🧐 Akademiks Ends Stream Early Reacting to J. Cole Interview 😅
🎥 DJ Akademiks tried to react to J. Cole’s latest interview… and ended the stream early out of fatigue from the boredom he experienced watching the interview….
💭 My Take (as a longtime Cole supporter since 2010):
This interview just didn’t hit.
🎤 Nadeska Alexis felt:
•Too fanned out
•Overly submissive in her approach
•Asking “safe” / surface level questions
Instead of a real back and forth, it felt like:
➡️ She’d ask a light question
➡️ Cole would go on 5+ minute tangents
➡️ She’d jump back in just agreeing
⚖️ What was missing:
•No pushback
•No deeper follow ups
•No real dissection of the
interesting moments
• No Real Songs Dissection.. He put out a double disc and they only spoke on like 3 songs
The key parts where things could’ve gotten deep… just weren’t explored.
⏱️ Even Akademiks noticed:
He was watching at 1.25x speed… and it still felt like it dragged 😬
📉 Overall:
As a supporter, this felt like a missed opportunity.
Great artist + big platform… but the conversation never really reached its potential.
We have seen some reports asking if the final exfil in Cryo Archive is not working because it does not show on the overhead map.
Cryo Archive is the most dangerous place in Marathon, escape is not guaranteed. You will need to interact with the ship's systems before the timer runs out to make sure you can get off the ship alive.
There is a final exfil but it's only a true last resort, not a reliable way off the ship. It is more elusive than typical final exfils on other less difficult zones, leading to more risk if players choose to take this option. It is hidden from the map and only gives you 60 seconds to find it.
It's really crazy that Bungie could have made an approachable, mainstream compatible, bog-standard extraction shooter, and instead decided to make one of the most brutal, highest skill ceiling, creatively designed multiplayer experiences of all time