Xbox Boss Gives New Scarlett Details - Kinda Funny Games Daily 08.16.2019

Imran and Tim discuss Call of Duty's lack of lootboxes, Fallout 76 delays, Nintendo sales, and more. Time Stamps - 00:02:03 - Housekeeping THIS WEEKEND, Kinda Funny’s taking Toronto! EGLX is Saturday and Sunday! kindafunny.com/events! Saturday 12:30pm - autograph session Saturday 7:30pm - Smash Bros Royal Rumble (main stage) Sunday 11am - The Kinda Funny Panel (main stage) Extra Life is Saturday 11/2! 24 hours of games for charity! Join us now at kindafunny.com/extralife or watch on the day! The Roper Report - 00:03:44 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Will Have a Battle Pass Instead of Loot Boxes 00:06:11 - “Can we really trust them?” - Frankfurtter 00:16:28 - Fallout 76 Delays NPCs 00:24:50 - Persona franchise surpasses 10 million copies sold 00:30:40 - Tokyo Mirage Sessions For Switch Is The Western Version With Its Family-Friendly Changes 00:40:39 - Nintendo Switch has sold over 15m units in North America 00:51:23 - Out today 00:53:32 - Brooklinen 00:55:13 - Manscaped 00:56:33 - Escape The Invasion - Reader mail - 00:58:44 - “Will games continue to get bigger and bigger chunks sectioned off to specific platforms for months or even years?” - TheVirtualBoy 01:02:35 - “What gameplay oddities annoy you the most?” - Greg from Edmonton 01:06:53 - Squad Up: Jarod - Twitch - JayR00D 01:08:17 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: Monday - Imran and Tim Tuesday - Imran and Fran Wednesday - Imran and Tim Thursday - Imran and Fran Friday - Imran and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Okt 20191h 17min

Greg and Fran discuss the state Stadia is launching in. Time Stamps - 00:02:20 - Housekeeping Gamescast this afternoon: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Luigi’s Mansion 3! THIS WEEKEND, Kinda Funny’s taking Toronto! EGLX is Saturday and Sunday! kindafunny.com/events! Extra Life is Saturday 11/2! 24 hours of games for charity! Join us now at kindafunny.com/extralife or watch on the day! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:04:26 - Stadia’s Wireless Controller Won’t Be Totally Wireless at Launch, Jay Peters @ The Verge 00:14:15 Best Friend Q. - If Xcloud just works and offers consumers another way to play the games they own on xbox, do you think google can win over enough consumer confidence to be successful with Stadia or in five years will you be able to swap out google daydream and insert Stadia into there most recent announcement? - Parker Petrov 00:24:04 - Blizzard bans American University Kids, Patrick Klepek @ Vice 00:26:35 Best Friend Q. - Do you believe Blizzard finally got around to seeing this team and give them the same punishment, or was it the fans outrage that they didn't get the same penalty as Blitzchung cause the ban? - RobbyRob 00:32:12 - Capcom Will Revive Dormant IPs, Dustin Bailey @ PCGamesN 00:36:44 - Outer Worlds WILL be PS4 Enhanced, Private Division Twitter 00:38:20 - Out today 00:42:42 - BROOKLINEN 00:44:03 - MANSCAPED 00:45:17 - ESCAPE THE INVASION Reader mail - 00:47:05 - Have you been keeping up with the upcoming release of WWE 2K20? - BigBrainOnBrad 00:53:35 - Now that Bungie is independent from Activision, do you see them making any kind of M rated content for Destiny? - Will Brewster 00:55:40 - Squad Up: Spencer(Origin on PC) - BarretsGaming 00:56:46 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Imran and Tim / GAMESCAST: Thursday, 10/16 @ 2 p.m. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17 Okt 20191h 4min

Imran and Gary break down all of the announcements from the League of Legends 10th anniversary livestream and The Outer Worlds Xbox One X enhancements. Time Stamps - 00:03:55 - Housekeeping THIS WEEKEND, Kinda Funny’s taking Toronto! EGLX is Saturday and Sunday! kindafunny.com/events! Saturday 12:30pm - autograph session Saturday 7:30pm - Smash Bros Royal Rumble (main stage) Sunday 11am - The Kinda Funny Panel (main stage) Extra Life is Saturday 11/2! 24 hours of games for charity! Join us now at kindafunny.com/extralife or watch on the day! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:06:25 - Here's everything Riot announced for League of Legends' 10 year anniversary (Eurogamer by Imogen Beckhelling) 00:16:50 Best Friend Q - What can Riot Games do differently to separate Project A from the very crowded first-person online shooter scene? If you have played LOL, what unique mechanics could they bring over? - BJ Bernado 00:24:55 - Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Delayed By Months (IGN by Matt Purslow) 00:30:22 - The Outer Worlds Will Only Be Enhanced On Xbox One X, Not PS4 Pro (Gamespot by Jordan Ramee) 00:45:45 - Out today 00:55: 24 - BROOKLINEN 00:57:00 - MANSCAPED 00:58:15 - ESCAPE THE INVASION Reader mail - 01:01:28 - At what point will we finally have enough different forms for Kanto Pokemon? - Trent from VA 01:04:40 - Squad Up: Lucas (Xbox One) - Qawhi Gon Jinn 01:05:10 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Fran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 Okt 20191h 24min

Imran and Fran react to Fortnite’s new map, Blizzard’s Overwatch launch event cancellation and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Okt 20191h 16min

