Is Half Life 3 ACTUALLY Happening? - Kinda Funny Games Daily 11.19.25

Summary

Kinda Funny Games Daily Podcast Summary

Episode: Is Half Life 3 ACTUALLY Happening?
Date: November 19, 2025
Hosts: Andy, Blessing Adeoye Jr., Dan

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Episode Overview

This episode dives deep into the swirling rumors around a potential Half-Life 3 announcement. The hosts dissect recent leaks, analyze the frenzy surrounding Valve’s new hardware, and consider how past and present signals might finally point to the long-awaited sequel. The team also discusses the withdrawal of a notable indie game from The Game Awards, a groundbreaking new partnership between Epic and Unity, and honors the industry legacy of Rebecca Heineman. Additional news covers upcoming patches, industry business updates, and audience Q&A.

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Major Discussion Topics and Insights

1. The Half-Life 3 Hype: Rumor or Reality?

[13:13–24:54]

• Origins of the Hype: Data-mined snippets in Valve titles like Dota 2 reference "HLX"—a possible codename for the next Half-Life. HLX appears to be a single-player, non-VR FPS with recognizable Half-Life elements.
• Valve’s Pattern: Valve often unveils new software alongside hardware launches (e.g., Half-Life: Alyx with the Index). With new hardware (Steam Machine, Steam Frame, Steam Controller) recently revealed, the pattern has fans expectant.
• Anniversary Timing: The rumor mill focuses on November 18 or 19, resonating with previous Half-Life milestones (27 years since original, 5 since HL:Alyx's announcement).
• Geoff Keighley "Clues": Fans speculated after Keighley’s cryptic eye emoji tweets about his Steam wishlist. However, further scrutiny revealed it was a joke—the only wishlisted game was Dadlympics, and not Half-Life 3.
• The Takeaway: While there is a lot of smoke, the hosts caution listeners to be wary of manufactured hype but agree a new Valve game feels likely. Blessing notes, "I would be shocked if Valve didn’t have a software announcement coming up to go alongside their new hardware." ([21:05])

Notable Quote

"I don’t know why the answer would be no at this point. What the hell is the former Campo Santo team working on? There has to have been something, right?"
— Andy [23:22]

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2. MegaBunk Withdraws from The Game Awards

[24:56–31:23]

• The Situation: MegaBunk, a game nominated for "Best Debut Indie," withdrew after its developer clarified he was an experienced creator, not a newcomer, and didn’t want to deprive genuine debut creators of recognition.
• Industry Respect: The hosts commend the honesty, noting the unique awkwardness of getting a debut nomination under a new alias.
• Inside Jokes & Industry Quirks: Greg's passionate defense of Vampire Survivors when similar-genre games are mentioned, and debates about genre "purity" among the hosts.

Notable Quote

“It’s such a Curb Your Enthusiasm scenario. Like, 'oh shit, they nominated me, but I’m not, fuck—I made this other game...'”
— Blessing [26:11]

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3. Epic and Unity Unite: Fortnite as a Platform

[31:42–39:01]

• Major News: Epic and Unity announce a partnership letting Unity-developed games be published inside Fortnite. Unreal Engine support is also coming to Unity’s platform.
• Industry Impact: This could shift opportunities for devs, especially regarding discoverability among Fortnite’s huge player base. But questions remain about monetization and what sorts of games truly benefit.
• Demographics and Discovery: Dan notes the distinction in demographics spent on Fortnite vs. Steam and how exposure could benefit kid-friendly or casual games.

Notable Quote

"What’s the benefit of putting your indie Unity game out in Fortnite versus just on Epic Games Store or Steam? I guess it’s eyes—it’s a different marketplace, more eyes on it."
— Andy [35:48]

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4. Remembering Rebecca Heineman

[45:04–51:27]

• In Memoriam: Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman passes away at 62 after a courageous fight with cancer.
• Her Legacy: As the first US national videogame champion (Space Invaders, 1980), a self-taught programmer, and a key figure behind Wasteland, The Bard’s Tale, and ports of out-of-this-world titles, her career spanned multiple studios and influential games.
• Personal Story: Blessing highlights her journey—as a pioneering trans woman in the industry and a prolific technical leader.

Notable Quote

“Quite a life lived in those 62 years.”
— Andy [51:22]

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5. Quick News Roundup and Industry Tidbits

News Blasts

[53:09–54:43]

• Ghost of Yotei gets New Game Plus mode November 24.
• Ubisoft to report its delayed earnings this Friday—hosts speculate about potential bad news or buyout activity.
• Mafia: The Old Country adds free roam and more features in its November 20 update.

Audience and Host Banter

[54:43–61:29]

• Dan and Blessing trade jokes about hidden developer secrets and genre debates.
• Reflections on impostor syndrome for devs, and which studios/creators would be funniest as secret MegaBunk devs.
• Ongoing inside jokes about “smoke and flames,” the definition of “indie,” and the quirks of different gaming communities.

Notable Quotes

“We all have that game—when people bring up Journey, I’m like, well, you know… Shadow of the Colossus… did a lot of this.”
— Blessing [28:59]

“If your game costs more than—if it’s pixel art it’s indie; if not, it’s not indie.”
— Dan [65:31]

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Key Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | Topic | |-----------|---------|-------| | 13:13 | Main News | Why the Internet thinks Half Life 3 is happening | | 24:56 | News | MegaBunk withdraws from The Game Awards | | 31:43 | News | Epic and Unity partnership for Fortnite| | 45:04 | Tribute | Rebecca Heineman’s career and passing | | 53:09 | News | Ghost of Yotei New Game Plus | | 55:20 | News | Ubisoft earnings call speculation | | 56:38 | Quick Hits| Mafia: The Old Country update, other weenews | | 65:07 | Banter | Indie game definitions, audience Q&A |

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• “What else could HLX stand for? Hyper Light Zifter? Whole Lotta Ecstasy?”
  — Blessing [13:45]

• “Jeff Keighley responded to the wishlist thing with the eye emojis. Then he followed it up with a screenshot…with only Dadlympics.”
  — Blessing [18:29]

• “Portal 3 over Half-Life 3? I’d sacrifice Half-Life for Portal any day.”
  — Blessing [24:05]

• “The further you get in the game, the charming characters don’t have a lot of depth… I haven’t encountered bugs but gameplay is real fun.”
  — Dan on Demon School [07:17]

• “Cancer. Everyone’s been affected by it… There’s always stories like this. But quite a life lived.”
  — Andy on Rebecca Heineman [51:27]

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Tone and Style

The tone, as always with Kinda Funny, is conversational, irreverent, and filled with in-jokes and banter. The hosts combine deep industry knowledge with relatable perspectives as dedicated gamers. The episode is both accessible and expert, balancing humor with heartfelt moments (notably the tribute to Rebecca Heineman).

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Summary for New Listeners

If you missed the episode, you’ll get up to speed on why the internet’s all abuzz about Half-Life 3, what’s really going on behind the scenes with Valve, and the latest waves in indie game award drama. The show also spotlights major platform news and pays tribute to a gaming legend, all within a highly entertaining and candid discussion.

Transcript

[Andy]

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[Blessing]

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[Andy]

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[Blessing]

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[Andy]

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[Blessing]

There's no Milo here.

[Andy]

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[Blessing]

That could have a connection. You don't understand.

[Andy]

It was just the five of us.

[Blessing]

So this was all planned. What are you gonna do?

[Andy]

I will do whatever it takes to get my son back.

[Blessing]

I honestly didn't see this coming. These nice people killing each other.

[Dan]

All her fault.

[Blessing]

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[Andy]

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[Dan]

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[Andy]

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[Andy]

Today's stories include why the Internet thinks Half Life 3 is being announced today, Mega Bunk withdraws from the game Awards and Epic and Unity unite for a new partnership. We'll have all this and more because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily. Good morning, gamers. Welcome to Kind of Funny Games daily for Wednesday, November 19th. Remember, remember, the 19th of November. I am Andy and I'm joined by Blessing Adioia Junior.

[Blessing]

Good day, Andy. How's it going?

[Andy]

Bless. I'll tell you what, man, I did not think I could have more of a hankering for Elden Ring Night Reign. Oh, yeah, until we played yesterday. Yeah, and you fall back in the loop and suddenly I'm texting Blessing Mike last night, which, by the way, got no response in that text thread from Mike. And I counted four hours There Sound Society.

[Blessing]

Something happened.

[Andy]

Maybe.

[Blessing]

Maybe he got kidnapped. Maybe he got in a car accident. He's in the hospital right now.

[Andy]

Maybe he did one of those things where he just accepts an invite somewhere from a phone number he doesn't recognize. And it was like, you know, somebody just trying to lure him out there.

[Blessing]

The hernia exploded.

[Andy]

Yeah. Finally popped. But man, I was, you know. We streamed it yesterday chat. We streamed eldering Night Rain yesterday. We wanted to get blessed towards the end Game to prep for December 4th. The big Elden Ring Night rain DLC day. And man, I just. I fell back in the rhythm.

[Blessing]

That's a good video game freak.

[Andy]

That's a fun video game.

[Blessing]

I still think it's a. Like, if I could go back and I forget what I gave it on the review or even if I gave it a score, but I. Whatever I gave it at the time, I still stand by it because I do think it's a weirdly made thing, I guess. You know what? Updates have probably fixed quite a few of the issues that we had back in the day.

[Andy]

Right.

[Blessing]

Because it was like no duos. You couldn't do duos back then. Now you can. They've added in some updates for things. But even still, it's still such a weirdly put together game that just works at the end of the day. They get the fun factor.

[Andy]

Right. I couldn't believe how much I just wanted to go back to it last night. But I did end up playing some more of that Moonlighter 2, which is now out today.

[Blessing]

Wow.

[Andy]

Happy Moonlighter today, everybody. Really fun video game. We reviewed it. I reviewed it a couple days ago. I think it's a great Rog Light experience. If you're already maybe burnt out of Hades 2, maybe you've put 300, 400 hours into that. Moonlighter 2 is a lot of fun. It's a ton of fun. Gorgeous art style and the soundtrack. Christopher Larkin, the Goat, Hollow Knight, Silk Song, Hollow Knight Fame. Really, really good video game.

[Blessing]

That's awesome.

[Andy]

Put your.

[Blessing]

Put your lighters up to the moon for Moonlighter too. For Moonlighter Day, everybody.

[Andy]

Let me see him.

[Blessing]

Put your lighters up to the moon.

[Andy]

Well, we have a lot like a really like sensitive smoke mok alarm here.

[Blessing]

Yeah. Yesterday I started putting together a backlog, a 2025 backlog of games that I do want to go back and check out. I want to play and Roger. Yeah, that game looks interesting. It's a narrative game, very short one.

[Andy]

That everybody seemed to really vibe with. Right.

[Blessing]

I think I just want to Feel something. Okay. I think a Roger is one of those ones that allow me to feel something.

[Dan]

The art style reminded. What was that mobile game from like 2017? About like a couple. And it had like that particular art style.

[Andy]

Florence.

[Blessing]

Florence.

[Dan]

The art style. Like the little that I saw, like someone posted about it.

[Andy]

I was like, oh, that reminds me.

[Dan]

Of Florence a little bit.

[Andy]

You want to feel something? Bless.

[Blessing]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Look no further than my chest. I'm feeling a lot of feelings. Citizen Sleeper too.

[Dan]

Oh, I have it on the list.

[Blessing]

Armored Core. I was like, that was a 2025.

[Andy]

Just go back to it. You know, just.

[Blessing]

I mean, I think about Armored Core way more often than a human king should.

[Andy]

Six, two. Way to go, buddy. Oh, man. Rusty. Dude. Dude, man. I would go to war for Rusty.

[Blessing]

Oh, dude. What if we all just go back. Did you guys do your third playthrough? Because I did two playthroughs. I never did my third.

[Dan]

Yeah, we kept telling you to do the third.

[Blessing]

Yeah, I was busy at the time.

[Andy]

I never did. Oh, I think I watched videos.

[Blessing]

I think Bear's the only one that did the third playthrough.

[Andy]

There's a lot of. Just a lot of videos.

[Blessing]

I did two playthroughs before that game, before we did the review, which is unheard of for me.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

And I would have done my third playthrough. You know what it was though? It's Starfield.

[Andy]

I could have skipped Starfield.

[Blessing]

Third playthrough.

[Andy]

Hardcore.

[Blessing]

Wasted 40 hours on Starfield.

[Andy]

Like, how about got in the way of me playing Kingdom Come Deliverance too.

[Blessing]

Exactly. Silent Hill F. I also redownloaded. That's another one of my. On my backlog. Now. I want to play it after the game. Awards nominees. I feel like I got. I gotta check out that Silent Hill F and then go back and play.

[Andy]

Two highly awarded sleeper.

[Dan]

I have it on my dock for December, Andy.

[Andy]

Gosh, let me get past.

[Dan]

What am I. I'm still, you know, Keep an eye on Demon School. And then Marvel Cosmic Invasion comes out early December. Same with Unbeatable. Once I get through those since I'll. I'll dive back in for you.

[Blessing]

You know what they say.

[Andy]

You really me on Demon School, by the way.

[Dan]

Look.

[Blessing]

Is that fancy crack?

[Andy]

Yeah. I didn't even know it came out.

[Dan]

It has an 81.

[Andy]

81? Yeah.

[Dan]

When reviews first pot.

[Blessing]

It was very exciting though.

[Dan]

When reviews first popped Andy, it was.

[Andy]

At like an 87. Oh, really?

[Blessing]

Oh, like I. I told him this.

[Dan]

And it paid off and then it just.

[Blessing]

It Just.

[Andy]

It just kept on going down.

[Dan]

Yeah, people, apparently the farther you get into the game, you know, like, the. The charming characters, they don't have a lot of depth to them, apparently. That was like, a criticism. I kept seeing a lot of bugs, apparently, which I have not encountered. But, yeah, that gameplay is real fun, though.

[Andy]

Sundead and Chat says Mike might actually win. I think Barrett's gonna win.

[Dan]

I need Cosmic Invasion to perform just as well as tmnt, Shredder's Revenge, and I need Unbeatable to get me at least an 80.

[Andy]

That's like such an easy ask.

[Blessing]

You think? But I drafted Possessors and that got me a 70. Like, what are we doing here? Don't trust the indie dev is what I've learned.

[Andy]

That's a real.

[Dan]

I'm just saying. Playstack is the one publishing the game. They've also published other darlings like the Golden Idol games and Balatro. And like, whenever they talk about Unbeatable, they're like. We're like, we stand behind this game.

[Blessing]

You understand? Hard Machine made Possessors, they made Hyper Light Drifter.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

Breaker. But I didn't know. You know what I mean? Like, I. I drafted it before Breaker.

[Dan]

Didn't they make that game that came.

[Andy]

Out at solar 5?

[Dan]

Solar ash.

[Blessing]

Solar Ash, yeah. You're thinking. I think you're about to say Pathless.

[Dan]

I was about to say.

[Blessing]

You're about to. You're thinking about Path.

[Andy]

I saw Lucid Dream in the chat. Say people need to play Sword of the Sea. There's a super chat from Lucid Dream.

[Blessing]

Started sort of the Sea.

[Andy]

And I know that's not a super long one, but I feel like if I play that one, that might make me feel. In some ways.

[Blessing]

Here's my thing. I started it. I think it's beautiful. I think it's a good, good game. It felt it. I think the thing with it is that it feels like I've been there, done that.

[Andy]

Yep.

[Blessing]

Like, I was so into Pathless and I've played. I've played so many of these types of games, whether. Whether it be Journey or whether it be a Solar Ash or something like that. And so playing this, and I was like, this is cool, but I've been here before.

[Dan]

I. I beat it. I think it only took me like five or six hours. It's one of those.

[Andy]

That's nice.

[Dan]

The kind of last hour.

[Blessing]

Really cool.

[Dan]

But for a majority of my time playing, I did think. I was thinking to myself, man, how many times can we just do Journey again? You know, but there is some cool stuff later on. I, I, I think it's like a 7.5 to 8 somewhere around there, but nothing that's like holy blown away.

[Andy]

Art style could definitely be a little contender for the smileys.

[Blessing]

Oh, we gotta figure out the categories. Yeah, I'll figure that myself on the schedule.

[Andy]

We'll get to that. Thank you for that super chat. Once again, Lucid Dream. You can get all your super chats in for all the topics we'll be talking today. And there's only like two of them, but we'll get into the intro right here. This is 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 on podcast services around the globe. If you love what we do, support us with the Kind of Funny membership on Patreon, YouTube and now Spotify and Apple podcast to get all of our shows ad free and get a daily exclusive show. For a chance to be a part of the show. Submit your thoughts and opinions as YouTube super chats. Housekeeping. January 28th. We're doing a live in person in review event as part of San Francisco Sketch fest. That's right. SF Sketchfest is coming January 28th. What movie are we doing? The missing link in our Marvel in Review ranking, Howard the Duck, which is going to be pretty exciting. Tomorrow's schedule is a little bit different. Keep in mind for everybody who's used to, you know, always being here at 10am, always doing, you know, we're doing different stuff tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll be live with the gamescast at 10am PT. Gamescast at 10am PT. Not games daily to Live react to the Xbox Partner preview. And then Games Daily will be after that. And then Game Showdown will be after that. And then your regularly scheduled gameplay stream will follow.

