Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

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Mortal Kombat 12 is coming THIS YEAR! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 02.24.23 Feb 24, 2023

Show notes

Tim and Blessing close out the week talking about Mortal Kombat 12's lowkey announcement and what it means for the series, Nintendo confirming no E3 plans, and a State of Play recap.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:02:33 - Housekeeping

A new episode of The Blessing Show is premiering this Monday right after KFGD. Tune in right here on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames live because it’s an episode you don’t want to miss.
Our reaction to yesterday’s State of Play is up as a Gamescast. Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames
The Roper Report -

00:05:50 - Nintendo confirms it won’t be at E3 2023

00:21:24 - Mortal Kombat 12 is coming this year

00:37:24 - Ad

00:38:29 - Everything Announced at yesterday's State of Play

00:51:26 - DICE Awards 2023 Recap

00:55:39 - Hogwarts Legacy sales ‘hit 12 million copies and $850 million’ in two weeks

00:57:43 - Out Today

00:59:10 - You‘re Wrong

Monday’s Hosts: Greg & Tim

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Metal Gear Solid & New Castlevania Showing Up at E3?! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 02.23.23 Feb 23, 2023

Show notes

Blessing and Tim talk about Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake & Castlevania possibly showing up at E3 and Shinji Mikami leaving Tango Gameworks.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:05:30 - Housekeeping

A new episode of The Blessing Show is premiering this Monday right after KFGD. Tune in right here on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames live because it’s an episode you don’t want to miss.
Tonight! Greg and Stella are hosting the 26th Annual DICE Awards, and you can watch on IGN! The awards are voted on by your favorite developers, so this is the only award show where peers recognize peers. Catch it Thursday night on IGN and Twitch!
Later today we’ll be reacting LIVE to today’s PlayStation State of Play with a Gamescast post-show breaking down everything we just saw. That’s happening today at 1pm pt on Twitch and Youtube.
The Roper Report -

00:08:50 - Konami Set To Bring New Castlevania And Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake To E3

00:25:25 - Tango Gameworks CEO Shinji Mikami is leaving the studio

00:30:48 - Ad

00:31:51 - EA DICE is building a new single-player team for a future Battlefield game

00:40:12 - A Hogwarts Legacy TV Show is in The Works

00:42:40 - Deathloop hits 5 million players

00:45:58 - Out today

Reader mail -

00:51:00 - “Seems like so many games have gotten the remake treatment recently…” - JMaz

01:01:34 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Tim & Bless

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Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe Review Round-Up - Kinda Funny Games Daily 02.22.23 Feb 22, 2023

Show notes

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Greg and Janet talk Kirby, Resident Evil 4 on PSVR 2, and DCUO?!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:06:04 - Housekeeping

- A new episode of The Blessing Show is premiering this Monday right after KFGD. Tune in right here on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames live because it’s an episode you don’t want to miss.

- This Thursday, Greg and Stella are hosting the 26th Annual DICE Awards, and you can watch on IGN! The awards are voted on by your favorite developers, so this is the only award show where peers recognize peers! Catch it Thursday night on IGN and Twitch!

- Right after this on both twitch.tv/kindafunnygames and youtube.com/kindafunnygames Andy and Mike will be playing something!

- A new episode of PS I Love You XOXO is up on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and predicting tomorrow’s state of play.

- The Roper Report -

00:09:51 - Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe Review Round-Up

00:27:32 - Elden Ring has sold more than 20 million copies

00:31:37 - Final Mario Movie Trailer Incoming

00:34:41 - Evo Lineup Announced

00:37:19 - RE4’s PSVR2 Update Development Has Started

00:44:58 - POWER IS BACK

00:45:41 - Microsoft and NVIDIA

00:51:49 - Meanwhile, PS has until 2024

00:54:39 - New World Switcheroo: Seasonal Model, Free and Premium Season Pass Announced

00:56:40 - Amazon Will Bring MMO Throne And Liberty To North America And Europe

00:59:53 - Out today

01:02:03 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Tim

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Pokémon Presents & PlayStation State of Play Announced! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 02.21.23 Feb 21, 2023

