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Blessing and Tim talk about reports that AT&T is selling Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Time Stamps - 00:02:00 - Housekeeping Thank you to everyone who watched the Guerrilla Collective this weekend. We teamed up with the Media Indie Exchange to showcase nearly 90 games, and y’all came out to support. Thank you! The finale to Nick’s playthrough of The Last of Us is up right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames. ALSO up on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames is our Core Games Let’s Play where we reveal the winners of the Kinda Funny Game Jam. We Have Cool Friends today is Elizabeth Tulloch, Lois from Superman & Lois on the CW. That’s happening right after this on Twitch and later on Youtube.com/KindaFunny EA Play is happening Thursday at 4pm pt and we’ll be reacting live to it right here on twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:06:18 - WB Games is up for sale - Rebekah Valentine @ GiBiz 00:21:00 - - Best Friends Q:Kra

Blessing and Greg sort through the PS5 and The Last of Us Part II review aftermath! Time Stamps - 00:02:55 - Housekeeping Right after this, it’s the Kinda Funny Core Game Jam Results! If you’re watching live, download Core for free ASAP and play games with us at coregames.com! The Kinda Funny Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerilla Collective! We’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off TOMORROW at it’s NEW START TIME of 9 am PT on twitch! TLOU Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:05:55 - Miles Morales Spider-Man is an “Expansion and enhancement to the original,” Andy Robinson @ VGC 00:20:52 - PS5 Follow-Ups... 00:29:00 - Do you think it will change colors just like the light on the controllers do? For example- Red when you are low on health, Yellow to indicate when enemies are near by. - Best Friends Q:Dapper Stephen With a PH 00:39:15 - TLOU2 Rev

It's a PS I Love You XOXO takeover! With just moments to go before the PS5 Reveal Event, Greg and Blessing make some bets, answer some questions, and try not to explode with excitement. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:20 - Housekeeping IT’S A HUGE WEEK OF EVENTS Today, Andy and Nick are streaming COD We’re Live reacting to the PS5 event Thursday @ 1 pm on Twitch! TLOU2 Review is Friday at 12:01 am pt! Core Game Jam is Friday after KFGD! The Kinda Funny Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerilla Collective! We’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off Saturday at it’s NEW START TIME of 9 am PT on twitch! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:11:35 - Spider-Man 2 isn’t Isom’s next Game? 00:06:20 - PS5 BETS AND PREDICTIONS 00:29:00 - - Best Friends Q:Frankfurtter 00:53:10 - Ps5 Prices were Bullshit, Joe Skrebbels @ IGN 00:55:52 - Sony Patents A

Gary Whitta and Greg talk about the Vita exclusive apparently making its way to PC, No Man's Sky getting cross-play, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:00 - Housekeeping IT’S A HUGE WEEK OF EVENTS Today, Andy and Nick are streaming COD We’re Live reacting to the PS5 event Thursday @ 1 pm on Twitch! TLOU2 Review is Friday at 12:01 am pt! Core Game Jam is Friday after KFGD! The Kinda Funny Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerilla Collective! We’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off Saturday at it’s NEW START TIME of 9 am PT on twitch! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:11:28 - PERSONA 4 to Steam?! Cass Marshall @ Polygon 00:11:35 - Do you think this is an announcement at the PC gaming show, OR will Sony be talking about how they are bringing their games to PC during their event tomorrow? - Best Friends Q:Frank Furtter 00:14:15 - No

Imran and Fran talk about the next few years of Destiny and Bungie, next-gen reveal plans between Microsoft and Sony, and discuss rumors about new Far Cry and Okami games. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:40 - Housekeeping The Kinda Funny Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerilla Collective! We’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off Saturday at 10 am PT on twitch! We’re Live reacting to the PS5 event Thursday @ 1 pm on Twitch! TLOU2 Review is Friday at 12:01 am pt! Core Game Jam is Friday after KFGD! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:03:00 - A DESTINY THING HAPPENED 00:18:45 - Xbox Event Moved? Not so, says Greenberg. 00:29:38 - Neil Druckmann Undecided on Whether His Next Game Will Be The Last of Us 3 or New IP (Joe Skrebels at IGN) 00:33:50 - The Last of Us Podcast Series Launched by PlayStation (Matt Purslow at IGN) 00:35:30 - Nintendo

