Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

Get started with your first month free by going to http://forhims.com/gamesdaily. If you go to http://getquip.com/games right now, you’ll get your first refill free! Eli Roth is directing the Borderlands movie, we love what we saw of Animal Crossing, and Fortnite's back! Time Stamps - 00:04:45 - Housekeeping Knights and Bikes Giveaway! HELO! Shout-Out to Attack Peter: Skybound Thank you to our Patreon Producers: James Davis, Frankfurter, Drew Gardiner, Katie Gallacher, David Meintel, BLACK JACK, Dominic Shorter, Mohammed Mohammed, Patrick Higgins, Ginny Berndt, The Nano Biologist, Travis The Roper Report - 00:10:37 - Eli Roth’s Directing the Borderlands Movie? Chris Priestman @ PCGamer 00:25:55 - Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2 Launches, Riley MacLeod Kotaku 00:32:40 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct 00:38:32 - Does the lack of cloud save support for Animal Crossing make you nervous? - Best Friends Q: 2038 Pokémon CEO 00:43:11 - CD Projeckt Red Making more off Witcher 3 on Steam now… 00:48:23 - Private Division Opens Kerbal Space Program Studio 00:51:55 - HIMS 00:53:22 - QUIP 00:54:17 - Out today Reader mail - 01:00:52 - Could you see WB Games splitting up the Batman brands with tied developer? - Jason Das 01:05:45 - Squad Up: SilverLobo(PC Uplay) SilverLobo21x 01:06:42 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Feb 20201h 15min

Get started with your first month free by going to http://forhims.com/gamesdaily. If you go to http://getquip.com/games right now, you’ll get your first refill free! Gary Whitta and Greg discuss the breaking news that PlayStation won't go to PAX East due to coronavirus concerns. Time Stamps - 00:00:50 - Breaking News: Sony Cancels PAX 00:08:35 - Housekeeping WE’RE GIVING AWAY KNIGHTS AND BIKES ON SWITCH! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: James Davis, Frankfurter, Drew Gardiner, Katie Gallacher, David Meintel, BLACK JACK, Dominic Shorter, Mohammed Mohammed, Patrick Higgins, Ginny Berndt, The Nano Biologist, Travis Guy-kow-ski, Joseph Soler The Roper Report - 00:15:08 - Smash Bros. Update, via Nibel pointing to the PushDustin Translation of Famitsu column… 00:23:45 - Animal Crossing Direct Tomorrow! 00:31:00 - Are we gamers just entitled, spoiled brats when it comes to knowing what the next big news is, or are we truly deserving as consumers to know what a company's plan is? - Best Friends Q:GroovyMuse 00:36:18 - THQ Nordic’s Moves 00:54:00 - Dangerous Driving 2 Announced 00:57:10 - Out today 00:59:45 - HIMS 01:02:00 - QUIP 01:05:11 - Squad Up: Ricky Mcflyy(PC [Division 2]) - rickymcflyy 01:07:57 - Required Reading: GameStop employees report extreme pressure from ‘desperate’ bosses https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/19/21132128/gamestop-employees-report-extreme-pressure-desperate-bosses Polygon - Colin Campbell The Truth About Working at GameStop: Workers Reveal Their Experiences https://www.ign.com/articles/the-truth-about-working-at-gamestop-workers-reveal-their-experiences?sf117655965=1 Logan Plant - IGN 01:10:00 You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Blessing 01:10:32 - Post Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Feb 20201h 18min

Get started with your first month free by going to http://forhims.com/gamesdaily. If you go to http://getquip.com/games right now, you’ll get your first refill free! Imran and Greg talk about Switcher getting cross-save with PC, Persona 5 Royal's Western changes, and more. Time Stamps - 00:03:09 - Housekeeping The Roper Report - 00:07:19 - Switcher gets a cross save, Better Graphics patch 00:12:40 - “Will we see more studios do this PC save syncing over to consoles?” - Borzen00 00:16:23 - Persona 5 Royal Changing Homophobic Scenes 00:25:40 - New Switch Lite Color 00:28:06 - Stadia Adding Phones 00:33:15 - Out today 00:34:34 - “Today, all of Kingdom Hearts is available on Xbox…” - The Nano Biologist 00:39:37 - Hims 00:41:02 - Quip Reader mail - 00:42:24 - “This is my first time writing in and it‘s to ask your opinion about the Playstation Player Celebration...” - Marleynito 00:48:00 - “Nintendo is opening up pop up switch lounges in select airports…” - Frankfurtter 00:51:45 - “When will big companies give consumers the full power of customization and let us create personal system skins?” - Ricky Mcflyy 00:53:44 - Squad Up: Robert Mimms - PSN - JohnLAceEsquire 00:55:44 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Whitta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Feb 20201h 6min

