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A podcast about video games, hosted by Kirk Hamilton, Maddy Myers, and Jason Schreier. New episodes every Thursday.

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#322
Today · 1 hr 14 min
Nintendo Hype, Steam Taxes, and the Best Games Ever [Mailbag]
The TC gang answers your burning questions, and also talks about their dreams.
#321
September 10 · 1 hr 15 min
Triple Play: Star Wars: Zero Company
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!
#320
September 3 · 1 hr 14 min
Triple Play: The Blood of Dawnwalker
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.
#319
August 27 · 1 hr 19 min
Triple Click Picks: The Games You Should Play (2026 Edition)
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.
#318
August 20 · 1 hr 16 min
Big Walk Made Us A Better Podcast
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.
#317
August 13 · 1 hr 22 min
Soma's AI Horror Story Is Even More Relevant Today
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.
#316
August 6 · 1 hr 10 min
Why Are There So Many Remakes Right Now? [Mailbag]
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??
August 3 · 19 min
Beanscast: The Odyssey [TEASER]
That's a long time to spend on one beach.
#315
July 30 · 1 hr 16 min
Is Nolan's Odyssey The Elden Ring of Movies? [Mailbag]
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?
#314
July 23 · 1 hr 9 min
Triple Play: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
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.
#313
July 16 · 1 hr 14 min
Xbox Layoffs and the PlayStation Disc Disaster
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.
July 9 · 1 hr 49 min
Beanscast: The Sopranos, Season One
Woke up this morning, got yourself some deli meat.
#312
July 2 · 1 hr 17 min
How People Afford Video Games
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!
#311
June 25 · 1 hr 2 min
What's The Deal With: Stealth Games?
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.
#310
June 18 · 1 hr 18 min
What's Going On At Xbox? [Mailbag]
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.
#309
June 11 · 1 hr 8 min
God of War, Ocarina of Time, And Other SGF Surprises
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.
#308
June 6 · 1 hr 21 min
007: First Light and SGF Predictions
The name is Click... Triple Click.
#307
May 28 · 1 hr 19 min
Triple Play: Mina The Hollower
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.
#306
May 21 · 1 hr 16 min
Does Video-Game Marketing Really Work? [Mailbag]
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.
#305
May 14 · 1 hr 20 min
What It's Like When Your Game Flops
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.

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