Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

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 - Matt Kim @ IGN 00:38:50 - Out today Reader mail - 00:43:08 - When there is a game that you are really looking forward to playing, how do you set yourself up so that you enjoy it fully? - Alex aka Coync 00:48:12 - - jonbx32 00:53:35 - Squad Up: Kayla (PS4) - beruset 00:54:00 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: MONDAY: Blessing and Tim TUESDAY: Blessing and Imran WEDNESDAY: Greg and Gary THURSDAY: Greg and Blessing FRIDAY: Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 - Should gearbox have made this new feature a free to play stand alone game rather than lock it behind the full game? Also what are some other ways other devs can be helping the scientific community? - Best Friends Q: Frankfurtter 00:53:30 - MANSCAPED 00:56:00 - Out today 01:01:09 - Squad Up: twitch.tv/garywhitta 01:02:06 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Part 2 And Iron Man VR - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:48:53 - Sony is automatically refunding preorders for both the Last of Us Part 2 and Iron Man VR. I'm wondering why they don't leave it as an optional choice instead of making it automatic. - Best Friends Q: Frankfurtter 00:51:33 - Mafia 2 And Mafia 3 Definitive Editions have been Listed By Ratings Board - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:55:00 - Chrono Trigger Composer Yasunori Mitsuda Will Contribute Music to Sabotage’s Upcoming RPG Sea of Stars, PRESS RELEASE 00:58:20 - Out today 01:00:45 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Gary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: Cookstar? - Joe Skrebels @ IGN 00:29:50 - IGN’s Putting On Their Own E3 - Jonathon Dornbush @ IGN 00:39:20 - E3 Has Been Announced for 2021 - Rebekah Valentine @ GiBIZ 00:40:30 - Apex is adding DUOs for good - EA’s Website Reader mail - - With the recent rumors that Nintendo is remaking most of the 3D Mario games, what does this mean for the retro console catalogue on the Switch? - Ignacio Rojas - Google is giving away 3 months of Pro for all YouTube Premium Users. Do you think that Google is desperate or was this the roll out plan the whole time? Are more free games coming? - GameJumperX - Squad Up: Brad(PSVR) - Gimmelz89 - You‘re Wrong - Post Show This Week’s Hosts: TUESDAY: Blessing and Imran WEDNESDAY: Greg and Gary THURSDAY: Greg and Blessing FRIDAY: Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 thinking, is this the best time for Indie games? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:32:38 - Game X Change remains open despite COVID-19 and sends workers debunked health advice - Rebekah Valentine @ GIBiz 00:36:48 - Outer Wilds Wins Best Game at BAFTA Game Awards 2020 - Jordan Oloman @IGN 00:38:49 - Twitch breaks 3b total hours watched in a single quarter for the first time - Rebekah Valentine @ GIBiz 00:45:03 - There’s a fifth Platinum Games Announcement Coming In 2020 - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:47:02 - A quick one for Bless: Rogue Legacy 2 Officially Announced - Jonathan Dornbush @ IGN 00:48:37 - Out today Reader mail - 00:56:50 - I got an email from Atari last night, probably because I gave them an email for a game somewhere in the past. They are opening A CASINO! - Shawn Valloric 01:00:25 - As we inch towards the next generation I was wondering are we in for a cornucopia of sequels? - Parker Petrov 01:06:08 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: MONDAY: Blessing and Tim TUESDAY: Greg and Blessing WEDNESDAY: Greg and Gary THURSDAY: Greg and Blessing FRIDAY: Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Gearbox is not paying it's staff the expected bonuses but something much lower, and responding to employees by allegedly saying "if they weren’t happy with the royalty system, they were welcome to quit" How do I as a gamer do something about that? - EightBitGeek 00:57:40 - Yesterday the New York Time published an article introducing gaming to people stuck indoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic (shorturl.at/FLX39). Do you think when this is all over gaming will be much more mainstream than it is now? what benefits could that do to next gen consoles? - TechHass 01:00:10 - Will 1 terabyte remain the norm for next generation or do you think we will see consoles jump up to 2 or 5 terabytes? - Frankfurtter 01:02:50 - Squad Up: Julian (The Gluten Free Gamer) - Xbox One:JG Skills 02 01:03:20 - You‘re Wrong 01:03:30 - BREAKING NEWS: Sony Delays Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing & Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 00:43:00 - Out today Reader mail - 00:48:55 - What's your expectations for the "Re-Up" NieR: RepliCant V1.22474487139? - Charles Jakobsen 00:52:40 - Squad Up: Tim(Animal Crossing on Nintendo Switch) SW-6008-0619-8113 00:58:15 - You‘re Wrong - Post show Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Gary Whitta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 bundle like Super Mario All-Stars? - Best Friends Q:TheSheepWhisper 00:18:50 - Resident Evil Review Round-Up 00:28:02 - Do you think Capcom should have done a remake of 1 in the style of 2 and 3 first? Do you think they should before they presumably do a remake of 4? - Best Friends Q:anakinjmt 00:31:18 - FFVII Releasing Early in Europe and Australia 00:34:25 - Why even keep to the release date at this point? If Square is trying to think of the fans while also trying to keep all employees involved with the distribution process as safe as possible, shouldn't they just start releasing copies? - Best Friends Q: The Nano Biologist 00:38:55 - Modern Warfare 2 Remastered Dropping this week? Andy Robinson @ Video Games Chronicle.com 00:41:15 - Games industry rallies in fight against COVID-19 00:43:15 - Hilarious: PC Players figured out how to get into Star Wars: Jedi Academy on console and are wrecking fools, Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:47:35 - Out today 00:49:45 - Squad Up:Alex(PS4) - apw5029 00:51:00 - You‘re Wrong - Post Show Tomorrow’s Hosts: TUESDAY: Greg and Imran WEDNESDAY: Greg and Gary Whitta THURSDAY: Blessing and Tim FRIDAY: Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices