Jan 31, 2014 2:04 PM

Game|Life Podcast: Why You Should Go Play Bravely Default This Instant

WIRED editors discuss Nintendo’s plans to get its profits healthy again with a health and wellness based device, plus our impressions of Bravely Default.

On this week’s episode of the Game|Life podcast, WIRED senior editors Peter Rubin and Laura Hudson join me to talk about Nintendo and Square Enix’s new 3DS role-playing game Bravely Default , then about what Nintendo plans to do to get itself out of the red.

GameLife’s podcast is posted on Fridays, is available on iTunes, can be downloaded directly and is embedded below.

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Chris Kohler started writing for WIRED in 2002, and founded WIRED.com's Game|Life channel in 2005. He is the author of the books Power-Up and Retro Gaming Hacks, and co-hosts the Stitcher Award-winning podcast Good Job, Brain! ... Read More

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