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Goodbye, Kotaku Australia ft. David Smith

Ep. 48
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Ruby is joined by former managing editor of Kotaku Australia and her former work dad David Smith to talk about the thrilling rise and frustrating end to a website that has housed some of the most beautiful minds in Australian games journalism. Consider this an audio eulogy for Kotaku Australia, but one of the eulogies at the funeral that everyone is uncomfortable about.


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