Tim and Greg go through all the latest PlayStation 5, Xbox Lockheart, Cyberpunk 2077, EA, and Need for Speed rumors and updates. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:17 - Housekeeping Nick’s TLOU Playthrough is on Youtube! The Kinda Funny Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerrilla Collective! We’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off Saturday at 10 am PT on twitch! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:25 - PS5 Event RESCHEDULED? 00:19:35 - Cyberpunk 2077 NOT on Stadia at Launch, Matt Purslow @IGN 00:22:51 - Xbox Lockhart Evidence Mounts, Francesco De Meo @ WCCF Tech 00:30:05 - What's the deal with Xcloud? We haven't heard much on awhile about it, and we still have no idea when its offically coming out. Have any of you try it out? - Best Friends Q:Zigerion 00:37:05 - PC Gaming Show Lineup Revealed, 50+ Games 00:40:00 - Need for Speed Heat adds

Blessing is joined by Spawn On Me's Kahlief Adams to discuss a possible new Halo game, Call of Duty saying Black Lives Matter, and more. FOLLOW KAHLIEF ADAMS: https://twitter.com/Kahjahkins https://twitter.com/spawnonme https://twitch.tv/spawnonme https://www.youtube.com/spawnonme https://www.patreon.com/spawnonme Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:09:28 - Housekeeping Blessing’s been making the rounds this week! This is where you can find me: The latest episode of Beyond, with Lucy O'brien, Jonathan Dornbush, and the homie Funke, over at IGN.com Inside Gaming’s video game news podcast “Send News”, with Brian Gaar, Woolie Madden, and Alanah Pearce, over on YouTube.com/InsideGaming I was also on Game Case Trivia as part of Gamespot’s charity stream. That features me joining Ben Hanson and Suriel from Minn Max, Brandon Jones from Easy Allies, and Jake Baldino from Gameranx. That’s available right now on Youtube.com/Gamespot. Lastly, I was of course on the latest episode of Spawn On Me titled “A Lesson i

WWE Superstar Xavier Woods AKA UpUpDownDown's Austin Creed joins Blessing to talk about Infinity Ward's COD plan to combat racism, GTA Online going offline, and the return of Kingdoms of Amalur! FOLLOW XAVIER WOODS: http://www.twitter.com/xavierwoodsphd http://www.youtube.com/upupdowndown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing is joined by Married To The Games' Gabe Patillo to discuss Sega's new micro console. FOLLOW GABE PATILLO: https://twitter.com/mttgcast https://www.patreon.com/mttg https://www.marriedtothegames.com/ Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Gabe Patillo is back! 00:08:30 - Housekeeping The Kinda Funny Games Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerilla Collective! As you know, we’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off Saturday at 10 am PT on twitch.tv/guerrillacollective! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:11:00 - Sega announces the Game Gear Micro - Sam Byford @ The Verge 00:17:30 - Sega has clearly punked me with their Game Gear for ants. Jokes aside, do you take this as a sign from Sega? Reaffirming that they are not interested in entering the console war? - Best Friends Q:Mark Heath 00:21:02 - Nintendo is reportedly ‘double-matching’ employee do

Blessing is joined by Spawn On Me's Kahlief Adams to discuss the delayed PS5 event and more. FOLLOW KAHLIEF ADAMS: https://twitter.com/Kahjahkins https://twitter.com/spawnonme https://twitch.tv/spawnonme https://www.youtube.com/spawnonme https://www.patreon.com/spawnonme Time Stamps - 00:14:22 - Housekeeping The great big Kinda Funny Core stream is THIS Thursday! Manticore Games will join us on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames to announce the winners of the Kinda Funny Game Jam prizes! Andy and Greg will then hang out and play the winning games. You can enter now at kindafunny.com/gamejam The Kinda Funny Games Showcase is back, but it’s called the Guerilla Collective! As you know, we’ve teamed up with our friends at the Media Indie Exchange to do a three-day showcase featuring nearly 90 games! It all kicks off Saturday at 10 am PT on twitch.tv/guerrillacollective! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:15:14 - They did it. This week’s PS5 event ha

Blessing is joined by Parris Lilly of GamerTag Radio to talk about the final The Last of Us Part II previews. Time Stamps - 00:08:00 - Housekeeping The PS5 Event is happening THIS THURSDAY. We’ll be reacting to it live right here on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames at 1 pm PT, with a post-show discussing everything revealed. Don’t miss it! The great big Kinda Funny Core stream is also this Thursday! After the PS5 Reveal Event Post-Show, Manticore Games will join us on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames to announce the winners of the Kinda Funny Game Jam prizes! Andy and Greg will then hang out and play the winning games. Enter now at kindafunny.com/gamejam Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:09:30 - The Last of Us Part 2 final previews are up 00:20:40 - Xbox Series X IS on track for a worldwide launch this holiday - James Batchelor @ GiBiz 00:26:30 - Could we be getting Prey VR? - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:31:07 - Pokemon Sword & Shield News is coming tomorr

