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• Fire Emblem, Wolverine, and Control Resonant (with Lucy James)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 Maddy: The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All (ongoing manga, soon to be anime) Lucy: Ride Lonesome by Beck 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 Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 Join the Triple Click Discord 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

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• Nintendo Hype, Steam Taxes, and the Best Games Ever [Mailbag]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

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• Triple Play: Star Wars: Zero CompanyKirk, 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

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• Triple Play: The Blood of DawnwalkerJason, 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

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• 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. 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

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• Big Walk Made Us A Better PodcastWelcome 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

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• Soma's AI Horror Story Is Even More Relevant TodayThe 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

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• 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?? 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

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• Beanscast: The Odyssey [TEASER]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

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• 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? 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

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