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Triple Play: Control Resonant Oct 22, 2026

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The Triple Click gang FINALLY delivers on a long-overdue threat and does an episode about Control Resonant. They talk about the ups and downs of Remedy's new action game, how long it takes to click with the combat, and how many of the side content shouldn't actually be side content.

One More Thing:

Kirk: Star Wars: Galactic Racer

Maddy: Lanterns

Jason: Final Fantasy Resonance

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Behind The Scenes Of Grand Theft Auto VI Oct 15, 2026

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Jason took a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland to visit Rockstar Games and check out Grand Theft Auto VI, which could be the biggest game ever made. The gang talks about how GTA VI compares to its predecessor, the ups and downs of development, and their hopes for the future of fake Miami.

One More Thing:

Kirk: Lanterns (HBO)

Maddy: Roofman (2025)

Jason: Valor Mortis

LINKS:
Jason writes about the making of GTA VI: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-grand-theft-auto-6-making-of/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc5MTk5NzIxNSwiZXhwIjoxNzkyNjAyMDE1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTVc2R0tSS1YyVFYwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.vII2f5ucJli93K8fCLI8DanIw4u-GC1I5Mo03NUCg1U

IGN report on the latest on the first GTA VI hacker

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Are Modern Games Too Hand-Holdey? [Mailbag] Oct 08, 2026

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The Triple Click gang opens up the mailbag to answer some of your best questions. What are our video game habits? What books would make for good video games? And does Wolverine's hand-holding go too far?

One More Thing:

Kirk: The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexendre Dumas)

Maddy: Dolly Parton’s America (Radiolab limited series podcast)

Jason: Echo Weaver

LINKS:

Game File interview with the director of Echo Weaver: https://www.gamefile.news/p/indie-developer-has-a-plan-to-keep

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Triple Play: Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Oct 01, 2026

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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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Fire Emblem, Wolverine, and Control Resonant (with Lucy James) Sep 24, 2026

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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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Nintendo Hype, Steam Taxes, and the Best Games Ever [Mailbag] Sep 17, 2026

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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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Triple Play: Star Wars: Zero Company Sep 10, 2026

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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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Triple Play: The Blood of Dawnwalker Sep 03, 2026

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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!

Patreon - YouTube - RSS - Apple Podcasts - Spotify - Trailer

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

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Triple Click Picks: The Games You Should Play (2026 Edition) Aug 27, 2026

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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

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Big Walk Made Us A Better Podcast Aug 20, 2026

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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

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