Cameron Hawkins from DualShockers joins Greg to talk about Blizzard's terrible response, Riot's take, and Fortnite's death. Time Stamps - 00:03:33 - Housekeeping THIS WEEKEND, Kinda Funny’s taking Toronto! EGLX is Saturday and Sunday! kindafunny.com/events! Saturday 12:30pm - autograph session Saturday 7:30pm - Smash Bros Royal Rumble (main stage) Sunday 11am - The Kinda Funny Panel (main stage) Extra Life is Saturday 11/2! 24 hours of games for charity! Join us now at kindafunny.com/extralife or watch on the day! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:05:16 - Blizzard Responds to Blitzchung Drama 00:23:40 Best Friend Q. - Is this really ideal to control the tone and message of your production or event? Both Riot and Blizzard continue to say "focus on the game nothing more", but what about the players outside of the game that could thus effect the game we see? - Alex Russ (Zero Syndicate) 00:30:45 - Fortnite is Dead, Todd Spangler @ Variety 00:37:50 Best Friend Q. - Is this the greatest marketing tactic ever, and one of the best ways to stand out from the rest of the Battle Royale/Shooter genre? - The Nano Biologist 00:41:40 - Layoffs and Restructurings Daybreak - Bruant Francis @ Gamasutra 00:45:38 - Out today 00:47:52 - BROOKLINEN 00:49:09 - MANSCAPED 00:50:32 - ESCAPE THE INVASION Reader mail - 00:52:10 - Is it silly to upgrade to a PS4 Pro at this point? - DoingOK 00:59:25 - Squad Up: Ashen Rabs (PC (Origin)) - SG_Rabs72 Tomorrow’s Hosts:Imran and Fran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Okt 20191h 8min

Tim and Greg talk about the rumors of a major Fortnite shake-up, give you a Hong Kong update, and more! Time Stamps - 00:02:00 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:04:02 - Fortnite Chapter 2?! FortniteInsider.com 00:11:48 - Ubi Making More Shows, Patrick Shanly @ THR 00:15:09 - UPDATE On that Hearthstone Colligent Team, Nathan Grayson @ Kotaku 00:17:41 - Best Friend Q. - Why do you think these 3 escaped punishment? Is it sign that what Blizzard's own employees and public backlash is working? Do you see Blizzard ever rescinding or lessening the punishment to Blitzchung? - BJ Bernardo 00:20:54 -Riot says it’s not telling people to not say Hong Kong, Dustin Bailey @ PCGamesN 00:26:29 - New Apex Character Hinted at, Alysia Judge @ IGN 00:28:28 - PlayStation Teams with InnovateHer, Emily @ InnovateHer 00:33:05 - Out today 00:36:25 - HIMS 00:37:44 - QUIP Reader mail - 00:39:04 - Since (to my knowledge) no one in the Kinda funny core identify as LGBTQ+, how do you feel the portrayal of the community is within gaming as a whole? A new trope? - IGC 00:46:50 - - Chris RVA 00:53:59 - Squad Up: Jared’s Podcast - Top 100 Games 00:57:30 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: MONDAY: Greg and Cameron Hawkins TUESDAY: Imran and Fran WEDNESDAY: Imran and Whitta THURSDAY: Greg and Fran FRIDAY: Imran and Tim GAMESCAST: Thursday, 10/16 @ 2 p.m. Tim, Greg, Fran, Imran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Okt 20191h 6min

Imran and Greg talk about a small walkout at Blizzard, layoffs at SIE EU, and how they're scared of Rebekah Valentine at GamesIndustry.biz. Out thumbnail art today is from r/HongKong. Time Stamps - 00:02:00 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:03:59 - Blizzard Employees Walk Out 00:14:27 - “How do you think this will affect sales on Overwatch Switch?” - Lee Pollero 00:19:02 - “When will it end?” - Borzen00 00:30:33 - Layoffs at SIE EU 00:39:27 - WB AND IO INTERACTIVE Making a New Game! 00:47:19 - Mike Ybarra Leaves Xbox 00:50:03 - Apple is Selling Xbox Controllers 00:52:44 - New Video Game Mental Health Charity Launches 00:54:06 - Hims 00:55:19 - Quip 00:56:52 - Out today 01:02:01 - Squad Up: Dan - PS4 - xSilverLobo21x 01:03:58 - You‘re Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Okt 20191h 13min

Gary Whitta and Greg talk about the continuted fallout from Blizzard's ban of Blitzchung. Time Stamps - 00:03:55 - Housekeeping Kinda Funny’s coming to Toronto! 10/19+20! Saturday 12:30pm - autograph session Saturday 7:30pm - Smash Bros Royal Rumble (main stage) Sunday 11am - The Kinda Funny Panel (main stage) Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:04:51 - Update on BlitzChung Situation 00:19:05 Best Friend Q. - After everything that has happened how does Blizzard bounce back? Can they bounce back? Or will this just be a thing we all forget on a month once blizcon begins? - Frankfurtter 00:28:05 Best Friend Q. - Should we be worried that games will change due to Chinese censorship or have faith that a majority of companies will hold onto principles instead of cashing in? - Jeff 00:41:10 - Massive Division 2 Update Next Week 00:43:35 - Man Steals from Valve, Reb @ GIB 00:44:34 - Apex Vaults are Open, Riley MacLeod 00:46:25 - Monster Hunter Updates, Heather @ Kotaku 00:47:55 - The Washington Post releases ‘Launcher,’ 00:49:12 Best Friend Q. - Out today - The lawn-biologist 00:50:55 - HIMS 00:52:08 - QUIP Reader mail - 01:01:20 - Stadia will essentially predict what button you were going to press and press it for you on their end. What do you guys think of this? - thevirtualboy 01:04:23 - Squad Up: Hyrum Reed (Xbox or PS4) - Strikeburst480 01:06:45 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Imran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Okt 20191h 17min