ARC Raiders is Already Steam’s Most Popular Extraction Shooter - Kinda Funny Games Daily 10.31.25

Summary

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Episode Title: ARC Raiders is Already Steam’s Most Popular Extraction Shooter
Date: October 31, 2025
Hosts: Tim Gettys (“Shredder”), Blessing Adeoye Jr. (“Cloud Strife”), (With contributions from Barrett)

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Episode Overview

This Halloween special features Tim and Blessing in costume, mixing festive banter with the latest video game news. The big headline is ARC Raiders’ meteoric launch on Steam, quickly becoming one of the platform's most played extraction shooters. They also discuss the robust return of Battlefield 6, the controversial direction of The Witcher Netflix series, and more. The episode maintains Kinda Funny’s trademark energetic, irreverent tone, full of inside jokes and candid industry takes.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Halloween Costume Banter & Podcast Housekeeping

• The episode kicks off with costume reveals: Tim as Shredder (TMNT), Blessing as Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII), and lots of light-hearted ribbing about costumes, prop swords, and failed Amazon purchases.
  • “I was very disappointed when I got the Master Sword … it was plastic. If I’m spending $200 on a sword, I should be able to cut a … you know what I mean? No. No.” — Tim (03:01)
• The hosts chat about group costumes, Tim’s family joining in (including a pregnant Gia dressing up as Krang), and behind-the-scenes Kinda Funny Halloween festivities.
• Announcements about upcoming Gamescast, Game Showdown, sponsored ARC Raiders stream, and other seasonal events.

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2. Roper Report Stories

Story 1: "Arc Raiders is Already One of the Biggest Extraction Shooters Ever on Steam"

• ARC Raiders has a day-one Steam concurrent peak of over 264,000 players, placing it among the platform’s most played extraction shooters, only trailing behemoths like Battlefield 6 and Escape from Duck Off (a parody of Tarkov).
• The hosts break down the significance:
  • Steam is "the major place" for measuring live player numbers and launching multiplayer shooters.
  • Arc Raiders’ appeal goes beyond “core extraction audiences.” Its marketing (“smart people over at Embark…”) and launch strategy are praised.
  • Quote: “For me it’s the first extraction shooter I played since Hunt Showdown…and after so many battle royale games, there’s a freshness to that gameplay loop that is capturing me.” — Blessing (17:00)
• They reiterate their ARC Raiders stream sponsorship but stress their coverage would be the same regardless due to the actual newsworthiness.
  • Quote: “The buzz is kinda just there…but magnifying it in ways—launching midweek is an interesting call, but it allows these numbers to swell by the weekend…Smart people over there, Embark.” — Tim (15:36)
• Humorous anecdotes about Greg Miller’s unexpected obsession with ARC Raiders and how the genre scratches a different itch than Battle Royale.

Story 2: "Battlefield 6 Reclaims Number One as EA Dominates the European Charts"

• Battlefield 6 climbs to #1 in European sales despite declining week-on-week sales; EA Sports FC and Pokemon Legends ZA trail.
  • “Battlefield is that weird kind of enigma … games do very well but the conversation around Battlefield stopped being as dominant as it used to be.” — Tim (19:15)
• Surprise at classic games (Mass Effect, Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA V) persisting in top sales and reflections on legacy game appeal.
  • Blessing is intrigued by Digimon Story Time Stranger’s presence in the top 10, calling it “a nerdy ass game, but that bodes well.”

Story 3: "The Witcher Netflix: Worst Reviews Ever"

• The Witcher’s fourth season debuts at an abysmal 50% critic score, 25% audience score, with reviewers and fans criticizing Liam Hemsworth replacing Henry Cavill and narrative changes.
  • The hosts recap the drama behind Cavill’s exit—creative disputes about the show’s faithfulness to source material, and the resulting decline.
  • “At a certain point, it’s the ship of Theseus thing—you keep changing, at some point, it’s not the thing anymore.” — Tim (27:38)
  • They reflect on the original show's cultural impact (“That first season was lightning in a bottle…”) and speculate on alternate timelines.

Story 4: "Fall Guys Veterans Establish Panic Stations Studio"

• Several core Fall Guys devs found a new UK studio under the Skeleton Crew banner, aiming to craft “games that bring friends closer through chaos, laughter, and shared moments.”
  • They riff on “party games,” “friend slop” as a genre label, and what makes small, social games succeed or flop.
  • Quote: “I would say good chance—not a guarantee—that there is talent and money behind trying to make games that bring friends closer…they don’t need to make something giant, just something small and good.” — Tim (34:07)

Story 5: "Nintendo Sues and Wins Against Brazen Game Piracy Streamer"

• Nintendo wins $17,500 in damages against streamer Jesse Keenan (“EveryGameGuru”) who taunted Nintendo and brazenly streamed at least 10 unreleased games, even writing:
  • “Should have done more research on me—you might run a corporation, I run the streets.” — Keenan (41:15)
  • “Here’s the thing, Keegan here is absolutely wrong, I kind of fuck with him though. Absolutely in the wrong.” — Blessing (41:03)
• The hosts treat the subject with their characteristic blend of amazement, disbelief, and humor, joking about “Free Keegan” and recapping Nintendo’s infamous legal aggression.

Story 6: Quick Hits (WE News Channel)

• Collab announced: Expedition 33 x Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (art by Nicholas Maxson Roncomb and Tetsuya Nomura)—hosts gush over the artwork and cross-cultural support.
  • “It’s so sick. Those pictures are going to go hard.” — Blessing (45:40)
• Other news:
  • Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater multiplayer mode launches
  • Frostpunk 2 DLC dated
  • The Witch’s Bakery, Indica (nun game), Silent Hill 2 rated for Xbox
  • Miscellaneous updates on controllers, “Backbone One,” etc.

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On ARC Raiders’ launch (11:48):
  “It’s one of the biggest extraction shooters ever, except for these other six—so like, congratulations…I mean, honestly, this is big, but that headline’s a little, you know.” — Tim

• On the Witcher Netflix changes (27:38):
  “At a certain point, it’s the ship of Theseus thing—you keep changing, at some point, it’s not the thing anymore.” — Tim

• On piracy and taunting Nintendo (41:15):
  “Should have done more research on me—you might run a corporation, I run the streets.” — Keenan

• On genre labels for small social games:
  “Friend slop, there is a thing there, and it’s not necessarily derogatory…But Fall Guys is not friend slop.” — Tim (37:35)

• On Halloween and the community:
  “We got Shredder and Shredded Cloud.” — Super Chat (48:04)
  “What great guys. We are soldiers. Poor one out for ridiculousness. Have a very, very, very happy Halloween. And guess what? Yeah, Free Keegan.” — Tim (56:31)

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Notable Timestamps

• 00:00–06:00: Halloween banter; costume reveals; family costumes
• 08:20: Roper Report News starts
• 11:48: Breaking down ARC Raiders’ Steam launch stats
• 17:00: Blessing on why extraction shooters hit different
• 19:15: Battlefield 6’s sales and top games discussion
• 25:09: Witcher Netflix series’ critical collapse; Cavill drama
• 33:10: Panic Stations/Fall Guys story; “friend slop” debate
• 39:26: Nintendo lawsuit against pirating streamer (“I run the streets”)
• 45:08: WE News: Expedition 33 x FFVII, MGS Delta, Frostpunk 2, etc.
• 47:37–55:00: Super Chats—Costume reactions, funny user comments, podcast insider humor
• 56:31: Episode close, Free Keegan sendoff, Halloween wishes

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Closing & Tone

The show is lighthearted and energetic, blending deep industry knowledge with goofball Halloween vibes and insider banter. News is tackled earnestly but with a running humor and lots of sidebar conversations—about costumes, genre definitions, and Kinda Funny in-jokes. Advertisements and non-content filler are excluded from this summary.

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In Summary:
This festive (and slightly chaotic) episode provides thoughtful discussion on game genres, industry trends, and the biggest headlines—all wrapped in costumes, hot takes, notable quotes, and classic Kinda Funny camaraderie. Anyone interested in ARC Raiders’ breakout, the state of competitive shooters, Netflix adaptation drama, and the pulse of the video game industry will find plenty to enjoy.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

This episode's brought to you by Arc Raiders, a multiplayer extraction adventure video game set in a lethal yet vibrant future Earth. Available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S and PC. Arc Raiders.com. today's stories include Arc Raiders is dominating on Steam. Battlefield 6 is dominating in sales. And the Witcher on Netflix is getting dominated by by Rotten Tomatoes. Love all this and more. Because tonight I dine on turtle soup. What's up, everybody? Welcome to Kind of Funny Games daily for Halloween 2025. Of course, I'm your host, the Shredder. And I'm joined today by Blessing Strife himself.

[C]

Good day, Shredder.

[B]

Good day to you. I'm going to take it off to do the show, obviously. I mean, can't be too muffled, but it's.

[C]

It's cool.

[B]

I have it on me and I hear it echoing back into my own ears.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

It'll be just a nice little Shredder chin strap, you know?

[C]

Good.

[B]

Yeah. You look fucking good.

[C]

Hey, thank you.

[B]

Do you see those guns, everybody? Cloud's supposed to have a sword. He has the gun material attached.

[C]

You think? You think I've been going to the gym for fun? I'm not going to the gym for fun. I've been trying to.

[B]

You look amazing. I do also love the incredibly tiny Buster sword, though.

[C]

Oh, yeah. Well, here's the thing. You would think that Buster swords wouldn't be that expensive on Amazon, but they are. This is actually a lot better than what I thought I was gonna get for about 30.

[B]

I mean, I was very disappointed when I. I have a very firm my household, but it was led by me, ironically. Surprisingly not ironically. We have a rule, a no swords rule. You know, I have a lot of nerd shit. It's totally cool, but it's like, we can't be getting swords. What.

[C]

What led to this rule?

[B]

Just, you know, a core feeling inside.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

Because if you get one, then you're.

[B]

Gonna just imagine one night.

[C]

Cool. Greg just brought home a ton of.

[B]

Swords for Some reason, no amiibos and no swords. Okay. And lightsabers don't count. But then I was like, oh my God. I saw the. The master sword a couple years ago.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And I'm like, I'm getting the master storage. I'm sorry. And so it was 200. I'm like, oh, yeah. Like that's a lot of money.

[C]

But like we could do that.

[B]

It looks to be great. So I got it and it was plastic. And I should have known. I should have known. But I assumed If I'm spending $200 on a sword, I can cut a. You know what I mean? No, no.

[C]

$200 for a master sword. I should be getting the actual master.

[B]

So now I have a. A plastic sword in my house. And it's a reminder every day of how big a loser I am.

[C]

But you didn't return it.

[B]

No, it was, you know, it's one of those freaking like artsy fartsy toy store things. Like I was on the pre order. It was. It looks dope.

[C]

Okay. Okay, Fair enough.

[B]

How I'm doing?

[C]

Good. Yeah, this was a fun costume to put together because I. It was like Sunday maybe like late, late last week where I was like, man, I need a Halloween costume.

[B]

This is a week put together.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Good for you.

[C]

This was me being like, should I go to spirit Halloween? And being like, I don't know if they have what I'm looking for. Spirit Halloween and then just going through characters, right? I'm like, what are relevant ish pop culture characters? I went to like, at first I was looking at sinners because sinners popping this year. But I was like, I need a twin.

[B]

That is a problem.

[C]

I'm going to do the sinners costume. I need one person to be the other character.

[B]

Did you see the Abbott Elementary? I didn't see the episode, but I saw the image going around of the two of the main characters. You know, Quinta Brunson and then Everybody Hates Chris kid. Yeah. Do you see their costumes?

[C]

No.

[B]

He went as Coogler and she went as an IMAX screen.

[C]

Oh, that's so good. Oh, that's fucking awesome. But yeah, I went to. That was going looking at other stuff and I was like, I can't. I don't know if I can make anything work. So I just started looking.

[B]

What were.

[C]

What were my favorite games of the last couple years? And I saw Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth come up. And I was like, that's it. That's just it.

[B]

I don't want to spoil anything, but actually I Think he might have already said. But still, I'm not going to spoil it because he'll be here later today. I'm very excited about a crossover we might be getting between you.

[C]

Oh, yeah, that's.

[B]

Those pictures are going to go hard. We also have a video wall. You know what I mean? We can put any background we want on this thing. Take some pictures, just.

[C]

You know what's funny? There's a Wii news item that actually points to this exact kind of collaboration.

[B]

Oh, what a day it is. I never in my life thought I'd be the Shredder. Never.

[C]

So this is an interesting one, because, like, I. You were talking about doing a group costume, and when I saw you as Shredder, I didn't. I've been trying to do the math on what does that entail for the rest of your family.

[B]

Well, there's Moose and Toretto. Right. Of course, in theory, they would be. If I'm being honest, I forgot to include them.

[C]

Oh.

[B]

Which is really sad.

[C]

Okay, that throws off.

[B]

I might have to Photoshop on top of them. But if I'm the Shredder, of course, they're Bebop and Rocksteady. Okay, but what's Gia going to be?

[C]

That's what I've been trying to figure out.

[B]

She is very pregnant right now. She's very rotund. Can you bring up the picture? Of what? She's going to be going to be crying. She's going to be crying, Everybody. At approximately 3:00pm today, she will come to this office after her job, and Andy Cortez will paint on her belly. She has a bald cap. She has the visor. She has it all. And I can't wait.

[C]

I did not. I could. I. In a million years, I would never have guessed this. Does she even know who this person is?

[B]

Should we watched his debut episode last night? The funny thing is, she watched every single Turtles movie. There's a surprising lack of Kang Krang in those movies. Yeah, like once in the Michael Bay movie. But it's like, it doesn't look like it's not like this. Yeah, but of course, we got to go. OG And I can't wait for everyone to see it.

[C]

I love that.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

What a world we live in. Bear, what are you doing? If anything.

[D]

I am dressed as. Well, you can't see me because, of course, the director camera is broken today. But, you know, just a man, just trying his best every day.

[B]

Oh, man, that's beautiful. It's supposed to be Halloween, Barry.

[C]

Beautiful.

[B]

You know, October was a no no, no, that's just you all the time.

[D]

No, I know, I know. I didn't dress up. Just let chat and listeners know it's not. It's been a busy month.

[C]

We got a lot of costumes. In that costume there's a lot. That's what I did.

[B]

Want to be a cat?

[C]

You want to be left sharp.

[B]

Be a sexy black cat.

[C]

You want to be Mario, Mario, Mario. There's plenty of options in that closet.

[B]

Remember everybody, this is Kind of Funny Games Daily each and every weekday we run you through the video game news you need to know about live on YouTube, Twitch and podcast services around the globe. If you love what we do, please support us with the kind of Funny membership on Patreon, YouTube and now Spotify and Apple podcasts to get all of our shows ad free. We watch us record them live and get a daily exclusive show for a chance to be part of this show. YouTube Super Chat in your thoughts on the stories on your thoughts on Halloween. What are you wearing? I want to know. A little housekeeping for you. We are an 11 person business all about live talk shows today after games daily you're going to get a games cast. That is a shit list. The best PS2 games ranked by IGN I think. Yes I this is in celebration of the PlayStation 2 turning 25 this week. So very exciting times. Can't wait to do that with bless. Then after games cast is game showdown with a special guest. Then after that's a stream an Nvidia arc Raiders sponsored stream. After that is another stream of an awesome game coming from 61 indie a Halloween stream that Nick's on. It's gonna be a lot of fun. What will he dress up as? I am not sure.

[C]

Who can guess.

[B]

Thank you to our Patreon producers Carl Jacobs, Omega, Buster and Delaney. The sound twining Today's Kind of Funny Greg or today's Greg Way is coming to you from Mike because Greg is out with Ben getting trick or treating starting early I think. Otherwise I don't know why he's not here.

[C]

You know, fooding lessons probably usually Halloween.

[D]

For like preschools and even elementary schools is like a day that parents will also come in to do a lot of festivities and stuff. So I imagine he's at school.

