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Jason, Maddy, and Kirk pull out their spyglasses and zoom in on Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, the remake of the 2013 classic for modern platforms. They talk about the sea battles, the game's gruff hero, and what works (and doesn't work) about this new reimagining.

One More Thing:

Kirk: Denshattack! 

Maddy: Little House on the Prairie (2026)

Jason: The Mermaid Mask

LINKS:

Kirk’s 2013 review of AC IV: https://kotaku.com/assassins-creed-iv-black-flag-the-kotaku-review-1453735783

Stephen’s newsletter on Resynced’s take on the modern day stuff: https://www.gamefile.news/p/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-review

Background article about the Little House reboot: https://redpopnews.com/netflixs-little-house-on-the-prairie-proves-the-story-was-always-big-enough-for-the-truth-and-authenticity/

Tee Lopes - “There’s A Trick To It,” Andrew One - “Coastline Funk,” Sean Bialo - “Passing Ariake Breeze” - from the Denshattack OST

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Maddy, Jason, and Kirk took a break and everything fell apart! This week, they're talking about two of the biggest news stories to hit the video-game industry this year: Xbox's restructuring and PlayStation ditching discs.

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Kirk: Rhythm Heaven Groove

Maddy: Love & Deepspace

Jason: The Incident at Galley House

LINKS:

Maddy on female attraction: https://www.mothership.blog/email/b724125b-8ddc-4410-af68-4cc82a1b86c9/

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Grab the gabagol, secure the McMansion, and embrace the technique of positive visualization: Jason, Maddy, and Kirk are rewatching The Sopranos, one of the most acclaimed and influential TV shows of all time. Maddy’s never seen it before, and Kirk has seen it multiple times but hasn’t watched it in years. Jason, meanwhile, can quote every episode by heart. Armed with those different perspectives, they returned to the first season to see how it all fits together.

LINKS, ETC.

It’s Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO by Felix Gillette

Only the paywalled version of this episode gets a clip of "Defile You," because Spotify.

 

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Kirk, Jason, and Maddy talk about how the affordability crisis is impacting gaming, reading some listener emails to talk about how people pay for games these days. Plus: we've got Steam Machines and have some thoughts. Those two topics are very related!

One More Thing:

Kirk: Steam Machine

Maddy: Balance: A Perimenopause Journey

Jason: Steam Machine

LINKS:

Strong Songs Live! July 11, Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland. Livestream Tickets HERE

Chris Person’s review of the Steam Machine for Aftermath

Kirk’s Rhythm Heaven stream: Friday, July 3, 7PM Eastern on the Triple Click YouTube

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What makes stealth games appealing? What makes them suck? Kirk, Jason, and Maddy talk about their favorite and least favorite aspects of the sneakiest drama, from 007 First Light to Dishonored and much more.

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Kirk: Rush

Maddy: Broomgate: A Curling Scandal

Jason: Gentoo Rescue

LINKS:

Rick Beato’s interview with Anika Nilles, and their performance of “Tom Sawyer” with Rush in LA

An overheard guard conversation in No One Lives Forever, which is much, much longer than the snippet in the episode

Strong Songs Live! July 11, Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland. Livestream Tickets HERE

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