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What Makes a Game Wear Out Its Welcome? (Mailbag)
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What Makes a Game Wear Out Its Welcome? (Mailbag)

That's right: it's another mailbag! Kirk, Jason, and Maddy talk about the criteria of a dad game, print vs web journalism, and when you know that a video game has outstayed its welcome. Plus: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2!

Triple Click · Jason Schreier, Maddy Myers, Kirk Hamilton

October 16, 20251h 20m

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Show Notes

That's right: it's another mailbag! Kirk, Jason, and Maddy talk about the criteria of a dad game, print vs web journalism, and when you know that a video game has outstayed its welcome. Plus: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2!

One More Thing:

Kirk: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Maddy: High Potential

Jason: Long Story Short (Netflix)

LINKS:

“May I Stand Unshaken” by D’Angelo from Red Dead Redemption 2, 2018

“The Decline” by NOFX, 1999

“I’m Only Happy When It Rains” by Garbage, 1995

Lee Roy Chapman’s “The Nightmare of Dreamland: Tate Brady and the Tulsa Outrage” - https://www.centerforpublicsecrets.org/post/the-nightmare-of-dreamland-tate-brady-and-the-tulsa-outrage

Stephen Totilo’s 2015 interview with Kingdom Come director Daniel Vávra: https://kotaku.com/my-e3-meeting-with-a-pro-gamergate-developer-1715511964

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