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It is another Tim Tam Thursday! Join Tim and Tamoor as they breakdown the latest on PSVR2, Nintendo's continued insane sales numbers, workplace issues at Fullbright, and more. Follow Tam at https://twitter.com/tamoorh Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:00 - Housekeeping Core Games Multiverse Games Finale right after this show: https://twitter.com/CoreGames/status/1423091620962967554?s=20 Last but not least, The Blessing Show is BACK with a special event. It’s a 20 minute episode about Returnal, Hades, and the increasing popularity of Roguelites. That is going live as a Youtube Premiere tomorrow (Thursday) at 9:30am so you can come through, chat as it's going live, and have a good time. That will also be up on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CW3bTGkuN8 Thank you to our Patreon Producer Black Jack. The Roper Report - 00:002:58 - New PSVR2 Details From a Recent Dev Summit (Nibellion on Twitter) 00:22:40 - PlayStation Indies Spotlight (Shuhei Yoshia, Head of PlayStation Indie

Imran Khan RETURNS and joins Blessing to talk about Ghost of Tsushima Legends, Gamescom Opening Night Live, PS5 aiming to sell way more units, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:29 - Housekeeping A new Gamescast is up right now featuring special guest, Danny Pena from Gamertag Radio! We talk about our most hype game launches of all time along with Tim and Andy giving their Halo Infinite Test Flight impressions. That’s up right now on youtube and podcast services around the globe. Patreon Platinum Tier: https://twitter.com/KindaFunnyVids/status/1422237455630036992 TONIGHT, Snowbike Mike and Barrett Courtney are doing an anime movie watch night. That’s going down at 7:30pm pt and they’re watching a movie called Summer Wars with you the audience. That’s going down right here on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames. Last but not least, The Blessing Show is BACK with a special event. It’s a 20 minute episode about Returnal, Hades, and the increasing popularity of Roguelites. That is going live as a Youtube Premi

Gary Whitta wanted heads to roll after the details of the Activision Blizzard lawsuit came out, and now, J. Allen Brack is out at the company. Let's talk about it! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:09:04 - Housekeeping The Roper Report   - 00:10:25 - J Allen Brack out at Blizzard 00:36:00 - Ads 00:37:53 - New 2K Franchise Incoming 00:46:43 - Water Wet, GTAV unstoppable 00:49:15 - Master Chief is in your Car 00:53:00 - New Xbox Controller Color 00:57:50 - Out today  01:02:20 - You‘re Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Tim talk about a possible Halo Infinite Battle Royale mode, the next Astro Bot game, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:08 - Housekeeping A new Kinda Funny Xcast is live! The crew gives their impressions on their time with Halo Infinite this last week. You can of course catch that on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and on podcast services. Part Two of Greg and Tim’s Emily is Away 3 playthrough is up right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames. A new Kinda Funny Podcast went up this morning titled: We Go For a World Record https://twitter.com/KindaFunnyVids/status/1422237455630036992 Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:07:05 - Could Halo Infinite be getting BATTLE ROYALE?? - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN 00:24:30 - Team Asobi is making their 'Most Ambitious Game Yet' - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN 00:33:20 - Ad 00:35:30 - Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s director confirms he’s helming the Dead Space remake - Andy Robinson @ VGC 00:43:26 - Former Blizzard Developer and ArenaNet,

Greg and Blessing come together to talk about Horizion Forbidden West getting delayed, when you're getting Destiny 2 cross-play, and if you got a PlayDate yesterday! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:50 - Housekeeping Our video message to Henry is up on youtube.com/kindafunnygames The movie crew is reviewing Jungle Cruise today, and it’ll be up on youtube.com/kindafunny soon! Thank you to our Patreon Producer Black Jack. The Roper Report - 00:11:50 - Will Horizon Forbidden West Get Delayed? Andy Robinson @ VGC 00:31:20 - Destiny 2 Season 15 Will Add Cross-Play, Saniya @ GameSpot 00:36:00 - Official Horizon Delay: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-30/playstation-video-game-horizon-forbidden-west-delayed-to-2022 00:37:20 - Ad 00:47:55 - Annapurna Interactive Wrap-Up 00:53:10 - PlayDate Had a Hell of a Preorder Campaign, Greg Kumparak @ Tech Crunch 01:01:30 - Out today 01:05:00 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: MON: Blessing and Tim TUE: Greg and Gary WED: Blessing and IMRAN KHAN! THURS: Tim

Tim and Janet breakdown the latest on the PS5 Beta update, Halo's Technical Preview, Kena's delay, and more trash from Activision Blizzard. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:34 - Housekeeping A new Gamescast is up right now featuring Raven Simone aka Bobdunga. We talk all about lost games media and how she was able to recover a lost Mean Girls DS game. That episode is live right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and on podcast services. A new KFP w/ Jirard the Completionist AFter this at 11AM on Twitch..tv/core or hosted here on Kinda Funny Core Multiverse Games with Greg Bless and Mike. Competing with Austin, Altano, Scoville, Bruce, Lawrence Today at noon we’re reacting to that Annapurna Interactive Showcase, will we get more 12 minutes? Stray? Solar Ash? Tune in tomorrow to Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames to see our reactions. The Roper Report  - 00:03:50 - Playdate PSAPlaydate PSA 00:06:47 - PS5 System Update Beta Adds 3D Audio for TV Speakers, Trophy Tracking, and More (Jared Moore at IGN) 00:25:30 - Ken

Blessing and Tim discuss PlayStation 5 and Xbox having their fastest selling console numbers, more updates on Activision Blizzard, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:08 - Housekeeping A new Gamescast is up right now featuring Raven Simone aka Bobdunga. We talk all about lost games media and how she was able to recover a lost Mean Girls DS game. That episode is live right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and on podcast services. Tomorrow at noon we’re reacting to that Annapurna Interactive Showcase, will we get more 12 minutes? Stray? Solar Ash? Tune in tomorrow to Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames to see our reactions. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Donavan Harkness & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:06:07 - PS5 has hit 10 million units sold - Christopher Dring @ GiBiz 00:14:50 - The Console sales success stories continue: Xbox Series X/S are Microsoft’s ‘fastest selling consoles ever’ - Tom Ivan @ VGC 00:22:30 - A new AAA studio has been formed by Last of Us and Call of Duty devs - Joe Skre

Gary Whitta and Greg deal with the breaking news about a Blizzard walkout and the fact that IGN's Matt Kim doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to Ghostbusters! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:13:00 - Housekeeping Is Uncharted overrated? We have a great discussion on PSILY about it! youtube.com/kindafunnygames or podcast services! Thank you to our Patreon Producer Black Jack. The Roper Report  - 00:15:40 - Activision/Blizzard Employees Sign Open Letter, Patrick @ Waypoint 00:35:30 - Ad 00:38:50 - Nintendo isn’t done updating Animal Crossing 00:46:50 - Dragon Age Series coming to Netflix?! Doug Norrie @ Giant Freakin’ Robot 00:49:40 - PAX Requiring Vaccination Record or Negative Test, Jason on Twitter 00:56:40 - Out today 01:00:30 - Squad Up:Gabrielle Wasylyshyn(PSN and PC) - Aedion Sarious 01:01:00 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Tim talk about more updates on Activision Blizzard, breaking news on a new Pokemon Netflix series, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Donavan Harkness & Black Jack HELP THE HOMIE MEGA RAN: https://twitter.com/MegaRan/status/1419404984047734784 The Roper Report   - 00:06:20 - An update on the Activision Blizzard happenings: The Employees Speak Out 00:26:00 - Pokemon Live-Action Series in Early Development at Netflix From ‘Lucifer’s’ Joe Henderson - Joe Otterson @ Variety 00:40:48 - Mortal Kombat 11 sells more than 12m copies - Wesley Yin-Poole @ Eurogamer 00:37:35 -  Ad 00:48:32 - Death Stranding has sold five million copies on PS4 and PC - Christopher Dring @ GamesIndustry.biz 00:54:02 - Some review Round Ups 00:57:45 - PS Plus games for August were revealed early - Tom Ivan @ VGC 00:58:45 - Out today 01:03:55 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Gary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Bless catch you up on the statements, community reactions, and media's role in the Activision Blizzard lawsuit. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:00 - Housekeeping Emily Is Away 3 is happening right after this. twitch.tv/kindafunnygames and later on youtube.com/kindafunnyplays Happy 20th birthday, Max Payne! Thank you to our Patreon Producer Black Jack. The Roper Report  - 00:07:30 - Activision Fallout 00:41:00 - Ad 00:43:50 - What do you think is games' media role in it? - Best Friends Q:Iztari 00:55:45 - GTA Online Record, Eddie @ GameSpot 01:01:02 - Borderlands Devs Bounce, Megan Farokhmanesh @ Axios 01:05:55 - Out today 01:08:05 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: MON: Blessing and Tim TUE: Greg and Gary WED: Blessing and Tim THURS: Greg and Tim FRI: Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is another Tim Tam Thursday! Join Tim and Tamoor as they breakdown all the announcements fro EA Play and go over the absolutely heartbreaking Activision Blizzard lawsuit. Follow Tam at https://twitter.com/tamoorh Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:00 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producer Black Jack. The Roper Report - 00:04:10 - Everything Announced At EA Play Live 2021 00:37:00 - Ad 00:40:35 - Activision Blizzard Sued Over ‘Frat Boy’ Culture, Harassment (Maeve Allsup at Bloomberg) 00:57:08 - Blizzard Botched Warcraft III Remake After Internal Fights, Pressure Over Costs (Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier) 01:01:00 - Banks, brokerages, PSN, the Steam Store and more are down in massive internet outage (Mitchell Clark at The Verge) 01:03:43 - PS5 Users get 6 Months of Apple TV + free (PlayStation Blog) 01:06:00 - Out today 01:09:05 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Andy talk about new details on Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut, Netflix going for mobile gaming, and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:10:10 - Housekeeping A new Gamescast about Metal Gear Solid AND a Party Mode previewing Aliens: Fireteam Elite are up right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames If that’s not enough games content, we’re streaming Doki Doki Literature Club right after this episode of KFGD right here on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Donavan Harkness & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:16:30 - Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut looks sick 00:26:00 - Netflix’s gaming expansion starts with mobile - Jay Peters @ The Verge 00:36:36 - District 9’s Neill Blomkamp is working on a video game! 00:43:42 - Ad 00:46:55 - Pro Evolution Soccer has been renamed eFootball, and It's Fully Free-to-Play - Joe Skrebels @ IGN 00:49:48 - Could eFootball represent a direction that other sports titles such as FIFA, Madden and NBA 2K adopt in the near future? - Best Fr

Greg and Gary Whitta talk about the stellar Death's Door reviews, the PS5 losing weight, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:15 - Housekeeping I apologize to a developer on today’s PSILY! Loki enters the MCU In Review lineup today! Thank you to our Patreon Producer Black Jack. The Roper Report - 00:05:54 - Death’s Door Review Round-up 00:18:03 - Will this decision by Devolver, to put a title on Xbox exclusively but not on Game Pass, hurt its sales? - Best Friends Q:Marc Starvaggi 00:25:08 - Ubi’s New Tom Clancy Shooter: XDefiant, Michael McWhertor @ Polygon 00:33:02 - Ad 00:36:19 - PS5 is Losing Weight! ERNEST LIN @ PSU 00:40:48 - Cris Tales Review Round-Up 00:43:25 - Tencent Buys Sumo, Christopher Dring @ GIB 00:46:58 - DEM TIMBITS 00:53:00 - Out today 00:57:00 -REQUIRED READING: First It Was An Assassin's Creed Expansion, Now It's Ubisoft's 8 Year Nightmare - Ethan Gach @ Kotaku https://kotaku.com/first-it-was-an-assassins-creed-expansion-now-its-ubis-1847326742 00:59:45 - You‘re Wrong Tomor

Janet and Tim breakdown the latest statements from Nintendo, Skate 4's teaser, Ratchet and Clank's design choices, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:35 - Housekeeping MCU In Review Returns today as the boys rank Loki the series against all the MCU movies and shows. Catch it live on Patreon.com/kindafunny or tomorrow on youtube.com/kindafunny and podcast services. Thank you to our Patreon Producer Black Jack. The Roper Report   - 00:05:00 -  Nintendo Says It Has No Plans to Release Another Switch Model Right Now 00:14:10 - Steam Deck: Valve Is Doing its Best to Avoid Thumbstick Drift 00:19:40 - Ratchet and Clank’s modernization meant making it easier 00:33:23 - Skate Will Not be at EA Play but Here is a Teaser 00:47:10 - New Tom Clancy Incoming 00:53:30 - Out today 00:55:16 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Gary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A datamine makes it look like PlayStation games are coming to Netflix. Do you believe it? Does Janet Garcia believe it? Does Greg secure a Steam Deck during this show? Let's find out! Follow Janet: https://twitter.com/Gameonysus Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producer Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:11:56 - PlayStation Coming to Netflix?! Chris Scullion @ VGC 00:20:00 - Rainbow Six Extraction AND Riders Republic Delayed 00:27:50 - STEAM DECK FOLLOW-UPS! 00:35:35 - Could this become the swiss army knife of handhelds? - Best Friends Q:JordOnDrums (Jordon) 00:47:00 - Ad 00:49:29 - NPD REPORT! Jeffy Grubb Gruub @ Gamesbeat 00:53:50 - You Almost Got a Happy Gilmore Game 00:53:20 - Out today 01:02:00 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: TUE: Greg and Gary WED: Blessing and Andy THURS: Greg and Tim at a special time -- NOON Pacific! FRI: Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Valve has done the impossible -- made a handheld. Let's talk about the Steam Deck, Black Panther, and Hideo Kojima's Tweets! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:04 - Housekeeping TLOU2’s Shannon Woodward is on the Kinda Funny Podcast today! youtube.com/kindafunny and podcast services! Thank you to our Patreon Producer Black Jack! The Roper Report  - 00:05:56 - Steam Deck Announced 00:31:50 - Black Panther Details, Nick Romano @ EW 00:47:20 - Ad 00:51:49 - No Star War at EA Play 00:57:30 - Netflix Going After Games, Lucas Shaw and Mark Gurman @ Bloomberg 01:02:40 - Hideo Kojima likes Hideo Kojima Trailer, Hideo Kojima @ Hideo Kojima’s Twitter 01:05:20 - Out today 01:08:04 - Squad Up:Casey Weinmann(PSN/PC) - Arox Lunarshroud 01:08:40 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Andy talk about the big headlines from our Phil Spencer interview, Battlefield 2042 Cross Play, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Gary Whitta delve into Persona's 25th Anniversary and it's seven new teases, sort through two delays, and yell at each other about nonsense. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:13 - Housekeeping A great PSILY is live! Kojima! Director’s Cut! Where the Heart Leads! Thank you to our Patreon Producer Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:06:15 - Persona: 7 Upcoming Announcements For The Series, Darryn Bonthuys @ GameSpot 00:22:40 - Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Announced, Skrebbels @ IGN 00:40:00 - Ad 00:43:20 - Ghostwire Tokyo Delayed 00:44:06 - Just Cause Mobile Delayed 00:51:27 - ESA Talks COVID and Gaming, REB @ IGN 00:58:10 - BREAKING: The theme for Fall Guys Season 5 is JUNGLE ADVENTURE 01:01:00 - RUMOR: PSU.com’s Michael Harradence 01:02:00 - Out today 01:07:29 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Andy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Janet and Tim breakdown the latest on Kojima, Abandoned, the most expensive video game ever, and Cyberpunk 2077's surprising download numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yes, your PS4 save works. Yes, there's a paid upgrade path, Yes, you're getting the Half Life and Cyberpunk content. Let's talk about Death Stranding Director's Cut, Sifu, and PlayStation's State of Play with Patrick Shanley! Follow Patrick: https://twitter.com/pshanley88 Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:00 - Housekeeping We’ve announced the new studio debut date! Check out the video EVERYWHERE. BLACK WIDOW IN REVIEW TODAY! Phil Spencer is coming to the Kinda Funny Gamescast next Tuesday! Get questions in on Patreon.com/kindafunnygames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:08:40 - Death Stranding Director’s Cut DEETS, Jay Boor @ the PlayStation Blog00 00:20:40 - Sifu Delayed 00:29:30 - Speaking of DS and Sifu, let’s talk PlayStation State of Play in General 00:37:43 - Ad 00:39:35 - Was all the disappointment fan-caused? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:45:18 - Genshin Impact to Add New City, Cross-Save and More This Month, Liam Wiseman @ IGN 00:49:15 - Breaking