Nintendo Does the Right Thing - Kinda Funny Games Daily 07.24.19

Blessing and Imran tackle a big news day. On the agenda: Xbox Game Pass numbers, a new Skate 4 studio, Kevin Hart in the Borderlands movie, and more. 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:10 - What is Greg Miller trying to tell us about our next big potential payday? - Best Friends Q: Nick from NY (It's still snowing) 00:07:00 - Housekeeping Our review of The Medium is now up as a new episode of Kinda Funny XCast. You can catch Snowbike Mike, Parris, Tim, and Greg over there breaking down their thoughts on the game. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:10:46 - Xbox Game Pass subscribers hit 18 million - Tom Warren @ The Verge 00:19:45 - EA announces a new studio for Skate 4 - Michael McWhertor @ Polygon 00:23:55 - Hitman 3 has already recouped its development costs - Christopher Dring @ GiBiz 00:32:30 - The Medium Review Round Up 00:37:40 - Is Game Pass, by removing a real value proposition, lowering the bar for 'good' content to 'good enough' content? - Best Friends Q:Chris 00:42:35 - Kevin Hart is playing Roland in the upcoming Borderlands movie - Wesley Yin-Poole @ Eurogamer 00:49:18 - Netflix Orders a 'Tomb Raider' Anime Series - Aaron Couch @ Hollywood Reporter 00:54:56 - Out today 00:57:00 - Ad Reader mail - 00:57:50 - So with Control being now on Gamepass and on list for PS+ games, did we freak out over nothing? - Frankfurtter 01:00:50 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 Jan 20211h 11min

Fran returns to Kinda Funny Games Daily to agrue with Greg and Kevin. Plus, they talk about #JamesBond, #AnimalCrossing, and #HaloInfinite. 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:12 - Housekeeping PS I Love You XOXO Resurrection Bracket Challenge is live! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:07:11 - IO’s James Bond won’t be based on an actor, Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:23:35 - More Halo: Infinite Updates to Begin this Week, Eddie @ GameSpot 00:36:35 - Animal Crossing New Horizons Update 00:45:30 - Ad 00:47:20 - Fall Guys Season 3.5 Deets 00:51:45 - Big Battlefront Numbers 00:52:30 - DICE Award Nominees Announced 00:56:50 - Out today 00:59:55 - Squad Up:Witt(PSN) - CommodoreFez 01:01:10 - REQUIRED READING Scavengers Studio creative director accused of belittling, screaming at, groping employees REB VALENTINE at GIB https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-01-25-scavengers-studio-creative-director-accused-of-belittling-screaming-at-groping-employees 01:04:40 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Imran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26 Jan 20211h 11min

Blessing and Tim kick off the week by talking about Xbox Live Gold prices staying the same, Vicarious Visions being merged into Blizzard, and Gamestop stocks. 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:55 - Housekeeping The PSILY Resurrection is happening later today live on Patreon.com/KindaFunnyGames. Me and Greg will be making dead PlayStation franchises battle it out to see which one deserves to come back to life. You’ll want to be in the audience for this one because tiebreakers will go to the audience to vote on. That’ll be up for everyone regular time tomorrow. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:06:20 - Microsoft has reversed the Xbox Live Gold price increase - Xbox Wire blog post on Friday 00:15:40 - Microsoft backtracked on the Xbox Live Gold price increases faster than my cat runs around the house after he takes a dump. So what was the point of attempting the increase in the first place? - Best Friends Q:Greg from Edmonton 00:18:30 - Vicarious Visions is merging into Blizzard - Brendain Sinclair @ GiBiz 00:30:30 - How much stock could a Gamestop stock if a Gamestop could stock stock? Let’s ask Gamespot 00:36:30 - Platinum Games is teasing another announcement - Ethan Anderson @ Twinfinite 00:41:35 - Ad 00:42:11 - Could we get a new Star Wars Knights of the old Republic NOT from EA??? - Sherif Saed @ VG247 00:48:00 - Tencent is making big moves 00:52:25 - Out today 00:57:48 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Fran Message timecodes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 Jan 20211h 6min

Blessing is joined by special guest, Natalie Flores, to discuss Xbox Live Gold, Resident Evil Village, and more. Support Natalie's work at https://twitter.com/heartimecia 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:50 - Housekeeping Tonight at 7pm pacific time, Greg, Snowbike Mike, and I will be over on IGN playing Among Us with Stella, Akeem, Kahlief Adams, Alanah Pearce, and more. It’ll be for Child’s Play charity. You can come join in on the fun tonight over on IGN. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:02 - Xbox Live Gold pricing is going up! - Robert Anderson @ IGN 00:11:35 - WTF is Xbox doing with Gold? - Best Friends Q:Sean 00:15:00 - Do you think there will be a price increase to ultimate at some point this year? - Best Friends Q:Miko 00:18:00 - Speaking of Xbox Gold, we have our Xbox Games With Gold for February 00:20:00 - We finally got gameplay and a date for Resident Evil Village! - Michael McWhertor @ Polygon 00:33:15 - Speaking of Resident Evil: Sources say Resident Evil 4 Remake is being overhauled - Andy Robinson @ VGC 00:42:45 - Ad 00:44:25 - We have some new details on Playdead’s next game - Tom Ivan @ VGC 00:48:04 - Fortnite Adds Sarah Connor and T-800 Terminator Skins - Matt Kim @ IGN 00:51:50 - Out today 00:53:40 - Squad Up:Mark Freeman(Zoom) - Details in the pinned tweet (@theindieboy1) 00:54:30 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: Monday: Blessing and Tim Tuesday: Greg and Gary Wednesday: Blessing and Imran Thursday: Greg and Tim Friday: Greg and Giancarlo Valdez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 Jan 20211h 1min

