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

2023/3/23
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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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