[Blessing]

Then I got news, everybody. Another Kojima. Carolyn Polachek Instagram post has hit the web.

[Andy]

Oh, shit.

[Blessing]

Roger has changed this man's life.

[Andy]

Really did.

[Blessing]

Yeah. Like, it's impulse posting or posing with.

[Andy]

Oh, like, like, oh, wow.

[Blessing]

Yeah, he got.

[Andy]

That's amazing. That really is fantastic.

[Blessing]

A year and a half later, Kojima's still posting. Carolyn Polachek. Come on.

[Andy]

There's, there's a universe out there where this didn't happen. And like, Kojima's life is maybe worse.

[Blessing]

Kojima has depression, right?

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

He's like, I'm missing something.

[Andy]

Yeah. If you, if you're a Kind of Funny member, Today's Greg way is 16 minutes of Greg on travel days. And what the kind of funny podcast means to him. By the way, yesterday was an all timer kind of funny podcast.

[Blessing]

Roll the clip, Barrett.

[Andy]

Fuck, man. I. It's some of the most funny happened yesterday. Shit is a very, very important word in that description. Today after the. Today after Games Daily, you'll get the Gamescast, which is a Kirby Air Riders review. And after Gamescast, Call of Duty, Black Ops 6 with Mike and Nick. They want to do some of that. What is it called? Gun. Gun fight.

[Blessing]

Gunfight 2v2 mode right now in the game.

[Andy]

Oh, you're. Are you playing Blops? Yeah. Oh, nice.

[Blessing]

Okay.

[Andy]

I didn't realize that the Black Ops.

[Blessing]

Games all usually at least like dip into. Yeah, yeah.

[Andy]

Dip a toe in.

[Blessing]

Dip a toe in.

[Andy]

Thank you.

[Blessing]

Sucks that this is the one where I was like, let me try the campaign. Yeah, didn't do last year's.

[Andy]

Dude.

[Blessing]

Last year's is so. And this is the one where I was like, I'll try the campaign. And everyone's like, this sucks.

[Andy]

Yeah. Thank you to our Patreon producers, Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney the Psalm Twining. For now, let's begin with what is and forever will be the Roper Report. Time for some news. We have seven stories today. Story number one, why the Internet thinks Half Life 3 is being announced today. This comes from Zach Zweizen at Kotaku. Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed something odd. A lot of people seem to think that Half Life 3 is about to be announced. Some folks have dates marked for when we should expect the sequel. There are even some who Think Half Life 3 will be announced at the game Awards. And a lot of people seem to believe that Half Life 3 is real and nearly finished, despite, you know, Valve never confirming that. So what's going on? Since 2021, data miners have been finding and documenting many snippets of code left over in other valve projects like Dota 2 related to something internally at Valve known as HLX. And while Valve hasn't told us what HLX refers to, fans and data miners have collected a lot of dots over the last four years or so.

[Blessing]

What else could HLX stand for?

[Andy]

Hyper Light Zifter?

[Blessing]

Whole lot of ecstasy. They do that a lot.

[Andy]

Ecstasy. Okay.

[Blessing]

Yeah.

[Andy]

How. How's it looking? Exhibit? Yeah, Cars looking good. Car is looking. From what's been found, HLX appears to be a single player non VR FPS featuring a character in an HEV suit who fights aliens and soldiers through various levels while possibly solving physics based puzzles. Now that sounds A lot like a new Half Life game. And most of the community following hlx as well as multiple reliable leakers, have started to call this datamined project Half Life 3. The fact that Valve has been working quietly on what appears to be a new Half Life game for at least roughly five years and likely longer than that, has created some hype online. But everything got kicked into high gear last week after Valve announced three new pieces of hardware. The Steam Machine, the Steam frame and the Steam controller.

[Blessing]

What a day. You weren't here for that, were you?

[Andy]

I. Dude, I was not. And I didn't. I really kind of didn't see like how grand this vision is. Yeah, when I saw it I was like, okay, that's cool. Like, oh, they're bringing the C machine back. You know, we figured they would do that one day. But like it didn't really hit me the way. And then once I was watching Digital Foundries video, I was like, oh fuck, I want this little thing.

[Blessing]

I want it so bad. I don't know why I wanted that bad. I have a PC like I don't know. Yeah.

[Andy]

But I love sitting on my tv. Yeah. I hate the. I. I hate the long HDMI cable with the wireless mouse and trying to like click on the like I love. I would love just having that experience right the hell there and like someone.

[Dan]

Like, I don't plug my PC into the big tv, but I do have like my Steam Deck dock which I have gotten to work and like be pretty consistent. But it like, you know, like the resolution doesn't look.

[Blessing]

Yeah, the resolution.

[Andy]

Yeah. So it's like I would love to.

[Dan]

Just have like the Steam Machine and then you just got cloud save and then my Steam Deck is just, just on the go.

[Blessing]

Like come on.

[Andy]

Yeah. For many fans already hungry for a new Half Life game and convinced by dubious Reddit posts and tick tocks that it was totally being announced soon, this hardware announcement from Valve was a very big deal. Valve often releases new games with new hardware, like Alex with the index and Desk Job with the Steam Deck. What was Desk job?

[Blessing]

Aperture. Desk job.

[Andy]

Oh, right.

[Blessing]

Okay.

[Andy]

That's right.

[Blessing]

Little two to two hour little experience.

[Andy]

Small. Little. If that.

[Blessing]

Yeah. Maybe even less than that.

[Andy]

Yeah. It almost felt like a little demo or something.

[Blessing]

Yeah.

[Andy]

So naturally many people started to speculate the Valve's next game, likely HLX, aka Half Life 3, would be announced soon and launched around the release of the new steam machine in 2026. November 18th became a popular date for many. It would mark the five year Anniversary of Half Life. Alex's announcement the last Half Life game and would give Valve plenty of time to market the sequel before an early 2026 launch. Others believe November 19th is the magical date, as it's a 27 year anniversary of the original Half Life. Then fans noticed Geoff Keighley, the creator and host of the Game Awards and master of video game, reveals only had one game on his Steam Wishlist. When asked about it, he offered up some eye emojis. This threw people up in a frenzy.

[Blessing]

Did you see the result of this? I'm gonna send it to Assets.

[Andy]

I did see that there was some debugging. Some, you know, debugging or debunking. Debunking.

[Blessing]

Okay.

[Andy]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So does this refute the rest of this article or should we just look at evidence?

[Blessing]

It's just a funny. It doesn't refute. Okay, but we'll get into it.

[Andy]

When asked about it, he offered up some eye emojis. Then this. The. That threw people into a frenzy. Despite the fact that Half Life 3 doesn't have a Steam page so it can be added to a wish list yet didn't matter. This was evidence. Half Life three was going to be announced at Jeff's annual trailer extravaganza, the Game Awards, in December. At this point, people can't ignore how many insiders, leaks and reporters are hinting at some big announcement from Valve. But keep in mind, officially speaking, Valve has not announced that a new Half Life game is in development. Still, Valve did reportedly have a lot of extra security at their offices while revealing all the new Steam hardware. And the company does seem to have one more thing to announce as its official Steam page lists two upcoming games, but only shows one deadlock. Is the other game Half Life 3? The Internet seems to think so.

[Blessing]

So, like, of course it's. Is there a lot of smoke? Right. You know, what was the phrase? Were there smokes? There's flames.

[Andy]

Yes.

[Blessing]

Are there some. Yes. Are there some people creating Steam? Yes. As well. Right. Like, not all of the smoke, I think is smoke from the fire. I think some. A lot of it is also just manufactured.

[Andy]

Hot water.

[Blessing]

Hot water, Yeah. I think some of it here is funny though. Like this Jeff Keighley thing is hilarious because. Yes, Jeff Keeley responded to the wish list thing with the eye emojis. And then he followed it up with a screenshot of his wish list with one game being dad Olympics. And Wario64 replied back to that, showing that that Dadlympics game was added to his wish list. The 18th, the day that he posted the screenshot, and the day after he.

[Dan]

Did the eye emoji.

[Blessing]

Oh, yes, that's actually a very good point.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

And so he removed something else from his wish list and then add this to his wish list. Take this fake screenshot.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Blessing]

Which is. Which is it Half Life 3? I don't think so. I think it's probably something else that's not ready to be talked about.

[Andy]

It had to have been something.

[Dan]

What's the funniest game we could think that he would want to wish list?

[Blessing]

What's the horse?

[Andy]

It had to have been something five or six years ago, and then he forgot that wish listing was a thing, and you just kind of fall out of rhythm with it, you know, I. That's. Yeah, it's. It's not anything.

[Blessing]

I don't think it's. I don't think he. I think that would be crazy. Which listed Half Life 3. That doesn't make sense.

[Andy]

Yeah, it would have to have a Steam page.

