Video Game Logic Episode 220: VGL Gameclub: Celeste (Update)

Video Game Logic Episode 220: VGL Gameclub: Celeste (Update)

Author: Video Game Logic Podcast October 17, 2025 Duration: 1:41:05
This week Shrink & Rage hold the final game club of the year. 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. Show Highlights & Timestamps Games We played 4:27 December Gameclub: Celeste 32:02 Next Gameclub: Monster Sanctuary 55:53 Ten-Year Long Study Confirms No Link Between Playing Violent Video Games and Real Life Violence 59:04 Steam 250’s Best Game Releases of 2020 1:07:44  Discovery Queue 1:26:10 Games We Played Rage: Pokemon Sword   Shrink: Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown News Game Study Game Sage: Ten-Year Long Study Confirms No Link Between Playing Violent Video Games as Early as Ten Years Old and Aggressive Behavior Later in Life Study Link   Steam 250's Best Reviewed Games of 2020 Best of 2020 from Steam 250 Discovery Queue Rage: Roboquest Stirring Abyss AFL Evolution 2 Fishing: North Atlantic A pirate quartermaster   Shrink: Unravel 2 Vampire the Masquerade Shadows of New York PP Puncher CyberHive Toast Defense Rogue Griefhelm  

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VGL Podcast Ep 340: Fallout 76 (October Gameclub) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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VGL Podcast Ep 339: Its Not Bugs [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:11:20
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Duration: 48:50
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