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Today's stories include the Oblivion remaster is real and will be revealed tomorrow. Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser says stay tuned to all the fans asking for a new 3D. Mario and Bungie will allow players to talk about and livestream their closed alpha experiences for marathon this week. All that and more, because today it's Kind of Funny Games Daily. I'll see you in a minute. Yo, what the heck is going on, everybody? Welcome back to Kind of Funny Games daily for Monday, April 21, 2025. I'm Snowbike Mike and today's host is Jerrica from the JK Games crew. Jerrica, hello and welcome. Happy Monday to you.
Jerrica
Happy Monday, Mike. How you doing?
Snowbike Mike
I'm doing great. I blacked out a little bit during that opening intro. You know, it's Monday. Mike's in full control of the office today, which means it's a. It's a little out of whack. Right. I need Greg, I need blessing, and they're not here today, so it's just all Mike in control.
Jerrica
Oh, man. Better buckle up.
Snowbike Mike
You better give buckled up. It's gonna get weird. Jerrica, how are you? Thank you for joining me on this lovely Monday. We had a nice weekend. The sun was shining. 420. How was everything for you?
Jerrica
It was great. I played a few games, had some hot dogs, and, yeah, you know, help my girlfriend play through a little bit of blueprints, which I sort of understand now. It's, you know, based on blueprints. I get it.
Snowbike Mike
Oh.
Jerrica
But, yeah, it was a good week.
Snowbike Mike
No, you didn't just say that. My mind exploded. I didn't know that. I didn't know that.
Jerrica
Well, there you go. It happened to me, too. I'm too much of a derp. So I'm not playing that solo. I'm watching her play and helping her with like, a few puzzles. That is like basic math. But other than that, that's all I can do.
Snowbike Mike
That's great. Okay, well, we got a couple of things to talk about before we jump into today's show. Question number one. What's the best topping on a hot dog?
Jerrica
I mean, you gotta just have, like, ketchup and mustard. I, I. Nothing too wild. I like to lay a pickle down on it once in a while.
Snowbike Mike
Okay, I like that. I like that. I'm a ketchup and relish guy, but I agree. Ketchup and mustard, that's the go to. That's the easy one. If you're eating the plain Jane dog, I get it, right? You coming out of the concession stand at the local baseball park, and you, your hands are full. I got a beer in one hand. I got licorice. I got Cracker Jacks. I'm just trying to put down the dog. So if you eat it Plain Jane, I get it. It's all right. You know, Jerrica, you also said to me that you were playing some Assassin's Creed Shadows over the weekend. How was that going?
Jerrica
Yeah, I got back into it. You know, I played a little bit when it first came out, and already I knew this was going to be a game that I want to spend some time in. And especially, like, compared to other Assassin's Creed games, like, little bit of a learning curve. I was dying a lot and getting my butt whooped, but spent some time in it this weekend. Started understanding, like, how the skill tree works and starting to learn my moves with. I think it's now. Am I pronouncing her name right?
Snowbike Mike
Barrett, give me the thumbs up. He's giving me the thumbs up. He says, you got it. You nailed it. Nice job.
Jerrica
Yeah, the playing with her right now, so just trying to figure out how to be sneaky. I. Usually, for me, I'm, you know, guns blazing, like to jump in. So when your plate is hurt, you sort of have to, you know, hide in the shadows, slow it down. So it's good. Having a good time.
Snowbike Mike
That's very good. And of course, it's Monday, which means Sunday was the big premiere of another episode of HBO's The Last of Us, Season 2. We won't get into any sort of spoilers. We won't talk about it. But, of course, Jerrica, you. You run a podcast all about the Last of Us TV show. What is that again? I forget.
Jerrica
Clickerbait. And yeah, like, so normally my show, JK Games, that I. That I host with Kayla every week or that's sort of like, on hiatus right now, because now, like, every week after. So Monday, after the episode airs, we recap the episode on Clickerbait, which Twitch tv slash, JK Games Podcast. We'll be talking about last night's episode tonight.
Snowbike Mike
That's perfect. So you can tune in. You got some time to still watch it, join the crew over there. But yeah, I'm glad that you're enjoying season two, hopefully. I'm excited to hear your thoughts on last night's episode and of course we'll talk about it here at Kind of Funny. I'm sure sometime this week as everybody in the crew assembles back in the office. But we won't be talking about any of that because we got plenty of news stories coming your way because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily. Each and every weekday we get together to run you the the nerdy news you need to know about live on YouTube, Twitch and of course on podcast services around the globe. If you love what we do, consider supporting us with the Kind of Funny membership available on patreon and on YouTube and now available on Spotify and Apple podcast services to get all of our shows ad free. Watch us as we record them live and of course get your daily exclusive dose of Greg Miller with Greg Way for a chance to be part of the show. Submit your thoughts and opinions as super chats as we go. And of course we already got a super chat that I want to call out right there. Eight sweet potato. Eight sweet potato. Happy Birthday. Thank you for your birthday tax. Congratulations on another year round the sun. We love you and I appreciate you for kicking off today's super chats. Some housekeeping news for you. We're an 11 person small business all about live talk shows. So today after Kind of Funny Games Daily, you'll get a gamescast state of Video Game Movies with Roger and Andy. Roger went out to watch the Minecraft movie. He's going to give you review and they're going to talk about all things video game movies. After the games cast you will get a Kind of Funny podcast with the crew and then a stream with me and Nick teaming up with Nvidia to play Alan Wake 2. So tune in to all of that if you're a Kind of Funny member. You'll get today's Greg way, which is 20 minutes about Rogers WrestleMania 41 review. Did he love it? Did he hate it? Did he just like it? Find out on today's Greg Way. Go support the team. Of course. Friday the Elder Scrolls Online podcast A Kind of Funny Gamescast Limited Series is back with episode two. Matt and Rich return from the ESO team with Mike and Greg to talk about the ten year journey. This episode starts with the game's rough launch and review scores before finding the ESO audience and building the playground they wanted. It's a very good episode. I've had a ton of fun, of course, being a part of it, but seeing all of your feedback. So go check out episode two this Friday. It's a very, very good one. Of course we'd like to thank those who support us over on Patreon. Thank you to our Patreon producers Anatoli An Delaney Twining, Carl Jacobs and Omega Buster. Thank you for your support today. We are brought to you by Imperial and Aura Frames, but we'll tell you all about that later. Let's begin with what is forever and forever will be known as the Roper Reports. It was in there somewhere. Hey, we got five stories today. Let's keep talking about the Elder Skulls because we got big news. Ladies and gentlemen and MBs. The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered is real and will be revealed tomorrow. A write up coming from Jordan midler over at VGC. The reveal will take place on Bethesda's YouTube and Twitch channels. Given previous reports, it's also possible that the reveal will announce that the game is being released on the same day. The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered is reportedly a complete visual remake of the game and will also include gameplay updates. A time presentation titled All Will Be Revealed is currently on Bethesda's YouTube channel. It's finally real Jerrica of course this is one of my all time favorites. This is a game that me and my brother we bought our first ever game book strategy guide. I'll I still have it to this day. I'll never forget. I'm very excited for tomorrow. Tell me how are you feeling now that we know it's real?
Jerrica
Yeah. So listen like I've never played Oblivion. Like my first Elder Scrolls experience was Skyrim so but I've heard nothing but like extravagant tales of how wonderful this game is. You know, I think it came out in like 2007, 2008. It's been a long time. I could be wrong but just knowing like I can finally you know, experience this game and hopefully yeah being a remake and add some extra mechanics of way to play like I'm going to be playing the best version. So yeah I'm definitely down. I I think it would be really cool if it actually does like just like a shadow drop. That will be neat. You don't get that that often these days.
Snowbike Mike
You don't get many shadow drops. All that often is always fun and awesome to watch an announcement then immediately run Home or try to download the game as fast as possible and go celebrate with everyone. And yeah, this one's a special one. I'm very excited for new fans of Elder Scrolls to be able to jump into this because this is a game that came out in 2006, it is very old, right? And shout out to Xbox backwards compatibility, you can play this right now. I've booted up my save from so long ago, but really it looks old, it plays a little old, but it still has that Bethesda charm and the gameplay that you know and love. So if we weren't getting this, I would still say Oblivion is an awesome game that you should try and play. But now that we get the full remastered, it is going to be special of hey, players who jumped on on Skyrim or Eso as we talk about or just want an awesome Bethesda rpg, you're going to get that awesome experience to the next level. And for me, I'll never forget Jerrica, me and my little brother as Xbox guys. We started out with Morrowind and then we went to of course Oblivion. I bought the H Horse armor way back in the day. And I'll never forget my time in ciil, running around the big capital, stopping all of the Oblivion Gates from opening, fighting off the Daedric Princes and then at the very end having the big finale, which I won't spoil. But hey, spoilers, it's a very old game. You're going to see it and you're going to know it, but it's really, really awesome. It has everything that I think you would see in a Skyrim with that charm and that kind of two handed gameplay of what you want to add, but just a little bit earlier in their timeline of what they were doing with quests, kind of the maps and stuff. So I'm really excited to see how you take that and take it to the next level of 2025 and beyond. What are those small gameplay tweaks you can improve upon?
Jerrica
I mean, yes, I think it's pretty cool to say like, you know, I, I haven't played it but I've, you know, I've read about it. But just like, you know, that kind of game coming out in 2006 is wild and just to know like, you know, I guess like comparing it to Skyrim because I haven't played, you know, you might be able to chime in here, like I feel like, you know, Skyrim's massive. Do you think what would Oblivion compare to some of that scale? Obviously that's that's the biggest selling point of Skyrim. Just, like, how open and huge the world is.
Snowbike Mike
Back in 2006, it did feel that way. I think now we went back, it might be a little bit smaller than I imagined, but it's still massive. It is still very big. There are still quest lines that you might not ever experience. That I experienced. Right. I think that's the fun part. It still is Bethesda at its core. And so from Fallout to Elder Scrolls and beyond, I think you have these moments that, you know, you'll see here of, oh, the. The Dark Brotherhood came to me because I did X, Y and Z, and you never did. And you're like, oh, how did I miss that quest line? That's crazy. And so you. I'm really excited to see how big it is because it's been a long time, Jerrica, but I will promise you it's. It's pretty big. It's pretty big.
Jerrica
Let's go.
Snowbike Mike
I'm excited as well for the dlc. Shivering aisles. I don't know if that's how that will be included in this. I don't know if they will have that. But, you know, I think of early dlc, Right. We talk about the horse armor being so, you know, different back then and now. Kind of laughable now as we sell everything, all these microtransactions. But it was a different time way back in the day, asking for mom and Dad's credit card to go buy DLC for a game, you know, months years later. It was pretty cool.
Jerrica
Yeah, that's.
Snowbike Mike
Well, I'm very excited. Tomorrow, tune in once again. That is going to be live on Bethesda's YouTube channel. Let's take a look at the time. I think it's 8am Pacific time, 11 Eastern. So make sure to plan accordingly for the big reveal. And hopefully a shadow drop. That means drop everything. This week we're gonna play it.
Jerrica
This week's gonna be busy. We got clear, obscure, you know, this week, too, 33.
Snowbike Mike
That would be. I mean, that's gonna be exciting. You have this. So, yeah, you will be very busy. It has been a very busy 2025 of video games. And somehow I am playing Final Fantasy 10 and Half Life, and I'm out here playing, you know, Devil, devil may cry 3. So. And there's new games, and I'm somehow playing a lot of old games, so Oblivion will fit right into that for me. Let's go to story number two, Jerrica. We're having some fun. A. Do you want a new 3D Mario game? Well, Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser says stay tuned. This write up is coming. Oh, I lost that one. I'll have to find that one. Wait a sec. Ign. I think it's Rebecca Valentine. Double check this write up coming from ign. And this is Michael Kripe. Thank you so much, Michael Kripe. And so the write up says Nintendo is teasing that a new 3D Mario game may just be around the corner, but we'll have to wait and see. Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser dresses cries for another mainline Mario entry during a recent interview with with cnn. While while he stopped short of promising that there is indeed a follow up to Super Mario Odyssey on the way, it sounds like it's not the kind of thing fans will have to wait to wait too long to see more of. Quote stay tuned, Bowser said. You know, we have a long, long catalog and a long list of intellectual property that I'm sure we will that that I'm sure will make its way to to the platform. Bowser's comments are far from confirmation that a new 3D Mario game will be announced soon, but it's at least something for those who were confused to see a new entry omitted from the Nintendo Switch 2 launch lineup. Jerrica A lot of people asked, where's Mario? Are we gonna get a new Mario game? You're not getting it here for the Switch 2 launch, but Doug Bowser and the team say you don't. Maybe stay tuned. You don't have to wait long. How do you feel about that?
