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Blessing and Andy tackle a huge news day! Let's talk about Elden RIng passing 12 MILLION SALES, a HUGE Starfield news drop, and EA Play cancelling after Xavier Woods soiled its legacy. #LetGregHostEAPlay Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:20 - Housekeeping A new Kinda Funny Gamescast is up right now and it’s our Tunic Review! Andy and Janet have both played through the game and join Greg and I to talk all about it. You can catch that on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and podcast services around the globe. SPEAKING OF GAMESCAST: Review Season is in overdrive right now. Next week look forward to TWO review Gamescasts dropping. Keep your eyes on the feeds and fingers on the bell so you can get notified when they go live. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire,FargoBrady, & Pranksy The Roper Report   - 00:08:26 - Elden Ring Has Already Sold 12 Million Copies Worldwide - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN 00:16:20 -  - Best Friends Q:TheSheepWhisper 00:28:30 - EA Play Live Event Won't Be Happening This Year - Kat B

Go to http://meundies.com/kindafunny to get 15% off your first order plus free shipping. Get 25% off and zero delivery fees on their first order of $15 or more, when you download the DoorDash app and enter code KINDAFUNNY. SnowBikeMike and Gary unite once again to talk about a big Xbox news story: Perfect Dark's The Initiative studio seeing a wave of departures. Let's talk about this and more! Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:19 - Housekeeping PSILY is live and it’s the GTA Online Starter Guide you’ve been waiting for! Join Greg, Bless, Janet, and Zack Zwiezen from Kotaku! youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services. A Special episode of MCU In Review is now up on YouTube.com/KindaFunny and on podcast services around the globe, with Tim Gettys joined by Erik Voss of New Rockstars making their 2022 MCU Predictions! 00:09:28 - The Initiative has lost half of its core Dev Team in the last 12 months! 00:36:33 - The Crew 2 Getting 60 FPS Support On PS5! 00:40:18 - Halo The Series New Trailer (Official T

Blessing and Tim are joined by Greg Miller for a full preview breakdown of Ghostwire: Tokyo. We also talk Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins and a Hogwarts Legacy State of Play. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping A new episode of Kinda Funny Xcast is available right now. It’s Gary, Parris, and Snowbike Mike talking about if Starfield can be the next best open world game. That’s up right now on Youtube.com/kindafunnyGames, and podcast services around the globe. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, FargoBrady, & Pranksy The Roper Report  - 00:05:20 - Ghostwire Tokyo Preview Round up 00:27:35 - Ad 00:31:49 - Stranger Of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin review round up 00:38:50 - We’re getting another State of Play, this time it’s focused on Hogwarts Legacy - PlayStation Blog 00:43:50 - Perfect Dark has lost its game director - Andy Robinson @ VGC 00:50:06 - Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands will have Full CrossPlay - Randy Pitchford on Twitter 00:52:41 - Out today 00:56:10 - You‘

Blessing is joined by Kotaku's Zack Zweizen to talk Elden Ring sales, Ikumi Nakamura's new studio, and more! Follow Zack Zweizen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZwiezenZ Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:00 - Zack Zwiezen is here! 00:07:36 - Housekeeping We’ve got another Community podcast day! That’s where Greg takes over the Twitch stream to guest on community podcasts for the entire day. That’s happening right after today’s Games Daily on Twitch.tv/kindafunnygames Time Changes! The Roper Report  - 00:09:21 - Elden Ring has beaten Horizon, Pokemon, and Dying Light 2 to become 2022’s best selling game 00:26:10 - Ikumi Nakamura has announced a new studio! 00:36:50 - Ads 00:41:01 - Russia Reportedly Legalizes Piracy of Games, Movies, and More 00:45:20 - Xbox is having an Indie Showcase Next Week 00:54:17 - Call of Duty: Warzone Is Officially Coming to Mobile 00:58:00 - Dead Space Remake Confirmed for Early 2023 00:58:58 - Out today 01:00:38 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: MON: Blessing and Tim TU

Samoa Joe joins Greg to talk about PlayStation and Nintendo suspending sales in Russia, abuse allegations at PlayStation, and WWE 2K22 DLC. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:30 - Housekeeping BIG OL DAY OF WRESTLING! Joe now & WWE 2K22 after this AEW’s Fuego Del Sol on the Kinda Funny Podcast this afternoon - live on patreon, tomorrow on youtube CEO JR. Barrett Courtney has an Persona 4 Arena Ultimate unboxing up on youtube and our socials. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, FargoBrady, & Pranksy The Roper Report  - 00:07:40 - PlayStation, Nintendo Stop Business in Russia, Ryan Browne @ CNBC 00:11:51 - More Women Allege Sexism at PS, Stephen Totilo @ Axios 00:19:05 - PlayStation State of Play Recap 00:23:50 - Yesterday's presentation solidified that there is a stark difference between a State of Play and a PlayStation Showcase. - Best Friends Q:Luciddre4m 00:26:47 - Dream collection of older games - Best Friends Q:The 5 Star Man 00:30:50 - Ad 00:34:30 - BREAKING NEWS: Super Nintendo Worl

