Kathryn: Hello, hello, and thank you for voluntarily joining me for some Hades II discussion, absolutely zero peer pressure involved. The game has been out for nearly a month, and in that timespan we’ve all developed very different relationships to it, so shall we elaborate on our approaches first?
Barry: I am actively choosing not to check how many hours I’ve put into this game, out of a certainty that the answer would make me respect myself less as a person. Needless to say, my obsession burned brightly and quickly—this is that rare game that wormed itself so deeply into my brain that I think about it when I’m not playing it. Unsurprisingly, I’m the only one of the three of us who has rolled credits (if not exactly “beaten” it, because the definition of beating Hades is kind of loose; there is always more to unlock).