Jerrica
I mean, we talked a little bit about this on our podcast and it was very strange not to hear. Also an announcement for a new Mario game to be close to Switch to launch. But we're getting Donkey Kong, which is pretty neat. So that wasn't as surprising. So I could only imagine there's got to be some other surprise coming after Donkey Kong because I feel like that's still a few months before we get into like the winter months. Right?
Snowbike Mike
That is true. That is early in the release. I think that's a month after, not too long after. So yeah, you're still super release window Metroid kind of in that holiday period. Is that the big launch one? Do they have something up their sleeve? You also talk about Kirby Air Riders. So you have what? I think it's four big ones. Bear, you can correct me on that, but I believe in my head it's Mario Kart World. Of course you have Donkey Kong, Metroid Prime 4, and then you have Kirby, Air Riders will be your big four. Do we slide in a fifth somehow? Is Mario really in that? Or we wait until next year beyond for Mario.
Jerrica
Yeah, I can see it happening either way, but, yeah, it's gonna be. We got Mario Kart, so I can't complain. Like, that's. That's. That's enough Mario for me, at least for this year. Others might disagree, but, you know, I could see it going either way. Like, we might have a surprise title or that is one of the first, like, major Nintendo releases for next. Early next year, for sure.
Snowbike Mike
Would a new Mario 3D game be a $90 Switch game?
Jerrica
Yeah, probably.
Snowbike Mike
You think so? Would that be up there on that? Okay. Okay.
Jerrica
Yeah. You know, who's to say? But I. I would definitely see it being in that upper range.
Snowbike Mike
Okay. Okay. We watched, of course, Andy Cortez just a moment ago. If you're watching live on YouTube, of course Barrett brought up Andy playing Mario Sunshine. Jerrica, are you a big Mario gal? Do you prefer a Sunshine or do you want an Odyssey, too? Where would you want the next 3D Mario to go?
Jerrica
I don't know. Like, let's maybe. I don't know if they're continuing Odyssey. I haven't really followed too much of, like, what's been said, but, like, that's the one thing I like, you know, about Sunshine and Odyssey. Like, they're so. They're the core. They have the core things that we love about a 3D Mario game.
Snowbike Mike
Yeah.
Jerrica
But, like, they always introduce something new, so, like, surprise me. I want to see Mario do something else. Like, what else can he do? Like, so I'm impartial.
Snowbike Mike
I like that. Yeah. I think anything 3D Mario is a big win. Anything Mario, of course, is the winner. Anything Nintendo related is a big win for this company and gamers alike. So I think it will be very exciting no matter what. It is interesting to think of the timeline for a lot of these Nintendo games, especially when you think about Mario Kart, which will now be released at launch. How long that took until now. Here we are. It got a lot of DLC and love, as Barrett will probably chime in and tell me, but it's one of those of when I think of a new 3D Mario and I think of Odyssey and Odyssey 2. That's a long time. Almost a decade. We're nearing plus five plus years. I think it's like eight years now. Yep.
D
So it came out the first year of the Switch.
Snowbike Mike
Yeah, it'll be a. It's one of those like man, that's a long time. When does that release? Maybe Doug Bowser and the team can reveal that next year for a holiday title or next summer holiday or next summer would be fantastic. But More Mario is always an awesome thing to have is right Jerrika. You know what else is awesome? Talking more games with you. And we have plenty more game stories to talk about. We'll talk about all that and more right after a word from our sponsors.
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Snowbike Mike
Back everyone to your Monday's Kind of Funny Games Daily. Let's jump into some super chats over on YouTube data deets writes in and says today is my 5 year anniversary at work. Hell yeah. Hell yeah brother. Congratulations. Have a great five years. Looking back on that and here's to many more. Up next we have Barista Brand who writes in with their Kind of funny membership for 11 months. Says if a shadow drops happens tomorrow, I'm dropping everything. You and me, everybody else is dropping it all. It's gonna be very exciting stuff. High Voltage rights in and says my biggest question is actually about the music. Will they rescore Jeremy Soul's beautiful soundtrack or keep the 20062006 ost? Derek what do you think about music on this one? Do you think we we'll see the same music? Do you think they'll change it up out there? We always talk about licensing with music and how it kind of gets little funky on some of the stuff.
Jerrica
Like surely they would try to keep, you know I, I could imagine like if this is a game that I loved and adored that like I definitely want the soundtrack to be the same if not like added tracks, remixes is cool but like I want the original soundtrack.
Snowbike Mike
I hope I'm right there with you and I think a lot of the live chat I, I very much hope that is the original. I still can Think about some of the songs that it plays. I think Bethesda does so well with the soundtracks. How it matches the moment of where you're at and what's kind of happening around you and how it complements everything from the environment to gameplay. So I hope it is and it. It should be really, really good no matter what happens. Sadistic Steven or sadistic writes in and says game Pass is feasting this year. Game Pass Expedition 33 as well. Double banger here for your week. If that happens. So we'll see. Jerrica, before the show, you asked me how big, how tall is Kirby? And I said, Jerrica, I know Kirby. I know Kirby well. Okay. And Kirby is 4 foot 7 inches tall. It's a very tall pink monster blob. And so that's what I'm going to put down there. You have the actual height. Why don't you tell me what a life size Kirby actually is?
Jerrica
Listen, I was sort of blown away by what I've read online and my girlfriend Julian, the 3D printing. So we had to 3D print a replica. So I'm about to like, show you how big Kirby actually is because it messes. It messes with everyone's heads. So I was with you. I thought Kirby was much larger, like, compared to my head here, you know, 8 inches.
Snowbike Mike
Kirby is 8 inches, 8 inches tall, but has the ability to suck up a vending machine.
Jerrica
Yeah. Hell, like this is the size of a Coke.
Snowbike Mike
Yeah.
Jerrica
I didn't realize he was that tiny. What the hell? My mind's blown.
Snowbike Mike
My.
Jerrica
I think about it every day.
Snowbike Mike
I'm gonna think about that a lot now because Kirby sucked up a car and Kirby the forgotten lands. And so that's a lot. That's a lot of movement there for a small 8 inch blob. They're just very stretchy, you know, Very stretchy elastic. Okay, I like that. I also like that you3d printed your own Kirby. Very cute over there.
Jerrica
Yeah, it's cool. It just stares at me all day. It's great.
