Ranked #1
Former Obama and Clinton speechwriter Jon Lovett: What I Play - Shall We Play a Game?
Former Obama and Clinton speechwriter Jon Lovett: What I Play - Shall We Play a Game?
Screenwriter and former political speechwriter Jon Lovett, who created the NBC sitcom “1600 Penn,” talks about whether H... Read more
19 Oct 2016
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39mins
Ranked #2
‘Stardew Valley’ - Shall We Play a Game?
‘Stardew Valley’ - Shall We Play a Game?
JJ couldn’t get his PlayStation 4 to work in Zurich (really). So we played “Stardew Valley” instead of “Bound.” NEXT WEE... Read more
16 Sep 2016
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17mins
Ranked #3
The Ringer’s Jason Concepcion: What I Play - Shall We Play a Game?
The Ringer’s Jason Concepcion: What I Play - Shall We Play a Game?
Jason Concepcion, a staff writer for The Ringer, talks about why JJ and Chris misunderstood “Overwatch,” taking a cathod... Read more
12 Nov 2016
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46mins
Ranked #4
‘Inside’ - Shall We Play a Game?
‘Inside’ - Shall We Play a Game?
Playdead’s “Inside” rouses us from our summer video-game torpor. A spoiler-free review, followed (at 18:22) by a very sp... Read more
27 Jul 2016
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36mins
Ranked #5
‘Skyrim,’ ‘Gears of War 4’ & ‘Civilization VI’ - Shall We Play a Game?
‘Skyrim,’ ‘Gears of War 4’ & ‘Civilization VI’ - Shall We Play a Game?
Spending 300 hours of your life on “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim,” staying awake until 3 a.m. playing “Civilization VI” a... Read more
29 Oct 2016
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39mins
Ranked #6
‘Pokémon Go’ - Shall We Play a Game?
‘Pokémon Go’ - Shall We Play a Game?
Everyone’s playing it. But is it any good? NEXT WEEK, WE HOPE: “Lucky’s Tale” and the Oculus Rift. Maybe “Inside.” SHOW ... Read more
15 Jul 2016
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39mins
Ranked #7
More ‘No Man’s Sky’ - Shall We Play a Game?
More ‘No Man’s Sky’ - Shall We Play a Game?
We’re still playing Hello Games’ universe simulator/plutonium shooter/alien-language puzzler. NEXT WEEK, WE HOPE: “Kentu... Read more
17 Aug 2016
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28mins
Ranked #8
‘Warcraft’ & ‘World of Warcraft’ - Shall We Play a Game?
‘Warcraft’ & ‘World of Warcraft’ - Shall We Play a Game?
A review of “Warcraft,” the movie, plus an interview with Daniel Lisi, the author of “World of Warcraft,” the book, from... Read more
17 Jun 2016
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44mins
Ranked #9
‘Super Mario Run’ & ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ - Shall We Play a Game?
‘Super Mario Run’ & ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ - Shall We Play a Game?
Is Mario’s first iPhone game–and JJ’s first Mario game (!!!)–brilliant, despicable, or both? Plus, our apparently annual... Read more
17 Dec 2016
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49mins
Ranked #10
New Statesman deputy editor Helen Lewis: What I Play - Shall We Play a Game?
New Statesman deputy editor Helen Lewis: What I Play - Shall We Play a Game?
An interview with a British political journalist that isn’t about Brexit: Helen Lewis, the deputy editor of the New Stat... Read more
28 Jun 2016
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56mins
Ranked #11
More ‘Super Mario Run,’ ‘I Expect You To Die’ & Oculus Touch - Shall We Play a Game?
More ‘Super Mario Run,’ ‘I Expect You To Die’ & Oculus Touch - Shall We Play a Game?
What happens when a podcast rant about Nintendo turns into a New York Times op-ed. Plus, comparing PlayStation Move and ... Read more
23 Dec 2016
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30mins
Ranked #12
Virginia Heffernan: What I Play - Shall We Play a Game?
Virginia Heffernan: What I Play - Shall We Play a Game?
Virginia Heffernan, the author of “Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art” and a former TV critic for the New York Times, t... Read more
7 Jul 2016
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54mins
Ranked #13
PlayStation VR - Shall We Play a Game?
PlayStation VR - Shall We Play a Game?
Impressions after a week with Sony’s new virtual-reality headset. (Correction: Apparently Oculus Connect is going on rig... Read more
5 Oct 2016
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40mins
Ranked #14
Summer School with NYU’s Frank Lantz - Shall We Play a Game?
Summer School with NYU’s Frank Lantz - Shall We Play a Game?
Frank Lantz, the designer of “Drop7” and the director of the New York University department of game design, talks about ... Read more
23 Jun 2016
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48mins
Ranked #15
‘Typeshift’ designer Zach Gage - Shall We Play a Game?
‘Typeshift’ designer Zach Gage - Shall We Play a Game?
Zach Gage, the designer of mobile games like “SpellTower,” “Really Bad Chess,” “Sage Solitaire,” and 2017’s “Typeshift,”... Read more
24 Aug 2017
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18mins
Ranked #16
Oculus Rift & Gabriel Winslow-Yost: What I Play - Shall We Play a Game?
Oculus Rift & Gabriel Winslow-Yost: What I Play - Shall We Play a Game?
We pre-ordered Rifts in February. They’re both finally here. We talk about “Lucky’s Tale” and compare the hardware to th... Read more
22 Jul 2016
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47mins
Ranked #17
‘Abzû’ & ‘No Man’s Sky’ - Shall We Play a Game?
‘Abzû’ & ‘No Man’s Sky’ - Shall We Play a Game?
Do you want to serenely explore an underwater video game world for two hours, or serenely explore an outer-space video g... Read more
10 Aug 2016
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38mins
Ranked #18
‘Edith Finch’ director Ian Dallas on ‘What Remains of Edith Finch’ - Shall We Play a Game?
‘Edith Finch’ director Ian Dallas on ‘What Remains of Edith Finch’ - Shall We Play a Game?
Ian Dallas, the creative director of Giant Sparrow, talks about whether Molly starved to death, how he wrote a headline ... Read more
16 Aug 2017
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1hr 34mins
Ranked #19
‘Dishonored 2’ - Shall We Play a Game?
‘Dishonored 2’ - Shall We Play a Game?
Emily or Corvo? High chaos or low chaos? Xbox One S or PlayStation 4 Pro? Unmentioned in the podcast: You can sing “Corv... Read more
19 Nov 2016
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39mins
Ranked #20
‘The Last Guardian’ - Shall We Play a Game?
‘The Last Guardian’ - Shall We Play a Game?
“Confounding and transcendent” or infuriating? NEXT WEEK, WE HOPE: “Super Mario Run” SHOW NOTES: The Ringer’s “Last Guar... Read more
12 Dec 2016
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20mins