153: The Diablo Disaster

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🗓️ 8 November 2018

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Kotaku's Maddy Myers returns to the show this week, joining Kirk and Jason to chat about the big Diablo disaster. First they talk about some of the games they've been playing, including Assassin's Creed Origins, Return of the Obra Dinn, and Red Dead 2. Then the three get into the news of the week on Nintendo removing a racist animation from the new Smash, BlizzCon announcements, and the big Diablo controversy. They talk about why Diablo Immortal frustrated fans and offer some theories as to why marketing is such a large part of video game culture. The three of them close things out with off-topic talk and Kirk's Music Pick Of The Week.MUSIC PICK: Lake Street Dive, “You Go Down Smooth,” from their 2014 album Bad Self Portraits See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:03.8	It's November 8th, 2018, and this week Jason and I are joined by Kotaku editor Maddie Myers for an episode jam-packed with video games and all sorts of other good stuff.
1:12.2	First up, we talk about the games we've been playing from Assassin's Creed's Origins and Odyssey to return of the Oberidin to the tabletop game Fury of Dracula and a little bit more Red Dead too.
1:22.1	Then we go over the news of the week with Nintendo removing a racist animation from the upcoming Smash game,
1:26.6	the demise of the studio that spent
1:27.8	years making Nancy Drew games, and Fan Fury over Blizzard's recent announcement of a Diablo
1:32.1	mobile game. We close out with some TV, movies, and music. It's a fun one. Stick around.
1:46.6	Welcome back to the show.
1:49.7	We're so glad that you've joined us for another week of talking about video games.
1:50.8	My name is Kirk Hamilton.
1:53.3	I am editor at large at kataku.com.
1:57.2	And I am joined as ever by Katakun News editor Jason Schreier.
1:57.8	Hello, Jason.
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