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#E32021 is getting closer and closer! On today's KFGD, Blessing and Tim talk about the Battlefield 2042 reveal, Call of Duty not showing up at E3, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:50 - Housekeeping We got a duo of big podcast episodes up this morning: PS I Love You XOXO is all about answering your big Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart questions. I’m joined by Tim and Steve Saylor and we talk about accessibility, what it means for the PlayStation 5, and a whole lot more. Then Kinda Funny Xcast is also up! The crew is joined by Kahlief Adams and they got to check out a preview of Battlefield 2042 and break down everything they saw. Those are both available right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and podcast services around the globe. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Donavan Harkness & Black Jack The Roper Report   - 00:04:10 - Battlefield 2042 has finally been revealed - Andrew Webster @ The Verge 00:21:52 - Call of Duty: Vanguard is skipping E3 - Andy Robinson @ VGC 00:29:20 -  Ad 00:33:10 - BRE

Blessing and Whitta talk about Fortnite's latest season, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart reviews, and Capcom's E3 plans. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:08:00 - Housekeeping It’s E3 WEEK; CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! The general idea is that we’re reacting to ALMOST everything. So if it’s happening, check out twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. Thursday, it starts with Summer Games Fest Kickoff at 11 am PT. This means that all your favorite shows are getting jumbled and happening around E3, so stay tuned. Speaking of your favorite shows -- The Kinda Funny Gamescast is bringing you the Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart review! PSILY records this afternoon as an FAQ. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Donavan Harkness & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:12:39 - Rick from Rick and Morty is coming to Fortnite season 7! (along with Superman) - Austen Goslin @ Polygon 00:23:36 - Ratchet and Clank Review Round-Up 00:37:48 - Capcom has announced their E3 showcase - Michael McWhertor @ Polygon 00:47:15 - Bandai Namco denies it’s bringin

IT'S #E32021 WEEK! Let's talk about Ubisoft's mash-up PVP game that features a Splinter Cell tie-in, Prince of Persia's E3 no-show, and more! Time Stamps -  00:00:00 - Start 00:10:30 - Housekeeping It’s E3 WEEK; CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! The general idea is that we’re reacting to ALMOST everything. So if it’s happening, check out twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. Thursday, it starts with Summer Games Fest Kickoff at 11 am PT. This means that all your favorite shows are getting jumbled and happening around E3, so stay tuned. Speaking of your favorite shows -- tomorrow at 7 am PT the Kinda Funny Gamescast is bringing you the Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart review! PSILY records that afternoon as a FAQ. Thank you to our Patreon Producers:Donavan Harkness,Omega3,Tyler Ross,Delaney Twining,Julian the Gluten Free Gamer,James Hastings,Kasey Andrew, Elliott,Donavan Harkness, & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:13:20 - Splinter Cell x The Division x Ghost Recon, Matt Purslow @ IGN 00:28:30 - It’s Rainbow Six Extraction now! 0

A Marvel XCOM game?! Tiny Tina's Wonderlands?! The E3 leaks are here, and Greg and Bless are talking about them all! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:45 - Housekeeping Bless and Tim’s Mario Golf: Super Rush preview is on youtube.com/kindafunnygames Conjuring in Review! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Donavan Harkness & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:08:38 - Marvel XCOM?! Andy Robinson @ VGC 00:29:10 - - Best Friends Q:Funder Truck 00:35:40 - Don’t Expect Deep Silver’s Big Guns at E3 2021 00:42:50 - Injustice Mobile Apologizes, Darryn Bonthuys @ GaemSpot 00:48:16 - Balan Wonderland Creator Leaves Square, Joe Skrebbels @ IGN 00:38:50 - Ad 00:56:45 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: MON: Greg and Blessing TUES: Blessing and Whitta WED: Blessing and Tim THURS: Greg and Andy FRI: Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's FINALLY here! Greg and Tim run you through the #E32021 schedule! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:03 - Housekeeping KF Podcast Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Donavan Harkness & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:04:09 - E3 2021 Schedule! 00:46:11 - Ad 00:50:04 - Follow up to Hermen’s Big Adventure Yesterday! 01:00:00 - Just for you, Tim: Quantic Dream becomes the first French video game studio equipped with Dolby Atmos 01:04:50 - Out today 01:07:55 - You‘re Wrong 01:08:09 - Squad Up:Rodrigo(Xbox) - Rodreeegooo Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Andy tackle a big Nintendo news day. Let's talk about E3, Switch Pro, a musuem??... and Valorant coming to mobile. Listen to the http://www.patreon.com/kindafunnygames post-show to hear Blessing and Andy talk about the best LGBT video game characters. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:31 - Housekeeping A new Kinda Funny Gamescast is up right now! And it’s the highly anticipated E3/ Summer Game Fest predictions episode. It’s Greg, Tim, Andy, and I making our boldest and wildest predictions on what we can expect this summer. 40 total predictions made. That’s up right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and Podcast services around the globe. The Roper Report - 00:04:38 - Nintendo has officially announced their E3 00:14:18 - Switch Pro has now reportedly been listed at a French retailer 00:15:17 - BREAKING NEWS: God of War: Ragnarok Delayed 00:23:53 - “Is the supply/demand constraints for the new consoles truly affecting game development and marketing?” - TheFlannelDeath 00:34:40 - Ad   00:38:39

Gary Whitta and Greg talk about why games getting political is great. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:53 - Housekeeping My Mom’s on the Kinda Funny Podcast today! Come hear about my old comic strips, the copyright I forgot about, and Nick’s best jokes directed at my high school dance photos. youtube.com/kindafunny Yesterday, Rog put up an AMAZING edit of our Knockout City match with the devs. Check it out on youtube.com/kindafunnygames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Donavan Harkness & Black Jack The Roper Report  - 00:11:35 - OK, OK -- Far Cry 6 IS Political 00:31:00 - First Look at Cate Blanchet as Lilith in Borderlands Movie 00:33:30 - Pre-E3/Summer Games Fest Dates! 00:36:38 - NVIDIA’s New Cards, Hayley Williams @ GameSpot 00:40:25 - PlayStation’s Public EVO Tourneys, Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:45:30 - Ad 00:48:30 - Out today 00:57:20 - Squad Up: goldenclyde65 (PSN) 00:58:30 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing and Andy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Janet and Blessing talk about the Far Cry 6 reveal, Cyberpunk's new director, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Tom Bock The Roper Report  - 00:06:02 - Far Cry 6 00:15:30 - Horizon Forbidden West Gameplay Reveal and Lack of Release Date 00:26:44 - Cyberpunk 2077 Has a New Director. 00:38:50 - Ad 00:40:27 - Patrica Hernandez will be Kotaku’s New Editor-in-Chief 00:46:20 - Dying Light 2 Gameplay + Release date Dec 7th 00:50:40 - Out today 01:00:00 - You‘re Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Tim tackle a HUGE news day. Let's talk about Nintendo's Switch Pro details, Xbox and Bethesda's E3 presentation, PlayStation's marketing plan, and SONIC THE MUHFUGGIN HEDGEHOG BABY. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:40 - Housekeeping SO MUCH IS HAPPENING TODAY. We just reacted to Sonic Central. Me and Tim’s reactions will be up on Youtube for you to check out. Right after this episode of KFGD, we’re reacting to the new Cobra Kai trailer. At 12 noon, there’s a Dying Light 2 stream and we’re reacting to that live. Then at 2pm pt we’re reacting live to the Horizon Forbidden West State of Play. That’s all going down right here on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames The reactions don’t stop there, tomorrow we’re reacting to Far Cry 6’s presentation at 9:30 am. Tonight at 5:30 pm PT, Greg’s hosting another episode of Presence of Mind for Cloud 9 with Alanah and Kahlief. This is their every other week show about mental health, and we’ll be streaming it on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames! Thank you to our Patreon P

Blessing and Tim talk about Pokemon, Sonic, Unreal Engine 5, and so much more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:26 - Housekeeping A new episode of Gamescast is up right now and it’s our reviews of both Biomutant, and Knockout City! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Tom Bock The Roper Report  - 00:04:11 - We’ve got a release date for the new Pokemon games! - Andrew Webster @ The Verge 00:20:36 - Unreal Engine 5 Is Available Now in Early Access and there’s a Gorgeous New Tech Demo - Matt Kim @ IGN 00:26:24 - Roger Craig Smith is back voicing Sonic?? - Twitter 00:33:20 - PlayStation is Planning an Expansion Into Mobile Games and Apps - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:34:00 - What's intrigues you more: creating a unique experience with your IP for mobile gaming (like what I think Sony is doing)? Or, bringing the actual console game on the phone (like XBox Game Pass currently does)? - Best Friends Q:BJ Bernardo 00:42:20 - Speaking of: PlayStation Is Developing AI ‘Agents’ That Will Play Games With You

Gary Whitta and Greg talk about Horizon Forbidden West's State of Play announcement, Sonic being more popular than Zelda, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:35 - Housekeeping There’s a new PS I Love You XOXO live and we’re making a PS5 time capsule to open in seven years! The Roper Report - 00:07:31 - Horizon Info Incoming! 00:20:17 - Sonic the Hedgehog Event Incoming! 00:31:18 - Dying Light Event Incoming 00:34:00 - IGN Announces IGN Expo 00:37:30 - CD Projekt Waiting on Sony to Reinstate Cyberpunk 00:44:20 - Ads 00:45:48 - Ubisoft has or hasn’t gotten better about harassment based on who you ask 00:53:30 - Steam Handheld Incoming? 00:58:36 - Knockout City Hits 2 Million Players 01:02:22 - Out today 01:04:17 - You‘re Wrong 01:05:02 - Frankfurter - Happy Birthday Nano! - twitch.tv/thenanobiologist 01:07:29 - Post Show Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Tim talk about a rumored new Final Fantasy spin-off called "Final Fantasy Origins", Bioumtant reviews, and more! Listen to the http://www.patreon.com/kindafunnygames post-show to hear Blessing Barrett argue about the top 25 open world games. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:35 - Housekeeping It’s Monday, we got a bunch of new shows live for you right now! The edited finale of me and Andy’s playthrough of Resident Evil 7 is up right now, edited by Roger Pokorny. It’s one you don’t want to miss. I’m lost, drunk, and terrified by the end of it. A new Kinda Funny Podcast went up this morning where we help a Best Friend get engaged. And a new Kinda Funny Xcast is up right now where they talk all about what Nintendo is up to with Xbox. All of that is available right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunny and Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames along with your favorite podcast service. This Friday, we’re battling the Knockout City dev team. If we win, we get the Kinda Funny logo in the game. If we lose… doesn’t ma

Blessing and Tim talk about Netflix's possible expansion into gaming, Overwatch changing to 5v5, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:24 - Housekeeping Remember today: We’re streaming for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund at 11 a.m. PT. twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. You can start donating -- and learning about the charity -- now at kindafunny.com/palestine! The Roper Report - 00:05:20 - Netflix really wants to get into video games 00:15:15 - Overwatch 2 is changing to a 5v5 game 00:30:18 - Ads 00:32:57 - Mass Effect's Normandy Is Now in No Man's Sky 00:40:36 - Devolver Digital’s Phantom Abyss looks like Fall Guys meets Indiana Jones 00:43:29 - Hot Wheels Unleashed revealed their new College Campus environment 00:46:38 - Out today 00:48:20 - “Will this online E3 be a one-off thing or an evolution of the event?” - Jordan Lee Rowan 00:54:23 - Required Reading - https://bit.ly/3ywy9Ni  00:56:16 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: Monday - Blessing and Tim Tuesday - Greg and Whitta Wednesday - Blessing an

The Blind Gamer Steve Saylor joins Greg on this Global Accessibility Awareness Day to talk about Starfield release date rumors, TimeSplitters coming back, and more! Follow Steve: https://twitter.com/stevesaylor Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:05 - Global Accessibility Awareness Day 00:05:00 - “I was wondering what accessibility options do you think are the most crucial?” - Parker Petrov 00:10:08 - Housekeeping Our Palestine Stream is tomorrow @ 11 am pt! twitch.tv/kindafunnygames -- kindafunny.com/palestine The Roper Report - 00:12:04 - Timesplitters Lives! 00:18:55 - “I wonder if Timesplitters has anything new it can offer to the FPS genre” - Jordan Lee Rowan 00:24:33 - When’s Starfield Coming? 00:30:32 - “What's a better strategy?” - dhruvenator 00:40:37 - “Xbox and Bethesda are doing a joint event this year for E3. Is this going to be too long?” - The Nano Biologist 00:43:12 - Ads 00:45:50 - Outsiders Square’s “Next” Major Franchise 00:49:20 - Todd and Amy are Back together! 00:52:15 - EA’s New

Blessing and Andy talk about a BIG showing for Summer Game Fest, what's going on with Warner Bros, and more. Listen to the http://www.patreon.com/kindafunnygames post-show to hear about our hype levels for Biomutant. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:23 - Housekeeping A new Kinda Funny Gamescast is up and it’s a Deathloop preview! Tim, Barrett, Parris, and I got to check out a hand-off deep dive behind closed doors and we’ve broken down everything we saw. That’s live right now on podcast services and on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames. We’re streaming for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund Friday at 11 a.m. PT. twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. You can start donating -- and learning about the charity -- now at kindafunny.com/palestine! The Roper Report - 00:07:00 - Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest returns June 10th with a ‘world premiere showcase’ 00:14:11 - “Is this just a glorified outlook calendar of gaming events featuring Weezer?” - Parker Petrov 00:23:33 - Warner Bros Interactive will reportedly be split

Spawn On Me's Kahlief Adams comes through to talk about the IGN staff reaction to their post being removed, GTA Online PS5 and Xbox Series X getting a date, and so much more! Listen to the http://www.patreon.com/kindafunnygames post-show to hear about how Kah reviews games and to get the show ad free. Follow Kah at http://www.twitter.com/Kahjahkins . Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:35 - Housekeeping PS I Love You XOXO is live with the Trophy Room’s Kyle Stephenson talking about Starfield not coming to PS5, how the DualSense actually matters, and more! youtube.com/kindafunnygames. The Roper Report   - 00:11:08 - IGN / Palestine Update 00:36:25 - Ads 00:39:04 - GTA Online PS5 and Xbox Date! 00:42:38 - Saints Row The Third Coming to Current Gen 00:46:00 - Is Devolver Going Public? 00:49:09 - No Hollow Knight at E3 2021 00:49:56 - GamesIndustry.Biz FACTS 00:53:00 - Out today 00:56:10 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Andy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Tim are joined by Tamoor Hussain to talk about Games Media's support of Palestine, Starfield possibly coming in 2022 as an Xbox Exclusive, and more! Time Stamps -  00:00:00 - Start 00:01:48 - Housekeeping It’s Monday which means there’s a BUTTLOAD of new content up and available right now: This morning: The first part of Greg and Tim’s EPIC Emily Is Away 3 Let’s Play went up on youtube.com/kindafunnygames! Also this morning: A new Kinda Funny Podcast went live titled “Music We Can’t Listen To” Over the weekend, our review of Star Wars The Bad Batch episode 3 went up, along with a new episode of the Kinda Funny Xcast all about the most iconic Xbox moments. You can catch everything on Youtube.com/KindaFunny, Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames, and on podcast services around the globe. We’re streaming for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund Friday at 11 a.m. PT. twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. You can start donating -- and learning about the charity -- now at kindaunny.com/palestine! The Roper Report -

Blessing and Tim talk about Mass Effect, Sega working on a super game, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start - The Mass Effect. 00:12:28 - Will this re-release give BioWare some of its credibility back? - Best Friends Q:Jordan Lee Rowan 00:18:19 - Housekeeping TODAY at 2PM PT on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames: Greg, Nick, Mike, Joey, and Barrett are playing Poker Club and giving away a WHOLE bunch of codes for the game. AND If you watch you can get a custom Kinda Funny Trophy and KF merch in game! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Tom Bock The Roper Report - 00:19:20 - Sega says it plans to release a ‘Super Game’ within the next five years - Chris Scullion @ VGC 00:30:20 - Discord Is Evolving Beyond Gaming, but is still excited to work with PlayStation - Matt Kim @ IGN 00:35:18 - Housemarque’s searching for a solution for Returnal’s no-save-option problem - Kat Bailey @ IGN 00:43:00 - Ad   00:46:40 - Microsoft rolls out Dolby Vision gaming test on Xbox Series X and S - Jon Porter @ The Verge

Greg and Tim talk about a Wired article PACKED with PS5 info, Xbox's 20th Anniversary, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:20 - Housekeeping Friday at 2PM PT on Twitch.tv/KindaFmnnyGames Greg, Nick, Mike, Joey, and Barrett are playing Poker Club, giving away a WHOLE bunch of codes for the game, and if you watch you can get a custom Kinda Funny Trophy and KF merch in game! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Tom Bock The Roper Report - 00:09:06 - PS5’s 25 New Exclusives, New Controllers 00:29:11 - Do you think that PlayStation will ever do something akin to Xbox Design Lab for their controllers? - Best Friends Q:Jordan Lee Rowan 00:32:15 - - Best Friends Q:The 5 Star Man 00:34:44 - Sunset Overdrive Hope, Robert Leedham @ GQ 00:43:10 - Ad 00:46:54 - E3 Online and App Deets 00:53:04 - Avengers Red Room Takeover Deets 00:54:30 - Xbox 20 01:02:00 - Out today 01:06:55 - Squad Up: James Nickels(PS5) Owl-Eyes21 01:07:50 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing and Tim Learn more a

Janet Garcia joins Greg to talk about Ubisoft's free-to-play focus, Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids reviews, and more! Follow Janet: https://twitter.com/Gameonysus Time Stamps - 0:00:00 - Start 00:04:00 - Housekeeping PSILY’s Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart preview is up! After this, we’re recording the Kinda Funny Podcast with Justin Roiland. It’ll be up tomorrow because of embargoes. Joey and I are hosting an LG OLED stream tonight with DJ Khaled and Megan Fox. 5 p.m. PT. twitch.tv/evilgeniuses Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Tom Bock The Roper Report  - 00:08:30 - Ubisoft, Triple A, and the FTP race, Andy Robinson VGC 00:18:20 - Why did everyone immediately assume that free-to-play games CANT be a AAA experience? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:29:45 - Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids Review Round-Up 00:37:35 - Ad 00:42:18 - Battlefield, Eddie @ GameSpot 00:47:00 - Remedy’s 6 Games, Joe Skrebbels @ IGN 00:53:18 - Scarlet Nexus Demo Incoming 00:53:43 - K