Triple Click
A podcast about video games, hosted by Kirk Hamilton, Maddy Myers, and Jason Schreier. New episodes every Thursday.
Episodes
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.
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Kirk: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO)
Maddy: Icebreakers (New Yorker documentary)
Jason: Under the Island
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"Inside Microsof...
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!)
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Kirk: Suno, AI Music, and the Bad Future - Adam Neely, YouTube/Nebula
Maddy: Overwatch update
Jason: Lost Lambs (Madeline Cash)
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“Eatin’ Rats” by Ridiculon from the...
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.
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Kirk: Cairn
Maddy: Code 3 (2025)
Jason: The Chair Company (HBO)
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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?
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Kirk: Where’d You Go, Bernadette (Maria Semple)
Maddy: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator
Jason: How I Met Your Mother
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“I Am Jack Bauer” - Japanese 24 Advertisement
“Dragon Quest Theme” by Koi...
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
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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.
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Kirk: Rhythm Doctor
Maddy: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Jason: Circe (Madeline Miller)
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STRONG SONGS LIVE!! Saturday, July 11, at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Po...
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?
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Kirk: Skate Story
Maddy: Mothership
Jason: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
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Drew Gooden’s video about online gambli...
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!
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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
- Grand Theft Auto VI will have an in-game interactive version of Tiktok
- Persona 6 will be announced
- Xbox wil...
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?
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“Ocarina of Time End Credits” by Koji Kondo, 1998
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Kirk, Maddy, and Jason cap off 2025 with a hearty discussion of the year's best games.
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Kirk: The Onion (Print Edition)
Maddy: Hedda (2025)
Jason: Chronoquartz
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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.!
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Kirk: School Announcements
Maddy: Masters of Doom by David Kushner (2003)
Jason: Pluribus
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Jason talks to Swen Vincke: https:...
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.
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Kirk: Death By Lightning (Netflix)
Maddy: Metropolis (1927), as re-edited in 1984 by Giorgio Moroder
Jason: Wellness (Nathan Hill)
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Metroid Prim...
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."
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Kirk: The Night Watchman (Louise Erdrich)
Maddy: System Shock (2023 remake)
Jason: Megabonk
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“Flying Waters - Rain from the Ground” by Lorien Te...
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.
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Kirk: Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
Maddy: Secure Boot settings
Jason: 1929 (Andrew Ross Sorkin)
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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.
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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!
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Kirk: Oathbringer (Brandon Sanderson)
M...
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!
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Kirk: Do The Right Thing (1989)
Maddy: Anniversaries
Jason: King Sorrow (Joe Hill)
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Cameron’s new Assassin’s Creed book: h...
Jason, Maddy, and Kirk are all playing The Séance of Blake Manor, a new detective game about a spooky manor full of — OOOOOOOOHHHHH — Kirk, stop it. They talk about the game's unique time mechanic, how it plays with deduction, and of course, lots of spooky ghosts.
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Kirk: “ChatGPT Made Me Delusional” by Eddy Burback (YouTube)
Maddy: The Master (2012)
Jason: Strange Jigsaws
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Kirk, Maddy, and Jason put on their capitalism hats and go to space for a trip to The Outer Worlds 2, the latest roleplaying game from Obsidian. They talk about how it improves upon the first game, all the fun dialogue options, and the hilarious Dumb trait.
One More Thing:
Kirk: Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery (Hulu)
Maddy: Peacemaker S2
Jason: The Seance of Blake Manor
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Jason interviews The Outer Worlds 2 director Brandon Adler: h...
It's time for a video-game grab bag as the Triple Click gang talks about some of the games they've been playing recently. They dive into Double Fine's Keeper, the new indie sensation Ball X Pit, Supergiant's Hades 2, and Absolum. Also they get derailed by the term "friendslop."
One More Thing:
Kirk: The Diplomat (Netflix)
Maddy: The Venture Bros. (2004-2018)
Jason: Workhorse (Caroline Palmer)
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