Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

Tim and Tam cover the big things happening at EA with Battlefield, as well as the cancelled Need for Speed TV show and more.

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There’s a new Kinda Funny Gamescast up right now featuring Blessing, Tim Gettys, and special guest Sancho West. It’s Blessing giving my review of Solar Ash and then the crew spend some time alking about Halo eSports. Obviously, there is a big old tangent about Last of Us Factions. It’s a must listen episode that’s available over on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report -

00:06:40 - Battlefield Franchise Undergoes Major Shake-Up – GameSpot, Eddie Makuch

00:17:20 - The Original Titanfall Is No Longer Available For Sale, But The "Universe Will Continue" -- GameSpot, Cameron Koch

00:21:45 - Nvidia Is Releasing A New 12GB RTX 2060 To Address Shortages -- GameSpot, Hayley Williams

00:27:00 - Ad

00:30:15 - Cancelled Need For Speed TV Show Details Revealed – GameSpot, Darryn Bonthuys

00:35:00 - - The Matrix Awakens; An Unreal Engine 5 Experience has appeared in the PSN backend – Reddit

00:38:05 - Twenty percent of Xbox Cloud Gaming players only use touch controls - Tom Warren, The Verge

00:42:40 - Out today

00:48:20 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Janet & Rebekah Valentine

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Forbes' 30 Under 30's Blessing Adeoye Jr. and Fanbyte's Michael Higham talk about Solar Ash reviews, Mercury Steam's next game, what's happening in Final Fantasy 14 and more.

Follow Michael: https://twitter.com/michaelphigham

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00:00:00 - Start

00:12:26 - Housekeeping

There’s a new Kinda Funny Gamescast up right now featuring me, Tim Gettys, and special guest Sancho West. It’s me giving my review of Solar Ash, us talking about Halo eSports and me and Sancho going on a long tangent about Last of Us Factions. It’s a must listen episode that’s available over on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers:

Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:13:54 - Solar Ash Review Round up

00:28:10 - Metroid Dread’s Developer is Working on a Dark Fantasy RPG - Jared Moore @ IGN

00:35:00 - Ad 

00:38:09 - A new US bill could ban the use of console scalper bots - Chris Scullion @ VGC

00:43:50 - Ghostrunner Project_Hel DLC Officially Announced For 2022 Release

00:50:02 - December’s PlayStation Plus games have seemingly been confirmed by Sony - Tom Ivan @ VGC

00:55:19 - Out today

00:58:40 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Tam and Tim

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Gary and Tam talk about the GTA Remaster patch, and why Rockstar allowed the games to be released like this, as well as Halo Infinite updates, and more.

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Our Hawkeye episodes 1 and 2 review is up on Youtube featuring Tim, Nick, and Kevin breaking down all their thoughts and feelings on the new Marvel show. That’s on Youtube.com/KindaFunny.

Today is Giving Tuesday, and we’re raising money for Project HOPE! What are we streaming? Well, Greg Miller’s coming back to stream Marvel’s Avengers with SnowBikeMike and see how Spider-Man plays on opening day! Check it out tomorrow after KFGD over on Twitch.tv/kindafunnygames.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:08:20 - GTA Trilogy Patch Fixes More Than 100 Bugs -- GameSpot, Eddie Makuch

00:25:40 - Halo Infinite XP Changes Announced -- GameSpot, Eddie MakuchHalo Infinite XP Changes Announced -- GameSpot, Eddie Makuch

00:33:34 - Ad

00:36:50 - CD Projekt says it’s ‘way too early’ for Cyberpunk 2077 to come to Xbox Game Pass -- VGC, Tom Ivan

00:44:19 - Nintendo updates policies to increase push for diversity -- GamesIndustry.biz, Jeffrey Rousseau

00:46:50 - Starfield has two ‘special step out into the world moments’, Todd Howard teases -- VGC, Tom Ivan

00:54:50 - Out today

01:00:50 - Squad Up:Jordan - invite.gg/kfavengers

01:01:20 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and ??

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Blessing and Tim are back from break with a lot of news to discuss! Let's talk about a new Marvel MMO, Xbox Series S sales, Geoff Keighley teasing Game Awards announcements, and more!

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00:04:00 - Housekeeping

About an hour after this KFGD ends, we’re recording PS I Love You XOXO live on Patreon. It’s our PlayStation Now 2021 Review. Write in with your questions or thoughts about PlayStation Now to Patreon.com/KindaFunnyGames for Janet and me to talk about on the show.

