Kinda Funny Games Daily

Greg and Tim talk about the TLOU2 sales, Microsoft Stores are closing, Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:30 - Housekeeping Monday, we’re taking over GameSpot’s charity stream! Noon on GameSpot.com we’re taking Play For All By Storm and raising money for … Black Lives Matter and Direct Relief Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:08:38 - Suck it, haters -- TLOU2 the fastest-selling first-party PS4 exclusive, Eric Lempel @ PS 00:19:20 - Goodbye Microsoft Stores, Chris Welch @ The Verge 00:38:20 - Avengers Combat Started with Black Widow, Steve Watts @ GameSpot 00:42:50 - Have reviewers already decided that the Avengers game is not going to be great and won't give it a fair shot when it comes out? - Best Friends Q:CJ 00:53:08 - MINECRAFT DUNGEONS: JUNGLE AWAKENS DLC next Week, Steve Watts @ GameSpot 00:55:00 - Out today 00:57:00 - Reader mail - 00:59:50 - Can we talk about the PS4's jet engine fan? - 2038 Pokémon CEO(PC/Xbox/Twitter) 01:

Xbox goes into detail on Series X optimization, you're going swimming in Animal Crossing, and Greg and Bless are stoked for Avengers! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:55 - “Now that we've seen more of what to expect from Avengers, do you think this game will release to similar or more fanfare as Destiny 1 did?” - Blood Wolf Reaper 00:14:35 - Housekeeping TLOU2 Spoilercast with Neil, Ash, and Troy is up. Blessing’s First Impressions of Cyberpunk are up. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed Conner Nolan Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:17:46 - What Does Optimized for Series X Mean? 00:31:57 - “Could Phil Spencer’s confidence give us hope that we will see more first party titles from Microsoft at launch than we will see from Playstation” - Sean Wimbish 00:36:29 - “Can Halo: Infinite be a "Breath of the Wild" and be such an amazing exclusive that it single-handedly wills the launch of the new console to great success?” - IAmTheGame13 00:42:29 - Animal Crossing Updates 00:46:00 - Fallo

The creative director of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla has stepped down as the video game industry reels from a round of allegations. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:00 - Housekeeping TONIGHT @ 6 pm! TWITCH.TV/SADBOYBARRETT. On my stream tonight I'm raising money for the trevor project and if I hit my goal (which is only $100 because I have a small twitch following), I'm giving away Spongebob on PS4 along with some of the things from the F.U.N. Edition. 9 am Cyberpunk Tomorrow! Twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. Blessing will have played, so expect a Gamescast after. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed Conner Nolan Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:05:45 - Sexual Misconduct Allegations in Games 00:12:27 - “As an ally: What can I do to help?” - The Wrong Shaun 00:26:48 - New Pokemon Game Announced 00:33:00 - Halo Transmission 00:39:00 - SKATE and APEX NUGGETS 00:42:00 - New THPS Skaters 00:43:26 - PlayStation Bug Bounty 00:45:00 - Out today 00:47: 55- Ad Reader mail - 00:49:52 - “I just

Blessing and Tim talk about Microsoft shutting down Mixer, Facebook buying Ready at Dawn, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:30 - Mitch Dyer Calls Out Former IGN Employees 00:08:13 - Microsoft is shutting down Mixer - Brendain Sinclair @ GiBiz 00:21:50 - What do you think are the long term implications of an Xbox-Facebook partnership? - Best Friends Q:Eamon in DC (pronounced a-men) 00:24:48 - We Have an Idea of the 7 EA games coming to Switch over the next year - Jeffy Grubb Grubb @ VentureBeat 00:30:45 - Ghost of Tsushima has gone gold and we have an ESRB description - Cian Maher @ VG247 00:33:10 - Facebook has acquired Ready at Dawn - Brendain Sinclair @ GiBiz 00:42:21 - Marvel’s Avengers confirmed as free upgrade to PS5 - Jordan Sirani @ IGN 00:47:15 - Out today Reader mail - 00:54:54 - If this game holds up from the previous games, will we want a new game from Cra

Blessing and Fran tackle a HUGE news day and talk about a rumored Suicide Squad game coming from Rocksteady. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:30 - Housekeeping It’s been a busy morning! We’ve had a few live reactions that are now available on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames. Tim and I reacted to the Smash Presentation featuring a new Arms character. Tim, Barrett, and IGN’s Jonathon Dornbush reacted to that new trailer for Crash 4. Greg and Andy reacted to today’s Day of The Dev’s stream. AND Barrett’s First Impressions of Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom JUST went live We’re reacting live TOMORROW to the Summer Game Fest stream. That’s at 8am with Greg, Tim, and Blessing! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed Conner Nolan Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:02 - Rocksteady is apparently making a Suicide Squad game 00:14:04 - Spongebob Squarepants Battle For Bikini Bottom Rehydrated review roundup 00:26:17 - Nintendo is slowing down on mobile games 00:35:32 - Former Micro