IT'S HAPPENING! June 4th, PlayStation is showing us PS5 games. Alanah Pearce from Funhaus talks to Greg about the big news! Time Stamps - 00:03:02 - Housekeeping IT’S OUR 700TH EPISODE! We’ll close out the show with Kenny Belou’s traditional stat breakdown. It’s Kinda Funhaus week! We’re doing all sorts of crossover content with our pals at Funahus, like this episode of KFGD, but to catch the full rundown, head over to kindafunny.com/funhaus tlou Our huge Predator stream is today! 2 pm PT twitch.tv/kindafunnygames! Today our only sponsors are our Patreon Producers, so please be like them and head over to patreon.com/kindafunnygames to support this show, get it ad-free, and get the exclusive post show. Thank you MOHAMMED MOHAMMED and BLACK JACK. The Roper Report - 00:06:54 - PS5 Event Next week, Jim Ryan 00:16:00 - The PS5 event is next Thursday. Assuming it's what we all hope, does this mean preorders will open soon? - Best Friends Q:Marc Starvaggi 00:20:15 - Do you think this event will parallel the P

Blessing is joined by Funhaus' Adam Kovic to talk about brand new details revolving around Xbox Series X Backwards Compatibility. Time Stamps - 00:03:15 - Housekeeping It’s Kinda Funhaus week! We’re doing all sorts of crossover content with our pals at Funahus, like this episode of KFGD featuring Alanah Pearce. To catch the full rundown, head over to kindafunny.com/funhaus. We have a huge Predator: Hunting Grounds Stream tomorrow. 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Black Jack, Al Tribesman The Roper Report - 00:05:11 - Xbox Series X aims to be the most compatible console - Blog Post by Jason Ronald, Director of Program Management for Xbox Series X 00:16:56 - Do you think a feature like this, where ALL games run better on the Series X at launch and not just Series X games, will make the console a Day 1 buy for many, many more people? - Best Friends Q: The Nano Biologist 00:31:40 - Iron Man VR has Gone GOLD 00:39:38 - Apex Legends Sea

Kinda Funhaus week continues as Blessing and Alanah Pearce talk about a possible incoming PlayStation 5 event, Grand Theft Auto 6, and more! Time Stamps - 00:05:00 - Housekeeping It’s Kinda Funhaus week! We’re doing all sorts of crossover content with our pals at Funahus, like this episode of KFGD featuring Alanah Pearce. To catch the full rundown, head over to kindafunny.com/funhaus. Later today, we’re reacting live to The Last of Us Part 2 State of Play stream. That’s happening right here on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames at 1pm pacific. LATER later today, we’re doing another sponsored Predator Hunting Grounds stream. Join me, Greg, Nick, Andy, and Fran as we hunt each other DOWN on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames at 4pm pacific. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Black Jack, Al Tribesman The Roper Report - 00:08:03 - Could we finally be getting that PS5 event next week? - Jason Schreier & Takashi Mochizuki @ Bloomberg 00:19:32 - When do you think Sony would make the announcement confirming it

Time Stamps - 00:04:00 - Housekeeping It’s Kinda Funhaus week! We’re doing all sorts of crossover content with our pals at Funahus, like this episode of KFGD, but to catch the full rundown, head over to kindafunny.com/funhaus PLUS we have a crossover shirt: https://store.roosterteeth.com/products/funhaus-x-kinda-funny-t-shirt?variant=32052811530288 On top of that, TWO big sponsored Predator: Hunting Grounds stream this week -- Wednesday @ 4 pm and Friday @ 2 pm for three hours! twitch.tv/kindafunnygames The Roper Report - 00:07:50 - THE LAST OF US PART II ROCK-BLOCK 00:30:11 - No Man’s Sky Comes to Xbox Game Pass, Windows 10 PC 00:33:05 - IGN Summer of Gaming Detailed, Joe Skrebbels 00:42:48 - Damn Dataminers! 00:48:00 - Out today 00:56:40 - Squad Up: Mark Freeman(Community Zoom Twitter) - @theindieboy1 twitter 00:58:06 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing and Alanah Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Tim go over April's INSANE NPD numbers and talk about Final Fantasy VII Remake's success. Time Stamps - 00:05:00 - Housekeeping REMEMBER: We’re doing a Core Game Jam - kindafunny.com/gamejam - $100 gets donated to Extra Life for every game submitted. To enter, publish a new game on the Core platform in one of four categories: party game, (kinda) funniest game, retro game, and pop-culture inspired game. There’s $5k in prizes, head to kindafunny.com/gamejam Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Black JackAl Tribesman The Roper Report - 00:09:10 - April 2020 NPD Numbers are Insane, Jeff Grubb @ venturebeat GAMES 00:25:00 - Ghost of Tsushima Update, Dorno @ IGN 00:29:20 - As a Sekiro fan, i'm excited to hear that it will be difficult and grounded. You take a couple hits, you're dead. But, for people like yourselves who aren't fans of hyper difficult gameplay like a Soulsborne or Sekiro game, does this turn you off of the game? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:34:15 - Maneate