Janet and Tim join forces to talk about Gotham Knights, Final Fantasy's Anniversary, and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:30 - Housekeeping Yesterday Greg, Bless, Andrea, and I were in the reveal trailer for Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands endgame mode called Chaos Chamber – which you can see at kindafunny.com/tinytina – but today, Greg’s on the Wondercast at 11 am PT on twitch.tv/gearboxofficial! After this Mike is playing BOTW for the first time ever raising money for Project Hope benefiting Ukraine. https://kindafunny.com/ukraine Thank you to our Patreon Producers: The Roper Report - 00:06:25 - Gotham Knights Is Coming October 25th https://twitter.com/gothamknights/status/1501558438681317380?s=21 00:16:25 - Trio of Activision Blizzard shareholders reportedly under investigation - Marie Dealessandri @ Game Industry dot Biz https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-03-09-activision-blizzard-shareholders-reportedly-under-investigation 00:21:20 - New Final Fantasy 35th Anniversary Website Celebrates Se

Gary and Greg jump into predictions for tomorrow's PlayStation State of Play, Ukraine charities, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:09:55 - Housekeeping Project HOPE tomorrow stream PSILY is live – has been PS GOTY been locked? Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, FargoBrady, & Pranksy The Roper Report  - 00:12:30 - State of Play tomorrow! 00:13:05 - What do you think we will see at tomorrow’s State of Play? - Best Friends Q:MaDogNik96 00:29:06 - God of War on Prime Video, Nellie Andreeva @ Deadline 00:37:30 - Ad 00:42:00 - GTA Online Deets 00:49:50 -  Itch.io’s Ukraine Bundle 00:52:50 - Could WWE go to EA? Darryn Bonthuys ("Bon-tay-s) @ GameSpot 01:03:03 - Quick Hit - IGN: Lost Ark has now amassed more than 20 million players, with half coming from its western release last month. 01:03:25 - Out today 01:04:20 - Squad Up:Alex Price(PS5) - PurEChaoS72 01:05:15 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Janet and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Tim talk about Forspoken being delayed, a rumored State of Play, and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:08:00 - Housekeeping Our 4-way SIFU race is up right now. It’s me, Tim, Barrett, and Andy going head to head to head to head in a race to beat every single boss in Sifu. It comes down to the wire so you don’t wanna miss it. You can catch that right now on https://youtu.be/P8VBoVkhjGs Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, FargoBrady, & Pranksy The Roper Report  - 00:10:47 - Forspoken is delayed 00:20:35 - PlayStation is reportedly planning to hold its next showcase this month - Andy Robinson @ VGC 00:35:50 - Ad 00:40:55 - GMG Union wins fairer contracts for G/O Media workers - Marie Dealessandri @ GiBiz 00:44:38 - Take-Two halts sales, marketing and more in Russia and Belarus - James Batchelor @ GiBiz 00:47:50 - Glover is coming to Steam - Jordan Middler @ VGC 00:00:52 11- Out today 00:56:30 - Squad Up:Bryan Lally(Ps5, PC) - Lallysup 01:00:00 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:

Janet and Greg run you through the GTA V and GTA Online PS5 and Xbox Series X enhancements, how long Quantic Dream's Star Wars project is going to take, and how wrinkly Greg's clothes are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Triangle Strategy the Nintendo Switch's next big thing? Greg and Tim dive into the reviews to find out! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping New Kinda Funny Podcast is up, it’s the sequel to me playing Puzzle Quest 3 with Mike! The Roper Report  - 00:06:01 - Triangle Strategy Review Round-Up 00:17:00 - Elden Ring is the biggest non-FIFA or Call of Duty launch since Red Dead Redemption 2 00:24:09 - Ads 00:26:15 - CD Projekt vs Russia 00:29:00 - Sifu selling strong 00:36:35 - Haven Adds Same Sex Couples 00:39:22 - RUMOR MILL: Infamous and Sly in Development?! 00:52:11 - Out today 00:54:56 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Bless Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Andy talk about Epic buying Bandcamp, Housemarque working on a new IP, Resident Evil games coming to next-gen, and Ukraine calling on the games industry for support. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:30 - Housekeeping A new Kinda Funny Gamescast is up right now and it’s our Gran Turismo 7 review. That’s Greg, Mike, Andy, and Tim and it’s up right now on Youtube.com/Kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: The Roper Report - 00:06:30 - Epic Games buys… bandcamp? - Press Release 00:16:56 - Housemarque is working on a new IP 00:27:20 - A bunch of Resident Evil games are coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X - Ryan Dinsdale @ IGN 00:29:04 - Gran Turismo 7 Review Round up 00:38:56 - Ad 00:40:00 - Real World News: Ukraine calls on Xbox and PlayStation to end support in Russia - Jordan Middler @ VGC 00:42:50 - Elden Ring’s getting a patch - Matt Purslow @ IGN 00:50:30 - A new patch has been released for Horizon Forbidden West - Ed Nightingale @ Eur

