Maximum Utcast – 01 – Stranded on Censorship Island

Maximum Utcast is the flagship podcast for this blog where Zoey and Jonathan talk about videogame news and opinions in a free-wheeling format. Regular segments include discussion of kusoge as well as interviews with people involved in videogames from news writers and game developers to enthusiasts.

It’s the bombastic first episode of the Maximum Utcast! Starring Zoey Handley and Jonathan Holmes with a special appearance by Coco Hendershott! Getting into the hottest news of the day about 2 different kinds of censorship, one of which involves Lollipop Chainsaw, and the other involves basically every indie game on the entire internet. Which one is real? Listen and find out! Later, the gang gets into kusoge discussions about Escape from Bug Island and then Jonathan chats with Coco about Death Stranding 2 and how it really ups the ante from the first game. Then Jonathan quietly contemplates life to himself.

0:00:00 – Breakfast on Tap
0:02:05 – Every Day a New Boy
0:03:09 – Censorship! Real or Fake?
0:10:29 – Kusoge: Escape From Bug Island
0:24:58 – Building Bridges and Relationships in Death Stranding 2 with Coco
0:51:40 – Hideo Kojima’s Exposition
0:55:37 – Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
1:00:57 – Life is a Mystery
1:02:33 – Ooo, That’s Gushin’

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