem. We'll see next week if it actually does, but In the mean time enjoy one more tiny teaser about Satisfactory before the next Episode is our full Gameclub Discussion on it.

We both took time to be with our Families this week, and hope you all had a happy turkey day as well, even if you don't celebrate!

In this episode of the Video Game Logic Podcast, we do a recording, but we're tired and old and so we didn't stick fully to the show format. We discuss games played, a smidgeon of news, and toaster ovens! Just, in a somewhat disorganized manner. Enjoy the show.

The boys finally get to Fallout 76, and only sprinkle in a little politics into the ending. We appreciate your patience and hope you enjoy the show.    Topics list: For Show Date: 11/14/2024    Gameclub: Fallout 76 Next Gameclub: Satisfactory Fan-Favorite GOG Launches Game Preservation Program for Classic Titles Valve accused of "allowing the proliferation of hate" on Steam Kitten Space Agency, the answer to KSP 2? News Items and sources:   Fan-Favorite GOG Launches Game Preservation Program for Classic Titles https://insider-gaming.com/gog-launches-game-preservation-program/ https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/gog-preservation-program Valve accused of "allowing the proliferation of hate" on Steam https://www.gamesindustry.biz/valve-accused-of-allowing-the-proliferation-of-hate-on-steam

The boys tonight engage in a post election discussion. We let out a lot of pent up feelings we've had since Tuesday night. We absolutely understand if you don't need this right now and need to skip this week. The next episode will Discuss Fallout 76, and the following gameclub is Satisfactory. We hope you all stay safe out there. 

Rage and Jared this week continue to be old men who are tired and broken. Next week, recording day is the US election, and we're going to stress way to much over what is going to happen. Perhaps we'll record it if there is a request. We hope you stay safe out there!

In this franken/non franken episode we talk about Rage's time at the Con, a single game I played, and explain why this one is weird. Next week is this months Gameclub Episode, so if you still want to participate, you've got time to play Fallout 76!

This week it was Jared's turn to mess things up. I forgot I had an event for my kid the day we decided we would record. So I had to go do that instead. Enjoy medical stories this week, and some more US politics stuff. 

This week, Rage is on his yearly pilgrimage to his state's anime convention. We pull some franken content from a recent recording, where we get very political. Given the nature of the discussion, and the time of year it is in America, we absolutely understand if you wish to skip this one. We'll be back with anime con stories and video game BS soon!

Topics list: For Show Date: 10/01/2024  Games Played Community Corner PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can't Turn Off Ubisoft is in the News again, and of course it's bad. Nintendo Is Now Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulated   Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered   Games We Played   Rage: Satisfactory https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/Satisfactory/   Jared: American Truck Simulator https://store.steampowered.com/app/270880/American_Truck_Simulator/ News Items and sources: PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can't Turn Off https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-homescreen-now-replaces-unique-video-game-art-with-annoying-ads-you-cant-turn-off Disgruntled Ubisoft Investor Calls on Assassin's Creed Maker to Go Private as Shares Slump https://www.ign.com/articles/disgruntled-ubisoft-investor-calls-on-assassins-creed-maker-to-go-private-as-shares-slump Ubisoft workers urged to strike in October over return to office https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-workers-urged-to-strike-in-october-over-return-to-office   Nintendo Is Now Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulated https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/nintendo-is-now-going-after-youtube-accounts-which-show-its-games-being-emulated

This week its Jared's turn to disrupt the schedule. He had a family emergency that needed tending too, so you get the first chunk of franken we recorded when we recorded last weeks episode. Enjoy! 

Topics list: For Show Date: 9/17/2024  We're finally back after recording complications and disasters for a month! August Gameclub: Lollipop Chainsaw Next Gameclub: Fallout 76 Mobile Smash Hit Flappy Bird Returning This Year, Original Creator Disapproves News Items and sources: Mobile Smash Hit Flappy Bird Returning This Year, Original Creator Disapproves https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/flappy-bird-returning-this-year https://www.eurogamer.net/flappy-birds-original-creator-does-not-support-its-revival

Jared is losing it, two weeks in a row he's had an outage on the new planned recording night. Enjoy some more Franken Content. It seems we're likely to move the new permanent recording night to Thursday. 

This week threw us so many curveballs. We knew we needed to get the Gameclub done, Rage's work schedules be damned! So we agreed on a different recording night to get this done. Then Spectrum has an all day outage in the entire county where I live. So, I dug around in the archives and found a franken episode that didn't have a correlating name so I think this one has sat buried and unlisted to for 2 whole years. Enjoy!

Greetings listeners! This week we have a slightly different than usual franken episode that I explain in an opening stinger. Beyond that, we hope you all have a lovely weekend, and hope to see you again next week!

This week Jared needed to handle some adulting that could only get taken care of on recording night. Damn you financial responsibility! This franken is part 1 of Jared's recent weekend adventure to a very rich family's wedding. Part 2 will show up on the next franken episode. Enjoy your week!

This week we finally get back to it. We spend a long time talking about Baldur's Gate 3, and "spolers" we love this game. We look forward to seeing how many times it shows up on the VGL Awards this year.  For Show Date: 8/13/2024    July Gameclub: Baldur's Gate 3 Next Gameclub: Lollipop Chainsaw

Rage had a very bad work schedule this week, and we were unable to connect up for a recording. We've got a short franken episode this week, and I'm putting together some solo content for if/when we can't record. The next recorded episode is still the Baldur's Gate Gameclub, and hopefully we are recording this coming week. 

Due to severe weather in Jared's area, we couldn't trust the internet or power to stay stable enough to record this week. The Baldur's Gate Gameclub is coming in our next episode, and we're very excited to spend 40 hours discussing the game. See you soon!

Games We Played 200+ workers at Bethesda Game Studio have unionized Gamepass Changes; FTC Critical Community CornerHumble Games Shutting Down Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered Games We Played Rage: Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered https://store.steampowered.com/app/1817070/Marvels_SpiderMan_Remastered/   Jared: Atlas Earth https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ci.atlasearth.client Hearthstone https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us News Items and sources: 200+ workers at Bethesda Game Studio have unionised https://www.eurogamer.net/200-workers-at-bethesda-game-studio-have-unionised   Gamepass Changes; FTC Critical https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ftc-criticises-xbox-game-pass-price-increases https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-is-getting-major-changes-with-a-new-tier-without-day-one-games-and-a-range-of-price-increases   Humble Games Shutting Down https://www.gamesindustry.biz/humble-games-devs-told-company-is-shutting-down https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/humble-games-lays-off-over-30-employees-as-it-restructures https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/humble-games-layoffs/

This week Rage was sick, and so we get a sneak peak at some of the discussion that will happen during the Baldur's Gate gameclub episode. Jared has played D&D a lot over the years, and will be making comparisons in the main episode a lot more in detail than the one on this franken episode. Here's to feeling better next week Rage!

This week we ran a franken due to more work and life conflicts. We should return next week for the video game action you know and love!

This week we talk about a game both like, but don't really want to play anymore. Alongside some of our normal BS and a small story or two. We hope you enjoy! June Gameclub: Another Crab's Treasure Next Gameclub: Baldur's Gate 3 New Crazy Taxi title will be an open-world, massively multiplayer AAA game, according to Sega Game Recording Comes to Steam Forza Horizon 4 Delisting Announcement Prompts Huge Player Surge Community Corner Steam users have spent $19 billion on games they've never played News Items and sources: New Crazy Taxi title will be an open-world, massively multiplayer AAA game, according to Sega https://automaton-media.com/en/news/new-crazy-taxi-title-will-be-an-open-world-massively-multiplayer-aaa-game-according-to-sega/   Game Recording Comes to Steam https://store.steampowered.com/sale/gamerecording   Forza Horizon 4 Delisting Announcement Prompts Huge Player Surge https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/forza-horizon-4-delisting-player-surge   Steam users have spent $19 billion on games they've never played https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam/pile-of-shame

This week we ran a Franken Episode due to Rage needing to close at work on Tuesday. I recorded an extra bit for the beginning, and was impressed at how good my headset mic is. It's not as good as my normal mic, but for a 40$ headset, its not bad! We'll see you next week to discuss Another Crab's Treasure!