Welcome back to Kataku's Food Screen, the only podcast that gets better if you pay for it.

It's April 5th, 2018, and we have got a great show for you today.

First, we are talking about the news of the week on Shadow of War

Microtransactions, Lindsay Lowhan's court battles, and Todd's Howard's son, not getting to find out

what the Elder Scroll 6 is. Then we talk about the idealism of Ni no Kuni 2 and the nihilism

of Far Cry 5. And finally, we close things off with some listener questions on games as a service,

GPU cards, and whether games are better if you pay for them. All right, let's go.

And we are back for another episode. My name is Jason Schreier. I am the news editor at kataku.com, and I am joined, as always, by Kirk Hamilton, editor-at-large of kataku.com. Hello, Kirk.

Hello, Jason. How are you doing on this fine, fine week in April?

I'm doing good.

It feels like it's spring.

You know, it's kind of cold in Portland, but I'm feeling all right about that because

the days are longer and that makes me happy.

Spring has sprung.

It is April 2018 is just about over and we are proceeding. We are almost near E3. It is almost video game

announcement season. Just a few hours ago, we got news on Spider-Man. God of War is coming out.

It's an exciting time to play video games. And it is also... Well, it isn't, it's an exciting time to play video games. It is also... Well, it isn't

it's an exciting time, but it is a little bit different than last year. I remember last year being

just absurd, because that was the Switch and Zelda and Nier was out and Resident Evil and

Yakuza Zero. It felt like this year definitely feels a lot more chill than last year.

It's more low-key.

I actually, I think this fall will wind up feeling like early last year did.

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