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Greg and Blessing talk about Xbox's scheduled Series X game reveal event, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and more! Time Stamps - 00:03:45 - Housekeeping The Final TLOU Stream today? 2 pm PT Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:05:11 - Xbox Series X Games Are Coming 00:21:10 - Assassin's Creed Valhalla Deets 00:32:20 - Do you think this is the first of many third party games where Playstation gamers will seemingly need to buy a new copy of the game for ps5 if the buy it first on PS4? - Best Friends Q: Parker Petrov 00:29:42 - Thoughts on Rap Battles - Best Friends Q: Charles Jakobsen 00:45:50 - No Nintendo Direct in June, Jeff Grubb @ VentureBeat 00:52:47 - Xbox Game Pass Hits 10 million subs, Jacob Kas-tren-akes @ The Verge 00:56:00 - Has Gamepass been a success - Best Friends Q:Parker Petrov 01:01:40 - OLD SPICE 01:03:10 - Out today 01:06:50 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f

Gary Whitta and Greg talk about the live Assassin’s Creed reveal, Reggie’s new podcast, and Gary’s Animal Crossing talkshow! Time Stamps - 00:08:00 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:10:04 - New Assassin’s Creed Setting is being Revealed RIGHT NOW, Joe @ IGN 00:17:19 - What have been the wildest or most interesting ways games have been revealed that you can remember? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:23:00 - Review Round-up: Streets of Rage 4 00:29:20 - Party Royale coming to Fortnite? Steven T. Wright @ GameSpot 00:36:00 - Reggie Starts a Podcast! Gene Park at Launcher 00:41:00 - Out today Reader mail - 00:50:20 - Give Stadia another shot - Jacob Porter 00:55:31 - Do you think it is possible we could see a battlefront 3 before EAs star wars license deal runs out in 2023? Also - what do you think will happen with star wars games in the future? - Amiad Fredman (ah-mee-odd) 00:59:50 - Squad Up:Jacob Porter(STADIA) -

Imran and Fran discuss whether Final Fantasy VII Remake should stick to being three games. Time Stamps - 00:02:05 - Housekeeping TODAY, it’s our second sponsored Predator: Hunting Grounds stream. Tuesday at 2 pm, Kinda Funny is going to hunt down the one, the only -- THE PREDATOR Al Tribesman on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:55 - Google Stadia Connect 4.28.20 00:19:50 - Official PlayStation Magazine PS5 Stuff Debunked 00:36:00 - Final Fantasy VII Remake creator says that the project might be broken into 'shorter stories' to get it out quicker (Chris Carter at Destructoid) 00:45:17 - OLD SPICE 00:46:02 - Xbox Series X: Phil Spencer Talks About Why He's So Excited For The Next-Gen Console (Gamespot by Eddie Makuch) 00:53:05 - Valorant Making Anti-Cheat Changes After Player Outcry 00:57:50 - Koei Tecmo still plans on localizing Persona 5 Scramble (Chris Carter at Destructoid) 00:59:55 - Out today 01:02:02

Blessing and Tim talk about new dates for The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima. Time Stamps - 00:03:02 - Housekeeping Google Stadia Connect is happening tomorrow at 9am pt and we’re reacting to it live right here on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames Also tomorrow, it’s our second sponsored Predator: Hunting Grounds stream. Tuesday at 2 pm, Kinda Funny is going to hunt down the one, the only -- THE PREDATOR Al Tribesman on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. Disnelyand Video Live Now Today’s Greg’s birthday! Tweet @gameovergreggy and tell him happy birthday Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:06:43 - The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima have received new dates! - Hermen Hulst, Head of Worldwide Studios @ PS Blog 00:09:25 - What do you think changed at Sony in making this decision? - Best Friends Q:Amiad (ah-mee-odd) Fredman 00:19:12 - Beware, Last of Us 2 Spoilers are in the wild - Mike Fahey @ Kotaku 00:24:15 - Do you think this changes the

00:04:30 - Housekeeping We’re streaming Predator: Hunting Grounds today. It’s Kinda Funny vs. Kinda Funny at 3 p.m. PT on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. This is the first stream in our Illfonic sponsorship, so look for details on how to play with us on next week’s streams… well, next week! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman,Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:08:30 - Is Horizon Zero Dawn going to be a trilogy? - Andy Robinson @ Video Games Chronicle 00:21:00 - At what point does a world become too big and the devs have to reel it back in? Do you want a larger world or are you afraid it'll be empty? - Best Friends Q:Frankfurtter 00:29:15 - Nintendo confirms 160,000 Nintendo Accounts have been accessed in hacking attempts - Tom Warren @ The Verge 00:32:28 - WWE has confirmed, there’s no WWE2K21 coming this year - Matt Kim @ IGN 00:38:38 - Do you no longer smell what The Rock is cooking? Is this rock bottom for 2K? - Best Friends Q:BJ Bernardo 00:43:10 - Final Fantasy 14 is finally st