[B]

Greg's being festive at school, everybody. Terrifying. Yes it is. Blessed start with what is and forever will be the Roper report. We have six stories today starting with story number one. Ridiculousness. Canceled at MTV after 46 seasons. No Ethan Shanfeld at variety.com what Ridiculousness has been canceled after 14 years and 46 seasons. The comedy clip series, hosted by Rob Dyrdek will continue into 2026 with previously shot first run episodes, but no new episodes will be produced. Season 46 will be the last installment of the series as reruns continue to air on MTV and select season stream on Paramount. Plus, this is a surprise. I did not tell Bless that this was going to be in here.

[C]

When I tell you the there's okay. There was a very big range of emotions I just went through. Firstly realizing that Ridiculousness was still on tv.

[B]

Yep, that's the first one.

[C]

And then realizing it's been 46 seasons and then realizing it's been canceled.

[B]

Now there's a lot there.

[C]

That's fucking insane.

[B]

Where is Chanel? West Coast.

[C]

Yeah, man.

[B]

Where's Snoopy 2 Drippy or whatever that other guy's name was?

[C]

I mean. All right, hold on. Ridiculousness, take me back. Where were you at? Were you watching Ridiculousness back in the day?

[B]

I mean. No. Okay. No. But I have seen 45 seasons of ridiculousness. This is the type of show that nobody chooses to watch. It is forced and thrust upon you. This is the definition of an airplane. Of an. Yeah, airplane show where you might not be watching it, but someone else is. I had an ex girlfriend who lived her home life like she was on an airplane at all times and she would just have ridiculousness on at all times. That was just the default standard in the house.

[C]

Wow. What? What's the relationship. I'm so foggy right now. What's the relationship between Ridiculousness and Robin? Big.

[B]

I I, I.

[C]

Is there any.

[B]

No. I think they had a bad breakup.

[D]

I think it's just because I know.

[C]

Big pass.

[B]

You want to.

[C]

What I just say passed away RIP is what I meant to say. Wow.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

What is mtv? I don't think I've seen an mtv.

[B]

It's in its schedule. Wow. It's reruns of Ridiculousness is the actual answer. And it sounds like it'll continue to be that until it no longer exists. But anyway, let's get to our real story number one. Arc Raiders is already one of the biggest extraction shooters ever on Steam. This is from Vicki Blake at ign. Arc Raiders has only been out a day, but it's already surpassed a Steam concurrent peak player count of 264673 players, making it one of the biggest extraction shooters ever on Valve's platform. Given Given Arc Raiders ended its recent server slam play test with big player numbers on Steam, developer Embark Studio was likely Braced for a bumper launch day, which is just as well as it's currently one of the biggest games on steam. Just Battlefield 6, Counter Strike 2, Dota 2 PUBG. And viral hit Escape from Dukov clocked up bigger 24 hour peaks, Duck Off, Duke Off, Whatever, man. I, I was caught up in the fact that it's like, how are we really gonna be like, it's one of the biggest extractor shooters ever. Except for these other six. I mean, the other six are all congratulations. I mean, honestly, this is big, but it's also just like, okay, cool. Like that's the headlines a little, you.

[C]

Know, I mean, what these other games. The only other extraction shooter in that six is Escape from Duck off, which I'm not even sure if that really is an extraction shooter because that's basically, it's a parody of Tarov. But you play as Duck.

[B]

You play as a duck.

[C]

Yes. Which is why they call it Escape from Duck Off.

[B]

Got it, got it, got it. That makes me feel better because I thought the Duck off was a place, a real place that I just didn't know and I was getting the name wrong and I'm stupid.

[C]

Oh, you thought Spin off type. So I think technically, like when we're talking about extraction shooters, I think that's where the story is here as far as where we're at in that. Because I, I, we talk about multiplayer stuff all the time. As far as all these companies trying to make the jump into multiplayer, I think one of the big ones to point out would be PlayStation. When you see, you know, Marathon and you see Fair Games and all these things that they're, that they're trying to make happen, that feel like they've been shaky extraction shooters, feel like they've been in the center of the next foray or the current foray that like these companies have been trying to break into but have been struggling with. It feels like there's been a lock as far as Tarov Hunt Showdown and like a few others here. Right. Arc Raiders to come through and now be at the top of the pack. Of course we're talking about Steam. Tarov hasn't launched on Steam. It's about to launch on Steam. That's going to take the title probably in a week. When that happens. I think that's the bigger thing here as far as what the story is. Yeah.

[B]

And that, that's the other thing too is I feel like you talking about the, the race for the extraction shooter. That race really does start and exist on Steam. Right. So these numbers being as big as they are, there's a. The story there is like Steam is kind of the. One of the, if not at this point, one of the biggest major places that we get numbers from active players that we can actually look at and compare to each other. But also when you're comparing within a genre, it's like that does tell a story that. Yeah, these things are starting to become a major factor. And the fact that even though it might be number six, seven or eight or whatever that is, there are six, seven or eight titles hitting numbers this big.

[C]

Oh yeah. I mean, story number two is going to be about Battlefield 6 and how well that's doing as well. Right. But like, we're definitely in a place right now regarding multiplayer shooters where, you know, for a while there it felt like the only way to do it big as a multiplayer shooter was to go free to play. Like, it felt like almost. I don't want to go as far as to say that they're dead or anything like that, but if you want to make a premium multiplayer shooter, you had to be overwatch, you had to be valorant, you had to like, you know, be something that's easily accessible and go all in on cosmetics, battle pass, all that stuff. Right. Not to say that these games aren't, but I think the fact that you have both Arc raiders and Battlefield 6 that are launching as premium experiences that people have to buy regardless of the Battlefield six, you know, battle royale that they just launched. Right. But being premium, I think that says something about, hey, you can still do this.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

As long as there's quality here, you can still. Black Ops the next Black Ops 7. I think we're on now, like that's about to launch soon, is that. And that's going to be a premium thing. I'm sure that's going to do great as well because it's Call of Duty. We're a place right now where I think first person shooters, third person shooters, most player shooters are having a moment and I wonder what that's going to say going forward, if that's a thing that's replicable.

[B]

Absolutely. So continuing here, this means more people played Arc Raiders on Steam in the last 24 hours than even free to play titles like Apex Legends and Marvel Rivals. The true number of players Arc Raiders has will of course be bigger than its Steam count, as it also launched on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. Neither Sony nor Microsoft make player numbers public. It's also worth bearing in mind that Arc Raiders launched midweek. So the expectation for its player number to grow as the game heads into its first weekend. Now, for now, we can say the launch is truly impressive on Steam, where arc raiders has a very positive user review rating after over 8,800 reviews. So, yeah, I feel like there's a lot of really smart marketing with arc Raiders. I think they've done a fantastic job of having a good product and then presenting that product in a way. Oh, yeah, Exactly.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

We should.

[C]

We should acknowledge that we're sponsored by arc creators.

[B]

Exactly. And like that. Again, smart call. Right. Go to where the gamers are. But I think that that is a much smaller version of what I'm saying. But the. This game is everywhere. You're hearing about it. And again, when you have a good game, the buzz is going to kind of be there, but kind of magnifying it in ways and allowing like, launching midweek is an interesting call, but it does then allow you to get that swell and allow these numbers to buy the weekend hit even harder. Right. So smart people over there, smart people over there, embark.

[C]

I can't wait to get back to it. Again, like, we should acknowledge we are sponsored by arc raiders. This will be the conversation regardless of if we're sponsored or not, because this is KFCD news show. This is the biggest news of the day. But, like, I think the thing that's surprised me and impressed me with arc raiders is how it feels like it's breaking through beyond just the core extraction audience. Right. Like, I think there's something to be said about how many people could be into extraction shooters that don't know that they could be into extraction shooters yet. Seeing how much hype Greg has.

[B]

I mean, seeing Greg play yesterday was hilarious. Yeah. It looked like him falling in love with a secret that he wasn't supposed to have because he was playing like, with the, like, prox chat or whatever the hell it was on. And he was like, just whispering because he was in the office space. And every once in a while we just hear Greg go. And it was just like, what do you. It felt like he was hiding a secret lover in his closet.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

And I've been. I've been like in my own mind making fun of Greg Miller because he keeps saying, like, oh, arc raiders, we're not. We're gonna. I'm gonna play so much arc raiders. And I keep making fun of him. Or at least I keep laughing to myself. Cause I'm like, he thinks it's division. Like, he thinks he's going to play arc raiders. And it's Going to be Division and it's not going to be Division, but, like, to his credit, I think he's gotten it. Like, I think he understands what it is. And the fact that like, no, he's there for the gameplay loop of go in, get in some third person shooter action. Get the loot. Like, it's the loot grind that's really doing it for him. And I think there's something to be said. So Arc Raiders for me is my. The first extraction shooter I played, I guess, since I tried Hunt Showdown back in like 2020. And I think playing it after playing so many battle royale games now there's a freshness to the gameplay loop here that is capturing me where I'm like, oh, there's something nice about the risk of like, hanging out with Mike and Andy and being like, yo, we got what we need. We can just dip. And then, then being like, oh, but we can do this too. Like, we can do these missions for this person over here. Like, yeah, what if we just stayed a little bit longer? And I'm like, well, we're risking, risking it all. Do I speak up and be like, no, we gotta go, or do we just keep going for it? I think there's something satisfying about that. I think there's more to be explored there. And yeah, I'm, I'm happy that we're getting more and more games that are trying to level up what the genre is doing.

[B]

Yep, absolutely. Let's get to story number two. Battlefield 6 reclaims number one as EA dominates the European charts. This comes from Christopher Dring at the games the game business. Battlefield 6 has retaken the number one spot in the European charts with Pokemon Legends Z A dropping to number three. The shooter takes the top spot despite a 55% fall in sales week on week. The game is closely followed by EA Sports FC 26, which means EA holds number one and two this week. The date is courtesy of GSD. It covers digital sales for most major game companies and all physical retail sales too. Other new games this week include Ninja Gaien 4 from Xbox, which didn't make the top 10 in the unit charts, but is number six in the revenue chart.

[C]

All right. I mean, does any of this surprise you? Battlefield 6 doing well? I guess I've already gotten through the surprise of, like, how well it's doing because it's doing astronomical numbers or whatever. I wouldn't be. I'm not surprised that it's like top two or top one. Right. Like, I think that's the one where cool. They Put all their stuff into it. It's the new big for multiplayer first person, first person game. If they didn't nail it with this one, then EA's. EA would have been in big, big trouble.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. I don't know that there's much of a surprise here. Battlefield is that weird kind of enigma where the games do very well. But I just think the kind of conversation around the last couple of them wasn't as high as it used to be. Back in the day where the war was between Call of Duty and Battlefield, it's like that war has ended. It has went to the war zone. But Battlefield 6 really did kind of like set out with incredibly lofty goals that I. They're not going to hit if that one report was. But still doing very, very well. And again this goes back to. It's a good game, people like it, they're enjoying playing the game. So yeah, it being number one is not a surprise, but was not a guarantee as well. I do think it just goes back to the quality of the game and the word of mouth around that. And yeah, Pokemon dropping makes sense to number three. It's still very high with FC coming in at number two. Ninja Gaiden not making the top ten. Also not a surprise. I feel like if it did, that would have been the surprise and it would have been like hey, good for you old ip.

[C]

But yeah, launched on game Pass, you.

[B]

Know, and that too. That's always going to hit. Especially saying it's number six in the revenue chart. So you know that they're making money from it. Then let's go through the top 10 unit sales the week ending October 26th. Battlefield 6 is number one. Number two is EA Sports FC3. Pokemon Legends CA4 Hogwarts Legacy.

[C]

Damn.

[B]

Still, I wonder why. I wonder if there was like some sale for Halloween or something or if that is just like a constant.

[C]

It's also in the revenue chart or yeah, the revenue top 10. And number eight.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So they're making money off it too. I think.

[B]

This is at number five. Plants versus Zombies replanted at number six. Damn. Yea. Is all over this thing. Yeah. Grand Theft Auto 5 at number 7. Titanfall 2 number 8.

[C]

This percentage is crazy because they, they list. They list all the percentages of like how up it is versus how down down they are. And like you know, EA Sports FC 26 is down 26%. You know, Pokemon Legends ZA is down this week 84%. You know, are any of these up? I guess like when we get into the last three, they end up being up. Titanfall 2 though, is up 3,688.

[B]

Yeah, it is.

[C]

Chad, Were they selling that for a dollar?

[B]

Because I will notice it is not on the top 10 revenue list.

[C]

It is not on the revenue list. And so that sale must have been. I'm gonna look up right now to see if it's still on.

[B]

Yeah. What's going on? Red Dead Redemption 2 at number 9 and then Mass Effect Legendary Edition at number 10. So it is kind of interesting to look at this and like, you know, we always understand the GTA 5s and the, you know, Mario Kart eights and stuff like that. Games that are probably going to always be on the list in some form or fashion. But to see things like Red Dead, which maybe that's up there too, but Red Dead, Mass Effect and the Hogwarts, like, there's more and more of those games starting to pop up of just like these old games that just keep selling forever, you know, in the millions. Like, not just in the, like. Oh, we're getting a couple sales here and there. So then the top 10 revenue, Battlefield 6, EA Sports FC 26, Pokemon Legend, ca. So same. And then goes to number four.

[C]

Mario Kart World.

[B]

Yeah. Then Mario Kart World. Okay. I was just trying to see if it's matched the units exactly, but it doesn't. Starts to spread a bit. Ghost Yote at 4, Mario Kart World at 5, Ninja Gaiden 4 at 6, NBA 2K26 at 7, Hogwarts at 8, Outer Worlds 2 at 9, and Ignacio Roas Digimon Story Time Stranger at number 10. The kids are loving those digital monsters.

[C]

I mean, I love to see a game like Digimon. Digimon Story Time Stranger, like making in there.

[B]

Right.

[C]

A game that is, I would describe as a nerdy ass game. You know, that is a JRPG for people that either still love Digimon or people that I want to get into. Almost like a Shin Megami Tensei type monster collecting thing. That's a game that I could see slipping through the cracks as far as when we're having the bigger conversations of sales and revenue and all that stuff. So to see it make an appearance in the top 10 for revenue, I think is that bodes well. Right. I. I look at going back to the first list, the just the units list, Right. I look at something like Hogwarts Legacy, which also is in the revenue list. And Hogwarts Legacy is one of those ones that I'm fascinated by what the ripple effect of that Looks like going forward as far as when we get Hogwarts Legacy 2. What, like how to get a live service.

[B]

Hogwarts Legacy. And it's, you know, it's going to be. Everyone's asking everybody, it's.

[C]

It's exactly what everybody's asking for. But yeah, like, there is like not, not to make a. I guess this is a pun, right? Or like a very strong reference. But they got the Golden Snitch over there at WB games with Hogwarts Legacy. They have it. Like, that is a. Like no matter what we say. Like, no matter what the thing is, no matter what the controversy is, because obviously there's so much wrapped up that. And J.K. rowling, all this. Regardless of all of that, Harry Potter is such a money maker.

[B]

They made a good game and they made. And that's what it goes back to. Turns out if it sucked, it wouldn't be here.

[C]

Oh yeah. I mean, look at the Quidditch game that they put out last. Right. Like that came and went so quickly. But you make a Harry Potter rpg, people are gonna show up for it. And so, yeah, for that to be now a mainstay when we're talking about it. And it's a single player rpg. Like, I don't.

[B]

And it had a successful Launch on Switch 2 as well.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Where it had disastrous launch on Switch one.

[C]

So there's. I'm sure there's gonna be so many conversations in WB and outside of WB both when it comes to making big RPGs, making IP games. Right. Like, how do you make an adaptation? All this stuff is there.

[B]

You'll finally get to Game of Thrones at some point.

[C]

But yeah, that's the thing is also, is there any IP that's like Harry Potter that you can make an adaptation of? I don't know if there is. That's not been done already, you know.

[B]

Yeah, that's not. Yeah. I think the answer to that is no, not on that scale. But let's get to story number three. The Witcher is getting its worst reviews ever. This comes from Isaac Rouse at Polygon. The Witcher season four has earned the franchise's lowest Rotten Tomatoes debut. The Though that may have less to do with Liam Hemsworth replacing Henry Cavill, as I'll never say his name right, because I truly don't care. This is my Gary W. Moment. Galt. Geralt.

