SPAWNPOINT

By: Patrick Klepek Keza MacDonald
  • Summary

  • A podcast from Crossplay, a newsletter at the intersection of parenting and gaming, featuring longtime games reporters (and parents!) Patrick Klepek and Keza MacDonald, alongside a slew of insightful guests.

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Episodes
  • Spawnpoint, Episode 07: Mario Parties
    Nov 27 2024

    For years, Keza has avoided bringing Mario Party into the home, worried how her children would react. Would they fight the same way she used to with her brother? For Patrick, could his children get over the fact that both of them can’t be Peach? All this and more on the latest episode of Spawnpoint, the official podcast of Crossplay, including discussion on our kids’ relationship with video games and gift buying.

    Crossplay subscribers get access to episodes early at https://crossplay.news

    Timestamps:

    * 00:01:02 — Keza finished her book!

    * 00:02:41 — Journeys in e-learning/winters in Scotland

    * 00:10:00 — Welcome to Mario Party

    * 00:23:19 — Pokémon Trading Card Game

    * 00:30:03 — Ad-infested knock off games for kids

    * 00:43:34 — Video games, kids, and the holidays

    * 00:54:19 — Mailbag



    This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit patrickklepek.substack.com/subscribe
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Spawnpoint, Episode 06: Holding Hands
    Oct 14 2024

    Welcome back to another episode of Spawnpoint! Keza is back from visiting the Nintendo museum in Japan, while Patrick is playing a familiar game: allergies or cold? What they have in common, though, are children who are obsessed with Astro Bot, but they’ve struggled with playing the game in different ways. Plus, while Keza isn’t high on the new Zelda, her children are having a blast. We also talk about the weight jobs and careers have on being a parent, and how ours have impacted our kids.

    Crossplay subscribers get access to episodes early at https://crossplay.news

    Timestamps:

    * 00:01:00 — Allergies or sick?

    * 00:04:30 — Nintendo’s new museum

    * 00:07:30 — Getting into Pokémon cards

    * 00:15:00 — Astro Bot + Zelda mania in the house

    * 00:36:34 — It’s a Mario Party party

    * 00:42:07 — The big question: careers and children

    * 00:55:33 — Mailbag



    This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit patrickklepek.substack.com/subscribe
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Even Busy Parents Love Dragon's Dogma 2
    Sep 12 2024
    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit patrickklepek.substack.com

    It’s time for another Spawnpoint bonus episode exclusively for Crossplay subscribers, in which Patrick and Keza sit down to discuss one of the few very long video games they’ve played and finished this year, Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma 2. We’re both parents, but why did we prioritize finishing this over, say, any other game? Being a parent means picking and…

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    21 mins

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