Our Hawkeye episodes 1 and 2 review is up on Youtube featuring Tim, Nick, and Kevin breaking down all their thoughts and feelings on the new Marvel show. That’s on Youtube.com/KindaFunny.

Tomorrow’s Giving Tuesday, and we’re raising money for Project HOPE! What are we streaming? Well, Greg Miller’s coming back to stream Marvel’s Avengers with SnowBikeMike and see how Spider-Man plays on opening day! Check it out tomorrow after KFGD over on Twitch.tv/kindafunnygames.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report   -

00:05:50 - A new Marvel MMO is INCOMING - Wesley Yin-Poole @ Eurogamer

00:15:30 - One Game Awards reveal ‘has been in the works for 2.5 years’ - Jordan Middler @ VGC

00:24:40 - The Xbox Series S was Black Friday’s best selling console - Zack Zweizen @ Kotaku

00:31:27 -  Ad

00:36:30 - Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a recent boost - Andy Robinson @ Robinson

00:43:27 - Half-Life 3 is reportedly not in development, as ‘Valve focuses on Steam Deck’ - Chris Scullion @ VGC

00:47:50 - Amazon Wants To Make A Mass Effect TV Series - Luke plunkett @ Kotaku

00:54:50 - Out today

00:55:25 - Squad Up: Zombiehighx23

00:55:40 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Tim and Gary

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Gary and Tamoor offer an update on the Activision Blizzard situation, as well as noisy Xbox mini-fridges, and more.

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00:00:00 - Start Fall Guy talk

00:09:40 - Housekeeping

This week is Thanksgiving week in the United States and so no KFGD or livestreams after Tuesday this week.

There is a brand new PS I Love You XOXO out now and it is a hell of an episode. Blessing and Janet do their “Best PlayStation Character” bracket. That went down live on Patreon where viewers had the opportunity to vote in straw polls to break ties and help determine the characters that moved on. If you missed it, no worries, the episode is available to all now and it’s definitely worth checking out.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:11:30 - Activision Blizzard Creates A "Workplace Responsibility Committee" In Wake Of Bobby Kotick Situation - GameSpot, Eddie Makuch

00:22:40 - Nintendo Responds To "Distressing And Disturbing" Activision Blizzard And Bobby Kotick Reports -- GameSpot, Eddie Makuch

00:30:15 - Ad

00:33:23 - PSA: The Xbox Mini Fridge Is Loud And Annoying -- GameSpot, Gabe Gurwin

00:41:30 - The upcoming ‘big PlayStation remake’ is reportedly Chrono Cross -- VGC, Tom Ivan

00:47:20 - Harmonix Joins Epic Games

00:57:00 - Out today

00:59:50 - You‘re Wrong

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Blessing and Tim kick off the week with a banger news day. Let's talk about Spider-Man gameplay in Marvel's Avengers, Horizon Forbidden West details and more!

00:00:00 - Start

00:04:30 - Housekeeping

This week is Thanksgiving week in the United States and so no KFGD or livestreams after Tuesday this week.

But speaking of livestreams, about an hour after this KFGD ends, we’re recording PS I Love You XOXO live on Patreon. It’s our “Best PlayStation Character” bracket. That’s one that you don’t wanna miss live if you’re a Patron because you’ll have the opportunity to vote in straw polls to break ties and help determine the characters that move on. That episode will be up for everyone to watch and listen to on Tuesday.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report -

00:06:04 - IGN has published an exclusive preview for Spider-Man in Marvel’s Avengers - Simon Cardy @ IGN

00:20:20 - Horizon Forbidden West Has a Whole Team of Developers Just to Make the Open World Feel Alive - Jared Moore @ IGN

00:30:50 - Ad

00:33:58 - Riot’s fighting game Project L looks raw as hell - Vikki Blake @ GamesRadar

00:42:25 - Kojima Productions launches new film, TV and music division - Chris Dring @ GiBiz

00:45:25 - Hitman 3 Adding New Maps, Storylines, And Modes In 2022 - Darren Bonthuys @ Gamespot

00:48:03 - Good news for Tim Gettys

00:49:20 - Out today

00:51:28 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Tim and Whitta

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Blessing and Janet unite to once again talk about GTA trilogy along with Halo Infinite campaign expectations, if Xbox could delist Call of Duty, and more.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:05:54 - Housekeeping

Next week is Thanksgiving week in the United States and so no KFGD or livestreams after Tuesday of next week.

