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Triple Click
Hosted by Maximum Fun · EN
A podcast about video games, hosted by Kirk Hamilton, Maddy Myers, and Jason Schreier. New episodes every Thursday.
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Triple Play: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
3d ago01:09:50Tap to summarizeJason, 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 | @tripleclickpodInstagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch
Transcribe →Xbox Layoffs and the PlayStation Disc Disaster
1w ago01:14:51Tap to summarizeMaddy, 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 | @tripleclickpodInstagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch
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Beanscast: The Sopranos, Season One
2w ago01:49:35Tap to summarizeGrab 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 | @tripleclickpodInstagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch
Transcribe →How People Afford Video Games
3w ago01:17:41Tap to summarizeKirk, 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 | @tripleclickpodInstagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch
Transcribe →What's The Deal With: Stealth Games?
Jun 2501:02:50Tap to summarizeWhat 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 | @tripleclickpodInstagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch
Transcribe →What's Going On At Xbox? [Mailbag]
Jun 1801:18:49Tap to summarizeWhy 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 | @tripleclickpodInstagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch
Transcribe →God of War, Ocarina of Time, And Other SGF Surprises
Jun 1101:08:53Tap to summarizeSummer 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 | @tripleclickpodInstagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch
Transcribe →007: First Light and SGF Predictions
Jun 601:21:12Tap to summarizeJason, 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 | @tripleclickpodInstagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch
Transcribe →Triple Play: Mina The Hollower
May 2801:19:05Tap to summarizeIt'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 | @tripleclickpodInstagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch
Transcribe →Does Video-Game Marketing Really Work? [Mailbag]
May 2101:16:22Tap to summarizeJason, 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 | @tripleclickpodInstagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch
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