Did The Activision Purchase Ruin Xbox? (Mailbag)

Triple Click

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

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Did the $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard ruin Xbox? How do you build a new studio while simultaneously making a video game? And what's up with the lack of gender representation in esports? Jason, Maddy, and Kirk open up the mailbag and take some of YOUR questions on all sorts of things.

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0:00.0	This podcast isn't going to save your life, but we'd sure like to think it'll make the next hour or so worth living.
0:12.8	Welcome to Triple Click, where we bring the games to you.
0:15.6	This week, we answer listener questions about the nature of art itself, and also Xbox, podcast production,
0:23.1	the best non-human voice lines in games, and more.
0:30.8	I'm Maddie Myers.
0:32.3	I'm Jason Shire.
0:33.4	And I'm Kirk Hamilton.
0:34.5	And hello.
0:35.1	Hello.
0:36.2	Welcome back again for another episode of the show.
0:39.8	We sure are.
0:40.6	Here we are.
0:41.2	Another episode.
0:41.9	Here we are.
0:42.6	We're still doing it.
0:43.6	Let's do it.
0:44.4	It pumps up.
0:45.7	Let's make triple click.
0:46.9	I think I told you guys this offline maybe, but my daughter has discovered K-pop demon hunters.
0:53.6	She's six and we will be having a family watch, the watch party movie night this weekend, which I'm very excited for.
1:01.2	Did you see the sing-along version of that?
1:03.5	No, I did not.
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