You Cheated Not Only the Game, But Yourself
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4.6 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2019
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Jason's on vacation, so Maddy and Kirk get the podcast to themselves. We start with a listener email about how we'd react if our significant others broke our game consoles, then we cover the news, from the PlayStation 5 announcement (!) to the way that the Notre Dame fire has brought Assassin's Creed: Unity back to the forefront. We then talk about games we're playing (32:15); Maddy's enjoying a Switch indie puzzle game called The World Next Door, and also some good old Street Fighter. Kirk's still playing Root and Sekiro, the latter of which inspires us to discuss difficulty, accessibility, and the ways people say games "should" be played. We wrap up with off-topic talk (1:05:23) about what we're watching (Leaving Neverland, Shazam, and Captain Marvel) and reading (Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars). Kirk's music pick of the week is “Bustin’ Out” by GRiZ, featuring Bootsy Collins.
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| 0:49.7 | Let's see. Man, this fucking tom. I have this drum set and the tom is now currently resonating whenever I talk into the thing. |
| 0:57.7 | And it's like, no, like whenever I say something. |
| 1:00.5 | I can't hear it, but I believe you. |
| 1:03.4 | It doesn't matter, but it always just makes me like, shut up, shut up. |
| 1:06.5 | Like, I want you to be loud and I want you to be loud. |
| 1:08.1 | And I want you to be silent. |
| 1:09.2 | Yeah. I want you to be loud, but I want you to be loud. And I want you to be silent. |
| 1:22.8 | Welcome to Kataku's split screen, the only video game podcast that can magically transform into a fully grown superhero at Will. |
| 1:25.4 | It's April 18th, 2019. |
| 1:27.3 | Jason's out this week, so it's up to me and |
| 1:29.0 | Maddie to talk about the big game news of the week. First up, we talk about what it means to lose |
| 1:33.4 | a saved game in 2019, then Sony's low-key PlayStation 5 tech spec reveal, and how Assassin's Creed |
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