Video Game Logic Podcast

This week Shrink & Rage hold the final game club of the year.

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Games We played 4:27

December Gameclub: Celeste 32:02

Next Gameclub: Monster...

This week Jared and Rage both were out of town so we will be playing an updated Gameclub for you.  Next week we'll get to hear about Rage's trip to an anime con,  and Jared's trip to DC during the US government shutdown. 

This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club, this month taking a look at Overland.

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 tw...

This episode is an interview I recorded last week with my friend who is also an artist and now a game developer! We spend nearly half an hour discussing Game Jams, her experience with them, and what she may be working on in the future. If you want to know more, find her at all the links below.

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This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club then talk about some news.

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.

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.

Games We Played (8:35)

February Gameclub: Stacking (26:12)

Next...

Welcome back to another one of our update episodes! This time we revisit Where the Water Tastes Like Wine. Posted late because my internet has been out all day. Enjoy!

This week Shrink & Rage hold the monthly game club then talk some news.

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.

Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show...

All by myself again! It's Jared to give you an update and some ideas about what is going on around these parts. 

When it rains it pours it seems. This week Jared was sick and had to rest. Have another gameclub update/re-release!

Jared was released from finishing his notice period this week and had to do a little scrambling and have a small existential crisis. He's fine, and we'll be back next week. Enjoy another classic gameclub episode!

Good day folks! We finally recorded our gameclub for Civ 6 as well as discussed a number of other things in a freestyle franken type recording, but rest assured this is fresh content. We hope you enjoy!

Greetings! We have another classic episode update to put on the feed this week. If all goes well, Rage's work schedule is changing and will allow us a more guaranteed recording slot to utilize within in the next week or so. 

We have another one of these update/clean ups of a classic episode of ours to help account for the ongoing family disaster stealing Jared away from recording. We hope you have a good and safe weekend and we'll see you soon!

This week we recorded some franken style content telling Jared's clinic drama as he moves to start his own business. There's some other stuff here too, and we'll be getting to the game club in the next real episode!

Welcome back to another update/re-release of an old episode.  This week Jared had some struggles that prevented a recording. We hope you enjoy, and in the next recording Jared will share the juicy details he can

This week Rage had very bad work scheduling and so we knew from the start we'd have a Franken Episode. We hope you enjoy this one and will see you again soon. 

This week, the two of us recorded some "franken" style content for an episode because it was very late when we started. We don't want to do this all the time, but it helps us stay a little more current when work is very much in the way. We hope you enjoy!

Topics list:

For Show Date: 07/03/2025 

Online Piracy's Great Comeback

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwuXF1AyKak

Anthem Game Update

https://www.ea.com/games/anthem/news/anthem-game-update

We did in fact record this week, and it was an intentional Franken style episode. Things went a little awry and we got a very late start, but we did start! There is a smattering of topics such as a brief glimpse into what the franken episode might look like, some steam summer sale talk, and magical adventure to some anime horse girls. Yes. That is a real game and anime. 

This week the episode goes up late. Jared had a very serious plague, and was more or less out of commission until this morning. Where he promptly forgot to do the franken edit until late in the afternoon. He will be severely punished in a way he isn't into, and will get back to you next week. Enjoy!

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For Show Date: 06/12/2025 

As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/as-the-outer-worlds-2-hits-usd80-director-says-we-dont-set-the-prices-for-our-games-and-wishes-everybody-could-play-obsidians-new-rpg/

Showing accessibility support to Steam users

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/det...

This week scheduling conflict got in the way again, but I recorded a little something about a several games I have been playing that won't make into the main show at some point. Enjoy! and we'll keep trying to schedule ourselves correctly to record a new show. 

This week we needed to do another re-upload. Work schedules and tech issues prevented us from getting together with enough solid time to record an episode. We hope you enjoy this episode, chosen because May is Mental Health Awareness month, which is an update and re-upload of the gameclub episode covering A Normal Lost Phone, and Another Lost Phone. 

This is a small snippet of franken episode from the last recording. We were unable to record this week due to a tornado tearing through Jared's location. He's fine, but the infrastructure was down for a few days of recovery. So we were unable to record or do a larger franken piece this week. We hope you enjoy none the less!

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For Show Date: 05/13/2025

Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered

Rage:

Mob Con...

This week we needed to run a franken due to work and other scheduling conflicts being unresolvable again. We'll be back soon!

Topics list:

For Show Date: 04/29/2025 

Electronic Arts Lays Off Hundreds, Cancels ‘Titanfall’ Game

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-29/electronic-arts-lays-off-hundreds-cancels-titanfall-game?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0NTk1MzQ2OCwiZXhwIjoxNzQ2NTU4MjY4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVkhVQjFUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.Ok9U1G-8KnrQWSRme5JF1VqfCPIxgENs3iq9d32PeRc&leadSource=uverify%20wall

This week a member of Jared's family had a medical emergency, and so he had to go help deal with that. So, we bring you Franken content from the most recent recording. We will see you for Belatro next week!

This week detectives Shrink and Rage are on the case with Tex Murphy for a late, but present, gameclub episode. Enjoy!

Topics list:

For Show Date: 04/15/2025 

58% Of PC Gaming Revenue In 2024 Came From Microtransactions

https://tech4gamers.com/microtransactions-half-pc-gaming-revenue/

Switch 2?

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/features/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/04/14/nintendo-switch-2-delay-due-to-trump-tariffs-see-release-day-in-nj/83083565007/

There once was a time when we questioned podcasts taking long hiatus periods or doing old re-releases on this show. How nieve we were! Life once again stands in the way. Rage's new job and work schedule combined with my own major career changes again makes it hard to record. We believe next week's schedule hold solid promise for recording, and we can finally get past Tex Murphy onto the next gameclub and some regular shenanigans. We love and appreciate you so much. 

This week, Rage is busy with work, and Jared is busy at a marriage and family therapy conference getting to learn and talk all about sex! Due to those pesky adult scheduling conflicts, we were not able to get together again. A few weeks ago a re-release and old episode where the RSS feed from how we used to upload the show has broken. So we have another blast from the past. We have put together our gameclub list, and we will be updating you soon on what games we've put up so you can start playing as well...

Greetings all! We have a short little franken episode this week, as continued work and personal issues prevented us from recording. We have talked shop and adjusted/updated the gameclub list and have made plans for late but truncated VGL awards to discuss some gameclub games. We hope you all are having a good week, and hope to be back soon. 

This week, continued work tumolt for Rage ensured no recording was possible. So, we bring you a story about fixing houses, and some other stuff. We wish you all well this week, and hope to see you again very soon!

Topics list:

For Show Date: 03/13/2025 

Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered

Rage:

Jared:

Halo Infinite

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240440/Halo_Infinite/

...

This week, Rage is busy with work, and Jared is busy repairing his roof after a massive storm blew part of it off. Looking at old Archives, there are a lot of old episodes that have never been viewed, as PodBean seems to have broken their RSS import Support. So an episode appears with no Audio. I've taken the time to find as many of these as I can, and will re-release them on weeks where we don't have Franken Content Prepared. So, enjoy a blast from the past of 2016.....or maybe 2017. We were so young. 

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Jared is very sick this week, a lot of people in his orbit have had both the Flu and Covid. Hopefully it isn't that, but we aren't sure yet. Enjoy! We hope to see you next week. 

This week responsibility got in the way again, but we have new Franken Content since we were able to record a few weeks in a row. Enjoy the show, and we should be back next wee to talk Tex Murphy!

Topics list:

For Show Date: 02/13/2025 

This week we talk a lot about The Sims, partly because Jared played it a good deal, and partly because its in the news again! We talk about some other stuff too. Enjoy!

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For Show Date: 02/06/2025 

Steam Now Warns You If an Early Access Game Hasn't Been Updated In a While

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/steam-early-access-update-warning-feature

Greetings friend. Jared had a fight with his two greatest Nemeses at the same time: His ISP and his dishwasher. Service outages and FTD errors prevented him from being able to record this week. So we've gone back into the archives, and pulled out another old Franken Episode. Hope you all have a lovely week!

On this episode of the VGL Podcast, we discuss why we've been gone so long, the state of the US in this moment, and some random video game things. There wasn't a format this time, but the goal as stated in the episode, is to do December/January Gameclub in our next recording, and the VGL Awards the one after that. We hope you enjoy!

Greetings friends! We needed to do so business to sort out the schedule for VGL Awards and making adjustments to the Gameclub Schedule. We hope you all have had a lovely day, and will be seeing you soon!

Good day to you my friends! Hopefully if you're in the path of this Winter Storm you've taken appropriate steps. Rage and I were unable to connect this week to record. I got back from Colorado too late Tuesday, and Rage has had his own work developments that meant he didn't have a night off. We hope to see you soon, and hope you enjoy this Episode from the Archive! 

