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Tim and Tam cover the latest update to the Activision Blizzard story, as well as the announcement of MultiVersus, a Smash Bros.-like game from Warner Bros. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:20 - Housekeeping 00:10:00 - PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Criticizes Activision Blizzard Response To Bobby Kotick Report 00:15:30 - Activision Blizzard doubles down on Kotick defense in all-hands meeting 00:19:11 - Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Is Wary Of NFTs' Exploitative Possibilities 00:26:04 - Ads 00:30:20 - Warner Bros. Games Reveals MultiVersus, Makes Ultra Instinct Shaggy Real 00:42:57 - Capcom's Pragmata Has Officially Been Delayed To 2023 00:46:04 - The Super Smash Bros. Panda Global Circuit 2022 Will Be the First-Ever Officially Licensed Super Smash Bros. Championship 00:50:05 - Out today 00:52:23 - NVIDIA GeForce Update 00:54:09 - “I wanted to recommend a new podcast called Halo 2: Artifacts” - Mr Evil 37 00:55:00 - Squad Up: Jordan Lee Rowan - Xbox - ARowanStone 00:55:40 - You‘re Wrong 00:57:55 - Post Show Tomorrow

Blessing and Tim talk about Saints Row's delay, Streamlabs OBS drama, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:09:18 - Housekeeping A new Kinda Funny Gamescast is up right now and it’s our impressions of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl AND Halo Infinite so far. You can catch that over on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe. Our Spider-Man No Way Home Trailer Reactions are up right now. It’s Tim, Andy, Nick, and the RETURN of Greg Miller reacting to the brand new trailer. That’s up right now on youtube.com/KindaFunny Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:10:58 - Saints Row reboot gets pushed back to August 2022 - Daniel Cooper @ Engadget 00:23:30 - Streamlabs has been accused of copying material for its console streaming platform - Jon Fingas @ Engadget 00:30:20 - Ad 00:34:45 - Another Activision-Blizzard Update: A group of Activision Blizzard shareholders joins call for CEO Bobby Kotick’s resignation - Shannon Liao @ Washi

Tim and Gary go over The Game Awards Nominees, the latest on the horrible Activision Blizzard situation, and Halo Infinite's record breaking day one! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:50 - Housekeeping We just recorded our live reactions to Xbox’s 20th Anniversary Stream are up on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames Halo Gameplay over on youtube.com/kindafunnyplays Amazing Spider-Man Rewatch, and our trailer reaction later today Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:05:07 - The Game Awards Nominees Revealed 00:28:20 - Ad 00:32:30 - Halo Infinite is The Most Successful Xbox Game Studios Title Ever on Steam (Daniel Ahmad Twitter) 00:38:11 - 343 Clarifies Why Halo Infinite is In Beta (Joe Skrebels IGN) 00:43:04 - Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant Activision Blizzard (Kirsten Frind, Ben Fritz, and Sarah E Neeedleman at Wall Street Journal) (via Joe Skrebels at IGN) 00:50:40 - Dragon Ball: The Breakers Announced

Blessing and Time are joined by Mike to talk about the HUGE Xbox 20th anniversary news, Halo Infinite's surprise release, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:00 - Housekeeping We just recorded our live reactions to Xbox’s 20th Anniversary Stream. It’s me, Andy, Tim, and Mike celebrating 20 years of Xbox. That’ll be up on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames if you missed us reacting to it here on Twitch. If PlayStation is more your thing: We’re recording PS I Love You XOXO later today and it’s our GTA Trilogy review. You’re not too late to write-in to Patreon with your questions and your own thoughts about the trilogy. Get those in and tune in to the episode when it goes live for everyone tomorrow on Youtube.com/KidnaFunnyGames and podcast services around the globe. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:02:48 - Xbox is celebrating their 20th anniversary, a wrap-up 00:19:30 - Xbox Game Pass was originally designed as a rental service, Microsoft reveals - Jordan

Blessing and Janet talk about a Halo Infinite rumor, GTA Trilogy's PC release, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:00 - Housekeeping Our Disney Plus Day reactions are up on Youtube. That’s Tim, Joey, Kev, Andy, and Nick reacting to all of the Disney Plus Day announcements including She Hulk, Moon Knight, and more. That’s over on Youtube.com/KindaFunny Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:03:50 - GTA Trilogy Pulled For PC and the Rockstar Launcher is Broken - John Walker @ Kotaku 00:15:30 - Halo Infinite multiplayer rumor says it will launch early for Halo's 20th anniversary - Connor Sheridan @ GamesRadar 00:29:18 - 1 vs. 100 is in the works at Microsoft - Jeff Grubb @ Games Beat 00:25:10 - Ad 00:39:27 - Assassin’s Creed’s lead writer has returned to Ubisoft - Andy Robinson @VGC 00:43:44 - Far Cry’s boss has left Ubisoft - Andy Robinson @ VGC 00:51:40 - Out today 00:54:07 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: Mon: Blessing and Tim Tues: Tim and Gary Wed: Bles