Snowbike Mike
Let's jump in to one more. Ian Johnston writes in and says Mario is coming, but launch titles will sell big numbers. So they're right not to waste that sales opportunity on a 3D Mario. Mario will sell regardless, but if they launched it first, it could hurt dk. I like that, Ian. I agree with that. I think all of them are going to sell very well. But probably giving Mario some space away from these original four will give them the chance to sell well and then Mario can return anytime. And just drop a bomb and sell really well. You know that. So good stuff right there. Let's jump in back to the news story number three. A new Star wars game has been revealed and is set to release in 2026. This write up coming from IGN.com by Rebecca Valentine Star Wars 0 company bit reactor's upcoming Star Wars Tactics game has been officially revealed at Star wars celebration today for PC, PS5 and Xbox series X and S. With a release window of 2026. Zero Company takes place in the twilight of the Clone wars and stars Hawk, a former Republic officer commanding an elite squad of operatives taking on a growing new threat. It's a single player game featuring turn based tactics gameplay and is said to incorporate meaningful outcome for player choices. Gameplay will involve involve taking on various tactical operations and investigations all across the galaxy and in between developing a base of operation and gathering intelligence through an inform informant network. Zero Company features a cast of brand new Star wars characters spanning a range of different character classes and species, including a squad that players can swap in and out as they see fit. The main character, Hawks is also customizable in both appearance and character class. Jerrica I'm excited about this one. I like turn based games. I love a good tactics game and set in the Star wars universe. This is the first time in a while that I've been kind of excited about a Star wars project that this one kind of speaks to me and so seeing the trailer and reveal, seeing the little bit of gameplay, getting some XCOM vibes, that's right up my alley. What do you think about this one?
Jerrica
Honestly, I'm, I'm the opposite. I'm not a huge like tactics turn based gal. I don't play not my thing. But one thing I can definitely like to align with like Star wars fans. I think it's incredible that like literally any kind of game to this point, I don't know, there might be a few that I can't think of right now. Like types of games that this IP isn't tied to. So like just knowing like hey how you're excited about it because you love these types of games and now you get to immerse yourself within a new story in Star wars is pretty dang cool. But yeah, I'm not a big tactics girly so.
Snowbike Mike
Okay, okay, hey, I like that and I agree with you. I love that they allow people to play in the sandbox and they're taking on different ideas. I'm sure Bear can tell us. There was a dancing Han Solo game there. I'm sure there's been a fighting game. There's a lot of Star wars games out there and it is cool that we are playing more in the Star wars universe. And I think to many this probably won't be for them. But I think if you give it a try, it might have a really good story that will get people in. I think of games like Gears Tactics. I think of Marvel's Midnight Suns. Right. These games and gameplay styles that might not be for everyone, but I. I think a lot more people, if they give. When they give them a try, they come out of it going, oh, that was a really good experience. Or I really liked that. Especially with the customizable main character and of course the squad. I. I do love X Com where I can kind of have everybody made up names and they're just kind of like throwaway characters. It will be different of like this probably cast and crew was set to be. And they're going to be forever. But I. I do love getting to know new Star wars characters. I'm gonna kick it to our resident Star wars guy Barrett. Courtney Barrett. Of course we talk about the Twilight, the Clone wars as a setting. Do you like this setting, Barrett?
D
Yeah, it's. This is going to be a fun setting to play around with. Especially characters who are not in the heat of the main war conflict of the Republic and the Separatists and dealing with the whole fall of the Jedi and stuff like the. It seems to just be a group of dudes. We do have one character who has a lightsaber. If they are necessarily a Jedi or not remains to be seen. But this seems to be a group outside of that whole kind of conflict doing. Working on something else just happened to be at the same time. I'm excited to see if we get order 66 right. If we get the Clone troopers killing all the Jedi maybe early on in this story, like what that fallout is like from the perspective of this group. I think that's really cool. I think this is a cool kind of setting. But specifically the kind of characters that were kind of seeing this set setting from. Right. I think that's really cool and interesting. I'm similar to Jericho where it's like tactics. We'll. We'll see. You know, like I love me a Mario plus Rabbids Kingdom battle. Anything that's more complicated than that. Oh boy. Let's. It's gonna take me a little bit. Right. Or I love a Persona 5 Tactica. Right. So if it. If it's similar in the sense of kind of like not being super complicated, I, I could see myself getting into this specifically for the story and like, lore of it all. Like, I think it's fascinating that we have an Umbaran, like also with a clone trooper, stuff like that. Like, again, I think there's interesting characters and stories being set up for this specific time period. And so, yeah, we'll, we'll see. Once we see more of the game and see more of what that vibe is for the moment to moment gameplay and how heady it gets, we'll see if I'm, if I, I get into it.
Snowbike Mike
I love that bear. Yeah. If you go back to that lineup shot, I like seeing kind of the cast and crew you'll get. You talked about kind of seeing somebody with the lightsaber, possibly a Jedi. We'll find out. I liked the look of that droid. I, I love the lineup here of the different cast and crew. Right. Talk about the clone trooper in the far back. I think that's hawks in the middle there. As we start coming down closer. I like this Mandalorian bounty arm, bounty hunter armor that we know, you know, Boba Fett so well for. So I, I like the cast and crew that we're looking at. You got the cute smaller droid down at the far bottom as well. I'm excited to see how the cast plays together. What's the story? What is this base building? Right. What does it mean to come back home and build out a base? Is that something that I roll my eyes at every time going, h, this really doesn't mean anything. Let me get back to the battle. Or is it nice to come home, reset at a base of operations, maybe talk and get to know more of the characters and get a little bit deeper. Maybe be able to use some of these insider networks to be able to gather information about the next mission so I can come in with better tactics. I, I'm excited to see Fog of War in this. I'm excited to see how they put out player use, whether it be steps, the, of course, the ability points of being able to be used for shots, Overwatch, some sort of Jedi power. It all plays into the normal tactics games that I love. So I, I'm excited to see a tactics in Star Wars. I think this is going to be a lot of fun. And 2026, if they land that, even better for me. More games to play.
D
Yeah. Either way, I'm happy because, Mike, you were listing off other Star wars games that side of Star wars, like video game adaptation stuff has been so dead and quiet. For the last decade or so. Right. I'm excited. Like even if this game ends up not being for me, there's going to be so many people like yourself that this game is going to be for. And I'm like happy just in general that, you know, the, the sickos out there can can be happy. The tactics sickos can have a fun Star wars game and for Star wars to play around with more genres within video games other than just 3D action adventure platformer.
Snowbike Mike
Yes, yes. I love, you know, give me back into Star Wars. It's been quite some time for me since probably the last trilogy, really. I haven't played much of the recent Star Wars Last Jedi Fallen Order games. I kind of fell off those. So I haven't had a battlefront in quite some time. So I'm excited to jump back into the Star wars universe. Shout out to what was the flying game, Barrett that I enjoyed for two days that came out you Everybody knows squadrons. Shout out to Star wars squadrons. I love taking a little dog fighting with my crew. We had some fun with that. I don't know where that panned out, how far that lasted, but it is cool that you have this giant galaxy far, far, far, far away and you can build whatever you want in it. And I'm glad that they're taking chances trying new things. I think seeing the success of Marvel Midnight Suns and what that kind of got a cult behind and people really enjoyed that later on I think you have a chance here to do something pretty special with Star Wars. So that should be pretty fun here. Jer, let's head to story number four. This one I'm excited to talk about because I got a lot of thoughts here. Story number four Bungie will allow Marathon players to talk about and live stream their experience during the upcoming Closed Alpha test. This coming from George Yang over at gamespot. Bungie has announced that it has updated one of the guidelines for Marathon's upcoming closed Alpha test. Bungie is removing the NDA from the Alpha and players will be able to talk about their experience with it when it begins on April 23rd to when it ends May 4th. Quote as developers, we believe community feedback and dialogue is essential to make the best version of Marathon. Up until now, this feedback has come from closed playtest sessions, Bungie said in the statements. In the spirit of building towards the future, we've decided to remove the NDA from our closed Alpha test. Everyone can share their thoughts, feedback and footage, including Streaming starting on April 23rd. End quote. Bungie added. The studio is most Interested in hearing feedback surrounding Marathon's gunplay, weapons, maps, runners, early game progression, PvP engagements against other players, and PvE engagements against AI. As this isn't the full game. Bungie also clarified that the Alpha will not include aspects such as final visuals, a polished user interface, a complete narrative, and ranked play. Marathon launches on September 23 for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X and S. So let's talk about it. Jerrica closed Alpha this week, April 23rd through the 4th. Bungie's going to allow everyone to see this game. Whether you're playing it or not. You're going to be able to finally see this game without any sort of presentation, no cuts, no editing. This is going to be a lot of raw gameplay. What are your thoughts on them removing the, the barricade and allowing people to do this?
Jerrica
I think it's the best option. I think it's a really smart decision. Just because, like, it's, you don't really have to sell me because, like, I'm a huge Destiny fan, been playing it since it came out. Like, you don't sell me on the next great Bungee game. Like, I know they know what they're doing, but you do have to sell me on. Is this a Bungee extraction shooter? Fun, like, and how am I going to play this with my friends? Is this something that I could pick up, play, know what I'm doing? Does this feel like a Bungee game? Does it feel like something new? And I'm just eager to know as many impressions of it as I can. So, like collecting feedback early. I can go online and see how it actually, like, to your point, like, hey, how's this game actually playing? What's going to be some realities to playing it? I think it's really smart and like, get, get the feedback on, like, what feels good, what doesn't earlier, like, and don't wait till launch. You know, that's, that's the, you know, the goal with a lot of the, you know, these updates, especially like anything that's online live service, that kind of deal is like, it's great to test the boundaries of it and I'm, I don't want this tested when it comes out. You know what I'm saying?
Snowbike Mike
Of course, Derek, I'm right there with you. I agree with everything you said and I think this is a, a big deal and I think it's the right move. This game, since it's been revealed and talked about this past year, has been absolutely dragged through the mud because of course we are coming off the back of Concord, we have a lot of questions about the free to play market and this being a premium title with no price tag revealed yet. But there's a lot of questions when it comes to that, especially from the Sony audience and gaming audience. When you say, hey, this is a PvP game, right? There's PvE elements to this, but at its core, this is a pvp extraction shooter. Right? And so you're going to go up against other teams, you're going to have to put up with an extraction shooter you might not be aware of, you might not have ever played this genre. And I think a lot of people were worried about that. I think people are on the fence more than they're sold on this. And as much as the bungee named rings out and carries me right, with Destiny and Halo, and I can believe in that, I'm not quite sold on the extraction shooter side of things. I think the general audience is not sold on that for a certain price tag. Right. We celebrated Hell Divers because it got away from PvP and was a great PvE CO op experience game that we were down to pay for. Right. It proved that it was well worth it. And so far nobody has really gone hands on besides a number of creators. But the general public hasn't seen this or played this yet to this extent. So that's why I'm really excited and I think this is the right move. Right. My worry, Jerrica, is first impressions. I truly believe that everybody gets one first impression and it is very difficult in the gaming world to change that first impression. And I am worried when we do a closed alpha test that a lot of the general public will see this and immediately go, oh, it's like that. I'm looting bags for duct tape. Yeah, that's not for me. Right. And then they're going to immediately turn off. And sure, this game isn't really geared for that, but I do think that Bungie, Sony and the world is looking for this to take the extraction shooter from a niche genre to a little bit bigger. Right. I think they want a larger audience than what we currently see. And so I do worry that showing this game like this, you get really one first impression. And if it doesn't go well or if it doesn't have the wow factor, I think we will have a different conversation come September when this has a price tag and people go, I saw that. That's not for me. Right. But on the positive side, I think if it does come out well, I think they have the flashy look I think the gameplay loop is hopefully exciting. I think it's going to be a big mix of. You should have engagements with PvE situations with larger AI bosses, kind of like larger units and a good mix of PvP tension where maybe you're running or you're engaging with others to make this wowing on your screen. To fun to play and fun to watch. I, I'm a mixed bag. I'm a mixed bag right now. I'm excited because I think this is the best way. Got to prove the doubters wrong. You got to show the world that this is a game you should be excited for in September, that you're willing to put your hard earned money on and most importantly your time. But at the same time, I do worry that a lot of these games come out in early access or they get their first impression and people quickly go, that's not for me. I'm never going back to this.
Jerrica
Yeah, it's risky, but I think, you know, if Bungie knows what they're doing and the game is indeed like thought enough and I trust them with that. They've been doing it for so long. I think the, the risk will be worth it because you, you want people talking about this kind of game and you want people to feel like they're missing out and wanting to hop in and like want to play this with their friends. So I think the risk would be worth it. But yeah, it would be. It'd be a tough one to combat from if it's letting some people down.
Snowbike Mike
Does this get you excited? The Bungee Extraction Shooter. Is this something you and your friends you think will play?
