Report: From Software Has an Unannounced Game, Likely Out By 2026 - Kinda Funny Games Daily 07.18.25

Summary

Podcast Summary: Kinda Funny Games Daily - "Report: FromSoftware Has an Unannounced Game, Likely Out By 2026"
Release Date: July 18, 2025
Hosts: Greg “GameOverGreggy” Miller, Tim Gettys, and Blessing Adeoye Jr.

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1. FromSoftware's Upcoming Unannounced Game

The episode kicks off with exciting news about FromSoftware, a studio renowned for titles like Dark Souls and Elden Ring. According to Andy Robinson from VGC, FromSoftware is developing another unannounced multi-platform game, codenamed FMC, with a potential release set for 2026. The hosts delve into the speculation surrounding this project, discussing possible directions based on the codename's history.

Snow Bikel Michael ([16:33]):
"FromSoftware reportedly has another unannounced multi-platform game in development with a release likely due next year. As someone who is a fan of a lot of their titles and franchises, I'm excited about the possibilities."

Roger Porning adds his perspective, pondering whether FMC could be a remaster of Dark Souls 3 or an expansion like Fires of Rubicon. They debate the balance FromSoftware is trying to maintain between honoring their single-player roots and exploring multiplayer avenues with titles like Night Rain and Dusk Bloods.

Roger Porning ([19:07]):
"To me, this is them trying a bunch of different things to get to Elden Ring. They are building out the franchises, making sure everyone's happy."

The discussion highlights the studio's prolific output and questions whether maintaining such a cadence is sustainable, expressing optimism about the new game offerings for fans.

2. Microsoft Shuts Down Movies & TV Store on Xbox and Windows

Transitioning to industry news, the podcast covers Microsoft's abrupt decision to discontinue its Movies & TV store on Xbox consoles and Windows PCs. As reported by Tom Warren of The Verge, this move means users can no longer purchase new movies or TV shows via the Microsoft Store. However, previously bought content remains accessible, albeit restricted to the Movies & TV app.

Snow Bikel Michael ([33:14]):
"There is a little bit of a knee jerk reaction. There is kind of the first moment for Snow Mike, Mike, the all-digital purchaser now going, oh shit, yeah, there goes that."

Roger reminisces about the early days when streaming apps first integrated with Xbox, reflecting on how the landscape has shifted towards specialized streaming services like Netflix and Disney+. They discuss the probable business reasons behind Microsoft's decision, noting the likely minimal profitability of the Movies & TV store compared to the costs of maintaining it.

Roger Porning ([37:03]):
"Why not partner with a streamer or a place that has all of these things available for you? So I think that is interesting."

The conversation underscores the evolving nature of digital media consumption and Microsoft's strategic pivot to focus more on gaming.

3. Sucker Punch's Intent to Revisit the Infamous Series

The hosts then pivot to a discussion about Sucker Punch Productions and their acclaimed titles like Ghost of Tsushima and the upcoming Ghost of Yotei. Andy Robinson from VGC shares that director Nate Fox expressed a desire to revisit the Infamous series, although currently, Sucker Punch is concentrating on one game at a time.

Snow Bikel Michael ([40:44]):
"What's to say after that comes out, we don't look at it and say, what if we spin up a small team?"

Roger contemplates the future of Sucker Punch, pondering whether the studio will continue its focused approach or expand to handle multiple franchises. The hosts express admiration for the studio's dedication but also recognize the challenges of sustaining such a strategy as their projects grow in scale and popularity.

Roger Porning ([41:22]):
"Part of me really appreciates and loves that Sucker Punch is working on one game at a time... but also part of me is like, man, like that is really tough when you're making a huge franchise like this."

4. Valve Removes Adult-Only Games from Steam

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to Valve's recent policy changes regarding adult-only content on Steam. As reported by Vicki Blake from IGN, Valve is tightening its guidelines to comply with Steam's payment processing partners, leading to the removal of numerous sexually explicit games from the platform.

Roger Porning ([47:14]):
"There's a lot of sexually explicit stuff there that is very clearly like, hey, we're trying to make an adult game."

The hosts discuss the implications of this move, balancing the need to adhere to financial partner restrictions with concerns about censorship and the impact on creators and consumers. They consider the challenges Steam faces in regulating content while maintaining its vast and diverse library.

Snow Bikel Michael ([48:35]):
"Ideally, they would stand by their artists and take down only content that crosses certain lines, but that's not always straightforward."

The conversation reflects broader industry debates about content moderation, platform responsibility, and the fine line between regulation and creative freedom.

5. Gabe Newell's Lifestyle Insights

In a lighter segment, the hosts share an intriguing interview with Valve co-founder Gabe Newell. According to Vicki Blake from IGN, Newell revealed that while he appears retired, he actually works seven days a week from his bedroom on a superyacht. His daily routine includes scuba diving, working on AI projects, and developing innovative technologies like an aerosol pathogen detection device.