Tim and Tam discuss two unannounced Xbox games that have been leaked, Steam Deck Delays, Naruto coming to Fortnite, and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:07:56 - Housekeeping ELDEN RING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEGzxPS3c5k The Roper Report - 00:11:44 - Spider-Man in Avengers 00:13:28 - Steam Deck and Playdate Delayed To 2022 00:16:45 - Naruto Coming To Fortnite 00:23:58 - The Game Awards 2021 Will Have 40-50 Games 00:29:10 - Ads 00:33:06 - New upcoming Xbox exclusives revealed: 00:38:07 - “Do you expect Obsidian to pull off a really interesting concept that sounds to rival The Forgotten City and Disco Elysium in depth when it sounds like its a small team like Grounded?” - The Nano Biologist 00:45:07 - Call of Duty: Vanguard leaks hint at Captain America & Indiana Jones 00:51:18 - Out today 00:53:30 - NVIDIA GeForce Update 00:56:06 - You‘re Wrong 00:58:30 - Post Show Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing & Janet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim and Andy discuss Phil Spencer's tweets about Forza Horizon 5, EA Sports potentially bringing Fight Night back, and some light Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Sequel updates. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:05 - Housekeeping PS I Love You XOXO is up right now! It’s Janet and I going through and creating our definitive PlayStation Holiday Shopping guide. That’s up right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and podcast services around the globe. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:15 - BREAKING NEWS: Spider-Man Avengers https://twitter.com/PlayAvengers/status/1458494704484438018?s=20 00:10:30 - Forza Horizon 5 Is The Biggest Launch in Xbox Game Studios History (Uncle Phil Himself, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer Twitter) 00:21:50 - Sources Say: EA has greenlit a Fight Night revival, but it’s ‘on pause’ (Tom Henderson at VGC) 00:25:45 - Halo Infinite Multiplayer Designer Joins Respawn to Work on a Star Wars Game (Matt Purslow From IGN) 00:31:00 - Ad   00:35:30 - A D

Blessing and Gary talk about Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl leaks, Sonic Frontiers leaks, the next 3D Mario game and a cool looking game called Lies of P. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:12:00 - Housekeeping PS I Love You XOXO is up right now! It’s Janet and I going through and creating our definitive PlayStation Holiday Shopping guide. That’s up right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and podcast services around the globe. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:20:44 - Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Leak Early 00:31:23 - Ads 00:35:43 - Is the next Sonic game open world?? 00:42:48 - Miyamoto wants the next 3D Mario game to ‘further expand’ the series 00:52:19 - Deathloop’s director has been appointed as the new head of Arkane Lyon 00:53:26 - The Tomorrow Children is making a return 00:58:23 - Lies of P looks like Pinocchio meets Bloodborne 01:00:52 - Out today 01:01:33 - NVIDIA GeForce Update 01:02:38 - Squad Up: Adam F - Xbox/Forza - W

Blessing and Tim discuss the new Horizon: Forbidden West gameplay deep-dive, Mass Effect 4 tease, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:00 - Housekeeping In case you missed it, Extra Life was this last weekend and it was a blast. You all showed up to help support the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and we streamed for 12 hours straight. Right now you can catch up on the shenanigans over on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyPlays where we uploaded all of the segments of the stream. You can also still donate and support Extra Life by going to kindafunny.com/ExtraLife PS I Love You XOXO is recording later this afternoon for Patreon. We’re creating our definitive 2021 PlayStation holiday shopping guide. Right now you can write in with your submissions for games, accessories, and PlayStation-related items that people should pick up this holiday season for Janet and me to talk about. That episode will be live for everyone TUESDAY on Youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe. Thank you to

Blessing and Janet round out the news day with a BUNCH of Nintendo news. Let's hear what Nintendo has to say about their next console, Nintendo Online, acquiring studios, and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:30 - Housekeeping Extra Life is happening THIS SATURDAY from 11am to 11pm. That’s gonna be a bunch of games like Mario Party and Metal Gear, a bunch of shenanigans like Nick & Andy taking the SATs and me drinking too much whisky, and MORE. That’s going down right here on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames but you can donate and join the team right now by going to KindaFunny.com/ExtraLife. The goal is to raise $100,000 for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. It’s a good cause so come out, support, and let’s have a good time. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:50 - Nintendo says it’s still working out the concept and launch timing for its next console - Tom Ivan @ VGC 00:24:13 - Nintendo Promises to 'Improve and Expand' the Switch Online Service - Jared

Go to http://joinhoney.com/games to get Honey for free! Go to http://american-giant.com and use code KFGD to get 20% off! Go to http://creditkarma.com/loanoffers to find the loan for you! Tim and Tam take on a big news day where superhero games take multiple Ls, Nintendo gets big Ws, and Take-Two says it has a lot of games in development. Epic Creator Code: KindaFunny Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:15 - Housekeeping Extra Life is going down THIS SATURDAY from 11am to 11pm. That’s gonna be a bunch of games like Mario Party and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, which I will be there for. There’s also going to be a bunch of shenanigans like Nick & Andy taking the SATs and Blessing drinking too much whisky, and MORE. That’s going down right here on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames but you can donate and join the team right now by going to KindaFunny.com/ExtraLife. The goal is to raise $100,000 for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. It’s a good cause so come out, support, and let’s have a good time.

Blessing and Andy tackle a HUGE day of news with Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV getting delayed, Jen Oneal stepping down from Blizzard, Elden Ring gameplay incoming, Donkey Kong moving coming, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:09 - Housekeeping Extra Life is happening THIS SATURDAY from 11am to 11pm. That’s gonna be a bunch of games like Mario Party and Metal Gear, a bunch of shenanigans like Nick & Andy taking the SATs and me drinking too much whisky, and MORE. That’s going down right here on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames but you can donate and join the team right now by going to KindaFunny.com/ExtraLife. The goal is to raise $100,000 for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. It’s a good cause so come out, support, and let’s have a good time. A new episode of Gamescast is up right now. Imran returns for an episode to talk with us for our reviews of Riders Republic and Mario Party Superstars and a preview of Shin Megami Tensei V. That’s up on Youtube.com/Kidnafunnygames and podcast services around the g

Blessing and Gary talk about what's up with the next Smash Bros, New World currencies, and the influence of GTA III. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:10:09 - Housekeeping Extra Life is happening THIS SATURDAY from 11am to 11pm. That’s gonna be a bunch of games like Mario Party and Metal Gear, a bunch of shenanigans like Nick & Andy taking the SATs and me drinking too much whisky, and MORE. That’s going down right here on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames but you can donate and join the team right now by going to KindaFunny.com/ExtraLife. The goal is to raise $100,000 for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. It’s a good cause so come out, support, and let’s have a good time. A new episode of PS I Love You XOXO is up right now. It’s Janet and I talking about the STATE of State of Play, PlayStation games coming to PC, and our different opinions on Dark Pictures: House of Ashes. That’s up on Youtube.com/Kidnafunnygames and podcast services around the globe. Over the weekend, the final episode of The Arkham Files went

Blessing and Tim talk about a Sega & Microsoft collaboration, Roger does a review for Unpacking, and an unnamed fan is very broken up about trophies in the Bugsnax DLC. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:48 - Housekeeping Over the weekend, the final episode of The Arkham Files went up. That is Barrett’s breakdown of the Arkham series. This final episode is all about Arkham Knight. That’s up right now for your viewing pleasure on youtube.com/kindafunnygames. Right after this episode of KFGD, the battle for the CEO of Kinda Funny continues in Mario Party Superstars. This time around it’s Nick, Kevin, Barrett, and Roger competing to see who will lead Kinda Funny now that Greg is gone on Paternity leave. That’s going down right here on Twitch.tv/kindafunnygames and later on Youtube.com/kindafunnyplays. Later today we’re recording PS I Love You XOXO over on Patreon and if you’re a Patreon supporter you can write in with your reader mail. This week’s episode will be all about the STATE of State of Play so wri

Blessing and Janet talk about a new Marvel game, Ubisoft delays, and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping Right after this episode of KFGD, we’re battling for CEO of Kinda Funny in Mario Party Superstars. It’s gonna be me, Nick, Tim, and snowbike Michaelangelo, that’s going down right here on Twitch.tv/Kindafunnygames, and later on youtube.com/kindafunnyplays The finale episode of The Arkham Files premieres THIS SUNDAY on Halloween at 2:30pm PT on YouTube.com/KindaFunnyGames! Join Barrett as he talks about Arkham Knight and how it’s a masterpiece of an ending for the Arkham Trilogy Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:05:35 - A new Marvel game has been announced 00:20:00 - Do we think Playstation will be getting any sort of exclusivity for this title? - Best Friends Q:BanderSN 00:24:54 - The ever-relevant question: What is going on at Ubisoft? 00:47:20 - Ad 00:52:15 - Resident Evil Village to get free DLC, Capcom says - Wesley Yin-Poole @

Tim and Tam discuss the progress made by Activision Blizzard employees, PlayStation embracing PC, and much more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:07:40 - Housekeeping We have a HUGE special day of streaming today LIVE on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames We partnered with NVIDIA GeForce to have Andy continue his play through of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy for the first time showing off all of that DLSS and Ray-Tracing goodness and give away some copies of the game right after this show And THEN after the Guardians stream we are doing a BONUS stream at 2PM PT where Blessing and Barrett are going to play Pumpkin Jack: New-Gen Edition, a Halloween themed PS2-style 3D Platformer by Thunderful Games and we are giving away 60 copies of the game to people in the chat Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Pranksy & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:09:23 - Sony now uses PlayStation PC label for its PC games, Tom Warren, Verge 00:28:09 - BREAKING NEWS: GTA San Andres coming to Oculus 00:34:05 - Activision Blizzard CE

Blessing and Tim tackle a hefty news day with a new Pikmin game launching, Blizzcon canceled, N64 games for Switch leaked, and much more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:26 - Housekeeping We are partnering with NVIDIA GeForce to have Andy play through Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy for the first time showing off all of that DLSS and Ray-Tracing goodness on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames after this show Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday ALSO our Guardians of The Galaxy Review is up right now as a Kinda Funny Gamescast. That’s featuring me, Tim, Snowbike Mike, and the momentary return of Greg Miller. You can catch that on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and on podcast services around the globe. Our Spider-Man 2 In Review Rewatch is up right now featuring me and Anthony Carboni along with Tim, Nick, and Andy talking all about the 2nd movie of the Sam Raimi trilogy. And it’s as ridiculous as you expect it to be. That’s up right now on youtube.com/kindafunny and on podcast services. A new episode of PS I Love You XO

Blessing and Janet unite on a rare TUESDAY and break down some hot PlayStation news including Returnal and Kena... and A Quiet Place video game? Time Stamps -  00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping New PSILY: https://youtu.be/HIumE0KZc6Y  Guardians of the Galaxy Review: https://youtu.be/dROR4AeKMiY  Does Arkham Origins Hold Up?: https://youtu.be/cGndQP1RXmg  00:09:30 - Returnal got a BIG update 00:20:05 - A Quiet Place Video Game has been Announced 00:29:34 - Nintendo Switch Online's N64 games have a few issues 00:48:58 - Ads 00:52:10 - Sony Is Reportedly 'Happy' With Sales Numbers For Kena: Bridge of Spirits 00:55:02 - Idris Elba Says Knuckles Voice Will Not Be Sexy in Sonic The Hedgehog 2 00:57:34 - Little Devil Inside will be at tomorrow’s State of Play 01:02:00 - Out today 01:05:10 - You‘re Wrong 01:06:00 - Post Show Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim, Andy, and Mike break down the Halo Infinite Campaign trailer, the reviews of Guardians of the Galaxy and Age of Empires 4, the lastest in Fortnite, and updates on Horizon Forbidden West! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:10 - Housekeeping 00:04:37 - Guardians of the Galaxy Reviews Are In! 00:16:57 - Age of Empires Reviews Are In! 00:19:51 - Halo Infinite Campaign Gameplay Overview Revealed 00:32:05 - WB Platform Fighting Game “Multiversus” Rumored 00:37:39 - Ads 00:40:46 - Fortnite x Resident Evil 00:41:53 - PSA: The Live Action Fortnite Movie Will Reportedly Feature Two Sex Scenes is FAKE 00:43:17 - The Dark Pictures Season One Finale, The Devil in Me, Announced 00:48:14 - ‘Wu-Tang Clan’ RPG Reportedly in the works at Microsoft 00:52:37 - OverWatch Reveals McRee’s New Name 00:55:28 - Guerrilla Gives A Closer Look at Horizon Forbidden West’s New Abilities 00:58:11 - God of War PC Version Is Being Handled By External Developer 01:01:38 - The Witcher Season 2 New Image 01:02:54 - Out today 01:05:05 -

Blessing and Janet tackle a big news day: Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Definitive Edition gameplay reveal, a new State of Play coming next week, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping 00:06:41 - GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition looks incredible 00:25:50 - State of Play returns next Wednesday 00:31:40 - Xbox is working on a “Cloud-native MMO” 00:38:47 - Ads 00:41:01 - CD Projekt has bought an Indie Studio 00:50:57 - Stardew Valley’s developer has announced their next game 00:56:09 - Advanced Wars is delayed 00:59:30 - Out today 01:00:30 - What’s New On GeForce? 01:01:20 - You‘re Wrong 01:05:37 - Post Show Next Week’s Hosts: Mon: Tam and Tim Tues: Blessing and Gary(?) Wed: Blessing and Andy Thurs: Tam and Blessing Fri: Blessing and Janet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices