Netflix Buys Warner Bros - Kinda Funny Games Daily 12.05.25

Summary

Kinda Funny Games Daily – December 5, 2025

Episode Theme & Purpose

Main Theme:
The biggest video game and entertainment news of the day, headlined by Netflix’s blockbuster agreement to buy Warner Bros. Discovery (including its valuable film, TV, and gaming assets). Hosted by Greg Miller and Andy Cortez, the show explores the potential ramifications of this merger, new industry moves (such as Fallout’s creator rejoining Obsidian), notable upcoming releases, and community reactions. The hosts also bring their signature irreverence and insight to each topic.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Netflix Buys Warner Bros. Discovery Including Gaming Divisions

[11:49 – 32:22]

• Deal Details:

  • Netflix acquires WB Discovery (including film, streaming, and gaming assets) for $82.7 billion. The acquisition covers major IPs: Harry Potter, DC Universe, Game of Thrones, plus game studios like NetherRealm (Mortal Kombat), Rocksteady (Arkham), Avalanche (Hogwarts Legacy), and TT Games (LEGO).

• Regulatory Uncertainty:

  • The US Competitions regulator is likely to become involved. Netflix is reportedly prepared to pay a $5 billion breakup fee if regulators block the deal.

• Industry Reaction & Concerns:

  • Both hosts express skepticism and a comedic sense of doom about such a massive corporate merger, noting recent failures of similar media conglomerations.
  • Andy Cortez ([15:30]): “Here are two brands floundering in video games. Let’s bring them together and see what happens.”
  • Greg Miller ([14:17]): “This will probably culminate in decades and decades of just wealth for everybody. … Trickle-down economy. All these people will just keep getting more.”
  • Chat/community and industry figures emphasize worries about creative stagnation, layoffs, price increases, fewer movies in theaters, and the general impact on art and jobs.

• The Fate of Warner Bros. Games Studios:

  • Announcement did not specifically address the games division; speculation that Netflix may not understand or value the game studios it’s acquiring.
  • Parallel to Netflix’s prior acquisitions of studios like Spry Fox, which they later sold back: “Maybe Ed Boon could get the capital together to buy NetherRealm if they were gonna get rid of it.” ([16:13] Andy)
  • Netflix’s weak history with gaming, mostly relegated to mobile games and some lackluster experimentation, does not inspire confidence.
  • Speculation on potential sell-offs of studios like Rocksteady and NetherRealm.

• Merged Service Mayhem:

  • Amusement at possible branding confusion (Netflix, HBO Max, “Duff Light Duff”).
  • Greg Miller ([18:41]): “Are we throwing Max on Netflix now?”
  • Andy Cortez: “Netflix is the big swinging dick here.”

• Possible Upsides & Precedents:

  • Some hope for positive surprises if Netflix invests in ambitious single-player IP games (like “make a Lord of the Rings RPG”).
  • But skepticism about Netflix’s willingness to invest at the scale required, or learn from the “take a hit on the chin” approach of Amazon/Luna.

• Cultural and Creative Fallout:

  • Andy ([32:07]): “Layoffs, price increases, less movies, game studio closures, less creativity. Sucks for art.”

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2. Fallout Creator Tim Cain Returns to Obsidian

[32:36 – 36:45]

• Announcement:

  • Tim Cain, original Fallout lead, rejoins Obsidian as a full-time, in-person employee working on a secret project.
  • Cain quote ([34:15]): “Don’t bother guessing. You’re not going to guess what I’m working on.”

• Community Reaction:

  • Surprised excitement and much speculation about the nature of the project (is it a new Fallout game, a top-down RPG, or something new?).
  • Hosts reflect on Obsidian’s strong but sometimes “8/10” output, wishing them well and hoping for a project that resonates more broadly.

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3. Quick Hits and Release Date Announcements

[44:34 – 55:50]

• Grasshopper’s “Romeo is a Dead Man” Announcement:

  • Suda51’s studio will self-publish, release February 11, 2026.
  • Discussed Suda51’s name (“Go-ichi” = 5-1 in Japanese), a revelation for the hosts.
  • Expressed enthusiasm for the game’s striking style and tone.

• Splitgate Revival:

  • “Splitgate Arena Reloaded” fuses elements of 1 and 2, launches as a free-to-play PC and console arena shooter on December 17, 2025.

• Liquid Swords Unveils “Samson: A Tindalston Story”:

  • Open world action game with unique debt mechanic, weaponized driving; $25 price point noted as promising for a smaller title.

• Soul Shogunate Reveal:

  • Early development samurai space opera action RPG; skepticism about the project until gameplay is shown.

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4. Community and Industry Responses to the Netflix-WB Deal

[19:52 – 32:22, 61:27 – 67:43]

• Cinema Exhibitors Express Outrage:

  • Cinema United blasts the deal as a threat to global exhibition (movie theaters).
  • Community superchats debate whether the deal will go through, with some predicting regulatory intervention.

• Concerns About AEW/WWE Rights:

  • Questions raised about impacts on TV wrestling deals now that both AEW and WWE will have separate streaming partners (Warner and Netflix).

• Physical Media Advocacy:

  • Fans urge investing in physical media as streaming rights and mergers become ever more convoluted.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Greg Miller ([13:58]): “Great news. Two massive companies just joining forces. This will probably culminate in decades and decades of just wealth for everybody.”
• Andy Cortez ([15:30]): “Here are two brands floundering in video games. Let’s bring them together and see what happens.”
• Greg Miller ([28:03]): “What Netflix gaming reminds me so much of… Amazon Prime and Twitch Prime. Yeah, fucking toss it in there. We won’t make a big deal about it.”
• Andy Cortez ([32:07]) relaying a chat message: “Layoffs, price increases, less movies in theaters, game studio closures, and less creativity in general. Sucks for art.”
• Tim Cain ([34:15], via Andy Cortez): “Don’t bother guessing. You’re not going to guess [what Obsidian’s new project is].”
• Suda51 Name Revelation ([45:59 – 46:15] Andy): “Goichi Suda in Japanese… ‘Go’ – 5, ‘Ichi’ – 1. Shut the—! That’s so smart.”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Netflix Acquires Warner Bros. – Core Discussion: [11:49 – 32:22]
• Fallout’s Tim Cain Rejoins Obsidian: [32:36 – 36:45]
• Suda51’s “Romeo is a Dead Man” Reveal: [44:34 – 47:42]
• Splitgate Arena Reloaded Announced: [48:00 – 49:38]
• “Samson: A Tindalston Story” First Look: [50:25 – 53:33]
• Soul Shogunate Reveal: [54:52 – 56:36]
• Community Super Chats & Concerns: [61:27 – 67:43]

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Additional Highlights and Host Banter

• The hosts celebrate comedic asides – from hot dog stock failures to stories about their kids and internet memes.
• Community Poll: Avowed vs. Outer Worlds 2 – Outer Worlds 2 is favored.
• Memorable behind-the-scenes and personal moments: Andy discusses his hair routine, Greg raves about his Animal Crossing mug, and the crew teases each other about unplayed classic games and upcoming streams.
• Speculation about Game Awards hints, cryptic statues, and upcoming releases.

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Conclusion

This episode of Kinda Funny Games Daily blends major industry news (Netflix’s record-breaking WB purchase), skepticism about the intentions and competence of mega-corps in gaming, and the hosts’ trademark humor, optimism, and resignation in the face of perpetual corporate shake-up. Community engagement is high, with live reactions, polls, and superchats providing vibrant context for the day’s stories. Whether celebrating or commiserating, the hosts maintain a conversational, approachable tone that invites both regulars and newcomers to join the debate.

Transcript

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Today in the nerdy news you need to know about. Netflix buys Warner Brothers. Fallout's creator has rejoined Obsidian. And some new release dates and game announcements. We'll have all this and more because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily.

Before we were live in the YouTube chat, it's Showtime 6988 beta. He misspelled it. Bet it be a topic in there where Netflix is planning on buying Warner Brothers. Like what? What we think we're. Who are we in the tank for on this Netflix? Warner Brothers? Why wouldn't we report on the biggest story in fucking entertainment today?

[Greg Miller]

They're clearly conflicted.

[Andy Cortez]

They better.

[Greg Miller]

They better.

[Andy Cortez]

They like to dodge the tough stories. They like to dodge. What's up, everybody? Welcome to Kind of Funny Games daily for Friday, December 5, 2025 20. I'm one of your hosts, Greg Miller, alongside the Hispanic heartthrob Texas treat Latino Heat. Clicking heads and ripping them to shreds. The globe Trot and head shot in three points. Shooting Root and Toot Nitro Rifle from Twitch TV. Andy Cortez, the man who rolled credits in Hades 2 last night?

[Greg Miller]

I did. Yeah. I mean, it was a night of a lot of achievements. Started Metroid also another achievement of just a, you know, just a nice little way to cap off a disappointing Cowboy season. Likely knocked out of the playoffs. We're not them boys, but we're still them boys.

[Andy Cortez]

You're still.

[Greg Miller]

We're still them boys, but very, very sad. Yeah. Got their asses whooped in Detroit against the Lions.

[Andy Cortez]

You hate to see it.

[Greg Miller]

You see the. That halftime show last week?

[Andy Cortez]

I did not.

