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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

Greg and Blessing talk about GameStop's ghoulish decision to leave its stores open as “essential retail,” and then watch them walk it back at the end of the show. Time Stamps - 00:04:50 - Housekeeping The Kinda Funny Community Social Distancing Smash Tournament IS HAPPENING this Saturday! Go to twitter.com/kindaNYC and check their pinned tweet for the sign up link! We were supposed to host the Core Reveal Party this week on Kinda Funny, but working from home means that can’t happen. We will do a big stream where we play Core with you and build multiplayer games, but that isn’t happening this week. Instead, support Core! They’re in alpha and you can sign up to create your own multiplayer games and play them instantly with the world! Go to CoreGames.com for get in the alpha, get creating, and get ready for our stream. Plus, you can catch the team streaming on twitch.tv/corelive. There will be another Gamescast Review Monday morning! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Drew Gardiner, Black

Blessing and Tim talk about another game of the year win for Untitled Goose Game along with more Black Ops rumors. Time Stamps - 00:02:55 - Housekeeping The Kinda Funny Community Social Distancing Smash Tournament IS HAPPENING this Saturday! Go to twitter.com/kindaNYC and check their pinned tweet for the sign up link! We were supposed to host the Core Reveal Party this week on Kinda Funny, but working from home means that can’t happen. We will do a big stream where we play Core with you and build multiplayer games, but that isn’t happening this week. Instead, support Core! They’re in alpha and you can sign up to create your own multiplayer games and play them instantly with the world! Go to CoreGames.com for get in the alpha, get creating, and get ready for our stream. Plus, you can catch the team streaming on twitch.tv/corelive. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Drew Gardiner, Black Jack, The Kinda Funny Destiny 2 PC Clan The Roper Report - 00:04:44 - Untitled Goose Game wins GDC Ga

Gary Whitta and Greg argue about what PlayStation did right and wrong today as well as how it stacks up to Xbox's strategy. Time Stamps - 00:03:45 - Housekeeping We were supposed to host the Core Reveal Party this week on Kinda Funny, but working from home means that can’t happen. We will do a big stream where we play Core with you and build multiplayer games, but that isn’t happening this week. Instead, support Core! They’re in alpha and you can sign up to create your own multiplayer games and play them instantly with the world! Go to CoreGames.com to get in the alpha, get creating, and get ready for our stream. Plus, you can catch the team streaming on twitch.tv/corelive. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Drew Gardiner, Black Jack, The Kinda Funny Destiny 2 PC Clan The Roper Report - 00:07:15 - PS5’s Spec Reveal 00:42:00 - GameStop Cancels Animal Crossing, Doom Midnight Launches, Matt Kim @ IGN REQUIRED READING: GameStop's Employees Fear Its Coronavirus Policies Are Dangerously Fla

Blessing and Imran recapt he Nintendo Indie World stream and discuss what to expect for tomorrow's PlayStation 5 news. Timr Stamps - 00:04:28 - Housekeeping Our Doom Eternal review is live now! We were supposed to host the Core Reveal Party this week on Kinda Funny, but working from home means that can’t happen. We will do a big stream where we play Core with you and build multiplayer games, but that isn’t happening this week. Instead, support Core! They’re in alpha and you can sign up to create your own multiplayer games and play them instantly with the world! Go to CoreGames.com to get in the alpha, get creating, and get ready for our stream. Plus, you can catch the team streaming on twitch.tv/corelive. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Drew Gardiner, Black Jack, The Kinda Funny Destiny 2 PC Clan The Roper Report - 00:06:05 - Let’s Recap Nintendo’s Indie World Stream 00:26:07 - We have NEW PlayStation 5 info coming - PlayStation Twitter 00:31:20 - PS5 is ready to share more of what

Greg and Tim talk you through all the Xbox Series X details from today and talk Animal Crossing Reviews! Timestamps: 00:04:05 - Housekeeping Our Animal Crossing review is live now! We were supposed to host the Core Reveal Party this week on Kinda Funny, but working from home means that can’t happen. We will do a big stream where we play Core with you and build multiplayer games, but that isn’t happening this week. Instead, support Core! They’re in alpha and you can sign up to create your own multiplayer games and play them instantly with the world! Go to CoreGames.com to get in the alpha, get creating, and get ready for our stream. Plus, you can catch the team streaming on twitch.tv/corelive. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Drew Gardiner, Black Jack, The Kinda Funny Destiny 2 PC Clan The Roper Report - 00:15:08 - Xbox Series X BLOWOUT! 00:14:18 - What's more important? Load times or better graphics? - Best Friends Q: BJ Bernardo 00:20:15 - What’s new with the controller? Joe Skrebb

Blessing and Greg talk about new Silent Hill(s) rumors, Dreams Beta Evaluation, and more. Time Stamps - 00:06:00 - Housekeeping The Roper Report - 00:06:21 - Is Silent Hill Making a Return? 00:18:43 - “How do you see this affecting Sony’s relationship with Kojima?” - Ignacio Rojas 00:22:16 - Media Molecule is launching Dreams Beta Evaluation 00:31:24 - Square Enix has an E3 Update 00:34:32 - February US sales down 29% 00:41:56 - Niantic’s introducing some changes to Pokémon GO 00:46:53 - Ad 00:51:56 - Out today Reader mail - 00:58:23 - “Is there any chance for a last minute Animal Crossing and Doom: Eternal delay?” - BradenEggs 01:02:35 - Squad Up: Liam - Xbox - Muppetlead 01:14:29 - Squad Up: https://bit.ly/3a0K2yg 01:06:31 - You‘re Wrong 01:09:10 - Post Show Next Week’s Hosts: Monday - Greg & Blessing Tuesday - Greg & Imran Wednesday - Greg & Whitta Thursday - Greg & Tim Friday - Greg & Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices