Dispatch Sticks The Landing

Episode 281

20th November 2025

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk have played through all of Dispatch, the new narrative superhero game from a crew of former Telltale directors, and there’s a whole lot to discuss. They share their thoughts on the game, disclose whether they picked Invisigal or Blonde Blazer, and talk about what makes it all work so well. First […]

Episode notes

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk have played through all of Dispatch, the new narrative superhero game from a crew of former Telltale directors, and there’s a whole lot to discuss. They share their thoughts on the game, disclose whether they picked Invisigal or Blonde Blazer, and talk about what makes it all work so well. First section is spoiler-free, then they get into spoilers later on!

One More Thing:

Kirk: Oathbringer (Brandon Sanderson)

Maddy: News Tower

Jason: Kingdoms of the Dump

LINKS:

One More Thing Timestamp: 57:55

Dispatch episode one gameplay excerpts featuring Robert Robertson (Aaron Paul) and Blonde Blazer (Erin Yvette)

Jason’s Bloomberg News interview with Dispatch director Nick Herman

Excerpts from the Dispatch score, composed by Andrew Acradi

“Kissing Someone Else” by Caroline Kingsbury

Excerpts from the News Tower score by Bart Van de Sande, Jack Van de Ven feat. New Cool Collective

News Tower: Behind the Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbPllfsoPG8

Play Molleindustria’s New York Times Simulatorhttps://molleindustria.itch.io/the-new-york-times-simulator

Play Lucas Pope’s The Republia Timeshttps://www.dukope.com/trt/play.html

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