[Blessing]

I have to have a Steam page. I mean, I'm not above the idea that Jeff would have access to an unlisted Steam page for half. I just don't think he would hit the wish list button. Yeah, I think that's the crazy part. Yeah, the wish list button.

[Andy]

It has to have just. It has to have just been a mistake, right? Yeah. But I also don't know if he would, like, try to stoke that flame if there wasn't fire.

[Blessing]

Yeah. Okay.

[Andy]

I don't know if he would I emoji something if there wasn't something to I emoji.

[Blessing]

I could see that.

[Andy]

You know, I just don't.

[Blessing]

I think. I'm not saying it's impossible that It's Half Life 3. I just think it could be a number of upcoming things as well.

[Andy]

Oh, sure.

[Blessing]

Yeah. It's Jeff. So he has access to all this.

[Andy]

What was the original tweet on that thread?

[Blessing]

Maybe Okami, too. Oh, that's actually a really good question. Oh, it's just. It's Jeff tweeting out about how Steam is celebrating game awards.

[Andy]

Gotcha.

[Blessing]

Okay, so you can see there that he has a game wish listed. Exactly one game.

[Andy]

Okay. Yeah, I guess, maybe if it was. If this. If those tweets took place in a thread that we're talking about, you know, a possible valve or whatever. Like, I don't know. I think the imojis is like, him really trying to get people stoked and get people excited, but I think at that point, he's I think at this point he's just memeing with it. Yeah, he's just having a little fun.

[Blessing]

All this other stuff, I mean there's like a lot of different things leading into the idea that Half Life 3 could very well exist. And we talked about, we talked about it a lot last week with the Steam machine and all the hardware being announced that I would be shocked if Valve didn't have a software announcement coming up to go out alongside the hardware because that's how they operate. It's also. This is such a big push for them. I think it would make so much sense with Valve, a company that has such powerful IP to put out something alongside that they did it with the index with Half Life, Alex being the big one. Aperture desk job was a smaller thing, but still there was a level of polish and acknowledgement of people love Portal. Let's do something in the Portal world to go out alongside the Steam deck. Even if it's a small thing. I think for sure VAL is going to do something.

[Andy]

Yeah. I guess I just totally discounted how that news was pretty massive that. Because in my mind the Steam machine had just come out and had just recently failed. This is like a decade ago.

[Blessing]

Yeah, like a long time ago.

[Andy]

This was. I was at rooster teeth when this whole thing happened. When we, we had those little controllers.

[Blessing]

Weird controllers that like. Yeah, we thumbsticks.

[Andy]

We had those at, at the studio. And like it just. They looked like shit, they felt like shit. We were like, all right, this is, this is a novel idea but nothing that's ever gonna really work. And yeah to now, over a decade later, or almost a decade later, come back and say the Steam machine is back. Yeah. I don't really know if you launch something like that unless you have something to, you know, package in with it or go alongside it.

[Blessing]

Did you see the data mine stuff? Because they mention one of these other Valve games, but I saw, I'm pretty sure I saw people were talking about it in regard to Deadlocked as well. I think about a year ago I remember Roger talking about this of hlx like stuff in the data mine stuff, right. That was like referenced there that people were like, oh, this is Half Life 3.

[Andy]

Very, very fascinating.

[Blessing]

Yeah, yeah.

[Andy]

The whole non VR FPS featuring a character in an hev suit.

[Blessing]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Like here, aliens in the article they.

[Blessing]

Say Dota 2, but I remember it being deadlocked. So do you think this is gonna happen? Do you think we're gonna get dead? I was gonna say Deadlock two. Do you Think we'll get Deadlock two, but do you think we're gonna get Half Life three?

[Andy]

I mean, I don't know why. I don't know why the answer would be no at this point. What the hell is the in the Valley of the Gods team working on? You know, the camp, the former Campo Santo team. What are all of those employees working on? There has to have been something, right? I know. Like, Alex already came out. I can't believe it's been five years since Alex. Yeah, that's insane to me. But yeah, this all just sort of seems to make sense. This, like, Valve is making, like, a very, very strong push right here. Yeah.

[Blessing]

Now would it be crazy? Okay, tell me which one you'd want. And I don't know if this makes sense because I've not played Half Life Alyx, so I don't know what makes sense. But I'm just saying words because that's my job, y'.

[Andy]

All.

[Blessing]

What if Not Half Life 3? What if for the Steam frame Half Life, Alex 2, but then we get Portal 3? Because that's what I want. I sacrifice Half Life for Portal any day.

[Andy]

Okay. Portal 3. Non VR game.

[Blessing]

Non VR game.

[Andy]

The Non VR game. Okay.

[Blessing]

Flat game.

[Dan]

For flat screeners.

[Blessing]

For flat screeners.

[Andy]

But fighting aliens and soldiers over you.

[Blessing]

Saying versus Half Life.

[Andy]

Yeah, like I'm looking at. I mean, the description of whatever these leaks are like. You're not fighting aliens and soldiers in Portal 3. I love the hopium, though.

[Blessing]

Well, I'm saying HL. I guess, you know, you're right. Because HLX, they say that it's not a VR thing in here.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Dan]

What if the X is a cross.

[Andy]

Half Life, Cross portal, Same universe.

[Blessing]

All right, story number two.

[Andy]

Same universe.

[Dan]

Black Mesa.

[Andy]

Story number two, Mega Bunk withdraws from the Game Awards. This is something that Jeff Keighley and the megabonk DEV were both tweeting out yesterday. And the tweet goes as follows. Megabonk. This comes from Jeff Keighley. Megabunk, a nominee for best debut indie game, reached out to clarify that he's an established solo developer who had been presenting himself as a new creator under the name Vetinad. We're grateful for his honesty. As a result, Megabunk will be removed from the category. He'll share more about his story when he's ready, but. But we respect that he didn't want to take recognition away from other debut teams, even though the game itself is outstanding. And then we have the tweet from megabonk Game, the official megabonk Twitter account says I'm withdrawing from the Game Awards. It's an honor and a dream for megabonk to be nominated for the Game Awards, but unfortunately, I don't think it qualifies for the category Debut indie game. I've made games in the past under different studio names, so megabonk is not my debut game. Followed by the little emoji of the glasses and the mustache under, you know, he's under disguise of somebody else.

[Blessing]

I. I have many things. First of all, of course, shout out to the megabunk dev for being upfront about this.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

And, like, being honest about this. And, yeah, I think this is a good move from them. I. I feel like I can't imagine being in these shoes because I would have so much anxiety. This. This for me is like such a curb your enthusiasm. It's just about, oh, shit, they nominated me, but I'm not. Fuck. I made this other game. I just changed my name. Like, I'm not sure then for the Game Awards, I just made this in my basement. Fun.

[Andy]

Yeah. Yeah. I can't imagine the, like. Oh, my God, they actually did it.

[Blessing]

They actually nominated me. Oh, shit.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

For debut.

[Andy]

Oh, fuck.

[Blessing]

It's not my debut. Oh, shit. Do I keep, like, what do I do here?

[Andy]

What's the backstory here? Is this a. You know, wanting to be under the name of a new developer is like, is it a, we don't know, secrecy, secretive thing that.

[Blessing]

Well, that brings me to my other question is who would be the funniest dev that this could end up being?

[Andy]

Like, this, like, Jonathan Blow is the.

[Blessing]

Dude who made Fez the.

[Andy]

The. Here's a. Here's an aside right here. Oh, Dan, A Dev is his old name. Okay. Tommy Talarico is a fantastic one. Mr. Hawks, the. I don't know if you've noticed, whenever we bring up Mega Bonk, Greg gets very, like, defensive about vampire survivors. He's like, yeah, it's a blatant ripoff of, like, they're just so blatant about it. I'm like, okay, chill out.

[Blessing]

I'm not. Yeah, just not notice this.

[Andy]

Let's listen in. Listen, I know Greg's a city right now, but he gets really, really defensive about, like, vampire survivors. Is he wrong? No, he's not. But, like, I don't, like, this is not the first nor second, nor third, nor millionth game to do something like, hey, we're taking that game. We're. We're making it 3D. We're making it 2D. And yeah, a lot of the art asses look this, like, this is not the first time this has ever happened at all. But he's just like, it's a blame.

[Blessing]

I noticed this once. But like you saying that is exactly like the kind of the same tone that Tim will give when we bring up what's the pocket pair game, Power World. When Power World comes up and Tim gets like, very like, like, oh, no, like this is Pokemon. Like, and neither of them are wrong. Neither of wrong. But it's the same exact tone that you're describing.

[Andy]

Neither of them are wrong. Yeah, but I just, it just really like sticks in his craw.

[Blessing]

We all have that game. We all have that like, button, you know.

[Andy]

Yeah. What's yours?

[Blessing]

Oh, that's a good question.

[Andy]

I don't know what my button is now to think of it. Now that I'm thinking of it, I.

[Blessing]

Guess it's tough cuz like this isn't the same really. But like I, I, I, of course I love Shadow Colossus in Eco or whatever. So when I see games that like, very strongly have the same kind of energy to them, I think for me.

[Andy]

I'm like, well, you're not him.

[Blessing]

You're not him. I like, I kind of do this with Journey a little bit where like, I acknowledge that like, Journey is a good game. But like, when people talk about Journey, I'm kind of like, well, you know.

[Andy]

It'S a good game.

[Blessing]

Shadow losses, good game. You know, did a lot of this. Eco did a lot of the.

[Andy]

I've never played it first.

[Blessing]

You play Journey. No, you're fine. I'm just kidding. You should play Journey.

[Dan]

It's a different button. But whenever I say that Looper is a better movie than Arrival.

[Andy]

Unbelievable. What a crazy day. Crazy day. Arrival. Didn't you build noobs? Like, come on, man. One of the goats. One of the goats, dude. Yeah. I mean, this is a. I'm happy that the, the truth came out finally after a lot of investigative journalism. Now I'm just happy that the developer said, no, I don't deserve this. Let the other people win. Now does Jeff try to find something else in its place?

[Blessing]

I don't think he will. I think because of the nomination process. Like, the only, I think the only way you will be able to do it would be to go, all right, what's the next thing that got the. Yeah, the amount of votes under that. But I wonder if that's a thing you want to do.

[Andy]

It's something you can do because the, like the ballots haven't been sent out yet, you know.

[Blessing]

Oh, for, like, actual.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

Actual winners.

[Andy]

Yeah. I don't think it's something that's possible. I don't know what devs would be able to make that list.

[Blessing]

I think I would be salty. Like, I. Of course, if I'm. If I'm the dev. Oh, thank you. Thank you. If I'm the dev whose game gets nominated because megabunk comes out, of course I'm happy because I got nominated or whatever. But Loki, I'd be like, damn. So I was the sixth place. Like, damn, that's crazy. That sucks. I don't want to know.

[Andy]

I, like, got you.

[Blessing]

You know, I'm the. The charity. Charity Case game that made it. And then it's like, well, now my game can't win because everybody knows I was the sixth place thing.

[Andy]

Got you.

[Blessing]

Because then what happens when that game wins the whole thing? Which wouldn't happen, but, like, if it happened, people were like, well, that wasn't even nominated.

[Andy]

Slide Dispatch in says Kilgrim.

[Blessing]

I mean, come on. Yes. That's the way you solve this whole thing. You just go, well, Dispatch, let's just put that in there.

[Andy]

They've never made games before.

[Dan]

I think Dispatch is in best debut. Indy.

[Andy]

Is it?

[Dan]

I thought so. Dispatch is nominated for something.

[Andy]

Oh, yeah. I think you're right, actually. Oh, shit. All right.

[Blessing]

Well, we're actually good. We don't need anymore. I think we did it.

[Andy]

There you go. Nice. Very, very good. Yeah. They're also mentioning that the chat's mentioning that the online voting is already going.

[Blessing]

Oh.

[Andy]

So that would really, really screws things up. Unless Jeff puts out, like, a little newsletter. Hey, we're redoing the votes. We up. Put in. Put in another game in there. Slide something in there. Let's go to story number three. Epic announces. Go ahead.

[Blessing]

Oh, I just put it up with three.

[Andy]

Oh, I thought you were saying, like, no, it's four or something. I didn't see. Epic announces a partnership to bring Unity Games into Fortnite. This comes from Sophie McAvoy at GamesIndustry Biz. Epic Games and Unity have announced a major partnership allowing developers to publish Unity titles in Fortnite. Revealed today during Unity's annual developer conference, Unite. The collaboration will also see Unity bring Unreal Engine support to its platform early next year. Developers will also be able to, quote, manage pricing, promotions, and live operations with Unreal. Additional information and product timing will be shared in 2026. Quote. We're excited to partner with Epic Games to create More opportunities for game developers around the world, said Unity President CEO Matt Bromberg. Matt Bromberg Matt Bromberg Choice and open systems create growth for everyone in the gaming ecosystem. Speaking to the Verge, Sweeney said that this partnership will greatly expand the developer base. He also clarified that there would be a review process for whether Fortnite experiences are made with tools from either engine. Quote, as this evolves into a completely open system, we'd only have. We'd only have reviews for stuff that we host. Anybody that would be able to put anything anywhere and people would be able to browse to it like you do in a web browser today. Some Unity right there.

[Blessing]

Some Unity. Yeah.

[Andy]

Between two.

[Blessing]

Epic Move.

[Andy]

Yeah. Between two. Oh, that's really good.

[Blessing]

Thank you.

[Andy]

Between two engines that are, you know, constantly, whenever you're in the industry, you go, oh, I know a little bit of Unity or I know a little bit of Unreal, and it's rarely kind of both unless you've been in the industry for quite some time. So that's very, very cool. I don't really. It's. It's a. I would have to hear more from developers as to, like, how it really changes their day to day, how this really affects the workflow and everything like that. But I think it's great because we've seen a lot of very successful Unity games as of late, as some more and more devs have maybe strayed away from Unreal Engine. But yeah, this is a cool little move of Unity.

[Blessing]

I think I'm lost on the end game as far as publishing games in Fortnite. I know that this is the thing that Fortnite's been doing for a while, right? As far as different modes, different games and all that. Are there games that have, outside of like the Epic made stuff, whether it be Lego or Rocket Racing or the Rock Band thing they got going on in there. Are there, like, are there ways to.

[Andy]

Monetize within ways to monetize?

[Blessing]

And then also, like, have there been breakout successes of games that have been released through Fortnite that have really, like, taken over, I guess, almost the way that a Roblox game would?

[Andy]

Well, I would say that many years ago there were a lot of creators who saw this as like the. The final frontier. There were a lot of creators in the space, a lot of streamers, a lot of people who were streaming, but also they streamed a lot of Fortnite, but also had higher ambitions of what if I had. What if I had a team to make a game within the Fortnite ecosystem? And I Don't really think much came that. I know that a lot of experiences maybe got played for a couple of months here and there, but I don't. I don't really know what the monetization is within Fortnite. And I don't know whether that's a stable form of income, whether or whether that's just a play place for developers or creators to kind of keep their name, you know, in relevant circles so that they could maybe make something else in the future and say, hey, you love that game that we made on Fortnite? Well, now we made a new one. It's on Steam now. Right now we can make money. I don't really know if it's a funnel to bigger things.

[Blessing]

I guess that's my thing. Maybe I just got to live in Fortnite for a few weeks to really understand it and get it. But I guess if you're a developer making an indie game and you made it in Unity and you're putting it out, what are the benefits of putting it out within Fortnite versus just putting it out on the Epic Games Store or on Steam?

[Andy]

I think it's eyes. It's. When you're in the Fortnite community, similar to. Yeah, Samson L makes a great point. They want the dress to impress and grow garden success from Roblox. It's the same thing whenever we see the reports of, over this amount of time, this many million of users were playing Steam games. Add 3 to 4 million on top of that. That's how many were playing Roblox. A lot of it is just. It's a different marketplace. There's more eyes on it. But I don't really fully know how the monetization works. I'm assuming an ad revenue.

[Blessing]

Yeah.

[Dan]

I'm also thinking what Andy is saying, but adding on top of that, the, like, age demographic as well. Right. Of, you know, like, how many, like, kids are, like, going on to Steam and checking out, like, indie games or whatever, or booting up Fortnite and then they see, like, a bunch of new little experiences that they can check out, which, depending on what kind of game you're making, might be more beneficial as well.

[Blessing]

Yeah. Okay, that makes sense.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

I think I look at that and then what we're talking about with the monetization aspect of. All right, how are you making money off these games when they're releasing within Fortnite? And then also, I guess I always assume that games coming out in Fortnite were being made with Fortnite Tools or Epic Tools. That are catered towards Fortnite releases, which I imagine this partnership is going to try and help streamline what that process looks like for Unity integration within Fortnite. But it's hard for me to imagine. I'm trying to think of a game that's made in unity. It's 12 minutes. A unity game. Who cares?

[Andy]

There are, there's. I played one just recently. I don't remember.

[Blessing]

Say the name of a Unity game so I can use it as an example.

[Andy]

I'll tell you one. Ruby Grimm, Eclipse.

[Blessing]

What the fuck is that game?

[Andy]

I worked on Rooster Teeth, the anime.

[Blessing]

I was like, what are you saying to me right now? Jesus. Somebody says Silksong. No way. Silksong. Is Hollow Knight really a Unity game?

[Andy]

Oh, yeah, I think it is. Yeah.

[Blessing]

We'll use that as the example.

[Andy]

Yeah, yeah.

