Video Game Logic Episode 117: Getting Psychological with Shrink
Welcome to the Video Game Logic podcast, with your hosts Gaming Psychologist and Caffeine Rage, where we talk about the video game news and general gaming topics. This week we have Jared go on and on about a pair of news topics and are blown away by some numbers
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Show Notes & Timestamps
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Games We Played 6:15
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Rage:
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
https://store.steampowered.com/app/261510/Tesla_Effect_A_Tex_Murphy_Adventure/
Battle Chef Brigade
https://store.steampowered.com/app/452570/Battle_Chef_Brigade/
DEFCON
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520/DEFCON/
Shrink:
First Strike Final Hour
https://store.steampowered.com/app/587000/First_Strike_Final_Hour/
Astroneer
https://store.steampowered.com/app/361420/ASTRONEER/
Planet Stronghold
https://store.steampowered.com/app/291050/Planet_Stronghold/
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News Links
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Valve Leaks Steam Game Player Counts 59:22
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https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/07/steam-data-leak-reveals-precise-player-count-for-thousands-of-games/
https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-spy-alternative
http://nichegamer.com/2018/07/02/valve-to-make-its-own-more-accurate-steam-spy/
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Pokemon GO has Brought in $1.8 Billion Since Launch 1:24:49
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https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-07-06-pokemon-go-tops-sales-charts-again-two-years-after-launch
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Doki Doki Literature Club Blamed for UK Teen’s Suicide 1:55:57
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http://nichegamer.com/2018/06/30/doki-doki-literature-club-blamed-for-uk-teens-suicide/
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Psychologists and Scholars Condemn WHO Classifying Gaming Disorder As An Addiction 1:46:22
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http://nichegamer.com/2018/06/28/psychologists-and-scholars-condemn-who-classifying-gaming-disorder-as-an-addiction/
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Discovery Queue 2:07:09
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Rage:
Agony
https://store.steampowered.com/app/487720/Agony/
SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption
https://store.steampowered.com/app/691280/SINNER_Sacrifice_for_Redemption/
Nova Flow
https://store.steampowered.com/app/718250/Nova_Flow/
Shrink:
Garrison Archangel
https://store.steampowered.com/app/682450/Garrison_Archangel/
Visitor
https://store.steampowered.com/app/882960/Visitor/
Eximius Seize the Frontline
https://store.steampowered.com/app/505740/Eximius_Seize_the_Frontline/
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Music Credits
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Intro and Outro music:
"On the Ground" & "Doobly doo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)