Get started with your first month free by going to http://forhims.com/gamesdaily. If you go to http://getquip.com/games right now, you’ll get your first refill free! Blessing and Tim talk about a new interview from Atlus that touches on Persona 5 on Switch, Siege on next gen, and more. Time Stamps - 00:05:35 - Housekeeping Persona 5 Royal First Impressions is now up on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames The Roper Report - 00:07:05 - Don’t Lose Hope For Persona 5 on Switch 00:14:48 - Rainbow Six Siege is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X 00:19:08 - “Do you think this will satisfy gamers?” - AnakinJMT 00:22:17 - Nintendo Is Likely to Suffer Global Switch Shortages From Virus 00:26:10 - Sonic the Hedgehog beats Detective Pikachu in US opening weekend 00:28:23 - Activision-Blizzard Pulling their games from Nvidia: “It was a misunderstanding” 00:31:56 - A Fun piece of Game History: It Seems A Playable Xbox Build Of StarCraft Ghost Has Leaked 00:36:36 - Out today 00:38:50 - Hims 00:40:26 - Quip Reader mail - 00:41:37 - “WHEN THE HELL WILL WE HEAR ABOUT A NEW FABLE GAME!” - Michael Knight 00:44:02 - “Will we ever see a Playstation version of an elite controller from Playstation in the PS5 era?” - Parker Petrov 00:52:13 - Squad Up: Ayden C - PSN - AydenTheAverage 00:52:39 - You‘re Wrong 00:56:20 - Post Show This Week’s Hosts: Tuesday - Greg & Imran Wednesday - Greg & Whitta Thursday - Greg & Blessing Friday - Blessing & Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17 Feb 20201h 1min

Hurry to http://upstart.com/kfgames to find out HOW LOW your Upstart rate is. Listen to The Besties free, only on Spotify. To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, and get the plan shipped to your door for FREE, go to http://mintmobile.com/games. Blessing and Tim sit down to discuss the D.I.C.E. Awards, PS5 prices, and more. 00:03:38 - Housekeeping SCREEN FAST is happening right after today’s episode of KFGD Today around 2:30 we'll be streaming the closed beta of Bleeding Edge Love, Sex, and Stuff RETURNS tonight at 8PM. The Roper Report - 00:05:43 - What the Honk is happening, we have our DICE Awards Winners 00:08:25 - “What does this win mean for the future of indie games?” - Frankfurtter 00:18:03 - Sony Is Struggling With PlayStation 5 Price Due to Costly Parts 00:33:26 - “Is this a worrying sign for release day prices?” - The Nano Biologist 00:36:24 - Half Life: Alyx has a Release Date 00:37:55 - January NPD is in and spending is down 00:41:37 - “Am I crazy for thinking there’s a chance GTA gets re-rereleased on next gen consoles?” - Dhcanada 00:47:51 - Out today Reader mail - 00:54:09 - “Are we seeing a turn for video game movies?” - The Nano Biologist 01:01:21 - “Is there a growing trend for shorter date announcements to release periods for big games?” - A Qwerk of Fate 01:06:30 - Squad Up: Sid - Epic Games Store - ssplayer 01:07:01 - You‘re Wrong 01:10:20 - Post Show Next Week’s Hosts: Monday - Blessing & Tim Tuesday - Blessing & Imran Wednesday - Greg & Whitta Thursday - Blessing & Tim Friday - Greg & Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Feb 20201h 16min

