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Tim and Greg discuss Troy's revelation that unionization is the reason he isn't back as Rhys. Time Stamps - 00:03:30 - Housekeeping Andy's Zero-Death Run Ends Very Quickly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8KQEULQXow Thank you to our Patreon Producers: (JUST FOR MONDAY) http://www.patreon.com/ReRetroGames Black Jack Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:05:45 - Why Troy Baker isn’t in Borderlands 3, Kirk McKeand @ VG247 00:07:52 Best Friend Q. - With the reveal this morning that Troy Baker, as a SAG-AFTRA member, couldn't reprise his role of Rhys in Borderlands 3 because Gearbox wouldn't go union, do you think this is something we'll see more of? - Chad Betteridge 00:23:55 - Bungie Wants a non-Destiny game out by 2025, Matt Kim @ IGN 00:32:52 - Gears 5 Microtransactions, Eddie @ GameSpot 00:39:08 - New Brain Age for Switch in Japan, Brian Ashcraft @ KOTAKU 00:40:56 - Atari VCS teams up with Antstream Arcade 00:45:45 - Kojima’s bb can talk to you through your PS4 controller 00:52:11 - Out today 00:48:45 -

OK Beast takes over KFGD as Blessing Adeoye Jr. and Alex Van Aken get an Apex Legends trailer drop live on the air! Time Stamps - 00:03:50 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: http://www.patreon.com/ReRetroGames, Black Jack, and Mohammed Mohammed Today, we’re brought to you by Upstart but I’ll tell you about that later. The Roper Report - 00:04:22 - A New Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Trailer Just Dropped! 00:07:43 - “You know, Star Wars Fallen Order looks good…” - EJ 00:16:02 - There’s An Update on The Last of Us Part II’s Multiplayer 00:18:04 - “Do you think multiplayer will be added onto the last of us 2 after release?” - Frankfurtter 00:22:54 - There’s a Weird Pokemon Sword & Shield Livestream Announced For Next Week 00:25:48 - Mario Kart Tour smashes records on day one 00:31:03 - Capybara Games co-founder Nathan Vella is leaving the studio after 16 years 00:32:37 - Streamer With Cerebral Palsy Gets Huge Follower Boost from Borderlands 3 Community 00:37:54 - Out today 00:40:38 - Upstart

IGN's Peer Schneider joins Blessing Adeoye Jr. to talk about all the news surrounding The Last of Us Part II. Time Stamps - 00:04:03 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: http://www.patreon.com/ReRetroGames Black Jack Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:04:32 - The Last of Us Part II Outbreak Day is Today and the Floodgates Have Opened 00:06:12 Best Friend Q. - It was confirmed today that The Last of Us 2 would not have multiplayer! What do you think sparked this change, especially since the first game's multiplayer was so well received? - The Five Star Man 00:20:03 - There’s a Whole Bunch of New Oculus News 00:33:19 - Death Stranding Has Gone Gold 00:37:12 - DayZ Gets its Second Official Map Soon 00:44:11 - Bandai sues AtGames over Ms. Pac-Man mini arcade cabinet 00:41:50 - Out today 00:44:45 - Upstart Reader mail - 00:46:35 - KFBF's often get advice for obtaining a job for sites like IGN, but the information is skewed towards the editorial and news teams. What advice do you have for

Blessing Adeoye Jr. and Greg debate if PlayStation selling directly to consumers is the first shot in a war against brick and mortar shops. Time Stamps - 00:02:48 - Housekeeping New Party Mode on Patreon! Jackbox Party Mode’s Fakin’ It with Chloe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNgCEmN73CI&list=PLy3mMHt2i7RKVhcHaGd5Dwt4AIV8uS3YA Thank you to our Patreon Producers: http://www.patreon.com/ReRetroGames Black Jack Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:03:40 - PlayStation State of Play Report 00:07:10 Best Friend Q. - I'm sure you already covered the Modern Warfare Spec Ops mode controversy today and its value across the different platforms. There's a lot of blame going towards Activision right now about how they're devaluing the Xbox and PC versions of the game while PS4 gets more value per dollar with the exclusive mode, but why is no one blaming Sony? - Colton Nesler 00:37:12 Best Friend Q. - Does the PlayStation community need to re-calibrate their expectations of what a "State of Play" actually is? Mos

OK Beast's Blessing Adeoye Jr. joins WWE Superstar Xavier Woods to discuss Final Fantasy VII, Google's Apple Arcade competitor, and more! Time Stamps - 00:02:38 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: http://www.patreon.com/ReRetroGames Black Jack Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:04:51 - Final Fantasy’s Box Art Has Been Revealed 00:14:40 - Google Play Pass bundles 350 Android games and apps for $4.99 per month 00:22:01 - “Do you think that even with a change, say bundling it with stadia, can save face for being tardy and offering developers less?” - Frankfurtter 00:22:54 - https://bit.ly/2lqsLun 00:29:22 - 20,000 Fallout 76 Power Armor Helmets Recalled For Mold Exposure 00:36:35 - Out today 00:40:44 - Upstart Reader mail - 00:43:29 - “The Untitled Goose Game just came out last week…” - Frankfurtter 00:49:44 - “Do you think we see anything new from Jedi: Fallen Order today?” - Gage 00:53:30 - Squad Up: Samantha Jade - Pokemon Go - 7364-3550-6728 00:54:47 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts

OK Beast's Blessing Adeoye Jr. joins Greg (and Barrett) to daydream about what all these Batman teases from WB Montreal mean for tomorrow's PlayStation State of Play. Timecodes: 00:03:00 - Housekeeping State of Play Watch-a-long tomorrow @ 12:45 p.m. PT - twitch.tv/kindafunnygames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: http://www.patreon.com/ReRetroGames Black Jack Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:07:00 - Are we about to get Batman: Court of Owls? 00:17:18 Best Friend Q. - What do you want to see from the next Batman game and what do you expect? - Alex 00:24:04 - Borderlands 3 is setting all kinds of records for 2K 00:29:30 Best Friend Q. - Has the condition of Borderlands 3 (crashing, lag in menus, frame rate hitching, etc.) hurts it’s GOTY run in your opinions? - Alan 00:36:10 - Inside Xbox Tomorrow! 00:36:20 Best Friend Q. - Do you think they will give us general information here like pricing and a release date? or save the nitty gritty here with how the service will work and save the big announceme

Fran and Greg talk about the Dark Knight coming to Fortnite, The Last of Us Part II being confirmed for PlayStation's State of Play, and more! Time Stamps - 00:03:04 - Housekeeping Borderlands Show Ep. 1 is today: youtube.com/borderlandsgame The Roper Report - 00:05:14 - Fortnite X Batman 00:12:23 - TLOU2 is at State of Play 00:15:55 - French Court says Steam users can resell their games 00:23:33 - “Holy cow Batman, what is going on in France?” - Frankfurtter 00:32:06 - Minecraft Gets a Character Creator 00:35:39 - 2019’s GIB Best Places to Work Awards 00:40:45 - Out today 00:47:05 - kindafunny.com/paxtournament Reader mail - 00:47:32 - “What Apple Arcade games have you tried so far?” - The Nano Biologist 00:53:22 - “Why don't you guys cover some esports news?” - Ashen Rabs 00:59:30 - “On Wednesday an article titled ‘Borderlands has a problem with dwarfism and disability’ was published” - Cale Dolfincorn 01:06:10 - “I’d love to get your opinion on the Celeste DLC.” - Alex 01:08:49 - Squad Up: Jeff - PS

Imran and Greg debate what next week's PlayStation State of Play means! Time Stamps - 00:02:25 - Housekeeping Party Mode is up: Borderlands 3 Proving Grounds w/Andy and Me youtube.com/kindafunnygames The Roper Report - 00:03:10 - PlayStation State of Play Announced for Tuesday 00:05:23 - “Which state of play are we going to get?” - Parker Petrov 00:16:59 - Link’s Awakening Reviews 00:20:26 - “Do you think this game should be sold at a full $60 price?” - Tzurki 00:25:02 - “Do you think there is a point where you can love a game or a franchise so much that you can no longer be objective about it?” - Bliss 00:32:30 - NBCUniversal Leaves Game Publishing 00:35:04 - PlayStation’s 10-year vision for Dreams 00:36:10 - “I know that Dreams is still in early access…” - The Five Star Man 00:44:37 - Next Gen Dev Won’t Cost More 00:48:24 - Out today 00:56:42 - kindafunny.com/paxtournament Reader mail - 00:57:14 - “White Phosphorus in Modern Warfare” - Alan 01:05:02 - “A zombie was found in Red Dead 2 Online…” - The

Imran and Gary Whitta talk about Sirfetch'd, Twitch's sexual content crackdown, and more! Time Stamps - 00:06:41 - Housekeeping The Roper Report - 00:07:05 - New Pokemon Revealed to Be Farfetch'd Evolution 00:17:02 - Twitch sexual content crackdown causing confusion - GamesIndustry.biz via James Batchelor 00:28:45 - How Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s cross-play will work - Polygon via Michael McWhertor 00:36:50 - REQUIRED READING: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the Cruel Realities of White Phosphorous- IGN via John Phipps 00:43:20 - Out today Reader mail - 00:52:05 - “You each have a very colored history in the Video Game industry…” - The Nano Biologist 00:56:04 - “Are you surprised to see Stadia’s Founder's Edition selling out?” - The Five Star Man 01:00:28 - “When I saw the E3 headlines yesterday, I got excited.” - Sian 01:06:32 - Squad Up: doug - PS4 - jmduknz 01:07:20 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Imran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S.J. Mueller from DC Universe Online joins Greg to talk about the new pitch for E3, Apple Arcade's crazy amount of games, and making an MMO in 2019. Timestamps - 00:04:29 - Housekeeping There’s a new Oreo Oration today: The Most Stuf! The Roper Report - 00:05:16 - E3 2020 proposes overhaul 00:13:25 - Apple Arcade is looking good 00:21:13 - “Do you believe that 100 number will be mostly shovelware?” - Frankfurtter 00:23:56 - GameStop Test Store Surfaces Online 00:27:16 - “Do you think this new welcoming gamer space will be enough to attract customers?” - The Nano Biologist 00:31:36 - Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringingers’ Nier Automata Alliance Raid 00:36:00 - “I want to know what you think of other MMOs on the market?” - The Nano Biologist 00:38:07 - Knights and Bikes Getting a TV Series 00:39:52 - Out today 00:43:26 - kindafunny.com/paxtournament Reader mail - 00:43:40 - “Yesterday, you discussed the recent sentencing for the Ohio SWATting incident…” - Chris RVA 00:47:38 - “Is Link’s Awakening (Switch)

Mega Ran joins Greg to marvel at the unthinkable happening in Pokemon! Time Stamps - 00:05:09 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: http://www.patreon.com/ReRetroGames Black Jack Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:05:41 - Ash won a Pokemon League, Brian Ashcraft @ Kotaku 00:11:02 - Now that Ash has won brings me to ask, is Sword and Shield going to be a "soft reboot" of the brand as a whole? - Borzen00 00:15:25 - FF7 Remake to Have Classic Mode, Michael McWhertor @ Polygon 00:17:39 - Final Fantasy VII Remake will have the old school Battle menus do you see people using this old system? - BJ Bernardo 00:19:35 - Ohio Gamers gets 15 months for swatting, Roxana Hegema @ AP 00:24:33 - Let’s Talk Stats via Tweets! 00:25:44 - “Is this the final nail in the Xbox one X-coffin?” - The Nano Biologist 00:31:35 - Out today 00:34:05 - kindafunny.com/paxtournament Reader mail - 00:32:00 - If you were going to predict which games are going to meet/rise above expectations and which games are going

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Get started with the Hims complete hair kit for just $5 today right now while supplies last by going to http://forhims.com/GAMESDAILY. Get 20% off and free shipping with the code GAMES at http://Manscaped.com. Quip starts at just $25 and if you go to http://getquip.com/GAMES right now, you can get your first refill pack for FREE. Will Nintendo's Ring Fit Adventure get Greg and Tim's blood pumping? Find out! Time Stamps - 00:03:40 - Housekeeping I fucked up Comicscast, streaming Borderlands this afternoon. lol Thank you to our Patreon Producers: http://www.patreon.com/ReRetroGames Black Jack Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:05:12 - Nintendo’s New Weirdness: Ring Fit Adventure 00:17:10 Best Friend Q. - Do you see this Ring-Con being used for other games, say "Mario and Sonic at the Olympics Tokyo 2020" or a steering wheel for "Mario Kart"? - BJ Bernardo 00:19:47 Best Friend Q. - Greg, will you give this a shot and replace your previous Beat Saber morning workouts with this RPG adventure? - The Na

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Get started with the Hims complete hair kit for just $5 today right now while supplies last by going to http://forhims.com/GAMESDAILY. Get 20% off and free shipping with the code GAMES at http://Manscaped.com. Quip starts at just $25 and if you go to http://getquip.com/GAMES right now, you can get your first refill pack for FREE. Andrea joins Gary for the last time to talk Google Stadia, Apple Arcade, EA's Cloud gaming, KFC, and more! Time Stamps - 00:01:53 - Apple Arcade Watchalong 00:10:46 - Housekeeping It’s Andrea’s final week! Tuesday with Whitta, Wednesday with Greg, and her final Gamescast Wednesday afternoon on patreon.com/kindafunnygames. We Have Cool Friends with Destiny 2’s Luke Smith is up on youtube.com/kindafunny and podcast services! We're excited to announce that we are partnering with Stack Up, an awesome non-profit serving the active military and veteran communities through gaming! They will be providing two lucky veterans (US or Allied!) from the Best Friend community a trip to attend

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Imran and Javy talk about the new Nintendo Fitness Device, Celeste releasing 100 new levels, Yakuza 7 gameplay, and more! Time Stamps - 00:01:36 - Housekeeping Tonight, Greg and Fran are hosting the Borderlands 3 Launch Party from Dallas. Watch with the Best Friends on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames at 5 p.m. PT! The Roper Report - 00:02:56 - Nintendo just surprise-revealed this weird new fitness device for Switch 00:10:11 - Celeste: Chapter 9 Free DLC Being Released This Month 00:15:15 - Yakuza Gameplay Coming September 13th 00:29:10 - Valve kept quiet on Epic exclusives following Metro Exodus backlash 00:45:13 - Out today 00:49:08 - Thirdlove 00:50:27 - Raycon Reader mail - 00:52:20 - “There are also some other less well-advertised changes coming to Nintendo's NES and SNES services…” - thevirtualboy 00:59:54 - “I was playing the ghost recon breakpoint beta and discovered this game seems to be embracing a lot more RPG elements…” - OrganicProduce 01:02:38 - Squad Up: Alexis Camacho - PSN - PapaGozpacho 01:0

Go to http://thirdlove.com/GAMES now to find your perfect-fitting bra and get 15% off your first purchase! Get 15% off your order at http://buyraycon.com/KFGAMES. Imran and former Game Informer editor Suriel Vasquez cover Nintendo’s new Direct, Ikumi Nakamura leaving Ghostwire: Tokyo, and “heated gamer moments.” Time stamps - 00:01:30 - Cereal Time 00:07:55 - Housekeeping It’s Thursday, and that means there’s a new Party Mode on YouTube.com/kindafunnygames. This week, Chloe Dykstra and Cameron Cuffe join the boys and get SUPER-irritated in a game of Ultimate Chicken Horse. Friday night, Greg and Fran are hosting the Borderlands 3 Launch Party from Dallas. Watch with the Best Friends on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames at 5 p.m. PT! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: http://www.patreon.com/ReRetroGames Black Jack Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:09:09 - September 4th Nintendo Direct - Me 00:23:10 Best Friend Q. - Super Smash Bros Ultimate DLC, comfirming that they will expand the DLC offering past the

Gary Whitta and Greg talk about the Gears 5 and Monster Hunter: Iceborne reviews, Overwatch coming to Switch, and more! Time Stamps - 00:05:18 - Housekeeping Party Mode on Patreon.com/kindafunnygames - Ultimate Chicken Horse with Chloe and Cam. Nintendo Direct live reacts today at 3 p.m. It’ll be on youtube.com/kindafunnygames later. I’m on the 200th episode of My Xbox and Me. Get it wherever you get your podcasts. Fran and I are hosting the Borderlands 3 launch party Friday night in Dallas - you can catch it live on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: http://www.patreon.com/ReRetroGames Black Jack Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:07:25 - REVIEWS! 00:18:02 - Overwatch is coming to Switch next month, Jason @ Kotaku 00:23:12 - Cyberpunk 2077’s MP Plans 00:26:26 - Ubisoft’s got a new VR team, Peter Graham @ VR Focus 00:33:10 - Out today 00:46:28 - THIRDLOVE 00:53:10 - RAYCON Reader mail - 00:42:02 - GamePassed! - CapnMikeM 00:48:56 - With the speculation Nintendo will add

Go to http://thirdlove.com/GAMES now to find your perfect-fitting bra and get 15% off your first purchase! Get 15% off your order at http://buyraycon.com/KFGAMES. Andrea Rene and Imran Kahn are back from PAX West to chat about The Outer Worlds new trailer, the announcement of a new Nintendo Direct, Marvel's Avengers cosmetic skin details, and required reading about Ubisoft's new subscription service. Time Stamps - 00:02:55 - Housekeeping Thanks everyone for coming to support us at PAX West! The Roper Report - 00:06:17 - The Outer Worlds’ latest trailer touts all the amenities of dystopia 00:11:03 - 40-Minute Nintendo Direct Announced For This Week 00:17:55 - Marvel's Avengers Will Sell Alternate Costumes On Its Marketplace 00:30:19 - Required Reading - https://bit.ly/2kskKoe 00:38:20 - Thirdlove 00:39:45 - Raycon 00:41:02 - Out today Reader mail - 00:45:45 - “I have been eagerly awaiting cyberpunk 2077…” - Parker Petrov 00:52:25 - “Did 505 Games not believe in their product and only print a modest a