[Greg Miller]

Jack White and then Eminem came out. Oh, they love Detroit.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, of course, I didn't know. Jack White loves Detroit.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, he's from Detroit.

[Andy Cortez]

Jack White. Look, if I'm thinking of the right guy, which I think I am, he looks like the Crypt Keeper. This guy gets reanimated every so often. Wheeled out to play and talk.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Very, very. I don't know if he's ever seen.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, yeah. I remember when that was Billy Corgan's bit, you know what I mean?

[Greg Miller]

Ah, right, right there.

[Andy Cortez]

Look at that. That's a. That's a fucking terror.

[Greg Miller]

I mean, he. I would say he's America's last rock star.

[Andy Cortez]

Why?

[Greg Miller]

Because there's. We're not making them anymore.

You know what I mean? Think of like a rock star.

[Andy Cortez]

I think like what Anthony Kiedis and like the Cohen Cambria got, you know? Is he really the last out the gate? Like when, when, when did. How old's Claudio? Claudio.

[Greg Miller]

Well, but like, I don't know. But America doesn't know Claudio Sanchez the way I know Coheed. You know what I mean?

[Andy Cortez]

Well, yeah, but okay, he's like, you.

[Greg Miller]

Know, in terms of like, you know, we're talking household name. He's not even a household name, but you know what I mean?

[Andy Cortez]

Okay. I was in a lot of countries.

[Greg Miller]

Dying breed, Greg.

[Andy Cortez]

Maybe for the best. You know what I mean?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

They don't. Rock stars never seem like it goes well for them. I'm watching this P. Diddy documentary. Oof.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, really?

[Andy Cortez]

You know what I mean? You didn't know? You didn't know? He's a bad guy.

[Greg Miller]

Is that the 50 Cent footage?

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, yeah. It's fucking crazy. I got to watch every episode. Jen's like, can you believe 50 Cent made this? And then she showed me a TikTok of him being interviewed. He's got the biggest shit eating grin on his face. How did you get this footage? Like, I can't reveal my sources. He looks great. He's doing great. Good for Him. Good for him. Indeed. I do want to address a lot of the rumors and speculations I've already been seeing on the chats on the subreddit, probably on the comments of the YouTube video. I. I am in fact using not the Animal Crossing cup and this is the first time since buying the Animal Crossing cup that I have used a coffee cup for hot coffee on this. That isn't the animal crossing. But I just needed more coffee than the Animal Crossing cup can hold. It holds such a little amount. Nick was giving me shit two days ago that it was all stained on the side. It's because the lowest setting on the Keurig still brings it to the brim. It brings it to the brim and I'm like, I don't know what I'm doing.

[Greg Miller]

That's a fortune today.

[Andy Cortez]

I needed this. I had to go do this. I'm sorry.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. But aside from that, also prepping for the new King is watching dlc. Ever heard of the King is watching? Pretty good game.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, you talk about it quite a bit.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, really good game. They got a DLC coming out. Very, very excited for it. Man. What else did I do last night?

[Andy Cortez]

I was prepping. I was playing Metroid. I kept playing Metroid.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, I saw you post it.

[Andy Cortez]

You know, today's Greg Way will be all about it.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

But I also, I'm working on my Pokemon save. I want to make sure I'm in a good spot for that. So when we were watching this, the 50 Cent documentary about P. Diddy, I was doing my side missions, grinding those out because Pokemon DLC's next week and I'm excited about that.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, I also, I. Last night I thought it was going to be a night rain night. I was just a little bit sleepy and I was working on stuff like I got into a groove, you know, Goatee graphics.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Things are shaping up. The smileys are. Are really kind of kicking into high gear. Super stoked about that.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

I also did my.

Employee review form, filled that in the Give me five stars in the what can Things do. What. What Things can Greg Do Better section. I put play Redmond from the Ashes too with me.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, I get who's.

[Greg Miller]

And somebody else. Maybe. Maybe Mike. I don't know.

[Andy Cortez]

Would I like Remnants from the Ashes too?

[Greg Miller]

Dude, you would like it. I think you would like it.

[Andy Cortez]

What. What makes it a Greg game?

[Greg Miller]

It's a third person shooter with a dodge roll. Very kind of like, you know, but it's, it's. It's a souls like Shooter. Okay. But it's got some of the most like genius boss fight designs. It's hard, but good weapon. Like cool weapons, cool loot.

[Andy Cortez]

You could always carry me. It came out in 2023.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, that's a good one.

[Andy Cortez]

You've been sitting on this one for a while. What you want me to do?

[Greg Miller]

Well, I mean, yeah, just, you know, you're so hard to get a hold of. That's not true.

Remnant two is good. Yes. Chad agrees.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh yeah. I'm not. No, no. Knock on the grandma.

[Greg Miller]

Two's amazing.

[Andy Cortez]

Okay. Yeah, you say I like it. Tell Mike. Mike, according to blessing, Michael watches all this and I know he doesn't. So Mike put on the stream calendar. You know what I mean?

[Greg Miller]

We did. When? The last time we streamed it with Nick. You know, difficulty scales. Already a hard game.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

And we died many times to a boss because we were constantly going to resnick and on one of the times we decided not to res him and two players beat and beat a three person boss.

[Andy Cortez]

You cut the dead weight.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, I'm not saying that that's where you're gonna be, but.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh no, no, no, no, no. I'm definitely better than Nick giving you some.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Reference.

[Andy Cortez]

I thought you were making references to what we're doing to Nick on the anniversary this year.

[Greg Miller]

What are we doing?

[Andy Cortez]

We're firing two co founders.

Turning the page on a new decade. Don't tell them though. If you didn't know everybody. This is kind of Funny Games daily, each and every weekday we run you through the nerdy video game news you need to know about. Live on YouTube.com kindafunnygames Twitch TV kinda funnygames podcast services around the globe. If you like that, pick up a kinda funny membership. Patreon.com kinda funny YouTube.com kindafunnygames Apple Spotify of course. Keep the lights and mics on. Get all of our shows ad free. That's more than 80amonth. Get your daily dose of me, Greg Miller in a podcast series we call Greg Way. And of course get good karma for supporting an 11 person small business. If you want to support us While we're live, YouTube super chat YouTube.com kinda funny games. You can super chat live to be part of the show with your birthday tax because so many people are birthday taxing. But of course then your questions, comments and so forth on all of the news today. Clearly I need your opinions and hot takes on Netflix buying Warner Brothers, no books, toss away, no big deal like subscribe, share ring the bell if you have Amazon prime. You have Twitch, Twitch prime give us your free 30 day subscription that they don't remind you about each and every month. Housekeeping for you. Announcing the inaugural Kind of Funny Games Daily awards. Kind of Funny Games Daily is literally nothing without the hard work of an entire industry. So we're going to celebrate the people that make the news each and every day. Nominate your favorite sites, authors and stories at kind of funny.com awards so we can show some love before the end of the year. That's kindafunny.com awards. These are your final days to get your nominations in. I will then go through or force blessing to go through and sort them and then we will come to you next week with where you're voting on and then the week after that on that final Friday. So two weeks from today we'll give out our awards. We're an 11 person business all about live talk shows. Today after Kind of Funny Games Daily you're gonna get the games cast. That is the Nintendo Switch 2 review. Six months later. Six months to the day since the Nintendo Switch 2 came out. Andy.

[Greg Miller]

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[Andy Cortez]

That's crazy.

[Greg Miller]

That's not true. I play a decent amount of Pokemon.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, you love it.

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Wow. Okay.

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[Greg Miller]

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Number one Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Brothers, including game developers behind Mortal Kombat, Hogwarts Legacy and more. This is Andy Robinson at VGC News. Netflix has agreed to a deal to acquire the film and streaming business of Warner Bros. Discovery, which also includes its video game army. After weeks of bidding from companies including Comcast and Paramount Skydance, the pair announced a deal worth $82.7 billion in enterprise value on Friday. Warner Bros. Owns IPs such as Harry Potter, Game of Thrones and DC Universe. It also owns video game developers like Mortal Kombat's, NetherRealm Studios, Arkham creator Rocksteady Hogwarts, Legacy's Avalanche and Lego game studio TT Games. According to Netflix, the deal brings together two pioneering entertainment businesses combining Netflix Innovation, Global Reach and Best in class streaming service with Warner Brothers century long legacy of world class storytelling. The US Competition regulator is likely to get involved before the deal closes and Netflix is offering a $5 billion breakup fee if regulators don't approve the deal, according to Bloomberg. Greg Peters, co CEO of Netflix, said, quote, this acquisition will improve our offering and accelerate our business for decades to come. Warner Brothers has helped define entertainment for more than a century and continues to do so with phenomenal creative executives and production capabilities. It's not clear what the deal could mean for Warner Bros. Games business and Friday's announcement makes no mention of it. Netflix has made a muted push into the video game space for some years, hiring experienced talent and pushing video games playable in Netflix. Let me try this again. Hiring experienced developer talent and pushing video games playable in the Netflix app to its millions of users. So far, Netflix's game experiences have been mostly smaller mobile style titles rather than console style blockbusters. Andreas Cortez this is great.

You're stoked about this. You're happy about this.

[Greg Miller]

This is great news. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, where, you know, two massive companies just joining forces. I think this will be, this will probably culminate in decades and decades of just wealth for everybody. Sure, everybody will, will, you know, reap the benefit.

[Andy Cortez]

It's going to trickle. It's a trickle down economy it is. All the people in both these companies, as they combine, will just get more and more.

[Greg Miller]

I agree, I agree. Yeah. I think when we talk about what's going to happen on the game, well, first off, like, thank God Denis Villeneuve is like ending the, you know, he's going to do his final Dune movie and then probably be like, I'm out, because I want these movies still to, you know, be taken seriously in theaters. Yeah. But then the on the game side of things. So far, so great. You know, with Netflix, it's been smooth sailing so far with their studios.

[Andy Cortez]

Now, of course, you lie through your teeth when you're trying to get a deal done, but I had seen the headline earlier this week, right. That Netflix has said Warner Brothers films will succumb, debut in cinemas the length of the run before streaming on. It is likely to evolve, obviously. And obviously everything's gonna evolve and change.

[Greg Miller]

And Lane Kiffin didn't want to leave Ole Miss.

[Andy Cortez]

You know, your mouth of God's ears, you know what I mean?

[Greg Miller]

You know?

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

These slimy snakes, that's all they do.

[Andy Cortez]

These sons are.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, you know, this is just another kind of sad thing going on. It's not like Warner Brothers was doing a whole lot to make us feel good about the IP and now it's getting worse.

[Andy Cortez]

It's that idea of like, hey, here are two brands floundering in video games. Let's bring them together and see what happens. You know, there's lots of great reporting going on about this and I apologize that I saw this on Blue Sky. It was one of those where somebody in the slides, there was just like one mention of games and it was like interactive experiences. WB and like the Nether or the Mortal Kombat logo and somebody had it like it's. It's almost as if Netflix does not know they've bought video games as well. And so what? That doesn't speak. The fact that you're not making a bigger deal about that and having more stuff front center about that makes me wonder if it's. You are strictly there for the film and television. So, hey, you know, we're doing buy these things and then offload these guys.

[Greg Miller]

Cut, cut, cut, hopefully sell.

[Andy Cortez]

I mean, like, you know, we never know what the fuck's going on at any corporation. And the developers were talking about netherrealm, Rocksteady. These are big ones. But just yesterday we talked on the show about Spry Fox. It was a company that Netflix bought to make games and they sold the company Back to the actual owners where they're like, who knows on the inside what was happening there and why that's happening. But maybe I bet Ed Boone could get the capital together to buy another realm if they were saying, hey, let's get rid of this.

[Greg Miller]

The Spry Fox deal is one of those weird ones because it just doesn't seem like something like a deal that's possible with a name that large like Netflix. When I think of how something, even something recently that happened with. Oh, gosh, I'm blanking on the name of it. But it's that one Minecraft game that Riot bought.

[Andy Cortez]

Terraria.

[Greg Miller]

No, but it was like a Minecraft style game that Riot bought. And then seven years after this game being like in. In development, hell, Riot sold it back to the owners. And like, I always assumed a company as big as Wright would be as large as a company could be for this type of deal to go down.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

But also, I'm just kind of used to the kind of current media landscape where David Zaslav of WB just says everything and I don't care. And so the Spry Fox deal is a really cool and interesting one and hopefully there's a bit more. You know.

I mean, I want to say, like, maybe they. Hopefully they play nice with some of these, whoever. But we're also assuming that they're gonna cut stuff.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, maybe that doesn't happen. Redundancies, Redundancies.

[Greg Miller]

Maybe that doesn't happen, though.

[Andy Cortez]

I mean, like, there's just so much.

You. I. Corporate consolidation has rarely been good in recent years. And I only say recent years solid. Because you look back at I'm. I'm a child as we go further and further back. Right. AOL Time Warner and whatnot. I have no idea how good or bad any of these things were. Right. But it is the big deal. I remember that it is the big idea now of like, all right, cool. Netflix eats this up and then. Yeah, what does it do for a million different things? Again, news hot and heavy this morning. Comments everywhere. I saw one saying they are going to keep HBO Max around, which then is just mind boggling. A Netflix app and an HBO app and it's just the Duff, Duff, light, Duff, whatever. All of it coming out of the same place. Like, what are we talking about?

[Greg Miller]

There's the word Max get thrown on elsewhere. Do we throw Max on Netflix?

[Andy Cortez]

No.

[Greg Miller]

You don't think there's going to be any more brand changing?

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, I think there will be a lot of brand changing. I don't think you toss it on Netflix again. Netflix is the one coming in. That's the big swinging dick here. We won, we bought this thing. You want to get rid of WB because everybody knows that and the water tower and whatnot. But then you merge that into Netflix, Warner Brothers or whatever, you still keep that around.

[Greg Miller]

What?

[Andy Cortez]

What?

[Greg Miller]

I mean, now we're kind of in on the entertainment side of things, but I mean, already my mind is at the place where I go, okay, what WB properties get a Netflix show and get canceled after a season? Like, it just feels like we've. We've been down this road plenty of times and we're going to continue to do this and bash our heads against the wall and then they'll come out with, you know, squid game season 17 or whatever. And.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, yeah, I mean, it could be good, it could be bad, it could be million. You take the good, you take the bad, Jake, and both. And there you have the facts of life.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

And that's what we're into here right now. And people are flipping out the chat about a million different. I did see you call out of Disney. Hulu and ESPN are already doing that. That's true. As somebody who just doesn't use Hulu, I don't think about it. You know what I mean?

[Greg Miller]

Now, okay.

[Andy Cortez]

Of course, from Deadline's article where I pulled that they are going to still do their releases. Expedition's biggest trade group, Cinema United, came out with a blunt statement this morning opposing the merger, saying, quote, the proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers by Netflix poses an unprecedented threat to the global exhibition business. Of course, talking about putting out movies over in the super chats, which are coming in hot and heavy as well. Thank you very much. Not. Calvin Perez says Netflix also only releases films in specific theaters. Example, Frankenstein wasn't in amc, thus barring a list pass users.

[Greg Miller]

Damn. Now let's jump to the plus side. Finally, Netflix, they've got some.

They, you know, that big swinging dick telling people to do what to do now, you know?

[Andy Cortez]

Sure.

[Greg Miller]

Hey, Rocksteady, make a Batman game. Well, no, because I've never played one, so I don't really care fucking shit.

[Andy Cortez]

Really? Never played one?

[Greg Miller]

No, never.

[Andy Cortez]

That all about.

[Greg Miller]

Never played the Arkham games.

[Andy Cortez]

What's that about?

[Greg Miller]

I don't know.

[Andy Cortez]

You like superheroes?

[Greg Miller]

It was in the era where I wasn't gaming a whole lot. And then.

[Andy Cortez]

Sure. But then you go home and you just stream all the time. There must be some Twitch initiative on your channel that people are trying to push you to play that they mean that you fucking bought a unmodded PlayStation. So you get to do Bloodborne or whatever in 60. You're a psycho.

[Greg Miller]

That's a big deal.

I, as far as, you know, the, the people's cries for Arkham, it's just not there, right? And people don't know me for that. I, I, maybe if I was like the Batman guy, and people are like, you gotta play the Arkham.

[Andy Cortez]

You live with the Batman guy. I'm surprised Bear isn't screaming through the wall every night.

[Greg Miller]

Gosh, one of my favorite memories is just like being at the old studio when everybody thought that Arkham or Roxy was gonna announce their new game and Barrett had like a Batman mask and the showcase ended and like, if I could just. It's screen capped in my mind. I wish I could just screen cap the memory of just like, sitting at the control desk with the Batman mask just like the most, like, fucking depressed person. It's so funny now on the flip side of things, they go, hey, Rocksteady, enough with the, you know, first off, give me one update for Suicide Squad. Give me one DLC patch, right? But.

I want to see the K Pop Demon Hunters be a roguelite.

[Andy Cortez]

See, here's where it gets interesting.

[Greg Miller]

I want everybody, I want every. Say a. Say a boy.

[Andy Cortez]

Sasha.

[Greg Miller]

Sasha Saja. Saja boys.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, Sasha boys.

[Greg Miller]

Okay. I want every one of them be their own boss abilities. Like, you're watching that movie and you're like, oh, my gosh, all these weapons all like, it's, it's kind of primed for this sort of experience.

[Andy Cortez]

Well, when we were out there and we were all belly aching about this, bless you. I shouted out, k Pop Demon Hunters game with the Nemesis system.

[Greg Miller]

So at least we could be a little bit positive about.

[Andy Cortez]

I mean, it's the normal thing. Again, like, this is, I think this is a weird one because again, Netflix is shown time and time again. They don't know how to do video games. So nothing has come from them having this huge reach in this way to get games to you.

[Greg Miller]

Right?

[Andy Cortez]

Meanwhile, WB has continued to make horrible moves, and I would even take it beyond video games with the exception right now. I know there's more exceptions to this, but, like, in general, how they've treated DC movies right now. James Gunn on an upswing. That's great. Will this fuck all of that up? Who knows? Doesn't matter for right now. But, like, you have two things that really aren't. Like, it's not, you're not firing on all cylinders. So it is like, were we, were we confident that whatever. The next Rocksteady game was ever actually gonna come out or was that gonna get canceled? And then that was like, I don't. But the major concern I have on the negative side, before you go, it could be great. Is also just Netflix. I just don't feel like cares about video games. I just don't feel like. And I. In this. The way they are talking about this buyout and this merger and what they're doing here. Buyout, not merger, I guess technically, is not giving me hope that they're stoked that they have Mortal Kombat and they're stoked that they have the Arkham Devs. You know what I mean? I'm not getting that vibe from this. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Cut to the meeting. And then going, oh, you're throwing that in there.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah. Which to me just makes it sound like, yeah, we're going to sell these. Get. You know, I don't think you close them or you want to make money off of them, but I think you sell them off and get them. There's part of the deal you took, but don't want you break it up and get it out of there. But I don't know. And I don't.

