Control Is Great And Telltale Is A Zombie
Kotaku Splitscreen
Kotaku
4.6 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2019
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Episode 194: The Splitscreen Squad talks about the excellent Control, the grindy Dragon Quest XI, and Maddy's comparisons between Gears of War 4 and Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Then they talk news of the week ((24:28) on Telltale getting revived (as a shambling corpse), industry sexual harassment allegations, and weird controversies surrounding the game Ion Fury. Off-topic talk this week (55:21) is all about The Family, Y: The Last Man, and Billions.
Music pick of the week: “Burning Up” by Marianas Trench from Astoria, 2014
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Kataku Split Screen, the only video game podcast that plays entirely on a hidden TV channel in Bright Falls. |
| 0:15.0 | It's August 29th, 2019, and we've got a ton of video game news to talk about. |
| 0:18.9 | First, I tell Jason and Maddie about Remedy's new action game control, |
| 0:21.6 | which is cool, weird, and aesthetically bold as hell. |
| 0:24.6 | Maddie finished Gears of War IV and started Fire Emblem |
| 0:27.6 | and Jason's playing JRP's on his Switch. |
| 0:29.6 | Then we hit the news of the week with the dubious revival of TellTale games, |
| 0:32.6 | a developer's about face regarding homophobic jokes in their game, and the numerous women who recently come forward to tell stories of sexual misconduct by men in the video game industry. |
| 0:41.4 | We close out with some off-topic talk of Netflix as the family, succession, Why the Last |
| 0:45.0 | Man, and billions. Stick around. |
| 0:59.3 | Welcome back to the show, all you beautiful video game fans out there. |
| 1:00.5 | We're so glad that you joined us. |
| 1:06.0 | As always, my name is Kirk Hamilton, and I am joined as ever by my two wonderful co-hosts, |
| 1:06.9 | Maddie Myers. |
| 1:07.5 | Hello, Maddie. |
| 1:08.4 | Hello, Kirk. |
| 1:09.2 | It's nice to see you. |
| 1:10.4 | And also Jason Schreier. |
| 1:16.1 | Hello, Jason. Hello, hello, hello. Do you know what I'm doing after we record this? No. |
| 1:25.1 | Going on a jog. No, I wish. No, I am going to meet a pediatrician. That's how you know it's getting real when you have to start meeting a pediatrician |
| 1:27.7 | in preparation for your baby that will arrive in the next three to four weeks. |
| 1:32.7 | Fun. You know, I was just, I was just reading something about how pediatricians apparently |
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