Twitch, Mixer, and the Future of Game Streaming
Kotaku Splitscreen
Kotaku
4.6 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2020
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Episode 217: Kirk and Maddy start by discussing the upcoming "reinvention" of Anthem, then talk about what we're playing, with Kirk having beaten The Evil Within 2 and Maddy playing Death Stranding and Super Metroid. Next we bring on Kotaku senior reporter Nathan Grayson (20:41) to talk about the new Metro Exodus DLC, as well as his recent reporting on Twitch and Mixer and the lucrative deals that streamers have been cutting with platforms. We close with off-topic talk (53:46) about John Wick, Birds of Prey, and Sex Education.
Music pick of the week: “Incwadi Encane” by Simmi from her 2018 album Tugela Fairy
Links:
BioWare Plans A 'Substantial Reinvention' Of Anthem
Top Streamers Are Leaving Twitch Amidst Big Money And Shady Deals
Why Twitch Fans Donate Money To Wealthy Streamers
Music Picks Playlists - Apple Music, Spotify
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| 0:48.9 | Music Welcome back to Kotaku Split Screen, the only podcast that takes place inside a virtual reality. |
| 1:04.5 | It's February 13th, 2020, and Kirk beat the evil within too. I'm still playing Death Stranding |
| 1:09.9 | because I made a video game plan and I'm sticking to it, |
| 1:12.6 | but I'm also not because I played Super Metroid as well. |
| 1:16.5 | We bring on Kotaku senior reporter Nathan Grayson to talk about the Metro Exodus DLC, |
| 1:21.6 | as well as his recent reporting on Twitch, Mixer, and the widening world of streaming. |
| 1:26.9 | We close out the show with off-topic talk about every dog in the John Wick franchise, |
| 1:31.9 | Birds of Prey, and Kirk's music pick of the week. |
| 1:34.8 | Let's get to it. |
| 1:51.7 | And we are back for another episode of Kotaku Split Screen. I'm Maddie Myers, and I'm joined only by Kirk Hamilton. Hi, Kirk. Hello, Maddie. Nice to see you. This is the last week before |
| 1:57.7 | Jason comes back, right? That's true. Am I right? That is correct. You will be back next week. |
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