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| Triple Play: Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave | 01 oct. 2026 | 01:34:29 | |
The Triple Click gang dives into Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, the new Switch 2 exclusive that blends grid-based strategy combat with... a whole lot more. They talk about the sprawling story, the tactical battles, and whether the whole thing is just Too Much. One More Thing: Kirk: Fields of Mistria Maddy: “Sex, AI, and the apocalypse” by Ian K. Duncan Jason: Tokyo Game Show LINKS: Into the Aether’s excellent recent episode on Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Time article about Effective Altruism and sexual abuse Tressie McMillan Cottom's AI reading list and her New York Times column about same
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| Fire Emblem, Wolverine, and Control Resonant (with Lucy James) | 24 sept. 2026 | 01:33:58 | |
Jason's on assignment, so Kirk and Maddy are joined by guest host Lucy James of the lookingfor.game newsletter and the FPS podcast! They share some early impressions of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, some final thoughts on Marvel's Wolverine, along with a (well signposted) spoiler discussion, and Kirk and Lucy also share some bonus early impressions of Control Resonant. ONE MORE THING Kirk: Control Resonant LINKS & REFERENCE: The timestamp for the Wolverine spoiler jump: 1:03:39 Lucy’s newsletter lookingfor.game and her podcast, Friends Per Second Friends Per Second’s episode on Marvel’s Wolverine Game File’s 2024 reporting on the Wolverine leadership change Kirk’s 2017 Kotaku re-review of Batman: Arkham Knight “Ride Lonesome” by Beck from Ride Lonesome, 2026 WhiskeyClone.Net - A Beck Fansite Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Nintendo Hype, Steam Taxes, and the Best Games Ever [Mailbag] | 17 sept. 2026 | 01:14:50 | |
Kirk, Jason, and Maddy open up the mailbag to tackle listener questions about the expectations surrounding Nintendo surprises, what Valve's 30% Steam sales cut means for studios, Wikipedia's "list of video games listed among the best," one listener's Triple Click Dream, and more. One More Thing: LINKS One listener's Claude-assisted database of Triple Click One(s) More Thing(s) List of video games listed among the best (Wikipedia) Kirk’s 2018 review of Red Dead Redemption 2 Tim Rogers’ Kotaku review of Football Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Triple Play: Star Wars: Zero Company | 10 sept. 2026 | 01:15:14 | |
Kirk, Maddy, and Jason dive into Star Wars: Zero Company, the wonderful new strategy game that's best described as a cross between Star Wars and XCOM. They talk about the strategy, the characters, and what a bummer it is that the development team was furloughed before launch. This episode has a 95% chance to hit! One More Thing: Kirk: Silo Season 3 (Apple) Maddy: On Together (update) Jason: Big Walk LINKS: Totilo’s Game File story on the Bit Reactor furloughs
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| Triple Play: The Blood of Dawnwalker | 03 sept. 2026 | 01:14:28 | |
Jason, Maddy, and Kirk talk about The Blood of Dawnwalker, a new vampire game from ex-Witcher 3 developers. They talk about the game's unique time system, the brutal story, and how it all compares to The Witcher 3. One More Thing: Kirk: Reading out loud to someone Maddy: Monsters of God (HBO docu-series) Jason: The Wedding People (Alison Espach) LINKS: Check out Kirk’s new podcast, Definitely Fiction! Patreon - YouTube - RSS - Apple Podcasts - Spotify - Trailer The Blood of Dawnwalker theme by Nikola Kołodziejczyk, Piotr Musiał, Mikolai Stroinski
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| Triple Click Picks: The Games You Should Play (2026 Edition) | 27 août 2026 | 01:19:05 | |
The Triple Click gang convenes for a long-awaited update on the Triple Click Picks — our list of games we highly recommend — with some surprising new additions and removals. One More Thing: Kirk: Mean Streets (1973) Maddy: Ludwig (Britbox) Jason: Time to Burn (Ellery Lloyd) LINKS: Triple Click Picks Update History Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Big Walk Made Us A Better Podcast | 20 août 2026 | 01:16:30 | |
Welcome to Big Walk, a Triple Click corporate trust exercise that has made us all better co-workers and better people. Kirk, Jason, and Maddy break down the new hit game from House House and talk about their experiences playing it together... and falling off cliffs. One More Thing: Kirk: Martyr! (Kaveh Akbar) Maddy: The Other Bennet Sister (Amazon Prime/Britbox) Jason: Homeland (2011) LINKS: Daniel Dennett on Wikipedia, and a cool Big Think video featuring him and his work Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Soma's AI Horror Story Is Even More Relevant Today | 13 août 2026 | 01:22:22 | |
The Triple Click gang talks about SOMA, the 2015 sci-fi horror game that tells a riveting story about brain scans. They talk about the game's strengths (the story!) and the flaws (the voice acting...) as they prepare to send their consciousnesses into space. One More Thing: Kirk: Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime Maddy: Savant-Garde (podcast) Jason: Heather (Caitlin Mullen) LINKS: A recent (fairly harrowing!) WSJ article about the “jury duty” scam Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Why Are There So Many Remakes Right Now? [Mailbag] | 06 août 2026 | 01:10:31 | |
Jason, Kirk, and Maddy open up the mailbag to answer some more listener questions. Why do we love replaying games? Why don't indie games cost more? And why are there so many remakes?? One More Thing: Kirk: The Message from Deep Space Maddy: Spider-Man: Brand New Day Jason: Spider-Man: Brand New Day LINKS: ScrapMan’s playthrough of Cairn Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Beanscast: The Odyssey [TEASER] | 03 août 2026 | 00:19:04 | |
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| Is Nolan's Odyssey The Elden Ring of Movies? [Mailbag] | 30 juil. 2026 | 01:16:02 | |
It's an episode full of questions this week as Kirk, Maddy, and Jason reach into the mailbag for some hot, hot queries. Is FromSoftware basically Christopher Nolan? Why do companies shut down game studios instead of spinning them out? And when is life like a video game? One More Thing: Kirk: Still Life (Louise Penny) Maddy: Hell Clock Jason: Alan Opts Out (Courtney Maum) LINKS: Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Triple Play: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced | 23 juil. 2026 | 01:09:50 | |
Jason, Maddy, and Kirk pull out their spyglasses and zoom in on Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, the remake of the 2013 classic for modern platforms. They talk about the sea battles, the game's gruff hero, and what works (and doesn't work) about this new reimagining. One More Thing: Kirk: Denshattack! Maddy: Little House on the Prairie (2026) Jason: The Mermaid Mask LINKS: Kirk’s 2013 review of AC IV: https://kotaku.com/assassins-creed-iv-black-flag-the-kotaku-review-1453735783 Stephen’s newsletter on Resynced’s take on the modern day stuff: https://www.gamefile.news/p/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-review Background article about the Little House reboot: https://redpopnews.com/netflixs-little-house-on-the-prairie-proves-the-story-was-always-big-enough-for-the-truth-and-authenticity/ Tee Lopes - “There’s A Trick To It,” Andrew One - “Coastline Funk,” Sean Bialo - “Passing Ariake Breeze” - from the Denshattack OST Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Xbox Layoffs and the PlayStation Disc Disaster | 16 juil. 2026 | 01:14:51 | |
Maddy, Jason, and Kirk took a break and everything fell apart! This week, they're talking about two of the biggest news stories to hit the video-game industry this year: Xbox's restructuring and PlayStation ditching discs. One More Thing: Kirk: Rhythm Heaven Groove Maddy: Love & Deepspace Jason: The Incident at Galley House LINKS: Maddy on female attraction: https://www.mothership.blog/email/b724125b-8ddc-4410-af68-4cc82a1b86c9/ Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Beanscast: The Sopranos, Season One | 09 juil. 2026 | 01:49:35 | |
Grab the gabagol, secure the McMansion, and embrace the technique of positive visualization: Jason, Maddy, and Kirk are rewatching The Sopranos, one of the most acclaimed and influential TV shows of all time. Maddy’s never seen it before, and Kirk has seen it multiple times but hasn’t watched it in years. Jason, meanwhile, can quote every episode by heart. Armed with those different perspectives, they returned to the first season to see how it all fits together. LINKS, ETC. Only the paywalled version of this episode gets a clip of "Defile You," because Spotify. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| How People Afford Video Games | 02 juil. 2026 | 01:17:41 | |
Kirk, Jason, and Maddy talk about how the affordability crisis is impacting gaming, reading some listener emails to talk about how people pay for games these days. Plus: we've got Steam Machines and have some thoughts. Those two topics are very related! One More Thing: Kirk: Steam Machine Maddy: Balance: A Perimenopause Journey Jason: Steam Machine LINKS: Strong Songs Live! July 11, Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland. Livestream Tickets HERE Chris Person’s review of the Steam Machine for Aftermath Kirk’s Rhythm Heaven stream: Friday, July 3, 7PM Eastern on the Triple Click YouTube Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| What's The Deal With: Stealth Games? | 25 juin 2026 | 01:02:50 | |
