Do you relax by playing video games? If so, you’re not alone! In this Chatterbox episode, Andrew gets an inside look at the video game industry. Join him for a special interview with his friend Marshall, a real cool guy who tests video games for a living.

Expressions included in the Learning Materials

* A loft

* The canal

* The biz

* Colloquial language versus jargon

* To freeze

* To beat a video game

* A bug

* To be a big something for someone

* Muscle memory

* For sure

* To go along for the ride

* Goldilocks

Sample transcript

Andrew: So, I’m here today with my friend Marshall. Marshall, what’s up?

Marshall: Uh, not a lot. I’m being interviewed and that’s nice.

Andrew: Yeah. Thanks so much for agreeing to do this.

Marshall: No problem, my pleasure.

Andrew: We’re recording today in your apartment.

Marshall: Yes.

Andrew: And your apartment is a little bit different than a regular apartment because it’s a loft apartment.

Marshall: Yes, a loft.

Andrew: A loft. And what is the difference between a regular apartment and a loft apartment?

Marshall: I would say that a loft apartment is different in that it has more space. It’s often a space with tall ceilings and less rooms than a normal apartment.

Andrew: Mmhmm. More, like, of an open layout?

Marshall: Yeah. Open concept, I would call it.

Andrew: Nice. Yeah, the ceilings are really high in here. It’s, like, double the height of my apartment, probably.

Marshall: Yeah. I wonder if you can hear the difference.

Andrew: Yeah. There’s probably good acoustics in here.

Marshall: Not the best, actually.

Andrew: Oh, really?

Marshall: You’d be surprised.

Andrew: Yeah. And so, your apartment is really just two rooms but it’s quite big.

Marshall: Yeah. I’d say, compared to many other apartments of my friends, I’d say it’s more, like, square feet. It’s actually more, like, area… more area than other spaces.

Andrew: Yeah.

Marshall: But it’s just mainly one big room

Audio/Learning Materials: Culips English Learning Podcast