Greg and Blessing talk about Phil Spencer's transparency on Twitter, the Animal Crossing financial crisis, and Greg's new workout game. Time Stamps - 00:02:40 - Housekeeping TONIGHT at 7 pm PT, we’re having the social event of the season: Grimecraft’s Kinda Funny Animal Crossing Rave! That’s right, Grimecraft will be DJing set in Animal Crossing for the Kinda Funny Best Friends. You can watch live -- and catch Greg interviewing Grimey after the show -- on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. But even better, you can come to the concert IN Animal Crossing. Keep an eye on Kinda Funny’s Twitter Thursday afternoon, and you can find out how to visit Grimecraft’s island and get the exclusive in-game t-shirt. Predator stream Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman,Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:40 - Alright, is this Xbox event happening or what? 00:27:10 - Have you thought about the possibility of Microsoft phasing out the Xbox One X, because it isn’t that different from Series S? - Best

Gary Whitta and Greg talk about an apparent Xbox Series X trademark and the possibility of an Xbox Series S. Time Stamps - 00:05:25 - Housekeeping TOMORROW night at 7 pm PT, we’re having the social event of the season: Grimecraft’s Kinda Funny Animal Crossing Rave! That’s right, Grimecraft will be DJing set in Animal Crossing for the Kinda Funny Best Friends. You can watch live -- and catch Greg interviewing Grimey after the show -- on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. But even better, you can come to the concert IN Animal Crossing. Keep an eye on Kinda Funny’s Twitter Thursday afternoon, and you can find out how to visit Grimecraft’s island and get the exclusive in-game t-shirt. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman,Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:10 - Is this the Xbox Series X Logo? Joe Skrebbels @ IGN 00:09:45 - What are your immediate thoughts? - Best Friends Q:Eamon in DC 00:26:55 - PAX West is happening? 00:38:11 - GameStop will Reopen some Stores, Brendan Sinclair @ GIB

It's NPD day and you know what that means! Blessing and Imran talk about what an amazing sales month for Animal Crossing: New Horizons means for the franchise. Time Stamps - 00:02:30 - Housekeeping Thursday night at 7 pm PT, we’re having the social event of the season: Grimecraft’s Kinda Funny Animal Crossing Rave! That’s right, Grimecraft will be DJing a set in Animal Crossing for the Kinda Funny Best Friends. You can watch live -- and catch Greg interviewing Grimey after the show -- on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. But even better, you can come to the concert IN Animal Crossing. Keep an eye on Kinda Funny’s Twitter Thursday afternoon, and you can find out how to visit Grimecraft’s island and get the exclusive in-game t-shirt. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:03:30 - March 2020 NPD is out, and video games are selling like hot cakes - Jeff Grubb @ Venture Beat 00:12:10 - NPD! - Best Friends Q:Frankfurtter 00:16:20 - Final Fantasy VII Rema

Blessing and Tim discuss what a limited edition Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox One X means for the future of the console. Time Stamps - 00:04:08 - Housekeeping Thursday night at 7 pm PT, we’re having the social event of the season: Grimecraft’s Kinda Funny Animal Crossing Rave! That’s right, Grimecraft will be DJing a set in Animal Crossing for the Kinda Funny Best Friends. You can watch live -- and catch Greg interviewing Grimey after the show -- on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. But even better, you can come to the concert IN Animal Crossing. Keep an eye on Kinda Funny’s Twitter Thursday afternoon, and you can find out how to visit Grimecraft’s island and get the exclusive in-game t-shirt. Thank you to our Patreon Producers:Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:05:10 - The Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition Xbox One Has Finally Been Unveiled - Will Tuttle @ Xbox Wire 00:19:25 - Reseller bots are driving Switch shortages - Matt Purslow @ IGN 00:21:25 - How difficult do you expect it to be to se

Blessing and Greg discuss a new Sony patent centered around having a robot friend. Time Stamps - 00:03:30 - Housekeeping Joshpardy! Tonight! 6 pm Pt! kindafunny.com/joshmacuga Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:09:20 - Sony Has Patented a Robotic Gaming Companion - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:21:50 - Would you want a Buddy index?- Best Friends Q:Jamie S 00:25:00 - San Diego ComicCon Cancelled 00:28:32 - Nintendo Stock Price Hits 52-Week High Amid Switch Shortages - James O'Connor @ Gamespot 00:39:53 - Konami indefinitely delays PES Euro 2020 DLC and cancels boxed edition - James Batchelor @ GamesIndustry.biz 00:43:08 - PS Now is currently 25% off for new subscribers - James Pickard @Eurogamer 00:48:08 - - Best Friends Q:RobbyRob 00:56:38 - Out today Reader mail - 01:01:10 - Which game do you think will be more valuable: P.T., or Cooking Mama: Cook Star? - KBABZ 01:04:50 - Squad Up:Jovan(Xbox One,PS4, & Switch) - XBox and PS4: Jovie84 Switc

