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The Ringer&#039;s Ben Lindbergh and Jason Concepcion discuss the recent releases of several high-profile Switch ports, what their success means for the system&#039;s future, and what might have been for the PlayStation Vita (0:57). Then they review the highlights and lowlights of the multiplayer modes and single-player campaign of &#039;Star Wars: Battlefront II&#039; and lament the game&#039;s heavy-handed use of microtransactions and loot boxes (6:15). Lastly, they bring on &#039;Battlefront&#039; writer Walt Williams to talk about the special thrills and unique challenges of creating characters and stories inside the &#039;Star Wars&#039; universe (26:45).
 
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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.’

Loot Boxes Are Bad, but ‘Battlefront II’ Is Good (Ep. 62)

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