Roger Porning ([51:02]):
"It's incredible stuff. That lot's big money stuff right there."

The hosts marvel at Newell's lifestyle balance, emphasizing his passion for technology and gaming continues unabated despite his relaxed living conditions. They humorously compare his affluent lifestyle to their own, highlighting the unique position Newell holds in the gaming industry.

Snow Bikel Michael ([51:04]):
"That's called living deep in the golden triangle. That's the life you want to be a part of."

6. WE News: Shadow Labyrinth, Firebreak Update, Mario Kart Tour

Concluding the main segments, the hosts present the WE News roundup, covering smaller yet noteworthy updates in the gaming world.

• Shadow Labyrinth Reveal Roundup: A new Metroidvania title receives mixed reviews, with critics praising its homage to classic arcade games but noting it doesn't stand out in a saturated genre.

• Remedy's Firebreak Update: Remedy Entertainment announces a major overhaul of gun progression in Firebreak, addressing past critiques and aiming to enhance gameplay balance.

• Mario Kart Tour Update: Nintendo revitalizes Mario Kart Tour with its first major update in years, introducing the Sunshine Tour to celebrate the latest release of Mario Kart World on the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, slated for October 10th.

Snow Bikel Michael ([53:30]):
"We're in a super saturated Metroidvania landscape right now. Unless you're making some of the goats, I'm not sure it wants to."

The hosts express cautious optimism about these updates, recognizing the potential for improvement and increased player engagement.

Conclusion

Wrapping up the episode, Roger and Snow share their personal gaming experiences, highlighting titles like Donkey Kong and Death Stranding, and encourage listeners to enjoy their weekends gaming. They also touch on upcoming shows like Gamescast and Game Showdown, inviting fans to stay tuned for more content.

Roger Porning ([59:29]):
"Have a wonderful weekend, everybody."

The episode successfully navigates through significant industry news, offering insightful analysis and engaging discussions that cater to both hardcore gamers and casual listeners.

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Notable Quotes:

• Snow Bikel Michael ([16:33]):
  "I get excited about the possibilities."

• Roger Porning ([19:07]):
  "We're making sure that everyone's happy."

• Roger Porning ([37:03]):
  "Why not partner with a streamer or a place that has all of these things available for you?"

• Roger Porning ([41:22]):
  "That is really tough when you're making a huge franchise like this."

• Snow Bikel Michael ([48:35]):
  "They want to make sure everyone's happy."

• Roger Porning ([51:02]):
  "It's incredible stuff."

• Snow Bikel Michael ([51:04]):
  "That's the life you want to be a part of."

• Snow Bikel Michael ([53:30]):
  "Unless you're making some of the goats, I'm not sure it wants to."

Transcript

[Roger Porning]

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[Snow Bikel Michael]

Good morning, Rog. I'm a little tired, you know, it's the end of the week. You woke me up way too early yesterday for a kind of funny field trip.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

And then I stayed up late playing Donkey Kong.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah. Didn't learn anything. You. You didn't learn anything about Donkey Kong? No. I mean, just, like, going to sleep at a reasonable time or.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

No, Tik Tok calls, you know what I mean? Like, I get into bed at, like, 11 to midnight, and I'm like, look at Mike. Gonna go to bed at, like, a decent time, right? That's not really a decent time. I should be in bed sooner because I'm getting older, you know what I mean? A little earlier. And here I am, right? I get into bed, I get all cozied up, and I go, okay, Mike, what are you gonna do? You gonna watch the newest episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but maybe watch some Dropout because you're going big on that streaming service right now.

[Roger Porning]

I like that.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Or, oh, who's that calling? It's TikTok. And they say, let's nestle in for a nice little two hours. And all of a sudden it's 2am and I keep scrolling. And here's the issue, Roger. Is the problem with the scroll is. Is you get tired during some moments. It's peaks and valleys.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

You're up, and then you get a little tired, but then you're back up again. And so when it's 1:45am And I'm thinking, man, I should go to bed, the peak comes back.

[Roger Porning]

Oh, you're back. You find that right thing? It's the dopamine. It's like you're scrolling. Scrolling scroll. It's like, oh, I got it there. I'm back. I'm back.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

And I got some good ones.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah. Because you always. The thing where you send me. You send me a bunch of TikToks. I've told you already, I am not on TikTok anymore. I've deleted the ad because I'm hopelessly addicted like you are.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Yeah.

[Roger Porning]

But then you then use that as an opportunity to keep on sending it to me, and then use that as your personal, like, haven to then come to me in person while I'm working.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Yeah.

[Roger Porning]

And then just start scrolling in front of me.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

It's like, I'm your. I'm your. I'm your child. And you're my dad, who's like, I don't care.

