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

<p>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!</p><p><strong>One More Thing: </strong></p><p><strong>Kirk: </strong>New Morning Routine</p><p><strong>Maddy: </strong>Triangle of Sadness</p><p><strong>Jason: </strong>Unscripted by James Stewart and Rachel Abrams</p><p><strong>Links: </strong></p><p>MaxFunDrive Livestream! Wednesday March 29, 8PM Eastern: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/tripleclickpod">https://www.twitch.tv/tripleclickpod</a></p><p>Kirk’s 2013 interview with Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley about the ending to The Last of Us: <a href="https://kotaku.com/the-last-of-us-climactic-moments-could-have-been-very-600685013">https://kotaku.com/the-last-of-us-climactic-moments-could-have-been-very-600685013</a></p><p>The Writer Will Do Something: https://matthewseiji.itch.io/twwds</p><p>Triple Click LIVE IN BROOKLYN, May 18th: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triple-click-live-tickets-513213584647">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triple-click-live-tickets-513213584647</a></p><p>Support Triple Click:<a href="http://maximumfun.org/join"> http://maximumfun.org/join</a></p><p>Buy Triple Click Merch: <a href="https://maxfunstore.com/search?q=triple+click&options%5Bprefix%5D=last">https://maxfunstore.com/search?q=triple+click&options%5Bprefix%5D=last</a></p><p>Join the Triple Click Discord: <a href="http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod">http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod</a></p><p>Triple Click Ethics Policy: <a href="https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/">https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/</a></p>