What makes stealth games appealing? What makes them suck? Kirk, Jason, and Maddy talk about their favorite and least favorite aspects of the sneakiest drama, from 007 First Light to Dishonored and much more. One More Thing: Kirk: Rush Maddy: Broomgate: A Curling Scandal Jason: Gentoo Rescue LINKS: Rick Beato’s interview with Anika Nilles, and their performance of “Tom Sawyer” with Rush in LA An overheard guard conversation in No One Lives Forever, which is much, much longer than the snippet in the episode Strong Songs Live! July 11, Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland. Livestream Tickets HERE Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| What's Going On At Xbox? [Mailbag] | 18 juin 2026 | 01:18:49 | |
Why is Xbox in such dire straits? Kirk, Jason, and Maddy open up the mailbag and take some of YOUR listener questions, mostly about Xbox but also about a couple of less bleak topics. One More Thing: Kirk: The Boroughs Maddy: On Together Jason: Adventures of Elliot LINKS: Strong Songs Live! July 11, Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland. Livestream Tickets HERE Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| God of War, Ocarina of Time, And Other SGF Surprises | 11 juin 2026 | 01:08:53 | |
Summer Game Fest is over, and now it's time to soak in all the gaming news. Kirk, Jason, and Maddy talk about everything, from God of War Laufey to the Ocarina of Time remake, and plenty of indies along the way. One More Thing: Kirk: The RecklessBen/Bricks & Minifigs Fiasco Maddy: American Hustle (2013) Jason: Yesteryear (Caro Claire Burke) LINKS: Strong Songs Live! July 11, Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland. Livestream Tickets HERE Mike Masnick’s lengthy Techdirt breakdown of the RecklessBen vs. Bricks & Minifigs fiasco at TechDirt Leonard French’s legal explainer of same on his YouTube channel Lawful Masses Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| 007: First Light and SGF Predictions | 06 juin 2026 | 01:21:12 | |
Jason, Maddy, and Kirk talk about IO Interactive's new James Bond game 007: First Light, which is way better than any of them were expecting. But first, it's time for some hopes and predictions for next week's Summer Game Fest 2026. *We had to republish this episode and delete the first one, so if you already downloaded it, you might see two copies. Sorry about that! One More Thing: Kirk: Widow's Bay (Apple) LINKS: Strong Songs Live! July 11, Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland. Tickets HERE “GHOST TRICK” from Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, composed by Masakazu Sugimori and Yasumasa Kitagawa 007: First Light Main Menu Theme by The Flight Katie Dippold’s legendary Babadook wine party tweet Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Triple Play: Mina The Hollower | 28 mai 2026 | 01:19:05 | |
It's finally here: after six years of development, Yacht Club's Mina the Hollower has arrived. And it's a winner. Kirk, Maddy, and Jason burrow into the crevasses of this new Game of the Year contender, which smashes Zelda, Castlevania and Bloodborne to great success. One More Thing: Kirk: Subnautica 2 Maddy: Doomguy by John Romero Jason: The New York Knicks LINKS: Jason on Yacht Club Games’ “make-or-break” moment Jason on Bungie planning layoffs after ending Destiny 2 Jason on the Subnautica 2 drama Clips from the Mina The Hollower OST composed by Jake “Virt” Kaufman Jake Kafuman’s 8-bit recreation of “Freddie Freeloader” from Kind of Blue And his collaboration with Tommy Pedrini on the Final Fantasy Opera House sequence for OCRemix Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Does Video-Game Marketing Really Work? [Mailbag] | 21 mai 2026 | 01:16:22 | |
Jason, Maddy, and Kirk open up the mailbag for some questions about video-game marketing, female protagonists, what's going on at Studio ZA/UM, and much more. One More Thing: Kirk: Mixtape Maddy: Knotwords Jason: Planet Money LINKS: Kirk’s essay about Mixtape, and the YouTube video version Garbage Day’s most recent article on modern marketing firms, social astroturfing, Geese, and that whole mess Marketing Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| What It's Like When Your Game Flops | 14 mai 2026 | 01:20:23 | |
Veteran game designer Nels Anderson joins the show to talk about his latest game, Generation Exile, which didn't reach the audience he was hoping to reach. Nels talks about the development challenges, what he thinks went wrong, and what's next for his company, Sonderlust Studios. One More Thing: Kirk: Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple) Maddy: Couples Therapy (Paramount+) Jason: London Calling (Patrick Radden Keefe) Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Triple Play: Saros | 07 mai 2026 | 01:07:28 | |
Kirk, Jason, and Maddy descend on the planet Carcosa to talk about Saros, the latest PlayStation 5 exclusive from the developers of Returnal. They talk about the game's difficulty, the ballet of bullets, and why it feels so good to play. One More Thing: Kirk: Steam Controller Maddy: Secrets of the Bees (National Geographic / Hulu) Jason: Like This, But Funnier (Hallie Cantor) Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag] | 30 avr. 2026 | 01:05:55 | |
Why have players taken to Crimson Desert when critics haven't? Is the PS4 Pro really the PS5? And is it worth going to Summer Game Fest if you're not media? All those questions and more as the Triple Click gang opens up the mailbag! One More Thing: Kirk: Deadloch Season 2 Maddy: Summer of 69 (2025) Jason: Beef Season 2 Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Beanscast: Resident Evil Requiem [TEASER] | 26 avr. 2026 | 00:21:18 | |
Maddy, Jason and Kirk return to Raccoon City for a no-spoilers-barred discussion of Resident Evil Requiem. What did they think of the story? What was Gideon actually trying to achieve? Was Zeno…. like, what was going on there? There’s so much to discuss. To get the full episode, become a Maximum Fun member at maximumfun.org/join. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Triple Play: Pragmata | 23 avr. 2026 | 01:15:16 | |
Kirk, Jason, and Maddy are playing Pragmata, a video game about being a dad in outer space. They talk about the unique hacking-shooting mechanics, the story (for what it is), and the beautiful 3D-printed world you get to explore. One More Thing: Kirk: Reanimal Maddy: Matlock (the 2025 reboot starring Kathy Bates) Jason: Titanium Court LINKS: Was that viral essay written by AI? https://boxobark.ing/3mj42airv3s2o#fingerprints-of-the-beige-liebox Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| How AI Impacts Our Lives These Days | 16 avr. 2026 | 01:23:54 | |
It's time for an AI check-in! Maddy, Kirk, and Jason catch up on how they're feeling about generative AI in 2026, what it's doing to creativity, how it's impacting the job market, and of course, how it's affecting video games. One More Thing: Kirk: Dungeon Crawler Carl (Matt Dinniman) Maddy: Slay the Princess Jason: American Pastoral (Philip Roth) LINKS: Adam Neely’s video “Suno, AI Music, and the bad future” “AI As Normal Technology” by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor Astrophysicist Minas Karamanis’ blog post “The machines are fine. I’m worried about us” “Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?” by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz for The New Yorker “Fabienk” and “Sarniezz” by Angine de Poitrine from Vol. II, 2026 Watch Angine de Poitrine live on KEXP The NYT reviews Dungeon Crawler Carl Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Should You Buy A Switch 2 Before Prices Go Up? [Mailbag] | 09 avr. 2026 | 01:24:08 | |
Jason, Maddy, and Kirk open up the mailbag to take some of your questions on all sorts of things. How do you deal with a creatively unfulfilling job? Why don't more game studios allow employees to work remotely? And is it worth buying a Switch 2 now before it inevitably gets more expensive, even if you're on the fence? One More Thing: Kirk: Weapons (2025) Maddy: “Iran,” Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2014) Jason: People of Note Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Maybe Every Game Is 'Early Access'? | 02 avr. 2026 | 01:12:11 | |
What's the deal with Early Access? What are the pros and cons? Kirk, Jason, and Maddy sit down for a wide-ranging conversation about all the ins and outs of what it means to sell an early, unfinished game, from Baldur's Gate 3 to Star Citizen and so much more. One More Thing: Kirk: Contrapoints on Saw (YouTube) Maddy: Beyond Good & Evil (2003) Jason: Wonder Man (Disney+) Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Esoteric Ebb Is D&D Meets Disco Elysium | 26 mars 2026 | 01:14:51 | |
