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Blessing and Andy talk about Nintendo taking shutting down Wii U and 3DS stores, other weird Nintendo decisions, and a new studio from Witcher 3 devs. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:31 - Housekeeping Keep your eyes and ears locked to youtube.com/KindaFunny and the Screencast podcast feed because we’re recording our Uncharted Movie review today and it’ll go up as soon as it’s ready. The Roper Report - 00:06:47 - Nintendo Closing 3DS & Wii U Shops In 2023 00:19:21 - The Last of Us HBO Show Not Coming in 2022 00:20:21 - Nintendo is forbidding Switch Sports play testers from sharing info on social media 00:25:52 - The Witcher 3’ Game Director Assembles New Startup Studio 00:39:14 - Ads 00:41:19 - A Third Sonic movie is on the way AND a Knuckles spinoff series 00:52:12 - New Dying Light 2 patch ‘fixes the death loop bug’ and adds a backup save system 01:00:18 - Out today 01:03:24 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Tam & Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Batman: Fortress' writer Gary Whitta joins Greg to talk about Cyberpunk 2077's shadowdrop, Elden Ring PC specs, and Mario Kart perverts. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:37 - Housekeeping PSILY & Horizon Review Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes), Pranksy, Manny The Bagel boy Sanchez, & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:10:30 - Cyberpunk 2077 PS5/Xbox Series X Update is live! Eddie Mack-ooh 00:30:40 - With CDPR likely dropping the next gen titles of Cyberpunk 2077 soon, do you think it's possible for the Series X/S versions to come to game pass? - Best Friends Q:BeardAdept 00:24:20 - Am I the only one who’s reaction to the Cyberpunk shadowdrop is negative? - Best Friends Q:Manic Pixel Dream Boy 00:35:06 - Ad 00:38:01 - Netflix is making a Bioshock Movie 00:40:30 - FINALLY, Let’s Watch the PlayStation Productions Animation 00:43:05 - Elden Ring PC Specs 00:48:30 - You Can play the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC without buying it, Victoria Kennedy @ Eurogamer 0

Blessing and Tim talk about Horizon Forbidden West reviews, Capcom teasing a new announcement, Cyberpunk 2077, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:00 - Housekeeping It’s review season and our Kinda Funny Gamescast Horizon Forbidden West review is up right now. It’s me, Greg, Andy, Janet, and Parris Lily. We’ve all played it, we’ve all beat it, and we all have a lot to say about it. Go check that out right now on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe. AND SPEAKING OF HORIZON: Today's PS I Love You XOXO is going to be your Horizon Forbidden West Questions Answered. Listen to all the reviews and then bring your questions to Patreon.com/kidnafunnygames to be part of the live show at 3 pm PT. Free for everyone Tuesday on Youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes), Pranksy, Manny The Bagel boy Sanchez, & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:06:14 - Horizon Forbidden West Review Round Up 00

Blessing and special guest Erin A Simon tackle a BIG numbers day. Let's talk about Horizon Sales, Pokemon Sales, and NPDs most interesting numbers! Follow Erin: https://twitter.com/erinasimon Time Stamps -  00:00:00 - Start 00:10:10 - Housekeeping Andy's youtube short about his Elden Ring preview is up right now on youtube.com/kindafunnygames. An extended version will be on our Twitter later today. That's @KindaFunnyvids on Twitter. Remember: It’s review season. Your next episode of the Kinda Funny Gamescast will be our Horizon Forbidden West review. That’ll be up Monday, Valentine’s day on Youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe. SPEAKING OF REVIEW SEASON: Kinda Funny has a new review scale! Kev bring up the video After that, write into PS I Love You XOXO with all of your Horizon Forbidden West questions so we can tackle them on that show. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes), Pranksy, Manny The Bagel boy Sanchez, & Black Jack The Rope

Tim and Greg dig through all the Nintendo news, talk about the Mario Kart 8 DLC, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:20 - Housekeeping We rank the states on KFP today! Today, we just released a brand-new investigative video essay where Roger exposes the largest gaming hoax of all time... Peter Griffin joining Fortnite. You can watch the full video over at YouTube.com/KindaFunnyGames right now! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes), Pranksy, Manny The Bagel boy Sanchez, & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:07:55 - NINTENDO DIRECT RECAP 00:27:10 - Do you think the often-rumored Mario Kart 9 could still come out on the Switch? - Best Friends Q:Educator Gamer 00:34:30 - Do you think it'll set a precedent for Nintendo games - Best Friends Q:Beard Adept 00:36:40 - Ad 00:38:50 - BREAKING: Some Details From the Unannounced Resident Evil 4 Remake, Imran @ Fanbyte https://www.fanbyte.com/news/some-details-from-the-unannounced-resident-evil-4-remake 00:43:30 - ‘L