Blessing and Greg recap EA Play Live 2020 and talk about how far off the new Skate game is. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:20 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:15:00 - EA Play Live Wrap-up - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN 00:16:32 - Why announce a game (presumably) so so far from release? Do you think a new skate game was even on EA's radar before the Tony Hawk remaster was announced to overwhelming support? - Best Friends Q:Evan M 00:39:38 - Do you think we will have to wait an entire year until we see the next round of tent pole EA games? - Best Friends Q:Mavryk 00:43:12 - Crash 4 has leaked - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:47:25 - We’ll soon know more about that new Smash character 00:49:10 - Out today 00:51:50 - Reader mail - 00:52:50 - New Pokemon Snap, a new Skate game, Patapon 2 Remastered. These are games that the Internet and Greg Miller seemingly willed into existence. What game would you like to see the Internet push for

Greg and Blessing talk about Cyberpunk falling to November and what it means for next-gen consoles, Spider-Man: Miles Morales details, and more! Time Stamps - 00:03:00 - Housekeeping HUGE day TODAY! Joey and I are streaming for St, Jude during GCX today! Twitch.tv/gcxevent 1-3:45 pm. Hosting on KFG. I’m hosting EA Play TODAY at 4 pm PT, and the boys are live reacting. I have told them NOTHING. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:08:10 - Cyberpunk 2077 DELAYED 00:10:52 - Can we make an educated guess that the Xbox Series X is coming out that day too? - Best Friends Q:B.J. Bumgarner 00:17:10 - How are game previews working with the current state of the world? - Best Friends Q: 2038 Pokémon CEO 00:28:16 - Spider-Man: Miles Morales Deets, Insom’s Brian Horton 00:41:30 - Dornbush got a crash Bandicoot Puzzle, a section is missing… 00:45:10 - The Last of Us Part II Merch Revealed 00:47:00 - Out today 00:53:00 - Reader mail - 00:55:00 - Has

Hell has frozen over, and Gary Whitta and Greg have thoughts! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:00 - Housekeeping HUGE day tomorrow! I’m doing GCX tomorrow for St. Jude! Twitch.tv/gcxevent 1-3:45 pm. Hosting on KFG. I’m hosting EA Play at 4 pm PT, and the boys are live reacting. I have told them NOTHING. Humble Bundle: Fight for Racial Justice: Games like Baba Is You, Spelunky, BioShock Remastered, but also… GARY’S ANTHOLOGY!:https://www.humblebundle.com/fight-for-racial-justice-bundle?hmb_source=humble_home&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_1_layout_type_twos_tile_index_1_c_fightforjustice_bundle The Roper Report - 00:08:42 - POKEMON SNAP RETURNS, Kallie Plagge @ GameSpot 00:14:00 - I have to buy a new switch! - Best Friends Q:Dblock 00:34:00 - Female Lombax is playable in Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart 00:40:00 - The KKK is Fucking Dead (in RED DEAD ONLINE), Patricia Hernandez @Polygon 00:43:00 - KFC Philippines Opens in Animal Crossing, Nicolo Manaloto @ Ungeek 00:

Blessing and Imran talk about PAX Australia and PAX West's cancellation along with expectations for DC FanDome. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:08:52 - Housekeeping EA Play is happening Thursday at 4pm pt and we’ll be reacting live to it right here on twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: The Roper Report - 00:11:00 - You’ll have to wait till August for WB game announcements - Stephany Nunneley @ VG247 00:20:05 - Nintendo shadow-dropped a free jump rope game - Jon Porter @ The Verge 00:22:50 - A new Kingdom Hearts game has been announced! - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN 00:26:53 - That Itch.io Bundle raised $8.1m - Mathew Handrahan @ GiBiz 00:31:35 - PAX Australia has been cancelled - Matthew Handrahan @ GiBiz 00:35:45 - Pokemon news is coming tomorrow - @Pokemon Twitter 00:42:00 - Out today 00:42:20 - Ad Reader mail - 00:45:20 - Do you believe Xbox is held to higher standard by the gaming community than Playstation based on how this generation has gone? - Michael S 00:57:24 - Sq