Esoteric Ebb: bad name, great game. Jason, Kirk, and Maddy dive into this new Disco-like where you play as a cleric tasked with investigating the explosion of a tea shop in a fantasy world where the voices in your head are D&D attributes. It's a lot of fun. One More Thing: Kirk: Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir) (Ray Porter Audiobook) Maddy: 30 Rock Jason: Void Stranger LINKS: “Norvik” from Esoteric Ebb composed by Anders Bach, Brian Batz, and Kristian Paulsen Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| The State of Video Game Consoles | 19 mars 2026 | 01:17:17 | |
Is it just us, or has this console generation been... weird? Kirk, Jason, and Maddy assess the current state of console gaming on the PlayStation 5, the Xbox Series X/S, and the Nintendo Switch 2. They talk about diminishing returns on graphics, the huge leaps in pricing, and why it'd be bonkers if the PS6 came out next year. One More Thing: Kirk: Resident Evil 4 Remake Maddy: Pokopia Jason: Ratcheteer DX Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Help, I'm Getting Too Old For Hard Games [Mailbag] | 12 mars 2026 | 01:03:17 | |
Kirk, Jason, and Maddy open up the listener mailbag to answer some of your questions! When should you let kids start playing video games? What gaming terms should be more mainstream? And what do you do when you're just too old for this shit? One More Thing: Kirk: Hunchback (Saou Ichikawa) Maddy: How To Get To Heaven From Belfast Jason: Pokopia LINKS: "Cereal In My Mouth," archived from dog.gawker.com NYT coverage of the couple who got married at Bad Bunny’s halftime show Kirk’s theme song for “The Distraction” - Bandcamp/YouTube “It’s Too Late” by Bob Mould from Black Sheets of Rain, 1990 “Go” (Last Week Tonight Theme) by Valley Lodge from Use Your Weapons, 2013 Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Triple Play: Resident Evil Requiem | 05 mars 2026 | 01:07:22 | |
The Triple Click gang pull out their blood harvesters for a trip into Resident Evil Requiem, the latest entry in the longrunning horror-action-goofball series. They talk about playing as Grace and Leon, exploring the care center and all the shades of Resident Evil 2. One More Thing: Kirk: Your Name (2016) Maddy: “The Pill” by Meg Elison Jason: Esoteric Ebb Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Why Phil Spencer Retired, And What's Next For Xbox | 26 févr. 2026 | 01:07:48 | |
Kirk, Maddy, and Jason dive into the year's biggest gaming news so far: Xbox boss Phil Spencer retiring. They talk about what led to this big shakeup, discuss whether new boss Asha Sharma really needs to be a gamer, and try to figure out if there's any way to salvage the Xbox brand. One More Thing: Kirk: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO) Maddy: Icebreakers (New Yorker documentary) Jason: Under the Island LINKS: "Inside Microsoft’s big Xbox leadership shake-up" (Tom Warren / The Verge) https://www.theverge.com/tech/883015/microsoft-xbox-new-ceo-shakeup-notepad Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Triple Play: Mewgenics | 19 févr. 2026 | 01:09:03 | |
Fresh off their interview with Mewgenics co-creator Edmund McMillen, the Triple Click gang dives into the game itself. They talk about the gross-out humor, the brilliant combat, and that truly spectacular soundtrack. (All of my nights, I'm chasin' rats!) One More Thing: Kirk: Suno, AI Music, and the Bad Future - Adam Neely, YouTube/Nebula Maddy: Overwatch update Jason: Lost Lambs (Madeline Cash) LINKS: “Eatin’ Rats” by Ridiculon from the Mewgenics OST, 2026 Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Mewgenics Is Out, And It Only Took 14 Years (with Edmund McMillen) | 12 févr. 2026 | 01:23:10 | |
Jason, Kirk, and Maddy bring on veteran game designer Edmund McMillen (Binding of Isaac, Super Meat Boy) to talk about his latest game, Mewgenics, which was first announced in 2012 (!) and is out this week. They talk about the long development cycle, why McMillen parted ways with his Team Meat partner Tommy Refenes, breeding cats, and much much more. One More Thing: Kirk: Cairn Maddy: Code 3 (2025) Jason: The Chair Company (HBO) Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| What's The Deal With: Dragon Quest | 05 févr. 2026 | 01:09:27 | |
Jason, Maddy, and Kirk dive into Dragon Quest, one of the biggest video game franchises in Japan. What's special about it? What makes it so popular? And what's the deal with this week's release, Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined? One More Thing: Kirk: Where’d You Go, Bernadette (Maria Semple) Maddy: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator Jason: How I Met Your Mother LINKS: “I Am Jack Bauer” - Japanese 24 Advertisement “Dragon Quest Theme” by Koichi Sugiyama, from DQ7 Reimagined (2026) and recorded by the Tokyo Strings Orchestra, 1986 “Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is the best way into Dragon Quest” by Michael McWhertor, Polygon Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| What's The Deal With: Mods | 29 janv. 2026 | 01:07:56 | |