Blessing and special guest, Jordan Middler from Video Games Chronicle, talk about Activision-Blizzard games remaining multiplatform, a leaked Assassin's Creed Game, and more. Follow Jordan: https://twitter.com/JordanMiddler Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:22 - Housekeeping We’re reacting to that Nintendo Direct later today. It’s gonna be Tim, Greg, Andy, and myself. Make sure to tune in right here on Twitch.tv/kindafunnygames at 2pm pt. And then also remember: It’s review season. Your next episode of the Kinda Funny Gamescast will be our Horizon Forbidden West review. That’ll be up Monday, Valentine’s day 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  - 00:07:30 - Microsoft Confirms Activision Blizzard Will Release Games on PlayStation 'Beyond Existing Agreements' - Joe Skrebels @ IGN 00:10:24 - Do you think this hurts, or help

Nintendo's got a direct tomorrow, and Tim had wild predictions today! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:20 - Housekeeping A new episode of PSILY is up, and it’s a banger talking about PlayStation’s 10 new live service games. Blessing’s taking over Xbox's Twitch channel in celebration of Black History Month! He’ll be playing some of his favorite games from Rare Replay. Tune in at Noon Pacific Time on Twitch.tv/Xbox to watch live. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes), Pranksy, Manny The Bagel boy Sanchez, & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:07:30 - NINTENDO DIRECT INCOMING! 00:14:55 - I think most likely we will see Mario Kart 9 as the big release to close out the direct. - Best Friends Q:Nevans Island 00:20:00 - my predictions for tomorrows Nintendo Direct is the announcement of Goldeneye - Best Friends Q:BanderSN 00:30:38 - think they'll announce that you can buy the individual Mario 3D All-Stars titles on the Nintendo store, - Best Friends Q:KBABZ 00:36:45 -

Blessing and Tim kick off the week with SIFU reviews, Halo Infinite talk, and Platinum Games' speculation. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:10:45 - Housekeeping You smell that? It’s the smell of Review Season. A new Kinda Funny Gamescast is up right now and it’s our SIFU review. Tim, Andy, Tam, and I have all played it and have a LOT to say about it. That’s available right now on Youtube.com/kindafunnygames and on podcast services around the globe. Speaking of Review Season, your next episode of Gamescast is coming on Valentine’s Day. And it’s our Horizon Forbidden West review. So get hyped for that and then write in your Horizon questions for next week’s PS I Love You XOXO where we’ll break down all of your Horizon Forbidden West questions answered. PS I LOVE YOU being recorded later today and we’re talking about the ten live-service games that Sony is working on.Tuesday! I’m taking over Xbox's Twitch channel in celebration of Black History Month! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, James

Married to the Games' Gabe Patillo joins Greg to talk about a bevy of GTA news, Pokemon Legends Arceus' success, and PSVR2's web site! Follow Gabe: https://twitter.com/gabepatillo Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:30 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire,James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes),Pranksy, Manny The Bagel boy Sanchez, & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:05:50 - GTA 6 Tease, GTA Online PS5 Release Date - Kinda Funny Games Daily 02.04.22, Rockstar 00:20:28 - Pokemon Legends Arceus is HUGE in America 00:33:30 - PSVR’s Website is Live 00:42:15 - Ad 00:43:26 - Naughty Dog is hiring for LOTS of roles 00:48:20 - Saudi Government Invests in Capcom, Nexon, Matthew Martin and Gearoid Reidy @ Bloomberg 0051:20: - How Big Dat Steam Deck? Billy Givens 00:57:50 - Out today Tomorrow’s Hosts: MON: Blessing and Tim TUE: Greg and Gary WED: Blessing and VGC’s Jordan Middler THURS: Greg and Tim FRI: Blessing and Erin Ashley Simon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice

Greg- I mean... Blessing and Tim host a jam-packed KFGD! Let's talk about Nintendo Switch Sales, GameStop NFTs, and Spy Fox. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:25 - Housekeeping 00:05:00 - Nintendo Switch Passes 100m Sold 00:07:07 - Nintendo Cuts Switch Outlook 00:11:53 - Top 10 Switch Games Still Dominated by kart 00:15:55 - Pokémon Legends: Arceus May Be On Track To Be Second Fastest-Selling Switch Game 00:32:35 - Also from that Bloomberg report 00:38:17 - Ads 00:39:23 - Nintendo Interested in NFTs.. NOT 00:43:08 - GameStop Launching NFT Marketplace 00:46:20 - Tim Schafer Round-Up 00:52:59 - OlliOlli World Review Round-up 00:59:43 - Tiny Tina’s Gone Gold 00:59:56 - Phil Spencer getting lifetime Achievement Award at DICE 01:01:01 - Out today 01:03:47 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Gabe Patillo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bless- I mean... Andy and Greg host a jam-packed KFGD! Let's talk about at least 10 live-service games from PlayStation by 2026, PS5 sales, Dying Light 2 reviews, Ghostwire Tokyo, Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League getting delayed and MORE. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:00 - Housekeeping You smell that? It’s the smell of Review Season. A new Kinda Funny Gamescast is up right now and it’s our Dying Light 2 review. Greg, Mike, Janet, and I have all played it and have a LOT to say about it. We dive deep into all our thoughts and also give early impressions of Pokemon Legends Arceus as well. That’s available right now on Youtube.com/kindafunnygames and on podcast services around the globe. Speaking of review season! Pay attention to the Gamescast feed! Episodes could drop at any moment in the next few weeks, so stay vigilant for all those upcoming game reviews. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes), Pranksy, Manny The Bagel boy Sanchez, & Black Jack The Ro

