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<p>The Ringer&#039;s Ben Lindbergh and Jason Concepcion talk to Kotaku news editor Jason Schreier about why developers divulge details about troubled projects to reporters (2:55), Schreier&#039;s exposé of the problems plaguing Bioware&#039;s development of the disappointing &#039;Mass Effect: Andromeda&#039; (8:28),  the downsides of the gaming industry&#039;s reliance on Metacritic (29:25), how game engines such as EA&#039;s Frostbite can both help and hinder development (40:29), the potential for (and obstacles blocking) a fully fledged &#034;Netflix for games&#034; (44:15), the dubious appeal of backward compatibility (47:44), and what to look forward to (and how to stay sane) during E3 (51:10).      </p>
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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.’

How a Good Game Goes Bad (Ep. 36)

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