Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered Out Now, $50 - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.22.25

Summary

Kinda Funny Games Daily: Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered Out Now, $50

Release Date: April 22, 2025

Hosts:

• Greg “GameOverGreggy” Miller
• Tim Gettys
• Blessing Adeoye Jr
• Snow Bike Mike
• Barrett Courtney

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Introduction

In the April 22, 2025 episode of Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast, hosts Greg Miller, Snow Bike Mike, and Barrett Courtney dive deep into the latest developments in the gaming world. The episode primarily revolves around the release of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, its implications, and other significant gaming news.

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The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered

Announcement and Overview

The episode opens with the exciting news that The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered has officially launched at a price point of $50. Greg Miller highlights the remaster's extensive enhancements, emphasizing its availability across multiple platforms, including PC, Xbox Series X and S, and PlayStation 5.

• Timestamp [00:00]: "Today in the nerdy news you need to know about The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered is out now and costs $50."

Technical Enhancements and Features

Delving into the technical upgrades, the hosts discuss how the remaster leverages Unreal Engine 5, drastically improving the game's visuals to run at 4K resolution and 60 frames per second. The remaster also introduces:

• Enhanced leveling systems
• Refined character creation
• Improved combat animations
• New in-game menus
• Expanded dialogue and a proper third-person view
• Advanced lip-sync technology

Greg references an article by Wesley Yinpool from IGN, which praises the remaster for modernizing a classic RPG while maintaining its core essence.

• Timestamp [12:49]: "It also adds new quality of life improvements to the original game, including HUD menu and map reworks, improved UI for systems like Persuasion Clairvoyance, and more modifications to leveling, encumbrance, non-combat perks and other mechanics."

Remaster vs. Remake Debate

A significant portion of the discussion centers around whether Oblivion Remastered qualifies as a remaster or a remake. A listener's Super Chat from bf challenges this classification:

• Timestamp [12:49]: "Calling this quote unquote remaster is underselling it. This is more than just upscaling graphics and bumping up to frame rate. Why not call it a remake Snowbike? Mike."

The hosts debate the terminology, acknowledging that while the game incorporates substantial enhancements, it retains the original game's engine, distinguishing it from a full remake. Snow Bike Mike remarks:

• Timestamp [13:32]: "I think that's when you just get it lost in the fun terminology that we currently live in. We all love 2025 of what is a remaster, what's a remake, what is just a REM build. I don't know really for me as just a gamer, I'm just excited."

Pricing and Editions

Oblivion Remastered is available at $49.99, with a Deluxe Edition priced slightly higher at $60. The Deluxe Edition offers additional perks such as:

• Bonus quests
• Unique weapon and armor sets
• Digital art book
• Official soundtrack

Greg reassures listeners about the value, noting that many features justify the price point.

• Timestamp [16:19]: "Go up, you can go to $60 for Oblivion Remastered Deluxe Edition."

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Availability and Pre-Orders

Oblivion Remastered is a shadow drop, meaning it released without prior extensive marketing campaigns. The game is also accessible via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, providing flexibility for subscribers.

• Timestamp [14:01]: "It sounds like they didn't touch the core engine of what the game is. And so that would then disqualify it from being a remake, at least in their eyes."

Listeners expressed curiosity about pre-order timings for upcoming consoles, but Oblivion Remastered is already available for purchase.

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Community Interactions and Super Chats

Throughout the episode, hosts engage with listeners through Super Chats, addressing questions and comments related to Oblivion Remastered and other gaming topics.

• Timestamp [24:18]: "Phil Shu in Super Chatting says, hey, Greg and Mike, I managed to grab Oblivion and Fantasy Critic and one of my competitors, Taven, is debating whether it's legitimate."

Barrett Courtney provides additional context, highlighting discrepancies in classifications on review sites.

• Timestamp [24:33]: "The site is saying that it's a remake. So it's like that's on the site to kind of determine that."

Greg emphasizes the lighthearted nature of such debates:

• Timestamp [25:08]: "We have this. As you all know, Roger Pokorny is cheating. He has it there. It is currently listed as a remake."

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Other Gaming News

Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders

The hosts announce the pre-order window for the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2, detailing specific times across various retailers:

• Best Buy: Midnight ET on April 24

• GameStop: 11:00 AM ET on April 24

• Target and Walmart: 12:00 AM ET on April 24

• Timestamp [46:16]: "Nintendo Switch 2 pre orders will go up on April 24 midnight ET."

Steel Seed Reviews

Steel Seed, an espionage game, receives mixed reviews. Jarrett Green from IGN rates it 5 out of 10, criticizing its combat and story elements.

• Timestamp [44:14]: "Steel Seed is cursed by mediocrity. Its combat is a low point... everything else... will lose the fight for a spot in my memory as soon as I'm done with this review."

Other Highlights

• Blessing Adeoye Jr. travels to Japan to collaborate with Hideo Kojima, sparking excitement for Death Stranding 2.

  • Timestamp [37:14]: "Blessing is hanging out with Kojima in front of the Ludo Astro man."

• Deadly Updates:

  • Madden NFL 26 release date leaked for August 14.
  • Marvel Rivals introduces a new game mode called Giant Size Brain Blast.
  • Outlast Trials Season 3 introduces new content including Trial Maker Mode.
  • Blizzard Entertainment announces a crossover event for Berserk across Diablo 4 and Diablo Immortal.

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Personal Anecdotes and Banter

The episode is peppered with the hosts' personal stories and humorous exchanges, providing a relaxed and engaging atmosphere. For instance, Greg shares his excitement about finally playing Oblivion:

• Timestamp [11:30]: "I'm downloading Oblivion at my desk right now on the Xbox and of course on my Rog Ally X so I can take it anywhere with me."

Snow Bike Mike and Greg also discuss their anticipation for Death Stranding 2, playful challenges, and the dynamics of their podcasting team.

• Timestamp [40:43]: "They're going to ride the success of that."

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Conclusion

The April 22, 2025 episode of Kinda Funny Games Daily offers a comprehensive look at the release of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, exploring its features, market positioning, and community reception. Alongside, the hosts keep listeners informed about other significant gaming news, all while maintaining their signature blend of insightful commentary and playful banter. For those who missed the live discussion, the podcast remains accessible across various platforms, offering both entertainment and valuable information for gaming enthusiasts.

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Notable Quotes:

• Greg Miller [00:00]: "Today in the nerdy news you need to know about The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered is out now and costs $50."

• Listener 'bf' [12:49]: "Calling this quote unquote remaster is underselling it. This is more than just upscaling graphics and bumping up to frame rate. Why not call it a remake?"

• Snow Bike Mike [13:32]: "I'm just excited. If it's a remake or remaster, it doesn't matter. I get to play it again or new players get to jump in."

• Barrett Courtney [24:33]: "It's the Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening, Crash Insane Trilogy, and then Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, all of which I would say are fundamentally different than what this game is."

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Transcript

[Greg Miller]

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[Snow Bike Mike]

Good thing. What a way to start the day.

[Greg Miller]

How does your tummy feel?

[Snow Bike Mike]

My tummy feels great. But you know what conversation out there.

[Greg Miller]

You were sending caveman messages to Roger.

[Snow Bike Mike]

The worst responder ever. He's done this multiple times where he just sends you one word responses and you're like, I just need to know if you're at work tomorrow. Because if I call Greg Miller because I'm having some problems.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Snow Bike Mike]

At 9:30 in the morning, who's gonna step up? Who will carry the baton?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Snow Bike Mike]

And I now I've learned I can't trust Roger. Well, can't trust him.

[Greg Miller]

What was the message you sent? Please read it verbatim.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I don't have my cell phone on me. But I do.

[Greg Miller]

That's convenient.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I wrote, hey slappy.

[Greg Miller]

Nope.

[Snow Bike Mike]

This is important. Are you working tomorrow? And he wrote back triple question marks. And all I needed was a yes or no.

[Greg Miller]

I do believe the reporting I heard.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Give me the reporting.

[Greg Miller]

Was that you texted Roger last night, work tomorrow.

[Snow Bike Mike]

You work tomorrow.

[Greg Miller]

I think. I don't think there was a you in there.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Well, maybe I think there's work tomorrow. There were a lot of things happening, you know what I mean?

[Barrett Courtney]

Because like if get that text that all, like I'm confused as well. Cuz to me that almost feels like you're asking me like, are we playing hooky tomorrow?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Barrett Courtney]

Are we working tomorrow?

[Snow Bike Mike]

Well, you know, I just need a best friend. I need Roger to step up and just say yes. You know the three question marks could have been three simple letters. Yes.

[Barrett Courtney]

Have you responded to Andy's split fiction text yet?

[Snow Bike Mike]

I haven't seen that one. That one come through. Maybe get your glasses.

[Greg Miller]

What a great day.

[Snow Bike Mike]

It's Tuesday. You're back in the office. We missed you a lot yesterday. I'll tell you what. And this week it's all about one thing. Okay, there's a lot going on. But none of that matters because switch to pre orders go up. And you better get your credit card ready to swipe that thing because I'm not missing out on a switch to pre order.

[Greg Miller]

Big dog, you don't even like the switch that much.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Are you kidding?

[Barrett Courtney]

You said weeks ago you weren't excited.

[Tim Geddes]

You weren't excited.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I don't even. Or I don't need a switch. I should not be buying a switch too. Sure, I will be there at 9pm West coast time fighting Best Buy to go up at midnight on Wednesday. And then I'm hoping to God I get that if not, I'm fighting in Thursday.

[Greg Miller]

Save all this. We're going to talk about times on the fourth story. All right. There's a lot to get through today, of course, because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily. Each and every weekday on a variety of platforms, we run you through the nerdy video game news need to know about live on YouTube.com kind of funny games, Twitch TV kind of funny games, and of course podcast service around the globe. If you like that, be part of the show. When we talk about the news, you can ride in with your YouTube super chats on YouTube.com kindafunnygames to be a part of them with your thoughts, opinions and more. Kinda like mellow fella who wrote in a super chat and just said oblivion. If you're watching later on YouTube.com kindafunnygames or podcast services around the globe, please remember we'd love you to pick up the kinda funny membership. $10 each and every month gets you each and every episode of all the content we do. That's more than 80 episodes a month. Of course, you'd also get your daily dose of me, Greg Miller in a one man podcast series we call Greg Way, which of course Roger did yesterday talking about his WrestleMania review. Great job, Roger.

[Snow Bike Mike]

WrestleMania review.

[Greg Miller]

Great job, Roger. Of course, I'm not like Mike. I think you're doing a great job here. You know what I mean?

[Snow Bike Mike]

Don't put him in a headlock.

[Greg Miller]

Damn. Fuck, man.

[Snow Bike Mike]

A couple of great WrestleMania highlights, some Monday night Raw highlights. Oh man, can't wait to talk to you about it. One day.

[Greg Miller]

One day. Gonna be great content, Bron Breaker. You know what I mean, man?

[Snow Bike Mike]

That guy's a. That's a beast. He's.

[Greg Miller]

I digress. Of course. No bucks tossed away. No big deal. Like subscribe share. Of course if you have Amazon prime, you have Twitch Gaming. Prime Gaming, whatever they call it now. Twitch Prime. It's a free 30 day sub you could give away to a channel of your choice. Why not give it to us Even if you're not on Twitch. Just log into Twitch, Google it, sync it up, give it to us and then come back every 30 days because it does not auto renew because they want you to forget about this benefit. I digress. Housekeeping for you. We're an 11 person business all about live talk shows. Immediately after Kind of Funny Games Daily, you're getting the one, the only the kind of funny games cast it is the entire crew and easy allies Michael Huber coming in to talk about Game of the year 2025 so far. Get your hype and your love and respect ready for that?

[Snow Bike Mike]

Can I guess yours? Sure, let me grab it up there. Schedule one Fuck you.

[Greg Miller]

Insulting. Insulting. Why are you not out there? I'm out there hunting all these monsters by myself. You're out there helping me one goddamn bit. After the games cast is the one, the only, the kind of funny screencast. It of course is our spoiler cast for the Last of Us, Episode two of Season two. It's me, Tim and full spoilers. And then after that it's gonna be the stream where we will be playing the Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion. If you're a kinda funny member, today's Greg way is 16 minutes about my WrestleMania FOMO. But it's not for the reasons you think, of course. Also, it would not be kind of funny if something else exciting and crazy wasn't happening. Friday, the Elder Scrolls Online podcast, A Kinda Funny Games Cast limited series is back with Episode two. Matt Feyroar and the one, the only Rich Lambert from the ESO team are back with myself and Mike talking about the ten year journey. This episode starts with the game's RO launch and review scores before finding the ESO audience and building the playground they wanted come for the deepest dive of my career Friday on all your Gamescast Feeds and Bethesda's YouTube of course, and our YouTube too. But it gets confusing to say all that. I can't thank you all enough for supporting Episode one. I was very vocal about how proud I am of this four episode series. How deep we got to go with Zenimax Online Studios. And if you aren't an Elder Scrolls Online fan, if you haven't played it, it's still an interesting dive, I think for our audience because you love to hear how games get made. And I was so heartened to see so many of you respond in kind after episode one saying that exact thing of like oh, I let this play while I cleaned or this that the other. And I was like wow, I really liked it. Great interview. Thank you. And again, they aren't pulling punches, they're talking about their mistakes, which is always exciting and fun. Thank you to our Patreon producers Anatoly Ast Delaney, Twining, Carl Jacobs and Omega Buster. Today we're brought to you by Imperial and Aura Frames. We'll tell you about that later. For now, let's begin with what is and forever will be the Ripper Report. Time for some news. Four items on the Ripper Report Baker's Dozen episode number one, also called story number one. Okay, the Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered is out now. Cost $50. We go to Wesley [e-mail] Bethesda has finally revealed the worst kept secret in video games, the Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remastered. In a gameplay video published online, Bethesda showed the new visuals and features for the remaster of its much loved open world fantasy role playing game, which is developed by remake specialist Virtuos using Unreal Engine 5. Bethesda chief Todd Howard discussed the evolution of Bethesda games and the visual upgrades the near 20 year old game has now received. Oblivion remastered runs at 4K resolution and 60 frames per second. As you'd expect, everything from the leveling systems to character creation and combat animations to in game menus have been improved. Meanwhile, there's lots of new dialogue, a proper third person view and new lip sync technology. The Elder Scrolls oblivion launched in 2006 as a follow up to fan favorite Morrowind on PC and Xbox360, with a PS3 release following in 2007. It's set in the fictional providence of Cyrodiil and revolves around the player character's bid to defeat a fanatical cult that wants to open Portal games. I think that means gates to demonic realms known as Oblivion or the demonic realm known as Oblivion. The Elder Scrolls Oblivion remastered launches today, April 22, priced at $49.99. In a shadow drop across PC, Xbox Series X and S and PlayStation 5 as well as on Xbox game Pass ultimate. It weighs in at 119.2 gigabytes. Goddamn. Again. Maybe you missed this trailer. Maybe you missed the presentation. Let me read. As Wesley's article goes on to say, here's the official blurbs about what you're going on with okay. The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered modernizes the 2006 game of the year with all new stunning visuals and refined gameplay. Explore the vast landscape of Cyrodiil like never before and stop the forces of Oblivion from taking the land in One of the greatest RPGs ever. From the award winning Bethesda Game Studios, rediscover Cyrodiil. This is now bullet point stuff. Journey through the rich world of Tamriel and battle across the plains of Oblivion where handcrafted details have been meticulously recreated to ensure each moment of exploration is awe inspiring. Navigate your own story. From the noble warrior to the sinister assassin, wizened sorcerer to scrappy blacksmith. Forge your path and play the way you want. Experience an epic adventure. Step inside a universe bursting with captivating stories and encounter an unforgettable cast of characters. Master swordscraft and wield powerful magic as you fight to save Tamriel from the invasion. And then the complete story. Experience everything Oblivion has to offer with previously released story expansions Shivering Isles, Knights of the Nine and additional downloadable content included in Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remastered. Snow Bike Mike I of course am a Bethesda sicko. You know how much I love these games. You know how much I love Starfield. We can go back through all of them. I never played Oblivion. This launches on 2006. I am working at the Columbia Daily Tribune. I have a video game column called Game Over. I have a 360.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

For some reason, the way it was sold, the way it was talked about, the number, I don't know. I can't go back and tell you totally was. I never, never thought about it. I started IGN in 2007. I'm on the PlayStation team.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

So it comes to PlayStation that year. I still don't trust is there. I just knew the horse armor joke. I don't know if it was something. If I was so young and naive and video games were very different back then. If I think maybe I kind of associated this with wow to a degree. Not that I thought it was wow, but I put it in that class of PC game where I'm like, I don't. I'm never going to play that. I'm not. That's not who I am or whatever. But I never ever played this. So I am very interested. I'm downloading Oblivion at my desk right now on the Xbox and of course on my Rog Ally X so I can take it anywhere with me with the power of Xbox. But I digress.

[Snow Bike Mike]

If you could see future you, they'd be giggling and laughing.

[Greg Miller]

Man, I wish Past me wasn't an idiot. I read EGM and IGN and GameSpot religiously. I don't know why I was skipping articles about Oblivion or whatever, where I was just like, oh, this doesn't sound like me. Maybe I didn't know. Yeah, in RPG at the time, it was a different thing.

[Snow Bike Mike]

No Morrowind ever before that. I know you weren't a big Xbox guy, but.

[Greg Miller]

No, Marrow never did. Okay.

[Snow Bike Mike]

And Fallout three, I'm sure.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, I love. Yeah, Fallout three is right. Start right.

[Snow Bike Mike]

So yeah, that's great.

[Greg Miller]

But you, of course were a big Oblivion.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah, I was a big Oblivion guy. Me and my little brother started with Marwin back on the original Xbox. We were just two dumb kids running around that big world not knowing what was going on. And then I think as we grew up, Oblivion really struck a chord with us on the 360. Buying that first ever strategy guide for Oblivion and getting lost in the story, in the fun of that world. Right. It's pretty special. I think everybody has their first Bethesda game and it's crazy to be talking about it, but that's the game from 20 years ago getting the big remastered treatment. And now if you're old like me, you're very excited because it touches, you know, a special part of history for you. Or maybe you're jumping in new like yourself, Greg, where it's like, oh man, this is a piece of history and it's a great Bethesda game. And you know Bethesda games now after 20 plus years where you're like, I know what I'm going to get into and it's going to be very similar to all of that.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, that's the hope, right? Reading from the Xbox Wire, of course they have a much deeper dive on this, but I appreciate it for them, pulling out here is this. It also adds new quality of life improvements to the original game, including HUD menu and map reworks, improved UI for systems like Persuasion Clairvoyance, and more modifications to leveling, encumbrance, non combat perks and other mechanics, improved enemy scaling, enhanced accessibility features, additional auto saves, revised first person and third person camera, and much more. I think that brings in our first super chat of what I imagine is going to be a long topic. One, it comes from bf, who says calling this quote unquote remaster is underselling it. This is more than just upscaling graphics and bumping up to frame rate. Why not call it a remake Snowbike? Mike.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah, I think that's when you just get it lost in the fun terminology that we currently live in. We all love 2025 of what is a remaster, what's a remake, what is just a REM build. I don't know really for me as just a gamer, I'm just excited. If it's a remake or remaster, it doesn't matter. I get to play it again or new players get to jump in. You would have to talk with game devs. We would have to all come together and say this is it. We're planting the flag on what these two words mean and how they should be seen.

[Greg Miller]

What's interesting I think is, you know when they. The presentation, we talked about it from Wesleyan Poole's report and they call it a gameplay video, which of course is true. And you're watching it right now. There was a long basically SGF style presentation. What you'd expect where it is the devs talking about this and them talking to Bethesda Game Studios, talking to virtuos about like what this means to them and what they've done and yada yada yada. And one of the comments there explaining it was that it's still the Elder Scrolls for Oblivion game engine as the brain, but the body is this Unreal Engine 5 running on top of it.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

So I think that's where we get into it. We've argued this all the time, but I think it is the fact that they didn't touch and I know we just listed a bunch of things but it sounds like they didn't touch the core engine of what the game is. And so that would then disqualify it from being a remake, at least in their eyes. I'm. We're all with you. I have the, the chart.

[Barrett Courtney]

I see it like I, I understand.

[Greg Miller]

You understand what I'm saying, right?

[Barrett Courtney]

It's not like they completely started from scratch exactly. From the ground up.

[Greg Miller]

I think if you go from the ground up that's what we make obvious.

[Barrett Courtney]

And like obviously this is a, a crazy new coat of paint to put onto it, but I think still in their eyes it's just, it's a coat of paint, you know.

[Greg Miller]

But what a coat of paint.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah, yeah.

[Greg Miller]

I'm looking at this and I'm like, I can't wait to die.

[Snow Bike Mike]

They added sprinting into this. That's a big deal. I mean there's pieces of this that go far beyond just the coat of paint. Right. And so yeah, no matter how you want to Slice it. It's an exciting thing, right? Bringing this back from 20 years ago. Your mind starts to wonder of like, could we get something more in the Bethesda universe? Another big remake that we all want, right? You know, they're making older games that we kind of have to wait, right? This is the perfect drop of, well, we're waiting on six and we know six is going to be a long time from now, right? And so this is going to fill that gap. Same thing goes for Fallout. We're waiting for a long time for Fallout. It'd be nice to get some of these classics back up to modern standard and beyond. But yeah, it's cool. I mean, it's funny. We talk about Xbox compatibility and your save going anywhere with play anywhere. You and I had that joke when we started playing on the Cloud. I booted up Oblivion. It still had my save from 2015, 2013. It's one of those crazy ones of you could still play this game, but now you get the super definitive edition. Now for $50 if you want to.

[Greg Miller]

Go up, you can go to $60 for Oblivion Remastered Deluxe Edition. Of course, reading a little bit from that on the Xbox wire goes like this. Available for. Available for purchase separately or as an upgrade to the base game. So again, just $10 if you're using Game Pass the other scrolls. Liv Master Deluxe Edition includes all the above and adds bonus quests, unique weapon sets, unique armor sets, unique, unique horse armor sets, digital art book and official soundtrack. There's more to go. Go get that if you want.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I liked. If you remember, Starfield had the digital art book and I really found that fascinating. We would use that before the pre streams of just putting it up and it would cycle through all the artwork up on the screen. Because we're kind of moving past the days of getting the physical stuff. We're kind of in this 50 50. We're moving past that. But I like that the soundtrack, Greg, the soundtrack on this game bangs my man again.

[Greg Miller]

As somebody who has nothing, no a sight unseen on this, right? When they were talking about it in the presentation today, one of the guys said it was really the music, right? And they went back and forth that song a few times and I was like, damn, that's a song. Like I was hyped at the end when they did the whole thing and they ended and you know, it sucks again. Wesley says the worst kept secret in gaming, right? We all knew this was coming. Jeff Grubb just can't shut his mouth. You know, he can't be he can't let people have a nice thing. So you felt for the end of the video when the guy is like, I'm so excited that I get to tell you it's available today. You know what I mean?

[Snow Bike Mike]

It's like, oh, wait, interesting one on the release date. Can we talk about that?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Snow Bike Mike]

The shadow drop off of a four day weekend for many here in the States, of course, Easter Sunday and beyond. But interesting that we didn't drop this Thursday or Friday last week when everybody had a longer holiday. We waited until Tuesday. And it's been the worst kept secret because we've known about it for a while now. But it is out of like, well, the secrets out. Can we move this to like before the weekend when everybody's going to be playing it?

[Greg Miller]

The weekend is they got to hide the Easter egg, you got to make the ham. Yeah, yeah.

[Barrett Courtney]

The. The other question is just because I forgot when this came out, like, why not save this for the 20th, you know, like you're about to hit the 20th anniversary next year. Unless they have a busy next year.

[Greg Miller]

I mean, my knee jerk would be. I think that. Well, I think I just want to make money. But I Think with Fallout 3 Remake or Remastered in the Chamber, you probably want to try to time that out around the show when season two of that launches. And they're filming that now. Right. So that's probably next year. I would think of, hey, let's get that out. See if we can ride the success of that.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah, no, there will be a lot of discussion. You could already see it. When we talked about it yesterday, me and Jerrica, a lot of people were a little upset about over, you know, too many games now kind of stepping on the toes of Claire Obscura, Expedition Mitchell super chats.

[Greg Miller]

And it says, any worry of this overshadowing Expedition 33 or is both being on Game Pass mean it'll have a chance to shine?

[Snow Bike Mike]

I personally think they're two very separate games. I think they're very distinct and different. Right. You have a turn based RPG and then a traditional Bethesda open world rpg. More on the action side of things, I would call it. I think the audience will be pretty separate here. There will be some overlap, but I don't think me personally, I think gamers just wind up going, I have a bunch of games, they're on Game Pass. It's not like it's going anywhere. Yeah, they're not taking it off the service. So I can play Oblivion all week and then Expedition 33 next week or Vice versa or you play both. I think gamers play a lot of games. We shouldn't worry about one game taking over there.

[Barrett Courtney]

I don't know if gamers play a lot of games. I think people who watch the show play a lot of games.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I think gamers play multiple games a day. I don't think gamers out there play one game only for weeks.

[Greg Miller]

We're painting with a very broad brush, you know what I mean, in terms of who we're talking about. Matt Piscatello wants to break through the wall right now and tell you a whole bunch of stats about it. My take on this is it cuts both ways where I think you can look at it as overshadowing Claire Obscure Expedition 33. If that delivers the experience we all think it's going to deliver, but in the same breath. I do think they're very different. But I'm part of that breath where it's like I'm not a turn based guy. I like the demo I did of Expedition 33. I'm excited to see if that'll hook me and keep me going. But now Oblivion goes to the top of the pile because I know I love that kind of game. I know how many people love this game. I'm hoping it connects, I'm hoping I lock in. But it could also be that I jump in and even though old game is new, old game is new, but still has old systems. And I'm like, ah, this I, why don't I just go play Starfield? Which is always something that happens to me. Why don't I just play Go? I had been tinkering a long time ago, going back to Star Feel or Skyrim. Then of course we're doing the ESO show which we want to stream when we're done with the four episodes. I've gone animated character, I've tinkered. I enjoy what I'm saying. Why don't I go do that? There's a lot that could go wrong on this and send you off of that. Right? The other side to it, on the positive side is I think that Expedition 33 is a game that again, knock on wood, delivers. We all liked what we previewed. It delivers that in a review sense. And again, the people who listen to shows like this and consume games like we consume them either jump right on it or know to do it or whatever the other hope would be, as Xbox is always trying to do with this game. Pass. Thing is, they want a big game to bring you in to get it right now and then before you cancel your subscription, you look around and you go, oh, this expedition game came out and I saw that it got great reviews. Oh, south of Midnight's on here. I remember a lot of people liking that. Oh, I never did avowed like, like they want a library surrounding this. I think that when you come in for the big thing like Oblivion bringing you back, I know it won't be a astronomical number, but Oblivion getting remastered, dropping today, getting headlines is going to catch the eye of people who have lapsed in games who haven't played since Oblivion or haven't done whatever or have a soft spot for that game. And it will make them go, oh, but I can get. What is Xbox Game Pass? Oh, oh, okay. And then you're in. And you do want to try these other things. Maybe there's never enough time in anybody's day to play all the games you want to play. But in the long run, I don't, I don't know if the Oblivion conversation is going to be so long tail that it just runs ruckshot over Expedition 33. My hope would be that game delivers. So you have this big jump today. What? Barrett, when is Expedition 33 out? It's imminent. 26th, 25th, I want to say. Is it Friday?

[Barrett Courtney]

It's this week.

[Greg Miller]

It's Friday, I think. Right. So the 25th.

[Barrett Courtney]

But I would say like, yes, the conversation.

[Greg Miller]

Hold on, I'm not done yet. So I don't want. I don't think the Oblivion press coverage conversation runs over that. I hope that they dovetail again if it's good. And then it would be the continuation of like what a week for Xbox Game pass. Thursday the 24th. Thank you. What a what a. What a week for Xbox Game pass. Bear, go ahead.

[Barrett Courtney]

I get where you're coming from. I think that would be easier if again, what Mike was saying, like, if this had dropped, you know, before the four day weekend. Right. I think literally it being the same exact week, I think, you know, coverage on this game that yes, old, old game is old, but kind of new and stuff dropping just two days before I think becomes a bit harder of when does the oblivion of it all kind of die down to give room for Expedition 33? We'll have to wait and see on how that all shakes out.

[Greg Miller]

Again. Again, as somebody who hasn't played it, I'm a different case. But for people who remember it so fondly, like one of the guys in the video said he played 10,000 hours of it. Granted, he's making. But I really do see that could easily be a lot of people are going to jump back into game pass to try it, to play it, but I don't know, are they going to have. Are they going to roll credits on it? Are they going to play another hundred hours of it? Or is it going to be. You jump back in, you get that comfort food. It looks so good. I'm back in it. And then hopefully again, something like this surfaces and you go, oh, that sounds great. I'll jump over there and play it. We'll have to wait and see. We got lots of questions in here about Blue V. In Phil Shoe writes in Super Chatting, it says, hey, Greg and Mike, I managed to grab Oblivion and Fantasy Critic and one of my competitors, Taven, is debating whether it's legitimate. We do not allow remasters, but allow partial and full remakes. I'd love to hear your opinions. We, of course, have this. As you all know, Roger Pokorny is cheating. He has it there. It is currently listed as a remake.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Okay.

[Barrett Courtney]

And this is fascinating because the examples it gives his remakes is the Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening, Crash Insane Trilogy, and then Pokemon Brilliant diamond and Shining Pearl, all of which I would say are fundamentally different than what this game is.

[Greg Miller]

Right.

[Barrett Courtney]

But the site is saying that it's a remake. So it's like that's on the site to kind of determine that. But I don't know.

[Greg Miller]

What's a little broken link next to it? What does that mean? So that.

[Barrett Courtney]

That means, like, it's out, but there are no reviews.

[Greg Miller]

Got it, got it, got it.

[Barrett Courtney]

And that's because it's a shadow drop.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, yeah. You know, Roger's cheating, I think Wall. Wow. Okay. My take on this to be. To actually answer the question here from Phil Shu is to remind you that none of this matters and it's for fun. Who knows? Is this site. This site isn't making a massive profit. Right. I think they have a Patreon. It's a bunch of people dealing with the fact that anybody can call their video game anything.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Everybody calm down.

[Barrett Courtney]

I took a screenshot of this and posted it just because I think it's so funny. Of like The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered remake.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, exactly. Do you. Are you fired up? Do you care? I think it's all part of the fun.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I mean, yeah, of course I don't want Roger to win and he's rounding out a really good team right now, but. No, this is just fine.

[Greg Miller]

Well, again, hopefully Expedition 33 is great and just cancels out whatever the Fantastic for me.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Could be great.

[Greg Miller]

Let's get some other people in here. Pretty dude super chats and says Xbox Slash. Microsoft is having quite the year currently. Not sure they have a Game of the Year for the year, but impressive nonetheless.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah, they're having a very strong start to the end. We talked about this on the X cast a while back of just rest in peace the past couple of years. They were quiet at the first half and then really punched it with a lot of games in the second half and we wanted it to be spread out and share the love and they're hitting that right now. They're definitely showing from Indiana Jones that kicked off in December into now. You've been flooded with games to fill out your Game Pass library. It only continues, right. Doom the Dark Ages comes out next month in May. And then beyond that we go even further with the Summer Game Showcase. We know there's more games coming. We're Talking about Outer Worlds 2 rounding out the year. That's 2 from Obsidian in one year would be crazy, right? So yeah, they're hitting you with a lot of games and as you talked about, right. The big thing about Game Pass is continuing to put more good titles in there to make you not want to unsubscribe. I think there was some months there in the past two years where there was moments going is this worth it? Should I be paying $2025 for Game Pass right now when maybe I'm not getting those third party titles coming in? I'm definitely not getting the first party titles and I think they're showing it right now that they can keep that going throughout the year all 12 months to justify you paying for that, which is great.

[Greg Miller]

You say justify you paying for it. Let's talk more about your dollars and cents over in the Super Chats. Colin Berry writes in and says is the price tag surprising for oblivion? Especially if you can only get it with Game Pass ultimate, which so far I'm still confused if it's available for PC Game Pass. I don't understand the confusion and I also Game Pass Ultimate. Is there a difference between Game Pass PC and Game Pass Ultimate? I have Game Pass Ultimate. It's over on PC if that helps the conversation. I don't know if it does.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Game Pass ultimate bundles everything. Game Pass PC is strictly for your PC. So how you where where you want to play, what you want to spend on?

[Greg Miller]

Chad is saying it is on Game Pass PC vanilla. So there you go. But back to it. 49.99599 for deluxe how you feeling about this price?

[Snow Bike Mike]

I think with what you saw there over the. If you watch the 20 minute breakdown, if you are excited about what we're considering. Is it a remaster? Well, it looks like it's remake. It's so from the ground up. I think you're getting. I think you're getting what you want out of this for 50. I'm not mad. I think we talk about these remakes and where they stand. Game Pass kind of brings it a different fold into it all of like. Well, it's just on Game Pass and it's easy to say that, but when I get a proper remake like this, or remaster whatever you want to call it, it gets me excited. And it's a Bethesda title, right?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Snow Bike Mike]

If you really want to play Oblivion, you're gonna get a lot of hours out of this. It will justify your $50 purchase.

[Greg Miller]

Mike, as my Oblivion expert, since you're here, Marco super chats in and says, as someone who will be playing Oblivion for the first time, is there a specific time that you would recommend to jump into the dlc?

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah, it's been a long time for me, Margo, so I don't know the perfect answer for you, but my answer will always be whenever I play these games, just go with the story, get lost in it. And if you show up to a part of the DLC where maybe it's a little too much for you back out and go the opposite direction. But I don't remember how these DLCs go. It was a very long time for me chat.

[Greg Miller]

Feel free to pop off and let us know what you would recommend. If you want that getting back into this, you know. Well, there's just a fun one here. Guitar Hero Arrow says stop. I violated the law. I'm paying the kind of funny court a fine rather than serve my sentence. My stolen items are not forfeit. So good of course referencing how it will be in Oblivion when you steal stuff, which is fun and I like that. Anyways though, I want to do one thing about about this to get to that. Gondor's Condor says my 30th birthday tax to ax. Did Oblivion shoot Claire Obscure numbers in the foot. We've talked about that.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Happy birthday. Yes, happy 30th birthday. It will be very exciting to see that shake out you want. I mean, if you really want to start talking about Expedition 33 now. You have Marathon doing a closed Alpha, right? Sure. That's only going to be so many people, but there's a lot of games in the way. And there's been a lot of games no matter what, but this whole year and beyond. I say beyond a lot, but I mean, you know, there's just a lot of games. So I don't, I don't worry about that. If it's a good game, it's gonna shine. We all know that. Great game. It's gonna shine, yo.

[Greg Miller]

And Mr. Hawks in that line of thinking says, I'm not like Mike. Maybe it's ocd. Maybe it's maybe Maybelline. I see you're doing there. But when I start a new game, I'm locked in until I Finish it. Expedition 33 is my future. So good. Commit to what you want to play with that. You know what I mean? Have some fun with that Memo in the notebooks getting an Oblivion one in here. Never played Oblivion, so I'm super stoked. Love you guys over at kind of funny shout outs to Cool Greg. Such a real one. Hope to get you all to one of my shows. Oh, it's me. One day. This is Memo who did the musical thing down Cool Greg went to it and then I had one more in here before we get out of this Oblivion rock block. Unless you ride in with some more stuff. Calvin Perez says is Xbox the king of shadow drops, Other than their inability to keep them secret, probably.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Right.

[Greg Miller]

I feel like. I think that's what's interesting.

[Barrett Courtney]

Hi Fi. Rush was a well kept secret.

[Greg Miller]

Exactly.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

In the lead up to this one and then the rumor going from they're working on it to oh, it's going to be a shadow drop. You know what I mean? There was so much conversation of like, well, why would you shadow drop? Why would you shadow drop Oblivion? Why an Elder Scrolls game so huge. Yada yada yada, blah blah blah. And I think while we don't have a hard. Here's the answer from anybody yet on that. The read the tea leaves is working for them. The shadow drops are working for them and generating the buzz and the whatever the excitement they want. Yeah. People are calling out Ninja Gaiden as well. Right. Like they're doing. They're making these moves with games that they're seeing success with that I. They're seeing the excitement, I guess from gamers with.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I mean you also see the pop in game pass subscriptions. Right. Like the instant gratification of hey, we just shadow dropped this game. Now thousands of people, millions of people will immediately go renew their game pass subscription, jump right back into that service is a big deal as well. And yeah, I think it's a fun time for the audience as well to get that instant gratification and go, oh my God, it's out now. Know how great and exciting, right? So I think it really depends on the game, the moment, what do you have going on in the calendar and where do you go. But yeah, it's. Sometimes it fits very well for the game if that's the right move.

[Barrett Courtney]

Oh, one random victory also puts it well of it's. It saves a lot of marketing as well. Less money spent on marketing.

[Greg Miller]

Generates its own marketing.

[Barrett Courtney]

Yeah, exactly. For a re release of a game that was praised and that people talk fondly about over the last two decades. Like yeah, that's a, that's an easy equation right there.

[Greg Miller]

Dustin wants to have super chats about them, hopefully eventually adding mods to consoles one day. And then Artorotron, Robo bartender gets your final Oblivion comment for now in the super chat and says what is a night with a sore throat? Wear horse armor, Mike.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Nice. Yeah, yeah, definitely go buy some horse armor. I remember that fondly. And yeah, I'm excited. Greg, this is going to be great for you to jump in for the first time. There's been a lot of these fantasy medieval RPGs this year. When you think about Avowed and Kingdom Come, Deliverance too, and now this, you're. If you're a RPG fan or an action adventure fan, you got plenty of games to play, which is awesome.

[Greg Miller]

Mike. Greg, should I stream it today? Should I stream my first time with Oblivion today?

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah, that's up to you, Greg. I mean I. I think your first time is always special. You might want to be locked in and focused on what that. On that instead of having the Jabroni boys laughing cackle behind you. Especially with.

[Greg Miller]

I don't have the Jabroni boys. What if I just play without any in there?

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah, I mean with how much you love Starfield, I think it will be a big deal. You know, if you're in the mood to play it, let's get you on the sticks. If not, you know, maybe we, we get lost with me and Nick.

[Greg Miller]

We'll discuss during this break. I'll tell you right now everybody that this is kind of funny Games Daily. We couldn't make kind of funny without you. We're an 11 person small business all about live talk show. If you enjoy hanging out with us all day, you can just put it on Twitch and watch it go. Twitch TV kindafunnygames. You can put it on YouTube.com kindafunnygames and watch it go, but you have to jump between the different links as we do the shows. But most importantly, if you love what we do, you should pick up a Kinda Funny membership either on YouTube.com kindafunny games, patreon.com kinda funny apple or Spotify. You can subscribe to Kinda Funny, get all of our shows that's 20 a week ad free and get your daily dose of me Greg Miller in a 15 to 20 minute podcast all by My Lonesome where I rant and rave about what's going on in my life and answer your questions. If you like that, please do it. But right now you're not using your benefits so here's a word from our.

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[Snow Bike Mike]

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[Greg Miller]

And we're back. Number two on the Roper Report, everybody. The one, the only Blessing. Adio Yay. Junior Is in Japan and apparently he's hanging out with Hideo Kojima. We go to instagram.com blessing junior where we see this beautiful photo of Bless hanging out with Kojima in front of the Ludo Astro man and it says if I had a nickel for every photo op I've had with Kojima and the looted statue, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but still crazy that it happened twice.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Lightning twice.

[Greg Miller]

You might go, what the fuck is going on?

[Snow Bike Mike]

What is he doing?

[Greg Miller]

And I will tell you, Blessing not great at reporting.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Oh, okay.