The No. 1 Games Journalist (sorry Andy) has left his post. What does Jason Schreier leaving mean for Kotaku and the gaming press? Blessing and Greg discuss! Time Stamps - 00:04:00 - Housekeeping TLOU STREAM TODAY Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:08 - JASON SCHREIER LEAVES KOTAKU 00:22:00 - With Jason Schreier announcing his departure from Kotaku where do you think Jason goes next? - Best Friends Q:The 5 Star Man 00:30:30 - PS5 Consoles to be Limited, Ta-ka-shi Mochi-zu-ki and Yuki Fu-ru-kawa @ Bloomberg 00:45:32 - FOLLOW-UPS 00:45:00 - Do people reasonably think that the current switch can handle ray tracing? - Best Friends Q:Borzen00 00:58:00 - Out today - Squad Up: RobbyRob (Stadia (it lives)) RobbyRob#4566 - You‘re Wrong 01:07:05 - Post Show Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary Whitta and Greg have a discussion-heavy show tackling Fortnite's new delay, Cooking Mama's drama, and the possibility of no gaming cons until 2021. Time Stamps - 00:02:25 - Housekeeping Streaming The Division 2 Raid today with Fran and friends! It’s all benefiting the American Cancer Society’s College Streaming Tournament -- help me help Mizzou at kindafunny.com/mizzou. Gary Sent me a present Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:06:20 - Fortnite Chapter 2 - Season 2 Extended 00:16:40 - Cooking Mama Drama Gets Weirder, James Batchelor @GIB 00:20:40 - What motive does Planet Entertainment have to keep trying to put this game on shelves? - Best Friends Q:Frankfurtter 00:24:25 - RIP EGM, Again. Kinda - Josh Harmon @ EGM 00:37:35 - Gamescom Officially on Ice for Live 00:48:16 - Indie Megabooth sunset during Covid19 00:55:10 - Amazon France 00:57:25 - Pokemon Go Adding Remote Raid Passes 00:58:20 - Out today 01:05:12 - Squad Up: 01:07:00

Blessing and Imran talk about the newly announced XCOM: Chimera Squad coming next week. Time Stamps - 00:06:14 - Housekeeping PSILY episode 15 is live Kevin got a bug bite Greg is streaming the Division 2 tomorrow Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:10:20 - There’s a new XCOM game! And it’s coming NEXT WEEK - 2K Release 00:16:30 - Star Fox & Team Fortress Voice Actor, Rick May, Has Died From Covid-19 - Luke Plunkett @ Kotaku 00:20:00 - WWE 2K21 reportedly has been cancelled in favour of a new game - James Batchelor @ GIBiz 00:26:38 - With an already tarnished record, with 2K20s release last year, will not putting out a 2K21 hurt the developers reputation even further? - Best Friends Q:Frankfurtter 00:29:43 - Switch’s new 10.0 update is live - Richard Lawler @ Engadget 00:33:24 - PlayStation announces their Play At Home Initiative - Jim Ryan, President & CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment @ PS Blog 00:41:00 - There’s a new trailer for T

Blessing and Tim talk about the reports of a Resident Evil 4 remake coming in 2022. Time Stamps - 00:08:30 - Housekeeping We Have Cool Friends featuring Genevieve St-Onge is live right after this. You can watch that on Twitch.tv/KindafunnyGames, Youtube.com/KindaFunny OR listen to it on the We Have Cool Friends Podcast feed. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:09:30 - Is Resident Evil 4 Remake Happening? - Andy Robinson @ Video Games Chronicle 00:20:40 - 1. Is Resident Evil going to release games yearly going forward with RE2 last year, RE3 this year, RE8 next year and 4 in 2022? 2. Will RE4 remake, if released in 2022, be on both current and next gen consoles? Or just next gen? 3. Is giving the developer until 2022 to work on RE4, which seems like more time than the other remakes, due to Capcom wanting to release 8 in between remake releases? - Best Friends Q:Frankfurtter 00:27:03 - Resident Evil 3 remake ships 2 million in five days -

Blessing and Greg talk about Final Fantasy VII Remake possibly coming to PC. Time Stamps - 00:04:45 - I’ve literally never played a Final Fantasy game, but the FOMO for Final Fantasy VII remake is starting to get to me. Should I just get it? I play all different kinds of games, and I’m always down to try something new. Also, is there any similar game you could compare it to so I could know what the gameplay is like? - Best Friends Q:Aidan Dean 00:10:23 - Housekeeping Greg’s in the Gamers vs. Cancer tournament today. Greg, what is that? kindafunny.com/mizzou Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:15:20 - A New Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trailer Hints at PC Release - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:26:35 - Final Fantasy 14’s next patch is delayed - Rebekah Valentine @ GIBiz 00:30:30 - Cyberpunk 2077’s Next-Gen version is coming sometime after launch - Jordan Gerblick @ GamesRadar 00:39:42 - New World, Amazon's Upcoming MMO, has been Delayed to August - Ma

