Video Game Logic Podcast
388 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsHome of the Video Game Logic Podcast. A podcast recorded by Gaming Psychologist and Caffeine Rage, where we talk about many things in the video game industry. Some good, some bad, and then we give in depth thoughts, feelings, and analysis of how to deal with them.
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Episodes
VGL Podcast Ep 327: Justant (March Gameclub)
March 29, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 29.7 MBThis week we go over the March Gameclub, experience some sleepiness, and a smidgen of technical difficulties. Hopefully you enjoy it! Topics list: For Show Date: 03/26/2024 Gameclub: Jusant Next Gameclub: ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition Community Corner The Monopoly Go Discussion Larian Studios Won't Make Baldur's Gate 3 DLC, Expansions, or Baldur's Gate 4 Kotaku editor-in-chief exits due to parent company's new guide directive Dragon’s Dogma 2 comes with 21 DLCs, includi...
VGL Podcast Ep 326: Community Corner Cleanup
March 22, 2024 16:01 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBFor Show Date: 03/19/2024 This week the boys catch up on two weeks worth of community corner submissions (more or less) and talk about some video game stuff they have played with recently. Games We Played From Asteroids to Guitar Hero, World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists draw from 4 decades Community Corner Apex Legends streamers surprised to find aimbot and other hacks added to their PCs in the middle of major competition. ‘Skull And Bones’ Looks Like It’s Doing Worse Than ‘S...
Franken Episode: Running for the Border
March 15, 2024 16:15 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBThis week Jared's in laws got in the way of doing a recording. We had the best of intentions, but when things pop off he has to talk everyone down. Or at least try right? Enjoy!
Franken Episode: Surge Pricing Stupidity
March 08, 2024 16:47 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MBDue to being tired old men with jobs, we took a break this week to bring to you a Franken Episode where we talk about surge pricing at Wendy's and tell a couple of stories. Enjoy!
VGL Podcast Ep 325: A Bird Story (February Gameclub)
March 01, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 28.9 MBThis week we talk about A Bird Story, and share our views on this now 10 year old game. I managed to sneak in a comparison to Die Hard, and both Rage and I want to play the rest of the series now. For Show Date: 02/27/2024 February Gameclub: A Bird Story Next Gameclub: Jusant SteamWorld Build underperformed, says publisher Thunderful. Twisted Metal Game Reportedly Canceled By Sony Amid Mass Layoffs Nintendo takes Switch emulator Yuzu to court SteamWorld Build underperformed, says pu...
VGL Podcast Ep 324: Three Quarters Space Episode
February 23, 2024 16:59 - 1 hour - 36.4 MBThis week we spend a lot of time talking about space games, and Jared plays with some Melons. Not in that way though, at least this time.....for now. For Show Date: 02/20/2024 Games We Played Crazy News for CRRRAAAZZZYY Taxi? 700 Ubisoft workers strike in France over failed salary negotiations Community Corner Ubisoft CEO defends Skull and Bones’ $70 price despite its live service leanings, calls it ‘quadruple-A’ Rage: Lightyear Frontier https://store.steampowered.com/app/...
Franken Episode: No Saving Throws
February 16, 2024 17:12 - 30 minutes - 14 MBDue to a particularly busy work week, the boys were tired. Enjoy a delicious leftover bit of Franken Content from a recent episode, where we do actually talk about a game or two.
VGL Podcast Ep 323: Steamworld Build (January Gameclub)
February 09, 2024 17:00 - 56 minutes - 25.9 MBA relatively short episode this week, we talk about Steamworld Build for the January Gameclub, go on a tangent or two, and mention the February Gameclub. We hope you enjoy the show! PS. Jared didn't get slammed at work this week and forget to post the episode. Topics list: Gameclub: Steam World Build Next Gameclub Game: A Bird Story
VGL Podcast Ep 322: The 2023 VGL Awards (Part 2)
February 02, 2024 18:55 - 1 hour - 36 MBAfter a very long halftime show, and some real-life issues that got in the way of recording, we're back to finish off our awards show. What is the best and worst of the year? Let's find out!