It's a slow news day, but when you have Greg and Gary on a podcast, you know you're going to have a good time. Let's talk about Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy coming to Game Pass, the Kotaku strike, and Puzzle Quest 3! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:09:22 - Housekeeping https://twitter.com/KindaFunnyVids/status/1498712171068342274 Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, FargoBrady, & Pranksy The Roper Report  - 00:13:11 - Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy comes to Game Pass 00:25:50 - G/O Media On Strike! 00:32:40 - Ad 00:33:50 - Puzzle Quest 3 Review Round-Up 00:43:10 - FIFA Gets Cross-Play, @BRGaming 00:45:37 - Make your own dungeon in Genshin, Jason Fanelli @ GameSpot 00:47:44 - Nintendo Switch Online Adds Missions, Rewards, Darryn @ GameSpot 00:51:20 - Out today 00:58:00 - You‘re Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Monday -- you get two new Pokemon games! Greg and Tim run your through all the Poke-news. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:25 - Housekeeping Euphoria S2 Screencast! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes), Pranksy, Manny The Bagel boy Sanchez, & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:08:25 - Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet Announced, Adam Bankhurst @ IGN 00:21:50 - Adam Recaps the rest of the Poke-Announcements @ IGN 00:25:30 - Do you think Pokemon Legends: Arceus was intended to be much more of a smaller side project than it ended up being? - Best Friends Q:Tommy Goodale 00:31:50 - BREAKING: TWISTED METAL 00:37:15 - WND: No Smash At Evo, Ethan Gatch @ Kotaku 00:46:40 - Elden Ring Fastest Selling Souls Game So Far in UK, Christopher Dring @ GIB 00:47:50 - Elden Ring Killing on Steam 00:54:13 - Game Pass on Steam? Gabe’s Open to it! Eddie Makuch @ GameSpot 00:56:26 - Out today 00:58:55 - Squad Up:Turangaliila(Everything) 01:00:00 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s

Blessing is joined by Xcast's Parris Lily to talk about PlayStation's Project Spartacus, Steam Deck reviews, and more! Follow Parris: https://twitter.com/vicious696 Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:27 - Housekeeping The Roper Report - 00:05:52 - We have more reported details on PlayStation’s Project Spartacus 00:15:20 - It Takes Two picks up Game of the Year at 2022 DICE Awards 00:21:46 - Ads 00:23:55 - Steam Deck Review round up 00:33:56 - Switch’s latest N64 update finally fixes Zelda’s Water Temple room 00:39:27 - PC PSA: Elden Ring is working out its PC performance issues 00:47:00 - Out today 00:52:36 - Squad Up: Theo John - Life - thelegendoftheo.wordpress.com 00:53:31 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: MON: Greg and Tim TUES: Greg and Whitta WED: Bless and Andy THURS: Greg and Tim FRI: Greg and Bless Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim and Lucy James breakdown the Pokemon Presents announcement, The Fallout New Vegas 2 Rumors, Knockout City going free-to-play, and more! Follow Lucy at https://twitter.com/lucyjamesgames Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:48 - Housekeeping Our Elden Ring review is up right now as a Kinda Funny Gamescast. Youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe. Tam’s beautiful review is up on GameSpot.com Bless and Andy First Hour of Elden Ring Live  Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes), Pranksy, Manny The Bagel boy Sanchez, & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:05:22 - GSC Game World (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Developer) Speaks Out On Status of Ukraine  00:07:30 - New Pokémon Presents livestream coming Feb. 27, on Pokémon Day (Michael Whertor at Polygon) 00:16:05 - Nintendo Buys Game Developer It's Worked With For Almost 40 Years (Eddie Makuch at GameSpot) 00:20:37 - Fallout New Vegas 2 is reportedly in ‘very early talks at Microsoft’ (Jordan Middler