Greg and Gary run through the rumors of the oncoming acquisition war, talk about the industry's hate of NFTs, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:06 - Housekeeping PSILY - All about Bungie revolutionizing PlayStation! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Gordon McGuire, James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes), Pranksy, Manny The Bagel boy Sanchez, & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:08:32 - More PlayStation Acquisitions Coming, Christopher Dring @ GIB 00:15:00 - My question is, what direct benefit does Sony purchasing Bungie have on the consumer? - Best Friends Q:Nick 00:26:37 - Ad 00:27:41 - NYT Buys Wordle, Josh Wardle - Wordle Creator 00:34:00 - ONE OF THEM ROTATIN’ SEGMENTS 00:40:55 - Team17 Publicly Condemned By Former Business Partner For Selling NFTs, George Yang @ GameSpot 00:54:08 - FTC Looking at Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition, David McLaughlin @ Bloomberg 00:55:15 - More Dark Pictures Anthology Incoming! Ryan Dinsdale @ IGN 00:57:35 - Out today 00:58:30 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hos

Blessing is joined by special guest Cam Hawkins to talk Sony buying Bungie, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Quantic Dream, and a whole bunch more in a PACKED news day! Follow Cam: https://twitter.com/CamFinalMix Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:00 - Housekeeping We’re recording PSILY on Patreon later today. You can catch that live if you’re a Patreon Supporter or catch the episode tomorrow on youtube and podcast services around the globe for the PlayStation conversation that you love. TODAY (January 31st) at 3 pm PT on twitch.tv/andycortez, the Nitro Rifle will be competing against other streamers in The TurboTax Expert Invitational. Will he get unlucky and have to play Overcooked? Or will his FPS skills come into play with Halo or Apex Legends? Tune in to twitch.tv/andycortez at 3pm PT to find out and cheer him on! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes),Black Jack, & Pranksy The Roper Report - 00:06:39 - Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion 00:28:40 - Final F

Blessing and Tamoor talk about a rumored new Halo Infinite mode and Monster Hunter clone from Xbox, From Software speaking on Elden Ring's difficulty, and Tam gives a rant about NFTs! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:08:00 - Housekeeping Xcast is recording live later today on Patreon and goes up for everyone tomorrow on Youtube and podcast services around the globe. Right after this show, Greg’s doing a Kinda Funny community podcast-a-thon! He’s doing five different KFBF podcasts right after KFGD live on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. Come watch them all! The Roper Report - 00:09:00 - Certain Affinity may be working on a new Halo Infinite mode as well as an Xbox ‘Monster Hunter clone’ 00:23:49 - FromSoftware speaks on Elden Ring’s difficulty 00:36:24 - Ads 00:38:30 - Yacht Club is about to make a mega announcement! 00:50:11 - Ubisoft's NFT bosses say players just "don't get it" 01:03:06 - Epic Games Store gave away 765m free games last year, helping it reach 194m users 01:04:26 - Netflix signs partnership t

Greg and Tim talk about the new Star Wars 1313 footage, Rainbow Six Extraction's success, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping New episode of the Kinda Funny Podcast up! Let’s talk about lollipops! Thank you to our Patreon Producers:James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes),Black Jack, & Pranksy The Roper Report  - 00:07:00 - Star Wars 1313: The Boba Fett Game We Almost Got, Darryn Bonthuys @ GameSpot 00:16:24 - Ed Boon’s going into the DICE HOF 00:22:40 - Rainbow Six Extraction Hits, via BenjiSales on Twitter 00:31:40 - Ubi’s shutting down Hyperscape 00:34:50 - Ubisoft Singapore Update, Jared Moore @ IGN 00:37:38 - Ad 00:39:58 - GI’s Next Cover is Elden Ring, Daniel Tack @ GI 00:47:00 - Another Uncharted One Day? Rachel Webber @ Games Radar 00:51:54 - Sony London working on an Online PS5 Game, Jared Moore @ IGN 00:54:24 - Rumbleverse DELAYED, iron Galaxy 00:56:23 - Horizon Forbidden West Goes Gold, Angie Smets @ PS Blog 00:58:00 - Out today 01:01:10 - Squad Up:The Nano Biologist(Rainbow Si

