Video Games And Comedy

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

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

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

There's nothing funnier than dissecting comedy, right? This week, Kirk, Jason, and Maddy talk about humor in video games, from Monkey Island to Dark Souls. They talk about what kind of games are funny, why they're funny, and the role that social media plays in the grand comedy equation. Plus: why "YOU DIED" is such a good punchline.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, Kirk here with a quick announcement before this week's episode.
0:06.7	This May, typically is going to be doing our first ever live show.
0:10.8	It's going to be Thursday, May 18th at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.
0:15.2	We're going to have more info about it next week on the show, but for now I just wanted
0:18.9	to let you all know about it in case you want to pre-order tickets or get it on your calendars.
0:23.5	There's a link to the event page in the show notes if you want some more information,
0:27.4	but yeah, May 18th at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York, our first ever live show, we're
0:32.5	super psyched.
0:33.5	All right, on with the show.
0:35.5	They say the comedy is tragedy plus time, so don't worry the Dark Souls boss just killed
0:43.8	you.
0:44.8	It'll be funny in a few hours.
0:47.8	Welcome to Triple Think where we bring the games to you.
0:50.6	Today we are talking about humor in video games from Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle
0:56.4	to the Stanley Parable and a little bit of Elden Ring.
1:04.7	I'm Jason Shryer.
1:06.0	I'm Kirk Hamilton.
1:07.2	And I'm Maddie Myers.
1:08.5	Hello.
1:09.5	It's us again.
1:11.6	It is us once again in New York, actually, where another episode is 2023.
1:18.1	We are here.
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