Greg and Tim talk about Valve making more games, Apple making VR, and Kevin making sounds. 00:00:00 - Start 00:11:00 - Housekeeping There’s a new episode of the Blessing Show up! youtube.com/kindafunnygames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:12:35 - Apple’s VR Headset, Mark Gurman @ Bloomberg 00:23:15 - Tencent is going to buy a gaming company? 00:25:10 - Valve? Still making games, Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:40:30 - Trump? Still Banned on Twitch, Matt TM Kim @ IGN 00:42:40 - Why are Among Us Updates Taking So long? 00:47:45 - Good News from Kevin @ GameSpot 00:48:00 - Ad 00:50:40 - Out today 00:56:01 - Squad Up:Katie G(PSN) - Jedberg111 00:59:10 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Natalie Flores from Fanbyte Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Jan 20211h 10min

Blessing and Imran talk about what non-God of War Ragnarok game Sony Santa Monica is working on, Fall Guys not coming to Game Pass, and more. 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:00 - Housekeeping Kinda Funny Gamescast is up right now. It’s our Fantasy Video Game Draft. Me, Imran, Tim, and Greg battle it out and draft games based on what we think will score highest on Metacritic. That’s available right now on Youtube and podcast services. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:08:40 - Sony Santa Monica is looking for folks to work on an 'unannounced new project' - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:24:45 - Fall Guys is not coming to Xbox Game Pass - Austin Wood @ Gamesradar 00:28:15 - Team Ninja Is Not Working On New Ninja Gaiden Or Nioh Projects - Jeremy Winslow @ Gamespot 00:35:55 - The Man Who Created Captain Falcon, Fox McCloud, Majora's Mask and More Has Retired from Nintendo - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:40:30 - Ad 00:42:20 - Out today Reader mail - 00:45:00 - How many big games do you think will be pushed out of the 2021 window? - ComradeBleu 00:51:35 - Bless Asks : Tell me about the game you're most excited for this year and why? 00:59:20 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Jan 20211h 6min

Gary Whitta and Greg talk #Hitman3 reviews, a new #Cyberpunk lawsuit, and more! 00:00:00 - Start 00:08:18 - Housekeeping Our Hitman 3 review is live on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and a brand new Kinda Funny Podcast is live on youtube.com/kindafunny! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:10:30 - Hitman Review Round-up 00:14:40 - As someone who never played one these is it worth to start with 3 or are the changes to the mechanics so minimal that maybe I should start with the cheaper option that Hitman 2 is and see if it grabs me from there. - Best Friends Q: Diego 00:38:00 - Ad 00:28:50 - Another Cyberpunk Lawsuit Filed, Matt Purslow @ IGN 00:41:40 - Ubisoft Returns to an In-Person Event, Eddie @ GameSpot 00:48:02 - More PUBG Coming, Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:49:20 - Out today 00:56:30 - Squad Up:Jim Knapp(PS4) - Knapptain 00:57:20 - You‘re Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Jan 20211h 6min

Blessing and Tim kick off the week by talking about a new report from Jason Schreier detailing what went wrong with CD Projekt Red and Cyberpunk 2077. 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping In case you missed it: The Blessing Show episode 1 is available right now over on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames. I give out my NON-GOTY awards. Check out that episode if you want to know what that’s about. The next episode of The Blessing Show is coming this Thursday, and I won’t spoil what it’s about. I’ll just say it’s a “Killer” episode. Also note, after this week, The Blessing Show episodes will be every other Thursday. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:10 - What went wrong with Cyberpunk 2077 - Matt Kim @ IGN 00:30:55 - What’s up with Sony’s mysterious new studio? - Ali Jones @ GamesRadar 00:34:45 - How successful do you think this strategy will be? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:42:50 - Ninja Gaiden’s Tomonobu Itagaki establishes new studio - Marie Deallesandri @ GiBiz 00:47:20 - Ad 00:49:15 - Hitman is working on a solution to its PC problem - John Fingas @ Engadget 00:55:00 - Out today 00:58:19 - Squad Up:Gary(PS4) - gblastr 00:58:52 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Gary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Jan 20211h 7min