Blessing and Andy talk about the INCREDIBLE reviews for Elden Ring, an update on Bioware, Call of Duty skipping next year, and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:28 - Housekeeping Our Elden Ring review is up right now as a Kinda Funny Gamescast. It’s me, it’s Andy, and it’s Tam with Tim hosting. Me, Andy, and Tam have all played varying levels of it and have a lot to say so go check that out on Youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes), Pranksy, Manny The Bagel boy Sanchez, & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:03:20 - Elden Ring review round up 00:14:40 - Should I pick this up? - Best Friends Q:itzaMeBT 00:20:35 - Should the average gamer be more wary of spoilers than normal? - Best Friends Q:Mitch Krassin 00:30:35 - Guerrilla cannot keep escaping a BOTW-like masterpiece - Best Friends Q:Dblock 00:34:50 - BREAKING NEWS: UPDATE ON DRAGON AGE https://blog.bioware.com/2022/02/23/game-update-dragon

It's an Xcast takeover of Games Daily with Mike and Gary talking about LEGO sports games, the PSVR 2, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:00 - Housekeeping The Roper Report - 00:05:06 - Lego Sports Games On The Way! 00:21:30 - Shadow Warrior 3 dropping DAY ONE on PS Now March 1 00:30:33 - Ads 00:32:41 - FIRST LOOK AT PSVR 2 Headset 00:52:28 - Out today 00:53:22 - “ I was playing a game of "memory management Tetris / gymnastics" trying to fit a new 120GB game onto my Series S…” - Nate Hoss 00:56:30 - Squad Up: Mike and Greg Playing The Witch Queen on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames 00:57:12 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Andy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kahlief joins a picture of Tim to talk Street Fighter 6, Capcom Fighting Collection, Master Chief taking off his helmet in the Halo show, the Uncharted movie box office, and more! Follow Kahlief at https://twitter.com/KahliefAdams Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:54 - Housekeeping The Roper Report - 00:03:30 - Street Fighter 6 Announced With Teaser Trailer 00:15:35 - Capcom Fighting Collection Announced 00:27:18 - 68% of Horizon Forbidden West’s UK physical buyers paid £70, instead of the cheaper upgrade 00:35:52 - Ads 00:38:58 - Supermassive is working on a game outside of its Dark Pictures anthology 00:42:11 - Halo TV SHow Will Reveal Master Chief’s Face 00:46:25 - Uncharted Movie Crushing It In Theaters 00:50:36 - Out Today 00:51:59 - “Horizon 2 is out now and everyone is playing it and seems to be enjoying it but one thing that caught the attention of my friend circle is some of the visual jank…” - Borzen00 00:57:18 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: SnowBikeMike & Gary Whitta Learn more about your

GameSpot's Jordan Ramée joins Greg for a rockbolck of Horizon Forbidden West news, Dragon Age 4 rumors, and more! Follow Jordan at: https://twitter.com/JMRamee Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:30 - Housekeeping I’m streaming Horizon Forbidden West after this – it’s all post-campaign content as I work on the Plat. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes), Pranksy, Manny The Bagel boy Sanchez, & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:09:20 - Horizon was delayed to avoid crunch, Hope Bellingham @ GamesRadar 00:11:43 - Do you think this will force the studio to change track now? - Best Friends Q:Takibi 00:16:55 - Horizon had to make the load screens longer to read the tips, N. Ingraham @ Engadget 00:22:45 - PlayStation Studios Congratulating Guerrilla 00:26:05 - Ad 00:28:35 - Dragon Age 4 in the next 18 months, Tom Phillips @ Eurogamer 00:35:40 - Retro Studios Changed its Twitter Banner, Eddie @ GameSpot 00:40:00 - TLOU HBO Not this Year, Lesley Goldberg @ THR 00:43:1

Tim and Tam talk about Platinum Games' skepticism towards NFTs, Elden Ring spoilers, Street Fighter x Magic The Gathering, And More Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:28 - Housekeeping This morning, the one and only Nitro Rifle, Andy Cortez, posted his first hour of gameplay for Horizon Forbidden West on YouTube.com/KindaFunnyGames! Keep your eyes and ears locked to youtube.com/KindaFunny and the Screencast podcast feed because the Peacemaker finale review will be up later today. Lock On Volume 3 - https://bit.ly/3GY1S4L  The Roper Report - 00:08:39 - Steam Deck Replacement Parts Will Be Officially Sold Through iFixit 00:13:44 - Elden Ring Fans Beware: Spoilers Are Out There 00:18:45 - Platinum Games: NFTs Could Become Important, But First Examples Are Not Great 00:29:02 - Street Fighter MTG Crossover Cards and February Secret Lairs Revealed 00:36:30 - Ads 00:02:05 - Ad Length 00:38:35 - Out today 00:44:53 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Jordan Ramee from Gamespot Learn more about your ad c