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Animal Crossing (And Other Things Keeping Us Sane) (RECAST)

Kotaku Splitscreen

Kotaku

Leisure, News, Tech News, Video Games

4.6849 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2020

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Episode 223: Kirk, Jason, and Maddy talk about Persona 5 and Animal Crossing, the cures for everyone's woes, then share some stories from listeners (43:19) about how they're coping with corona. Then they talk about a certain show that Jason's finally watching... (1:09:17)

Music pick: “Tropicalia” by Beck from Mutations, 1998

Maddy's stream this weekend: https://www.twitch.tv/gamers4bernie

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Kotaku Split Screen, the only podcast safe to listen to even if you haven't washed your hands, but also wash your hands.

0:16.1

It's March 26th, 2020, and we're still in social isolation.

0:20.3

Jason and I are both still playing Persona 5

0:22.8

Royal, and Kirk and I are both playing Animal Crossing New Horizons. Kirk is also playing

0:27.6

six billion other games from Doom Eternal to Half-Life Alex. We read a bunch of list or emails

0:32.9

about coping with COVID-19, including messages from healthcare workers and grocery store workers who

0:38.4

have their own stresses in this time and close it off with some off-topic talk about the wire.

0:44.4

Let's get to it.

0:59.5

And we are back for another episode of Kotaku Split Screen.

1:03.3

I'm Maddie Myers, and I'm joined by Kirk Hamilton.

1:04.2

What's up, Kirk?

1:05.1

What's up, Maddie?

1:06.3

It's nice to see you. It's nice to see you.

1:07.6

And it's also nice to see Jason Shrier.

1:10.1

Hi, Jason.

1:10.8

Hello, hello, hello, hello. Hello from

1:13.5

beautiful quarantined New York City. Beautiful, super relaxing New York. We have a lot to get to today.

1:19.9

Thank you to everybody who sent in your coronavirus coping strategies and stories. We have a lot of

1:25.1

interesting, interesting listeners, listeners of all

1:27.9

stripes, of all types of careers. It's really true. It has been really fascinating to read all

1:32.9

of your stories. We're all fascinating. And clearly all very good looking people, too. Very

1:37.0

smart, thoughtful. Very talented, charming.

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