Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

Tim and Tam talk about new Splinter Cell remake info, changes at Bungie, Square Enix struggling to cope with Final Fantasy XIV's popularity, and more!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:08:12 - Housekeeping

The Roper Report -

00:10:50 - First Splinter Cell Remake Details Shared – GameSpot, Jessica Howard

00:22:15 - Bungie CEO Responds To Report Of Toxic Workplace Culture – GameSpot, James Carr

00:33:10 - Ad  

00:37:26 - FFXIV Sales Suspended Due To Server Congestion – GameSpot, Jenny Zheng

00:43:15 - Ernie Hudson says a new Ghostbusters game is “definitely happening,” confirms his involvement – Ghost Busters News

00:49:00 - Out today Reader mail -

00:57:00 - congrats - Takibi

00:58:50 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing and Janet

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Blessing and Andy tackle a HUGE news day with Splinter Cell Remake announced by Ubisoft, SIFU previews, Nintendo Indie World recap, and more!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:05:20 - Housekeeping

00:07:17 - Splinter Cell Remake Begins Development at Ubisoft Toronto

00:24:14 - Ubisoft Devs Don’t Understand Company’s NFT Push, Either

00:31:50 - Ads

00:36:05 - Indie World recap

00:47:08 - Sifu Previews

00:56:23 - Sony Wants to Repair its Relationship With its Indie Partners

01:01:40 - Out today

01:03:15 - NVIDIA GeForce Update

01:04:00 - You‘re Wrong

01:05:48 - Post Show

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Tam & Tim

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Blessing and Tam talk about Nintendo's suprise Indie World Presentation, Halo playlist updates, and more.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:07:15 - Housekeeping

This is our last week of regular content for the year before we go on break!

The Blessing Show will be the last piece of Kinda Funny Games content of the year and that goes up on Monday the 20th.

We’ll be back on January 3rd.

PSILY XOXO episode 100 is out now and it celebrates with the second annual PlayStation Awards for the year. That’s live for everyone on Tuesday over on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and on podcast services around the globe.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy, Black Jack, & Greg Miller Returns to Content Next Month, Nick Should Quit Now!

The Roper Report  -

00:10:55 - Nintendo Indie World Presentation Announced For December 15 – GameSpot, Jason Fanelli

00:18:50 - Nintendo Switch Was The Best-Selling Console In The US In November – GameSpot, Darryn Bonthuys

00:24:12 - Halo updates

00:31:00 - Ad

00:35:40 - Official Xbox Red Ring Of Death Poster Is Now For Sale – GameSpot, Jason Fanelli

00:45:20 - Some Halo Infinite Players Are Suffering a Save-Wiping Glitch – IGN, Jared Moore

00:52:30 - Out today

00:58:50 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Andy

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Blessing is joined by special guest Frankie Lopez AKA Hambo to talk about new PlayStation 5 colors, Forespoken previews, and more!

Follow Hambo: https://twitter.com/HamboPR

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00:00:00 - Start

00:07:00 - Housekeeping

This is our last week of regular content for the year before we go on break!

The Blessing Show will be the last piece of Kinda Funny Games content of the year and that goes up on Monday the 20th.

We’ll be back on January 3rd.

PSILY XOXO is recording later today and you still have time to write in. It’s episode 100 and we’re celebrating with our second annual PlayStation Awards for the year. That’ll go live for everyone on Tuesday over on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and on podcast services around the globe.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy, Black Jack, & Greg Miller Returns to Content Next Month, Nick Should Quit Now!

The Roper Report  -

00:07:50 - We’re getting new PS5 faceplates and controllers! - Michael McWhertor @ Polygon

00:17:40 - Forespoken Preview Round Up

00:32:30 - Ad

00:36:50 - Nintendo Switch Was The Best Selling Console In the US in November - Matt Purslow @ IGN

00:48:30 - Henry Cavill ‘would love’ to be in a Mass Effect series - Chris Scullion @ VGC

00:53:30 - Ubisoft updates its Splinter Cell trademark ahead of its reported new game - Chris Scullion @ VGC

00:58:00 - Out today

01:00:35 - Squad Up:Joe (Nintendo) - SW-1362-9608-6118

01:01:40 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Tam and Whitta

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Jared Petty RETURNS to talk to Tim all about every winner and reveal from The Game Awards 2021.

Follow Jared at https://twitter.com/pettycommajared

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00:00:00 - Start

00:03:00 - Housekeeping

You can watch our full live reactions to The Game Awards and Andy played through The Matrix Awakens.

Matrix Reloaded In Review

Thank you to our Patreon Producers:

Pranksy, Black Jack, & Greg Miller Returns to Content Next Month, Nick Should Quit Now!

The Roper Report  -

00:05:00 - All The Game Awards Winners

00:46:29 - Ad

00:50:00 - All The Game Awards Announcements (Adam Bankhurst, IGN)

01:19:35 - Banjo-Kazooie Coming To NSO

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Janet and Tim break down the last minute Game Awards updates, the strike against Activision, Halo's new trademarks, and more!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:04:30 - Housekeeping

PSILY XOXO is up right now and it’s our breakdown of Project Spartacus. That’s up right now on Youtube.com/Kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe.

We’re watching along with The Game Awards! That’s happening TOMORROW, Thursday evening over on Twitch.tv/kindafunnygames.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy, Black Jack, & Greg Miller Returns to Content Next Month, Nick Should Quit Now!