[Greg Miller]

Who is great at reporting? Dan Reichardt, who has the exact same photo and says, I'm thrilled to be spending the week at Kojima Productions in Tokyo and playing a ton of Death Stranding 2. Look for my preview on GameSpot on May 8th. Of course, that means you don't have to look for dan's thing on May 8th. Blessing will report on it on May 8th here on Kind of Funny. That'll be a Gamescast YouTube.com kind of funny games podcast services around the globe.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yes, Stranding 2 with Hideo Kojima in the studio.

[Greg Miller]

They're playing.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I can't wait to hear all about it. I'm very excited about that now.

[Greg Miller]

I wish I could be excited. Yeah, I really, really, really, really, really really wish I could be excited. But Blessing being in Japan means only one thing. I am being railroad. I am being screwed. I am being shortchanged once again as your Stars in the bank holder. Yes, as everyone knows, I was awarded this Stars in the bank briefcase because of my Acumen at kind of funny Game Showdown. And when I was bequeathed it, the rules were simple. I could cash it in at a moment of my choosing to challenge Tim Geddes for one of his stars. Then, of course, I was so good this season it became two stars. Then, of course, I was so great this season it became three stars, thanks to Carl Jacobs. Thank you, Carl. And so I made a very honest, a very sane, a very kind move, and I told them I wanted to cash in on the switch to reveal day during the stream. We'd have the most eyes on us.

[Barrett Courtney]

Blessings, legal counsel. I feel like you did that in bad faith, but you continue, cut your own mic.

[Greg Miller]

Then they all went to New York. None of them were here for me to challenge with the briefcase. And I sold T shirts. I'm so sorry. I put dates on them. You know what I mean? I just didn't know the dates were gonna. I didn't know the date was gonna be a bad date. Again, bad faith.

[Barrett Courtney]

But continue.

[Greg Miller]

Just cut your own mic. And so then it was like, okay, cool. I can still cash in it whenever I want to. Then on Friday, a little show called Kind of Funny Game Showdown goes down. Hey, now I fucking win.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah, you did.

[Greg Miller]

You know what I mean? That's not. That's a spoiler. But it's also, you know, how it's gonna go.

[Snow Bike Mike]

You could have watched. That was a long weekend. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

The show starts, and Blessing reveals that the next episode of Kinda Funny Game Showdown is the season finale. And he says it's not next week, it's the week after. So I'm like, okay, cool. I got two weeks to cash in the two weeks. I got two weeks to cash in. Stars in the bank whenever I want to. Then he goes to Japan. Oh, According to Dan Reichardt, he's gonna be gone all week. So that's one week off the board cut.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Seven days off that.

[Greg Miller]

So now I can't. Even if I wanted to go challenge Tim the Sluggetties, I couldn't do it right now because there's no one here to ask the goddamn questions.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah, but we have a backup post for that show. His name is Nick Scarpino. Let's get him out of here.

[Greg Miller]

I don't want him giving the questions.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Get him out of here.

[Greg Miller]

I still haven't watched the Heat, so it wouldn't help me out. One. One second. Again. One day I'll get him and I'll get my three stars.

[Barrett Courtney]

But for blessings, legal counsel who sent.

[Greg Miller]

Him to Japan, I do believe Kojima Productions or Sony. I don't know.

[Barrett Courtney]

Oh, okay. Who's his boss?

[Greg Miller]

That's superfluous about that part.

[Barrett Courtney]

I rest my case.

[Greg Miller]

You say you're excited. How excited for Destiny 2 are you?

[Snow Bike Mike]

I'm very excited. I mean, that doesn't feel like a game.

[Greg Miller]

That's right around the corner. And it's right around the corner.

[Snow Bike Mike]

It's right around the corner. So excited that I'm willing to jump on a treadmill and go step for step step with San Porter Bridges while Roger plays through it for the first time. I can't wait for Death Stranding 2. I can't wait for that experience with Roger because, you know, I love getting high on that Kojima joint. And this is insanity. This whole Death Stranding game is that to the to the 10. So I can't wait to see what he does on number two. I'm can't wait to see what Roger thinks of Death Stranding 1 because it's insane.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Snow Bike Mike]

It's awesome. It's fun.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. When are you guys doing that? Have you set a date yet?

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah. Roger actually wants to do it after Blessings big preview. So hopefully you will get excited off of Blessings preview in early May. And then we will come right after that with our own playthrough of Death Stranding 1 to get you ready for the big June, I believe, release date.

[Greg Miller]

That is right. June 26th is the release date there for Death Stranding 2. Running out of time to replay Death Stranding 1, which I'd like to do.

[Snow Bike Mike]

What are you looking forward to for Death Stranding 2? Because this is such a weird place.

[Greg Miller]

I'm in such a weird place with Death Stranding 2 where I really enjoy Death Stranding 1. Even at launch, I talked about it being meditative. I enjoy it, blah, blah. But, like, I was also very gung ho on the review. I'm gonna try to go back for the platinum, this seems like. But it was one of those games that once I left and I tried to come back one week, I was like, oh, wait, how do I do this? What do I do? Blah, blah. And so the moment passed. So I am not, oh, my God, I can't fucking wait for Death Stranding 2. But it's Kojima.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

And it's the sequel to a game I really enjoyed. So I expect as we get closer, me to be there, you know, get on the other side of sgf.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

You know, get on the other side of the switch too. And then sit there and be like, okay, cool. I'm having a Lot of fun playing Mario Kart, but I want to get weird. I want to go have stuff, black.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Stuff, differently this time because now you're a father.

[Greg Miller]

No, I think it's too much.

[Snow Bike Mike]

This might hit you a little bit different.

[Greg Miller]

The story of BB and San Porter Bridges the last time around. That. That still hit. That still hit hard. That end when he. He says the name. Hell yeah.

[Snow Bike Mike]

You know, like, maybe it hits you a little differently. We'll see what it goes.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I'm excited to see Harry ramps up and changes up just a little bit. I still expect, of course, a lot of walking. I'm looking to see how connected the worlds are. I thought that was always novel in front of like, yeah, hey, Washy over there built a bridge. Now it's in your world. What are we going to see with this? How does he connect the strands of all of us playing this game? Is that the same kind of stuff? And what is the action element? How do you take that up, up to another level? And does he do that, or does he just say, no, that's not for this.

[Greg Miller]

We'll have to wait and see, everybody. June 26th is 6th is not far away. But neither is May 8th, when Dan Riker will talk about it on Giant Bomb. But you. Or GameSpot, but you assume we will.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Make him talk about it here.

[Greg Miller]

There'll be no time left to live.

[Snow Bike Mike]

But he's got to ask one question. Hey, Hideo Kojima, did you watch that Snowbank Mike?

[Greg Miller]

What is up with that? Where's the reporting? Let me know.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I mean, you're standing right next to the guy.

[Greg Miller]

You just think, what did you watch?

[Snow Bike Mike]

That stomach Mike goes, big DVD would.

[Greg Miller]

Be if he just gave it back. He's like. Just shakes his head like, no, it didn't work. Yeah.

[Barrett Courtney]

Or he's like, I tried to put it into my console, and it didn't read it.

[Snow Bike Mike]

It didn't work.

[Greg Miller]

And we have specific instructions on how to use it. All right. Yeah. Number three on the Roper report. Steel Seed is out or the review embargoes up. We have a quick little review roundup. I. You might say, what's to steal? Seed. Yeah, it says espionage game that I thought looked cool based on a trailer. So I kind of been keeping my ear to the ground on it right now. On Metacritic, it's a 65. IGN's Jarrett Green gave it a 5 out of 10, which of course, ain't great. Steel Seed is cursed by mediocrity. Its combat is a low point. So abrasive that I'd rather restart whole areas when I got caught rather than have to navigate its jank. But its real problem is that everything else, from the bland characters and predictable story to the forgettable locations that the tale takes you through, to the initially fun stealth sections that eventually wear thin, will lose the fight for a spot in my memory as soon as I'm done with this review. That's a real shame because there are a handful of shiny chrome moments to find here. A handful of shiny chrome moments to find here, but they are buried under a whole lot of rust. So a bummer. You know, I like cheering for the little games. I see someone come around, that sounds really cool. And then I look at this. That sucks. That didn't turn out. But mainly it's for me because I, you know, I downloaded it already, so I wanted. I'm happy. I didn't see any time into it.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

You know, so it all worked out.

