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We are BACK from Summer Game Fest to talk about Starfield, Embracer, Todd Howard, Titanfall 3, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:12:05 - Housekeeping Xbox Showcase and Post-Show! Ubi Showcase and Post-Show! Gamescast SGF! It’s that time again! Join Mike, Nick, James, and Elyse for another 90s Action Movie Watch-a-long this Wednesday night at 7:30pm! They’ll be watching the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, Total Recall. Jump on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames at 7:30pm Pacific Time this Wednesday to watch along with them. Thank you to our Patreon Producer:Kasey Andrew, Delaney Twining, & James Hasting The Roper Report  - 00:15:06 - Brace for Embracer Layoffs, Nicole Carpenter @ Polygon 00:37:01 - Ad 00:40:25 - Hi-Fi Rush Update Trailer Reaction 00:43:00 - FTC Looking to Block Blizz/Micro, Jordan Novet and Lauren Feiner @ CNBC 00:43:50 - Random SGF Tidbits 00:46:00 - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Adds a New Ending to the Base Game, Ryan Dinsdale @ IGN: 00:48:40 - SGF Will RETURN! 00:50:15 - Pragmata Delayed (at the Terrible Capcom Showcase) 00:51:30 - Titanfall 3 was 10 months into development when canceled, Darryn Bonthuys @ GameSpot 00:56:16 - Diablo IV earns more than $666M in sales in first five days, setting a new Blizzard record, via Blizzard 00:57:30 - Out Today 00:59:50 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Juni 20231h 6min

The Ubisoft Forward just ended! Let's breakdown our thoughts. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:00:45 - Housekeeping 00:03:00 - Reviewing the Ubisoft Forward 00:25:00 - Ad 00:28:12 - Breaking Down the Showcase Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Juni 20231h 20min

SanchoWest and Chloe Naylor got the nerdy news you need to know about! Follow Sancho at http://www.twitch.tv/sanchowest Chloe at http://www.twitter.com/echochlo Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:07 - Getting to know the Guests! 00:02:28 - Housekeeping Kinda Funny’s Summer Game Fest reactions from yesterday are up right now on Youtube and as a Gamescast! The Summer Game Fest celebrations continue this weekend with live reactions to the Xbox Game Showcase, Ubisoft Forward, and more! Stay tuned right here on Youtube.com/KidnaFunnyGames and Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames Today’s the day – YOU can get Greg Miller as your manager in WWE 2K23! Grab him now in My Faction, and tell 2K you want him in the next game’s My Rise! The Roper Report  - 00:07:53 - The Legend of Zelda Movie Coming From Illumination? 00:13:50 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Headlines Summer Game Fest! 00:53:59 - Ad 00:57:11 - Persona Leaks! 01:02:33 - Devolver Digital Wrap-up 01:07:18 - The Most Popular Diablo Class is… 01:11:26 - Out Today 01:13:06 - You‘re Wrong Monday’s Hosts: The Entire KF Games Crew!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Juni 20231h 22min

Blessing and Tim break down those weird FF7 teases, Final Fantasy 9 remake, and Capcom Showcase expectations. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:48 - Housekeeping We’re live reacting to Summer Game Fest right after this episode of KFGD. So stay tuned, we’ll be doing some predictions and having fun all the way up to the Showcase. Watch it live or later on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames Speaking of, Thank you to Amazon Gaming and Summer Gamefest for partnering with us this showcase season! Go to http://amazon.com/summergamefest all summer long to discover the top new & upcoming games! We are shutting down our RT Store so we've got some hot merch deals for ya! Use code KFGAMES for 15% off til the 10th! ICYMI: There’s a new episode of The Blessing Show up right now The Roper Report  - 00:07:03 - We’ve gotten our 7th Twitter update on Final Fantasy Rebirth 00:25:04 - A Final Fantasy 9 remake is currently in development, reports claim 00:30:39 - Ad   00:03:11 - Length 00:34:37 - Capcom has confirmed several titles for its upcoming showcase 00:43:50 - Viewfinder gets a release date and PS5 demo 00:46:30 - Friday The 13th: The Game is Being Delisted And Shut Down 00:49:21 - Like a Dragon Gaiden Seemingly Arrives This November 00:52:25 - Out Today  Reader mail  - 00:53:35 - Do you guys have any favorite combo of closely released games? - Dean L 00:58:30 - What would you've found hardest to believe back in 2017? - Charles Jakobsen 01:01:20 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: SanchoWest and Chloe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Juni 20231h 10min

