Diablo Through The Ages

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

Jason Schreier, Arts, Society & Culture, Video Games, Maddy Myers, Technology, Kirk Hamilton

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Why is Diablo one of the best-selling series of all time? Just what makes Blizzard's action-RPGs so devilishly appealing? Kirk, Maddy, and Jason break down the iconic franchise and talk about why it's good -- and why it might be pretty bad. They talk about the addictive properties of loot hunting, how the games have evolved over the years, and whether there's really room in their lives for Diablo 4.

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0:00.0	Play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play.
0:11.0	Play Diablo.
0:13.0	Welcome to Trivial Click where we bring the games to you.
0:15.0	This week we're talking about a game with a lot more than three clicks.
0:18.0	Diablo, the series that's worn out more amice than the opera and conditioning experiments of DF Skinner.
0:23.0	What is Diablo's legacy and doesn't have a place in the modern world of gaming?
0:26.0	Let's discuss!
0:30.0	I'm Kirk Hamilton.
0:31.0	I'm Maddie Myers.
0:32.3	And I'm Jason Shire.
0:33.6	Hello.
0:34.4	Hello.
0:35.2	Hello.
0:36.4	It's nice to see you both.
0:37.8	It's nice to be doing another podcast.
0:40.1	It is.
0:41.4	We're here for our listener-supported video game podcast
0:44.8	that we make with help from so many of all of you
0:47.3	out there listening.
0:48.2	And no help from advertisers.
0:50.2	What if we said that every time we open the show,
0:53.3	the listener-supported podcast triple-click?
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