Jerrica
At first it didn't, but honestly, like, I, to your point, like, I don't play extraction shooters, like the closest thing I've played and there's not a whole lot like, unless I'm wrong, but I can't really think of the last. The first thing that comes to my mind is like Division. Because it had like an extraction mode.
Snowbike Mike
Yeah, yeah.
Jerrica
And I played a lot. The Division was like my. When I'm not. When I wasn't playing Destiny, I was playing Division. And then I went back to Destiny. That was, you know, my thing for a minute and, and extraction mode. And that was always like something I enjoyed in that game. I'm glad it's not just that, but I liked having that mode as an option. So like knowing that it's just going to be that, it can't just be that. Like, surely there's some surprises or things they'll add eventually to Give us some different modes. But like at the, you know, I didn't. I don't need an extraction shooter, but they might make me really want one. And that's what I hope that happens.
Snowbike Mike
Yeah. You know, it'll be really interesting to see because it is so early, but also close. Right. September 23rd is not that far away in all. In all due respects. But at the same time we are far enough away where they're going to gather a lot of information. They'll take in a lot of feedback. Right. They're looking for certain feedback. I think a big one is the story in the gameplay loop. Right. A lot of these extraction shooters rely on the gameplay loop being so fundamental to the core of. You're going to drop in and you're going to look for X, Y and Z to hopefully extract out with, bring into your next run or be able to sell on some sort of marketplace or continue the story with. Right. I think of the cycle that me and Andy would play. I think of Exoborn. Right. Of course, Escape from Tarkov. But there are missions that are going on that you need to go collect X, Y and Z in some sort of area extract out with to progress there. There. I think the casual audience is looking for that. Right. What is that story that will keep me dropping in and going? If it's just collect five, you know, rubber bands and five ammo pouches, it's going to get a little boring after that. Unless you are truly down with extraction shooters. And so how do they tell a cool story? I think Bungie. I know not a think. I. I know they could tell a good story. Right. When we think about Halo and Destiny and where we've gone with them, they have a very cool setting in Tao Ceti. I'm excited to see what this world is all about. How do you tell a story? Will it be fun to have these hero like gameplay elements of. I chose this class character. You chose that. How do they mesh well together? Will it be one of those of. I don't like any of these abilities. They don't mesh well with each other. I. I'd rather just be generic soldier 42 jumping in. It will be really fun to see. So I'm excited for this. I think this was. When I heard about this, I was blown away because I'm excited to see on what Thursday, Wednesday, when this is allowed to be streamed and played. Right. If I can get a closed alpha test code, I'm excited to see if it's got what it takes to get me excited and drop my time from other games. That's what all these companies want is my time and our time. So it'll be very interesting to see if Bungie's got it or if this will be a a, a massive misstep, which I hope it isn't. But coming off the back of Concord, it's not what players wanted, so we'll see what happens here. Jer let's round out the big five here with story number five Minecraft Movie Boss Talks Chicken Jockey Craze and a Sequel this coming from Eddie Machu over at Gamespot. Warner Brothers movie boss Jesse Airman has discussed a Minecraft movie or has discussed a Minecraft movie, saying he didn't expect the Chicken jockey phenomenon to kick off as it has, while also saying the company would be silly to not make a sequel. Speaking to Financial Times, Airman said, quote, I'd be lying if I said I knew that chicken jockey would be a thing, but it was something that we talked about. The executive added, you can't account for the emergent behavior and things that people connect with. You just want to create a movie that feels fun and authentic to people's engagement and experience with the game. And if the rig, if you're rigorous about it, then those things can happen. End quotes Also in the interview, Airman said fans can likely look forward to a Minecraft movie too. Before this, we'd heard other reports of a potential sequel, and now Airman is joining the chorus. I mean, we'd be foolish not to, he said. The fans want more, so hopefully we'll be able to figure something out. It was recently reported that Warner Brothers was close to finalizing a deal for a sequel. And of course that makes sense considering a Minecraft movie has earned more than 700 million worldwide. It is now the number two highest grossing video game movie of all time, only trailing the Super Mario Bros. Movie only Only 140 movies in the history of film have made more money than a Minecraft movie. Jerrica, that's an insane final statement right there. An insane one. But 700 million worldwide. The chicken chicken jockey phenomenon has blown up my social media timelines. I'm happy that I didn't get Coca Cola or popcorn dumped on me at the theaters. But what did you what do you think about, of course, the OPP opportunity of a sequel here?
Jerrica
I mean, it's always I'm not a huge Minecraft fan. You know, I played a little bit when it first came out a long time ago. But just like your timeline, like mine is I'm seeing all the. The excitement that's tied to this game. You know, some crazy situations and movie theaters is pretty wild. I. I haven't had the urge to go see the movie. Might be something I'll watch at home, but just, you know, I think it's. We. I think it should be really excite people. Just like video game movies are on the up and up finally, right? Got some. Got some good things coming out that, you know, is showing. Hey, there's some. There's some popularity. There's. People want to see more and put some thought and effort into creating a movie that, you know, for the fans of the game, like, can really be something they want more of. And versus, like, that didn't make any sense. That sucked. Please don't make another one. But we're getting more and more like movies, tv. I'm more so like the games getting adapted to something. I want it to be a TV show just because, like, I get more content that way over movies. Like, yeah, Minecraft movie should, yeah, definitely make another one.
Snowbike Mike
I'm definitely here. I'm here to celebrate with you. I think we should be celebrating these wins whether the Minecraft movie is for you or for or not for you in our audience out there. I think it's awesome to see wins like this, right? Like, just like you said, it is nice to see people take these IPS and put the love and care into creating something that will resonate with the audience of that game. And to see wins like this from the Super Mario Bros. I think about hbo, the Last of Us that you're currently watching with your podcast crew. I think those are just awesome. For me, as a gamer who grew up with video games, I love the idea of Halo getting a TV show. No matter what happened with that, it's always my dream. I wanted more Halo in my life.
D
Your dream was Master Cheeks Mike?
