On this week's show, we are joined by a special guest. Former managing editor of Kotaku Australia, David Smith sits down with the podcast for a conversation about the shuttering of Kotaku AU, new changes on the way to Xbox Game Pass, as well as what his game of the year so far is.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

04:24 - What Have We Been Playing (Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, the Concord beta, Helldivers 2, and Paper Mario)

15:09 - The News We Choose - Remembering Kotaku Australia

33:10 - The News We Choose - Nintendo's Spooky Teaser

39:08 - The News We Choose - The Great Xbox Game Pass Shake-up

49:48 - A Mid-Year Game of the Year Check In

98:15 - Outro

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