Video Game Logic Episode 86: Lootbox Hat Trick

This week Shrink & Rage can't escape loot boxes, but that's just the tip of the iceberg of bad news heading our way. 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 VGLPodcast@gmail.com stop by our Discord, or tweet us @VGLPodcast. You can also join us for our stream night! We play games Friday Evenings, Eastern Time, on Twitch. Download one of the upcoming games and join us! 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 (6:51) Loot Boxes Aren’t Gambling Claims Games Rating Boards (1:15:15) DICE Responds to Star Wars Battlefront 2 Loot Box Fiasco (1:32:17) Humble Bundle to be Acquired by IGN (1:45:10) How Game’s Use Matchmaking to Sell Content (1:51:25) Gamestop Ad Rubs Pre Orders in our faces (2:00:18) Doom Coming to the Nintendo Switch (2:06:12) Electronic Arts Closes Dead Space Developer Visceral Games (2:15:33) Community Corner (2:22:02) Steam Discovery Queue (2:55:20) Games We Played Rage: Warfrane The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk Rocket League Shrink: World of Warships Factorio Space Run Galaxy SuperCluster: Void Call of Duty Black Ops 2 News Lootboxes Aren't Gambling? Kotaku Article Game Rant Article Forbes Responds to ESRB Tweaktown Covers PEGI Response Euro Gamer UK Response Game Industry Biz Uk Response DICE Responds to Battlefront 2 Loot Boxes One Angry Gamer Article Humble Bundle Acquired by IGN Tech Raptor Article Matchmaking Manipulation to Sell in-game Items Patented by Activision & How Riot May Already be Doing It Rolling Stone Article Greedy Goblin Article Poor Taste in Gamestop Ad Polygon Article Doom Switch Port Tech Raptor Article EA Shuts Down Visceral Tech Raptor Article Discovery Queue Rage: Field of Glory II Computer Tycoon Shrink: Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation Doki Doki Literature Club!