[Snow Bike Mike]

In the have you thought about just returning to Hitman, the ultimate stealth game? No, Hitman rules.

[Greg Miller]

Hitman's a fun, fine game. It's not Metal Gear though. You know what I mean?

[Snow Bike Mike]

Okay. Tough to get up to Metal Gear level stealth game. I know.

[Greg Miller]

I mean, don't worry about it. And then your final full item, number four on the Roper report. Let's talk about your Switch pre order times. We go to the one, the only, Blue sky or Wario 64's pinned Blue Sky. Skeet talks about the timing of all this. Of course we are here. Ladies, gentlemen and nbs, this is the week you will be seeing your Switch actually be pre order bubble. So Wario 64 says Best Buy has confirmed that Nintendo Switch 2 pre orders will go up on April 24 midnight ET. Current Switch retailer pre order drop times GameSpot 04-24-11am ET online and at store opening in stores Target 04-24-12am ET midnight Walmart 04-24-12am ET Midnight this works out great for us because that's nine our time. Of course, West Coast, Best Coast.

[Snow Bike Mike]

It's gonna be a big deal for us. That's right. So what do the people out there need to do? Because this is one of those big moments of like, hey, let's refresh you on what you should probably do. Make sure you're signed into everything. Get your credit card information updated.

[Greg Miller]

Go to all these sites, shipping address, put them in there. Put your cards in. Put your billing addresses in the old stuff.

[Snow Bike Mike]

You've done this before. You should not get sidetracked and feel defeated on this.

[Greg Miller]

I Don't want. Yeah, I don't want this to be 858. You're like, oh no, it's got my old credit card.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Like put yourself ready to jump in here. And of course be prepared to refresh. Have multiple tabs go for this. Gone are the days where you and I would say, man, if this is dropping Thursday at 8am we got to go camp out at about Wednesday at 6pm in front of games. Miss those days. I miss it.

[Greg Miller]

I could go for one more.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I'm tempted to do an it this week.

[Greg Miller]

Now I can't buy outside of GameStop.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I think you pushed me off of Thursday games daily, which means I might if our games. If our GameStop nearby opens at like 8 or 9am no. What if Snowbike Mike spends the night out there? I'm thinking about it because you gotta lock this down.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Snow Bike Mike]

This is a big deal.

[Greg Miller]

It is.

[Snow Bike Mike]

This is one of those where you're not going to want to miss out. You're going to get the ultimate fomo. You're going to get upset that you're not playing Mario Kart World with Barrett.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Snow Bike Mike]

You're going to be playing Donkey Kong the next month.

[Greg Miller]

Month.

[Snow Bike Mike]

And if you miss out on that, you're gonna be upset. I'm thinking about it. But one more follow up. What's up with that email from Nintendo? I. I gave him my information. Now people were saying, oh, that's not till May. I would like just a confirmation on that somewhere.

[Greg Miller]

Of like tell me something.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Is that. Are they sending me that email this week or is that somehow I'm out in May and there's still a pre order for me?

[Greg Miller]

It's a great question. I hadn't thought much about that.

[Barrett Courtney]

Says May 8th is when they are doing that on their end.

[Greg Miller]

Nobody's got time for that.

[Snow Bike Mike]

That's a long time for a long way out.

[Greg Miller]

We can't worry about that.

[Barrett Courtney]

But I think that's a good backup though if. If the stars are not aligned for you Thursday or Wednesday night, Thursday morning. That is a solid backup. Especially if you have at least 50 hours of gameplay on Nintendo Switch Online.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Let's talk about as well the local shops. Let's talk about our GameStop. The dying GameStop.

[Greg Miller]

How many I get, man, how.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Thank you.

[Greg Miller]

You're not. You're in the first four.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Should I be pre ordering online or could I have the confidence to say Snow Mike. Mike's gonna stay out all night in front of the local GameStop. If I'm number four. Are they getting four pre orders. You think so?

[Greg Miller]

I think you're fine. Yeah.

[Snow Bike Mike]

That's an exciting moment. It's exciting.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. I'll be, I'll be there. 9:00. Refreshing four tab like it's not game. Oh, GameSpot, 11:00am Eastern.

[Snow Bike Mike]

So. Yeah, remember a couple of these are 11:00am Right.

[Greg Miller]

Just two.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Walmart and Best Buy are in the midnight 9:00pm so it's the other two.

[Greg Miller]

Best Buy, Target and Walmart are all.

[Barrett Courtney]

GameStop is the only one that's like the next one.

[Greg Miller]

I got three tabs ready to go, but then it's in it. Well, a fourth tab that is just Wario 64 whoever.

[Barrett Courtney]

Yeah, I would say seven tabs. You do three tabs of those sites, then you do three tabs of those same sites in incognito mode just in case of like cache issues or anything. Or like maybe incognito mode can load that site a little better than Chrome.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Barrett Courtney]

And then Wario.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Wow.

[Greg Miller]

Damn. That's. That's hardcore. Bears get a switch for sure.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I mean, come on, that's. That's 11 years. He's definitely getting the switch is right. I mean I, I'm, I'm zooming in. Let me see what time so r. This one doesn't open till 11am yeah, that's a big hope of like oh man. System I burned down over at GameStop before that. Okay.

[Greg Miller]

I mean here's the thing. You're talking 9pm the night before for us. So if you, if it gets to 9:15 and you haven't secured one, have the bag pre packed, have your, you know, your go.

[Snow Bike Mike]

You got to expect kids will already be there. Yeah, there's a kid out in front of San Francisco Nintendo store right now.

[Greg Miller]

That's different. That's a Nintendo Store. That's a Nintendo store.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah, but he's there and that means somebody will be there. There's always somebody before you.

[Greg Miller]

That's fine. But again, you have to be in the top four.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Top four.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

I think top four you could get at 10.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Top four, 10pm you roll up, you hope that you're top four.

[Greg Miller]

Here's what we do. Here's what you. Here's what. Tell you what, let's have a little fun. We should take care of this game spot. Stop, stop. So what I'm saying is you secure yours at 902. Everything's great. Yeah, you should still roll over there with the kind of funny credit card, give us some pizza and then we should swing by, give him some donuts. These are five new kind of funny best friends we could welcome into the hey now.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Hey now. Okay, just be ready for all of you out there watching and listening. I know this is a big deal. Everyone is very excited. This is one of those pre orders you probably don't want to miss. So be prepared.

[Greg Miller]

Getting your Nintendo Switch to pre order will be a big deal. A huge deal. Some would say the largest deal of all time. But I'm sick of this big news and large news and huge news. If I wanted something small, say the tiniest news I need to know about, where would I go?

[Snow Bike Mike]

You would go to our last story, the We News Channel, where we cover all the small news items. You need to know about.

[Greg Miller]

Your fifth story, the Wii News. IGN reports that the first season of Fallout is getting a 4K steelbook and pre orders are up today. Also on IGN, they're talking about the accessibility features of Days Gone Remastered. It'll let you slow down the game speed, among other things.

[Tim Geddes]

That's cool.

[Greg Miller]

I tell you what, for a game that was already too long, let's slow it down a bit. Make it 20% longer. Madden's release date has leaked, apparently via Bill Bilkun. VGC is reporting that EA Sports Madden NFL 26 will be released on August 14, the same week as the NFL preseason start and a couple weeks before the main season on September 4th.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Nice. That's good.

[Greg Miller]

Today, Marvel Games and Netease Games have announced a new game mode called Giant Size Brain Blast. Giant Size Brain Blast is a new limited time game mode where up to 12 players can compete in matches to earn a BR Blast, Emote and Epic title rewards. When players complete 10 matches in Brain Blast mode, they will earn the Brain Blast. Goddammit. Emote. Stop saying Brain Blast. Additionally, at the end of each round of the event, title rewards will be distributed to the top 500, top 100 and top 10 players for each hero on the final leaderboard. Oh. The first round of Giant Size brain blast begins April 25, with round two kicking off on May 2.

[Barrett Courtney]

I'm confused. Is this like a. Like a collaboration with Jimmy Neutron?

