Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

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Best Selling Video Games of 2020 - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.15.21 Jan 15, 2021

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Support Carolyn's work at https://twitter.com/carolynmichelle and https://medium.com/@carolynpetit . 00:00:00 - Start 00:07:00 - Housekeeping Kinda Funny Podcast with WWE Superstar Xavier Woods -- AKA UpUpDownDown’s Austin Creed -- is live right now. youtube.com/kindafunny Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:10:00 - NPD for December 2020 is in! Jeffy Grubb Grubb @ GamesBeat 00:19:00 - Do you think the stockholders and business partners will see these numbers and say, "Nah, keep doing what you're doing. Don't fix what isn't broken" when Ubisoft has expressed intent to finally allow variations from their long-running formula that's been going on since 2007? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:33:07 - Bungie closing down Halo Archives 00:36:00 - 505 Buys Puzzle Quest Devs, Mike Minotti @ GamesBeat 00:37:25 - Hitman 3 IS Coming to Switch alongside the other versions, Steve Watts @ GameSpot 00:43:10 - Ad 00:47:00 - Out today Reader mail - 00:49:25 - Do you think the Indiana Jones name and brand is popular enough to move consoles and/or to drive up Game Pass subscriptions? - BJ Bernardo 00:55:10 - Capcom recently heard about the hacks listed in the hacking were dates for RE4 “remake. But also 2 other RE games including a remake/boot of RE outbreak listed for 2021.. could this be shown? - Shondell Neal 00:58:10 - Squad Up:Benjamin (PSN) - clankattack 00:58:50 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: MON: Blessing and Tim TUES: Greg and Gary Whitta WED: Blessing and Imran THURS: Greg and Tim FRI: Blessing and Natalie Flores

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CD Projekt Red’s Latest Cyberpunk Apology - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.14.21 Jan 14, 2021

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Greg and Tim rant about #Cyberpunk2077, #PokemonSnap, and more! 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:20 - Housekeeping The Blessing Show is live! youtube.com/kindafunnygames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:05:50 - Cyberpunk Explanation, Eddie @ GameSpot 00:11:08 - Can you please make sure to point out this was not them taking ownership? - Best Friends Q:Benjamin Berry 00:21:50 - Pokemon Snap Release Date 00:28:20 - Resident Evil Village Event Incoming 00:31:20 - Super Nintendo World Japan Delayed, James Batchelor GIB 00:34:05 - Elder Scrolls Online Expansion Reveal Delayed 00:36:45 - Riders Republic Delayed 00:40:30 - Best Buy Gamers Club Ends, Tyler Fisher ComicBook.com 00:44:06 - Ad 00:49:20 - Out today 00:55:07 - Squad Up:BJ Bernardo(XBox) - BJ Bernardo 00:57:05 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Carolyn Petit

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Ubisoft's Open World Star Wars Game - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.13.21 Jan 13, 2021

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On his FINAL Whitta Wednesday Gary joins Greg to talk about the Star Wars games that could be, the ESA PAC stopping political donations, and more! #starwars #ubisoft #ea 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:10 - Housekeeping Gamescast is up and it’s our game of the year Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:09:15 - Ubisoft and Massive are making a Star Wars Game, EA Exclusivity Over - StarWars.com 00:31:10 - Is the Ubisoft open world Stars Wars game the Boba Fett game we've been looking for? - Best Friends Q:BJ Bernardo 00:36:40 - How is Disney able to police/control content being made from each developer? - Best Friends Q:Eric 00:52:00 - Todd Howard’s Indy role doesn’t effect Starfield, Elder Scrolls, Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:56:48 - Hogwarts Legacy Delayed 01:05:20 - ESA PAC to pause political contributions following insurrection at US Capitol, Reb and Brendan Sinclair @ GIB 01:15:00 - Predator coming to Fortnite, Darryn Bonthuys @ GameSpot 01:16:30 - Out today 00:47:40 - Ad 01:17:28 - Squad Up:Teflecter(Crossplay baby!) - Teflecter 01:18:10 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Tim

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Bethesda Announces Indiana Jones Game - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.12.21 Jan 12, 2021

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Blessing and Imran tackle a HUGE news day. On the agenda: Indiana Jones from Machine Games of Wolfenstein, PlayStation release dates, and more! 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:00 - Housekeeping We heard your cries and now it’s official. We’re now uploading all of our Twitch streaming over on a third youtube channel called Kinda Funny Plays. That way if you missed out on some shenanigans and want to catch up on the action, you can catch it there. Youtube.com/kindafunnyplays The first episode of the Kinda Funny Next Gen Podcast is now up over on Patreon for Gold Members. A new PS I Love You XOXO is out today and it’s an excellent episode about Killzone and whether or not it’s DEAD. This Wednesday at 9pm pt we’re doing a Signs Watch-a-long party. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:08:22 - A new Indiana Jones game has been announced - Bethesda on Twitter 00:11:50 - What is the most likely version of the Indiana Jones game we are getting from Machine Games? Third-person? First-person? Tomb Raidery or Horizony? - Best Friends Q:Mitch Krassin 00:12:10 - With Indiana Jones being announced, how do you think that game will fall into the Microsoft acquisition, Xbox exclusive? Gamepass? If it's 3rd party and it's successful would Microsoft continue making them? - Best Friends Q:Glutenfull 00:25:01 - We’ve got a bunch of PS5 release windows! - Jenni Lada @ Siliconera 00:30:05 - Google Stadia and GeForce Now are coming to LG TVs in 2021 - Chris Welch @ The Verge 00:34:25 - Do we know when Mass Effect Legendary Edition is coming? - Steve Watts @ Gamespot 00:37:38 - Speaking of EA space games: Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order is getting a next gen update - Matt Purslow @ IGN 00:40:48 - Ad 00:46:05 - Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury got a dope new trailer - Joe Skrebels @ IGN 00:48:05 - How long are you both expecting this to be? W - Best Friends Q:BobbyWasabi 00:51:00 - Also there’s a new Mario red Switch model! - Matt Purslow 00:51:50 - A quick update on the Capcom hack - James Batchelor @ GiBiz 00:53:50 - Out today 00:54:35 - Squad Up:TheCakersMan(PSN) - TheCakersMan 00:55:25 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Gary

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Lucasfilm Games is the Future of Star Wars - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.11.21 Jan 11, 2021

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Blessing and Tim kick off the week by talking about what Lucasfilm Games means for Star Wars and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:: - Housekeeping For some reason, this Wednesday at 9pm pt we’re doing a Signs Watch-a-long party. It’ll be my first time watching Signs. All you need if you want to join in is Amazon prime and you can come and hang out with us on Twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:00:52 - What’s next for Star Wars video games? 00:11:18 - WB has entirely redesigned Gotham Knights' combat for co-op - Vikki Blake @ Eurogamer The Nano Biologis 00:18:25 - The Cyberpunk hits keep coming: A Polish competition watchdog is investigating CD Projekt - Marie Dealesandri @ GiBiz 00:25:30 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 raises $2.75m - Marie Dealesandri @ GiBiz 00:30:10 - Ghost of Tsushima Fans Help With Real-Life Tsushima Island Repairs - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:34:44 - Ads 00:39:46 - Some Square news! 00:42:15 - The new Pulse Red Xbox controller looks HOT 00:44:25 - Out today Reader mail - 00:46:35 - What do you guys want in a Switch Pro? - Jake Bogdonoff (Bog-Don-Off) 00:51:00 - Squad Up:Brandon(PSN) - grimreaper91352 00:51:30 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Imran

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Hitman 3 Hands-on - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.08.21 Jan 08, 2021

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Janet Garcia celebrates her independence by entering the Kinda Funny Spotlight! Let's talk Hitman 3 impressions, Trump's Twitch suspension, and more! Support Janet: https://patreon.com/Gameonysus GUEST: Janet Garcia, https://patreon.com/Gameonysus 00:00:00 - Start 00:07:48 - Housekeeping PSILY Bomber Jacket Bloodborne playthrough Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:08:38 - Hitman 3 Preview Round-up 00:19:25 - Twitch Suspends Trump, Nathan Grayson @ Kotaku 00:37:54 - We got a new PogChamp 00:40:45 - Ad 00:43:45 - Prolific Voice Actor Passes, @ IGN 00:45:55 - Steam Adding More Xbox and DualSense Controller Features, By Alessandro Barbosa @ GameSpot 00:48:50 - Out today 00:55:40 - Squad Up:Kevin Garaventa(PSN) - ToasterBunny 00:56:58 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: MON: Bless & Imran TUES: Bless & Imran WED: Greg & Gary Whitta THURS: Greg & Tim FRI: Greg and Carolyn Petit

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New Switch Pro Details? - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.07.21 Jan 07, 2021

