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

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