[Blessing]

What? Like, can I play a Hollow knight in you? Like, if you, if you, if you make Hollow Knight, can you give it to Epic and be like, all right, I want to put this in Fortnite and play Hollow Knight in Fortnite. Like, I know if this sounds like an ignorant question is because I'm ignorant. I don't, I don't. I'm trying to understand here.

[Andy]

I think I need to watch like a 40 minute video breakdown of exactly what the Fortnite store and marketplace. Yeah. And how it operates. You know, I just, I don't have a lot of familiarity with it, unfortunately. Supermarket Simulator was made in Unity. So was Cuphead. So was Beat Saber.

[Blessing]

Damn Unity.

[Andy]

Also, there's that recent video game.

[Dan]

Someone was saying Neon White.

[Andy]

Oh, okay.

[Dan]

Neon White.

[Andy]

There's that recent game made by the Ori devs. No rest for the Wicked game as well. Okay.

[Blessing]

So, yeah, I guess my question is, are those the type of games that you can put in Fortnite for people to check out? Or are there.

[Andy]

Are there.

[Blessing]

Are you building in like a Fortnite mode in Unity? Again, I'm not a developer, so, yeah, I'm curious on what that looks all.

[Andy]

Fascinating questions and if you have any, you know, tidbits for us, chat, let us know in the super chats. And you're, you know, on the topic of monetization. Bless. I love monetization.

[Blessing]

Yeah, I love it. Same.

[Andy]

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Story number four in some sad news, trailblazing Interplay co founder Rebecca Heineman dies at age 62 comes from Vicki Blake at Gamesindustry Biz. Heinemann detailed the journey through her diagnosis and treatment via her GoFundMe page, writing candidly about her fight. Social media has been has since been flooded with messages from fans, co workers and developers thanking her for her work. It's time, she wrote in her final message, posted yesterday, November 17th. According to my doctors, all further treatments are pointless. So please donate so my kids can create a funeral worthy of my keyboard Pixel Breaker so I can make a worthy entrance for reuniting with my one true love and late wife Janelle Jacquez. My daughter, Cynthia Elizabeth Heineman will be making the arrangements.

[Blessing]

Very sad news we should mention that. Yeah, she passed away of cancer aged 62. I learned a lot about her this last week as there have been so many posts, tweets, blue skies. It's a BS Tim about her work and her legacy. I want to read a portion from Wikipedia. It's a longer portion, but like please do. It's very fascinating to hear about what Rebecca Heineman like where she started and kind of where she went in her career. Because like this is somebody who made a big impact in the industry. So starting off in the early life section, right, Rebecca and Heineman was born William Salvador Heinemann on October 30, 1963 and raised in Whittier, California. When she was young, she could not afford to purchase games for her Atari 2600, so she taught herself how to how to copy cartridges and built herself a sizable pirated video game collection. Eventually she moved from copying games to reverse engineering console's code to understand how the games were made. In 1980, Heinemann and a friend traveled to Los Angeles to compete in a regional qualifying round of a National Atari 2600 Space Invaders Championship. Although she did not expect to place among the top 100 contestants, she won the competition. Later that year, she also won the championship in New York. Heinemann is hence the first champion of a national US Video game, right? Crazy. After she won the tournament, Heinemann was offered a writing job for monthly magazine Electronic Games and a consultancy job for a book called how to Master Video Games. During this time, she mentioned to one magazine publisher that she had reverse engineered Atari 2600 code and the publisher arranged a meeting between Heineman and the owners of a game publisher, Avalon Hill. As she met with them, she was hired as a programmer. Instantaneously, Hyneman, aged 16 at the time, moved across the US for a new job, canceling her plans to acquire a high school diploma. At Avalon Hill, Heinemann created a manual for the company's programming team, the studio's game engine and the base code for several software projects, including her own first game, London Blitz. Before leaving the company, Heineman returned to California to work for another developer, Boon Corporation. For Boon, she programmed the game Chuck Nor, Superkicks and Robin Hood, acquiring knowledge of programming for Commodore 64, Apple II, VIC 20 and IBM PC of video games hardware as well as well as video game design. Boon ceased operations in 1983, so Hyneman joined Brian Fargo, Jay Patel and Troy Worrell to establish Interplay Productions. Heineman acted as programmer for the company, working on Wasteland, the Bard's Tale, various ports of out of this World, and the Mac OS 3do and Apple 2GS ports of Wolfenstein 3D. Hyneman went on to design the Bard's Tale 3, Thief of Fate, Dragon Wars, Task Times and Tone Town, borrowed Time, Mind Shadow, the Tracer, Sanction, and programmed various ports of Battle Chess, among others for Interplay. As the company grew to more than 500 employees, Heinemann wish wishing to return to her small team roots, left the company in 1995 and co founded Logicware where she acted as chief technology officer and lead programmer. Aside from the original games such as Defiance, Heineman oversaw the company's porting activities which included out of this World, Killing Time, shattered steel, jazz, jackrabbit 2, which we remember from that episode of Game Showdown and a canceled Mac OS port of Halflife. In 1999, Heineman Co founded or sorry Hyman founded Contraband Entertainment and served as a CEO. The company developed se several original games alongside ports to various platforms for other developers. Projects led by Heineman include Activision Anthology and Mac OS ports for Aliens vs Predators, Baldur's Gate 2 and Heroes of Might and Magic 4. During this time she also provided consultancy work for directly for other companies. She acted as Senior Engineer 3 for Electronic Arts, upgraded engine code for Barking Lizards Technologies, and Ubisoft optimized codes for Sensory Sweep Studios, acted as senior software architect for Bloomberg LP and Amazon, provided training on Xbox360 development for Microsoft Development Studios, and worked on kernel code for PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 4 at Sony. I'm going to pause there as far as the credits because as you can tell, it goes fucking deep as far as all stories did. Yeah, like a storied career. I also want to shout out another segment where they talk about personal life and death here, right? In a segment in. In the documentary series High Score, Heinemann said she was drawn to video games at a young age as, quote, allowed me to be myself and allowed me to play as female. As early at the. As early. As early as at the founding of Interplay, Heinemann had had a concern with her birth name. At the time, Interplay's founders were not taking a salary and to sustain herself, she bought larger. She bought a larger number of cheap hamburgers from a nearby hamburger stand and kept them in her desk, which led to the nickname Burger, a name she preferred to be called by over the next 20 years rather than her birth name. Around 2003, Heineman was diagnosed with gender dysmorphia and began to transition to a woman dysphoria. Thank you. What did I say?

[Andy]

Dysmorphia.

[Blessing]

Thank you. Dysphoria. She formally changed her given name to Rebecca Ann following transition. But beautiful story of life, right? Like crazy to read all about this just on a Wikipedia page. But yeah, so many people were saying so many great things about her legacy and so rest in peace to Rebecca Heineman.

[Andy]

Yeah, super, super sad. 62, way too early. Cancer.

[Blessing]

Cancer.

[Andy]

Every. Everybody's been affected by. Whether it's somebody in your life or somebody that you knew of or somebody used to work with or whatever, there's just. There's always stories like this. And yeah, hearts go out to her and her family. That's very, very sad, but quite a life lived in those 62 years. Story number five, New Game plus comes to Ghosts of Yote November 24th. This comes from the homie Andrew Goldfarb at PS Blog. On November 24th, a free patch for all Ghosts of Yotei players will introduce new game plus allowing you to replay ATSU's quest for vengeance from the beginning with everything you earn throughout the campaign. Yes, that means it's time to bring a gun to a sword fight with all the new armors, abilities and weapons from your first playthrough available from the start of the game. New Game plus will unlock after you've finished the main story and will add new, harder difficulty options and two new trophies. There's also a new currency called Ghost Flowers that you can exchange with a new vendor for more than 30 new cosmetics, including new armor sets and weapon dies, plus 10 new charms. You'll also be able to earn an additional tier of upgrades for your existing armor sets and weapons. Beyond new Game plus, we also have a host of new features coming for the base game, starting with this new patch. You'll be able to replay content in the post game after you've completed the main story, including a new stats display. We're also adding new accessibility options including directional button remapping and new photo mode features including shutter speed, a composition grid, and new filters. So are those pieces of armor available in the like. I mean it's only like a new game plus thing.

[Blessing]

Oh, that's a good question because I.

[Andy]

Just want all the armors ever.

[Dan]

I imagine the way he words it of like that you can only get it through this shop. That's only available New game plus.

[Andy]

Andrew, go for. I'm going to need you to like send me a little code or something like give me like a what to.

[Blessing]

Get new game plus like a dev.

[Andy]

Input thing like like up, up, down, down. Yeah, beat the game. Yeah, give me the armors.

[Blessing]

Beat that game so quick. I'm pretty sure I'm. If you just mainline it.

