158: New Challenger Approaching!
Kotaku Splitscreen
Kotaku
4.6 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2018
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Everything changes on today's episode of Kotaku Splitscreen. We start off the episode with a very special surprise, followed by some discussion of games like Celeste, Obra Dinn, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (33:28). Then The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley joins the show (48:34) to talk about the success of last week's show, how he puts together his exclusive reveals, and why he chose to support the streamer Ninja. Finally, off-topic talk and Kirk's music pick of the week (1:15:25).
Show notes:
Kirk's Music Pick Of The Week: Beyoncé, “Single Ladies,” from her 2008 album I Am… Sasha Fierce [Also examined on this week's Strong Songs]
Legendary Cypher on Twitter
"How To Travel In Time" exhibition
Celeste original soundtrack by Lena Raine
Cecilia's tips for playing Super Smash Bros Ultimate
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| 0:45.7 | That's audible.com slash Wondery UK. Welcome to another episode of Kataku Split Screen, the only podcast available exclusively on the Epic Game Store. |
| 1:05.3 | It is December 13, 2018. Today we've got a very special surprise for you that I won't spoil just yet. We've also got guest Jeff Keely, who joins us to talk about last week's massively successful game awards, how we got all those big exclusive announcements, and whether he's actually getting any sweep. Plus, we talk about Hades, Celeste, Oberdin, Super Smash Brothers, and many other games, as well as some off-topic chat |
| 1:29.6 | and Kirk's music pick of the week. Shout out to Queen Bee. It's a good show. Let's go. And we are back for another episode. |
| 1:47.6 | My name is Jason Shrier. |
| 1:48.8 | I am the news editor of katako.com, and I am joined by Kirk Hamilton, editor at large of katako.com. |
| 1:55.6 | Hello, Kirk. |
| 1:56.4 | Hello, Jason. |
| 1:57.2 | It's so nice to see you again. |
| 1:58.7 | It is nice to be back for another week of podcasting. |
| 2:02.4 | Kirk, can I read you a few emails before we start our episode today? |
| 2:06.7 | I love emails, and I would love it if you would read me some. |
| 2:09.6 | Okay, I want to read about three emails. So I'm going to start with Aldo. This is from Aldo. |
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