Welcome to Kitaku Split Screen, the only podcast recorded by two people in the same room.

It's August 30-1st, 2017, and we've got an up-close and personal show for you this week.

First up, Jason and I will talk about the 12-hour mega stream we did and what we thought of the games.

Then we'll hit the news of the week,

including unexpected official Half-Life 2 fan fiction,

Destiny 2, and the week of Bungie's first D.C. plan.

Then I'll interview special guest, Jason Schreier,

about his upcoming book, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels,

which is out next week.

And sounds spectacular. And then we'll close out talking with the new Switch game, Mario and Rabbids, as well as Mafia 3,

which Kirk says he really likes.

It's going to be a great show, so stick around.

And welcome back for another episode. As you may have gathered, this Kotaku split screen is special because Jason Shire and I are in the very same room right now.

In sunny Portland, where it is 72 degrees Fahrenheit and the precipitation chance is 0%. The humidity is 58% and the wind is going in 4 miles per hour.

It has finally gotten nice here in Portland. It was very smoky for several days, but today is pretty beautiful. A little bit warm. We might get a little warm recording up here in my office.

I'm looking forward to that. So my name is Kirk Hamilton. I'm editor at large at kataku.com sitting in the same room with me in Portland is Kotaku News editor Jason Schreier. Hello, I'd like to paint the picture a little bit.

Kirk's office is very nice. It's a very spacious office. There's this crazy desk setup with

three monitors. Kirk has a ridiculous number of musical instruments. It's four. Three guitars, a bass, a crazy saxophone, a keyboard, multiple keyboards, and some other

crazy stuff in this room.

It's a good setup.

Nice place you got here.

Thanks, man.

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