Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

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Cyberpunk 2077 Hits 1 Million Daily Players - Kinda Funny Games Daily 09.22.22 Sep 22, 2022

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Cyberpunk 2077 has how many players?! Is Edgerunners the game's savior or are these numbers temporary? Blessing is joined by special guest Funke Joseph to talk about Cyberpunk, Videogamedunkey's new indie publishing company, and the upcoming Mario movie teaser.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:09:04 - Housekeeping

A new Kinda Funny Gamescast is up right now and it’s our Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope preview. That’s Greg, Mike, Andy, and Parris talking about their time with the game. And if that’s not enough, the post show for that one is a chaotic round of Kinda Feudy that you don’t wanna miss. That’s up on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames
Over on Youtube.com/KindaFunny our Screencast for She Hulk is up
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00:11:00 - Cyberpunk’s resurgence continues with a million players a day

00:21:16 - Gaming YouTuber Dunkey Sets Up an Indie Game Publishing Company

00:36:13 - Ad

00:38:21 - A new game developer approaches!

00:43:00 - We have a date for the first Mario movie teaser trailer

00:47:08 - Splinter Cell Remake Will Update the Story 'for a Modern-Day Audience'

00:53:07 - Microsoft’s CEO says he’s ‘very confident’ the Activision deal will gain approval

01:00:32 - Dying Light 2’s first story DLC has been delayed again

01:01:35 - Out today

01:03:16 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Carli Velocci formerly Windows Central

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Everybody’s Mad at Twitch - Kinda Funny Games Daily 09.21.22 Sep 21, 2022

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Twitch has banned gambling! Yay... wait they're doing WHAT to streamer revenue?? Blessing is joined by special guest Jennifer Locke to talk about why everybody is mad at Twitch, Logitech's new handheld, and even more leaks!

Follow Jen: https://twitter.com/JenLocke95

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00:00:00 - Start

00:08:04 - Housekeeping

Do you like Bless Who, Kinda Funny Gamescast’s Trivia Post Show? Well the poll is back open for the fan favorite game Kinda Feudy! Go over on Blessing’s twitter, find the tweet and fill out the prompts to help shape the answers on the show.

https://twitter.com/BlessingJr/status/1571925122344452097

PS I Love You XOXO is recording today and it’s our God of War (2018) re-review! Go over to Patreon.com/KindaFunnyGames to get your write-ins read on the show. Then that episode will go up for everyone on Thursday.

There’s a new Kinda Funny Xcast up right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and on podcast services around the globe.

Thank you to our Patreon Producer:

FargoBrady

Today, we’re brought to you by Shopify and MeUndies but we’ll tell you about that later.

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00:10:20 - Twitch Cracks Down on Gambling Streams After Recent Controversies - Ryan Leston @ IGN

00:13:55 - Twitch is cutting how much its biggest streamers earn from subs - Jay Peters @ The Verge

00:28:17 - Ad

00:30:22 - Logitech has officially revealed their gaming handheld - Tom Warren @ The Verge

00:38:25 - 2K has been hacked - Jordan Middler @ VGC

00:42:25 - Another one of those games in the NVIDIA Leak has been confirmed - Andy Robinson @ VGC

00:46:23 - Sony XDev is working with Team Ninja on Rise of the Ronin - Tom Ivan @ VGC

00:52:04 - Ted Lasso and AFC Richmond Officially Announced for FIFA 23 - Ryan Leston @ IGN

00:54:55 - Out today

00:56:08 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing and Funke Joseph (formerly Fanbyte)

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Iron Man Game From EA and Marvel Announced! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 09.20.22 Sep 20, 2022

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A new Iron Man has been announced! Greg and special guest Niki Grayson talk about what we can expect from EA and Marvel, Shawn Layden joining Tencent, and Portal being remastered!

Follow Niki: https://twitter.com/godsewa

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00:00:00 - Start

00:04:43 - Housekeeping

PS I Love You XOXO is recording tomorrow and it’s our God of War (2018) re-review! Go over to Patreon.com/KindaFunnyGames to get your write-ins read on the show. Then that episode will go up for everyone on Thursday.
Do you like Bless Who, Kinda Funny Gamescast’s Trivia Post Show? Well the poll is back open for the fan favorite game Kinda Feudy! Go over on Blessing’s twitter, find the tweet and fill out the prompts to help shape the answers on the show. https://twitter.com/BlessingJr/status/1571925122344452097
Week 2 of the KFFL is up on YouTube.com/KindaFunnyPlays!
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00:08:00 - Marvel and EA announce a new Iron Man game

