How Banjo, Kazooie, Ratchet, And Clank Survived The Death Of The Mascot Platformer
Kotaku Splitscreen
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🗓️ 11 June 2021
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
This week we're discussing video game mascots. First, Fahey quizzes us on our knowledge of video game mascots through the ages. Then, we discuss mascots in the headlines (mainly Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart), which ultimately becomes an Ask Fahey Questions segment about Ratchet. And finally, we end with an interview with Chris Sutherland, former programmer at Rare and co-founder of Playtonic Games, who helped create Banjo Kazooie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, welcome to Kotaku split screen podcast, the podcast where we attack video games, approach them, talk about them one very specific topic at a time. |
| 0:20.5 | My name is Michael Fahey I am joined |
| 0:22.8 | this week by cartoon character Ashley Parrish say hi Ash oh no wow that was bad |
| 0:30.5 | I was like I was yeah that was terrifying and as always anthropomorphic squirrel Nathan Grayson, named Grayson, because |
| 0:40.9 | squirrels are gray. Oh, meniat is true. All squirrels are gray. Also, squirrels don't really make |
| 0:47.8 | a sound that I'm aware of. They sort of chitter, so I'm going to skip that part. I think they scream. |
| 0:53.6 | They scream? |
| 0:56.8 | Is that what they're known for? |
| 0:58.9 | What are you doing the squirrels? |
| 0:59.4 | Jesus. |
| 1:03.9 | I'm just like, no, I'm pretty sure the squirrels scream a lot. |
| 1:08.0 | Whenever I have a squirrel, it just screams and screams for no reason. |
| 1:11.7 | Or like their little chirpy noises, like, sound like screams. |
| 1:13.6 | I'm just thinking of that one viral video where the squirrel screams. |
| 1:15.6 | It's like a, it sounds like a scream. |
| 1:17.0 | Is it where it goes, Alan? |
| 1:18.6 | Alan, that's actually a human voice. |
| 1:21.0 | Huh. |
| 1:22.2 | No, that's not what I think. |
| 1:23.2 | This week's, |
| 1:24.6 | this week's subject, |
| 1:27.0 | I was trying to get to, but then Ash made squirrel scream is |
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