Snowbike Mike
He banged that alien. It was crazy. It's crazy. I hate bringing it up, but it's the truth. It's the truth. It's crazy times, y'all. But yeah, I wanted. I want Gears of War. I want Tomb Raider. I want an uncharted right no matter where they land. I want this as a gamer, and I am really happy to see that some have really taken it to above and beyond and really nailed what that video game to movie or TV adaptation can be. And I'm glad that we're celebrating that. Right. I think the craze of Chicken Jockey is just insane to think about, but if I was in the age group of 7 to 18, where most of my video game life was probably Minecraft with my friends. Right. It would be bonkers to me to be in the theaters celebrating Minecraft, the games that we love, and maybe getting a little too rambunctious, we'll be honest. But, like, having fun. I think that's great. I think that's a big win. And of course, a sequel. How do you do that? I kind of. I go to Jumanji at this point, right, with the Rock and Jack Black and them, and it's like, oh, they made a couple sequels. So, yeah. Will Jack Black return for that? Jason Momoa and the crew, we'll see. But I think, you know, a big. A big win. 700 million worldwide is massive. 140 movies in film history have. Have made more money than this. That's insane to say. That's an insane statement. But a big fun win. And Jerrica, that's big news. I mean, Minecraft movie, it's massive news. But if I want something smaller, where would I go?
Jerrica
You go to our last story, the WE News Channel, where we cover all the small news you need to know about Derek.
Snowbike Mike
I got some fun WE news stories for you. I'm going to start off with a Star wars block, because, of course, Star wars celebration was this past weekend, so we got a whole lot of Star wars news coming your way. So hitting the Star Wars Block number one, Fortnite's galactic battle arrives May 2 with a themed battle pass weekly gameplay content and Darth Jar Jar. It's lit. They also.
D
They might bring me back Darth Jar Jar.
Snowbike Mike
Darth Jar Jar will be there.
Jerrica
Yeah, I gotta see it.
D
That's like of all of the announcements this weekend, Mike. It's like the Darth Maul show. Number one, close second. Darth Jar.
Snowbike Mike
It's up there. It's up there. It's climbing. I will say go check out the Fortnite Twitter page with the video. It's hype. It's. It's lit, so go check that out. It's. It's very exciting. I'm very excited to see the weekly content game plan. I'm excited to see what they add. We know that they've done lightsabers before four, but this one looks a little more above and beyond with riding on top of X wings. And we'll see what kind of fun we can have. So I. I'm very excited about that. May 2nd. Write that down. More Star Wars. Star wars outlaws gets a September 4th release date for the Switch 2. So it won't be there at launch, but coming your way September 4th. And you know, it'll be great with that hopefully. Because if you're. If you already have Star Wars Outlaws, you get a new content drop. Pirates Fortune is releasing May 15 for $15 or included with the season pass. Join forces with Hondo. What? Hondo is coming to the game? That. What do you think about that, Bear? It's going to have a little Star.
D
Wars Outlaws, you know, fairly rated a 5, 5 out of 10 on the kind of funny scale. But my boy Hondo, Hondo Tanaka Honda, I fucking love him.
Snowbike Mike
His whole crew will be there.
D
He's got such a piece of shit and he's such a shitty character, but he is, you know, especially in Star Wars Rebels, he is such an uncle. And we love that for him. We love that for him.
Snowbike Mike
Jerka. That's the Star wars block. Any news coming out of the Star wars block that gets you excited? Maybe returning to Fortnite, giving them $15 for Dark Jar Jar.
Jerrica
Yeah, I mean, that's it. I'm easily sold with that. Like any Jar Jar content.
Snowbike Mike
I'm in for Gotta have it, Gotta have it. Yep. Sabrina Carpenter at Chapel Roan. I be buying those skins? I gotta do it. I gotta have that. Let's go over to now Doom the Dark Ages because you got two awesome stories coming out for Wii News. Doom the Dark Ages gets a new badass story slash gameplay trailer ahead of its May 13 release. Of course, if you are someone like me who didn't know much about the new Doom the Dark Ages story. Right. I think coming out of Andy's preview, he didn't have much story details to give us. This gives you a lot of story details and it looks lit. Okay. The Doom guy, AKA Doom Slayer. Maybe he's under control. Maybe he's got to break free and he's off the leash and he's gonna go slay. It's gonna be pretty lit. And so watch this trailer. Get the story. It looks pretty dope. It's very dope. Jericho, are you excited about this on May 13th?
Jerrica
Yes. It's probably my second most anticipated game this year as of right now. Like I love eternal, like Dark Ages is enough differences. And yeah, the story is super. I'm really intrigued by like how this plays into what we know of the Doom guy currently. So yeah, I'm all. I'm all for it. What a good time.
Snowbike Mike
I love you. Exciting. I like that. Well, if you love Doom, let me give you one more because of course my main man. Drew McIntyre entered WWE WrestleMania 41 in the Doom Slayer outfit. And this man looked great. Okay, he already looks good day to day, but he looked fantastic with the big cape on. They had the Doom Slayer shield. They had the helmet. Jerrica. This man was killing the promo.
D
I'm just gonna show this image just because I think if we actually play the video, we'll probably get. We'll probably get struck.
Snowbike Mike
You never know. But look how cool this looked, right? Walked into WrestleMania with that one. Are you kidding me?
Jerrica
Hell yeah.
Snowbike Mike
That's great. Great little. Great little team up there. Xbox and Microsoft teaming up with WrestleMania. That's fun. And our final one comes over from Twitter as well. College football, AKA college football. EA Sports is teaming up with Metallica to collab for the ultimate college football experience. Are you ready for this? College football plus Metallica equals the ultimate marching band competition. EA Sports college football and Metallica are joining forces to give one college marching band an opportunity to take the field and go get in the game. The Division 1 winner of the For Whom the Band Tolls competition will not only get to record the CFB theme song, but also record a Metallica song for a future edition of cfb. Metallica. And one lucky marching band will rock CFB like Neville never before. I love it. I love, I love it. I love it. Let's have some fun with the marching bands. Get them excited. Teaming up with one of the goats. Metallica. That's a wild story right there. Very excited to see who wins that. When that comes out, you'd have to think with college football this year, this contest happening right now, probably not this year. So that means it would be 27. I don't know what year they're gonna. 25, 26. So it'd be next year. You would probably see all this. But the idea if I was part of the college marching band and we were gonna go rock out with Metallica. Yeah, I'd be pushing for that. We'd have a good time with that, Derek. That's we news for you today. Wanted to make you smile with some fun. Wanted to share the hype, of course, of college football returning for another year and beyond, it seems like. Let's wrap up some super chats, you and I. Gerardo is cool. Says, guess how tall a fall guys being is. Says tall as a human being. That's how tall they were.
Jerrica
They were like six, nine, like they're in little suits.
Snowbike Mike
I love it. Pogles writes in and says, shout out to Jerrica. Great to see you on KF Shout out. Rocksteady Nettie writes in and says, mike, you're the real reason the Xbox power button glows. Just happy to see you. Log in. Keep shining, Barrett. You rock to xoxo. Hey, thank you so much, homie. Thanks for turning the light on and having some fun. We are excited to be here with you, Jerrica. We got a fun week ahead. Give me one thing you're looking forward to besides Assassin's Creed. Talking the Last of Us, Episode two on your awesome podcast. What is that called again?
