Video Game Logic Episode 244: Rats with Golden Parachutes

This week Shrink & Rage talk a little bit of news before diving back into the dumpster fire.

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Show Highlights & Timestamps

• Games We Played 5:40
• Forza Motorsport 7 to be removed from sale due to "end of life status" 36:26
• Half-Life 2: Remastered Collection coming from modders with Valve’s consent 44:14
• Activision Blizzard: The dumpster fire rages on. 51:12
• Community Corner 1:13:52
  • 700,000 lines of code, 20 years, and one developer: How Dwarf Fortress is built
• Discovery Queue 1:20:17

 

Games We Played

Rage:

Destroy All Humans!

 

Shrink:

Microsoft Solitaire Collection

Plants Vs Zombies 2 Garden Warfare

VTM Stream

 

News

• Forza Motorsport 7 End of the Road

Games Industry Biz: Forza Motorsport 7 to be removed from sale due to "end of life status"

 

• Half-Life 2 Remastered

PC Games N: Half-Life 2: Remastered Collection coming from modders with Valve’s consent

 

• The Activision Blizzard Dumpster Fire Part 2

Games Industry Biz: Activision Blizzard staff respond to Bobby Kotick statement

The Verge: Blizzard’s head of HR is out

Kotaku: Activision Blizzard Hires Union-Busting Firm As Workers Start To Come Together

Dexerto: Asmongold & WoW players slam Blizzard for removing emote from Classic but not racist slurs

TechRaptor: [Updated] World of Warcraft Changes Coming In Wake of Lawsuit

Kotaku: Report: Blizzard Once Slapped With 'Misogyny Tax'

Tech Raptor: Activision Blizzard Shareholders File Class-Action Lawsuit

PC Games N: Blizzard president J Allen Brack is stepping downBlizzard's former president J. Allen Brack

Games Industry Biz: Activision Blizzard confirms former WoW director was fired over misconduct

Asmongold on Blizzard's New "Anti-Harassment" Changes

Community Corner

The Overflow: 700,000 lines of code, 20 years, and one developer: How Dwarf Fortress is built

 

Discovery Queue

Rage:

GRIME

FINAL FANTASY

The Forgotten City

Eldest Souls

Banners of Ruin

Fuga: Melodies of Steel

KARLSON

 

Shrink:

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

HighFleet

Idol Manager

The Ascent