Blessing and Greg talk about CD Projeckt Red's commitment to Cyberpunk 2077's September release date. Time Stamps - 00:06:50 - Housekeeping Streaming TLOU with Nick today @ 2 p.m. The Roper Report - 00:07:25 - RELAX: Cyberpunk is on track, Andy Chalk @ PC Gamer 00:30:00 - Valorant is popular 00:39:18 - An MTV of Gaming, Patrick Shanley @ THR 00:51:08 - Manscaped 00:53:00 - Out today 00:57:15 - Are we digging this new PlayStation controller design? - Under Goat 01:01:45 - Squad Up:RobbyRob(Steam) - RobbyRobPlays 01:03:00 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get 20% off and free shipping with the code GAMES at http://manscaped.com. Time Stamps - 00:03:10 - Housekeeping PS I Love You Shirt kindafunny.com/store Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:01 - DualSense, Hi-dea-ki Ni-shi-no SVP Platform Planning and Management 00:21:00 - What might the two-tone color design tell us about the final design of the PS5 console? Will it also be white, black, and blue? - Best Friends Q: Jamie S 00:33:10 - With the reveal of the DuelSense controller and the fact that it has a microphone array, do you think this is opening up PlayStation gamers to targeted marketing in the future? With a controller in our hands that is possibly listening to us at all times could they use this data in the same way companies like google would? - Best Friends Q: Tim Currey 00:38:20 - Inside Xbox Report 00:42:05 - Play Stadia Pro for free, starting today, Phil Harrison, VP and GM, Stadia 00:46:15 - Borderlands Science 00:49:35 -

Blessing and Imran discuss what digital-only events mean for Microsoft, a new No Man's Sky update, and the answer to the Cooking Mama mystery. Time Stamps - 00:02:00 - Housekeeping PS I Love You Shirt kindafunny.com/store Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:00 - No Man’s Sky has fucking mechs now - Matt Wales @ Eurogamer 00:12:45 - Japanese ratings board stops assigning ratings - Brendan Sinclair @ GIBiz 00:15:38 - What exactly is involved with reviewing a game to give it a rating? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:24:12 - The Cooking Mama mystery has been solved? - CHRISTOPHER TEUTON @ Screen Rant 00:33:00 - That E3 Online Event is not happening - Andy Chalk @ PCGamer 00:35:40 - All Microsoft events will be "digital-first" until August 2021 - James Batchelor @ GIBiz 00:40:00 - There’s a new Inside Xbox happening today - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN 00:45:12 - Manscaped 00:48:06 - Sony Automatically Issuing Refunds For The Last Of Us Par

Blessing and Tim discuss the glowing reviews of Final Fantasy VII Remake. Time Stamps - 00:03:11 - Housekeeping Yo, the Final Fantasy VII review is out! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:15 - Final Fantasy VII Reviews are LIVE - Review Round Up 00:12:32 - All the reviews of Final Fantasy 7 Remake are in, and holy shit i'm excited. But, Tetsuya Nomura has been known to get involved in a project and completely befuddle, overcomplicate, and anime the shit out of stories (see Final Fantasy 15, and Kingdom Hearts in it's entirety). Without spoilers, can you see how Nomura's involvement affected the game? - Best Friends Q: The Nano Biologist 00:17:17 - Do you guys feel from what you played that this was the best decision for the remake? And do you think more developers could adapt this strategy for older games to make them modern and more realized that ever? - Best Friends Q: quickjab 00:21:10 - What the fuck is up with Cooking Mama: Cook

Note: This episode ends abruptly during the "You're Wrong" segment due to a technical error. Our apologies! - Blessing. On today's episode, Blessing and Tim answer your questions about The Last of Us Part II's delay and what that means for indies. Time Stamps - 00:08:42 - Housekeeping Troy Baker comes to We Have Cool Friends today! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:09:58 - There’s a new Final Fantasy VII trailer, don’t watch it. 00:12:02 - The Last of Us II and Iron Man VR have been delayed indefinitely - Jason Schreier @ Kotaku 00:17:53 - I'm writing this almost immediately after the indefinite delay of the last of us 2 to ask this. Why not release it purely digitally? - Best Friends Q:Frankfurtter 00:22:43 - Do you think this will end up being a sort of boon period for digital only games that might otherwise be overshadowed by big AAA games? - Best Friends Q:Anakinjmt 00:26:58 - Xbox also showed off a ton of indies and it got me think