4.6 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2020
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Episode 221: Jason, Maddy, and Kirk talk about their adventures in Nioh 2, Black Mesa, and Persona 5 before taking a deep dive into the cancellation of E3 2020 (43:44), an unprecedented move that comes in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic. What will this mean for the video game industry? Then they get into off-topic (1:05:15) on I Think You Should Leave, Castlevania, and one fantastic episode of Reply All.
Music pick of the week: “Blues Stride” by McCoy Tyner from Infinity, 1995
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0:45.7 | That's audible.com slash Wondery UK. Welcome to Kitaku Split Screen, the only podcast that self-quarantined before it was cool. |
1:03.2 | It's March 12th, 2020, and we've got a whole bunch of video game stuff to talk about. |
1:06.9 | First up, we talk about the games we've been playing. |
1:08.9 | I've been working through Neo2 and Black Mesa while Jason and Maddie are both playing |
1:12.5 | Persona 5 Royal, which is fun since Maddie didn't play the game when it first came out. |
1:16.8 | We then talk about the coronavirus-related cancellation of E3 2020 and reflect on the many ways |
1:21.3 | it could impact the games industry and what this all might mean for the year-end games |
1:25.4 | as we thought it was going to happen. We close out with some off-topic discussion of Reply All, I think you should leave, |
1:30.8 | and the excellent third season of Netflix's Castlevania. |
1:33.7 | It's going to be better than the cherry on a whipped cream Sunday, so stick around. |
2:00.8 | And welcome back to Kataku Split Screen. I'm so glad that you've joined us. My name is Kirk Hamilton. And the three of us are coming to you live from our respective virus bunkers around the country. I am joined, of course, by my two co-hosts on the left side of my Skype screen. |
2:01.5 | Maddie Myers. |
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