This week Shrink & Rage talk about wins and losses in the loot box war, the disappearance of Steam machines, and a couple small, personal news items this week.


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Show Highlights & Timestamps

Games We Played (10:05)

Lootboxes: Drops come in, drops go out. Can’t explain it. (1:38:52)

Big Fish Casino Video Game Constitutes Illegal Online Gambling, Federal Appeals Court Rules (1:59:18)

Valve Removes Steam Machines From Steam’s Storefront. (2:12:34)

Faeria Goes Pay to Play (2:22:00)

Fortnite Removes 30 FPS Mode from Consoles (2:28:50)

Community Corner (2:34:26)

Discovery Queue (2:53:37)

Games We Played

Rage:


Make Sail


Mini Metro


Dungeon Gambit Boy


Steamworld Dig 2


Pizza Titan Ultra


Shrink:


Anybody Out There: Dead City


Car Vs Cops


1Line


Rocket Valley Tycoon


PUBG Mobile


News

Hawaii Loot Box Bills Fail to Advance

Hawaii Tribune Herald Article


Yong Yea Video

Shadow of War Removes Loot Boxes and Microtransactions

Announcement


Monolith FAQ


Sid Alpha Video

Big Fish Casino Constitutes Gambling Rules Federal Appeals Court

Game Industry Biz Article


Geek Wire


Penn & Teller's Bullshit Numbers

Valve Removes Steam Machines

Tech Raptor Article

Faeria Goes Pay to Play

Announcement

Fortnight Removes 30 FPS Mode From Consoles

Patch Notes


Discovery Queue

Rage:


Long Gone Days


Golem Gates


DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age


One Deck Dungeon


Meteor 60 Seconds!


Exiled Kingdoms


Shrink:


Train Valley 2


Equi Magic Galashow of Horses


 

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