Happy New Year to our listeners this week! I went back into the archives to grab and older Franken Episode that I can't find a correlating file too on Podbean. Jared is in Colorado this week with his in-laws, so we didn't record anything. Next week should be a return to form, with either a normal episode or the Gameclub episode for December. After that the VGL Awards! We hope you all have a lovely day. 

Merry Christmas everyone! We did not record this week due to the Holiday falling on a Wednesday and it making our other schedules really weird. We hope you had a lovely Christmas. Next week will be Franken Episode as well, as I (Jared) will be in Colorado Visiting my in laws the whole week. 

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For Show Date: 12/19/2024 

Rage:

Pokémon TCG Pocket

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.pokemon.pokemontcgp

Jared:

Warcraft Rumble

https://warcraftrumble.blizzard.com/en-us/

Colony Ship: A Post Earth RPG

https://store.steampowered.com/app/648410/Colony_Ship_A_PostEarth_Role_Playing_Game/

The Game Awards Winners

https://www.thegameawards.com/br...

This week we have a Satisfactory discussion, followed by a long runthrough of games that NPR likes. Pretty straightforward. We hope you enjoy it!

For Show Date: 12/12/2024 

Greetings friends, Jared's internet was dead again. This time it was so bad and Jared complained so much, they sent him new network equipment to try to fix the problem. We'll see next week if it actually does, but In the mean time enjoy one more tiny teaser about Satisfactory before the next Episode is our full Gameclub Discussion on it.

We both took time to be with our Families this week, and hope you all had a happy turkey day as well, even if you don't celebrate!

In this episode of the Video Game Logic Podcast, we do a recording, but we're tired and old and so we didn't stick fully to the show format. We discuss games played, a smidgeon of news, and toaster ovens! Just, in a somewhat disorganized manner. Enjoy the show.

The boys finally get to Fallout 76, and only sprinkle in a little politics into the ending. We appreciate your patience and hope you enjoy the show. 

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For Show Date: 11/14/2024 

Fan-Favorite GOG Launches Game Preservation Program for Classic Titles

https://insider-gaming.com/gog-launches-game-preservation-program/

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news...

The boys tonight engage in a post election discussion. We let out a lot of pent up feelings we've had since Tuesday night. We absolutely understand if you don't need this right now and need to skip this week. The next episode will Discuss Fallout 76, and the following gameclub is Satisfactory. We hope you all stay safe out there. 

Rage and Jared this week continue to be old men who are tired and broken. Next week, recording day is the US election, and we're going to stress way to much over what is going to happen. Perhaps we'll record it if there is a request. We hope you stay safe out there!

In this franken/non franken episode we talk about Rage's time at the Con, a single game I played, and explain why this one is weird. Next week is this months Gameclub Episode, so if you still want to participate, you've got time to play Fallout 76!

This week it was Jared's turn to mess things up. I forgot I had an event for my kid the day we decided we would record. So I had to go do that instead. Enjoy medical stories this week, and some more US politics stuff. 

This week, Rage is on his yearly pilgrimage to his state's anime convention. We pull some franken content from a recent recording, where we get very political. Given the nature of the discussion, and the time of year it is in America, we absolutely understand if you wish to skip this one. We'll be back with anime con stories and video game BS soon!

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For Show Date: 10/01/2024 

Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered

Rage:

Satisfactory

https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/Satisfactory/

Jared:

American Truck Sim...

This week its Jared's turn to disrupt the schedule. He had a family emergency that needed tending too, so you get the first chunk of franken we recorded when we recorded last weeks episode. Enjoy! 

Topics list:

For Show Date: 9/17/2024 

We're finally back after recording complications and disasters for a month!

Mobile Smash Hit Flappy Bird Returning This Year, Original Creator Disapproves

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/flappy-bird-returning-this-year

https://www.eurogamer.net/flappy-birds-original-creator-does-not-support-its-revival

Jared is losing it, two weeks in a row he's had an outage on the new planned recording night. Enjoy some more Franken Content. It seems we're likely to move the new permanent recording night to Thursday. 

This week threw us so many curveballs. We knew we needed to get the Gameclub done, Rage's work schedules be damned! So we agreed on a different recording night to get this done. Then Spectrum has an all day outage in the entire county where I live. So, I dug around in the archives and found a franken episode that didn't have a correlating name so I think this one has sat buried and unlisted to for 2 whole years. Enjoy!

