Video Game Logic Episode 188: The Clean and the Dirty

This week Shrink & Rage talk about the ESRB almost doing the right thing, Valve's potential return to hardware, and much more this week.

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Show Highlights & Timestamps

• Games We Played 4:47

• ESRB finally labels loot boxes…. Sort of 58:36

• Announcing the Play At Home Initiative 1:07:31

• Nintendo Switch Scalpers Are Using Bots to Drive Up Prices 1:11:56

• Valve Patents Steam Controller With Swappable Parts 1:20:01

• EA Patents Matching Based on Retention Rate 1:30:26

• Discovery Queue 1:37:42

 

Games We Played

Rage:

ReCore: Definitive Edition

The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition

 

Shrink:

The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition

Space Engineers

Xcom 2

 

News

• ESRB Lists Random purchases

ESRB intros new label for loot boxes

The ESRB Was Finally Badgered Into Doing the Right Thing About Loot Boxes This Week

ESRB adds loot box labels

Atari Casino

 

• Play At Home

Play at Home Announcement

 

• Nintendo Switch Buyer Woes

Nintendo Switch Scalpers Are Using Bots to Drive Up Prices

 

• Steam Controller 2?

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/valve-patents-steam-controller-with-swappable-parts

 

• EA Patents Matching Based on Retention Rate

EA Patents Matching Based on Retention Rate

 

Discovery Queue

Rage:

XCOM®: Chimera Squad

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

Receiver 2

One Step From Eden

Circle Empires Rivals

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III

F1® 2020

 

Shrink:

Gears Tactics

Zompiercer

Mod and Play

Help Will Come Tomorrow

Mad Experiments Escape Room