Triple Click

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: Kirk: Marvel’s Wolverine Maddy: The Rehearsal S2 (finally) Jason: Sleep Deprivation (AKA: The NFL Is Back, Baby) 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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: Join Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: Join Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

For the rest of this episode, and many (many!) more bonus episodes, join Maximum Fun using the link below. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: Join Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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. It’s Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO by Felix Gillette 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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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) Maddy: Forrest Valkai (“Renegade Science Teacher”) Jason: Tomodachi Life 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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 https://www.mothership.blog/irene-kohs-angel-arcade-is-about-the-fighting-game-community-emphasis-on-community/ Garbage Day’s most recent article on modern marketing firms, social astroturfing, Geese, and that whole mess Marketing The Roottrees Are Dead Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: Join Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch