Kinda Funny Games Daily

Blessing and Greg discuss a new Sony patent centered around having a robot friend. Time Stamps - 00:03:30 - Housekeeping Joshpardy! Tonight! 6 pm Pt! kindafunny.com/joshmacuga Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:09:20 - Sony Has Patented a Robotic Gaming Companion - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:21:50 - Would you want a Buddy index?- Best Friends Q:Jamie S 00:25:00 - San Diego ComicCon Cancelled 00:28:32 - Nintendo Stock Price Hits 52-Week High Amid Switch Shortages - James O'Connor @ Gamespot 00:39:53 - Konami indefinitely delays PES Euro 2020 DLC and cancels boxed edition - James Batchelor @ GamesIndustry.biz 00:43:08 - PS Now is currently 25% off for new subscribers - James Pickard @Eurogamer 00:48:08 - - Best Friends Q:RobbyRob 00:56:38 - Out today Reader mail - 01:01:10 - Which game do you think will be more valuable: P.T., or Cooking Mama: Cook Star? - KBABZ 01:04:50 - Squad Up:Jovan(Xbox One,PS4, & Switch) - XBox and PS4: Jovie84 Switc

The No. 1 Games Journalist (sorry Andy) has left his post. What does Jason Schreier leaving mean for Kotaku and the gaming press? Blessing and Greg discuss! Time Stamps - 00:04:00 - Housekeeping TLOU STREAM TODAY Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:08 - JASON SCHREIER LEAVES KOTAKU 00:22:00 - With Jason Schreier announcing his departure from Kotaku where do you think Jason goes next? - Best Friends Q:The 5 Star Man 00:30:30 - PS5 Consoles to be Limited, Ta-ka-shi Mochi-zu-ki and Yuki Fu-ru-kawa @ Bloomberg 00:45:32 - FOLLOW-UPS 00:45:00 - Do people reasonably think that the current switch can handle ray tracing? - Best Friends Q:Borzen00 00:58:00 - Out today - Squad Up: RobbyRob (Stadia (it lives)) RobbyRob#4566 - You‘re Wrong 01:07:05 - Post Show Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary Whitta and Greg have a discussion-heavy show tackling Fortnite's new delay, Cooking Mama's drama, and the possibility of no gaming cons until 2021. Time Stamps - 00:02:25 - Housekeeping Streaming The Division 2 Raid today with Fran and friends! It’s all benefiting the American Cancer Society’s College Streaming Tournament -- help me help Mizzou at kindafunny.com/mizzou. Gary Sent me a present Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:06:20 - Fortnite Chapter 2 - Season 2 Extended 00:16:40 - Cooking Mama Drama Gets Weirder, James Batchelor @GIB 00:20:40 - What motive does Planet Entertainment have to keep trying to put this game on shelves? - Best Friends Q:Frankfurtter 00:24:25 - RIP EGM, Again. Kinda - Josh Harmon @ EGM 00:37:35 - Gamescom Officially on Ice for Live 00:48:16 - Indie Megabooth sunset during Covid19 00:55:10 - Amazon France 00:57:25 - Pokemon Go Adding Remote Raid Passes 00:58:20 - Out today 01:05:12 - Squad Up: 01:07:00

Blessing and Imran talk about the newly announced XCOM: Chimera Squad coming next week. Time Stamps - 00:06:14 - Housekeeping PSILY episode 15 is live Kevin got a bug bite Greg is streaming the Division 2 tomorrow Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:10:20 - There’s a new XCOM game! And it’s coming NEXT WEEK - 2K Release 00:16:30 - Star Fox & Team Fortress Voice Actor, Rick May, Has Died From Covid-19 - Luke Plunkett @ Kotaku 00:20:00 - WWE 2K21 reportedly has been cancelled in favour of a new game - James Batchelor @ GIBiz 00:26:38 - With an already tarnished record, with 2K20s release last year, will not putting out a 2K21 hurt the developers reputation even further? - Best Friends Q:Frankfurtter 00:29:43 - Switch’s new 10.0 update is live - Richard Lawler @ Engadget 00:33:24 - PlayStation announces their Play At Home Initiative - Jim Ryan, President & CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment @ PS Blog 00:41:00 - There’s a new trailer for T