Jerrica
Oh, clicker bait.
Snowbike Mike
Yeah, of course you can T. Which.
Jerrica
You can find on JK Games podcast everywhere Live tonight.
Snowbike Mike
Right? We're talking about episode two live tonight. Chance to catch up and go support.
Jerrica
Yeah, 8:30 tonight. Yeah, check it out. Eastern or I'm sorry, Central. Different time zones. Have to work through that. My bad time. It's all the same thing.
Snowbike Mike
Tomorrow, Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion will be finally revealed. Checking out the remaster. Hoping for a shadow drop. I go over to your wrong Jerika and I see nothing wrong for today. So congratulations. You and I were perfect on a mic Monday that was all over the place. We did a good job. All right, so thank you so much, Jerrica. Thank you for being an incredible co host, as always. Do you have anything cool to plug? Do you want to tell everybody about JK Games one more time and where to find you?
Jerrica
Shoot. Yeah, like. Like I said, we're talking about the Last of us each and every week and discussing and, you know, obviously we're all gamers here, so. But it's cool to compare the show to the game and talk about what changes they're making. You can find us Twitch tv, JK Games podcast. You can follow us everywhere. JK Games Podcast, me and Kayla and then Patrick, One of our friends is joining us for Clickerbait specifically. But yeah, we're all huge fans of the Last of Us. Check it out. Love to have the chat in there. Chime in. Sometimes we get a little rowdy. Sometimes we argue. It's a good time.
Snowbike Mike
Maybe we yell chicken jockey at the top of our lungs. Throw some popcorn.
Jerrica
Let's go.
Snowbike Mike
We'll have some fun. That's a cool graphic right there. Thank you to Barrett for bringing it up. Go support. Go have some fun with Jerrica and her crew. And of course, thank you for joining me on this lovely Monday because this has been kind of funny Games Daily. Each and every weekday, we run you through the nerdy news you need to know about live on YouTube, Twitch and of course, on podcast services around the globe. If you love what we do, consider supporting us with that Kind of Funny membership available on Patreon, YouTube and on Apple and Spotify services. You can watch our shows ad free, watch us as we record them live and get your daily dose of Greg Miller with exclusive content. Enjoy the games, Cast, Nest, next Kind of Funny podcast and the stream after that. But until then it has been our pleasure to serve.
Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast Episode: Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered To Be Revealed Tomorrow! Release Date: April 21, 2025
Hosts: Greg “GameOverGreggy” Miller, Tim Gettys, Blessing Adeoye Jr., Jerrica (JK Games), and Snowbike Mike
Overview: The episode kicks off with exciting news about the long-anticipated remaster of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The remastered version is set to be officially revealed the following day on Bethesda's YouTube and Twitch channels. This announcement has generated significant buzz among fans eager to experience the classic RPG with modern enhancements.
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Host Insights: Snowbike Mike reminisces about his personal experiences with the original game, emphasizing the sentimental value and the excitement surrounding the remaster. Jerrica, although new to the Oblivion experience, expresses enthusiasm about diving into the revamped version and appreciates the potential for new gameplay mechanics.
Overview: Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser addressed the community's yearning for a new 3D Mario installment. While not offering a firm confirmation, Bowser hinted that fans shouldn't wait too long for new Mario content.
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Host Insights: Jerrica and Mike discuss the implications of Bowser's comments, debating the timing and potential announcements of new Mario titles. They consider whether Nintendo will introduce a surprise drop and discuss the excitement surrounding Mario's next adventure, balancing nostalgia with anticipation for new innovations in the franchise.
Overview: Zero Company has officially revealed their upcoming Star Wars game, titled Star Wars Zero Company, set to launch in 2026. This game marks a new foray into the turn-based tactics genre within the expansive Star Wars universe.
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Host Insights: Jerrica expresses enthusiasm for the tactical elements and the Star Wars setting, while Barrett delves into the narrative potential, particularly how the game could explore significant events like Order 66 from a unique perspective. Mike highlights the game's potential to appeal to both Star Wars aficionados and tactics game enthusiasts, emphasizing the rich lore and strategic depth promised by Zero Company.
Overview: Bungie has announced significant changes to the Closed Alpha testing phase for their upcoming game, Marathon. Removing the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), Bungie is now allowing players to discuss and livestream their experiences during the alpha period, which runs from April 23rd to May 4th.
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Host Insights: Jerrica and Mike discuss the strategic move by Bungie to remove the NDA, viewing it as a way to generate genuine interest and receive diverse feedback. They weigh the potential risks of negative first impressions against the benefits of transparency and community engagement. Mike expresses concern about how the initial reception might influence broader perception, while Jerrica remains optimistic about Bungie's track record and the possibility of the alpha enticing more players to invest time in Marathon.
Overview: Warner Brothers' movie executive Jesse Airman revealed insights into the unexpected success of the Minecraft movie, particularly the viral “Chicken Jockey” phenomenon. Encouraged by the film’s performance, Airman hinted at the likelihood of a sequel.
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Host Insights: Jerrica reflects on the surprising popularity of the Minecraft movie, acknowledging its broad appeal even among those who are not longtime fans of the game. Mike celebrates the success as a milestone for video game adaptations in film, highlighting the positive trend toward more faithful and engaging representations of gaming franchises. The hosts discuss the cultural impact of the movie and the potential for future projects that continue to resonate with both gamers and general audiences.
A. Fortnite's Galactic Battle Event
B. Star Wars Outlaws and Upcoming DLCs
C. Doom the Dark Ages Trailer
D. EA Sports and Metallica Collaboration
E. WWE WrestleMania 41 with Doom Slayer Outfit
In this episode of Kinda Funny Games Daily, the hosts delve into a variety of gaming and entertainment news, from the eagerly awaited Oblivion Remastered and potential new Mario adventures to innovative Star Wars tactics games and successful video game movie adaptations. The discussion encompasses both nostalgic elements and fresh developments, reflecting the dynamic nature of the gaming industry. The hosts provide insightful commentary, balancing excitement with critical analysis, making the episode a comprehensive roundup for gaming enthusiasts and casual listeners alike.
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For those who missed the live episode, this summary encapsulates the key discussions and host perspectives, ensuring you stay informed about the latest happenings in the gaming world.