You all asked for advice, so here it is! Kirk, Maddy, and Jason open up the mailbag for a special... more

Kirk and Maddy have played a lot of Dragon Age: The Veilguard! Jason... well, Jason can just listen. The gang... more

Triple Click gathers their party for a discussion of ensemble casts. They talk about Metaphor: ReFantazio, Dragon Age: The Veilguard,... more

For the first time in ten years, a new Dragon Age is out this week. Maddy and Jason give some... more

Bing, Leon, and Key hear from an old friend. A tchotchke seller has an unexpected windfall. Thornhold's friendliest guard makes... more

Maddy, Jason and Kirk sit down with guest game master Matthew Mercer to roll their characters and plan out the... more

How do you handle that one jerk in your gaming group? What games are good for each season? And what... more

Jason, Kirk, and Maddy take a deep dive into Metaphor: ReFantazio, the new game from a team of former Persona... more

Maddy, Jason, and Kirk conjure echoes of themselves to record a podcast and then sit back and eat some chips.... more

Here's a special treat — the first chapter of Jason Schreier's PLAY NICE: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard... more

How did Blizzard transform from one of the most beloved game companies on the planet into a shell of itself?... more

A ton of indie games have come out over the last few weeks and months, so it's time for a... more

We're doing something pretty cool.

It's time for some news! The Triple Click gang gathers to talk about the newly announced PS5 Pro ($700!), the... more

The new PlayStation 5 exclusive Astro Bot is an extraordinary platformer, one that just continues to surprise and delight Jason,... more

Kirk, Maddy, and Jason grab their blasters and hop on their speeder bikes for a trip to Star Wars Outlaws,... more

What's the best way to run a video game company? Do people care less about graphics these days? And did... more

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk finish up their playthrough of Resident Evil 2 Remake. They talk about their second run through... more

How can video games made by a single person surpass $200 million AAA beasts? What are some weird things that... more

The Triple Click gang puts on their cartography monocles and mulls over the eternal question of what makes for a... more

Kirk won last year's predictions bet, so it's time to play the Resident Evil 2 remake! The Triple Click gang... more

When is it OK to cheat in a video game? When is it not OK? This week, the Triple Click... more

In this bonus episode, Kirk, Jason and Maddy each picked five games that played a formative role in their development... more

Who makes money when a game is sold but its developer has shut down? What otherwise good behaviors might tank... more

It's time to revisit Elden Ring... again. Kirk, Maddy, and Jason are still obsessed with Shadow of the Erdtree (or... more

Kirk, Jason, and Maddy put on their finest Tarnished gear and get ready for a trip to the Shadow Realm.... more

Kirk, Jason, and Maddy unwind from this year's not-E3 by getting back into it. They talk about the big Xbox... more

LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES... it's Maddy, Jason, and Kirk! The gang talks about what we all saw at Summer Game... more

It's time for not-E3 — aka Summer Games Fest — where the video game industry will once again convene on... more

Where are all the pregnant video game NPCs? What happens when you grow out of a video game genre? And... more

Kirk is back and there's much to discuss. This week, the gang does a lightning round of topics, from the... more

We need to go deeper.

Kirk is out this week, so Jason and Maddy convene to talk about a grab bag full of topics including... more

Jason's been playing Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, a game that feels a lot like Suikoden, which made the Triple Click... more

When is video game lore good? When is it bad? This week, the Triple Click gang talks about Skyrim books,... more

Eight years after it first came out, Stardew Valley is still getting patches. But what's the deal with this one-man-developed... more

It's the 200th episode of Triple Click, and to celebrate, it's time for a mailbag! The gang answers listener questions... more

What is "friction" in video games? We've got a taxonomy, of course! This week, the Triple Click gang talks about... more

Balatro is one of the best games of 2024 so far — and certainly the most addictive. This week, the... more

Happy MaxFunDrive! This week, the Triple Click gang opens up the mailbag and takes some listener questions: Are libraries ethical?... more

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk pull up their strategem monitors and dive into Helldivers 2. They share their favorite memeable moments,... more

Kirk, Maddy, and Jason travel back in time and make their way up Mt. Nibel for a deeper look at... more

Kirk, Maddy, and Jason return to the world of buster swords and moogles to hunt Sephiroth, trying not to get... more

Xbox recently announced plans to bring four games to PlayStation and Switch. But why? What's Microsoft's gaming strategy? And why... more

It's time to analyze roguelikes — the latest trend sweeping games from God of War to The Last of Us... more

The Triple Click gang takes a look at Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the latest game from Rocksteady Studios... more

Xbox laid off nearly two thousand people last week. Before that, Riot laid off hundreds more. Why does this keep... more

We have no objections to Ace Attorney, Capcom's brilliant series about lawyers attacking each other with dangerous weapons. To celebrate... more

Less than three weeks into 2024, we've already discovered what will likely be one of the year's best games: Ubisoft's... more

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk open up the mailbag to answer listener questions on all sorts of things. Why do games... more

What will this next year bring? And what does it mean for gaming? Kirk, Maddy, and Jason go over last... more

It is time once again for that wonderful annual tradition: the best video games of 2023.

A spoiler-filled discussion of HBO's hit adaptation of The Last of Us.

Kirk, Jason, and Maddy determine who won last week's award predictions before jumping into a jam-packed episode full of hot... more

It's time for the Game Awards, which means it's time to make some predictions!

Maddy, Kirk, and Jason pull out their red-stringed corkboards for a dive into the world of connected universes. What's the... more

Maddy, Kirk, and Jason take a trip to the Mushroom Kingdom and almost get skewered by a giant sword as... more

What's the deal with multiple endings? Does the gang save-scum and look up which ones they're going to get? Are... more

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk pull out their flashlights and go spelunking in the Dark Place for this week's episode, all... more

What video games went through turbulent development cycles and still turned out good? What are some tips for getting into... more

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is joy bottled up into a video game. Jason, Maddy, and Kirk break down the ubiquitous... more

With great power comes... something something. Jason, Maddy, and Kirk put on their spidersuits and get their senses tingling for... more

What's it like to play games with your partner? Can video games strengthen a relationship... or will they just make... more

Three years after it first came out, Cyberpunk 2077 is finally finished. Kirk, Maddy, and Jason revisit CD Projekt Red's... more

Kirk, Jason, and Maddy revisit the Triple Click Picks, a list of ten games that this podcast unreservedly recommends you... more

It's time for a news roundup! Maddy, Kirk, and Jason break down a whole bunch of recent headlines, from the... more

For all, into the Triple Click! Kirk, Maddy, and Jason put on their Constellation outfits and go off into space... more

Maddy, Jason, and Kirk open up the mailbag and pull out some of your hottest questions. What's the best way... more

What's the deal with: Bethesda games? To prepare for Starfield, Jason, Maddy, and Kirk take a trip all the way... more

Jason, Kirk, and Maddy have played through all of StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, a game that has aged... more

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk are still obsessing over Baldur's Gate 3, the tremendous new roleplaying game from Larian Studios. This... more

Maddy, Kirk, and Jason put on their Gauntlets of Ogre Power and jump into Baldur's Gate 3, one of the... more

Baldur's Gate 3 is out this week, and it's primed to be one of the year's biggest games. But why?... more

These days, just about every video game either claims to be an RPG or has "RPG elements." But what does... more

Has StarCraft II aged well? What's with all the proper nouns? And how does it feel to play an old... more

Do indie studios live or die based on day-one game sales? How do you make games for girls? And is... more

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk strap in their Torgals and take a wild ride to Valisthea to talk about Final Fantasy... more

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk talk about the opening hours of Final Fantasy XVI, a game with some very strange pacing,... more

The triple click trio dimension-hop to the gritty dystopia of Dinohattan, where they fight for freedom against the villainous politician... more

It's June, which means it's time for... *checks notes*... Summer Game Fest? What the heck is that? The gang breaks... more

Things get bloody as the Triple Click Trio dive into Diablo IV.

Hope you're not too sick of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom yet, because it's all we can play. Kirk, Jason,... more

It's the very first TRIPLE CLICK LIVE!!! From the Bell House in Brooklyn, Jason, Kirk, and Maddy talk about... well,... more

Kirk, Jason, and Maddy do the only thing that could justify taking a break from playing Zelda: talking about playing... more

The Triple Click crew opens up the mailbag to answer some listener questions about all sorts of things: why the... more

Kirk, Jason, and Maddy strap on their blasters and take a trip to Koboh for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the... more

The Triple Click gang offers some early impressions on the new game Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, then dives into a... more

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is just three weeks away, which means it's a good time to... more

Maddy, Jason, and Kirk bring on special guest Casey Newton (Platformer, The Verge, Hard Fork) to talk about the generative... more

Resident Evil 4: it's remade! Kirk, Maddy, and Jason step into the shoes of himbo Leon Kennedy and take a... more

Kirk, Jason, and Maddy have spent a whole bunch of time with Diablo IV! Well, act one of it. The... more

Kirk, Jason, and Maddy open up the mailbag to answer some of YOUR burning questions. Do we ever return to... more

It's time to follow Maddy's wishes and play Perfect Dark, the 2000 Nintendo 64 shooter (remastered for Xbox in 2010)... more

Zelda! Diablo! Baldur's Gate! Final Fantasy! Maddy, Jason, and Kirk pull out the calendar and get overwhelmed by the number... more

Octopath Traveler II has gotten Jason thinking of a brand new taxonomy... the two types of video game. This week,... more

Hogwarts Legacy is a brand new video game set in the Harry Potter universe, which would have been a lot... more

Nintendo surprised us all last week with a remake of Metroid Prime, so it's time for Triple Click to drop... more

Maddy, Kirk, and Jason board the USG Ishimura and figure out that not all is as it seems. And the... more

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk put on their Emblem rings and take a trip to the land of anime for Fire... more

And now for a subject near and dear to our hearts: Romance! Maddy, Kirk, and Jason talk about video game... more

How can free-to-play games be fixed? What are the small details in games that annoy you? And is it censorship... more

There's nothing funnier than dissecting comedy, right? This week, Kirk, Jason, and Maddy talk about humor in video games, from... more

What will the year bring? Time for some guesses! It's the episode you've all been waiting for... Jason, Kirk, and... more

It is time to see off 2022, as the Triple Click gang gathers to discuss the year's best games. Jason,... more

Happy holidays! To celebrate, we got you an Elden Ring beanscast. Three Consorts to the Lunar Princess gather ‘round the... more

Sometimes you've just gotta play video games with Iron Man to unlock new cards that let you destroy Hydra, you... more

Put on your gAMER hats and get ready for Gaming's Biggest Night, presented by Video Games. This week marks the... more

MYSTERIES: what are they? Who are they? WHO DID THEM??? This week, the Triple Click gang talks about mysteries in... more

Happy Thanksgiving, hooray hooray hooray -- aren't you glad you got a new Triple Click on this Thanksgiving day? Jason,... more

Forget about that deadly meteor that's coming to kill us all — it's time to raise some farm animals! Inspired... more

It's got gods! It's got war! It's even got an umlaut. But how is God of War Ragnarök, as a... more

It's time for Triple Click Picks! Kirk, Maddy, and Jason go through the podcast's irregularly updated list of games that... more

This week, Triple Click planned to do a Triple Play on Gotham Knights... but it's just such a bummer. So... more

Let's summon our shadows and take a deep dive into Persona, the wonderful series about high school students fighting their... more

What is it about cancelled games that make them so intriguing? What are the most heartbreaking video game cancellations? And... more

Jason, Kirk, and Maddy grab their rubber chickens with pulleys in the middle and jump into Return to Monkey Island,... more

Kirk, Maddy, and Jason have an obsession: handheld gaming. This week, the gang talks about the Steam Deck, the Nintendo... more

It's one of the biggest leaks in video game history: Over the weekend, a hacker released dozens of video clips... more

Kirk, Maddy, and Jason grab their passports and get ready for a trip to Arztotska, the setting of Lucas Pope's... more

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk pull out their reading glasses for the very first Triple Read! This week, they discuss the... more

Who would our dream interview be? What's a "game as a service"? And have you ever played a video game... more

Kirk, Maddy, and Jason put on their Lamb Pope hats and check out Cult of the Lamb, a new video... more

This week, the Triple Click gang dives into the world of superhero video games. What makes for a good (and... more

It's time for a NEWS BREAK! Kirk, Jason, and Maddy go through this summer's big stories, from Grand Theft Auto... more

Xenogears? Xenosaga? Xenoblade? Just what is the deal with all of these Xeno-games? In honor of the recent release of... more

Three podcasters enter. Only one will leave.*

(Rockapella voice) Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? This week, the Triple Click gang straps on their magnifying glasses... more

What exactly is "Monkey Island" and why is it so popular? This week, the Triple Click gang revisits the old... more

Kirk, Jason, and Maddy dig into Citizen Sleeper, one of this year's, uh, sleeper hits. Set in a dystopian future... more

This week, the Triple Click gang opens up the mailbag and takes some of YOUR questions about all sorts of... more

Story or gameplay... WHO WINS? This week, the Triple Click gang dives into an age-old debate and discusses the tension... more

E3 is here... or at least it would be, if it hadn't been canceled in January. So instead we have... more

Maddy, Kirk, and Jason are playing Blizzard's new game Diablo Immortal and wondering... what about this is fun? Is it... more

How did Overwatch become such a phenomenon? Why have hardcore players stuck with it (or failed to) over the last... more

Maddy, Jason, and Kirk get themselves a castle, go on missions abroad, and finally face down the vicious Luca Blight.... more

BOO! To celebrate Spooky Spring, Jason, Maddy, and Kirk dive into some of their favorite horror games and talk about... more

It's time for another episode of BURNING QUESTIONS!!! Jason, Kirk, and Maddy open up the mailbag and take some listener... more

Jason, Kirk, and Maddy talk about the most important tool in any video game player's arsenal: the controller! From fight... more

Ever throw a controller at the wall? Kick your computer in half? This week the Triple Click gang talks rage-quitting... more

Maddy, Jason, and Kirk talk about one of this year's hit indie games, Tunic, a Zelda-like adventure filled with mystery... more