Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

Blessing and Tim talk about a Sega & Microsoft collaboration, Roger does a review for Unpacking, and an unnamed fan is very broken up about trophies in the Bugsnax DLC.

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The Roper Report -

00:07:50 - Sega and Microsoft have announced ‘a strategic alliance’ around cloud - Andy Robinson @ VGC

00:16:33 - A NEW ROPER REPORT SEGMENT, ROGER REVIEWS: Unpacking

00:24:19 - Nintendo Shutters its California And Toronto Offices - Ethan Gach @ Kotaku

00:27:35 - Thanks to unnamed fan, Bugsnax's Isle Of Bigsnax DLC Will Now Have New Trophies - George Yang @ Gamespot

00:31:28 - Ad  

00:37:45 - One to keep an eye on: Open-world action RPG, Honor of Kings: World has been announced - Sal Romano @ Gematsu

00:41:20 - It’s official: No more Cyberpunk updates in 2021 - Matt Kim @ IGN

00:44:00 - PAX South cancelled "for the foreseeable future" - Brendan Sinclair @ GiBiz

00:47:03 - Out today

00:51:20 - Squad Up: Moda(Xbox/PC)

00:51:58 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Whitta

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Blessing and Janet talk about a new Marvel game, Ubisoft delays, and more.

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Right after this episode of KFGD, we’re battling for CEO of Kinda Funny in Mario Party Superstars. It’s gonna be me, Nick, Tim, and snowbike Michaelangelo, that’s going down right here on Twitch.tv/Kindafunnygames, and later on youtube.com/kindafunnyplays

The finale episode of The Arkham Files premieres THIS SUNDAY on Halloween at 2:30pm PT on YouTube.com/KindaFunnyGames! Join Barrett as he talks about Arkham Knight and how it’s a masterpiece of an ending for the Arkham Trilogy

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report -

00:05:35 - A new Marvel game has been announced

00:20:00 - Do we think Playstation will be getting any sort of exclusivity for this title? - Best Friends Q:BanderSN

00:24:54 - The ever-relevant question: What is going on at Ubisoft?

00:47:20 - Ad

00:52:15 - Resident Evil Village to get free DLC, Capcom says - Wesley Yin-Poole @ Eurogamer

00:54:50 - Pragmata development is making "steady progress" says Capcom - Hirun Cryer @ GamesRadar

00:57:00 - Krafton Acquires Subnautica Developer Unknown Worlds - Kenneth Shepard @ Fanbyte

01:00:00 - Banjo-Kazooie’s composer has released a full album of remixed music - Chris Scullion @ VGC

01:03:45 - Out today

Tomorrow’s Hosts:

Mon: Blessing and Tim

Tues: Tim and Whitta

Wed: Blessing and Andy

Thurs: Tam and Tim

Fri: Blessing and Janet

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Tim and Tam discuss the progress made by Activision Blizzard employees, PlayStation embracing PC, and much more.

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We have a HUGE special day of streaming today LIVE on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames

We partnered with NVIDIA GeForce to have Andy continue his play through of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy for the first time showing off all of that DLSS and Ray-Tracing goodness and give away some copies of the game right after this show

And THEN after the Guardians stream we are doing a BONUS stream at 2PM PT where Blessing and Barrett are going to play Pumpkin Jack: New-Gen Edition, a Halloween themed PS2-style 3D Platformer by Thunderful Games and we are giving away 60 copies of the game to people in the chat

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report -

00:09:23 - Sony now uses PlayStation PC label for its PC games, Tom Warren, Verge

00:28:09 - BREAKING NEWS: GTA San Andres coming to Oculus

00:34:05 - Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Asks Board To Reduce His Salary And Cut Bonuses Amid Lawsuits -- Eddie Makuch, Gamespo

00:42:52 - What exactly his he trying to prepare for? - Best Friends Q:TheNanoBiologist

00:44:20 - Ad

00:47:50 - Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg Working On New Music For Grand Theft Auto -- Hayley WIlliams, GameSpot

00:54:36 - An Update From The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake Development Team

00:59:10 - Out today

01:04:04 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Janet

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Blessing and Tim tackle a hefty news day with a new Pikmin game launching, Blizzcon canceled, N64 games for Switch leaked, and much more.

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We are partnering with NVIDIA GeForce to have Andy play through Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy for the first time showing off all of that DLSS and Ray-Tracing goodness on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames after this show Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

ALSO our Guardians of The Galaxy Review is up right now as a Kinda Funny Gamescast. That’s featuring me, Tim, Snowbike Mike, and the momentary return of Greg Miller. You can catch that on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and on podcast services around the globe.

