Video Game Logic Episode 86: Loot Box Trifecta
1Welcome 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 deal with loot boxes again, deal with last week's loot box craziness, then get into depressing stuff.
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Show Notes & Timestamps
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Games We Played 6:51
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Rage:
Warframe
http://store.steampowered.com/app/230410/Warframe/
The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk
http://store.steampowered.com/app/613470/The_Inner_World__The_Last_Wind_Monk/
Rocket League
http://store.steampowered.com/app/252950/Rocket_League/
Shrink:
World of Warships
https://worldofwarships.com/
Factorio
http://store.steampowered.com/app/427520/Factorio/
Space Run Galaxy
http://store.steampowered.com/app/355800/Space_Run_Galaxy/
SuperCluster: Void
http://store.steampowered.com/app/610740/SuperCluster_Void/
Call of Duty Black Ops 2
http://store.steampowered.com/app/202970/Call_of_Duty_Black_Ops_II/
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News Links
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More Loot Box News 1:15:15
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https://kotaku.com/esrb-says-it-doesnt-see-loot-boxes-as-gambling-1819363091
https://gamerant.com/loot-box-gambling-esrb/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2017/10/12/the-esrb-is-wrong-about-loot-boxes-and-gambling/#2b2f35662a64
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/59494/pegi-designate-lootboxes-gambling/index.html
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-10-17-government-response-to-loot-box-concern-is-predictably-non-committal
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-17-loot-box-petition-prompts-response-from-uk-government
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DICE Responds to Battlefront 2 Loot Boxes 1:32:17
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https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2017/10/dice-responds-to-star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-box-fiasco/41667/
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Humble Bundle Bought by IGN 1:45:10
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https://techraptor.net/content/humble-bundle-acquired-by-ign-undisclosed-deal
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Matchmaking to Sell Content Patiented and Maybe in Place 1:51:25
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https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/how-activision-uses-matchmaking-tricks-to-sell-in-game-items-w509288
http://greedygoblin.blogspot.com/p/do-not-play-league-of-legends.html
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Gamestop's Questionable Ad 2:00:18
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https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/10/16453336/gamestop-ad-pre-order-assassins-creed-origins
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Doom Coming to Nintendo Switch 2:06:12
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https://techraptor.net/content/doom-brings-switch-hell-november-10
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EA Closes Visceral 2:15:33
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https://techraptor.net/content/electronic-arts-closes-visceral-games
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Community Corner 2:22:02
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Discovery Queue 2:55:20
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Rage:
Field of Glory II
http://store.steampowered.com/app/660160/Field_of_Glory_II/
Computer Tycoon
http://store.steampowered.com/app/686680/Computer_Tycoon/
Shrink:
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation
http://store.steampowered.com/app/663380/Tales_from_Candlekeep_Tomb_of_Annihilation/
Doki Doki Literature Club!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/698780/Doki_Doki_Literature_Club/
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Music Credits
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Intro and Outro music:
"On the Ground" & "Doobly doo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)