Video Game Logic Episode 87: A Tale of Two Websites

This week Shrink & Rage talk about two web sites having trouble, a rare unicorn of AAA gaming, and Kickstarter failures

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Show Highlights & Timestamps

• Games We Played (5:55)

• Neogaf CEO Accused of Sexual Assault (53:58)

• The Escapist Fires All Paid Staff Save Yahtzee (1:11:55)

• Wolfenstein 2 Doesn’t Have Multiplayer Because it Would Dilute the Storytelling (1:25:20)

• Over Three Times as Many Video Game Projects Fail than Succeed on Kickstarter (1:38:23)

• Destiny 2’s Population Tracker is Gone Because it was Used to “spread a false narrative” (1:43:40)

• Twitch Adds Loot Boxes for Temporary Emotes 1:50:32)

• Community Corner (2:01:35)

• Steam Discovery Queue (2:26:35)

 

Games We Played

Rage:

Warframe

FoxyLand

Blackwell Unbound

Shrink:

Frisky Business

Frontline Tactics

News

• Neogaf Issues

Niche Gamer Article

Official Announcement

• Escapist Clears House

Game Industry Biz Article

Announcement

• Why Wolfenstein Lacks Multiplayer

PC Gamer Article

• Kickstarter Failures

Game Industry Biz Article

• Destiny 2's Population Tracker

PC GamesN Article

• Twitch Temporary Emotes

Announcement

Discovery Queue

Rage:

Opus Magnum

Gold Rush: The Game

Party Hard Tycoon

Warbanners

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Shrink:

Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon

Blackberry Honey