Triple Play: Loop Hero
Triple Click25 Maalis 2021

Triple Play: Loop Hero

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk dive into the latest big indie game hit, Loop Hero. They talk about its strengths, its weaknesses, the nature of addiction, opacity, and repetition. Plus: the best cookbook ever?

One More Thing:

Kirk: RE ViIIage Maiden Demo (and demos like this)

Maddy: How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (Jenny Odell)

Jason: The Food Lab (J Kenji Lopez)

Links:

Jenny Odell’s Bureau of Suspended Objects: https://www.jennyodell.com/bso.html

Odell’s interview on the Ezra Klein show: https://www.vox.com/ezra-klein-show-podcast/2019/5/23/18636332/jenny-odell-how-to-do-nothing

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