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The Ringer&#039;s Ben Lindbergh and Jason Concepcion discuss their impressions of Nintendo&#039;s new Switch brawler, &#039;Arms&#039; (1:10), the pros and cons of motion controls and the Pro Controller (2:42), and the game&#039;s esports future (7:50). Then they bring on Kotaku&#039;s Nathan Grayson to talk about E3 impressions (9:15), why it&#039;s so difficult to do video game sex scenes (and why the ones in &#039;The Witcher&#039; succeed) (14:19), why more powerful hardware hasn&#039;t shortened long loading times (35:30), why loot boxes are bad, and &#039;Overwatch&#039; (47:20).
 
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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.’

‘Arms,’ Animating Sex Scenes, and Long Loading Times (Ep. 39)

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