Greetings listeners! This week we have a slightly different than usual franken episode that I explain in an opening stinger. Beyond that, we hope you all have a lovely weekend, and hope to see you again next week!

This week Jared needed to handle some adulting that could only get taken care of on recording night. Damn you financial responsibility! This franken is part 1 of Jared's recent weekend adventure to a very rich family's wedding. Part 2 will show up on the next franken episode. Enjoy your week!

This week we finally get back to it. We spend a long time talking about Baldur's Gate 3, and "spolers" we love this game. We look forward to seeing how many times it shows up on the VGL Awards this year. 

For Show Date: 8/13/2024 

Rage had a very bad work schedule this week, and we were unable to connect up for a recording. We've got a short franken episode this week, and I'm putting together some solo content for if/when we can't record. The next recorded episode is still the Baldur's Gate Gameclub, and hopefully we are recording this coming week. 

Due to severe weather in Jared's area, we couldn't trust the internet or power to stay stable enough to record this week. The Baldur's Gate Gameclub is coming in our next episode, and we're very excited to spend 40 hours discussing the game. See you soon!

Games We Played 200+ workers at Bethesda Game Studio have unionized Gamepass Changes; FTC Critical Community CornerHumble Games Shutting Down

Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered

Rage:

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1817070/Marvels_SpiderMan_Remastered/

Jared:

Atlas Earth

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ci.atlasearth.client

Hearthstone

https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us

2...

This week Rage was sick, and so we get a sneak peak at some of the discussion that will happen during the Baldur's Gate gameclub episode. Jared has played D&D a lot over the years, and will be making comparisons in the main episode a lot more in detail than the one on this franken episode. Here's to feeling better next week Rage!

This week we ran a franken due to more work and life conflicts. We should return next week for the video game action you know and love!

This week we talk about a game both like, but don't really want to play anymore. Alongside some of our normal BS and a small story or two. We hope you enjoy!

New Crazy Taxi title will be an open-world, massively multip...

This week we ran a Franken Episode due to Rage needing to close at work on Tuesday. I recorded an extra bit for the beginning, and was impressed at how good my headset mic is. It's not as good as my normal mic, but for a 40$ headset, its not bad! We'll see you next week to discuss Another Crab's Treasure!

For Show Date: 06/18/2024 

Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered

Rage:

Linkito

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2312770/Linkito/

Jared:

Earth Defense Force 5

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1007040/EARTH_DEFENSE_FORCE_5/

Dyson Sphere Program

...

Topics list:

For Show Date: 06/11/2024 

Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered

Rage:

Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

h...

This week work schedules get in the way for Rage so we're running a Franken Episode. I still hadn't deleted any uncompressed audio from last week, so you get what may be the freshest franken show yet. Maybe that should have been the title!? Oh well, enjoy!

For Show Date: 05/28/2024 

Parents and victims of Uvalde school shooting sue Activision

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/victims-and-parents-of-uvalde-school-shooting-sue-activision

Atari Acquires Intellivision, Burying a 45-Year-Old Hatchet

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/atari-intellivision-acquisition

Former Square Enix exec on why Final...

For Show Date: 05/21/2024 

Final Redfall Update Will Grant Arkane's Shooter Offline Immortality

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/final-redfall-update-offline-mode

EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/ea-is-lo...

This week it's my fault we didn't record. It's spring time in the south, and I had a sinus infection. I took some time off and got some meds, so fingers crossed to wellness and recordings next week. We have many topics we'd like to discuss!

This week Rage had a weird work schedule so we were unable to record this week. I pulled franken content from the newest and oldest episode on the backlog, so we have some things from last week, and things from January. Hope you enjoy, and we'll see you next week!

Topics list:

For Show Date: 04/30/2024 

Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered

Embracer Group splits into three

https://www.gamesindustry.b...

Good day to you all dear listeners! Jared's internet was down (for once it was scheduled maintenance we found out about). There wasn't enough time to record, but we did do a choosening. We have games picked out for the next several months of gameclub. There is at least 1 big surprise on the list that we can't wait to see how you guys will respond too. 

Enjoy a Story Time, and we'll be back next week for the April Gameclub.

Topics list:

For Show Date: 04/16/2024 

Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered

Rage:

Balatro

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/Balatro/

Jared:

Ha...

Topics list:

For Show Date: 04/09/2024 

Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respective topics when remembered

Rage:

Splatoon 3: Side Order

https://splatoon.nintendo.com/en/expansion-pass/

Jared:

Digimon Story...