[Snow Bike Mike]

Marvel Rivals. What does this say?

[Barrett Courtney]

It never says Marvel Games.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, you're right. I might. I might have edited that out because it was such a long press release. I was like, get to the point.

[Barrett Courtney]

We need to talk about all of the different.

[Greg Miller]

My apologies. It is Marvel Rivals. Yes, I apologize.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Okay. Okay. Good to know.

[Greg Miller]

What I cut out is that. And they were like. We also released Art Vision Volume 1, a new deep Dive online video series for Marvel Rivals.

[Snow Bike Mike]

I love that man. Game still big, doing a great job.

[Greg Miller]

But if I'm sick of big games, we're no, sorry.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Really pretty, really pleased with that. Greg. I don't know if you've seen the release calendar, but like they're going to pump out heroes and they're going to keep you playing and that was really impressive to see. I'm. I'm happy with that post.

[Greg Miller]

Trauma now available on PlayStation, Xbox and PC. Season 3 of Project Relapse has arrived in the Outlast Trials, bringing a host of new content including Trial Maker Mode, a fearsome new enemy and a new prestige system.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Mikey thumbs up to that. I am so happy to see that that's still going. I love Outlast Trials Trial Maker mode. It's always exciting when you give it to the people, turn it back to the people, give them the power. We'll see what happens. It'll be fun.

[Greg Miller]

And then today Blizzard Entertainment invites players to step into the world of Berserk, the legendary dark fantasy manga in a first of its kind crossover event spanning Diablo 4 and Diablo Immortal. And then Barrett is adding in Myst we news we have a new game.

[Barrett Courtney]

From Xalavier Nelson Jr creepy redneck dinosaur mansion 3 is out now. Goofy, sincere, weird, weirdest hell Matroidvania action. It's like a Match three but with a lot of twists and turns on it. And you know, if you like the vibe of Zalathir Nelson and the crew over at I'm blanking on Strange Scaffold. Go check that out. Support the homie.

[Greg Miller]

I like Match three so I will check that out.

[Snow Bike Mike]

You're a match the guy.

[Greg Miller]

I will check that out. I like that quite a bit. Thank you Barrett for helping me find that. And that's all your wee news to look through some super chats that we haven't gone to. Super chats. Rave Lord night. Yeah, Rave Lord Nito. I'm a CS student at uo trying to get into game dev when I grad next year. I have a ton of cues about game dev but have no one to answer them. I just want to talk to actual game devs at Games Industry queues on Blue Sky. If you're a game dev and want to talk to someone who's trying to become a game dev, go to industry queues on Bluesky and then I would recommend that AIAs game makers notebook podcast. There'd be a lot of people on there talking about the ins and outs of game dev to try steak stake sticks, animation, play split fiction with Andy Mike, we all want it.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah, I like that. I want to get to the crazy laser level. Have you seen that one?

[Greg Miller]

Oh, like the one you have to like do the super hard one.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Yeah. I can't wait for that.

[Greg Miller]

Corey Clark became a member for 10 months and said I hope the Alan Wake two streams continue. One of my favorite games ever.

[Snow Bike Mike]

We had a great sponsored stream by Nvidia yesterday where me and Nick got to play Alan Wake 2 showcasing DLSS4. But you know, on top of the sponsor stream, it went beyond that. It connected with me and Nick. We had a blast.

[Greg Miller]

Had you not played?

[Snow Bike Mike]

No, no. We both experienced a lot. We had a lot of fun. Completed 2 chapters game go places.

[Greg Miller]

Oh yeah, yeah, I'm aware. We all really like down think about.

[Barrett Courtney]

Like that could have been our game of the year.

[Greg Miller]

If Mike could have.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Could have been game of the year. I will say. I. I hope maybe. Maybe we'll see.

[Greg Miller]

Of course. Moving on. Oh yeah. Are there. You're gonna. So maybe you'll play more, you think?

[Snow Bike Mike]

Well, I. I gotta get Nick through Pokemon. Really trying my best just to poke him through Pokemon.

[Greg Miller]

You were supposed to do it today, but I am playing Oblivion. I. I've grabbed a lot going on.

[Snow Bike Mike]

With Nick is right. I'm trying my best.

[Greg Miller]

Ra says Mikey. This small contribution in super chat is so you can buy a sweet treat for yourself since Andy doesn't seem to want to bring you cookies anymore.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Thank you, homie. Yeah, he's trying to get me fat and I love him for it. Great kind of funny podcast yesterday I saw the thumbnail. Yeah, we had a lot of fun. We missed you, of course, Greg, we missed Tim and Bless. But the crew here together on a special Monday when Nick's in control. There's a different vibe to us all. And we really, we leaned into that vibe. You know, I sat over on the subwoofer and we had a fun podcast on that one.

[Greg Miller]

Looking forward to listening to that. Available now everywhere. It's Topher 9000 super chats and goes does all emojis. Three stars coming to the bank. So it's me coming.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Coming to you.

[Greg Miller]

Maybe. I guess next week maybe. Maybe Tim will have a vacation next.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Week after timeline now. I mean you have to do it before your timeline.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Snow Bike Mike]

When you think about it, you know what I mean? It's supposed to be on your.

[Greg Miller]

Maybe we go to Japan. Maybe we all climb the plane right now. Me, Tim, Roger, we meet up with bus over there. We do it in front of Kojima because that's the thing. Wouldn't that be it? What if I was able to take it and embarrass him in front of one of his favorite Japanese?

[Snow Bike Mike]

That's actually pretty cool.

[Greg Miller]

What if I did that to you, Tim? Embarrassed you in front of one of your favorite Japanese Japanese developers? Maybe that's the ticket.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Early in the week.

[Greg Miller]

That's what we'll do. We'll do. You know what? We got a lot of money nobody's paying attention to. I can. I can buy all this stuff.

[Snow Bike Mike]

We just won't pre order the switch. It's fine.

[Greg Miller]

Hold on a second. Vivacious. Super Chat says middle of the workday tax challenge Tim to a joust on horse, full armor. That sounds like a lot of work. And then William Millard has a suit.

[Barrett Courtney]

Final flag us all to Japan. Very easy.

[Greg Miller]

Well, I gotta get a horse, I gotta get armor. I gotta get big stick.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Have you ever been to a Ren fair and thought, I'd like to jump up on that horse and get one? They. You've never been to a Ren Fair?

[Greg Miller]

No.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Well, you got a child now, so.

[Greg Miller]

You almost did Medieval Times in Chicago, but it didn't work out.

[Snow Bike Mike]

That's. Oh, Medieval Times is pretty fun. You know, I'm not a big fan of Medieval Times actually. In the open air, getting kind of close to the horses and stuff. I. I'm good on that. Fair enough. I'm good on that.

[Greg Miller]

And then William, super chat is Greg. Your time is now, buddy. Hit your buddy Kojima up to serve the newt. Oh, but again, like we can't. We have to be together.

[Snow Bike Mike]

Ask him about my DVD as well. See what he's got.

[Greg Miller]

Ladies, gentlemen and enemies. That's another episode of Kinda Funny Games Daily in the bank. Speaking of banks, I have stars in the bank. Eventually I'll cash it in on Tim and get my three stars. I digress. For right now, of course, we are an 11 person small business. All about live talk show. Hopefully you've been watching live on Twitch TV. Kinda funnygames YouTube.com kinda funnygames maybe you're listening. Later on podcast services around the globe. We're about to roll into the Gamescast where Michael Huber from Easy Allies will join us to talk about game of the year so far. After that it is the screencast. Last of Us Part two. Well, that's not right. Last of Us Season two, Episode two. That's a mouthful. And then after that, I'm doing it. I'm starting oblivion for the first time. I'm kicking everyone out of the room. It will be intimate. It will be you and me chat. I won't talk the entire time because I'll be getting lost in the sauce. It's how it's gonna go. And I'll play Oblivion all afternoon with you. If you like what we just did and what we're about to do, Remember, pick up your kinda funny membership YouTube.com kinda funnygames patreon.com kinda funny apple and Spotify. You can get all of our shows ad free. You can of course support us. You can get Good Karma. You can get Greg Way each and every day day. However, this show is over. So until next time, it's been our pleasure to serve.