Blessing and Greg talk about an astounding 93 games that Take Two is working on and answer the question: "Is it possible to play everything?" Time Stamps - 00:04:50 - Housekeeping WE’RE STREAMING CORE TODAY AT 1:30pm pacific, AND THEN RIGHT AFTER, ANDY AND BLESS ARE STREAMING AMAZON’S NEW GAME CRUCIBLE. That’s all happening on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames. REMEMBER: We’re doing a Core Game Jam - kindafunny.com/gamejam - $100 gets donated to Extra Life for every game submitted. To enter, publish a new game on the Core platform in one of four categories: party game, (kinda) funniest game, retro game, and pop-culture inspired game. There’s $5k in prizes, head to kindafunny.com/gamejam 10-year anniversary of ModNation Racers Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Black JackAl Tribesman The Roper Report - 00:07:15 - Take-Two plans to release 93 games in the next 5 years - Rebekah Valentine @ GIBiz 00:18:20 - Are we approaching a time when keeping up with the latest and greatest games from the m

Time Stamps - 00:06:50 - Housekeeping REMEMBER: We’re doing a Core Game Jam - kindafunny.com/gamejam - $100 gets donated to Extra Life for every game submitted. To enter, publish a new game on the Core platform in one of four categories: party game, (kinda) funniest game, retro game, and pop-culture inspired game. There’s $5k in prizes, head to kindafunny.com/gamejam 10-year anniversary of ModNation Racers Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Black JackAl Tribesman The Roper Report - 00:09:40 - This Year’s COD is Black Ops Cold War, Tom Phillips @ Eurogamer 00:22:10 - CD Projekt Red Topples Ubisoft, Bartosz Sobczak @ GameplayMechanix.com 00:33:35 - Gears of War 3 on PS3, Stephen Totilo @ Kotaku 00:37:35 REQUIRED READING: This Is What Happens When a Video Game Leaks 00:40:39 - Embracer Group has 69 Unannounced Games, Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:46:25 - #RELEASETHESNYDERCUT Henry Cavill Easter Egg in Total War, Richard Scott-Jones @ PCGamesN 00:49:40 - Out today 00:52:30 - Reader mail - 00:55

Blessing and Imran talk about the new report that Assassin's Creed Valhalla is actually BIGGER than previous games. Time Stamps - 00:03:00 - Housekeeping REMEMBER: We’re doing a Core Game Jam - kindafunny.com/gamejam - $100 gets donated to Extra Life for every game submitted. To enter, publish a new game on the Core platform in one of four categories: party game, (kinda) funniest game, retro game, and pop-culture inspired game. There’s $5k in prizes, head to kindafunny.com/gamejam Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Black Jack, Al Tribesman The Roper Report - 00:05:41 - Assassin's Creed Valhalla will actually be bigger than Odyssey - Lauren Morton @ RockPaperShotgun 00:25:20 - Last of Us Part 2 Special Edition PS4 has been revealed - Joe Skrebels @ IGN 00:29:30 - Is Sony banking on the interest of people who still don't own a PS4? - Best Friends Q:Ricky Mcflyy 00:32:08 - We now know even more about Ghost of Tsushima 00:38:48 - PlayStation Now reaches 2.2m subscribers - Matthew Handr

Blessing and Tim discuss a new Respawn studio and also ask the question, is it too late for Anthem? Time Stamps - 0:03:00 - Housekeeping Next week is Kinda Funhaus week! - Tim tell us a bit about what’s going on REMEMBER: We’re doing a Core Game Jam - kindafunny.com/gamejam - $100 gets donated to Extra Life for every game submitted. To enter, publish a new game on the Core platform in one of four categories: party game, (kinda) funniest game, retro game, and pop-culture inspired game. There’s $5k in prizes, head to kindafunny.com/gamejam Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Black Jack, Al Tribesman The Roper Report - 00:07:10 - Anthem is still being worked on - Mathew Handrahan @ GIBiz 00:19:49 - Respawn’s opening a second studio to focus on Apex Legends - Rebekah Valentine @ GIBiz 00:28:50 - Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1&2 won’t have microtransactions at launch - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:32:02 - - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:39:40 - Ubisoft Sues Apple and Google Over Mobile Rainb