This week, Rage and I Both had reasons that prevented us from meeting to record. Power outages, massive scary storms with tornado watches, and lingering internet issues (for me at least) mean that we dip once again into the always persistent archive of silliness. We hope you enjoy!

This week we go over the March Gameclub, experience some sleepiness, and a smidgen of technical difficulties. Hopefully you enjoy it!

Topics list:

For Show Date: 03/26/2024 

Time Stamps will be in the show notes following their respect...

For Show Date: 03/19/2024 

This week the boys catch up on two weeks worth of community corner submissions (more or less) and talk about some video game stuff they have played with recently. 

This week Jared's in laws got in the way of doing a recording. We had the best of intentions, but when things pop off he has to talk everyone down. Or at least try right? Enjoy!

Due to being tired old men with jobs, we took a break this week to bring to you a Franken Episode where we talk about surge pricing at Wendy's and tell a couple of stories. Enjoy! 

This week we talk about A Bird Story, and share our views on this now 10 year old game. I managed to sneak in a comparison to Die Hard, and both Rage and I want to play the rest of the series now. 

For Show Date: 02/27/2024 

SteamWorld Build underperformed, says publisher Thunderful

https://www.eurogamer.net/steamworld-build-underperformed-says-publisher-thunderful

Twisted Metal Gam...

This week we spend a lot of time talking about space games, and Jared plays with some Melons. Not in that way though, at least this time.....for now.

For Show Date: 02/20/2024 

Rage:

Lightyear Frontier

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677110/Lightyear_Frontier/

Star Trucker

https://store.steampowere...

Due to a particularly busy work week, the boys were tired. Enjoy a delicious leftover bit of Franken Content from a recent episode, where we do actually talk about a game or two. 

A relatively short episode this week, we talk about Steamworld Build for the January Gameclub, go on a tangent or two, and mention the February Gameclub. We hope you enjoy the show!

PS. Jared didn't get slammed at work this week and forget to post the episode.

Topics list:

After a very long halftime show, and some real-life issues that got in the way of recording, we're back to finish off our awards show. What is the best and worst of the year? Let's find out!

This week we go into the backlog again. Scheduling difficulties meant we were unable to record part 2 of the VGL Awards this past week. We'll get there! We promise! In other news can you guys believe how much Franken content we have in the can? We talk a lot. A whole lot. Enjoy!

Good day listeners! It may be a little late, and a little short (because we broke it up into two parts), but we are proud to present the VGL Awards for 2023! Next week we'll have part 2 out. As you'll hear in the show, Rage was recovering from illness so he sounds a little less sultry than usual. We hope you enjoy the show, and we look forward to releasing the fun stuff that's at the bottom of the list next week!

Greetings listeners! We intended to record the VGL awards this week, but my power was out for almost 2 days and we were unable to do so. We'll be back next week to do that thing, and more !

Topics list:

For Show Date: 01/02/2024 

We have a pretty simple one this week! Just a gameclub discussion, some post holiday talk, and a few digressions. We will see you all next week for the VGL Awards for 2023!

     2. Next Gameclub: Steam World Build

This Week Jared's In-Laws were around, so we were not able to record. We'll be back next week for the Final Gameclub of 2023, and the first episode of the new year! We hope you all have a good one, and hope 2024 is better than 2023. (Jared Wrote this, so he's just slightly more hopeful still)

Rage and I knew around the Holiday's this year we'd be busy and unavailable. So we Pre-Recorded some Franken Content that was story time themed. This week you get to hear about an issue in my weird Commune house, and we dunked on Starfield a little because that was still more fresh in our minds when we prepped this. We hope you enjoy it, and have a lovely Holiday Season!

This week we once again dunk on starfield a bit, talk about some recent games we've played, and talk about a few disasters in the industry.

Rage:

Headbangers: Rhythm Royale

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1761620/Headbangers_Rhythm_Royale/

F-ZERO™ 99

https://www.nintend...

This week Jared's kid had a school event so we couldn't record an episode. Enjoy some franken content that's relatively recent rather than from several months ago. We intend to record again next week, with the only upcoming planned week off being the week of Christmas. 

This week Rage and Shrink go Vroom in the latest entry to a series that is nearly as old as they are. Its also nearly as cringy too. We also dunk on Starfield some more, and talk badly about currency exchange. 

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.

Finally, if you wish to throw us some cash to help improve the show, and for various show relat...