Our Spider-Man 2 In Review Rewatch is up right now featuring me and Anthony Carboni along with Tim, Nick, and Andy talking all about the 2nd movie of the Sam Raimi trilogy. And it’s as ridiculous as you expect it to be. That’s up right now on youtube.com/kindafunny and on podcast services.

A new episode of PS I Love You XOXO is up right now and it is Janet and mine’s predictions, hopes, and dreams for this week’s PlayStation State of Play. You have approximately 24 hours to watch that episode before it’s out of date so JUMP ON THAT or you can listen to it after and make fun of us for how wrong we are or applaud us for how right we are.

Speaking of youtube.com/kindafunnygames: Barrett’s Arkham series continues with a video all about Arkham Origins and whether it still holds up. That’s also up right now. And the final episode, all about Arkham Knight, premieres this SUNDAY on Halloween at 2:30pm PT!

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:09:20 - A new Pikmin game is here! - Mariella Moon @ Engadget

00:16:30 - Nintendo Switch Online datamine points to upcoming N64 games - Tom Phillips @ Eurogamer

00:27:44 - Blizzard Cancels Online BlizzCon 2022 - Mike Fahey @ Kotaku

00:34:40 - Composer Shoji Meguro leaves Atlus - Sal Romano @ Gematsu

00:31:30 - Ad

00:41:18 - Sackboy: A Big Adventure may be coming to Steam - Chris Scullion @ VGC

00:48:09 - November’s PlayStation Plus games have been revealed early - Chris Scullion @ VGC

00:49:15 - Apple Music launches on PS5 today - PS Blog

00:52:00 - One more for the road: Superliminal is adding a multiplayer Battle Royale? - Rachel Fiddis @ Dualshockers

00:55:07 - Out today

00:58:00 - Squad Up:Joe(PS5) - Vlad_Filanov

00:59:03 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Tam and Tim

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Blessing and Janet unite on a rare TUESDAY and break down some hot PlayStation news including Returnal and Kena... and A Quiet Place video game?

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00:09:30 - Returnal got a BIG update

00:20:05 - A Quiet Place Video Game has been Announced

00:29:34 - Nintendo Switch Online's N64 games have a few issues

00:48:58 - Ads

00:52:10 - Sony Is Reportedly 'Happy' With Sales Numbers For Kena: Bridge of Spirits

00:55:02 - Idris Elba Says Knuckles Voice Will Not Be Sexy in Sonic The Hedgehog 2

00:57:34 - Little Devil Inside will be at tomorrow’s State of Play

01:02:00 - Out today

01:05:10 - You‘re Wrong

01:06:00 - Post Show

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Tim

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Tim, Andy, and Mike break down the Halo Infinite Campaign trailer, the reviews of Guardians of the Galaxy and Age of Empires 4, the lastest in Fortnite, and updates on Horizon Forbidden West!

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00:01:10 - Housekeeping

00:04:37 - Guardians of the Galaxy Reviews Are In!

00:16:57 - Age of Empires Reviews Are In!

00:19:51 - Halo Infinite Campaign Gameplay Overview Revealed

00:32:05 - WB Platform Fighting Game “Multiversus” Rumored

00:37:39 - Ads

00:40:46 - Fortnite x Resident Evil

00:41:53 - PSA: The Live Action Fortnite Movie Will Reportedly Feature Two Sex Scenes is FAKE

00:43:17 - The Dark Pictures Season One Finale, The Devil in Me, Announced

00:48:14 - ‘Wu-Tang Clan’ RPG Reportedly in the works at Microsoft

00:52:37 - OverWatch Reveals McRee’s New Name

00:55:28 - Guerrilla Gives A Closer Look at Horizon Forbidden West’s New Abilities

00:58:11 - God of War PC Version Is Being Handled By External Developer

01:01:38 - The Witcher Season 2 New Image

01:02:54 - Out today

01:05:05 - Squad Up: Oculus - Garysy

01:06:20 - You‘re Wrong

01:07:24 - Post Show

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Janet

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Blessing and Janet tackle a big news day: Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Definitive Edition gameplay reveal, a new State of Play coming next week, and more!

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00:03:00 - Housekeeping

00:06:41 - GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition looks incredible

00:25:50 - State of Play returns next Wednesday

00:31:40 - Xbox is working on a “Cloud-native MMO”

00:38:47 - Ads

00:41:01 - CD Projekt has bought an Indie Studio

00:50:57 - Stardew Valley’s developer has announced their next game

00:56:09 - Advanced Wars is delayed

00:59:30 - Out today

01:00:30 - What’s New On GeForce?