Blessing and Tim talk about the reports of a Resident Evil 4 remake coming in 2022. Time Stamps - 00:08:30 - Housekeeping We Have Cool Friends featuring Genevieve St-Onge is live right after this. You can watch that on Twitch.tv/KindafunnyGames, Youtube.com/KindaFunny OR listen to it on the We Have Cool Friends Podcast feed. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:09:30 - Is Resident Evil 4 Remake Happening? - Andy Robinson @ Video Games Chronicle 00:20:40 - 1. Is Resident Evil going to release games yearly going forward with RE2 last year, RE3 this year, RE8 next year and 4 in 2022? 2. Will RE4 remake, if released in 2022, be on both current and next gen consoles? Or just next gen? 3. Is giving the developer until 2022 to work on RE4, which seems like more time than the other remakes, due to Capcom wanting to release 8 in between remake releases? - Best Friends Q:Frankfurtter 00:27:03 - Resident Evil 3 remake ships 2 million in five days -

Blessing and Greg talk about Final Fantasy VII Remake possibly coming to PC. Time Stamps - 00:04:45 - I’ve literally never played a Final Fantasy game, but the FOMO for Final Fantasy VII remake is starting to get to me. Should I just get it? I play all different kinds of games, and I’m always down to try something new. Also, is there any similar game you could compare it to so I could know what the gameplay is like? - Best Friends Q:Aidan Dean 00:10:23 - Housekeeping Greg’s in the Gamers vs. Cancer tournament today. Greg, what is that? kindafunny.com/mizzou Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:15:20 - A New Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trailer Hints at PC Release - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:26:35 - Final Fantasy 14’s next patch is delayed - Rebekah Valentine @ GIBiz 00:30:30 - Cyberpunk 2077’s Next-Gen version is coming sometime after launch - Jordan Gerblick @ GamesRadar 00:39:42 - New World, Amazon's Upcoming MMO, has been Delayed to August - Ma

Blessing and Greg talk about CD Projeckt Red's commitment to Cyberpunk 2077's September release date. Time Stamps - 00:06:50 - Housekeeping Streaming TLOU with Nick today @ 2 p.m. The Roper Report - 00:07:25 - RELAX: Cyberpunk is on track, Andy Chalk @ PC Gamer 00:30:00 - Valorant is popular 00:39:18 - An MTV of Gaming, Patrick Shanley @ THR 00:51:08 - Manscaped 00:53:00 - Out today 00:57:15 - Are we digging this new PlayStation controller design? - Under Goat 01:01:45 - Squad Up:RobbyRob(Steam) - RobbyRobPlays 01:03:00 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get 20% off and free shipping with the code GAMES at http://manscaped.com. Time Stamps - 00:03:10 - Housekeeping PS I Love You Shirt kindafunny.com/store Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:01 - DualSense, Hi-dea-ki Ni-shi-no SVP Platform Planning and Management 00:21:00 - What might the two-tone color design tell us about the final design of the PS5 console? Will it also be white, black, and blue? - Best Friends Q: Jamie S 00:33:10 - With the reveal of the DuelSense controller and the fact that it has a microphone array, do you think this is opening up PlayStation gamers to targeted marketing in the future? With a controller in our hands that is possibly listening to us at all times could they use this data in the same way companies like google would? - Best Friends Q: Tim Currey 00:38:20 - Inside Xbox Report 00:42:05 - Play Stadia Pro for free, starting today, Phil Harrison, VP and GM, Stadia 00:46:15 - Borderlands Science 00:49:35 -