Hurry to http://upstart.com/kfgames to find out HOW LOW your Upstart rate is. Listen to The Besties free, only on Spotify. To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, and get the plan shipped to your door for FREE, go to http://mintmobile.com/games. Blessing and special guest Gabe Patillo of Married To The Games talk about Disney's vision for more developers to work on their franchises. Time Stamps - 00:03:40 - Housekeeping Kinda Funny's own Greg Miller is hosting the Dice awards alongside Jessica Chobot. You can catch that TONIGHT at 8pm pt. We'll be hosting it right here on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames Tomorrow around 2:30 we'll be streaming the closed beta of Bleeding Edge Love, Sex, and Stuff RETURNS on Valentine’s Day. This Friday at 8PM. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: James Davis, Frankfurter, Drew Gardiner, Katie Gallacher, David Meintel, Shiraz Razak, Dominic Shorter, Mohammed Mohammed, Patrick Higgins, Ginny Berndt The Nano Biologist, Travis Guy-kow-ski, Joseph Soler The Roper Report - 00:05:50 - Disney wants developers to "reimagine" its IP for video games, this is from James Batchelor of Gamesindustry.biz 00:12:00 - Today it was reported that Disney wants more game developers to create more games that reimagine their existing franchises, besides the obvious ones like Marvel and Star Wars, what other Disney franchises would you like to see translated into games, and what do you imagine these games being like? - Best Friends Q:Jordan Deeb 00:19:04 - Early Reviews of Media Molecule’s Dreams are starting to trickle in 00:28:50 - The ESA names 10 companies still attending E3, this is from Brendan Sinclair of Gamesindustry.biz 00:40:50 - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney thinks games can be political, but gaming companies should stay out of politics, this is from Chaim Gartenberg of The Verge 00:54:16 - A quickie: 5. Project xCloud game-streaming preview starts on iOS devices, this is from Oscar Gonzalez of CNet 00:58:05 - UPSTART 00:59:32 - MINT MOBILE 01:00:35 - SPOTIFY: THE BESTIES 01:02:02 - Out today Reader mail - 01:05:57 - I'm curious what you both did to increase engagement for your shows? - The Five Star Man 01:09:20 - If the end of the world was being forecasted, what would be the last game you play? - The Nano Biologist 01:12:18 - Squad Up:Markus(Mobile:Might & Magic: Heroes - Era of Chaos) - JJ Gee: Guild name “Kinda Funny BF” 01:13:28 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Feb 20201h 22min

Listen to The Besties free, only on Spotify. Hurry to http://upstart.com/kfgames to find out HOW LOW your Upstart rate is. To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, and get the plan shipped to your door for FREE, go to http://mintmobile.com/games. It's Whitta Wednesday! Gary joins Blessing to talk about a Microsoft and Samsung partnership along with some bad news for GeForce Nvidia Now. Time Stamps - 00:07:35 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: James Davis, Frankfurter, Drew Gardiner, Katie Gallacher, David Meintel, Shiraz Razak, Dominic Shorter, Mohammed Mohammed, Patrick Higgins, Ginny Berndt, The Nano Biologist, Travis Austin Guy-kow-ski, Joseph Soler The Roper Report - 00:09:00 - Microsoft and Samsung partner on Xbox cloud-based game streaming, I’m pulling this from Tom Warren at The Verge 00:23:50 - Geoff Keighley isn't producing E3 Coliseum this year, this comes directly from Geoff's Twitter 00:27:02 - How dead is E3 this year? - Best Friends Q:Borzen00 00:36:50 - Nvidia’s GeForce Now is losing all Activision Blizzard games, a bad sign for cloud gaming, this is by Sean Hollister of The Verge 00:41:00 - Does Activision Blizzard plan to launch their own service for cloud based gaming or are they wanting an exclusivity deal? - Best Friends Q: Frankfurtter 00:47:14 - EA will move Need for Speed development back to Criterion, this comes from Christopher Dring of Gamesindustry.biz 00:56:25 - Quick hits: 00:58:57 - UPSTART 01:00:15 - MINT MOBILE 01:01:25 - SPOTIFY: THE BESTIES 01:03:10 - Out today Reader mail - 01:05:25 - please react to the new “Feel the Power of PlayStation” ad - Mitchell from Canada 01:07:58 - WHAT IS GOING ON WITH NINTENDO? - Travis Hrubeniuk 01:12:15 - Squad Up: Tommyboy(CoD) Tommyboy601 01:13:25 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Feb 20201h 24min

Listen to The Besties free, only on Spotify. Hurry to http://upstart.com/kfgames to find out HOW LOW your Upstart rate is. To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, and get the plan shipped to your door for FREE, go to http://mintmobile.com/games. Imran Khan and Greg talk about the deets of PlayStation's Insomniac purchase, Borderlands' update, and more! Time Stamps - 00:04:21 - Housekeeping PSILY Ep. 6 is Live Division 2 Video from Fran and me @ 11:30 a.m. The Roper Report - 00:09:05 - Sony paid $229 million for Insomniac Games 00:12:57 - “Did they over pay?” - Borzen00 00:20:58 - Borderlands Community Love Letter 00:22:54 - TLOU2 at PAX East 00:28:44 - 2K Names Condrey’s Studio 00:34:51 - Sony’s AI Patent 00:40:36 - Outriders Info 00:44:59 - Out today 00:54:04 - Upstart 00:55:18 - Mint Mobile 00:56:25 - Spotify: The Besties Reader mail - 00:58:26 - “Do you think the future of gaming will eventually abandon this "retro"-style, or will it live on forever?” - Ricky Mcflyy 01:02:35 - “Should I buy Anthem now?” - Jason Das 01:05:17 - Squad Up: Jesus Jr. - PS4 - solitaryjes 01:06:09 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing & Gary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Feb 20201h 21min