Defying the Specs and Expanding the Decks (Ep. 27)

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Jason Concepcion talk about Jason's new Nintendo Switch and belated 'Breath of the Wild' impressions, then bring on the creator of the YouTube channel 'LowSpecGamer' to talk about how he gets modern games to run on low-end systems and what he's learned about game design from stripping Triple-A software down to its absolute minimum settings (0:30). Lastly, they talk to New York Magazine senior editor Max Read about the addictiveness of the collectible card game 'Hearthstone,' the financial investment required to compete, and Blizzard's attempts to keep the game fresh, before closing with a question from Twitter (31:30).

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