Blessing and Imran discuss what digital-only events mean for Microsoft, a new No Man's Sky update, and the answer to the Cooking Mama mystery. Time Stamps - 00:02:00 - Housekeeping PS I Love You Shirt kindafunny.com/store Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:00 - No Man’s Sky has fucking mechs now - Matt Wales @ Eurogamer 00:12:45 - Japanese ratings board stops assigning ratings - Brendan Sinclair @ GIBiz 00:15:38 - What exactly is involved with reviewing a game to give it a rating? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:24:12 - The Cooking Mama mystery has been solved? - CHRISTOPHER TEUTON @ Screen Rant 00:33:00 - That E3 Online Event is not happening - Andy Chalk @ PCGamer 00:35:40 - All Microsoft events will be "digital-first" until August 2021 - James Batchelor @ GIBiz 00:40:00 - There’s a new Inside Xbox happening today - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN 00:45:12 - Manscaped 00:48:06 - Sony Automatically Issuing Refunds For The Last Of Us Par

Blessing and Tim discuss the glowing reviews of Final Fantasy VII Remake. Time Stamps - 00:03:11 - Housekeeping Yo, the Final Fantasy VII review is out! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:15 - Final Fantasy VII Reviews are LIVE - Review Round Up 00:12:32 - All the reviews of Final Fantasy 7 Remake are in, and holy shit i'm excited. But, Tetsuya Nomura has been known to get involved in a project and completely befuddle, overcomplicate, and anime the shit out of stories (see Final Fantasy 15, and Kingdom Hearts in it's entirety). Without spoilers, can you see how Nomura's involvement affected the game? - Best Friends Q: The Nano Biologist 00:17:17 - Do you guys feel from what you played that this was the best decision for the remake? And do you think more developers could adapt this strategy for older games to make them modern and more realized that ever? - Best Friends Q: quickjab 00:21:10 - What the fuck is up with Cooking Mama: Cook

Note: This episode ends abruptly during the "You're Wrong" segment due to a technical error. Our apologies! - Blessing. On today's episode, Blessing and Tim answer your questions about The Last of Us Part II's delay and what that means for indies. Time Stamps - 00:08:42 - Housekeeping Troy Baker comes to We Have Cool Friends today! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:09:58 - There’s a new Final Fantasy VII trailer, don’t watch it. 00:12:02 - The Last of Us II and Iron Man VR have been delayed indefinitely - Jason Schreier @ Kotaku 00:17:53 - I'm writing this almost immediately after the indefinite delay of the last of us 2 to ask this. Why not release it purely digitally? - Best Friends Q:Frankfurtter 00:22:43 - Do you think this will end up being a sort of boon period for digital only games that might otherwise be overshadowed by big AAA games? - Best Friends Q:Anakinjmt 00:26:58 - Xbox also showed off a ton of indies and it got me think

Blessing and Tim discuss a new interview from Phil Spencer getting detailed about Xbox Series X. Time Stamps - 00:05:50 - Housekeeping Troy Baker comes to We Have Cool Friends Friday! Today! At 6pm PT, we’re having a community “Into the Spiderverse” Netflix Party - BYO happy hour cocktail/mocktail! Stay tuned to @joeynoelle on twitter for the link shortly before it starts - It’s gonna be a good time Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:08:20 - Phil Spencer sat down with Ryan McCaffrey on IGN’s Unlocked - write ups from WCCFtech & Gamespot 00:24:41 - My question is though, and if the KF community would like to join in too in the chat for a quick poll, are either of you being swayed more to choose a Xbox Series X over the PS5? - Best Friends Q:Midnight Owl 00:36:20 - Sony sets up $100m COVID-19 Relief Fund - James Batchelor @ GIBiz 00:38:45 - Let’s Watch Some Game Trailers 00:48:05 - Out today Reader mail - 00:52:35 - With the news that G

Gary Whitta and Greg talk about Bethesda, Quakecon, COVID, and more. Time Stamps - 00:06:10 - Housekeeping Persona 5 Royal Q&A Stream on Youtube.com/kindafunnygames Troy Baker comes to We Have Cool Friends Friday! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Al Tribesman, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:20 - No Bethesda Says No Showcase in June, No QuakeCon 00:22:50 - WWE Simming Matches, Superstars commentating, Gabe Gurwin @ GameSpot 00:26:30 - COVID Updates 00:36:36 - April Fools Updates 00:43:50 - Out today 00:47:17 - Animal Crossing Mornings - Watch Twitch.tv/GaryWhitta Reader mail - 00:50:00 - Should Twitch be enforcing these timelines with the developers to help not let things leak early? Or is this one of those rare times because of how shitty the world is, that we should just let people chat about it, even people who are under embargo but are currently playing the game? - The Nano Biologist 00:54:40 - Required Reading: 01:07:50 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing and Ti

