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.

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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!