Show notes

Tim is joined by Krysta Yang from Kit and Krysta to talk about a new Pokemon Presents, a new State of Play, and a whole bunch of Nintendo news!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:02:00 - Housekeeping

Right after this we have a very special PlayStation VR 2 stream with Greg and Bless right here live on Youtube & Twitch.
We have a new Kinda Funny Podcast up on Youtube.com/KindaFunny.
A new episode of The Blessing Show is premiering this Monday right after KFGD. Tune in right here on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames live because it’s an episode you don’t want to miss.
This Thursday, Greg and Stella are hosting the 26th Annual DICE Awards, and you can watch on IGN! The awards are voted on by your favorite developers, so this is the only award show where peers recognize peers! Catch it Thursday night on IGN and Twitch!
The Roper Report -

00:04:25 - A new Pokemon Presents is happening

00:14:44 - Microsoft Has Signed 10-Year Deal to Bring Call of Duty to Nintendo

00:18:53 - A new PlayStation State of Play has been announced

00:28:40 - Ad

00:29:43 - Blumhouse Launches a New Subsidiary to Produce Original Horror Video Games

00:38:04 - Star Fox developers celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary

00:42:26 - The first Street Fighter 6 world champion will win $1 million

00:47:57 - Out today

00:51:35 - What’s Going Over in KrystaLand

00:55:31 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Greg

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Atomic Heart Reviews & Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom Leaks! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 02.20.23 Feb 20, 2023

Show notes

Greg and Tim reunite to talk about Atomic Heart reviews, Greg's played Octopath Traveler 2, and Zelda Tears of The Kingdom art book leaks!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:11:20 - Housekeeping

A new Last of Us HBO episode review is up as a Screencast.
The Roper Report -

00:14:10 - Atomic Heart review round up

00:20:26 - PSA: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Art Book Has Seemingly Leaked Online

00:24:03 - Miyamoto says Nintendo is ‘always working on Mario’ but isn’t ready to share anything just yet

00:28:19 - Ad

00:29:21 - Blizzard workers are upset after a company meeting

00:39:54 - It looks like Returnal is off to a slow start on PC

00:45:25 - Redfall’s Physical Release Will Contain A Disc After All

00:47:50 - Out today

00:52:20 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Tim & Krysta!

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We’ve Played Like a Dragon: Ishin! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 02.17.23 Feb 17, 2023

Show notes

Blessing is joined by Michael Higham to talk Like a Dragon Ishin! reviews, Redfall's lack of a disc version, and Cvilization 7 gettign announced!

https://twitter.com/michaelphigham

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00:00:00 - Start

00:02:40 - Housekeeping

Remember our Wild Hearts and PS VR 2 reviews are up on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames.
Over on Patreon, we got a new episode of Kinda Feudy and we’re about to record a very magical episode of The Shit List where the 3 of us talk about the top ten Persona characters. That’ll be up later today.
The Roper Report -

00:04:35 - Like a Dragon Ishin review round up

00:19:00 - Octopath Traveler 2 review round up

00:25:50 - It looks like Redfall’s physical version includes a download code instead of a disc

00:31:08 - Ad

00:33:16 - Civilization 7 Officially has been Announced by Firaxis

00:40:00 - Ex-Apex Legends and Titanfall leads form new studio, Wildlight Entertainment

00:49:12 - Sega says Sonic Frontiers sales ‘greatly exceeded’ its expectations

00:56:00 - Out today

01:01:19 - You‘re Wrong

Monday’s Hosts: Greg & Tim

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PS VR 2 Reviews are in! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 02.16.23 Feb 16, 2023

Show notes

Blessing and Tim talk PlayStation VR 2 reviews, Horizon Call of The Mountain, and that hot new Tetris movie trailer.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:03:20 - Housekeeping

Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames is popping off right now. Over there we have a Wild Hearts review for this week’s Kinda Funny Gamescast and our PS VR 2 + Horizon Call of The Mountain review on PS I Love You XOXO.
The Roper Report -

00:05:32 - PSVR 2 Reviews Are In, review round up

00:24:12 - Horizon Call of The Mountain review round up

00:28:33 - Ad

00:30:41 - Wild Hearts Review Round up

00:35:13 - Ubisoft says it will attend E3 2023 ‘if it happens’

00:43:13 - Apple TV+ is releasing a Tetris movie

00:47:40 - Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal are expected to release 5 triple-A games by March 2028

00:51:55 - Out today

00:54:19 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Michael “The Boy” Higham

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Imran Khan joins Tim to talk about an exciting month for PlayStation Plus, a fun crossover bewteen PowerWash Simulator and Final Fantasy 7, and more! Feb 15, 2023

Show notes

Imran Khan joins Tim to talk about an exciting month for PlayStation Plus, a fun crossover bewteen PowerWash Simulator and Final Fantasy 7, and more!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:01:53 - Housekeeping

A new Kinda Funny Xcast is up right now breaking down the Xbox characters we love the most! Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames
A new Kinda Feudy poll is up right now on Blessing’s Twitter.
https://twitter.com/BlessingJr/status/1625206493955096577
The Roper Report -

00:02:50 - Horizon Forbidden West comes to PS Plus Extra in February

00:20:35 - PowerWash Simulator’s FF7 pack lets you clean up Midgar

00:26:55 - Ad

00:29:05 - MultiVersus’ daily peak Steam player count has dropped more than 99% since launch

00:40:28 - Atomic Heart Composer Mick Gordon is Donating His Fee in Support of Ukraine

00:43:05 - Game Freak says it’s ‘very important’ to continue making non-Pokémon games

00:46:00 - God of War: Ragnarok Devs Didn't Realize That Allies Spoiling Puzzles Would Annoy Players

00:49:46 - Saudi Arabia reportedly increases Nintendo stake for second time in a month

00:53:45 - Out today

00:55:27 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Tim

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God of War Ragnarok’s Original Ending Revealed - Kinda Funny Games Daily 02.14.23 Feb 14, 2023

Show notes

Tamoor Hussain from gamespot joins Blessing to talk God of War Ragnarok's original, Wanted: Dead reviews, and Tim's review of Blanc.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:04:30 - “What’s up with your top 3 animals list?” - Nathan

00:09:35 - Housekeeping

It’s review season! Keep your eyes peeled to podcast feeds since episodes of PS I Love You, Gamescast and Xcast could post at any time.
The Roper Report -

00:11:00 - Wanted: Dead review round up

00:20:06 - Blanc Review Round Up

00:26:50 - Ad

00:28:58 - Apex Legends Devs Want it to 'Last 20 Years Like Counter-Strike'

00:42:13 - Rumor: Sony Is Plotting Wireless Earbuds for PS5

00:47:19 - Kratos was originally going to have a different fate in God of War Ragnarök

00:55:11 - Out today

00:57:40 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Tim & Imran

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Xbox Game Pass is Cannibalizing Game Sales - Kinda Funny Games Daily 02.13.23 Feb 13, 2023

Show notes

Imran is back! He joins Tim to talk about NPD sales, Xbox Game Pass cannibalizing sales, and Metroid Prime Remastered not crediting the original devs properly.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:01:55 - Housekeeping

Magic Mike’s Last Dance in Review is up right now. Youtube.com/KindaFunny
If you missed it, Barrett and I did a trailer breakdown of the 2nd Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trailer from last week’s direct. You can check that out over on YouTube.com/KindaFunnyGames
The Roper Report -

00:03:43 - Dead Space Was the Best-Selling New Game in the U.S. in January 2023

00:17:25 - Microsoft confirms Game Pass cannibalizes sales

00:25:40 - Ad

00:27:48 - Original Metroid Prime devs criticize remaster for omitting credits

00:36:55 - The Super Mario Bros Movie Super Bowl ad brings back the Super Show rap

00:46:04 - Dead Island 2 is coming out a week early

00:48:12 - Psychonauts 2's Making-Of Documentary Is Now Available to Everyone for Free

00:53:40 - Out today

Reader mail -

00:54:25 - “Is The Legend of Zelda an RPG Franchise?” - newajseyes

00:59:29 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Tam