Jason and I continue our Kotaku Splitscreen E3 coverage with Nintendo’s morning announcements. Were two Metroid games enough to energize an otherwise low-key E3? Is Super Mario Odyssey as weird and ambitious as it looks? (The answer to both, basically, is yes.) Listen here: This is our third E3 episode—check out our day-one reactions to…
Jason and I kick off our Kotaku Splitscreen E3 coverage with reactions to EA and Microsoft’s press conferences. Is Xbox One X a good name? Was Janina Gavankar enough to carry EA’s disappointing show? Are we more stoked about BioWare’s Anthem than Destiny 2? (The answers: No, no, hard to say.) Listen here: As always,…
It’s Video Game Christmas on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen, and with E3 now underway, it’s time to for one last chat about our hopes, dreams, and predictions. We open up the show with some brief talk about Mass Effect: Andromeda’s turbulent development (4:03) before jumping into E3 talk, going through each press conference to talk about…
On this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason Schreier and I spent some time discussing his lengthy reported story covering the troubled five-year development of Mass Effect: Andromeda You can listen to that segment in the video above, and subscribe to Splitscreen on Apple Podcasts or Google Play. We’ve got a pretty cool plan for…
From Kids on the Slope to Your Name, we’re talking about the best animez on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen. Also: Overwatch, ARMS, and why the Final Fantasy VII remake will never come out. Kirk and I start the show with some gambling and wedding talk before we jump into ARMS (11:54) and Star Trek Bridge Crew…
Dan Ryckert, Giant Bomb editor and lover of terrible Mexican food, joins today’s Kotaku Splitscreen to tell us why he’s getting married at a Taco Bell. First, Kirk and I talk about YouTube copyright strikes (10:21), Red Dead Redemption 2‘s delay (21:10), and Overwatch’s one-year anniversary (27:19). Then we bring on Ryckert (31:58) to chat…
One of Prey’s biggest strengths is how it realizes the inhabitants of the space station Talos-1, and on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen, we talk to the man responsible for many of them: Chris Avellone. First, Kirk and I talk a bit about Nier: Automata (6:55) and the Nintendo Switch (11:15) before jumping into this week’s news:…
Did you really think we would let this week go by without a special bonus episode of Destiny fancast Kotaku Splitscreen? Kirk went to theDestiny 2 reveal event in Los Angeles, and I, uh, watched it on the internet, so come listen to us talk about our initial thoughts: An excerpt: Jason: Do you think…
Join us, won’t you, for a Kotaku Splitscreen spoilercast of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a video game about a mute young man who obsessively collects seeds. First, Kirk and I talk this week’s news including the rocky future of Mass Effect (5:20), an eleven-year-old getting GTA V and finding a bag…
On this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason and I were joined by our boss Stephen Totilo to talk about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with full spoilers. We started with the final boss fight. You can listen to our discussion starting at 22:56, and the full Zelda conversation actually goes on quite a…
Would you watch an animated series about Destiny bounty hunters before the Fall? Would you play a game where you have to balance Destiny guns? On episode 78 of Kotaku Splitscreen, we answer all these questions and more. During last week’s show, we reached into the mailbag and took out some questions from listeners, including…
Should Nintendo make a VR peripheral for Switch? What would Kirk and I do if we were put in charge of Bungie? Get the answers to those questions and many more, on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen I just started Nier: Automata, so Kirk and I talk about that for a bit (7:17) before jumping into the…
In the late 90s, video games sat on the precipice of a 3D graphics revolution. Everything was about to change, and it was gonna change fast Last week on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason Schreier and I were joined by veteran video game programmer Brett Douville. Douville started out at LucasArts in 1998, where he worked on…
Veteran programmer Brett Douville joins today’s Kotaku Splitscreento talk about LucasArts, Bethesda, and much more. Kirk and I start off the show by talking about the new indie games What Remains Of Edith Finch and The Sexy Brutale before jumping into this week’s news: the announcement of Call of Duty: WWII (13:01), an Overwatch player’s…
From Nintendo’s baffling NES Classic decisions to Nier: Automata’s greatness, there’s lots to discuss on this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen We start off with some brief chat about Kirk’s cool Undertale cover (3:37) and some of the games we’ve been playing including Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Dungeon Keeper (10:23). Then, we dig into the week’s…
Writer and actress Ashly Burch joins me and Kirk on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen to talk about what it was like to play Aloy, the lead character of Horizon Zero Dawn. First we talk about the games we’ve been playing (Rock Band VR and Cosmic Star Heroine) before leaping into the News Hour, with stories on…
Destiny YouTuber Datto joins us today for what might be the last-ever Destiny-focused episode of Kotaku Splitscreen. Until Destiny 2, that is. First we’re talking the week’s news, from Palmer Luckey leaving Oculus (9:39) to Atlus blocking Persona 5 streaming (13:11) and Mass Effect: Andromeda’s big patch plans (17:20), followed by our first Amazing Game…
Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we’re joined by Monkey Island designer Ron Gilbert to talk about his newest adventure game, Thimbleweed Park. We’re also talking Zelda, Destiny, and much more. Nice and sunny here at Kotaku HQ, where we’re talking to legendary adventure game designer Ron Gilbert about his new game. First we cover this week’s…
Kirk and I have each had the Switch for a month now, and really, it’s grown on us quite a bit. Come listen to us discuss Nintendo’s new console on today’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen We go over this week’s news including Telltale’s CEO departing (12:30) and Mass Effect animators getting harassed (20:06) before assessing the…
We’re hopeful that Mass Effect: Andromeda will grow on us more, but the first few hours have left me and Kirk a little cold. Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss why we’ve got mixed feelings about BioWare’s latest. We talk about the week’s news (7:04), Mass Effect (33:46), and answer some reader questions (1:05:43) on…
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