00:10:52 - Niki Pitches Themselves

00:16:30 - Former PlayStation Exec Shawn Layden Joins Tencent

00:23:13 - The FBI is Investigating Alleged Rockstar Hacker

00:28:41 - Ad

00:30:48 - Nvidia Officially Announces the RTX 4090 and 4080 Desktop GPUs

00:34:09 - Nvidia also announces a Portal RTX Remaster with Ray Tracing

00:37:21 - The first US video game studio to unionize is shutting down

00:43:50 - Gaming ‘Insider’ Leaker Exposed As Just A YouTuber Breaking Embargoes And NDAs

00:50:03 - Former Suicide Squad Game Writer Turns Down Award Over Sexual Harassment Allegations

00:56:21 - Atlus Confirms No New Game Announcements Planned for Persona Super Live 2022 Concert

00:59:14 - Out today

01:05:31 - Squad Up: Nathan Choquette - Pokemon GO - 3625 2673 5483

01:06:17 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Jennifer Locke

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GTA 6: The Biggest Leak in Gaming History - Kinda Funny Games Daily 09.19.22 Sep 19, 2022

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Greg and special guest Danielle Riendeau (formerly of Fanbyte) talk about Grand Theft Auto 6's GIGANTIC leak, Rockstar responding, Diablo IV's leak, and Cyberpunk 2077 making a comeback.

Follow Danielle: https://twitter.com/Danielleri

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00:00:00 - Start

00:05:48 - Housekeeping

The first two episodes of Survive Block Island: Meltdown are available right now on RoosterTeeth.com. That’s Rooster Teeth’s survival reality show taking place in Minecraft featuring names like Meg Turney, Gavin Free, Michael Jones, and the one and only Blessing Adeoye Jr. Go cheer Bless on as he tries to survive in dire conditions.
Our latest House of The Dragon screencast is up right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunny.
The Star Wars Re-Review for Rogue One has been POSTPONED so it will not be live later today for Patrons nor tomorrow on YouTube. As soon as we know, we’ll let you know the new time and place for it so we can talk about the beloved movie all together with Tim, Barrett, Anthony Carboni, and Saige Ryan!
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00:08:10 - Rockstar Confirms GTA 6 Leak, Says Development Will Not Be Affected

00:19:21 - Over 40 minutes of Diablo 4 gameplay has seemingly been leaked

00:23:09 - Cyberpunk 2077 player counts are skyrocketing

00:29:08 - Ad

00:31:15 - BREAKING: New PS5 Model Rumored

00:38:28 - Return to Monkey Island Review Round Up

00:43:22 - Fortnite’s new season adds Spider-Gwen and goopy chrome

00:47:20 - The Pokémon Company denies claims that it has issues with ‘Nuzlocke runs’

00:51:40 - Out today

00:53:00 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Niki Grayson (formerly of Fanbyte)

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Every Street Fighter 6 Character Confirmed! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 09.16.22 Sep 16, 2022

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Blessing and Tim talk about Street Fighter 6's full roster being revealed, big Tekken 8 news, and Elden Ring winning best game at the Japan Game Awards.

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00:03:11 - Housekeeping

Clerks 3 in review is up right now!
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00:05:13 - Street Fighter 6 has revealed its full starting roster

00:11:57 - Some good ass Tekken Updates

00:26:31 - Elden Ring named 2022’s best game at Japan Game Awards

00:30:59 - Ad

00:33:06 - PSVR games are not compatible with PSVR2

00:37:45 - Vince Zampella thinks EA ‘strayed too far from what Battlefield is’ with 2042

00:41:51 - Suikoden I & II HD Remasters have been announced

00:45:23 - Genshin Impact Is Becoming an Anime

00:51:15 - Out today

00:53:20 - I am Sam - Jordan Deeb

00:57:55 - You‘re Wrong

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What is Kojima Hiding!? - Kinda Funny Games Daily 09.15.22 Sep 15, 2022

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Blessing and Tim talk about what Kojima's teasing, Street Fighter 6 looking incredible, and big news from TGS aka Tokyo Game Show.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:02:09 - Housekeeping

Our latest She Hulk spoiler conversation is up right now as a Kinda Funny Screencast. That’s on Youtube.com/kindafunny and on your podcast service of choice.
A new Kinda Funny podcast is up. Nick fell off a horse and Kevin fell too. You know where to find that.
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00:04:54 - What is Kojima teasing??

