Welcome to another episode of Kotaku's split screen, the only video game podcast where the theme music is a lot more excited about the state of the world than the hosts.

It's November 11th, 2016, and it's the end of the world as we know it,

but not really for any reasons that have anything to do with video games.

Today, Jason and I are going to be talking a little bit about politics,

but mostly about the PS4 Pro,

Nintendo's new NES Mini console,

Dishonored 2, which we both play just a little bit of.

We'll answer some reader questions about

emulation and make some video game book recommendations, all while drinking heavily and trying

not to think too hard about what the next four years are going to be like. Stick around.

And we're back for another episode of Kotaku's split screen.

I'm here with Jason Shrier.

Hi, Jason.

Hi, Kirk.

How are you?

I'm not awesome.

No, I'm awesome.

I'm not awesome.

How are you?

It's, it's, it's been a, it's been a week. It has been a week, but, uh, we are here on Kentucky's split screen not to bum everybody out and just whine and complain and,

uh, lament about our terrible, our terrible existence right now. So let's take,

let's give ourselves like 60 seconds to vent about the election. Do I just scream into a microphone

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