Kirk, Maddy, and Jason talk about mods in video games: the history of the form, their favorite mods, and how cool it is that video games can be altered, expanded, and changed by players in all sorts of ways, from DOOM to Skyrim to explicit sex scenes in The Sims. One More Thing: Kirk: The Fireman (Joe Hill) Maddy: Platonic Jason: TR-49 LINKS: Maddy’s Mothership article about people who mod games Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Things Are Bad In Hollywood Right Now | 22 janv. 2026 | 01:14:19 | |
Kirk, Jason, and Maddy talk about what's been going on in the film and television business over the last few years: why Hollywood is in a scary spot, how covid affected it all, the parallels with the video-game industry, and of course, the big old AI question mark. One More Thing: Kirk: Rhythm Doctor Maddy: 2001: A Space Odyssey Jason: Circe (Madeline Miller) LINKS: STRONG SONGS LIVE!! Saturday, July 11, at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland, OR. Buy tickets here Gunpoint & Tactical Breach Wizards dev Tom Francis’s advice for running a sustainable indie studio Maya Hawke talking about Netflix’s lack of transparency on Search Engine Chris Hayes’s book The Siren’s Call: How Attention Became The World’s Most Endangered Resource Excerpts from the Rhythm Doctor OST - “All The Times” by fizzd with lyrics by Winston Lee Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Help, My Dog Hates My Switch 2 [Mailbag] | 15 janv. 2026 | 01:10:56 | |
Jason, Maddy, and Kirk open up the mailbag to answer your burning questions about all sorts of things, from the gambling epidemic to our favorite funny bugs. And the burningest question of all: What do you do when your dog hates your Switch 2? One More Thing: Kirk: Skate Story Maddy: Mothership Jason: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) LINKS: Subscribe to Maddy’s new website Mothership!! Drew Gooden’s video about online gambling Jason’s Bloomberg column on the misreported GTA VI rumors Kirk’s newsletter about podcasting’s pivot to video “Coastal” by Blood Cultures from the Skate Story OST Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Our Predictions for 2026 | 08 janv. 2026 | 01:05:55 | |
Kirk, Maddy, and Jason go back through 2025's predictions to see who won the annual bet, then make some new predictions for the year to come! One More Thing: Kirk: The Rose Field (Phillip Pullman) Maddy: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Jason: That’s Not How It Happened (Craig Thomas) PREDICTIONS: JASON: Game: Chrono Trigger
BONUS: EA will sell or shut down BioWare / EA will announce BioWare 2 KIRK Game: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
BONUS: Epic will add Joe Biden to Fortnite MADDY
BONUS: Nintendo will announce a Metroid film Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| (BONUS) We Beat The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | 01 janv. 2026 | 01:11:04 | |
Jason, Maddy, and Kirk have left the temple of time, set out across Hyrule, and defeated the evil Ganondorf. They can finally go back to being kids again… but will they ever truly be the same? Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Our Favorite Video Games of 2025 | 25 déc. 2025 | 01:24:46 | |
Kirk, Maddy, and Jason cap off 2025 with a hearty discussion of the year's best games. One More Thing: Kirk: The Onion (Print Edition) Maddy: Hedda (2025) Jason: Chronoquartz LINKS: Support Triple Click: http://maximumfun.org/join Buy Some Triple Click Merch!! https://maxfunstore.com/search?q=triple+click&options%5Bprefix%5D=last Join the Triple Click Discord: http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod Triple Click Ethics Policy: https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/ GAMES OF THE YEAR Kirk: Dispatch Sunderfolk Blue Prince Split Fiction News Tower Donkey Kong Bananza Hollow Knight: Silksong The Roottrees Are Dead Kingdom Come Deliverance II The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Jason: Dispatch Blue Prince Hollow Knight: Silksong The Roottrees are Dead The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Avowed Nurikabe World The Séance of Blake Manor Strange Jigsaws Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Maddy: Blue Prince Hollow Knight: Silksong The Séance of Blake Manor Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| The Good And Bad Of The Game Awards 2025 | 18 déc. 2025 | 01:15:21 | |