00:15:53 - Street Fighter 6 got a lot of new details at TGS

00:23:08 - Ad

00:25:15 - Deathloop is officially coming to Xbox

00:28:23 - Overwatch 2 has revealed a new hero

00:30:04 - UK watchdog officially launches in-depth probe of Xbox’s Activision deal

00:32:41 - G4TV Hit With Major Layoffs

00:37:12 - Quick hit: We got some Resident Evil 4 news

00:43:31 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Tim & Bless

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Yakuza Changes Name, Announces 3 Big New Games - Kinda Funny Games Daily 09.14.22 Sep 14, 2022

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Blessing and Greg talk about all of the Yakuza *cough* excuse me, Like A Dragon announcements! They also recap the State of Play and talk about Deathloop coming to Xbox finally??

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00:00:00 - Start

00:03:56 - Housekeeping

A new Gamescast went up yesterday and it’s our breakdown of that PlayStation State of Play. You can catch that up on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames as the second half of our live reactions and on the Gamescast podcast feed.
A new PS I Love You XOXO is up right now! Greg and Janet are joined by Gamespot’s Tamoor Hussain to talk about his hands on with PlayStation VR 2. You can catch that on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and podcast services around the globe.
A new Xcast is up right now! The crew talks about Bonnie Ross’ departure and the future of Halo – plus Greg gives a mini-review for You Suck at Parking. You can catch that on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and podcast services around the globe.
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00:06:00 - We got a bunch of Yakuza news

00:20:35 - PlayStation State of Play Recap

00:45:19 - Ad

00:47:28 - Ads for Deathloop have started appearing on Xbox

00:49:58 - 343 is reportedly losing another member of its leadership team

00:52:31 - David Harbour will star in Gran Turismo

00:55:28 - Out today

01:01:14 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Tim

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Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Headlines Disappointing Direct - Kinda Funny Games Daily 09.13.22 Sep 13, 2022

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We have a title and release date for the Breath of the Wild sequel, GoldenEye 007 is back, and there's a PlayStation State of Play today! Greg and Gary run you through everything!

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00:05:24 - Housekeeping

The experiment rolls on: KFGD is streaming all month on youtube.com/kindafunnygames!
There’s a PlayStation State of Play TODAY at 3 pm PT. Come watch with us on youtube.com/kindafunnygames
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00:10:21 - Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Headlines Disappointing Direct

00:19:58 - GoldenEye 007 LIVES

00:32:58 - Ad

00:35:05 - Full Nintendo Direct Recap

00:53:14 - State of Play TODAY

00:54:54 - Ubisoft Tidbits from Stephen Toitilo

00:59:08 - BABYLON'S FALL Shutting Down

01:02:13 - Electronic Arts and KOEI TECMO Working Together on the Next Great Hunting Game

01:03:00 - Andrew Reiner is leaving Game Informer

01:05:45 - Out today

01:09:47 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Greg

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Predicting Tomorrow's Nintendo Direct - Kinda Funny Games Daily 09.12.22 Sep 12, 2022

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EVERYONE is here to talk about tomorrow's Nintendo Direct, Bonnie Ross leaving 343, and more!

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00:06:10 - Housekeeping

The rest of the month, we’re continuing the YouTube Live stream experiment!
KFGD live on youtube.com/kindafunnygames!
Screencast live on youtube.com/kindafunny!
Still streaming gameplay on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames
Still doing our launch party on twitch.tv/kindafunnygmes
REACTION CONTENT?!!?!?!?!
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00:11:20 - Bonnie Ross Leaving 343 Industries

00:16:50 - Nintendo Direct tomorrow

00:29:13 - Domestic sales of Splatoon 3 for Nintendo Switch surpass 3.45 million in first three days

00:36:47 - Ad

00:38:54 - D23 Gaming Panel Recap

00:57:00 - Assassin’s Creed Updates

01:05:56 - General Ubisoft Forward Recap Bits

01:07:31 - Out today

01:08:46 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Greg

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Amy Hennig’s Captain America/Black Panther Game?! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 09.09.22 Sep 09, 2022

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IGN's Stella Chung continues her one-woman bullying campaign against Greg Miller and also talks about a couple Marvel D23 rumors!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:03:39 - Housekeeping

ATTENTION!!!
Our LIVE tests continue! Starting Monday for the rest of September:
Kinda Funny Games Daily will be LIVE at 10AM PT every weekday on YouTube.com/KindaFunnyGames
All Kinda Funny Screencasts will be LIVE on YouTube.com/KindaFunny whenever they record
TODAY:
At 1PM PT we are reacting to @blessingjr hosting the D23 Disney & Marvel Games Showcase LIVE on Twitch.tv/kindafunnygames
TOMORROW:
At 10AM PT we are reacting to the D23 Marvel Studios/Lucasfilm Panel LIVE on YouTube.com/KindaFunny
At 12PM PT we are reacting to the Ubisoft Forward LIVE on YouTube.com/KindaFunnyGames
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