[Greg Miller]

It still at this point has seemed like a. A swinging attempt. Netflix is still trying to do stuff. They still want to be a player in that space, but I just don't know if it's panning out now because.

[Andy Cortez]

They'Re not really trying. But like they buy and put on the thing and occasionally advertise on your TV app. I don't see it all the time. Just occasionally I see it pop up and then. Yeah, they usually are either really small games or old games for the most part. And I know there are new games recently. Yeah, I forget what they are, but.

[Greg Miller]

They did shut down that one studio like two years ago. The one that was a Netflix specific studio.

[Andy Cortez]

I think they shut down a couple blue something. Blue Moon.

[Greg Miller]

Forget what it's called.

[Andy Cortez]

It's me, Greg. How you doing?

[Greg Miller]

What you doing on your phone?

[Andy Cortez]

I'm. Yeah, there it is at Red Dead. Red Dead Redemption one just came out on mobile games that you could go play there. Right. But even to be. You open it up and what do you serve? Red Dead one. Okay. An old game in a humongous game. Great. Cool. And then under Watermelon Fruit Puzzle game. The World of Peppa Pig. Netflix. Puzzled. Spongebob Get Cooking. Lego Duplo World. Fuck. I think I might be buying that on my phone. I gotta get that crazy Grove. That was cool.

[Greg Miller]

Sonic Prime- from jobs.netflix.com career/games. @ Netflix, we create stories for every kind of viewer and we believe every viewer is also a gamer, even if they just don't know it yet. They have like our internal studios, Night School Studio, Netflix Game studio, Next Games, Moon Loot Games and Spry Fox, which you gotta update the website there. Netflix. But you know, I don't know how Night School is doing, but the fact that they have job listings still.

[Andy Cortez]

Up.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Has got to mean.

[Andy Cortez]

Something. I mean, it means that someone at Netflix is letting them continue on.

[Greg Miller]

Right. Like they're currently looking for a.

[Andy Cortez]

Producer. Yeah. But you know how this goes. You just get closed up one day and again Netflix. And I'd love to see Night School sold back to the folks. Night School, of course, the Oxenfree devs.

[Greg Miller]

Right.

[Andy Cortez]

Right. If you were to look at this oxenfree after party. Oxenfree2signals thronglets apparently is from Wikipedia, an Android iOS game they're working on. Life Simulation. I imagine that's a Netflix one, but I haven't seen. Oh, Black Mirror.

[Greg Miller]

Thronglets. You're just throwing a lot of stuff at.

[Andy Cortez]

Me. There you.

[Greg Miller]

Go. Black Mirror.

[Andy Cortez]

Thronglets. Thronglets. Apparently it's out scrobbling.

Let me read it for you. Okay. Cross over into the world of Black Mirror and experience Thronglets, the retro virtual pet simulator at the center of season seven episode play. Oh, pixel art. Critters won't just take over your phone, they could take over your life.

[Greg Miller]

Okay. This is like a Bander.

[Andy Cortez]

Snatch. Yeah. Well, I think it's a game from the episode that then is happening here, but I didn't. I guess I haven't watched latest season of Black Mirror, which is crazy because like Black Mirror a lot. I digress. Let's get into some super chats because we're just spinning our wheels again. Could it be good? Of course anything could be good. Maybe Netflix buys this and like, great. We didn't know what we were doing in games because we were trying to get everything onto this mobile platform and then not really advertising and not making it a. A giant. It's. You know what Netflix gaming reminds me of so much, Andy? It reminds me of. And this is not. It is, but it isn't a sales pitch. Amazon prime and Twitch Prime. Yeah, yeah, fucking toss it in there. We won't make a big deal about it. We're not going to. We're not going to celebrate that. This is something you could be doing to our millions of subscribers on Netflix. Actually telling them, you know, you turn on Netflix and there's a big banner of fucking Red Dead is here. Hey. And not even old ass games. Right. There's a new game from the people who brought you Oxenfree too. You know what I mean? Like they're. I don't.

[Greg Miller]

Know. Here's what, here's what it could do and what I hope it does. And we already got some glimpses into WB games talking about.

You know, I. What I think could be a situation saver in the video game that is fucking Hogwarts legacy of these big studio heads going make the, make the Lord of the Rings version of that. Which we know is kind of.

[Andy Cortez]

Already.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. You know, been thrown around a lot. Make, make the big ip like people want that big single player. What is that game? It's a single player like rpg. What is an rpg? Yeah, it's not a multiplayer like you know it. Hopefully this is a cool opportunity that they could see that there's money to be made here with the.

[Andy Cortez]

Ip. My concern with it and I think this is also then the reverberations of what we've seen with the Microsoft Xbox Activision deal is that you have that idea but then you get down and you have them start working and you really realize the investment to make a fucking video game and make a great video game and how much money you need to put into it and then how unguaranteed the return on investment is. And I think Netflix takes, does almost even if they have that kind of capital, which are an Amazon move of take a couple on the chin and be like you know what, fuck this, we're done. But I don't, I just don't.

[Greg Miller]

Think you're saying worth a.

[Andy Cortez]

Squeeze. Yeah, I do not think Netflix. But again it's like you buy this and I still just don't even think they're gonna keep them. But if you bought it and you were like all right, cool Netflix games person, we're gonna take games seriously or you hire a Netflix game CEO or whatever and it's like you have these studios and you can go make stuff, go figure it out. But I have no faith that's what's actually gonna happen. I think you're gonna see these studios off on their own or sold off to someone else. And I put one in here.

Not Calvin Perez says out of every. This is from way earlier, before we even live. I think out of every deal on the table this was undoubte worst. I was more afraid of this all going WB going to fucking Saudi Arabia. And I'm still afraid now of the studios ending up with Saudi Arabia. So we'll see what happens in the long run. But let's get in here. Okay. Ty Wilkins VO says doom and gloom. I know, but I give NetherRealm five to six months before sell or closure. And I give Rocksteady eight to nine months before sell or closure. We'll see. This could be a chance to sell off WB games, says M. Lewis in a super chat. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

You know, Chase Ley pops in with some sound financial advice from the past. If you bought Warner Brothers Discovery in August, you would have doubled your.

[Greg Miller]

Money.

[Andy Cortez]

Wow. You know what I mean? It always seems so easy. And then I put money into Portillo's and I just lose so much money. I lost so much money. I'm never doing that again. It was awful. Why don't people want to eat hot.

[Greg Miller]

Dogs?

What's wrong with hot.

[Andy Cortez]

Dogs? Yeah, come on. Fuck. What's wrong with you people? Oh, my goodness. Motor World Hypes says, I don't think the deal will go through. Paramount's new owner has many ties to the current administration and is already lobbying them to block the deal. Hollywood producers are against it, too. We'll see. You know, that does make sense that the bad deal will be blocked by bad people. And I don't know, you know, who knows anymore? We're all just pawns in a game.

[Greg Miller]

Andy. I know.

[Andy Cortez]

Man. What's going to happen to Jim Lee? That's what I need to know. What is going to happen to DC Comics? Does Netflix give a shit about that? Are they gonna add him to the app? Cause that'd be fucking cool. Hey, dc. Dc. DC Universe Infinite is included now. I think it's just DC Universe now is included in your Netflix app. Hold up a.

[Greg Miller]

Second. You'll get a.

[Andy Cortez]

Fucking. Hold up a.

[Greg Miller]

Second. You'll get a bundle. There'll be some bullshit.

[Andy Cortez]

Bundle. Okay, okay, okay. Rabbit of.

[Greg Miller]

Caterbogna. They don't even know the DC app.

[Andy Cortez]

Exists. Probably, yeah. They're trying to get that Superman fucking movie. It was reported that the Director's Guild, led by Christopher Nolan, now is going to meet with Netflix with their own concerns. We'll be curious how it goes. I'm sure they got a lot of lip service, and then whatever the fuck they want happens. Happens, right? That seems how it always goes around these things.

Nightlife says Netflix is better than the Trump loving Paramount owners.

Here's another one. Dose of nostalgia says, I hate to be doom and gloom, but the negative Outweighs the positive in my opinion. Layoffs, price increase, less movies in theaters, game studio closures, and less creativity in general. Sucks for art. Yes, it does. Yes, it does. And I think that's a great way to stop. Right.

[Greg Miller]

Andy? Yeah. I'm tired of this. I'm tired of all this.

[Andy Cortez]

News. No, we're not today. We're not. We're not there.

[Greg Miller]

Yet. Oh.

[Andy Cortez]

Damn. Okay. Are you going to WE.

[Greg Miller]

News? I thought we were at the.

[Andy Cortez]

End. Yeah, no, no, this is. That was story number one, Kevin. I think I had seven. Right.

[Greg Miller]

Jesus. We got lost in the show.

[Andy Cortez]

Sorry. Let's. Let's give you a good one and then go to an ad break. Okay? Number two on the Roper Report. Fallout's creator has rejoined Xbox's Obsidian. This again is Andy Robinson over at VGC News. The lead behind the original 1997 Fallout game, Tim Kaine has rejoined Xbox's Obsidian Entertainment as a full time employee, he announced on Friday. Tim Kane, who was producer and programming lead on Fallout and a designer for its sequel, previously joined Obsidian in 2011 as a programmer working on south park and Pillars of Eternity. He also co directed the Outer Worlds and consulted on its recent sequel. In 2020, he left his position and worked on a remote contract basis. In a new video published to his YouTube channel on Friday, Cain revealed that he's rejoined the company, quote, as a full time employee and in person, end quote. And that he's currently working on an unannounced project, which he doesn't think fans will guess. Quote, I'm back at Obsidian. I'm there as a full time employee and in person. So not remote. And I'm not a contractor anymore. This means that I'm not working at other places, although there's at least one game that I worked on elsewhere that is going to ship, end quote. He added, I can't talk about the project that I'm working on at Obsidian just because that's covered by NDA. Don't bother guessing. You're not going to guess, right? I would probably say that I'm a lot less retired now. End.

[Greg Miller]

Quote. When I first saw the quote of don't bother guessing, I thought it was like a.

Like a kind of like a red herring, like, you know what I'm doing. But now that I read this, I'm like, oh shit. Maybe it is something completely different. Maybe it is.

[Andy Cortez]

A. It's not New Vegas.

[Greg Miller]

2. Oh yeah. Or just some RPG that has totally. With some completely random IP. We would have never.

[Andy Cortez]

Guessed.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. What do you Think it.

[Andy Cortez]

Is? I can't guess. Apparently impossible to.

[Greg Miller]

Guess. It's.

[Andy Cortez]

Illegal. I wonder. Maybe they're doing something from the ground up. Brand new. That'd be cool. Maybe something in a pentiment. Not. Not pentiment, but I mean like a smaller rpg. We're all going to jump to a big thing. And maybe it's even a callback to what the original Fallout was. Right? Remember, Fallout 3 was a dramatic shift in what a Fallout game was. That was, you know, Bethesda. Yeah, Bethesda. Taking it on. Maybe they're going back and doing something that way. That could be cool. Herbie in the chat says probably a top down Fallout. I don't understand what you guys didn't just fucking hear. You can't guess it. Yeah, don't try.

[Greg Miller]

Guessing. You're not.

[Andy Cortez]

Allowed. But yes, that would. I think that would make a lot of sense too, as Xbox again is going. How do we make money? Well, we have this fucking TV show that's taken off like a rocket. We got no new Fallout because Todd Howard had to go to space and now he's got to go to fantasy camp. So now fucking Obsidian. Make a. Make a goddamn open world one. Do everything. Let's get some fucking Fallout games.

[Greg Miller]

Going. Now if I wanted to be kind of negative Nancy about this, you do this from a pessimist angle. I would go, don't bother guessing. You'll never guess what it is. And I'm reading that in like a dude like you, you're not gonna guess what I'm working on. Like, well, what. What is it, Tim? You know, what is it that you're working on? And he's like, dude, I'm working on a licensed movie. You know what I mean? Like. Like just some.

[Andy Cortez]

Obsidians. Yeah, Obsidians. Making the Mission.

[Greg Miller]

Impossible. Yeah, yeah, just like something completely, completely out of left field. But I hope that whatever it is is bringing him.

[Andy Cortez]

Happiness. Yeah, me too. And also cool to see. I guess this might sound weird, but a reinvestment in Obsidian, like, you know what I mean? Like, I. This is a weird one. Obsidian is a studio that I fucking love, but I think their games are always like 8, 7, 7 and 8. Maybe an 8, 5. You know what I mean? Like, I. I loved the outer worlds too, but didn't love the overall story, but I like the RPG mechanics of it. I avowed. I loved the combat and I loved what I was doing, but I didn't feel a connection to my. Like, there's always something I feel like where it's. It's always the joy. It's always the joy con. But they're solid fucking experiences that I really enjoy playing that I wish. You know, I'm happy those games get made and I'm happy they get made so quickly grounded we can pump our brakes on. I would rather had another RPG in the middle of that than that. But you know how it.

[Greg Miller]

Is. You know, I'm going to put a little poll in the Twitch chat and maybe I'll do it in the YouTube chat as well if I have.

[Andy Cortez]

Time. If I remember what's it, what's the poll? Because I'm gonna kick.

[Greg Miller]

Dads. I want to ask what game did people enjoy.

[Andy Cortez]

More? Oh.

[Greg Miller]

Cool. Avowed or the Outer.

[Andy Cortez]

Worlds? I feel like for some reason The Outer Worlds 2 has been criminally underplayed. I feel like a vow came out that really hey cool. It's the beginning of the year. We wanted something, people jumped in and I feel like I just don't hear enough about Outer Worlds.

[Greg Miller]

Do. Yeah, he really liked it. It was one of those that did kind of come and go for a lot of people and it may have just been the the time that it was being released.

[Andy Cortez]

At. We'll find out what the poll results are, of course, after I tell you. Hey, why don't you pick up a kind of funny membership? Patreon.com kinda funny YouTube.com kinda funny games, Apple, Spotify. You pick up a membership, we give you ad free content, your daily dose of me in a video and podcast series called Greg Way. And you get good karma for supporting a small independent business here in San Francisco. But right now you're not using your benefits. So here's a word from our.

[Kevin]

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Order.

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1-800-Contacts. And we're back with some poll results. Andy asked, which game did you like more? The Outer Worlds two were avowed. What does it look like they.

[Greg Miller]

Were? The poll results were delayed a bit because I put it up in my chat and I'm not streaming right.

[Andy Cortez]

Now. That's.

[Greg Miller]

Trouble. So it sat there for about a minute. Sure, sure. But we're catching up and it looks like 36% of the vote says show me the results. 42% now says show me the results. 40% of the vote is on Twitch, right?

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah. I see over here on YouTube a strong 66.

[Greg Miller]

65%.

[Andy Cortez]

65. Outer Worlds.

[Greg Miller]

2. Outer Worlds 2. Right now the Outer Worlds 2 is be meeting a vowed 42 to 20 on Twitch chat. Now it's 44 to 18. 46 to 18%. Yeah. Outer Worlds 2.

[Andy Cortez]

Dominating. Good. That's all I want to hear. Super chat from Trembly Wimbley. Finally playing The Outer Worlds 2 and really loving it. Definitely a contender. Meanwhile, I bounced off about after a few hours. Well, good. I'm glad that people got the right idea because I think Outer Worlds 2 is a much better game. Another one of those ones that I'm so excited to eventually get back to. But I can tell you what's going to happen. Review, review, review, review, catch up, Game of the year, Game of the year, catch up. And then it'll be New Year and I'll go, go, go. And then it's going to be, hey, we're announcing the Outer Worlds 2 DLC and I'm gonna go, fuck, I gotta finish that Stevie Rogers run. My second playthrough because that's my real.

[Greg Miller]

Character. I'll tell you where I'm at mentally with it. I'm gonna compare it to Is.

[Andy Cortez]

It is a contender for you? Is it in your top.

[Greg Miller]

10? No, dude, I've only played like an.

[Andy Cortez]

Hour. Oh, I thought you double back for.

[Greg Miller]

More.

[Andy Cortez]

No. Oh.

[Greg Miller]

Okay. So right now I'm gonna compare this to my another situation I had like I think it was in 2021, 2022, where at the beginning of the year Scarlet Nexus came out and I played like 40 hours of that RPG game. And then Tales of Arise came out and I wanted to play that way more, but I just didn't have time. And it's like, man, I wish I could have swapped spots and put more time I wish I could have put more time into Outer Worlds two than about because I just didn't love.

[Andy Cortez]

It. Yeah, yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Like a Valve did so much about. So much about. Avowed gameplay rocked. But like nothing else really was memorable or intriguing for me. There's a couple of good story missions and things that make you go, ooh, give me more of this. And then I rarely got more of.

[Andy Cortez]

That. Yeah, Number three for the Dudley Boys. Grasshopper announces Romeo is a dead man Release date says it will be self publishing the game. This is Chris Scullion at VGC News. Round of applause for vgc. They're killing it today. Grasshopper manufacturer has announced a release date and publishing details for its next game, Romeo is a Deadman. The game, which was previously given a vague 2026 release window, will now release earlier than expected on February 11, 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox and of course PC via Steam. In a statement, executive Director Scenario writer producer Goichi Suda, aka Suda 5:1, joked that the game was secretly supposed to release at the same time as Grand Theft Auto 6, but says that now Rockstar has delayed its game. There's no longer any need to hold back Grasshopper's game. The Netease owned Grasshopper has also announced that it will be self published in the game, marking a first in the studio's history. Andy, this seems like your shit. I mean space crazy combat. We're watching it right.

[Greg Miller]

Now. First off, a lot of people are probably going to come at you and go Greg Miller, it's Suda 51.

[Andy Cortez]

Not we had this whole conversation 5:1.

[Greg Miller]

And bless is like yeah but you know, people corrected me and told me it's suda to I'm going to call him the 51st.

[Andy Cortez]

Suda. Can I tell you somebody in the chat explained it and it was like oh that's so smart and I'll give it to you again. You're gonna, you're gonna feel like quite the idiot when I say is.

[Greg Miller]

This like the octopath.

[Andy Cortez]

Thing? Goichi Suda in Japanese and correct me if I'm wrong. Go five ichi one Shut the. Yeah, yeah. Damn dude. When we were having this conversation yesterday, chat clued me in on that and I was like damn, that's.

[Greg Miller]

Good. That's a good ass name. Yeah, that's a really cool.

[Andy Cortez]

Thing. In case you've missed it. Romeo's a dead man. Paint the screen red and travel the cosmos in this blood stained action adventure game. Witness the latest from grasshopper manufacturer the advent of Ultraviolet science.

[Greg Miller]

Fiction. Yeah this one caught all of our eyes when it was first shown off. I think it's just got one of those striking art styles and one reason why I never. I. I never vibed with prior Suda 51 titles was always kind of like visual identity and I think they could. The. The Travis games would look striking in some moments in some other like iterations just kind of looked dated in a way and I, I just wasn't always the biggest fan but this game is doing a lot for me visually and just kind of like tonally I think it looks like it's just doing some weird.

[Andy Cortez]

Stuff. It looks super weird, looks super cool. It looks like a modern suited game like of, of like basically.

The cheerleader Mark Michael Rosenbaum was the head. Juliet Lollipop Chainsaw. I can remember the Juliet Scarlett was her name. I can't.

[Greg Miller]

Remember. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know what you.

[Andy Cortez]

Mean. Looks awesome. It looks.

[Greg Miller]

Awesome. And, and great news. Like hey, we're do. What did he say? Punk's not.

[Andy Cortez]

Dead.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. That's.

[Andy Cortez]

Awesome. Great news and a great time. February 11th like I know everything is busy in video games all the time but like you come out February. I feel like that's gonna be a good one to make some. Turn some heads. Get it. Get people actually playing.

[Greg Miller]

It. Yeah. Get your eyes on this early before the. Before the onslaught.

[Andy Cortez]

Of. We haven't talked about this either. Great job, Suda. Ben is so obsessed with Transformers now. So obsessed. Okay, I bought a Monoptimus prime the other day. Won't stop. Just.

[Greg Miller]

Insane. Let's show. Let's get a. Let's get a Gundam in his.

[Andy Cortez]

Hands. Deal. Buy one. Be, be, be Christmas. Andy, come over with it and I'll make the shrimp linguine and you can watch whatever. Tell you what, you show them.

[Greg Miller]

Akira. I mean, you show him a video with a Gundam flying through space and then the rock missiles is doing the. It'll change his.

[Andy Cortez]

Life. He freaks out every time I wear the fucking your shirt. Where he's like, daddy, is that a Transformer? I'm like, this is a Gundam to Andy.

[Greg Miller]

Made. He's like, oh yeah, Armored core. But, oh, we should have him play armored.

[Andy Cortez]

Core. You're fucking stealing artwork for your.

[Greg Miller]

Shirts. Get him into. Well, it's one I.

[Andy Cortez]

Created. Number four on the rope. Report. Split Gate is back. This is via Splitgate on Twitter. Introducing the evolution of Splitgate 2. No heroes, no abilities, no limits. Splitgate Arena Reloaded. Fuses the best of Splitgate 1 and 2. Bringing back that classic arena shooter feel. Play for free on PC and console. December 17th. You care.

There was a moment where Splitgate One was huge. Well, it was huge. I should say it was huge. Then everything went wrong for Split Gate 2. It had its cycle make shooters great again. That was this guy.

[Greg Miller]

Right? Yes, yes. And you know, know, noticeably missing from the, from this video. They have, I think like their, their head gameplay designer kind of being the face of.

[Andy Cortez]

It. Got.

[Greg Miller]

It. Whenever they eventually do cut to footage of the devs being like, hey, here's what we, you know, we've listened to feedback. The thing is, the game is awesome and it's just a different era and there are so many different video games. I even talked about this with goddamn Concord. If Concord came out 10 years ago, it'd be. We'd be on Concord 6 by.

[Andy Cortez]

Now. You know what I.

[Greg Miller]

Mean? It's just, it's such a crowded market. I hope for the best. I hope that they could find somewhat of a sustainable like player.

[Andy Cortez]

Base.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. For people who love those arena shooters, maybe for people who see the, the, the Read the tea leaves of Halo Infinite not doing any more updates and going, I want more arena shooter.

[Andy Cortez]

Vibes.

[Greg Miller]

Sure. And I do think that dropping the hero stuff, while a neat evolution, isn't what people wanted out of the game. Where it's like, hey, you're picking from different factions and they all have their own classes or whatever. Get back to what made the game really, really.

[Andy Cortez]

Good.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah. Good luck to you. Number five on the Roper Report, Samson tied all Tindal and Dalston. Do you know what that.

[Greg Miller]

Means? You have to put your hand on my. On my shoulder while doing.

[Andy Cortez]

That. While you're pronouncing Dalston Story unveiled in the trailer is Liquid Swords open world action game. This is Joelle Daniels at Gaming Bolt. Liquid Swords, the studio founded by former Avalanche Studios COO and co founder Christopher Sundberg has finally officially unveiled the open world title it has been working on. Dubbed Samson a Tyne Dawson story, the game was unveiled with a brand new trailer. According to the description of the title on Steam, Samson will feature the concept of debt as part of its core gameplay. Players will have access to a limited number of action points and can then have them spent on missions. Each in Game Day also represents. Nope, I'm just making up words.

[Greg Miller]

Now. It's.

[Andy Cortez]

Okay. Each in Game Day also presents a new daily quota that players have to hit in order to get out of debt. Failing to hit the quota means that the interest spikes will cause the following day to be even worse. To help you out, Samson will have access to two main modes of combat described as Brawling and weaponized driving. Brawling will have Samson make use of momentum terrain and improvise tools to take on enemies while in high speed chases. However, Samson will have the ability to use his impressive driving skills to turn his entire car into a deadly weapon. It's confirmed for PC through Steam and Epic doesn't have a console or a release window yet. Sounds interesting. I didn't get a chance. I've seen glimpses of the trailers I've glimpsed back up here. What do you think.

[Greg Miller]

Andy? I. I mean looks like it could be one of those sort of vaporware. What's the game that came out earlier in the year that really really failed? Oh mine's Eye minds I yeah like it's one of those where okay it presents well. It looks like it could be fun and has you know it. It looks high of high production but yeah yeah yeah yeah until we get our hands on the sticks you know that that's when we'll really know but I don't know what tston is that.

[Andy Cortez]

Just. I thought you would have googled while I.

[Greg Miller]

Was. I. I mean I did and like all it's telling me is yeah it's the Samson returns to T Dolson a city shape that like I I just don't. I. I Assumed it was a reference of something.

[Andy Cortez]

Else. Yeah, like.

Lovecraftian.

[Greg Miller]

Right?

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah. It strikes me as you're saying that. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. I thought it was a. Maybe like a director or a producer or something, but it's just a town of where Samson's.

[Andy Cortez]

From. Oh, that's it.

[Greg Miller]

Huh? Pretty much send the fictional city tin.

[Andy Cortez]

Dawson. Oh, I don't like that at.

[Greg Miller]

All. So, like, are they creating a universe? No. Are there going to be other Tindalson stories? Are we saying it.

[Andy Cortez]

Right? I doubt we're saying. Well, no, we. You are probably. I.

[Greg Miller]

Wouldn'T. Why do I have more questions about the name of.

[Andy Cortez]

The. That's the biggest thing about it is, like, trailer looks interesting enough. This is a bad name for a game. It's Samson. It's in Dawson Story. It's Samson colon, like debt to die. I don't know. But like, you know, something fun. More fun than where I'm going, like, oh, is this like a fucking Grimm's fairy tale? What am I talking about.

[Greg Miller]

Now? On the flip side, 25.

[Andy Cortez]

Bucks. Oh, I didn't see.

[Greg Miller]

That. I mean, maybe I read.

[Andy Cortez]

It. I just didn't process it. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Good. You know, in an era of money being tight, you.

[Andy Cortez]

Know.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Yeah. All the tariffs, you know.

[Andy Cortez]

Affordability. That's a big. That also tells me it's smaller. Which again, is the thing I'm always talking about when you're talking about Avalanche Studios. Co creator, like, great. Make a small game when you come out. Don't try to go on and make some giant game that can't hold up. All right, I'll keep my eye on Samson. I can't wait for the name change because you need to change the name, Number six. Speaking of names, Soul Shogunate is a samurai space opera action RPG in development for PC and consoles. This is Alessio Palumbo over at W CCF Tech. Amidst the veritable sea of announcements, Samson, hello, Sunshine, Luna Abyss, dawn of War 4, Crosswind Windrows, to name a few. At the PC Gaming show yesterday there was a PC Gaming Show Most Wanted 2025 showcase Sol the so I'm just going to call it Soul Shogunate clearly stood out among the most impressive small independent creator. Chaos Manufacturing reimagines the sci fi genre in samurai fashion. In this space opera action rpg, a powerful shogunate rules a colonized solar system. However, it's about to be challenged by protagonist Yuzuki, the broken heir of a once powerful samurai family that was massacred by a rival clan. With no choice left, Andy by the way, great fucking reactions to Ghost of Yotei.

And he's got an Eclipse channel or Eclipse Instagram now. And I caught one the other day where you reacted to a big spoiler in the game game. So funny. I. I shared it and then I had sucker punch people DMing me about it. So great.

[Greg Miller]

Job. Oh, what a.

[Andy Cortez]

Game. Now that we've mentioned it, we own your clip channel. With no choice left but to become an outlaw ronin, Yuzuki seeks to carve a bloody path of vengeance with a traditional ronin arsenal reforged for the battlefields of the future. As the game unfolds, new abilities and skill combinations are unlocked, enabling evolving tactics against increasingly challenging foes. Soul Shogunate is still in early development, but we already know the game will be released on console and PCs. Andy is doing it for.

[Greg Miller]

You. No, because I've yet to see any, like, movement of combat. So far, a lot of the movement that I've seen doesn't see. You know, like I was mentioning yesterday, the sign of a good game is like, when the animations are like.

[Andy Cortez]

Maybe.

[Greg Miller]

Sure. When they feel.

[Andy Cortez]

Good. All.

[Greg Miller]

Right. We're seeing walk cycles and that's what a lot of early devs do. It's like, let's just show environments. With walk cycles, my.

[Andy Cortez]

Thing. So my immediate question. I've been reading. I haven't been looking up everything I read. Fuck, yeah. What I'm looking.

[Greg Miller]

At. No, yeah. I.

[Andy Cortez]

Disagree. But my question here is like, this is action RPG in the way we would call Assassin's Creed action rpg. Are we doing like an action rpg? That's an action game that I'm not going to want to.

[Greg Miller]

Play. I think that people are just tired of saying the word souls lies. Because that either turns people off or that annoys.

[Andy Cortez]

People. I don't want a soul's like.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, this definitely looks very, very early in.

[Andy Cortez]

Development. Oh, for.

[Greg Miller]

Sure.

And I, you know, it could be awesome, but I don't. It could also just be one of those that comes out and is a lost soul.

[Andy Cortez]

Aside.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

How about.

[Andy Cortez]

That? We will keep our eyes looking at Seoul, which means sun. But the sun is big news. I wanted small news where I go.

[Greg Miller]

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

[Andy Cortez]

About. Let's start off with gratitude. All right, first off, Andy Cortez, I want to thank you for teaching me how to do my hair. You taught me to put. To put the stuff in and then bring it up to give me the.

[Greg Miller]

Lift. Get that.

[Andy Cortez]

Zhuzh. Look at that zhuzh I got right there. Should have zhuzhed it before I went live, but no big deal. Barbara Dunkelman. Shout out for having products. I'm using your hair products. I'm loving them. Don't worry about that. I can never remember the name of it. Doesn't matter.

[Kevin]

Kevin. Shout.

[Greg Miller]

Out. Good. No.

[Andy Cortez]

Worries. Thank you. Shout out to you, Kevin. I like tally lights.

I was thinking about this when I was doing my intro. How nice it is having the tally lights. We've had them forever. This isn't a new thing, but I don't think I've ever called out how nice it is to have the lights on the top of the camera to know where.

[Greg Miller]

To. Oh, is that what they're.

[Andy Cortez]

Called?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Yeah, I didn't know.

[Andy Cortez]

That. Kevin, you run a good studio. Number seven, Wii News Karen. Launches January 29, 2026, on PS5 and PC. This is one of the climbing games. Memories in Orbit launches January 20th on Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 and.

[Greg Miller]

PC. That's a cool looking game. Mio. Yeah, that debuted on a Nintendo Direct at one.

[Andy Cortez]

Point. Can I see a trailer for Mio? I don't remember this. Meo. Memories of.

[Greg Miller]

Orbit. Memories in.

[Andy Cortez]

Orbit. More importantly, I'm doing something here where I'm gonna pass. I'm. I'm gonna pass something here for all video games. As you know, everyone writing about video games now, talking about video games is influenced by me. I hear everywhere I go. I've been watching you since I was in junior high. You know what I mean? Jordan Midler wouldn't know his left foot from his right foot if it wasn't for me. We're done saying Xbox series. We are gonna say Xbox. It comes to Xbox. No one's gonna be confused. No, it's coming to the original Xbox. It's coming to Xbox One. We're only talking about the X and S. We understand. Yeah, Done. I'm done with it. I don't know. This is. I don't like this. You shouldn't have shown me this.

There was no reason for Greg Miller to look at this.

[Greg Miller]

Okay? How dare.

[Andy Cortez]

You. You wasted my time and my energy. Carmageddon Rogue Shift launches in early.

[Greg Miller]

2026. I don't like.

[Andy Cortez]

This. Digimon Time Stranger DLC Alternate Dimension launches December.

[Greg Miller]

8Th. You talked about this on. People love that.

[Andy Cortez]

Digimon. What the fuck? Digimon? Like, I know everybody wants me to play Digimon. Ignacio Rojas told me about it. I bought it. Or I got a code Whatever. I have it though. Like, don't launch your DLC the same time as fucking Pokemon's dlc. Can we somehow differentiate it.

[Greg Miller]

This? It kind of seems like a Sega doing something the day that Mario's doing something, you.

[Andy Cortez]

Know? Yeah, exactly. We're here.

[Greg Miller]

Too. Yeah. You're already putting money I'd do on him or.

[Andy Cortez]

Whatever. Fucking hate kickflips from Mario and Sonic Sable. Creative director.

Forms a new studio ETO. I butchered it all. I'm sorry. ID @ Xbox Indie Selects Demo Fest is set for December 9th and there's a Monster Hunter showcase set for December 8th at.

[Greg Miller]

2Pm Pacific.

I didn't get. I didn't read this article, but I just saw the title quote of the director saying.

Really hope that you return to the game. And like. And it. It made me feel.

[Andy Cortez]

Professional sadness. We gotta come back. I want to.

[Greg Miller]

Come back. Is it gonna be in.

[Andy Cortez]

Contender Free? Yeah. Oh yeah. It's on my top 10.

[Greg Miller]

For.

[Andy Cortez]

Sure. Really?

[Greg Miller]

Oh, yeah. Are you sure? Because that's something you say near the beginning of the year and then the next thing you know you have 17 things that you're like, oh, that'll definitely make my.

[Andy Cortez]

Top.

[Greg Miller]

10. No. And as you're making this, you're like, that's not making my.

[Andy Cortez]

Top 10. No, no, it's making one. Don't worry.

[Greg Miller]

About that. You don't worry.

[Andy Cortez]

About it? Don't you worry about it? I'd like to know they're teasing it. Oh no, it's just. Do we have a write up anywhere about the show?

I'm gonna click on Gamatsu or I'm sure Sal Romano will have something here. We'll feature latest information.

Deep dive free update ahead of its launch on December 16th. It's a very busy week, but I'd like to react to that. And that's it for We News. We turn our eyes to the one, the only at the YouTube.com kind of funny games super chats where so many of you have gone. We're gonna go fast. Okay. Only special features. Super chats and says rest in peace Carrie Hiroy. Nope. Hiroyuki Tagawawa. Yeah, there you got. Nailed it. Yep. Shanks on in the Mortal Kombat. And of course Johnny Tsunami. He is forever iconic. Our souls.

[Greg Miller]

Are his. Hey Pono. God damn, dude. Shiny Tsunami is so formative for me. Hawaiian Resolute.

[Andy Cortez]

Resolute says. Curious what this purchase means for AEW. Their TV and streaming deals with Warner while WWE's with Netflix to keep them separate. Nobody cares. And every Loves money, church and stadium. Bode writes in it says hijacking super chats early to put a spotlight in a new indie game that was just announced. Garden Gnome Beat maker. Barrett Blessing. Andy, I'm looking at you. If we could get. If you could find. Can you go find me this the trailer for Garden Gnome Beat Maker.

[Greg Miller]

Send that. Don't really.

[Andy Cortez]

Feel like. Send it to Kevin, Mr. Nice Guy. Rye says expressing gratitude for the punch and pie. Hooray. I'm mailing it to you.

[Greg Miller]

Don't worry. I spelled.

[Andy Cortez]

No more. Have you seen it yet or you're gonna come out to watch it with us? Okay, cool. Also, what's this sweatshirt you're wearing? Barrett's got a.

[Greg Miller]

Nice sweatshirt. Spanish love song.

[Andy Cortez]

So sweatshirt. Very.

[Greg Miller]

Cool. Great. Punk.

[Andy Cortez]

Emo band. Great. You were eating some chocolate before that, or is that the coffee too? You smell good. Yeah. Wow. Damn. Barrett's got it going on today. You know what I mean? No wonder he's married.

Not Calvin. Perez says invest in physical media. Media. Who knows how this will play out. Like the Xbox Activision deal. These companies say anything for deals to go through. True. This is the gnome. Gnome.

[Greg Miller]

Beat maker. Okay, can I.

[Andy Cortez]

Get audio? Do we need audio to understand what the.

[Greg Miller]

Fuck'S happening? Okay, so it's like a roguelite. You're getting instruments. Increase your move set. But it's also like vampire Survivor. Like, you get three options. Roguelite style.

I think the art style is cute, but I don't know. I don't like the wiggling.

And at the end of it is this is your trail. Like making your song.

Like the trail that you went. Is that like dictating what your song is, if not game design idea for? And like the instruments that you're adding just like that add to the track, you know, like, that'd be like a.

[Andy Cortez]

Fun one. Yeah, I'm adding it to my.

[Greg Miller]

Wish list. I like the.

[Andy Cortez]

Sticker style. It seems like there's a.

[Greg Miller]

Good variety of characters to choose from. I'm pretty sure there's just a hot dog at.

[Andy Cortez]

One point. Gnome survivor. Cross musical hot dogs Anymore I'm broke. Compose your killer track. Hit play and watch the frogs burn. Buy samples and trinkets from the shop and replace, repeat. Okay, well, I wish listed it. We'll keep our eyes. How about that barista Brand says Claudio Sanchez is a rock God. And the ones who know that no ball.

9 Sife says Andy, have you seen relic the first guardian? New souls like that looks promising. He's looking for it right now. One, two, three cold. Kid says early birthday tax. Happy birthday. Turning 31 tomorrow and celebrating by running.

[Greg Miller]

31.

[Andy Cortez]

Miles. Miles. Love.

[Greg Miller]

You.

[Andy Cortez]

All.

[Greg Miller]

Holy. Congratulations. That's too. You could cut it down. Do 20. You have.

[Andy Cortez]

My permission. Goldfish boy. 13:37 says I had the weirdest dream last night. I dreamt that Prime 4 came out yesterday and that I played it. Crazy. Right? It is. It is. You're you. You're not dreaming. The rest of the world is a nightmare. But that's a. That's a good spot. Snug says don't pay attention to sports but live in Michigan. Close to Detroit. Suck it, Andy. Go line. That was.

[Greg Miller]

Uncalled.

[Andy Cortez]

For. Yeah.

Gerard says early birthday tax on behalf of my little brother and daughter who both have birthdays coming up. Happy birthday to your little brother and daughter. Love you, Kyle and Penelope. Oh, Penelope. If we were ever gonna have a girl, that was the name.

[Greg Miller]

We wanted. I.

[Andy Cortez]

Like that. Love to the kind of funny crew too. Love to you. Happy birthday to your family.

Krabby Patty says happy birthday Tax to. I'm sorry. Birthday tax. Happy birthday to my son who turns 4 on Sunday. Happy birthday to your son indeed. Krabby Patty. Get ready for that Monster Hunter update. The silver faux hawk says. Holy shit, Greg. Thanks for that Greg way yesterday. I'm a kind of funny BF psychiatrist and people need to hear that medical treatment can be traumatizing and have intense flashbacks is common and having intense flashbacks is common and intensely distressing. Good on you. I had a Greg Way yesterday about a panic attack induced by cancer ptsd. So go listen to that if you need an uplifting one. Dexter says biggest breakout story. Andy hasn't played Batman.

Ramsey R says loving the Christmas sweaters and hope you all have a good day. Andy's is a Christmas sweater. Mine's just a sweater you can wear at any time. It doesn't have to.

[Greg Miller]

Be bedtime. I don't like this relic. First guardian. I think it looks.

[Andy Cortez]

Fine. Like. Okay. That's fine.

[Greg Miller]

That's fine. I wish Andy would play Night Rain with me. Is a super chat for so Mike. Mike. Then he says Happy birthday Roger.

Well, you know a phone call was sent out to see it so Mike. Mike.

[Andy Cortez]

Last night. But Mike was too busy. Nando Tarishi three nine two super chat says Greg. Have you tried sectori on PS5? It's awesome. I haven't. I have a code on my rog ally and steam and all that jazz. I know Bless is playing and enjoying it. And I saw Mike put up a thing last Night that he was playing it right. There goes the rest of my night.

Man, you guys are super chatting today. Mike like music says have a fun gamescast idea. Kind of funny Games compares their personal Steam, Xbox, PSN, Nintendo 2025 wrap the year in review to see the team's most played platforms games. Yeah but yeah, we always try to do that but it gets so tough with game of the Year. This, that the other. It becomes games daily conversations and so on and so forth. But don't count it out. But.

[Greg Miller]

We'Ll see. Is it really.

[Andy Cortez]

Roger's birthday? No, it's not. Lucid dream says first Octopath and now Suda 51. Come on, Andy. Oh, your realization of what Octopath meant and your realization of what Suda51 means.

[Greg Miller]

Got it. That's a really cool thing. I.

[Andy Cortez]

Like.

[Greg Miller]

That. Yeah.

Miles.

[Andy Cortez]

Per.

[Greg Miller]

Hour. Yep.

[Andy Cortez]

Another one. Snaggletooth production says longtime kind of funny best friend. Almost a member for a year now on YouTube. My Ghostbusters horror film has been green lit and fully budgeted. That's fucking awesome. Keep us posted on that. I want to know about that. And then yeah, Mike came in and said I wish Andy would play Night Rain.

[Greg Miller]

With me. Well and then he said, he replied in the chat. He did call me sound.

[Andy Cortez]

Society though.

We go to kind of funny dot com. You're wrong to find out what we messed up. Nolan writes in and says Andy wanted to share this from yesterday's games cast when the spell when the Spellbreak team disbanded in 2022, Blizzard took in Spellbreak dev team and they are working on World of Warcraft right now. There was a similar battle royale, limited time mode and wow. That was similar to Spellbreak though some aspects didn't. Weren't exactly.

[Greg Miller]

The same. It's just the core of Spellbreak. The movement, all the spells, all of it is just so cool. Like they're. They got the, they got. They have more than the bones. They don't have just the bones for making something else. They've got the bones and you know, some tendons and like muscle fibers. Let's, let's take all of that, give it to me and then if you're in the chat and you have a lot of money, give it to me and then I.

[Andy Cortez]

Will disperse. Why don't you just go to Blizzard and work with them and.

[Greg Miller]

Make it. Well, because Blizzard's not doing it. They took.

[Andy Cortez]

The day. They just don't know that they have the talent.

[Greg Miller]

Call Blizzard.

Fuck. I gotta get back into Overwatch soon.

Overwatch came out with a. There's a new muscle mommy on the prowl. She has a big sword.

Just swinging that sword around.

Let me get back in overwatch because the Dallas feeler back.

[Andy Cortez]

Burn blue.

[Greg Miller]

Burn blue.

Who are.

[Andy Cortez]

You.

[Greg Miller]

Calling? Blizzard.

What do you mean?

Oh, thank you. Two dollar super chat says for Andy Spellbreak sequel. Thank you. Thank you for calling the Blizzard Gear support team. If your inquiry is related to game issues in game purchases or any type of game related problem, please press 1.

For inquiries related to scam gaming account or anything game related, please visit battle.net God.

[Andy Cortez]

Damn it. It's all AI now. You know. Let me talk to a human being.

Fuck. I thought we were going somewhere.

[Greg Miller]

With that. I felt.

[Andy Cortez]

The momentum. And then another not you're wrong, but a little upgrade here. Breaking Zanyloop says the game awards official X account replies to Jeff's.

[Greg Miller]

Statue.

[Andy Cortez]

Picture. Picture. They replied and it's redacted. The blank are silent. Blank bleeds new.

[Greg Miller]

Blank stir. All right, well, you know, echoes stir new something.

I mean, look, okay, here's the thing. I hate this fucking statue. I'm tired of it. I'm tired of people talking.

[Andy Cortez]

About it. Yeah, of course. However, he's brave enough to.

[Greg Miller]

Say it. Barrett, thank you. However, I'm not gonna act like I didn't get a little tingly down low when. When Jason Schreier said I. It's good. It's a.

[Andy Cortez]

Good one. Oh, he did say that. I.

[Greg Miller]

Missed that. Unless.

[Andy Cortez]

I got. No, no, you're.

[Greg Miller]

Probably right. I got Internet faked out. But him saying like, I know what this is. I'm not gonna talk about it. But it's a.

[Andy Cortez]

Good.

[Greg Miller]

One. Okay. Pretty sure that's what it was. Chat Kirk me if I'm wrong. Maybe this is a blue sky. That's B.S. tim. Or opposite B.S. that's a.

[Andy Cortez]

Blue sky. And everybody, that's another episode of kind of Funny Games Daily in the bank. Remember, each and every weekday we run you through the nerdy video game news you need know about live on YouTube.com kind of funny games, Twitch TV kind of funny games, podcast services around the globe. If you like that, pick up a membership. Patreon, YouTube, Apple, Spotify, get everything ad free. Support us. Get good karma. Get your daily dose of me. Of course, we're all about live talk shows, which means we are not nearly done for the day. We're gonna roll into that games cast and review the Switch 2 after six months. After that, we're gonna roll into kind of funny Game showdown where I am just running away with this thing right behind me. Me, Team Purple. Come on. Come on. And of course, Tim Gettys. In the fucking gutter. Dead.

[Greg Miller]

Almost bloated. You all took him out.

[Andy Cortez]

So bad. Oh, my God. And everybody agreed it was the right move and that it made for.

[Greg Miller]

Good content. Nobody had an issue.

[Andy Cortez]

With it. After that, there'll be a video game stream where Tim Geddes the bloated dead body and the virile blessing. Adio, ye. Junior will try to kill Eminem in Hitman.

We got tons of stuff to do. We love hanging out with you. Have a great weekend. But until next time, it's been our pleasure to serve you.