# The 'Pick 3' Situation is Crazy

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Published: 2026-05-11T11:00:00+00:00
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Much like how everything is crab, everything in games seems to increasingly be 'Pick 3'...well, not EVERYTHING, but it sure is becoming prevalent. You level up, 3 options appear, you pick 1, and then play for another minute until you have to pick 3 again. When it's great, it's fantastic, but as it becomes more pervasive will the charm wear off? MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Join our Discord ► https://crub.org/join BlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.org Come join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclub Podcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.org SHOW NOTES Here's a free post on our Patreon of us checking out The Spell Brigade, an online co-op Survivors game: https://www.patreon.com/posts/checking-out-157909409 Some of the games mentioned... The Pick 3 Slop Website: https://pick3slop.com/ Gambonanza (they sent us a code, but just linking this because it's a weird name to blind-Google): https://store.steampowered.com/app/3509230/Gambonanza/ Dungeon Clawler (also sent us a code, for disclosure): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2356780/Dungeon_Clawler/ HUNTERxHUNTER NEWxSURVIVOR: https://hunterhunter-ns.bushimo.jp/en/ TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS Brody: https://www.youtube.com/@RACROX Cassandra: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuy Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan Nicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUg CHAPTERS 00:00 Discord Nitro 3 month is pick 3 05:19 The morphing of the roguelite genre 14:27 Slay the…

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