Blessing and Andy are joined by Laura Kate Dale who reviewed Pokemon Legends: Arceus! Let's talk about Pokemon, the next 3 Call of Duty games coming to PlayStation, and so much more. Follow Laura on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaurakBuzz Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:00 - Housekeeping A new episode of Kinda Funny Gamescast is up right now and it’s our 2022 predictions. You can catch that on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and on podcast services around the globe. And then a fun one for me: On Tuesday, February 8th I’m gonna be streaming some Rare Replay and also celebrating Black History Month in an Xbox Twitch takeover. You can tune into that on Twitch.tv/Xbox at noon pt. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes),Black Jack, & Pranksy The Roper Report  - 00:06:24 - Pokemon Legends: Arceus reviews are in! 00:24:10 - Do you think these review scores do have a bias to them because of it being a new pokemon game and not a remake? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:28:00 - Ad 0

Greg and Gary talk about Respawn's THREE new Star Wars games, Blizzard's new survival game, more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:53 - Housekeeping New PSILY Up TikTok is fucking fire LEWDLE The Roper Report - 00:08:37 - EA x Star Wars 00:29:10 - All PS4 trophies were briefly wiped and labeled ‘PS3’ 00:33:27 - Ads 00:02:04 - Ad Length 00:35:31 - BREAKING: Blizzard’s New Survival Game 00:41:22 - Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy Saves Carry Over 00:43:40 - More union busting over at Raven 00:50:19 - The Rock making another vg movie, can’t say who 00:55:39 - Out today 00:54:35 - NVIDIA GeForce Update 00:55:00 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Andy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Tim start the week with a JAM PACKED news day! Let's talk about Pokemon Legends: Arceus early impressions, a mystery kirby game, Elden Ring going gold, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping A new episode of PS I Love You XOXO is recording later today on Patreon. We’re gonna be talking about the PlayStation side of the Activision-Blizzard acquisition and asking Will Xbox Game Pass ever come to PlayStation? You can catch that later live on Patreon or when it goes up tomorrow for everyone on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and on podcast services around the globe. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes), Black Jack, & Pranksy The Roper Report  - 00:05:12 - Pokemon Legends Arceus is apparently really good?? - Chris Scullion @ VGC 00:19:05 - An unannounced Kirby game has been seemingly teased in a Japanese magazine? - Jordan Middler @ VGC 00:22:36 - Elden Ring has gone gold! 00:25:13 - More for Edlen Ring: From Software says Elden Ring can be complet

The Activision-Blizzard story continues as Phil Spencer SPEAKS. Join Blessing and Tam as they discuss Call of Duty's future, Zelda Majora's Mask coming to Switch next month, and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:40 - Housekeeping Xcast is recording later today and it’s gonna be a huge episode as they dive into conversation about what Activision’s acquisition means for Xbox. You can tune into that live later today or listen when it goes up for everyone tomorrow on Youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe. And then there’s a new episode of the Kinda Funny Podcast that you can skip. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: James Davis (@JamesDavisMakes), Black Jack, & Pranksy The Roper Report  - 00:07:30 - Phil Spencer is trying to communicate with us 00:12:20 - What kind of deal could Microsoft and Sony make? - Best Friends Q:Grezick 00:19:36 - Call of Duty Could Move Away From Annual Releases, According To New Report - Kat Bailey @ IGN 00:32:23 - Raven Software QA workers unioniz

Greg and Tim run you through today's Xbox shockwaves, good and bad news about LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:15 - Housekeeping There’s a new Kinda Funny Podcast up! In it, we call Fanbyte’s Michael Higham to dig through Blessing’s trash! There’s a new Peacemaker Screencast up! Help us out by filling out the RT Podcast survey about all the Kinda Funny Podcasts -- it only says "Kinda Funny Podcast" but they mean all of our podcasts. It takes just a few minutes and helps our network understand what you like about us! kindafunny.com/podcastsurvey The Roper Report - 00:07:50 - PlayStation Responds to Xbox 00:25:45 - LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s Good News and Bad News 00:39:14 - Ads 00:40:14 - Dying Light 2 Threatens 350K Words, 40K Lines Of Dialogue 00:46:17 - Halo’s BTB Still Broken 00:49:25 - New World Won't See New Content In February 00:50:33 - VR ain’t Dead! NPD Group 00:56:17 - Hot Damn: That Horizon Cast! 00:59:08 - Out today 01:01:34 - NVIDIA