We Love a Good Villain

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

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

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Villains: we all hate'em, but what would video games be without them? This week, Kirk, Jason, and Maddy try to figure out what makes a good bad guy. From Deathloop's Julianna to Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth, antagonists can be brilliant and memorable. But why do we love to hate them? What makes them so fiendishly appealing? And just what is the deal with Kefka?

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0:00.0	Being good takes effort, but it also takes effort to be bad in an interesting way.
0:13.2	Welcome to Triple Click, where we bring the games to you.
0:16.2	This week we talk about video game villains.
0:18.8	What makes them tick?
0:19.8	If there isn't a good answer to that question, they're probably not going to impress us very
0:24.5	much.
0:29.8	I'm Maddie Myers.
0:30.8	I'm Jason Shire.
0:31.8	And I'm Kirk Hamilton.
0:32.8	And hello.
0:33.8	Hello.
0:34.8	Hello to both of you.
0:36.2	Welcome back for another episode.
0:39.6	Guess what?
0:40.6	What?
0:41.6	We are a podcast and like so many podcasts, we're part of a podcast network.
0:47.8	I just think that's cool.
0:48.8	It is cool.
0:49.8	But what's really cool about it is that the network that we're part of maximum fun, they
0:54.1	do this thing where you can become a member.
0:57.6	And once you're a member, you get to have access to bonus content that all the podcasts
1:02.9	on the network create, even if you're only saying that you want to support us, like just
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