Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

Come meet Last Spartan Standingn with Tim and Greg!

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Don’t forget Blessing and Janet are hosting the Skybound Games PAX East Showcase TODAY, 10am on the PAX Twitch channel twitch.tv/paxeast. They will be debuting new footage of WrestleQuest, Escape Academy, and more. There will also be a new Walking Dead documentary celebrating the game’s 1st season, featuring Greg Miller and Gary Whitta. We’ll also find out if Blessing knows what a DDT is.

New Gamescast is up! Evil Dead and a buncha indies!

Thank you to our Patreon Producers:FargoBrady, Pranksy, & Anonymous

The Roper Report  -

00:08:00 - Halo’s Battle Royal Revealed! (Kinda) - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.21.22 Alex Wakeford @ HaloWaypoint

00:24:20 - Bobby Kotick fucking sucks, Ben Fritz, Keach Hagey, Kirsten Grind and Emily Glazer @WSJ

00:30:25 - The Rock Producing It Takes Two Movie, Joe Otterson @ Variety

00:36:40 - Ad

00:38:16 - PlayStation and Xbox’s Ideas for Ads, Paul Tassi @ Forbes

00:51:40 - TIMBITS

00:56:00 - Out today

01:01:46 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Tim

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Blessing and special guest Shannon Liao of The Washington Post talk about hints at more Uncharted, Last of Us Remake possibly being 2022, and Sonic Origin's official re-reveal.

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00:13:17 - Naughty Dog recruiter has seemingly hinted at plans for more Uncharted games

00:20:44 - A PlayStation animator could be hinting at a Last of Us remake for 2022

00:30:30 - Ads  00:01:04 - Length

00:31:36 - We finally have the re-reveal and release date for Sonic Origins

00:42:33 - A lil playstation update

00:43:30 - Ghostbusters VR Announced

00:50:35 - Nintendo of America receives labor complaints for alleged NLRA violations

00:56:29 - Out today

00:57:36 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Tim

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Amy Hennig's back in the Star Wars business, Crazy Taxi's back in the headlines, and Greg's back to pissing off the audience. Come watch a happy Gary Whitta!

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Episode 3 is live on youtube.com/kindafunnygames!

https://youtu.be/wAWGP6nGTf0?t=1216

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Gen and I need you! Charity stream tonight at 8 pm pt!

https://www.twitch.tv/kindafunnygames/

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: FargoBrady, Pranksy, & Anonymous

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00:06:05 - Amy Hennig’s NEW Star Wars Game, Michael McWhertor @ polygon

00:15:50 - any possibility that Project Ragtag could be resurrected - Best Friends Q:TheSheepWhisper

00:17:45 - Crazy Taxi (and Jet Set Radio) REBOOT?! Ta-kashi Mochi-zuki @ Bloomberg

00:29:09 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Coming SOONER, Jeff Grubb @ GameBeat

00:34:03 - BREAKINg: Avengers Lives

00:35:50 - Ad

00:41:13 - Elden Ring Gets a Major Patch, Joe Skrebbels @ IGN

00:58:06 - VIDEO GAMES GO TO THE MOVIES!

01:00:45 - Out today

01:03:00 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless and Shannon Liao of Washington Post

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PlayDate Reviews are in and Blessing and Janet are here to share theirs!

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00:11:00 - PlayDate Review Round Up

00:37:08 - Ad

00:38:50 - Portal’s co-writer wants to make Portal 3 - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN

00:47:05 - Ghost of Tsushima Appears to Have Received Its Final Planned Patch - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN

00:52:32 - Shin Megami Tensei 5 Has Sold Over 1 Million Units Worldwide - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN

00:54:52 - Future Xbox Games Might Have Ads - Zack Zweizen @ Kotaku

01:00:15 - Sonic Origins has been rated in South Korea - Chris Scullion @ VGC

01:01:15 - Babylon’s Fall dropped to less than 10 concurrent PC players this week - Andy Robinson @ VGC

01:04:22 - Netflix Announces a 'First-Of-Its-Kind' Deal With an Exploding Kittens Game and Animated Series - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN

01:06:00 - Out today

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Whitta

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Greg shows up for the first time this week to talk about Kojima, Halo maps, and Cyberpunk 2077 with Tim!

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The Lost World: JP youtube.com/kindafunnygames

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: FargoBrady, Pranksy, & Anonymous

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00:07:20 - PlayStation isn’t buying Kojima

00:26:11 - CYBERPUNK POSTULATING

00:38:15 - Ad

00:40:25 - 343 Shows off Halo Infinite Maps

00:51:48 - The Mini Indie Showcase PAX East Edition Announced

00:54:05 - Out today

00:59:00 - You‘re Wrong

Next Week’s Hosts:

Mon: Bless and Shannon Liao of Washington Post

Tues: Greg and Gary

Wed: Bless and Janet

Thur: Greg and Tim

FRI: Greg and Bless

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Janet and Tim breakdown the latest CD Projekt Red delay, Fez's 10th anniversary, Niantic's new AR game, and more!

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There’s a new Kinda Funny Podcast up right now and it’s a farewell and remembrance of Portillo. You can watch that right now on Youtube.com/kindafunny and on podcast services around the globe.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: FargoBrady, Pranksy, & Anonymous

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00:04:50 - Witcher 3’s Next Gen Delay - Amelia Zollner @ IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/witcher-3-next-gen-delayed-again-ps5-xbox-series-x

00:16:56 - Pokémon Go developer Niantic is making an AR pet game called Peridot - Andrew Webster @ The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/13/23021722/peridot-niantic-ar-pet-game-iphone-android-pokemon-go

00:25:00 - Why Pedro Pascal hasn’t finished TLOU - Logan Plant @ IGN

https://www.ign.com/articles/pedro-pascal-last-of-us-hbo-mandalorian-dave-filoni

00:37:25 - Ad

00:39:20 - No Man's Sky creator says next game is "pretty ambitious" - Ishraq Subhan https://www.eurogamer.net/no-mans-sky-creator-says-next-game-is-pretty-ambitious

00:48:47 - Fez at 10 years old: Phil Fish resurfaces for a rare interview https://www.eurogamer.net/fez-at-10-years-old-phil-fish-resurfaces-for-a-rare-interview

00:55:50 - Out today

00:59:30 - Reader Mail - Success story! - The Nano Biologist

01:01:15 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Bless and Tim

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Blessing and Janet reignite Switch Pro theories with BOTW sequel speculation, discuss a mystery Bandai Namco game, and more.

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00:06:33 - Housekeeping

00:07:05 - Is Zelda Breath of The Wild 2 ACTUALLY next-gen?

00:23:05 - Bandai Namco appears to be making an HD remaster of a Nintendo game

00:31:31 - Ads

00:33:40 - Oddworld: Soulstorm’s director claims that their PS Plus deal was devastating

00:47:03 - Aspyr is acquiring Beamdog

00:50:24 - A California Lawyer has Quit Over an Allegation that Governor Gavin Newsom Meddled in the Activision Case

00:56:31 - Sony and Nintendo are updating their subscription guidelines

01:01:34 - Out today

01:02:16 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Janet & Tim

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Tim and Gary talk about Halo Infinite's next move, Bugsnax's big update, and Nintendo's new building!

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00:06:35 - Can Certain Affinity Reinvigorate Halo Infinite?

00:27:20 - BugSnax Coming to Everything, DLC Previews

00:33:31 - Ads 00:02:06 - Length

00:35:40 - RIP Vicarious Visions

00:47:57 - Still work to be done on Cyberpunk

00:51:21 - Nintendo is Expanding… its building

01:08:00 - Out today

01:09:15 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing & Janet

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Blessing and Tim tackle a WILD news day. Let's talk about Kingdom Hearts' new game announcements, PlayStation investing a billion in Epic, and more.

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I have a PlayDate unboxing up right now on Youtube.com/kindafunnygames. There’s also a short version of that over on Tik Tok.

ICYMI: A new Kinda Funny Xcast is up right now breaking down everything you need to know about Halo Season 2. That’s of course available on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and on podcast services around the globe.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: FargoBrady, Pranksy, & Anonymous

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00:07:00 - Kingdom Hearts 4 has been announced - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN

00:20:03 - The Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer appears to tease a Star Wars crossover - Jordan Middler @ VGC

00:23:50 - Kingdom Hearts 4 will be upgraded to Unreal 5 by release and ‘take visuals several levels higher’ - Andy Robinson @ VGC

00:26:02 - The Nvidia Leak CONTINUES its streak - Wes Fenlon @ PC Gamer

00:31:45 - Ad

00:33:50 - Sony invests in Epic - Marie Dealessandri @ GiBiz

00:38:20 - Nintendo Switch Sports Preview Round up

00:46:15 - Braid, Carto, & Ethereal Devs have Announced New Indie Studio - Andrew McMahon @ Twinfinite

00:01:39 - Sonic 2 is a huge success - Igor @ Engadget

00:50:50 - Out today

00:51:15 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Gary

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Blessing and Andy close the week out with details on Halo's new season, Metroid Dread talk, and Blessing's superior way of eating waffles along with other food items.

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A new PS I Love You XOXO is up right now. That’s me and Janet talking about the new season, backlog season, and talking about what the rest of the year looks like for games. You can catch that on youtube.com/kindafunnygames, and podcast services around the globe.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: FargoBrady, Pranksy, & Anonymous

The Roper Report  -

00:16:11 - Halo Infinite season 2 launches in early May - Nicole Carpenter @ Polygon

00:26:09 - Metroid Dread Has a New Boss Rush Mode - Ryan Dinsdale @ IGN

00:33:50 - Ad

00:40:08 - We have our Bafta Games Awards results - Marie Dealessandri @ GiBiz

00:43:55 - This year’s new Need for Speed game is reportedly now current-gen only - Jordan Middler @ VGC

00:51:06 - The Sonic movie director says he’d love to make a Smash Bros movie - Chris Scullion @ VGC

00:59:23 - What is Idris Elba hiding???

01:03:00 - Out today

01:04:45 - You‘re Wrong

Next Week’s Hosts:

MON: Blessing and Tim

TUES: Greg and Gary

WED: Blessing and Janet

THURS: Greg and Blessing

FRI: Bless and Tim

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