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Triple Click

EA Goes Private And We Play Ghost of Yōtei

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

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

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Kirk, Jason, and Maddy convene to talk about the big news of the week — Electronic Arts going private as part of a $55 billion leveraged buyout — and what it could mean for the people involved. Then they talk about Ghost of Yotei, the latest PlayStation 5 exclusive and an open-world samurai game about exploring feudal Japan and killing ronin with a sword. It's fun!

Transcript

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0:00.0

If I had a dollar for every time this year, I've played a video game about a woman with a

0:07.6

blade on a quest for revenge against a powerful foe, I would have at least $4.

0:12.9

Welcome to Triple Click, where we bring the games to you. This week, we're talking not about

0:16.7

Silk Song or Hades 2 or even A.C. Shadows. We're talking about Ghost of Yote, the PS5's

0:22.6

Big New Revenge Epic. There's a lot to talk about, so let's get into it.

0:30.9

I'm Kirk Hamilton. I'm Maddie Myers. And I'm Jason Shire. Hello. Hello. Hello.

0:36.9

Hello, my friends. Welcome back again. We're still here.

0:40.2

Nice to see you. Nice to see you both. We are back again making our favorite video game podcast to make. I mean, the only video game podcast.

0:49.0

But our favorite one. Yeah, it's my favorite for sure. I've been secretly making another video game podcast.

0:55.0

But it's like way worse. Well, and also it's not published online. It's just for me.

1:00.1

I was realizing that either of you could be making another video game podcast and that would actually

1:03.9

be cool and I would listen to it. But at the moment, the three of us only make triple click.

1:08.3

And this is one of my favorite things to do each week. We love making it and we love making it for all of you and we really appreciate all of you who support

1:16.5

the creation of this show. Of course we are only listeners supported. We don't sell ads.

1:21.5

Really nice thing about making this show so we don't have to worry about ads. I tell you what.

1:25.8

I've been listening to some like hour long podcasts lately. When they sell ads on an hour long podcast, there are so many ads.

1:33.2

Like I love podcasts. I love all my colleagues who make hour long podcasts. There are some really great

1:38.5

ones. But wow. I get they've got to make a living. But it can really like, it can really distract

1:43.4

you. It's also very dangerous ads. You guys know that, right? Because people who are driving have to, like, Pheneagle with the skip ahead. But honestly, I don't know if you're basing that on, like, some. I don't know. It sounds real to me. Some article that I could imagine they're being, being an article. I'm basing it on personal experience. Yes, because no, it's the same for me. Some article that I could imagine there being. No, Kirk, I'm basing it on personal experience.

2:02.0

Yes.

2:18.1

Because no, it's the same for me. I also do this where I'm trying to skip the ad. There's certain things I have heard again and again, too. And I'm like, I can't stand to hear this again. These are all things we don't do to you here at triple click. We're keeping you safe. We are pro driving safety.

2:20.4

We want you to keep your eyes on the road and just listen to the podcast.

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