Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

To get 10% off AND free shipping, go to http://brooklinen.com and use promo code games. Get 20% off and free shipping with the code GAMES at http://manscaped.com. Go to http://escapetheinvasion.com/kfgames for 20% off your first box! GameXplain's Ash Paulsen joins Greg to talk about a bunch of stuff Stadia isn't shipping with, Xbox Game Pass, and more! Time Stamps - 00:05:15 - Housekeeping New KF Merch! This crewneck sweatshirt and a coffee mug! kindafunny.com/store Thursday’s schedule is nuts: 9am-ish: KFGD 10am: Kinda Funny Screencast on Disney+ Noon: Inside Xbox Watch-a-long 2pm: Gamescast The Roper Report - 00:06:51 - Here’s What Else Stadia Won’t Have at Launch 00:14:25 - “Do you think the lack of games and lack of announced features being ready at launch caused some people to drop their pre-order?” - BJ Bernardo 00:18:56 - “How could it turn around and succeed?” - The Nano Biologist 00:22:43 - X019 SPOILERS? 00:26:20 - Out of XO19 Spoilers 00:26:41 - John Carmack steps down as Oculus CTO 00:31:18 - Xbox Game Pass Subscribers are buying more games 00:34:48 - Gamescom Opening Night Live Is Coming Back 00:35:11 - The Game Awards is coming to the big screen 00:38:09 - Out today 00:44:55 - Brooklinen 00:46:04 - Manscaped 00:47:35 - Escape The Invasion Reader mail - 00:48:30 - “WHAT IS EA DOING!?” - Reclusive Dragon 00:53:16 - “Is it harder to keep quiet about an embargoed game you love?” - BJ Bernardo 00:55:12 - “My question is for Ash…” - Son of THOMP8264 00:57:12 - Squad Up: Frankfurtter - PC - Activision: Frankfurtter, battlenet: frankfurtter#1271 00:58:20 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Nov 20191h 5min

To get 10% off AND free shipping, go to http://brooklinen.com and use promo code games. Get 20% off and free shipping with the code GAMES at http://manscaped.com. Go to http://escapetheinvasion.com/kfgames for 20% off your first box! Gary Whitta and Greg talk Pokemon reviews, Death Stranding numbers, and Stadia woes. Time Stamps - 00:07:28 - Housekeeping New KF Merch! This crewneck sweatshirt and a coffee mug! kindafunny.com/store Thursday’s schedule is nuts:9am-ish: KFGD,10am: Kinda Funny Screencast on Disney+,Noon: Inside Xbox Watch-a-long,2pm: Gamescast Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack, Zack Parsley, and Mohammed Mohammed. The Roper Report - 00:11:23 - Pokemon Sword & Shield Review Round-Up 00:14:50 Riot Goes Woof!- Do you think reviewers are giving the game a pass on some things others would get docked for simply because it's Pokemon, or was the fan outrage making things seem worse than they actually were? - Best Friends Qs 00:33:30 - Bethesda Gets Human Head 00:31:37 - Death Stranding the BIGGEST new IP Launch in Japan in a while, Game Data Library on Twitter 00:35:50 - Grid on Stadia’s 40 Cars couldn’t happen anywhere else, Alessio Palumbo @ WCCFTECH 00:50:27 - BROOKLINEN 00:51:50 - MANSCAPED 00:53:55 - ESCAPE THE INVASION 00:55:22 - Out today Reader mail - 00:56:48 - An online retailer that goes by ShopTo presumably leaked the release date to Dreams this morning with the artwork of the game. The release date on the tweet is February 14th, 2020 which would have been a week before TLOU2's original date. My question is, is this release date real? - Fendyy 00:59:05 - REQUIRED READING: Dept. of Veterans Affairs believes games can help soldiers reconnect, reduce suicides. Here’s how. - Alex Andrejev @ the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2019/11/11/dept-veterans-affairs-believes-games-can-help-soldiers-reconnect-reduce-suicides-heres-how/ 01:01:12 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Ash Paulsen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Nov 20191h 9min

To get 10% off AND free shipping, go to http://brooklinen.com and use promo code games. Get 20% off and free shipping with the code GAMES at http://manscaped.com. Go to http://escapetheinvasion.com/kfgames for 20% off your first box! Imran and Fran are back to talk Sonic’s new movie trailer, EA pulling back on Fallen Order early access and more. Time Stamps - 00:02:04 - Housekeeping The Kinda Funny Kansas City community of best friends is having a meetup at Tapcade on November 16th. Details @KindaFunnyKC. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mathew, Carolina, Black Jack, Zack Parsley, Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:03:00 - New Sonic the Hedgehog trailer reveals the speedster’s redesign 00:17:15 - Monster Energy Stock Rose with Death Stranding Release 00:31:02 - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order won't get EA Access early trial 00:32:09 - “Do you feel like more games will follow Star Wars: Fallen Order and not have an Early Access to prevent spoilers?” - BJ Bernardo 00:36:14 - Nintendo announces digital sales are way up 00:45:17 - Out today 00:47:52 - Brooklinen 00:49:00 - Manscaped 00:51:25 - Escape The Invasion Reader mail - 00:52:21 - “I purchased my founders edition of Google Stadia on June 06, 2019 at 11:29 AM and that is that last time Google contacted me about it.” - Ray Briggs II 00:55:03 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Whitta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Nov 20191h 3min

To get 10% off AND free shipping, go to http://brooklinen.com and use promo code games. Get 20% off and free shipping with the code GAMES at http://manscaped.com. Go to http://escapetheinvasion.com/kfgames for 20% off your first box! Snowbike Mike joins Greg to talk about Death Stranding reviews, Blizzard, and more! Time Stamps - 00:07:02 - Housekeeping Love, Sex, & Stuff: After DarkPremieres this Friday Live 8PM-10PM PT! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mathew, Carolina, Black Jack, Zack Parsley, Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:09:15 - Kojima on US Criticism of Death Stranding, Alessio Palumbo @ WCCFTECH 00:18:18 - Concerns about Famitsu in Death Stranding, Brian AShcraft @ Kotaku 00:21:15 With a prominent figure from the company appearing in the game should their score still count towards the average? - Frankfurtter - Best Friend Qs 00:28:30 - Kojima Won a Guinness World Record for Social Media, Joseph Knoop @ IGN 00:31:15 - Stadia Launch Line-up 00:47:51 - Since we have an Xbox fan in the building, what are you most excited for about this year's XO19? - The Nano Biologist 00:41:15 - Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan on Blitzchung, Matt Purslow @ IGN 00:45:18 -Twitch Streamer 'Trained For 3 Months' To Try And Break 566-Hour Streaming Record Cecilia @ Kotaku 00:52:08 - BROOKLINEN 00:53:40 - MANSCAPED 00:55:13 - ESCAPE THE INVASION 00:56:12 - Out today Reader mail - 00:59:06 - Do you think PSX is officially dead, or is the chance of it's return even higher now? - Alex Wolfe 01:02:52 - “should I get an Xbox now, or wait for the Scarlett?” - MaDogNik96 (from Massachusetts) 01:06:20 - Squad Up: Follow @SnowBikeMike! https://twitter.com/snowbikemike https://www.instagram.com/snowbikemike https://twitch.tv/snowbikemike/ 01:07:20 - You‘re Wrong This week’s Hosts: TUESDAY: Greg and Imran WEDNESDAY: Greg and Whitta THURSDAY: Greg and Ash Paulsen FRIDAY: Greg and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Nov 20191h 14min

Get started with the Hims complete hair kit for just $5 today right now while supplies last by going to http://forhims.com/gamesdaily. Get 20% off and free shipping with the code GAMES at http://manscaped.com. Will Grand Theft Auto V ever catch Tetris and Minecraft? Tim and Greg discuss! Time Stamps - 00:03:32 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mathew, Carolina, Black Jack, Zack Parsley, Mohammed Mohammed Today, we’re brought to you by Mascaped and Hims, but I’ll tell you about that later. The Roper Report - 00:04:26 - Can Anything Stop GTA V? 00:17:03 - Death Stranding Coming to Steam AND EGS Summer 2020 00:19:31 - “Is Playstation wasting their marketing money?” - Mizukey 00:25:11 - EA HASN’T Abandoned the Skate Trademark 00:31:44 - 2K Exec Disappointed with WWE 2K20 00:33:40 - The Outer Worlds Sales Are Good! 00:34:25 - PlayStation Opening Development Studio in Malaysia 00:36:03 - Out Today 00:42:17 - Hims 00:43:39 - Manscaped Reader mail - 00:48:38 - “What do you think we can expect from XO19?” - Michael Gulliver 00:52:20 - “Yesterday Beat Saber released new soundtracks…” - Lawn Biologist 00:53:36 - “Jarvis Khattri has received a lifetime ban from Fortnite…” - RITA 01:00:05 - Squad Up: Hideindoors - Extra Life - tinyurl.com/KindaNYC2019 01:01:04 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: Monday - Greg & Snowbike Mike Tuesday - Greg & Imran Wednesday - Greg & Whitta Thursday - Greg & Ash Paulsen Friday - Greg & Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Nov 20191h 8min

Get started with the Hims complete hair kit for just $5 today right now while supplies last by going to http://forhims.com/gamesdaily. Get 20% off and free shipping with the code GAMES at http://manscaped.com. Guerrilla's Hermen Hulst gets a promotion, Shuhei Yoshida gets a new job, and there are three studio heads at the Horizon Zero Dawn studio! Imran and Greg recap it all. Time Stamps - 00:02:01 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mathew, Carolina, Black Jack, Zack Parsley, Mohammed Mohammed Today, we’re brought to you by Mascaped and Hims, but I’ll tell you about that later. The Roper Report - 00:02:32 - PlayStation Power Moves 00:29:09 - “Do you foresee a big change in direction for Sony Worldwide Studios?” - BJ Bernardo 00:33:31 - Jim Ryan on PlayStation Now Strat 00:45:21 - Out today 00:50:54 - Hims 00:52:16 - Manscaped Reader mail - 00:54:06 - “Where does Bioware take Mass Effect from here?” - Eamon in DC 00:59:39 - “Activision Blizzard have seem to stepped in muck again but for reasons that aren’t in their control?” - Frankfurtter 01:04:56 - Squad Up: Robby Rob - PC and Xbox - Xyameax 01:06:35 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Nov 20191h 14min

Get started with the Hims complete hair kit for just $5 today right now while supplies last by going to http://forhims.com/gamesdaily. Get 20% off and free shipping with the code GAMES at http://manscaped.com. Tim and Greg run through the top PS4 downloads, and the list might SHOCK you. Seriously. This isn't clickbait. Time Stamps - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mathew, Carolina, Black Jack, Zack Parsley, Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:03:45 - Top 20 PS4 Downloads of October 00:05:22 - Why did Ubisoft consider the game to be a commercially underperforming in their Q2 earnings call? What do you think were the projections for this game? - Best Friends Qs 00:19:40 - Hold your horses on Halo: TMCC PC, Eddie @ GameSpot 00:26:06 - Playtonic isn’t making another Banjo! 00:29:18 - US Gamers Spend about $30 Billion SO FAR, James Batchelor @ GIB 00:32:40 - Speaking of Sales, GameStop Announces it’s Black Friday hours… 00:34:00 - Orioto makes a game! 00:38:30 - Out today 00:43:20 - Nintendo's 45 minute press conference on super smash Bros new inclusion, Terry Bogard, has come and gone. Overall it was a lot of information and a lot of good additions except for the pointed out exclusion of an SNK heroine, Mai Shiranui. If you do a quick Google search on her she is a scantily dressed heroine who is popular in the SNK/Kingdom of Fighters franchise. While I'm someone who personally isn't close to the SNK franchise do you think this takes away the enjoyment for those who are - Frankfurtter - Best Friends Qs 00:49:47 - HIMS 00:51:22 - MANSCAPED Reader mail - 00:53:20 - Playstation Now seems like a great service and competitor to Game Pass. But, why do they have such quick turnaround for players to play newer games, compared to Xbox? - The Nano Biologist 00:57:20 - Squad Up: Anton from Atlanta(Fortnite and Modern Warfare) - AntonSixxx on everything but PlayStation. PlayStation Anton6xx 00:58:18 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Imran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Nov 20191h 5min

Get started with the Hims complete hair kit for just $5 today right now while supplies last by going to http://forhims.com/gamesdaily. Get 20% off and free shipping with the code GAMES at http://manscaped.com. Imran and Greg talk about the new evidence pointing to Aloy's return! Time Stamps - 00:01:35 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mathew, Carolina, Black Jack, Zack Parsley, Mohammed Mohammed Today, we’re brought to you by Mascaped and Hims, but I’ll tell you about that later. The Roper Report - 00:01:59 - Horizon 2 Tidbits 00:13:56 - Square Enix’s new IP for Next-Gen 00:17:28 - Smash livestream tomorrow… 00:22:49 - Bye-Bye Gio 00:24:32 - “Do you think Sony is doing this to realign for a new set of eyes on PS5’s business…” - DedNcyde 00:32:00 - SingStar and DriveClub servers shutting down in 2020 00:40:36 - “Do you think peripheral based games are done for?” - BillyTheDoor 00:43:52 - Out today 00:49:51 - Hims 00:51:25 - Manscaped Reader mail - 00:53:15 - “I was playing Outer Worlds on pc using Xbox Game Pass…” - Crannen 00:58:29 - “With another popular steamer (this time CouRage) leaving Twitch…” - BJ Bernardo 01:04:22 - Squad Up: Chauncy - Xbox/PC - Xbox: Predit Noir - Steam: Noir 01:05:25 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Fran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Nov 20191h 12min