Imran and Greg tackle Gamescom existing in SOME fashion in 2020 and how it could be poised to take over as THE show in the industry. Time Stamps - 00:05:00 - Housekeeping Boss Baby’s Streaming Persona 5 Royal tonight! It’s a 5:30 p.m. PT Q&A stream with Barrett on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Drew Gardiner, Black Jack, The Kinda Funny Destiny 2 PC Clan The Roper Report - 00:05:51 - Gamescom Lives! 00:14:20 - Do you think Conventions Such as PAX West or San DIego Comic Con would move into the direction of going digital with their events? - Best Friends Q:RobbyRob 00:20:19 - Mario Update, Andy Robinson @ VG 00:25:03 - Ghost Recon’s Friend Pass: Why Aren’t More Doing This? 00:31:05 - Pokemon Go’s Best Week of 2020, REB @ GIB 00:33:35 - Covid at Kojima Productions, Haydn Taylor @GIB 00:34:18 - Minecraft Dated, Delayed 00:35:24 - Wasteland 3 Delayed Because of COVID, Steve Watts @ GameSpot 00:40:50 - Outer Worlds Switch Launch, Deets 00:42:50 - Patreon 00:4

The Busiest Lady in the Business returns to Kinda funny Games Daily! Let's talk about Mario remastered rumors, Final Fantasy VII's release date movin up, and more! Time Stamps - 00:05:09 - Housekeeping Resident Evil 3 Remake review is live on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and Gamescast podcast feeds! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Drew Gardiner, Black Jack, The Kinda Funny Destiny 2 PC Clan The Roper Report - 00:06:35 - Nintendo Switch’s 2020 Dominated by Mario, Tom Phillips @ Eurogamer 00:11:30 - With the reports hitting about Mario games being remastered and new games being worked on what do you think the original release plan would have been (assuming Covid has had an effect on the schedule)? - Best Friends Q:The 5 Star Man 00:11:42 - If this turns out to be true and we do get remakes, remasters, or just plan rereleases of past Mario games like Galaxy 1+2, Sunshine, 64, 3D World, Paper Mario and Paper Mario 1,000 year Door do you think they will be sold piecemeal or in a bund

Greg and Bless talk about Sony and Microsoft saying PS5 and Xbox Series X aren't delayed, GameStop closing 300 stores, and more! Time Stamps - 00:04:40 - Housekeeping Animal Crossing: Kinda Funny Cribs Edition is on youtube.com/kindafunnygames Mohammed Mohammed, Justin Toft, Das Bear Jew, Black Jack, Jarrett Brown The Roper Report - 00:06:50 - NEXT GEN ISN’T DELAYED 00:20:59 - - Best Friends Q 00:27:50 - Bungie Loves Stadia in the time of COVID 00:31:52 - Games Done Quick Takes on COVID 00:35:42 - GameStop Set to Close 300 More Stores this Year 00:39:30 - Why do people want to see GameStop fail? - Best Friends Q:Frankfurtter 00:49:17 - Warface Hits a Million Players on Switch 00:52:00 - Michael Denny Leaves PlayStation, Heads to TT Games, Haydn Taylor @ GIB 00:56:10 - QUIP 00:5730: - ExpressVPN 00:59:00 - Out today 01:02:20 - Squad Up: dcash14 01:03:55 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: MONDAY: Greg and Andrea TUESDAY: Greg and Imran WEDNESDAY: Greg and Gary Whitta THURSDAY: Blessing and Tim FRIDAY: Gr