Blessing and Tim talk about reports that AT&T is selling Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Time Stamps - 00:02:00 - Housekeeping Thank you to everyone who watched the Guerrilla Collective this weekend. We teamed up with the Media Indie Exchange to showcase nearly 90 games, and y’all came out to support. Thank you! The finale to Nick’s playthrough of The Last of Us is up right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames. ALSO up on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames is our Core Games Let’s Play where we reveal the winners of the Kinda Funny Game Jam. We Have Cool Friends today is Elizabeth Tulloch, Lois from Superman & Lois on the CW. That’s happening right after this on Twitch and later on Youtube.com/KindaFunny EA Play is happening Thursday at 4pm pt and we’ll be reacting live to it right here on twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:06:18 - WB Games is up for sale - Rebekah Valentine @ GiBiz 00:21:00 - - Best Friends Q:Kra

Blessing and Greg sort through the PS5 and The Last of Us Part II review aftermath! Time Stamps - 00:02:55 - Housekeeping Right after this, it’s the Kinda Funny Core Game Jam Results! If you’re watching live, download Core for free ASAP and play games with us at coregames.com! The Kinda Funny Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerilla Collective! We’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off TOMORROW at it’s NEW START TIME of 9 am PT on twitch! TLOU Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:05:55 - Miles Morales Spider-Man is an “Expansion and enhancement to the original,” Andy Robinson @ VGC 00:20:52 - PS5 Follow-Ups... 00:29:00 - Do you think it will change colors just like the light on the controllers do? For example- Red when you are low on health, Yellow to indicate when enemies are near by. - Best Friends Q:Dapper Stephen With a PH 00:39:15 - TLOU2 Rev

It's a PS I Love You XOXO takeover! With just moments to go before the PS5 Reveal Event, Greg and Blessing make some bets, answer some questions, and try not to explode with excitement. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:20 - Housekeeping IT’S A HUGE WEEK OF EVENTS Today, Andy and Nick are streaming COD We’re Live reacting to the PS5 event Thursday @ 1 pm on Twitch! TLOU2 Review is Friday at 12:01 am pt! Core Game Jam is Friday after KFGD! The Kinda Funny Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerilla Collective! We’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off Saturday at it’s NEW START TIME of 9 am PT on twitch! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:11:35 - Spider-Man 2 isn’t Isom’s next Game? 00:06:20 - PS5 BETS AND PREDICTIONS 00:29:00 - - Best Friends Q:Frankfurtter 00:53:10 - Ps5 Prices were Bullshit, Joe Skrebbels @ IGN 00:55:52 - Sony Patents A

Gary Whitta and Greg talk about the Vita exclusive apparently making its way to PC, No Man's Sky getting cross-play, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:00 - Housekeeping IT’S A HUGE WEEK OF EVENTS Today, Andy and Nick are streaming COD We’re Live reacting to the PS5 event Thursday @ 1 pm on Twitch! TLOU2 Review is Friday at 12:01 am pt! Core Game Jam is Friday after KFGD! The Kinda Funny Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerilla Collective! We’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off Saturday at it’s NEW START TIME of 9 am PT on twitch! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:11:28 - PERSONA 4 to Steam?! Cass Marshall @ Polygon 00:11:35 - Do you think this is an announcement at the PC gaming show, OR will Sony be talking about how they are bringing their games to PC during their event tomorrow? - Best Friends Q:Frank Furtter 00:14:15 - No

Imran and Fran talk about the next few years of Destiny and Bungie, next-gen reveal plans between Microsoft and Sony, and discuss rumors about new Far Cry and Okami games. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:40 - Housekeeping The Kinda Funny Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerilla Collective! We’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off Saturday at 10 am PT on twitch! We’re Live reacting to the PS5 event Thursday @ 1 pm on Twitch! TLOU2 Review is Friday at 12:01 am pt! Core Game Jam is Friday after KFGD! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:03:00 - A DESTINY THING HAPPENED 00:18:45 - Xbox Event Moved? Not so, says Greenberg. 00:29:38 - Neil Druckmann Undecided on Whether His Next Game Will Be The Last of Us 3 or New IP (Joe Skrebels at IGN) 00:33:50 - The Last of Us Podcast Series Launched by PlayStation (Matt Purslow at IGN) 00:35:30 - Nintendo