Maddy, Jason, and Kirk talk through this year's Game Awards show, from the big reveals (Star Wars! Divinity!) to the Clair Obscur sweep. They talk about what the show did well, what sucked, and why they chose to end on a hero shooter. Plus: some quick thoughts on Netflix buying Warner Bros.! One More Thing: Kirk: School Announcements Maddy: Masters of Doom by David Kushner (2003) Jason: Pluribus LINKS: Jason talks to Swen Vincke: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-16/-baldur-s-gate-3-maker-promises-divinity-will-be-next-level?srnd=undefined “Hundred Days,” “Invasion,” “Midnight” by Masafumi Takada and Jun Fukuda from The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Support Triple Click: http://maximumfun.org/join Buy Some Triple Click Merch!! https://maxfunstore.com/search?q=triple+click&options%5Bprefix%5D=last Join the Triple Click Discord: http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod Triple Click Ethics Policy: https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/ Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Triple Play: Metroid Prime 4 | 11 déc. 2025 | 01:10:00 | |
Maddy, Jason, and Kirk put on their Varia Suits for a dive into Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, the latest adventure of bounty hunter Samus Aran. They talk about how this fourth entry has evolved the series, what they like (and don't like) about the game, and that dreadful desert. One More Thing: Kirk: Death By Lightning (Netflix) Maddy: Metropolis (1927), as re-edited in 1984 by Giorgio Moroder Jason: Wellness (Nathan Hill) LINKS: Metroid Prime 4:Beyond original score excerpts composed by Kenji Yamamoto and Minako Hamano “Death By Lightning” by Ramin Djawadi from Death By Lightning, 2025 “Call Me” by Debbie Harry & Giorgio Moroder; performed by “Blondie” aka Debbie Harry & a studio band feat. Harold Faltermeyer on keys “Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective” by Noah Caldwell-Gervais: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRh3r_AhUw0 Support Triple Click: http://maximumfun.org/join Buy Some Triple Click Merch!! https://maxfunstore.com/search?q=triple+click&options%5Bprefix%5D=last Join the Triple Click Discord: http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod Triple Click Ethics Policy: https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/ Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Gaming's Biggest Night XII: The Revenge | 04 déc. 2025 | 01:16:12 | |
Will Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sweep The Game Awards? Why was Blue Prince snubbed? And does The Burnt Peanut have a chance against Sakura Miko? This week, the Triple Click gang makes their predictions for Gaming's Biggest Night, from Game of the Year to... "Best Ongoing." One More Thing: Kirk: The Night Watchman (Louise Erdrich) Maddy: System Shock (2023 remake) Jason: Megabonk LINKS: “Flying Waters - Rain from the Ground” by Lorien Testard from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Kirk’s 2015 story about Nightdive’s failed attempts to remake No One Lives Forever: https://kotaku.com/the-sad-story-behind-a-dead-pc-game-that-cant-come-back-1688358811 Support Triple Click: http://maximumfun.org/join Buy Some Triple Click Merch!! https://maxfunstore.com/search?q=triple+click&options%5Bprefix%5D=last Join the Triple Click Discord: http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod Triple Click Ethics Policy: https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/ Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Which Parts of EA Would We Want To Buy? | 27 nov. 2025 | 01:06:27 | |
What would Triple Click do if they had the chance to buy pieces of EA? Why do so many people talk about games before finishing them? How do patches impact the way we experience games? All those and lots more questions on this week's Thanksgiving special Burning Questions. One More Thing: Kirk: Fela Kuti: Fear No Man Maddy: Secure Boot settings Jason: 1929 (Andrew Ross Sorkin) LINKS: Support Triple Click: http://maximumfun.org/join Buy Some Triple Click Merch!! https://maxfunstore.com/search?q=triple+click&options%5Bprefix%5D=last Join the Triple Click Discord: http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod Triple Click Ethics Policy: https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/ Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Roundtable (with Tom Bissell, Liam McIntyre, & Matthew Seiji Burns) | 24 nov. 2025 | 01:06:44 | |
