Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

Blessing and Janet talk about Overwatch 2's beta success, Twitch's possible revenue switch ups, and Nintendo Switch Sports reviews.Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start00:05:40 - Housekeeping A new Kinda Funny Gamescast is up right now. It’s my review-in-progress of Nintendo Switch Sports along with Andy and mine’s impressions of the Overwatch 2 beta. You can catch that right now on Youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services around the globe. The Roper Report  - 00:07:03 - Is Overwatch BACK?00:22:17 - Nintendo Switch Sports Review Round Up00:34:46 - Ads00:37:55 - Nearly 60 games are reportedly leaving PS Now before the new PS Plus replaces it00:47:53 - Twitch is revamping Creator Pay00:55:20 - A new Disney life sim adventure game has been announced01:01:20 - Out today01:04:19 - You‘re WrongTomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Bless Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Last of Us Remake news! Variable refresh rate comes to PS5! PS5 demos! Gary and Greg get into all of it!Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start00:08:00 - HousekeepingKFW April Anarchy is live on youtube.com/kindafunnygames!Thank you to our Patreon Producers: FargoBrady, Pranksy, & AnonymousThe Roper Report  -00:09:00 - More TLOU Remake Juice, Victoria Kennedy @ Eurogamer00:23:52 - Timed game trials are now a requirement for some PlayStation developers, Bryant Francis @ Game Developer.om00:40:50 - How  effective are demos? - Best Friends Q:Grezick00:47:30 - Ad00:30:34 - Variable Refresh Rate Comes to PS500:55:05 - PlayStation’s got a game preservation team, Chris Scullion @ VGC01:00:20 - Super Mario Bros Movie Delayed01:02:09 - Out today01:04:18 - You‘re WrongTomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing and Janet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PlayStation is hiring for a senior director of PC planning and strategy at PlayStation Global, Ravensoftware QA testers get a union election, and NPD reminds us that Elden Ring and Gran Turismo 7 are dominating the charts.Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start00:03:46 - Housekeeping KFW April Anarchy pops off today. This is the Kinda Funny Wrestling payperview that’s totally free on Twitch right after KFGD. See Alanah defend her title against Joey and Elyse, Johnny Ace take on the Milk Mommy for the Kinda Funny Championship, and so much more. If you miss it live, it’ll be on youtube.com/kindafunnygames tomorrow. The Roper Report  - 00:05:30 - Sony is hiring a 'senior director for PC planning and strategy'00:18:39 - 21 Raven Software QA employees will be allowed to have a union election00:24:45 - Activision Financial Results00:30:52 - Ads00:34:03 - Let’s get into the NPD with Mat Piscatella over on Twitter00:40:50 - The Top 20 of 202200:53:33 - Out today00:56:28 - You‘re WrongTomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Whitta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Sony Santa Monica dev PROMISES you'll get God of War this year, we have all new PlayStation Plus release dates, and Splatoon 3 is coming in September!Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start00:04:20 - HousekeepingPS I Love You XOXO is live and arguing that Naughty Dog shouldn’t make another Uncharted!If you missed it, Blessing and Janet hosted the Skybound Games PAX East Showcase yesterday on the PAX twitch channel . There was new gameplay from Escape Academy and WrestleQuest, Blessing called himself the puzzle papi, and Janet called her family game nights “unhinged.” Great time! Don’t forget to wishlist WrestleQuest and Escape Academy on Steam, and celebrate the 10th anniversary of the walking dead game’s first season on April 24th.KFW April Anarchy is Monday!Thank you to our Patreon Producers: FargoBrady, Pranksy, & AnonymousThe Roper Report  -00:06:49 - God of War Ragnarok 2022 Release Reconfirmed - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.22.2200:18:30 - All New PlayStation Plus Release Dates, Jim Ryan on the Blog00:20:30 - Syphon Filters Rated in Korea, Sal Romano @ Gematsu00:30:38 - Ad00:34:10 - Tales from the Borderlands is BACK!00:38:08 - Speaking of BL, BL3 is getting cross-play, Eddie @ GameSpot00:42:00 - Splatoon 3 release Date00:43:00 - - Best Friends Q:BanderSN00:45:40 - Skate 4 Skate Parks! Tom Ivan @ VGC00:51:50 - QUICK UPDATE: Judge says gender discrimination suit against PlayStation is light on facts, Stephen Totilo @ Axios00:53:20 - TIMBITS!01:01:00 - Out today01:02:50 - Next Week’s Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come meet Last Spartan Standingn with Tim and Greg!Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start00:05:00 - HousekeepingDon’t forget Blessing and Janet are hosting the Skybound Games PAX East Showcase TODAY, 10am on the PAX Twitch channel twitch.tv/paxeast. They will be debuting new footage of WrestleQuest, Escape Academy, and more. There will also be a new Walking Dead documentary celebrating the game’s 1st season, featuring Greg Miller and Gary Whitta. We’ll also find out if Blessing knows what a DDT is.New Gamescast is up! Evil Dead and a buncha indies!Thank you to our Patreon Producers:FargoBrady, Pranksy, & AnonymousThe Roper Report  -00:08:00 - Halo’s Battle Royal Revealed! (Kinda) - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.21.22 Alex Wakeford @ HaloWaypoint00:24:20 - Bobby Kotick fucking sucks, Ben Fritz, Keach Hagey, Kirsten Grind and Emily Glazer @WSJ00:30:25 - The Rock Producing It Takes Two Movie, Joe Otterson @ Variety00:36:40 - Ad00:38:16 - PlayStation and Xbox’s Ideas for Ads, Paul Tassi @ Forbes00:51:40 - TIMBITS00:56:00 - Out today01:01:46 - You‘re WrongTomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and special guest Shannon Liao of The Washington Post talk about hints at more Uncharted, Last of Us Remake possibly being 2022, and Sonic Origin's official re-reveal.Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start00:11:26 - Housekeeping Janet and Blessing will be hosting the Skybound Games PAX East Showcase tomorrow at 10am pacific on the PAX Twitch channel twitch.tv/paxeast. There will be exclusive looks at Escape Academy and WrestleQuest, and a brand new documentary celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Walking Dead game’s 1st season. Greg and Gary also appear in that, so check it out and support the team. In case you missed it, we reacted to a fun Indie Showcase by our friends at Six One Indie! That’s up on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and worth checking out if you want to discover some cool indie games. The Roper Report  - 00:13:17 - Naughty Dog recruiter has seemingly hinted at plans for more Uncharted games00:20:44 - A PlayStation animator could be hinting at a Last of Us remake for 202200:30:30 - Ads  00:01:04 - Length00:31:36 - We finally have the re-reveal and release date for Sonic Origins00:42:33 - A lil playstation update00:43:30 - Ghostbusters VR Announced00:50:35 - Nintendo of America receives labor complaints for alleged NLRA violations00:56:29 - Out today00:57:36 - You‘re WrongTomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Hennig's back in the Star Wars business, Crazy Taxi's back in the headlines, and Greg's back to pissing off the audience. Come watch a happy Gary Whitta!Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start00:03:30 - HousekeepingEpisode 3 is live on youtube.com/kindafunnygames!https://youtu.be/wAWGP6nGTf0?t=1216https://kindafunny.com/platinumGen and I need you! Charity stream tonight at 8 pm pt!https://www.twitch.tv/kindafunnygames/Thank you to our Patreon Producers: FargoBrady, Pranksy, & AnonymousThe Roper Report  -00:06:05 - Amy Hennig’s NEW Star Wars Game, Michael McWhertor @ polygon00:15:50 - any possibility that Project Ragtag could be resurrected - Best Friends Q:TheSheepWhisper00:17:45 - Crazy Taxi (and Jet Set Radio) REBOOT?! Ta-kashi Mochi-zuki @ Bloomberg00:29:09 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Coming SOONER, Jeff Grubb @ GameBeat00:34:03 - BREAKINg: Avengers Lives00:35:50 - Ad00:41:13 - Elden Ring Gets a Major Patch, Joe Skrebbels @ IGN00:58:06 - VIDEO GAMES GO TO THE MOVIES!01:00:45 - Out today01:03:00 - You‘re WrongTomorrow’s Hosts: Bless and Shannon Liao of Washington Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PlayDate Reviews are in and Blessing and Janet are here to share theirs!Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start00:09:38 - Housekeeping KFW aka Kinda Funny Wrestling has a new home right here on Youtube.com/kindafunnygames. Episode 1 went up yesterday in case you missed it. Episode 2 follows today and then episode 3 records live on Twitch after KFGD and will be up tomorrow. So if you’ve missed out on KFW, you can catch up on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames. SPEAKING OF KINDA FUNNY GAMES: A new Kinda Funny Xcast is up right now and Mike and Parris are joined by Chris Charla, the director of ID @ Xbox. They have a good conversation breaking down ID @ Xbox, you can catch that right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames and podcast services around the globe. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: FargoBrady, Pranksy, & Anonymous The Roper Report  -00:11:00 - PlayDate Review Round Up00:37:08 - Ad00:38:50 - Portal’s co-writer wants to make Portal 3 - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN00:47:05 - Ghost of Tsushima Appears to Have Received Its Final Planned Patch - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN00:52:32 - Shin Megami Tensei 5 Has Sold Over 1 Million Units Worldwide - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN00:54:52 - Future Xbox Games Might Have Ads - Zack Zweizen @ Kotaku01:00:15 - Sonic Origins has been rated in South Korea - Chris Scullion @ VGC01:01:15 - Babylon’s Fall dropped to less than 10 concurrent PC players this week - Andy Robinson @ VGC01:04:22 - Netflix Announces a 'First-Of-Its-Kind' Deal With an Exploding Kittens Game and Animated Series - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN01:06:00 - Out todayTomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Whitta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg shows up for the first time this week to talk about Kojima, Halo maps, and Cyberpunk 2077 with Tim!Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start00:05:00 - HousekeepingThe Lost World: JP youtube.com/kindafunnygamesThank you to our Patreon Producers: FargoBrady, Pranksy, & AnonymousThe Roper Report -00:07:20 - PlayStation isn’t buying Kojima00:26:11 - CYBERPUNK POSTULATING00:38:15 - Ad00:40:25 - 343 Shows off Halo Infinite Maps00:51:48 - The Mini Indie Showcase PAX East Edition Announced00:54:05 - Out today00:59:00 - You‘re WrongNext Week’s Hosts:Mon: Bless and Shannon Liao of Washington PostTues: Greg and GaryWed: Bless and JanetThur: Greg and TimFRI: Greg and Bless Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Janet and Tim breakdown the latest CD Projekt Red delay, Fez's 10th anniversary, Niantic's new AR game, and more!Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start00:04:00 - HousekeepingThere’s a new Kinda Funny Podcast up right now and it’s a farewell and remembrance of Portillo. You can watch that right now on Youtube.com/kindafunny and on podcast services around the globe.Thank you to our Patreon Producers: FargoBrady, Pranksy, & AnonymousThe Roper Report  -00:04:50 - Witcher 3’s Next Gen Delay - Amelia Zollner @ IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/witcher-3-next-gen-delayed-again-ps5-xbox-series-x00:16:56 - Pokémon Go developer Niantic is making an AR pet game called Peridot - Andrew Webster @ The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/13/23021722/peridot-niantic-ar-pet-game-iphone-android-pokemon-go00:25:00 - Why Pedro Pascal hasn’t finished TLOU - Logan Plant @ IGNhttps://www.ign.com/articles/pedro-pascal-last-of-us-hbo-mandalorian-dave-filoni00:37:25 - Ad00:39:20 - No Man's Sky creator says next game is "pretty ambitious" - Ishraq Subhan https://www.eurogamer.net/no-mans-sky-creator-says-next-game-is-pretty-ambitious00:48:47 - Fez at 10 years old: Phil Fish resurfaces for a rare interview https://www.eurogamer.net/fez-at-10-years-old-phil-fish-resurfaces-for-a-rare-interview00:55:50 - Out today00:59:30 - Reader Mail - Success story! - The Nano Biologist01:01:15 - You‘re WrongTomorrow’s Hosts:Bless and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices