It’s 2020, and everything sucks. Pretty much all traditional media is gone, including late-night talk shows. Well, all talk shows except for one.

Animal Talking is a talk show that’s hosted in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I’ll give you a minute to just let that sink in incase you haven’t heard about it before now.

Done? Great. 'Cause this is where things get weird.

The show is hosted in Gary Whitta’s basement in New Horizons (he’s the guy who co-wrote The Walking Dead: The Game and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and it’s got everything you’d expect from a late-night talk show: the cityscape wallpaper, the big desk and a couch, the ferns, the intro music, and even a sidekick manning the drums so he can let out a rimshot whenever Whitta cracks a joke.

This isn't some elaborate prank, either. Or if it is, it's a VERY elaborate prank with a ton of big Hollywood names in on the joke. The show has interviewed the likes of Danny Treo, Kevin Smith, Elijah Wood, and even Captain Marvel herself, Brie Larson. Whitta also interviews folks on the geekier side of things like Critical Role's Matthew Mercer, Double Fine's Tim Schaefer, and the makers of Penny Arcade, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik.

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And next week, Animal Talking will host perhaps one of the biggest names in gaming: head of Xbox brand Phil Spencer. Which is kinda weird, since Spencer works for Microsoft but he's going to appear on a talk show hosted in a Nintendo game.

One thing that we’re absolutely excited to find out is if Spencer actually plays Animal Crossing. Guests to Animal Talking are provided with avatars if they don’t actually play the game, but if they do (such as with Brie Larson and Elijah Wood) they’re invited to Whitta’s island to show off their costumes.

We don’t expect Phil to make any major Xbox announcements, but he might drop a hint on when we can expect to hear more about the Xbox Series X--maybe a price reveal date?

Source: Twitter

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