01:01:20 - You‘re Wrong

01:05:37 - Post Show

Next Week’s Hosts:

Mon: Tam and Tim

Tues: Blessing and Gary(?)

Wed: Blessing and Andy

Thurs: Tam and Blessing

Fri: Blessing and Janet

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Tam and Tim discuss the Uncharted trailer, the latest updates on Halo Infinite, and the outrageous prices of Xbox's SSD cards.

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A new episode of Gamescast is up and it features head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty

In case you missed it, the 2nd episode of The Arkham Files is already live over on YouTube.com/KindaFunnyGames and it’s all about why Batman: Arkham City is the best at making you truly feel like Batman. The next episode of The Arkham Files premieres this coming Monday, October 25th, and it’s all about why Batman: Arkham Origins was left behind and forgotten AND why it’s better than you remember.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:06:15 - Uncharted Movie Trailer Revealed, Watch Tom Holland As Drake In Action Here - Eddie Makuch, GameSpot

00:09:20 - Will the story be too rushed for people to fully enjoy what is normally a great fun Indie-like adventure? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist

00:14:23 - Halo Infinite PC Details Revealed In New Trailer -- Eddie Makuch, GameSpot

00:25:06 - Seagate now offers a 2TB expansion card for your Xbox Series X/S -- J. Fingas, Engadget

00:29:00 - DICE affirms that Battlefield 2042's specialists are here to stay -- Morgan Park, PC Gamer

00:34:00 - Ad

00:36:00 - Out today

00:39:45 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Janet

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Janet and Tim get into huge game releases and ambitious plans from God of War 2018 coming to PC, Cyberpunk and Witcher 3's Next Gen Release, and Grasshopper's Next 10 Years.

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00:03:30 - Housekeeping

A new episode of Gamescast is up and it features head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty

In case you missed it, the 2nd episode of The Arkham Files is already live over on YouTube.com/KindaFunnyGames and it’s all about why Batman: Arkham City is the best at making you truly feel like Batman. The next episode of The Arkham Files premieres this coming Monday, October 25th, and it’s all about why Batman: Arkham Origins was left behind and forgotten AND why it’s better than you remember.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:05:20 - God of War on PC - PlayStation Blog

00:22:45 - Next Gen Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 are on their way - CDPR on Twitter

00:32:00 - Suda says Grasshopper’s ‘ten-year plan’ includes 3 original IPs, maybe some reboots - Andy Robinson @ Video Games Chronicle

00:39:00 - Ad

00:41:05 - Xbox Game Pass Subscriber Growth Slowed Down This Year - Matt Kim at IGN

00:48:15 - New video reveals Starfield's Settled Systems - Ed Nightengale at Eurogamer

00:51:18 - Epic Games Announces Publishing Partnerships with EYES OUT and Spry Fox - Epic Games Official Website

00:57:00 - Out today

00:58:00 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Tam and Tim for TimTam Thursdays

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Blessing and Tam cover a HUGE news day. New Splinter Cell Finally?? Big Xbox news and EA opens a new studio!

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A new PS I Love You XOXO is up right now. Me and Janet answer a bunch of your reader mail and talk about how the PlayStation 5’s first year has been. That’s on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and podcast services around the globe.

And speaking of Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames: Episode 2 of The Arkham Files premiered yesterday and it’s a short video by Barrett and Roger all about how Batman: Arkham City truly makes you feel like Batman. You can check that out right now on youtube.com/kindafunnygames

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:08:20 - A decade later, Ubisoft has finally greenlit a new Splinter Cell, sources claim - Tom Henderson @ VGC

00:10:00 - Why did it take so long, almost a decade, for it to come back? - Best Friends Q:BJ Bernardo

00:30:40 - EA’s opening a new studio in Seattle - Danielle Partis @ GiBiz

00:39:15 - Ad

00:42:10 - Microsoft's special Xbox's 20th anniversary broadcast goes live on November 15 - Jez Corden @ Windows Central

00:46:50 - Speaking of Xbox: Coming to Game Pass via Xbox Wire

00:48:15 - One more for Xbox: Sea of Thieves sails past 25 million players - Wesley Yin-Poole @ Eurogamer

00:50:05 - A PlayStation pivot: Sony testing PS5 beta for easy screenshot sharing in PS mobile app - Ed Nightingale @ Eurogamer

00:51:40 - Out today

00:53:30 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Janet and Tim

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