Welcome to Kotaku's split screen, the video game podcast where we dissect video games and take them on one very specific topic at a time.

Most times, we'll get there.

I'm Michael Fahey. I am joined, as always, by my

compatriots, my companions, Nation, Grayson. Hey, everybody. And Ashley Parrish.

Yo. I was going to come up with neat nicknames for them, but what's the point? Nothing lasts.

And that's the topic of this week's podcast, everybody.

Woo, segue.

Nothing lasts.

It is the, the, um, how did you put it, Nathan?

Um, I put it as the finite nature of all things, parentheses, and video games.

There's a little exclamation point after video games, too.

It's like, you don't want to be too much of a downer.

So, I'm bringing it back up.

Yeah, so today's very specific topic is the finite nature of all things, parentheses,

and video games, small exclamation points.

We're going to start off this week's discussion with in the headlines.

The reason we're talking about the finite nature, or some may say, the ephemorality.

You did it, folks.

There's your scrabble word for the day.

The very reason is found in today's headlines.

And who's doing today's headlines?

Man, who even knows?

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