Blessing and Andy talk about next week's Ubisoft Forward and give predictions of everything we may or may not see. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:07:54 - Ubisoft Predictions 00:27:19 - Housekeeping A new episode of The Blessing Show is up right now! A new Kinda Funny Xcast is up where the crew gives their predictions for the Xbox Games Showcase The Roper Report  - 00:29:36 - ‘P3RE’ Domain Update Suggests Persona 3 Remake Announcement Is Coming 00:39:09 - Ad 00:42:20 - Street Fighter 6 is the second game in a month to earn a coveted ‘Famitsu 40’ 00:55:22 - Hideo Kojima’s getting a documentary 00:57:44 - TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge Dimension Shellshock DLC Adds Usagi Yojimbo 01:01:09 - Out Today 01:03:33 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Juni 20231h 9min

Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:40 - Housekeeping A new episode of The Blessing Show premieres right after today’s KFGD right after KFGD. So if you’re watching live, stay tuned to catch the episode right here on the YouTube channel. If you’re listening later, go check out the episode all about how to announce a video game. https://twitter.com/BlessingJr/status/1666123997963223040 A new episode of The Kinda Funny Gamescast is up and it’s our Summer Game Fest predictions. Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames Over on Patreon: A new episode of Kinda Feudy is up right now! Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Kasey Andrew,Delaney Twining,James Hasting The Roper Report  - 00:09:19 - Apple Officially Reveals Vision Pro, Its New $3,499 Mixed Reality Headset - Taylor Lyles @ IGN 00:31:55 - Capcom has announced the Capcom showcase 00:36:00 - Ad 00:39:05 - Diablo 4 Already Has Two Expansions In The Works - Cameron Koch @ Gamespot 00:41:18 - Diablo is Blizzard’s fastest selling game ever 00:45:04 - The Starfield Xbox controller and headset ‘will release’ during the Xbox Games Showcase - Chris Scullion @ VGC 00:51:26 - Knockout City has officially gone offline 00:53:09 - Western Digital's Storage Expansion Cards for Xbox Series X/S Are Real and Now Available - Taylor Lyles @ IGN 00:54:20 - Out Today 00:55:29 - Squad Up: Madeline (madexposure) - IRL! 00:55:58 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing & Andy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Juni 20231h 1min

Greg is joined by Mark Bozon to chat about new details for the Xbox Games Showcase and Street Fighter selling 1 million! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:08:03 - Housekeeping The brand new episode of The Blessing Show is out tomorrow at 11am right after KFGD, right here on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames. ONLY on YouTube and the livestream, there’s going to be a 30-minute post-show where SnowBikeMike comes in to talk to US KFGD hosts about YOUR YouTube Superchat questions! Stay tuned after today’s handshake to hang out with us before the next Kinda Funny stream starts! Over on Patreon: There’s a brand new episode of the Next Gen podcast up right now. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Kasey Andrew, Delaney Twining, &James Hasting The Roper Report  - 00:09:44 - Microsoft Promises No Full CG Trailers for Xbox Showcase First-Party Games - Wesley Yin-Poole @ IGN 00:20:28 - Street Fighter 6 Hits Over 1 Million Players During Opening Weekend - Wesley Yin-Poole @ IGN 00:28:45 - WWE Announced Multi-Year Partnership With Twitch - Lan Pitts @ Gamespot 00:35:00 - Ad 00:38:25 - Grasshopper Manufacture says ‘something’s gonna happen’ on June 15 - Chris Scullion @ VGC 00:44:00 - Sony CEO warns technical issues still remain for cloud gaming - Jordan Middler @ VGC 00:51:55 - EA Sports Is Aiming to Add Nike's .SWOOSH NFTs to Its Games - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN 00:56:40 - Out Today 00:57:25 - Squad Up:Nathan McInerney (Doesn't matter) - The_Nmac Michael Howe(Xbox) - MC L 7 00:59:08 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Juni 20231h 4min

Tim and Blessing congratulate Greg for being featured in WWE 2K23, Imran joins us for Everybody 1, 2 Switch, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth seems like it's going well. Time Stamps - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 Juni 20231h 4min