[Andy]

I'm getting there. I just like I've been so sidetracked by a lot of different things and I've also decided it's probably going to be the game that I play when I'm back at my parents house for Christmas because they have a PlayStation there like the PS5 that I, that I sent over there that I guess it's at my nephew's hat. My brother's out. Damn, I got to get that PS5 back from him.

[Blessing]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

All this sounds neat. Give me Legends. That's what the streets you're in for. When is that for next year?

[Andy]

February or.

[Blessing]

I don't, I don't think they said like a specific.

[Andy]

Yeah, maybe there's. I think they just said early.

[Blessing]

I don't even know if they said early. They said 2026.

[Andy]

I'm really pumped for that dude. I'm super stoked.

[Blessing]

I, I, you know it was so interesting doing the review and thinking about like my version of the review because I, I gave it an 8 out of 10.

[Andy]

Right.

[Blessing]

Said it was a great game, it's.

[Andy]

A great game, great video, great experience.

[Blessing]

But I was thinking back to Ghost of Tsushima because I remember Ghost of Tsushima being in my top like five. Right. I loved adored Ghost of Tsushima and I was thinking about it I was like, well, I felt the same way after the single player. It wasn't until Ghost of Tsushima Legends where I was like, go like and.

[Andy]

Go to video game just shot up.

[Blessing]

And so I just need that missing piece of the puzzle that'll like take Ghostlyote from being an eight to me to being like a. Oh, now I'm obsessed with this game.

[Andy]

Okay. All right. Story number six. Ubisoft will report its missing earnings. Its missing earnings for the first half of fiscal year 202526 before Friday. I love this little notation you put in here, this ominous ass PDF. The PDF reads as follows. Ubisoft will communicate on its earnings figures for the first half of fiscal 2025, 2026 no later than before the opening of trading on Friday 21st November 2025. And then you get a whole bunch of financial legal mumbo jumbo afterwards.

[Blessing]

This is one of those ones where we might need to do a live reaction.

[Andy]

I love that. I love the idea of that we.

[Blessing]

Might need to do like a live because, like, this is going to be an event. We're about to learn some news this week about Ubisoft and hopefully Half Life three. I mean, do we really want to react to, hey, the it's over.

[Dan]

Trump's son in law and the Saudis have bought another game.

[Blessing]

Oh, you think that's where we're going with it?

[Andy]

You think the Kushner's getting into more colonels?

[Dan]

Dude, I don't know. It's just depressing, man.

[Andy]

I can only like imagine it being.

[Dan]

The equivalent to something like that.

[Blessing]

Man.

[Andy]

Yeah, I love the idea. I think people would show up for that.

[Blessing]

Oh, for sure.

[Announcer]

Audience.

[Andy]

I think this seems like it could be employment viewing. Yeah, that sounds like a very, very exciting thing. I do want to. Well, actually, you know what, we will get to super chats later because so far it looks like there's a big amount of super chats blessing.

[Blessing]

Oh, nice.

[Andy]

But if I wanted something smaller, say the tiny sneeze I need to know about, where would I go?

[Blessing]

You go to our last news story, the WE News channel, where we cover all the small news items. You need to know.

[Andy]

Did you put the numbers wrong? I was wondering for which part. Well, because it said there was seven stories, but like, we use the seven. WE News.

[Blessing]

Yeah, WE News is always a story. Yeah, yeah.

[Andy]

Did you see someone in the chat blessing saying, I always knew Bless was toxic.

[Blessing]

Oh, you learned that today. Oh, I've always been toxic. Yeah.

[Andy]

WE News this from comes from Knoebel Says Mafia. The old country Free ride update launches November 20, including car and horse races. Finally, combat challenges. First person driving. Photo mode, classic difficulty. New weapons, charms. New weapons, charms, cars and outfits. And a cinema Siciliano mode. Well, Siciliano.

[Blessing]

Yeah, that's cool.

[Dan]

You can also apparently explore the. The small open world now in free roam.

[Blessing]

Wow.

[Andy]

Is it bigger or smaller than Lumiose in Pokemon? I would love a world compare. You know, whenever there's like a new GTA and it's like, look how much bigger the map is compared to. You know, the last. Justin Legaria used to do those at.

[Dan]

Ign where you'd like walk across like the entire like Fallout 4 map or something like that. Dustin, get on that.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

What's the gyot like? Cinematic mode called Kurasa.

[Andy]

Yeah, yeah.

[Blessing]

Is like the Siciliana mode like the equivalent? I'm not. That's not a joke.

[Andy]

Well, cuz as you say that I just imagine like the border is like, you know, pepperoni and oregano and like voila. Mozzarella. Tomb Raider the Legend of Lara Croft Season 2 premieres on Netflix Damn. They made a season. They're making a season two. It's coming out.

[Blessing]

Dude.

[Andy]

Good for that.

[Blessing]

Yeah. That's wild. Is that the announcement? Yeah. I didn't even. I didn't. I didn't even like put it together that it's that Lara Croft show.

[Andy]

I didn't know the first one was successful enough to really good for them, to really, you know, justify that. Interesting. Fantastic.

[Blessing]

More about. So Siciliano, a dance song or instrumental piece in 6, 8 or 12. Eight time. Okay, I'll look up more.

[Andy]

I like that. Farming Simulator 25 has sold over 4 million units. Mega Zera Aura Mega Zarora. I don't know which Pokemon that is. Has been revealed for Pokemon Legends Za DLC Mega Dimension Picross S Capcom Classics Edition. Oh, that's a cool looking Pokemon.

[Dan]

I was about to say the opposite. This guy looks up.

[Andy]

I like this dude.

[Blessing]

Immerse yourself in cinema Siciliano mode for a vintage film aesthetic. Take the. Oh, that's all they say.

[Andy]

Oh, is this the version of the Pokemon that.

[Blessing]

That looks like an X or Y?

[Andy]

The Dylan says that it. The homie Cyberbone. Cyberbone says that I look like the first version or the second version of it. Oh, I can see the electric cat thing. I like this dude. I like. He kind of looks like a Digimon.

[Blessing]

I can see something especially with the yellow that you're wearing right now. Somebody called us. Somebody chat called us. Mustard and ketchup.

[Andy]

Different one. Different one. Then chat. But same color scheme. The blue and the yellow and the black. We have A Picross S SNK Classics and Neo Geo Edition launches November 27th on Nintendo Switch. And massive news. Everybody, everybody, batten down the hatches. Put the kids to bed. Lock your doors. Surprised? This was we news because season three of twisted metal has been confirmed.

[Blessing]

You know, I cater the news based on who's on the show sometimes. And so if Tim was here, this would have been story number one.

[Andy]

Yeah, you're right. Yeah. This is definitely one of those. Because at the end of. We knew it was. I'm the type that goes, there's a lot of other IP we could have. We can have TV shows.

[Blessing]

I put this at the end of we do. So we can, like, you know, kind of have that curve, you know?

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

And on, like a high.

[Andy]

I can't complain, though, because right now there's still an Elden ring movie gonna be made. Yeah.

[Blessing]

You got everything you're asking for?

[Andy]

I liked the screenshots of Zelda, of Link and Zelda.

[Blessing]

Okay.

[Andy]

I thought they looked good. I. I have a mass effects TV show being worked on. Yep. I'm kind of getting everything I want right now.

[Blessing]

What's on your shirt? Citizen sleeper. You need a citizen sleeper movie show.

[Andy]

Have you watched Alien Romulus?

[Blessing]

No. That's on my list.

[Andy]

Okay.

[Blessing]

I got a backlog.

[Andy]

The movie rocks. But the first 30 minutes of that movie, I was like, dude, this is what the citizens sleeper movie should be if they were ever to make something. Like, it's just the perfect sort of set design and everything.

[Blessing]

Citizens, don't sleep on Citizen sleeper.

[Andy]

You better not chat. Everybody better play it, please. It's so good, man. It's so good. That's it for weenies, everybody. Let's get to some super chats and your wrongs.

[Blessing]

I have so many questions about the Siciliano mode because, like, I don't find any.

[Andy]

A lot of questions about this.

[Blessing]

Because I guess, yeah, I'll look. I'm looking into it more guys.

[Andy]

Because, like, what you're looking for is you want.

[Blessing]

What's the history. What's.

[Andy]

You want an Italian director to have, like. Yeah, oh, that's that person's mode or whatever. Yes.

[Blessing]

But all I can find is Andrew Siciliano.

[Andy]

Oh, NFL. Yeah.

[Blessing]

An American sports. His ears are humongous. Yeah. Wow.

