Why Games Keep Trying To Be 'Cinematic'

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

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

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Maddy, Jason, and Kirk open up the listener mailbag and answer some of your best questions about "cinematic" gameplay and racial allegories in video games. Plus: Kirk's finished The Last of Us Part II, and other things in One More Thing.

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0:00.0	If you don't think masks are cool, well, you know who wore a mask?
0:08.0	Spider-Man, and how cool is Spider-Man?
0:10.0	Seriously, though, please wear a mask. Welcome to Triple Click where we bring the games to you.
0:15.0	We're answering some burning listener questions this week about the fixation on comparing games to other media like novels and movies
0:21.0	as well as what to make of fantasy races like Orks, Elves, and Argonians. novels and movies and movies
0:23.7	as well as what to make of fantasy races like Orks,
0:23.4	elves and Argonians.
0:24.8	There's a lot to talk about, so let's get into it.
0:26.8	I'm Kirk Hamilton.
0:31.4	I'm Jason Schreier. And I'm Maddie Myers we're back for another episode of
0:36.3	triple click hello hello hello hello and you know what this isn't just another
0:42.2	episode of triple click this is it's not it's the
0:44.8	10th episode of Triple Click yes it is our 10th anniversary that's what that means right
0:50.8	an anniversary is just I think so yeah yeah. We've been together for 10 years.
0:55.2	Like a decade, but it's only 10 episodes. Sure, there's no like Latin in there or anything. It just
0:59.3	means 10 of anything. So this is our 10th anniversary episode. Happy 10th birthday to us.
1:05.2	Yeah, happy birthday guys. Yeah, it's very exciting.
1:08.3	2020 has really felt like 10 years so. It has. Each week has felt like at least a year long so this seems fair.
1:15.0	A little like it's been 10 years since we started making the show.
1:19.0	If you've been with us that whole time from the beginning all of you longtime listeners.
1:23.4	Thank you so much and if you want to support us making this show as always I will
1:28.8	remind you that you can become a maximum fun member which you can do by going to maximum fun
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