[C]

Oh, Geralt.

[B]

Gerald.

[D]

Gerald.

[B]

Gerald. Gerald. Sitting on that stupid New York. The Witcher season 4 has premiered on Netflix with a 50% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, the lowest debut in the main series so far, despite only six reviews available at the time of writing. That number may shift as more critics weigh in the but it's unlikely to surpass other franchise scores, and given the audience's 25% score based on 50 ratings, it's doubtful it'll be a fresh one. This season marks Hemsworth's first outing as the monster hunter, taking over after Caval's departure, reportedly due to creative clashes over his mustache. Sorry. The show's faithfulness to the source material and his wish to focus on other projects behind the scenes, Henry Cavill's exit sparked endless speculation about what really went down the while he publicly described it as passing the torch, reports suggest that the creative clashes have arisen over how closely the series would adhere to the books and CD Projekt Red's games. Former writers have even implied there's some that some on the team didn't fully respect the source material, while Cavill himself hinted he knew when to step away from a role that no longer aligned with his nerdy ass vision. Now that Season four is here, audiences can see scenes of Cavill's character being erased with inserts by Hemsworth and the book story being rewritten to give Yennefer a bigger role, which may play a part in its reception. That said, showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hirsch has remained committed to adapting Zapowski's work in a thoughtful, modern way. Netflix clearly shares that confidence, signing her to a major deal in 2021 and backing her subsequent Witcher projects, including the well received animated film Sirens of the Deep. So while Cavill moved on, Hirsch once again took the reins for Season four.

[C]

Have you been following this saga?

[B]

I mean, unfortunately it's been in my periphery because I follow video games and entertainment news. Yeah, this is both.

[C]

I didn't really realize it went this deep. Yeah, I really thought it was just oh, he's busy with Superman and so he couldn't do this. But no, to see that it was like more creative, like creative differences type situation. Right. And like to see where we're at with Season four. Where it premiered, premiered yesterday, premiered this week for sure. And seeing I saw the reaction being the lack of reaction to it. Like it seems real bad over there for the Switcher Netflix show, which at one point was the talk of the town when you want to talk about video game adaptations or not. Not video games. You get what I mean?

[B]

Obviously I just read that article. So whether you've been paying attention, if you have, you understand how much of a disaster this is where at a certain point, it's the ship Theseus thing. You. You have it, you keep changing. You keep changing. At some point, it's not the thing anymore.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And so it's up to you of whether you're cool with that or not. And I also think that season four of a TV show on Netflix, of all things, like, how many shows made it that far, period?

[C]

I mean. Yeah.

[B]

How many shows made that far and are still worth watching and still good? Like, I'm not saying there aren't examples of it, obviously, go for Kai. But really it's like, yeah, okay. Like, I. I'm not surprised that the quality is not still there because I do feel like that that first season was, to an extent, Lightning in a Bottle. That was one of the bigger examples of an early video game TV show, specifically live action working.

[C]

Right.

[B]

And it wasn't video game. It's based on the book. So it's like, it does have kind of like weird elements there as well.

[C]

But the audience, like, the video game audience activated for it, you know, I mean, like, even though I've never played.

[B]

These games, I didn't watch this show. I think I could sing the entire song to the fucking throw. According to your Witcher.

[C]

Right.

[B]

Like, there was cultural relevance with this shit.

[C]

That's the thing is, like, for as much as we. For as much as this is an adaptation of the book, there is a strong connection with video game culture in the video, in the Witcher 3 as a video game and how that feeds into the hype and excitement and then also how that feeds back in where you saw those. Witcher 3 sales skyrocket because of this adaptation. People showing interest. Right. Like, it's the IP conversation that we're having off of Harry Potter a little bit, but even more magnified as far as how these things can be connected and support each other and how, like, for me, if it wasn't for the Witcher video game, I wouldn't know who the fuck Geralt is. Right. But, like, now I see. I see Henry Cavill as that. I'm like, oh, shit, that's the guy. Oh, he's being replaced by Liam Hemsworth. That seems weird. And I can follow all that because the game exists.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And so this is a such a fascinating one, I guess, just for how it's. It's netted out. Even though you're right as far as, like, Netflix TV shows getting to season four, like, oftentimes it could be a rocky road to get here, but still. Still makes me Wonder what the other. I guess the peek into the other timeline would look like. As far as. I don't know. Henry Cavill's still in it. Like, we are still sticking with this vision. We're still doing. Like, are we still. Are we talking about the Witcher as being the witcher? Netflix show as being like a main. Like a mainstay. Right? Like one of the ones you put next to Stranger Things and fucking. What was that show where all the people died within leftovers. No, in Korea. The game show.

[B]

Squid game.

[C]

Squid games. Thank you.

[B]

Got it. The show.

[C]

I liked the leftovers full though.

[B]

The people die. Yeah.

[C]

Was I wrong? All the people die in squid games.

[B]

You're right. Spoilers.

[C]

Spoilers for Squid Game, everybody. A lot of people die.

[B]

Very funny. Yeah. I mean, I will say bless if you. If you want to waste your time going down an Internet drama rabbit hole where you're not going to get any answers of which side is right, go into the Switcher show. Really? Oh, yeah. Okay. The Cavill stuff alone, you'll read one article and be like, wow, they really played Cavill. And then you'll read another article, you'd be like, wow, Cavill's a piece of shit.

[C]

Really.

[B]

It's just a back and forth and back and forth. It's one of the. It's one of them dramas that I look at. I'm like, there's so much information out here that is conflicting that I. I don't know. I was there.

[C]

Like, I can't really make an opinion on.

[B]

But what I do know is that type of drama ruins creative projects. Oh, I feel like that. That is a perfect example of where.

[C]

We'Re at here, Butcha.

[B]

Yeah. Let's get to story number four. But before we do that, let's take a quick word from our sponsors. This episode's brought to you by Arc Raiders, a multiplayer extraction adventure game where most of humanity shelters underground. But raiders rise to the surface in search of something greater. In the Rust Belt, danger isn't the end of the story. It's the beginning of the adventure. Adventure. Every journey above ground is a gamble against the relentless machines of Ark and rival Raiders. Chasing the same dream. Explore a lethal yet vibrant world scarred by old conflicts and reclaimed by nature, where shifting conditions makes every high stakes run unpredictable. Adventure isn't a choice. It's the price of thriving. You've seen the boys playing Arc raiders and they're absolutely loving it on all those streams. You can join them too. Arc Raiders, available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series XS. And PC story number four. Fall Guys Veterans establish new studio Panic Stations this comes from Chris Kerr at game developer. A group of former Fall Guys devs have established Panic Stations, a new UK studio that will focus on building co op multiplayer titles. The nascent studio wants to create games that bring friends closer through chaos, laughter and shared moments. Panic Stations is part of Skeleton Crew, a new cohort of video game companies united by shared values and and Skeleton Crew separately. Also a really fun Star wars show on Disney plus that not enough people watched. You want a good little Goonies like adventure? Have I got the show for you. Skeleton Crew broke cover earlier this year and is the brainchild of Mediatonic co founder Paul Croft. No relation to Lara and Collective intends to build and empower small teams with a penchant for creativity and kindness. Panic Stations is the first member of Skeleton Crew to officially take flight. Each member of the founding team worked on Fall Guys, the comical battle royale title launched by Mediatonic in 2020. After hitting the ground running, Fall Guys and Mediatonic were acquired by Epic Games in 2021. The game was subsequently made free to play and surpassed 50 million players. Around two years later, Epic Games laid off 18 of its work force. It pledged to continue support supporting Fall Guys at the time, but testimonials shared online by Mediatonic workers indicated the studio had been decimated by the cuts.

[C]

I don't know if I knew that last part. That's kind of wild.

[B]

I don't remember that either. But are you surprised?

[C]

I mean, no. Yeah, not surprised. But also that sucks. Especially for Fall Guys, which is a game that's so like beloved and a game that, you know, hit the earth like a comet. Right? And like really made an impact there. All this sounds cool. All this sounds awesome, right? Like we talk about all the time of developers leaving studios, either AAA or medium size or whatever, and then starting their own thing. And like that can lead to exciting projects that could lead to things that, you know, like that could lead to attempts to make something special and then that lands flat.

[D]

Right?

[C]

Like you never really know what's going to come out of that. I like the words they're using. I will say like when they talk about they want to craft games that bring friends closer through chaos, laughter and shared moments. I, I not, I don't want to use the word friends.

[B]

Just don't do it.

[C]

Whatever we're gonna call that style of game. That's exactly, exactly what I envision. A peak. Like a.

[B]

But don't even go there. It's not a Peak, like, and I'm not.

[C]

This is what Andy said.

[B]

This is. It's a Fall Guys. Like. Like, we're talking about Fall Guys here, right? Like, obviously, the layoff story here is the worst part of this. And look, we've heard this story 10 bazillion times. People that made a successful thing are now starting again and trying to do another successful thing. Will it work out for them? So far, we haven't had too many examples of that happening. Having said that, Fall guys, we're not talking about the guys that made Dead Space, right? We're talking about the guys that made Fall Guys and they understood simple gameplay, fun friends, all of that stuff, and they nailed it. And guess what? They made a lot of money then. They sold to Epic Games. They probably made a lot of money then if they got laid off. I'm sure a lot of people were in a bad spot. These guys. Something tells me they might have been. Okay, definitely could be wrong about all this. But what I'm painting the picture here is there is a. I would say good chance, not a guarantee, but there is a good chance that there is talent and money behind trying to make games that bring friends closer through chaos, laughter and shared moments, and an understanding that they don't need to use all that money to make something giant and big. They just need to make something small and good.

[C]

Which, here's the thing, right, Because I agree with everything you're saying. I also think when I talk, when I say, I guess when I look at a game like Peak and I look at a game like Fall Guys, I see more in common than. I see that. I see less in common. I guess not from the sense of, like, you know, I think there's something to be said about how solid the gameplay of Fall Guys is. Like, Nintendo can make a Fall Guys, you know what I mean? With the amount of quality and charm and, like, the amount of, I think, gameplay direction that Fall Guys has, like, that is a polished, very good product. And I know we look at that almost in, like, opposition to Peak, but Peak, I think, found something as far as what matters for fun. What are the ways we get people together and, you know, create scenarios in which we're maximizing their fun? And I think that's the thing. Like, I think that's the connective tissue. I don't know enough about this team to say whether or not they're going to be able to replicate something like a Fall Guys, because, like, I don't know how many people from Mediatonic obviously have quite a Few people there. But is it the full team? Is it enough of the team? Is it the same talent?

[B]

Is it so many questions?

[C]

There are so many questions there. But I do think a game like Peak shows us in, like, plenty of these games that we're categorizing this way, I think show us that you don't need an unlimited budget in order to make something special and fun. Right? Like, I. Whether it's a fall guys, or whether it's something a bit more, I guess, scaled back as far as the complications of gameplay and stuff, I think there's still something you can make there that's special that I think this team can zero in on. When you're talking about the simple keywords of bring bring friends closer through chaos, laughter, and shared moments, I'm all for that.

[B]

Yep. Yeah, I. Hey, good on y'. All. Wishing the best. I hope this works out. And more than not, I have high hopes for this. I think they could pull this off. Cozy Bear writes in and says it's a friend Ofania or French Droid.

[C]

We're gonna find the term. We're gonna find the better term.

[B]

I'm not sure, even though I'm still.

[C]

I'm still of the mind that, like, we can reclaim friend slob parties a positive thing.

[B]

Party games.

[C]

But then it's like, are we. When you say party game, I think of being on a, like a board game type thing. And then we get into mini. I. I We can re. But like, we can redefine party games.

[B]

No, we can't, though. None of this matters. But I. I think that party games has meant couch co op, hanging out with your friends for too long that I think that there's no turning. You can't turn that into something else. You have to add some new. And you know what? I'm just over it. I don't want to be doing this. And this, the slop, I just don't like slop, period. Because slop, to me, AI slop is AI slop.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

All right. And. But also, I. Having said that, I'm a hypocrite right now, because friend slop, there is a thing there, and it's not necessarily derogatory. They understand what they're doing, but it's like, it's all guys is not friend slop.

[C]

I view it as the same way that how people talk about content and how some people hate the term exact. But I'm like, I, I get it. But also, like, we make content. Like, I think it's something that you can embrace it's the same way. I also look at something like Walking Simulator, where I think a lot of people say it as a pejorative, but I'm like, it kind of describes something perfect. Like, you get what it is. Like, the purpose of the term, I think, is to describe what a thing is. And like, some of my favorite games are walking Sims. And so I don't know. I understand, though, that slop is a kind of a. It's an aggressive word.

[D]

I would make that argument for party games, though, of like, you know, the general overall vibe.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

You know, it's like calling a game like a. Like a shooter. You know, there's a lot of things under a shooter game or under the.

[C]

Shooter genre, but I feel like party is almost there. This is.

[B]

This is me too. It's in the right direction. It's the right spirit, but. And this is just. Maybe just a me thing, but I stand by it where I have a mental block. To me, party implies you're in the same space.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

And I feel like the. The play that the friends. What we're talking about is I think, definitively playing online.

[C]

I agree.

[B]

But hey, the good news is we're focusing on the wrong part. At least we have friends.

[C]

Hey, you know, that's real.

[B]

Like, this is pretty good. Everyone. We did it.

[C]

Discord. Party games. Online party games. Somebody saw.

[B]

I mean, honestly. Yeah.

[C]

What was the somebody said? I think maybe it was Janet Garcia that said proximity chatters. Because all these games have proximity chat for the most part, but I feel like Fall guys doesn't. So that's not really a good.

[B]

But I don't know, guys. Is this though.

[C]

You're right. Yeah. I guess Peak is more like the prototypical version or example. We're gonna find it. We're gonna find it, everybody.

[B]

Story number five. Nintendo wins lawsuit against player who kept streaming pirated Switch games and taunted. I can do this all day.

[C]

Have you heard this story?

[B]

No, I haven't.

[C]

Lock the in. Lock the in for this one.

[B]

Scullion at VGC writes this up.

[C]

No, this is. Oh, yeah, you. Never mind.

[B]

You're right.

[C]

You're right. So I was on the preview story with Chris Care here. Chris Colean.

[B]

Nintendo has won a lawsuit against a streamer who regularly played pirated games before their release while taunting the company that he couldn't be caught. Last year, Nintendo sued Jesse Keenan, who claimed it would. Who it claimed would stream games on various online platforms under his username. Every game guru, who. I've definitely never seen anything from the Lawsuit stated that since 2022, Keenan has streamed at least 10 of Nintendo's leaked games before they were released, more than 50 times in total. The most recent at the time was the of the lawsuit being Mario and Luigi brothership.

[C]

That's tough.

[B]

It also claimed that Keenan taunted Nintendo sending the company a letter boasting that he's. He has a thousand burner channels to stream from and can do this all day. As reported by Torrent Freak.

[C]

Wow. Yeah.

[B]

Keenan continued to taunt Nintendo's lawyers on Facebook. Yo, you going out to their homes, on their porches.

[D]

This is like, you know, like, like.

[C]

Stick with me here.

[D]

Like, serial killer behavior, you know, where they, like, kill somebody and then they come back to the scene of the crime and they're all like, all, like, kind of interested.

[C]

Like, oh, let me help out.

[D]

It's like, you're playing with fire here, man.

[B]

What are you doing?

[C]

Here's the thing. Keegan here is absolutely wrong. I kind of fuck with him, though. Absolutely in the wrong, man. Absolutely in the wrong.

[B]

But, man, let's see. He continued to taunt Nintendo's lawyers on Facebook, writing, quote, should have done more research on me. You might run a corporation. I run the streets.

[C]

I fuck with the man.

[B]

Like, I'm so happy I didn't read this before now. Oh, my God, I fuck with him. Holy crap. In April 2025, Nintendo filed a new motion claiming Keegan had invaded evaded service of the complaint, but was then served it through substituted means via both email and letters to his mother, grandmother, and partner.

[C]

I don't think he knows how the law works.

[B]

After Keegan failed to respond by the deadline, the court clerk entered default against him on March 26, and Nintendo asked the court to make a default judgment against him for $17,500 in damages. A Colorado federal court has now granted Nintendo's request and ordered keegan to pay 17,500 in damages, but also said that two of Nintendo's requests for a permanent injunction couldn't be granted because Keegan mostly used emulation software available online. The judge ruled that Nintendo's request that he destroy all circumvention devices was rejected because the request was unclear and unreasonable.

[D]

Them making an unclear and unreasonable request in court. That doesn't sound like Nintendo.

[B]

Nintendo also asked for the injunction to apply to third parties who worked alongside Keegan, but the the judge denied this too, because Nintendo didn't specify who these third parties were, meaning the final judgment was simply for $17,500. Now look, everybody. Was it worth It.

[C]

That's the question.

[B]

Only Keegan can say.

[C]

That's the question.

[B]

But all I'm gonna say, I can guarantee there are some people in chat that 17k ain't nothing to them, that they're like, you know what? I run the streets.

[C]

I run the streets. I did all this shit. I'm down 17.5k, but I'm up on shitting on Nintendo. That's crazy. That's also crazy to do all this over Mario and Luigi brothership.

[D]

Well, that was one of the games.

[C]

Yeah, but like that's. I think that's where Nintendo was like, all right enough.

[B]

Is all right enough.

[C]

Oh, because like, if you. There are some parts of the article I cut down for, for a length, but like, I think Nintendo was really only able to zero in on one game and it was Mario and Luigi. Oh, gotcha.

[D]

I honestly, seeing the other cases that Nintendo has been a part of, of going after individuals, like, I think, isn't there a dude who's just like endlessly in servitude to Nintendo and owes them any money he makes for the rest of his life?

[C]

Like, was that like the pirator who like, I think that they owe like millions of dollars?

[D]

Yeah, something like that. That one's ridiculous and should tell you everything you need to know about Nintendo as a corporation. 17.5 K feels light for whatever this is.

[C]

Yeah. Instead, here. Here it is in the article. Instead, it only asked. So I'll go back a little bit further. Nintendo's motion said it could have asked for more damages than 17.5k because by not responding to the order and defaulting, Keegan had technically conceded liability for all 10 games Nintendo had listed in his previous complaint. Meaning it could have asked for at least a hundred thousand dollars. Ten thousand per game. Instead it only asked for $10,000 for the latest infringement, Mario and Luigi brothership, as well as 7.500 for multiple violations of circumvention of its anti piracy security. And so really the 10k is just for Mario and Luigi. They let all the other shit slide, which is hilarious sentence.

[B]

Before we move on, I just. One more time, I just want to read out some direct quotes from. From our. Our guy Keegan. Free Keegan, everybody.

[C]

I mean, he's wrong.

[B]

A letter boasting that he has a thousand burner channels and he can do this all day. Quote, should have done more research on me. You might run a corporation. I run the streets.

[C]

You know what? Free Keegan. You're right.

[B]

Free Keegan, baby. Freak Keegan. Oh, man. Keegan. The work you did, the words you used, they were big, big words. Real big, big words. But if I want to know about something smaller, where would I go?

[C]

You'd go to our last news story, the WE News Channel, where we cover all the small news items you need to know about.

[B]

Here's your we news, everybody. This is a cool one. Clear Obscure Expedition 33 Cross Final Fantasy 7 art is shown off just revealed at The Clear Obscure Expedition 33 and Final Fantasy 7 Remake collaboration event in Paris. Brand new artwork celebrating both worlds. It's made by the Expedition 33 art director, Nicholas Maxson Roncomb, and the Final Fantasy 7 Remake creative director Tetsuya Nomura.

[C]

Is so sick.

[B]

Come on, dude, go so hard. And yeah, this is the tease. I can't wait for Andy to get here because Andy and Bless about to do this in real life.

[C]

Come on.

[B]

Oh man. So sick.

[C]

I love how much Embrace Clear Clear Obscure is getting from like the JRPG community because obviously there's so much reference that they show in their game for that and like to be a French centered developer and like, you know, taking so much from the genre but also doing it so authentically that everybody else is like, oh man, like big ups. Like y' all did that. Good for you. Clear.

[B]

Yeah. Hamaguchi, the director of seven Rebirth, just visited the studio and was tweeting that his game of the year is Expedition 33.

[C]

That's awesome.

[B]

So.

[C]

So that's really cool.

[B]

From. From Mario 64. Backbone one death strategy two limited edition controller goes up on November 6th. Cool, cool. From VGC Fox Hunt. The promised multiplayer mode for Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater is now available. More relevant and timely than ever.

[C]

Yeah, this. This is the time, I guess.

[B]

Frostpunk 2 DLC Fractured Utopias launches December 8th. The Witch's Bakery is coming to Xbox, PS5, Switch and PC in 2026. Silent Hill 2 remake's been rated for Xbox series.

[C]

Can you believe that didn't come back?

[B]

Literally, if this was game showdown, I would have lost points. Yeah, that's crazy.

[C]

That's nuts.

[B]

They're cooked, baby.

[C]

What are we doing over there?

[B]

What are we doing over there? Indica the Nun game is coming to Nintendo Switch on November 17th. This one tickled Roger's fancy.

[C]

Yeah, Roger really liked Indica. A lot of nuns in it.

[B]

A lot of nuns.

[D]

To go back to Frostpunk 2 DLC Fractured Utopias does anybody else like. Does the south park game ruin anytime we use the word fracture?

[B]

Oh yes. I thought you were about to say fractured butthole Yep, yep, that's true. That's it for WE news, everybody. Let's get to the super chats. We got a whole bunch of them said. Nuggie says all I see are guns. Where's Bless? Where? It's a great question. I can't see you right now, man.

[C]

I'm Cloud Strife. I wish I had, like, Cloud. What are the most quotable Cloud Strife lines?

[B]

You nailed it, Sephiroth. Cloud Strife.

[C]

It's just a lot of, like.

[B]

It's a lot of grunts, a lot of effort. FIFA.

[C]

Aerith.

[B]

Aerith Mortar. World Hype says you are here because the outside world rejects you. This is your family. I am your father.

[C]

Wait, so say that.

[B]

What is that? I don't know what this quote is. It's a quote. Is this another Keegan quote?

[C]

The fuck?

[B]

Call me Daddy. Nintendo.

[C]

You are here because.

[B]

Oh, my God. It's Shredder's speech from the live action movie. Fuck yeah, dude. That's awesome.

[C]

Wait, say it again. But, like, deliver it. Like Shredder.

[B]

I'm not gonna do quite that, you know, for cultural reasons. But you are here because the outside world rejects you. This is your family. I am your father.

[C]

Hell yeah.

[B]

Awesome clip it. Portland. Kevin says we got Shredder and the Shredded Cloud. Oh, thank you, dude. Hell yeah. You must feel good today. Blessed. You deserve it.

[C]

You know, I've been. I've been waiting to let the guns free.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Been looking for an occasion.

[B]

Yeah, I. Hey, I'm just saying this. I think this is the year that you intended your puns, right?

[C]

Yep.

[B]

2026 tactical.

[D]

2026 tactical.

[C]

2026.

[B]

In addition to that, no sleeves.

[C]

No sleeves for the entire 26.

[B]

I mean, you earned it by to the sleeves.

[C]

That's a commitment. I'm willing to do it, though. I'm tired of all these graphic tees. I need to get rid of these graphic tees. And so maybe no sleeves is the new move.

[D]

Also, it wasn't a super chat, but just with people playing with your costumes and names. Someone said Tim Shreddy's Hell yeah.

[C]

Oh, I like that.

[B]

Hell yeah. Snug says Blessed just turned me by God damn my dude. Ken G says, happy Halloween. Awesome costumes, Tim. And blessed. Thank you very much.

[C]

Thank you. Thank you.

[B]

Alex says shredder and Shredded Nitro says birthday tax. Turning 23. Thanks for the content. Happy birthday, Nitro. Red Hudson says, bless. You got a license for them guns, Foxy Steve says bless. Bringing guns to the studio is wild. V. Corbin says, happy Halloween, friends. My 4 year old chose our costumes. He's Astrobot.

[C]

Oh, that's cute. That's cute. Wait, we gotta. You gotta tweet this at us.

[B]

Yeah. I need to see his brother's sackboy, his mom's rivet, and that is Ratchet. My wife handmade everything. That is amazing, Corbin. I love that so freaking much. Hell, yeah. That's fucking PlayStation family, baby. Zeke speak says either of y' all heard of Diesel Nights? Solo dev Titanfall 2 on Kickstarter. Looks really cool. Not as cool as y' all be looking right now. Hot damn, Diesel Night. Sounds familiar.

[C]

Does sound familiar.

[B]

But doesn't. I'm not. It's not picturing in my mind. Portland. Kevin says, today I'm Waldo and my wife is Carmen. San Diego. I love that. I hope you guys can find each other. Scooby. Five says I was Peter Parker. My girlfriend was J. Jonah Jameson. That's another one I need picks up.

[C]

That's good, please. That's really good.

[B]

Somehow message me. I need to see that. DJ Canto says Wild Facts. The theme song for ridiculousness is a cover of Uncontrollable Urge by Devo. Devo's been making a million dollars a year from how often it's played. A million dollars in cover royalties. That's awesome. That's so. Devo is so cool. Dude, do you know who Devo are?

[C]

No, I don't.

[B]

The Whip it. You know, whip it real good. Yeah, yeah. So that's that. Mark Mothersbau, who's like one of the leads of it, is also a famous composer, composed the Rugrats theme song. No way. Also composed the Thor Ragnarok theme song.

[C]

No way.

[B]

Oh, yeah. And he's just a badass.

[C]

Wait, which the Thor Ragnarok's theme song score? Oh, the score.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Yeah, I was gonna say. I was like. I thought that was like a license song from. What's that? Yeah. I thought you first. I can. You blew my mind. I was like, wait, is that original? Is that not a Led Zeppelin song?

[B]

Everything about that's amazing. Shout out to Devo. Hell yeah. Donald Wheeldon says five bucks for bless his killer cloud costume. Y' all look amazing. Jen says bless those arms with little eye emojis.

[C]

All right, well, we're making thirst traps. We're gonna record some tick tocks.

[D]

Yeah, can we get some fan cams up?

[B]

Oh, my God, dude, I need a fan cam. A bless right now. Ju Shobo says, I'm Baguette Gustav for those who come after. Hell yes. Sasquatch says Tim's costume rocks. Happy Halloween. Here's a treat. Thank you very much. Joao Paulo Krug Paiva says Tim Piro Yuki Sawano Attack on Titan Suite Slash BIOS will die on this hill till you've heard it. I don't know what you're talking about. I will Google all the words you said and check it out later. My friend Oscar says blessing Tim play Digimon. Story time Stranger no Portland. Kevin says from a boy. BT7274 protocol 3 protect the pilot Titanfall.

[D]

2.

[B]

Ty Wilkins VO says, if I've learned anything this Halloween, it's that. It's that fall guys is still huge.

[C]

Oh, yeah. I mean, how could it not be?

[B]

How could it not be?

[C]

Let's fire the team.

[B]

God. God.

[C]

That's how companies think. By the way. You know, we. We.

[B]

Yesterday we had our production meeting and we were talking about how there's a day that we might need to pre record a bunch of shows because the Internet might be out. And we're like, oh, I think Barrett joked about, like, oh, we have to pre record Games Daily. And I haven't got that thought out of my head of, like, at some point, I literally want us to write an entire games daily that, that just. We know the stories, but just replace it. Like, this game company acquired that game company. Like, but, like, take it seriously. And like, obviously the people put it on the.

[C]

Make that the April 1 episode. Yeah, yeah, I'm totally down for that.

[B]

And I want us to take it incredibly seriously. And then actually, like, we did just like Games Daily. We write it and then we have a back and forth about what we think.

[C]

It's a very earnest back and forth about it. An hour long bit talking about fake news. Listen, I'm down. I was thinking about what I was thinking about yesterday was like doing a solo episode of KHD because somebody's like, super sick and we don't have any replacements. Like, could I pull that off somehow?

[B]

Oh, absolutely.

[C]

Could we pull that off? You know what I mean?

[B]

Somehow that's never happened.

[C]

I'm so. I'm surprised that's that, right?

[B]

It's crazy. We got.

[C]

We got close like a month, three times.

[B]

But.

[C]

But yeah, man, someday it's gonna happen.

[B]

Kebab says genre Name idea. Prox Party Prox.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

The prox to me doesn't have anything to do with it, really.

[C]

Proximity chat.

[B]

Yeah, that's. That is a feature that a lot of them have, but it's not like.

[C]

A core element because it's also like.

[D]

It'S fundamental in what we're seeing with extraction shooters as well. So it's like. It's more of a mechanic. That's a really good mechanic and as well utilized in both genres. But I don't see that as a genre in and of itself.

[B]

Now, what I do think is important is chat. Like, I do think that you talking to your friends is a key, core part of that. But the proximity of that chat. Less important. Chat party.

[C]

I was gonna say game and chat. We'll get there.

[B]

Game chats.

[C]

No, because that's the thing that exists.

[B]

Should we, like, force that as the thing that's the main gimmick we're gonna push?

[D]

I think that's.

[C]

Oh, is the main gimmick is that. No, but I think it's similar to proximity chat. You know what I mean?

[B]

I mean, I'm joking. Oh, okay. Nintendo game chat.

[C]

Oh, I see. I see.

[B]

I thought you were teeing me up for that.

[C]

No, at first I was like. I was like, that's the thing. But then I was like. I was trying to take you earnestly.

[B]

Listen, that's very funny.

[C]

You can say the dumb. I'm gonna try and take it. I'm gonna try and figure out where you're going with it.

[B]

Kyle LaBeouf says birthday tax on behalf of Paris Lily. Happy birthday to one of the greats. Happy birthday, Paris. I didn't realize his birthday was Halloween.

[D]

And probably it was yesterday.

[C]

Okay, there we go.

[B]

October. Halloween Eve. Hallows Eve.

[C]

Wait, all Hallows Eve. Wait, what are you realizing right now.

[B]

Is Hallows Eve, not Halloween? Is Hallows Eve last night or today?

[C]

I think I've always thought Hallows Eve was the day of Halloween, but I'm not sure.

[B]

Shit, I'm not positive Halloween is Hallows Eve. Yeah, it was Hallows Eve Eve. Okay, there you go, Ross. Aggie says birthday tax. Getting this one in before my 41st tomorrow. The last couple of years have been extremely rough and having you guys in my life has been a blessing. Pun intended. Thanks for the laughs. Happy birthday, Ross. I'm so sorry to hear about the last couple years. But hey, 41 and beyond. I'm feeling good about it. Ty Wilkins VO says 2025, intend the puns. Bless 2026, intend the guns.

[C]

Oh, that's good.

[B]

Joey D. Says, fiance and I are Orpheus and Eurydice from Hadestown.

[C]

That's good.

[B]

Sick. DJ Kento says y' all know Uncle Phil was the voice of Shredder on tmnt, right? RIP Uncle Shredder. Hell, yeah. Heroic headgear. Says, about to go grocery shopping in my KF Mandalorian helmet and bomber jacket. Awesome. That's so cool. Shout out to you, heroic Headgear. Have fun. All right, let's go to your wrong. See? What happened? Nothing.

[C]

We nailed it.

[B]

We nailed it. We're so cool. What great guys. We are soldiers, everybody. Poor one out for ridiculousness. Have a very, very, very happy Halloween. And guess what? Yeah, Freak Keegan. Absolutely free.

[C]

Keegan.

[B]

Yeah. Get him back to the streets. But we have so much happening today. So much good stuff. We got a great games cast. We have a game showdown. We have a Arc Raider stream. We have a fun Halloween stream. Stay tuned, stay active, stay in love. Goodbye. Nice leather.

[C]

Thank you.