Can A Game Be Good When It Makes You Feel Bad?

Kirk, Jason, and Maddy open up the mailbag to answer some of YOUR burning questions. Do we ever return to side quests after beating a game? Can a game succeed while making you feel bad for playing it? And what kind of impact did the pandemic have on video game endings? Plus: Video game novels!

One More Thing: 

Kirk: New Morning Routine

Maddy: Triangle of Sadness

Jason: Unscripted by James Stewart and Rachel Abrams

Links: 

MaxFunDrive Livestream! Wednesday March 29, 8PM Eastern: https://www.twitch.tv/tripleclickpod

Kirk’s 2013 interview with Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley about the ending to The Last of Us: https://kotaku.com/the-last-of-us-climactic-moments-could-have-been-very-600685013

The Writer Will Do Something: https://matthewseiji.itch.io/twwds

Triple Click LIVE IN BROOKLYN, May 18th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triple-click-live-tickets-513213584647

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