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The Triple Click gang dives into Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, the new Switch 2 exclusive that blends grid-based strategy combat with... a whole lot more. They talk about the sprawling story, the tactical battles, and whether the whole thing is just Too Much.
One More Thing:
Kirk: Fields of Mistria
Maddy: “Sex, AI, and the apocalypse” by Ian K. Duncan
Jason: Tokyo Game Show
LINKS:
Into the Aether’s excellent recent episode on Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave
Time article about Effective Altruism and sexual abuse
Tressie McMillan Cottom's AI reading list and her New York Times column about same



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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

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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

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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



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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!

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The Blood of Dawnwalker theme by Nikola Kołodziejczyk, Piotr Musiał, Mikolai Stroinski



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