MinnMax's Ben Hanson joins Greg to talk about today's surprise Nintendo Direct Mini, Epic publishing games from a bunch of devs you love, and more! Support MinnMax at http://www.patreon.com/minnmax! Time Stamps - 00:06:20 - Housekeeping We’re streaming Animal Crossing this afternoon! At 2 p.m., come see my island, Joey’s island, and whatever Andy and Blessing have been up to. It’ll be on YouTube.com/kindafunnygames later. Mohammed Mohammed, Justin Toft, Das Bear Jew, Black Jack, Jarrett Brown The Roper Report - 00:10:00 - Nintendo Direct Mini 00:33:10 - What can people do to set their expectations at the correct level for Nintendo Directs, and other gaming events? - Best Friends Q: ArkWing 00:36:40 - Epic Games Partners with Remedy, Playdead, and Design 00:47:12 - Fallout 76 Wastelanders DLC Delayed 00:52:40 - QUIP 00:53:55 - ExpressVPN 00:55:35 - Out today Reader mail - 00:49:50 - At this point, does Naughty Dog & Playstation look to intentionally delay The Last of Us II to a later date of when soci

Greg rants about what Animal Crossing needs to fix, Blessing talks Beat Saber, and we discuss Nintendo's COVID moves. Time Stamps - 00:04:18 - Housekeeping Remember the Gamescast has been KILLING it with reviews. You can catch our takes on Half-Life: Alyx, Doom Eternal, and Animal Crossing on youtube.com/kindafunnygames or the Gamescast podcast feed. Gregway is live on patreon.com/kindafunny -- it’s a private Q&A in Animal Crossing! Get it for a buck. Mohammed Mohammed, Sancho West Gaming, Max Blair, Michael Bradley, James Hastings, Duval King Jabub, Julian The Gluten Free Gamer, Joseph O Youssef, Evan Ballard, Cody Banks, Tom Bock, Steven Insler, Trent Berri, NanoSupport The Roper Report - 00:05:55 - Animal Crossing CRUSHES in Japan 00:37:05 - Doom Eternal Breaks Franchise Sales Record 00:40:00 - Nintendo and COVID 00:48:30 - With NASCAR, F1, and NBA moving to esports to continue to give fans some sense of the sports season continuing, do you think this will help get rid of the stigma of esports not bei

Blessing and Imran discuss a new curated marketplace for educational tools in Minecraft along with Sony slowing PlayStation download speeds. Time Stamps - 00:04:05 - Housekeeping Remember: Our Half Life Alyx Review episode of Gamescast is live right now featuring Greg and Danny O’Dwyer. We Have Cool Friends with Funhaus’ Alanah Pearce is on youtube.com/kindafunny and podcast services everywhere! Mohammed Mohammed, Sancho West Gaming, Max Blair, Michael Bradley, James Hastings, Duval King Jabub, Julian The Gluten Free Gamer, Joseph O Youssef, Evan Ballard, Cody Banks, Tom Bock, Steven Insler, Trent Berri, NanoSupport The Roper Report - 00:07:51 - Minecraft’s Now Offering Free Educational Tools For Kids - Steve Watts @ Gamespot 00:11:40 - Microsoft and Minecraft decided to help with education by releasing a free, curated marketplace to assist with home learning. While I think this is a stellar move, it got me thinking, what other games could get those huge brownie points right now by doing the same? - Best

Blessing and Tim talk about the glowing reviews of Half Life: Alyx, Gamestop closing its stores, and more. Time Stamps - 00:05:00 - Housekeeping Our Half Life Alyx Review episode of Gamescast is live right now featuring Greg and Danny O’Dwyer (Does Danny say it’s a GOTY contender? Tune in to find out) Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Drew Gardiner, Black Jack, The Kinda Funny Destiny 2 PC Clan The Roper Report - 00:06:30 - Half Life Alyx Review Round Up 00:23:54 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons smashes sales records in the UK - Christopher Dring @ GIBiz 00:32:35 - How much money is Nintendo making right now? - Best Friends Q:Jacob Meyer A-K-A!! Waikayemm GameStop Finally Closes Stores To Customers - Jason Schreier @ Kotaku 00:34:15 - GameStop Finally Closes Stores To Customers - Jason Schreier @ Kotaku 00:39:04 - Sony Reportedly Pulls Mario Creation From Dreams After Nintendo Complaint - Joseph Knoop @ IGN 00:45:00 - Nintendo is going after Dreams c