Franken Episode: The Price of Land
January 26, 2024 17:00 - 34 minutes - 16 MBThis week we go into the backlog again. Scheduling difficulties meant we were unable to record part 2 of the VGL Awards this past week. We'll get there! We promise! In other news can you guys believe how much Franken content we have in the can? We talk a lot. A whole lot. Enjoy!
VGL Podcast Ep 321: The 2023 VGL Awards (Part 1)
January 19, 2024 16:59 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBGood day listeners! It may be a little late, and a little short (because we broke it up into two parts), but we are proud to present the VGL Awards for 2023! Next week we'll have part 2 out. As you'll hear in the show, Rage was recovering from illness so he sounds a little less sultry than usual. We hope you enjoy the show, and we look forward to releasing the fun stuff that's at the bottom of the list next week!
Franken Episode: Power Outage Passtime
January 12, 2024 17:29 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MBGreetings listeners! We intended to record the VGL awards this week, but my power was out for almost 2 days and we were unable to do so. We'll be back next week to do that thing, and more !
VGL Podcast Ep 320: December Gameclub (Wartales)
January 05, 2024 17:36 - 1 hour - 34.9 MBTopics list: For Show Date: 01/02/2024 We have a pretty simple one this week! Just a gameclub discussion, some post holiday talk, and a few digressions. We will see you all next week for the VGL Awards for 2023! December Gameclub: Wartales 2. Next Gameclub: Steam World Build
Franken Episode: Origin of the Hobo
December 29, 2023 17:31 - 23 minutes - 11 MBThis Week Jared's In-Laws were around, so we were not able to record. We'll be back next week for the Final Gameclub of 2023, and the first episode of the new year! We hope you all have a good one, and hope 2024 is better than 2023. (Jared Wrote this, so he's just slightly more hopeful still)
VGL Podcast Ep 319b: A purposful Franken Monster
December 22, 2023 17:30 - 43 minutes - 19.9 MBRage and I knew around the Holiday's this year we'd be busy and unavailable. So we Pre-Recorded some Franken Content that was story time themed. This week you get to hear about an issue in my weird Commune house, and we dunked on Starfield a little because that was still more fresh in our minds when we prepped this. We hope you enjoy it, and have a lovely Holiday Season!
VGL Podcast Ep 319: Bratty Bethesda
December 15, 2023 17:32 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBThis week we once again dunk on starfield a bit, talk about some recent games we've played, and talk about a few disasters in the industry. Games We Played Epic Games Defeats Google in Jury Trial Over App Store Monopoly Case Bethesda is an entitled little Brat Community Corner Doom’s 30th Anniversary Pics Collection The Day Before Falls apart only a few Days After Launch Games We Played Rage: Headbangers: Rhythm Royale https://store.steampowered.com/app/1761620/Headbangers_R...
Franken Episode: Corporate Incompetance
December 08, 2023 17:07 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MBThis week Jared's kid had a school event so we couldn't record an episode. Enjoy some franken content that's relatively recent rather than from several months ago. We intend to record again next week, with the only upcoming planned week off being the week of Christmas.
VGL Podcast Ep 318: November Gameclub NFS Unbound
December 01, 2023 16:38 - 1 hour - 34 MBThis week Rage and Shrink go Vroom in the latest entry to a series that is nearly as old as they are. Its also nearly as cringy too. We also dunk on Starfield some more, and talk badly about currency exchange. 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 s...
Franken Episode: Turkey Week Tangent
November 24, 2023 13:47 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MBWe've got a mishmash of several (mostly) shorter Franken Segments in order to clean up some of the old Episodes hanging in the backlog folder. We hope you had a lovely thanksgiving if you celebrate, and a generally positive week either way. We'll be back next week for the November Gameclub Episode, and look forward to seeing you then!
Franken Episode: Add it in, Take it Out
November 17, 2023 16:59 - 40 minutes - 18.5 MBThis week I (Jared) had a planned internet service outage on the only night we could record. So you get a mish mash of an older episode's franken content mixed in with the one from last week since it was still sitting in my editing folder. Enjoy!
VGL Podcast Ep 317: Starfield (October Gameclub)
November 10, 2023 16:59 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBOn today's show we finally get back to it for our October Gameclub. We discuss a couple of news topics and generally had a good time together. We hope you enjoy it too! Topics list: For Show Date: 11/07/2023 October Gameclub 2:39 Next Gameclub: Need for Speed Unbound 1:05:02 Escapist Mass Resignations 1:08:26 Nintendo Announces Live Action Legend of Zelda Movie 1:19:26 Escapist Mass Resignations https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/11/07/zero-punctuation-ends-as-the-esc...
Franken Episode: Jesus Isn’t OK With That
November 03, 2023 15:59 - 38 minutes - 17.5 MBGood day again internet friends! We truly were set to record this week and I (Jared) was delivered extremely bad news about someone close to me and it just put me out of it. To that end, here we are with another load of franken stuff. We hope you all had a lovely Halloween, and will see you again very soon. Surely lightning can't strike twice right?......
Franken Episode: We Passed It Around
October 27, 2023 16:04 - 36 minutes - 16.7 MBGreetings listeners! We know there have been many franken episodes lately, but we have all this backlogged content for this reason. We still haven't settled on a regular new schedule yet, but are working on it. Next week is the October Gameclub Episode for Starfield, and we have already committed to recording that come hell or high water, and Rage has informed me he is fairly used to his job now. So, fingers crossed we won't be using as many Franken Shows moving forward. Thank you all for st...
Franken Episode: What if you win the lottery?
October 20, 2023 15:39 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MBGreetings folks! We had another week where we needed to run Franken as both our changing schedules and need to rest kept us from recording a fresh episode. So enjoy some content from the franken archives that reaches back to February and March of this year.
It Used to Be Twitter...
October 13, 2023 16:00 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MBDifficult work schedules and illness left us unable to do a normal recording. So this week we run a Franken from our deep backlog. So much has happened in 2023, and yet we always find a way to complain about twitter.
VGL Podcast Ep 316: Mount Rushmore!
October 06, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 36.8 MBOn todays episode we approach a general topic. Our Mount Rushmore of important video game characters. We also do a discovery Queue for the first time in ages! We explain why in the episode we did it this way, and that there may be more of these coming in the days ahead. Topics list: For Show Date: 10/01/2023 Mount Rushmore: Importance 7:09 Discovery Queue 55:45
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 315: VGL Game Club: Beat Cop
September 29, 2023 17:35 - 1 hour - 32.8 MBThis week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club then talk about some news. 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. Show Highlights & Timestamps Gameclub: Beat Cop 3:59 Next...
Video Game Logic Franken Episode: Don’t Fight Fair Kids!
September 22, 2023 20:06 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBJared was very sleepy and out of it this week, so we pulled something from the pages of the Franken Backlog for this week. Hope you all rest too and enjoy yourselves. Remember, Next week is the September Gameclub of "Beat Cop" so if you want to participate you've still got time to send something in.
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 314: A Field of Issues
September 15, 2023 14:38 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBThis week Shrink & Rage talk about a little game called Starfield and Unity firmly shooting themselves in the foot. 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. Show Highlights & Time...
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 313: Cup noodle Champion
September 08, 2023 15:27 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBThis week Shrink & Rage lust for cup noodle, mourn a fallen dev, and talk about Valve. 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. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played 14:1...
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 312: VGL Game Club: Chicory: A Colorful Tale
September 01, 2023 15:05 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBThis week Shrink & Rage holds a very colorful game club before tackling a bit of news. 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. Show Highlights & Timestamps Gameclub: Chicory A ...
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 311: Linus Tech Tips Trash
August 25, 2023 14:12 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBThis week Shrink & Rage talk about the dumpster fire of the week and clear out the community corner. 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. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games ...
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 310: Let’s Start a Riot!
August 18, 2023 12:27 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBThis week Shrink & Rage talk about riots, engineering, and a possible new entry in the game streaming market. 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. Show Highlights & Timestamps...
Video Game Logic Franken Episode: Play Chicory Don Drink Wisky
August 11, 2023 13:18 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBSchool days makes for a rough week and a quick change up to the game club.
Video Game Logic Franken Episode: Climate Change is Real
August 04, 2023 12:03 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBLife threw us a bit of a curve ball and kept us from recording this week. Have some fresh scraps of random recordings as we put out a few fires.
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 309: VGL Game Club: Professor Layton and the Curious Village
July 28, 2023 16:04 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBThis week Shrink & Rage puzzles over the monthly game club before tackling some news. 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. Show Highlights & Timestamps July Gameclub: Profes...
Video Game Logic Franken Episode: Power Outage Problems
July 21, 2023 15:50 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBThe weather got in the way of recording this week. We'll be back next week for game club!
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 308: Video Game Vacation
July 14, 2023 16:41 - 1 hour - 47 MBThis week Shrink & Rage talk about the FTC... again while Shrink takes a video game vacation. 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. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Play...
Video Game Logic Franken Episode: America’s Birthday Rest
July 07, 2023 16:18 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBBecause our usual recording day took place on Independence Day, and we didn't want to deal with nutters shooting off fireworks in the background, we took a week off for some rest and totally not being sick.
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 307: VGL Game Club: Cassette Beasts
June 30, 2023 14:36 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBThis week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club and check out the news. 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. Show Highlights & Timestamps Gameclub: Cassette Beasts 8:55 ...
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 306: The Yearly Roster Update
June 23, 2023 15:18 - 1 hour - 35.2 MBThis week Shrink & Rage talk about EA splitting, FTC slowing Microsoft/Blizz Activision coming together, and where gamers game. 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. Show Highl...
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 305: Not So DIsco Anymore
June 16, 2023 15:56 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBThis week Shrink & Rage roll the dice and try to deduce what really happened with Disco Elysium? 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. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We P...
Video Game Logic Franken Episode: The Broken Shoulder Blues
June 09, 2023 14:55 - 30 minutes - 14 MBA rough night, not in that way, left one of us too tired to perform... in that way.
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 304:VGL Game Club: Persona 5
June 02, 2023 15:52 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBThis week Shrink & Rage go to the metaverse in Persona 5 then talk about Nintendo and non-Nintendo related news. 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. Show Highlights & Timesta...
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 303: A Pair of Time Wasters
May 26, 2023 14:16 - 1 hour - 36.9 MBThis week Shrink & Rage talks about games wasting our time and revolting fans in War Thunder and Overwatch! 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. Show Highlights & Timestamps ...
Video Game Logic Fraken Episode: Southern Politics Suck!
May 19, 2023 15:01 - 22 minutes - 10.1 MBWith one of us sick it is time to throw out more filler content! Getting a bit political as we wait for Shrink to recover from his latest plague.
Video Games Logic Podcast Episode 302: Nintendont Do That!!!
May 12, 2023 15:27 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBThis week Shrink & Rage discusses Nintendo, Nintendo, and influential video games. 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. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We Played 2:10 Ni...
Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 301: VGL Game Club: Coffee Talk
May 05, 2023 14:31 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBThis week Shrink & Rage return with a quicker game club and then catch up on a backlog of news 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. Show Highlights & Timestamps April Gameclub...
Video Game Logic Fraken Episode: The DC Distraction
April 28, 2023 13:01 - 33 minutes - 15.5 MBEver get the feeling that Tuesdays are just... cursed? Another week of life getting in the way, we should be back for Game Club next week!
Video Game Logic Franken Episode: Feelings on Serious Issues
April 21, 2023 12:15 - 44 minutes - 20.2 MBWith Shrink away we talk about some serious issues in a very special Fraken episode.