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Blessing and Imran discuss a new leak detailing more of what we can expect from the rumored Switch Pro console. 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:50 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:03:40 - New details about the Switch Pro have leaked - Andy Robinson @ VGC 00:13:49 - Microsoft once tried to buy Nintendo - Megan Farokhmanesh @ The Verge 00:16:39 - What do you think a world of Microsoft Nintendo would have looked like? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:23:35 - Is Microsoft’s InXile working on an FPS RPG? - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:33:10 - Twitch removes the Popular PogChamp emote - Patricia Hernandez @ GiBiz 00:38:30 - Ad 00:42:30 - A Canceled 2006 Tomb Raider Game Is Now Playable - Zack Zwiezen @ Kotaku 00:45:00 - Hitman VR looks ridiculous 00:49:30 - Out today Reader mail - 00:50:30 - What have been games that have disappointed you in the past? - JoshyG 00:56:50 - Squad Up:Ben(PS4/PS5) - BrucePSX / @PleaseBeXcited 00:58:12 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Janet Garcia

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New Games From Respawn and Arkane? - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.06.21 Jan 06, 2021

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Blessing and Gary Whitta talk about rumored games from Respawn Entertainment and Arkane, and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:11:30 - Housekeeping This week’s Kinda Funny Gamescast is up right now and we’re discussing “Best Of 2020”. Our official game of the year episode is on its way next week so be on the lookout for that on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and on podcast services. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:12:13 - Respawn is working on a new game??? - Isaac McIntyre @ Dexerto 00:19:19 - Speaking of mystery projects: A Dishonored Co-Creator Is Working on a New Arkane Game - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:22:50 - Could Xbox be considering adding Dualsense features? - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:34:50 - Outriders is delayed - Outriders Twitter 00:44:00 - Ad 00:48:00 - Netflix for 3DS and Wii U is shutting down - Tom Phillips @ Eurogamer 00:52:18 - Out today Reader mail - 00:53:15 - What are your thoughts on the concept of pre-ordering in 2021? - Jerrod B. 01:06:24 - Squad Up:ThatMarioRivera(crossplay for Fortnite) - Thatmariorivera 01:07:10 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless and Tim

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The End of the PS4 Begins - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.05.21 Jan 05, 2021

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Go to http://expressvpn.com/games to get 3 extra months for free! Visit http://joinhoney.com/GAMES to get Honey for FREE today! Go to http://amazon.com/GAMESRX to save on prescription medication and get FREE 2-day delivery! Sony's discontinuing most of the PS4 models in Japan, so start the funeral! Plus, Nintendo buys the developer of Luigi's Mansion 3! Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:34 - Housekeeping SIX YEARS OF KINDA FUNNY Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! Today, we’re brought to you by Express VPN, Honey, and Pill Pack, but I’ll tell you about that later. The Roper Report - 00:12:05 - Sony Japan Discontinuing Most PS4 Models 00:24:39 - Nintendo Acquires Next Level Games 00:32:46 - Cyberpunk 2077 Has Lost 79% Of Its Playerbase On Steam Since Launch 00:38:00 - “Do you think treatment of reviewers and the terms of embargo greatly impact the discussion and reputation of a game?” - Glutenfull 00:44:30 - Ad 00:49:32 - Epic’s Moving into a Mall 00:57:28 - Out today 01:00:16 - Squad Up: SoloImGoingSolo - PS5 - thechuckest 01:01:11 - You‘re Wrong This Week’s Hosts: WED: Blessing & Gary Whitta THURS: Blessing & Tim FRI: Greg & Janet Garcia

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PlayStation Delists Cyberpunk 2077 - Kinda Funny Games Daily 12.18.20 Dec 18, 2020

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Greg and Imran deliver the final Kinda Funny Games Daily of the year as CD Projekt continues to burn. #cyberpunk2077 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:00 - Housekeeping Our Back 4 Blood let’s play is up on youtube.com/kindafunnygames! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:06:20 - HOLY FUCKING SHIT: SIE Delists Cyberpunk 00:24:50 - Is this proof that trying to create games on both new gen consoles and old gen was a bad move? - Best Friends Q:BJ Bernardo 00:30:20 - is this going too far? - Best Friends Q:The Other Shaun 00:36:45 - Is the most disappointing generation ever? - Best Friends Q:Matt From Edmonton 00:49:48 - Ad 00:53:50 - Super Nintendo Direct today 00:55:10 - Sephiroth Deets, Matt T.M. Kim @ IGN 00:58:00 - Riot’s Working on an MMO, Luke Plunkett @ Kotaku 01:01:40 - Control Ultimate Edition Dated 01:04:00 - Out today 01:06:40 - Squad Up:Mark Freeman(Zoom/Twitter) - @theindieboy1 01:07:00 - You‘re Wrong Kinda Funny Day - Monday, January 4th @ 10 am PT - 12 Hours

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