Next week is our PS I Love You XOXO “Best PlayStation Character” bracket: https://twitter.com/BlessingJr/status/1461750044122501120

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:07:08 - Rockstar apologizes - a post on Rockstar’s website

00:20:06 - Halo Infinite campaign co-op and Forge mode suffer further delays - Tom Ivan @ VGC

00:26:50 - Halo Infinite Campaign Preview Round-up

00:38:20 - Ad

00:41:30 - Phil Spencer "evaluating" Xbox relationship with Activision Blizzard following Kotick allegations - James Batchelor @ GiBiz

00:49:26 - Forza Horizon 5 Had 'The Biggest First Week in Xbox History' - Jared Moore @ IGN

00:52:40 - Out today

00:58:00 - Squad Up:rocketguardian(Xbox/pc)

00:58:27 - You‘re Wrong

Next Week’s Hosts:

Mon: Blessing and Tim

Tues: Tim and Whitta

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Tim and Tam cover the latest update to the Activision Blizzard story, as well as the announcement of MultiVersus, a Smash Bros.-like game from Warner Bros.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:06:20 - Housekeeping

00:10:00 - PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Criticizes Activision Blizzard Response To Bobby Kotick Report

00:15:30 - Activision Blizzard doubles down on Kotick defense in all-hands meeting

00:19:11 - Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Is Wary Of NFTs' Exploitative Possibilities

00:26:04 - Ads

00:30:20 - Warner Bros. Games Reveals MultiVersus, Makes Ultra Instinct Shaggy Real

00:42:57 - Capcom's Pragmata Has Officially Been Delayed To 2023

00:46:04 - The Super Smash Bros. Panda Global Circuit 2022 Will Be the First-Ever Officially Licensed Super Smash Bros. Championship

00:50:05 - Out today

00:52:23 - NVIDIA GeForce Update

00:54:09 - “I wanted to recommend a new podcast called Halo 2: Artifacts” - Mr Evil 37

00:55:00 - Squad Up: Jordan Lee Rowan - Xbox - ARowanStone

00:55:40 - You‘re Wrong

00:57:55 - Post Show

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Janet

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Blessing and Tim talk about Saints Row's delay, Streamlabs OBS drama, and more!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:09:18 - Housekeeping

A new Kinda Funny Gamescast is up right now and it’s our impressions of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl AND Halo Infinite so far. You can catch that over on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe.

Our Spider-Man No Way Home Trailer Reactions are up right now. It’s Tim, Andy, Nick, and the RETURN of Greg Miller reacting to the brand new trailer. That’s up right now on youtube.com/KindaFunny

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:10:58 - Saints Row reboot gets pushed back to August 2022 - Daniel Cooper @ Engadget

00:23:30 - Streamlabs has been accused of copying material for its console streaming platform - Jon Fingas @ Engadget

00:30:20 - Ad

00:34:45 - Another Activision-Blizzard Update: A group of Activision Blizzard shareholders joins call for CEO Bobby Kotick’s resignation - Shannon Liao @ Washington Post

00:41:04 - Yakuza’a studio is working on a new franchise - Jordan Middler @ Video Games Chronicle

00:46:15 - Xbox Cloud Gaming now available on Xbox Series X and Xbox One - News.Xbox.com

00:50:40 - Out today

 Reader mail  -

00:54:04 - The game awards nominees came out yesterday and much to everyones "surprise" the internet is angry. However, for a change is there something to be upset about? Is their anger atleast somewhat justified? - Parker Petrov

01:04:00 - Squad Up:Kessel(PS) - Kesselwinks

01:05:10 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Tam and Tim

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Tim and Gary go over The Game Awards Nominees, the latest on the horrible Activision Blizzard situation, and Halo Infinite's record breaking day one!

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We just recorded our live reactions to Xbox’s 20th Anniversary Stream are up on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames

Halo Gameplay over on youtube.com/kindafunnyplays

Amazing Spider-Man Rewatch, and our trailer reaction later today

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:05:07 - The Game Awards Nominees Revealed

00:28:20 - Ad

00:32:30 - Halo Infinite is The Most Successful Xbox Game Studios Title Ever on Steam (Daniel Ahmad Twitter)

00:38:11 - 343 Clarifies Why Halo Infinite is In Beta (Joe Skrebels IGN)

00:43:04 - Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant Activision Blizzard (Kirsten Frind, Ben Fritz, and Sarah E Neeedleman at Wall Street Journal) (via Joe Skrebels at IGN)

00:50:40 - Dragon Ball: The Breakers Announced (Nibellion on Twitter)

00:54:20 - Out today

00:56:30 - Squad Up: Jake Dye: JakeCDye on Xbox

00:57:25 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Tim

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