[Andy]

They're like the same size as mine, but his stick out a lot. He's got like the. Yeah. Andrew Silion. That. That guy rules. Here's some super chats. Samson L2$Super chat. Thank you. Samson says Andy, you're thinking of Luxray. No, it's not. Okay, good. Thank you. Needed that thwarted junk with a ten dollar super chat says will with bless bringing up the nomination deadline for game awards this year for dispatch and arc raiders. What happens to GTA 6 next year? Push back for the deadline or Is it a 2027 goatee contender? It all depends on whatever they. Whatever Jeff decides to do. Yeah, I mean, Mario Siciliano was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer.

[Dan]

I don't know if they named it after him or that's just because, you know, it's.

[Andy]

That's a good.

[Blessing]

Is there a. Is there a dev at the studio named Siciliano? Where's this.

[Andy]

No, it's got to be this dude. He's a film director, screenwriter for 40 years. That seems pretty legendary.

[Blessing]

So for Girls of Yote, they were like, oh, yeah, we got a Kurosawa mode. One of the most acclaimed, like, you know, prestigious directors for them. They're like, I'm sorry the Italians didn't.

[Dan]

Have anybody bigger blessed.

[Blessing]

You do though, don't you have. I think Italians have like, what's his name?

[Andy]

We got Mario. Godfather. Yeah, what's his name? But he's an actor, you know.

[Blessing]

Okay. Italian directors. You got like.

[Andy]

You want like a Scorsese or something?

[Blessing]

Yeah, but I didn't want to assume. What a stereotype. I wanted y' all to say stereotype. I guess I. I assumed. But I did want to say it out loud because I'm like, what if.

[Andy]

Oh, God. Chase Wilson with a two dollar super chat says, I highly recommend watching that. High score, Doc. $5 super chat from Smoke me a Kipper says Scotland qualified for the world cup last night. See you next year, Parentheses, if Trump lets us in. Oh, yeah. Most of you people look white, so I'm okay with you guys. Mad Rock's $5 super chat says went to Vegas on Thursday, won $10,000 on Saturday, got back home on Sunday, and I think I'm now sick due to the rain during that time.

[Blessing]

Worth it.

[Andy]

Worth it. 10k is crazy.

[Blessing]

Yeah. You can cough in my mouth for 10k because he got sick. I'm saying the trade off.

[Andy]

Oh, okay. I was like, what?

[Blessing]

Not randomly.

[Andy]

You could spit in my face. Spit in my mouth. Super chat from Kebab says, why didn't Dave the diver do this? I'm assuming you're talking about giving up the in debut indie or best indie or I forget whether it was nominated for one or both. Maybe it Was both.

[Blessing]

I think this is best indie.

[Andy]

But like this is just a different situation though. This is like somebody who had developed a lot of games before and then went under a different. It's the different name part.

[Blessing]

Yeah. I think it's more clear cut, this one. I think the best indie slash independent thing is more. I don't know, I just don't think there's like a good definition of it.

[Andy]

Yeah. You're.

[Blessing]

People disagree on what indie means.

[Andy]

I think you're expecting the data diver devs to go, hey, we have a lot of funding and a lot of employees. We're owned by Nexon, so we shouldn't be there. Where this is a different situation of.

[Blessing]

But like Barry, my point is that people disagree. Like people are arguing about whether Clear Obscure is indie game. Right. Like, I think that's more so the thing.

[Andy]

Everybody send your financial books to Jeff Keighley.

[Blessing]

Yeah. If your game costs more than if.

[Dan]

It'S pixel art, it's indie. If it's not pixel art, it's not indie.

[Andy]

The Portland Kevin five dollar Super Chat says last week I released a podcast episode of PlayStation Plus Game Club focusing on Sword of the Sea. Game is great. Like a mix of Journey and Tony Hawk. Tony Hawk. That's what I always thought.

[Blessing]

That's what I thought. That said.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

You know they're saying Amoeba Barrett. That's crazy.

[Andy]

Yeah. Lucid Dream. That's the super chat where Lucid Dream was also recommending Sword of the Sea. The Big Tuna. Wow. We got a.

[Blessing]

The big guy.

[Andy]

I can't think of his name. Bill Parcell's former NFL coach with a five dollar super chat says birthday tax. And finally actually able to catch a live kfgd. Appreciate all you guys do.

[Announcer]

Thank you.

[Andy]

Big Tuna. Happy birthday to you. I'm glad you spent it with us. I hope. I hope you found some joy, some. Some sadness, some happiness. I hope you explore all of your emotions today during games daily. Because I think it was one of those. Yeah.

[Blessing]

You know, do you think. Because like, why not do a Scorsese mode? You'd have to talk to him, right?

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

Did they talk to the Kurosawa people at the Kurosawa estate?

[Andy]

Oh, I. Yeah. You can't use that name without it. Yeah.

[Blessing]

Okay. That makes sense.

[Andy]

Thousand percent.

[Blessing]

They're able to talk to Siciliano. No offense. This is Iliano. Well, he's like a cool guy.

[Dan]

But here's the other thing is like, I do wonder if there's a little bit I. I have to look into this just because please do I want to say like, even though Scorsese obviously Italian man, but born in America, right?

[Andy]

Sure. And so I see, I see what you're saying.

[Blessing]

Yeah.

[Dan]

They want to look for someone who might actually, you know, be from the country who has like a very specific style that might actually represent the culture of filmmaking there.

[Andy]

I see what you're getting at. Yeah.

[Blessing]

Somebody says Sicily is also where it is set. That has to be hard.

[Andy]

That's true.

[Dan]

So that is also. Yeah, I brought that up earlier.

[Andy]

Okay. But like that just means like, you know, then, then that's like calling a Moden Go Sushima Japan mode. You know, like, you know what I mean? Like.

[Blessing]

Sure.

[Andy]

But if that, if that's the case that like. Yeah, it's weird. It's kind of weird. I do want to make a call out right now. This is. Has nothing to do with the show, nothing with anything. It's just like this is the place where more eyes and ears will be on it. Ken Jr. In the Twitch Chat. Who's usually in the Twitch Chat. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, you won a giveaway for your Hollow knight Silksong drawing where I drew the green prints for you. And I need you to check your Twist Whispers so you can tell me your shipping address and all that fun stuff. So reply to me on Twitch Whispers please, so I can get that shipped out today because I have a free afternoon today. I was like, oh my God, I can like actually ship these suckers out. So we're gonna do that. Let's go to youo're wrong real quick.

[Blessing]

Oh, I'm already in there for you, Kebabs. You watch the show. That's all I'll tell you. Kebabs. Because she writes in and says also the word smoke has no plural form, similar to fish and sheep. You understand that this is a meme because Tim said it one time.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Blessing]

And when I say when there's smokes, there's flames, I'm referencing the time Tim said it. Because it's funny. Well, yeah, it's technically fire. I have to.

[Andy]

I had to make fun of. I had to make fun of Skytech for doing something similar. Sky Tech. I love you in the Twitch chat, but did something very, very similar where I was talking about the genres that I want for the game Awards for game direction to be more towards innovation, you know. And I said Claire Obscure would be still nominated in my like innovation thing because it's the first turn based game to ever do like real time. Parries. And it's the first one ever. There's never been another game that's ever tried the first one and the first one only. And Skytech was like, come on. There's Mario this and that. I was like, scott, you watch me enough to know I'm around Skytech.

[Blessing]

Come on, guys. Come on, come on.

[Andy]

Nitro with a super chat says some insight on Fortnite. Fortnite creative is a. Is kind of limiting compared to something like Unreal or Unity or even Dreams. Most are maps rather than games for monetization. Successful maps get a slice of Fortnite revenue based on engagement.

[Blessing]

See, but that leads to more questions than answers for me, because I know that. But then it's like, if you're making.

[Andy]

Something in Unity, creating in Fortnite is more like creating something in Halo Forge.

[Blessing]

Yeah. You know, but like, if I made Hollow Knight, I wouldn't. I. I guess, like, what does putting Hollow Knight in Halo Forge look like? Is my question.

[Andy]

Dionysus says everyone watch. Skill up. Skill up. Sorry.

[Dan]

Dionysus.

[Andy]

I say Dionysus.

[Blessing]

I say Dionysus.

[Andy]

I say Dionysus. Because Rush says Dionysus in one of their songs. Rush. Real nerdy like that. I love Rush. Gonna see him next year. Really excited. Gonna see him in Toronto with Tom Bach. Wow.

[Blessing]

Yeah, that's a fun one.

[Andy]

He was like, dude, I have to watch Russian Toronto. I was like, the hell yeah, dude. Count me in, dude.

[Blessing]

That's cool.

[Andy]

Bless. This has been a fun episode of kind of Funny Games Daily. Yeah, thank you everybody for watching and hanging out with us. If you love what we do, support us with a kind of funny membership on Patreon or YouTube to get all of our shows ad free, watch us record them live and get a daily exclusive show. Enjoy the Gamescast after this, which is a review of Kirby Air Riders. But until next time, it's been our pleasure to serve you.

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[Dan]

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