Kirk has really been enjoying the medieval role-playing game Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, but Maddy and Jason both weren't playing, so he didn't have anyone to talk to about it. Hoever, some of his non-podcaster friends were playing the game, too. One thing led to another, and they wound up recording this special episode about it. ABOUT THE GUESTS: TOM BISSELL is an author and screenwriter. He has published loads of books including Extra Lives, Magic Hours, and Apostle: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve. He's also written for video game series like Uncharted and Gears of War and wrote the final three episodes of Star Wars: Andor. MATTHEW SEIJI BURNS is a writer, musician, and game designer. He worked on AAA series like Halo and Call of Duty before moving to Zachtronics, where he helped make games like Opus Magnum and Eliza, the latter of which he also directed. He is the author of the 2025 novel Process. Together, Tom and Matthew wrote the 2015 interactive fiction game The Writer Will Do Something, which remains (in this episode notes writer's opinion) one of the definitive encapsulations of working as a writer in video games. Seriously, go play it. LIAM MCINTYRE is an actor who has appeared in a variety of programs - among other roles, he was the lead in Starz's Sparticus: Vengeance, and played Weather Wizard in the CW's The Flash. As a voice actor, he's played everyone from Captain Boomerang to Marcus Fenix's son JD, and will play Logan himself in Insomniac's upcoming game Marvel's Wolverine. LINKS ETC. SkillUp’s KCD2 Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wFHtqKYMaM “Saint Barbara Theme,” “Welcome to Troskovice,” by Jan Valta & Adam Sporka from the KCD2 Original Soundtrack Support Triple Click: http://maximumfun.org/join Buy Some Triple Click Merch!! https://maxfunstore.com/search?q=triple+click&options%5Bprefix%5D=last Join the Triple Click Discord: http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod Triple Click Ethics Policy: https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/
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| Dispatch Sticks The Landing | 20 nov. 2025 | 01:19:28 | |
Jason, Maddy, and Kirk have played through all of Dispatch, the new narrative superhero game from a crew of former Telltale directors, and there's a whole lot to discuss. They share their thoughts on the game, disclose whether they picked Invisigal or Blonde Blazer, and talk about what makes it all work so well. First section is spoiler-free, then they get into spoilers later on! One More Thing: Kirk: Oathbringer (Brandon Sanderson) Maddy: News Tower Jason: Kingdoms of the Dump LINKS: One More Thing Timestamp: 57:55 Dispatch episode one gameplay excerpts featuring Robert Robertson (Aaron Paul) and Blonde Blazer (Erin Yvette) Jason’s Bloomberg News interview with Dispatch director Nick Herman Excerpts from the Dispatch score, composed by Andrew Acradi “Kissing Someone Else” by Caroline Kingsbury Excerpts from the News Tower score by Bart Van de Sande, Jack Van de Ven feat. New Cool Collective News Tower: Behind the Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbPllfsoPG8 Play Molleindustria’s New York Times Simulator: https://molleindustria.itch.io/the-new-york-times-simulator Play Lucas Pope’s The Republia Times: https://www.dukope.com/trt/play.html Support Triple Click: http://maximumfun.org/join Buy Some Triple Click Merch!! https://maxfunstore.com/search?q=triple+click&options%5Bprefix%5D=last Join the Triple Click Discord: http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod Triple Click Ethics Policy: https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/ Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||
| The RPGs of 2025 (with Cameron Kunzelman) | 13 nov. 2025 | 01:18:30 | |
Kirk, Maddy, and Jason bring on special guest Cameron Kunzelman to talk about this year's suite of roleplaying games, from Avowed to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to The Outer Worlds 2. They also talk about Assassin's Creed's pivot to RPGs, what an RPG even is, and much more. Plus: Steam Machines! One More Thing: Kirk: Do The Right Thing (1989) Maddy: Anniversaries Jason: King Sorrow (Joe Hill) LINKS: Cameron’s new Assassin’s Creed book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517914943/everything-is-permitted/ The Ranged Touch network, with a bunch of his podcasts: https://rangedtouch.com Support Triple Click: http://maximumfun.org/join Buy Some Triple Click Merch!! https://maxfunstore.com/search?q=triple+click&options%5Bprefix%5D=last Join the Triple Click Discord: http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod Triple Click Ethics Policy: https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/ Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod | |||