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The Ringer&#039;s Ben Lindbergh and Jason Concepcion discuss the scare-reducing &#034;safe mode&#034; in the new Xbox port of sci-fi horror game &#039;Soma&#039; (0:15) then welcome colleagues Justin Charity and Victor Luckerson to talk about Nintendo&#039;s dramatic 2017 turnaround, &#039;Xenoblade Chronicles 2,&#039; and the future of the Switch (8:05). Lastly Ben and Jason bring on Representative Chris Lee of the Hawaii House of Representatives to explain his plans to win the political battle against exploitative loot boxes (42:20).
 
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Ben is a writer, podcaster, and editor who covers culture and sports. He hosts ‘Effectively Wild’ at FanGraphs and previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight and Grantland, served as editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, and authored ‘The MVP Machine’ and ‘The Only Rule Is It Has to Work.’

Triumphant Nintendo, ‘Xenoblade,’ and Loot Boxes vs. the Law (Ep. 65)

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