The Roper Report  -

00:05:50 - Activision Blizzard Staff Announce Start of New Strike Action - Matt Purslow @ IGN

00:12:12 - Halo: The Endless trademark filed by Microsoft - Hirun (here-on) Cryer

00:20:50 - Halo Infinite wins The Game Awards 2021 public vote before it’s even out

00:26:35 - NES and SNES creator Masayuki Uemura dies at 78

00:39:35 - Xbox's Winter Game Fest offers 36 demos of upcoming indie games

00:37:00 - Ad

00:47:20 - Out today

00:50:30 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Tim and Jared Petty

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Blessing and Andy talk about the Grand Theft Auto V Online expansion that features the return of Franklin, Halo Infinite's delay woes and more!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:03:27 - Housekeeping

PSILY XOXO is up right now and it’s our breakdown of Project Spartacus. That’s up right now on Youtube.com/Kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe.

We’re watching along with The Game Awards! That’s happening TOMORROW, Thursday evening over on Twitch.tv/kindafunnygames.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy, Black Jack, & Greg Miller Returns to Content Next Month, Nick Should Quit Now!

The Roper Report -

00:08:25 - Halo Infinite reportedly once had a "vast, Zelda-like" open world - Ed Nightingale @ Eurogamer

00:16:37 - Phil Spencer believes Kinect was one of Xbox’s ‘biggest contributions to gaming’

00:21:15 - GTA Online’s next big update is featuring Dr. Dre and the return of Franklin - Press Release

00:29:20 - Ad

00:32:12 - Suicide Squad Kills The Justice League is going to be at The Game Awards

00:37:40 - Sakurai says don’t assume a next Smash will come - Joe Skrebels @ IGN

00:45:00 - Sonic The Hedgehog 2’s Movie Poster has been revealed - Gavin Lane @ Nintendo Life

00:52:30 - Out today

Reader mail -

00:57:30 - Predictions Tournament RIGHT NOW - ki700

00:59:30 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Janet and Tim

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Tam and Gary talk about Ubisoft's big move into NFTs with Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, Garfield coming to Nickelodeon All-Stars Brawl, and more.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:06:50 - Housekeeping

The Roper Report -

00:08:21 - Ubisoft Is Adding NFTs to Its Games

00:28:40 - HBO’s Last of Us Tv Show Adds Nick Offerman As Bill – GameSpot, Eddie Makuch 

00:35:49 - Ad  

00:38:56 - Halo Infinite Campaign Missions Are Not Replayable – GameSpot, Eddie Makuch

00:47:00 - Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl's First DLC Character Is Garfield – IGN, Kat Bailey

00:50:25 - Call Of Duty: Warzone Devs Stage Walkout Over Layoffs 

00:54:45 - Out today

Reader mail:

00:57:30 - Do you think the Legacy Collection is a worth PS5 upgrade? - KBABZ

01:00:30 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing and Andy

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Blessing and Tim kick off this week with a HUGE news day. Let's talk about Halo Infinite reviews, Spider-Man and The Rock coming to Fortnite, The Matrix Unreal Engine 5 demo and more!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:05:00 - Housekeeping

A new episode of Gamescast went up this morning and it is our Halo Infinite Campaign Review featuring Tim, Mike, Andy, and Parris. You can catch all their thoughts on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe.

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL FOR HALO: Xcast is also up right now and that’s the crew talking more about Halo Infinite multiplayer and the fixes that the game needs.

On the PlayStation side of things: PS I Love You XOXO is going up a day later. We’re recording tomorrow and that episode will be up for everyone on Wednesday so write in with your questions and thoughts. Topic of the show will likely be about the rumored Project Spartacus.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers:

Pranksy, Black Jack, &Greg Miller Returns to Content Next Month, Nick Should Quit Now!

The Roper Report -

00:06:25 - Halo: Infinite Review Round Up

00:11:10 - Is this the greatest comeback in video game history? - Best Friends Q:Damon Cashman

00:21:18 - Halo Infinite’s adding three More PvP modes before the end of the year - George Yang @ IGN

00:27:21 - Fortnite Chapter 3 includes a new island, The Rock, Spider-Man, and more - Andrew Webster @ The Verge

00:33:39 - Ad

00:35:49 - The Matrix Awakens is ‘an Unreal Engine 5 experience’ has been revealed - Ryan Gilliam @ Polygon

00:39:20 - Call Of Duty: Warzone Devs Stage Walkout Over Layoffs - Ethan Gach @ Kotaku

00:43:03 - Activision-Blizzard won’t be part of Game Awards - Emma Roth @ The Verge

00:46:50 - Crash Bandicoot’s Toys For Bob could be hiring for a non-Call of Duty project - Jordan Middler @ VGC

00:49:40 - Out today

Reader mail -

00:55:07 - If you could have a crossover between any Xbox first party game and any PlayStation first party game which games would you pick? - Michael Cardenas

00:58:32 - Squad Up:Clint(Xbox) - ClintGilmore

00:58:48 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Tam and Gary Whitta

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Janet and special guest Rebekah Valentine of IGN discuss PlayStation's reported subscription service, Take-Two going after It Takes Two, and more!

Follow Rebekah: https://twitter.com/duckvalentine

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00:00:00 - Start

00:02:30 - Housekeeping

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy, Black Jack, & Greg Miller Returns to Content Next Month, Nick Should Quit Now

The Roper Report -

00:03:30 - PlayStation Plans New Service to Take On Xbox Game Pass - Jason Schreier @ Bloomberg

00:10:27 - Josef Fares' It Takes Two hit by Take-Two claim - Tom Philips @ Eurogamer

00:18:40 - Paper Mario Is Coming to Nintendo Switch Online - Jared Moore @ IGN

00:36:20 - Ad

00:39:45 - Jak and Daxter’s Anniversary

00:45:00 - PlayStation Meals

00:54:10 - Out today

00:59:00 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:

Mon: Blessing and Tim

Tues: Tim and Gary Whitta

Wed: Blessing and Andy

Thursday: TBA

Fri: TBA

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