What's The Deal With: Dragon Quest

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk dive into Dragon Quest, one of the biggest video game franchises in Japan. What's special about it? What makes it so popular? And what's the deal with this week's release, Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined? One More Thing: Kirk: Where’d You Go, Bernadette (Maria Semple) Maddy: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator Jason: How I Met Your Mother LINKS: “ I Am Jack Bauer ” - Japanese 24 Advertisement “Dragon Quest Theme” by Koichi Sugiyama, from DQ7 Reimagined (2026) and recorded by the Tokyo Strings Orchestra, 1986 “ Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is the best way into Dragon Quest ” by Michael McWhertor, Polygon Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's MaxFunDrive! Still want to get in on the action? Follow this link to support this show (and get in on our limited-time keychain sale to benefit the Center for Constitutional Rights): 🚀 SUPPORT TRIPLE CLICK: Join Maximum Fun | Buy TC Merch 💬 JOIN THE TRIPLE CLICK DISCORD 🎮 Triple Click Ethics Policy 📱 SOCIALS | @tripleclickpod Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitch

You can listen to What's The Deal With: Dragon Quest online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

What's The Deal With: Dragon Quest is an episode from Triple Click by Maximum Fun.

This episode is 01:09:27 long.

This episode was published on Feb 5, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Triple Click when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.