Tim and Greg go through all the latest PlayStation 5, Xbox Lockheart, Cyberpunk 2077, EA, and Need for Speed rumors and updates. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:17 - Housekeeping Nick’s TLOU Playthrough is on Youtube! The Kinda Funny Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerrilla Collective! We’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off Saturday at 10 am PT on twitch! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:25 - PS5 Event RESCHEDULED? 00:19:35 - Cyberpunk 2077 NOT on Stadia at Launch, Matt Purslow @IGN 00:22:51 - Xbox Lockhart Evidence Mounts, Francesco De Meo @ WCCF Tech 00:30:05 - What's the deal with Xcloud? We haven't heard much on awhile about it, and we still have no idea when its offically coming out. Have any of you try it out? - Best Friends Q:Zigerion 00:37:05 - PC Gaming Show Lineup Revealed, 50+ Games 00:40:00 - Need for Speed Heat adds

Blessing is joined by Spawn On Me's Kahlief Adams to discuss a possible new Halo game, Call of Duty saying Black Lives Matter, and more. FOLLOW KAHLIEF ADAMS: https://twitter.com/Kahjahkins https://twitter.com/spawnonme https://twitch.tv/spawnonme https://www.youtube.com/spawnonme https://www.patreon.com/spawnonme Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:09:28 - Housekeeping Blessing’s been making the rounds this week! This is where you can find me: The latest episode of Beyond, with Lucy O'brien, Jonathan Dornbush, and the homie Funke, over at IGN.com Inside Gaming’s video game news podcast “Send News”, with Brian Gaar, Woolie Madden, and Alanah Pearce, over on YouTube.com/InsideGaming I was also on Game Case Trivia as part of Gamespot’s charity stream. That features me joining Ben Hanson and Suriel from Minn Max, Brandon Jones from Easy Allies, and Jake Baldino from Gameranx. That’s available right now on Youtube.com/Gamespot. Lastly, I was of course on the latest episode of Spawn On Me titled “A Lesson i

WWE Superstar Xavier Woods AKA UpUpDownDown's Austin Creed joins Blessing to talk about Infinity Ward's COD plan to combat racism, GTA Online going offline, and the return of Kingdoms of Amalur! FOLLOW XAVIER WOODS: http://www.twitter.com/xavierwoodsphd http://www.youtube.com/upupdowndown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing is joined by Married To The Games' Gabe Patillo to discuss Sega's new micro console. FOLLOW GABE PATILLO: https://twitter.com/mttgcast https://www.patreon.com/mttg https://www.marriedtothegames.com/ Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Gabe Patillo is back! 00:08:30 - Housekeeping The Kinda Funny Games Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerilla Collective! As you know, we’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off Saturday at 10 am PT on twitch.tv/guerrillacollective! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:11:00 - Sega announces the Game Gear Micro - Sam Byford @ The Verge 00:17:30 - Sega has clearly punked me with their Game Gear for ants. Jokes aside, do you take this as a sign from Sega? Reaffirming that they are not interested in entering the console war? - Best Friends Q:Mark Heath 00:21:02 - Nintendo is reportedly ‘double-matching’ employee do

Blessing is joined by Spawn On Me's Kahlief Adams to discuss the delayed PS5 event and more. FOLLOW KAHLIEF ADAMS: https://twitter.com/Kahjahkins https://twitter.com/spawnonme https://twitch.tv/spawnonme https://www.youtube.com/spawnonme https://www.patreon.com/spawnonme Time Stamps - 00:14:22 - Housekeeping The great big Kinda Funny Core stream is THIS Thursday! Manticore Games will join us on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames to announce the winners of the Kinda Funny Game Jam prizes! Andy and Greg will then hang out and play the winning games. You can enter now at kindafunny.com/gamejam The Kinda Funny Games Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerilla Collective! As you know, we’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off Saturday at 10 am PT on twitch.tv/guerrillacollective! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:15:14 - They did it. This week’s PS5 event ha

Blessing is joined by Parris Lilly of GamerTag Radio to talk about the final The Last of Us Part II previews. Time Stamps - 00:08:00 - Housekeeping The PS5 Event is happening THIS THURSDAY. We’ll be reacting to it live right here on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames at 1 pm PT, with a post-show discussing everything revealed. Don’t miss it! The great big Kinda Funny Core stream is also this Thursday! After the PS5 Reveal Event Post-Show, Manticore Games will join us on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames to announce the winners of the Kinda Funny Game Jam prizes! Andy and Greg will then hang out and play the winning games. Enter now at kindafunny.com/gamejam Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:09:30 - The Last of Us Part 2 final previews are up 00:20:40 - Xbox Series X IS on track for a worldwide launch this holiday - James Batchelor @ GiBiz 00:26:30 - Could we be getting Prey VR? - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:31:07 - Pokemon Sword & Shield News is coming tomorr