Episode 138: I Love It, But I Hate it, But I love it.

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Episode 138: I Love It, But I Hate it, But I love it.

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Mar 2, 2018

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Patrick, Austin and Danielle ponder games that have crossed the thin red line from beloved to hated, and how to define where that line actually gets drawn, after all. It's a slightly quicker, but still meaty pod for a stormy Friday! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Mar 2, 2018

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What's good, Internet? Join Waypoint's Austin Walker, Rob Zacny, Patrick Klepek, and Ricardo Contreras two times a week, as they break down the biggest stories in video games, talk about their favorite media, and unfairly compare everything to Dark Souls.

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