[Roger Porning]

I don't give a shit.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

This. But then I get you stuck on the couch. You're like, look at these. Yeah, look at. These are funny. And I'm like, look at this.

[Roger Porning]

This is awesome. This is what I want to do, dad. This is what I want to do. I do that with cool Greg.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Oh, yeah, exactly. So, like, Jet to Holiday has taken over my TikTok feed. You don't know about a Jet to Holiday.

[Roger Porning]

Is that a person? Is that a band?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

So it's. It's a. There's a song that sings, and then there's a lady that's clearly doing, like, this European ad for taking vacations, and they're like, right now on a Jet to Holiday, you can save. And then it just gets into people's crazy, wacky vacation moments.

[Roger Porning]

Okay, so it's like a trend.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Yeah, it's a trend.

[Roger Porning]

My favorite chat. Let us know, everybody. Is this way too late, or is he, like, right on the trend? Like, is this trend already past everyone by. Oh, no. Because that's what I feel like is happening with Mike is that he's showing me shit. And then a ride on. Okay, cool. Right on trend. Damn.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Look at Roger.

[Roger Porning]

Fuck.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

You feel that? That's the pulse, and I'm on it. Yeah.

[Roger Porning]

Okay.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

I'm always.

[Roger Porning]

Did you actually flee your pulse? Because I feel like I'm a little scared.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

I don't know when it's going 160 beats per minute. You feel it? I promise you.

[Roger Porning]

But you also talked about Donkey Kong right there. You've been playing Donkey Kong. I've been playing Donkey Kong. How you liking it? Where you at? Where you at? You're about. You said four hours, right?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Where am I at right now? I am on world number three. Okay, so I've just passed the. You go lagoon.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

You go Desert refinery.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Boom. That's where I'm at.

[Roger Porning]

Okay. Okay. I think I'm way before you, then. Yeah. I just got the Pauline. The Pauline moment when she comes out. Yes, I'm really.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Welcome to the tutorial.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, welcome to the tutorial. Okay. I'm taking my fucking time with it, Mike. What do you want me to do? What do you want me to do?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

I mean, I just turned my brain off, Raj, and all of a sudden, I get sucked into this moment of terraforming all the world around me, hunting for gold. I. I now have an obsession with getting fossils because I want all of the hair dye for Donkey Kong.

[Roger Porning]

Even though you're one of those guys. I refuse.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Even though I only use the OG dk, I just can't get. I'm kind of coming around on the cloud white one, but I still like the OG DK the most. I don't think he looks good in any of the colorways.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, no, it just doesn't feel right to me. It doesn't feel. None of this feels right to me. Like, I'm putting on. I think the different ties feel good, but, like, I don't know. I'm just a naked Donkey Kong guy. Like, I feel like that's just where I want to be at for my entire life.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Naked Donkey Kong with the tie.

[Roger Porning]

That's it, bro. Do. Do you. You get different things for Pauline as well, or. No. Okay, that's cool.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

And the cool part about this, right, it's like coming hot off of Super Mario Odyssey for me. I did enjoy getting the new outfits, but of course, like, the OG Mario looks great. But I did find that.

[Roger Porning]

I found a few. I found a few. Yeah. I found the one that was, like. That was more corduroy. I like that one.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

But on this one, I like that a lot of the outfits and the ties all have stat, like, stat effects. Right. And so, like, you can put on a pair of pants that will help you run faster through mud. Right. And Pauline's outfits will also help her as well. So, like, there's cool stuff going on if you want to dress them up. Right now, my Pauline has a cute little cowgirl outfit on, which I like. And then, yeah, Don Kong. I'm settling in. Naked Donkey Kong. Either red or gold tie, cloudless white or DK original.

[Roger Porning]

I. I don't like. I like the idea of having, like, oh, the status boosts with the specific skins or whatever. Yeah, but you gotta let me change. I can't. I don't want to have the. The. The blue pants or whatever, and then that. I'm stuck with blue pants the entire game. I want to be able to. What is it? Transmogging? What do you call that? Yeah, I want to be able to do that. I know that's like an advanced feature for a Nintendo game, but, like, you gotta let me do.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

So you want the blue pants with that special status effect.

[Roger Porning]

Exactly.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

But then you want it to look red.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah. Is it trans mogging? Is that what you call it? Yeah, mogging is when you're, like. When you have, like, a cut jawline is what the kids say.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

No, that's mewing.

[Roger Porning]

No, it's both. So you're okay, so mewing is when you, like, you do the thing where you, like, suck on your tongue a little bit. Yeah, got like that. And you got this other. But then mogging is like, you're doing that, but, like, you're better than everyone else at it. Like, so it's like.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

It's like this conversation about doggy.

[Roger Porning]

But I'm just. I'm just trying to make sure the transmog. Go ahead. Transmog. Not transmogging. Transmog. I. I just. I want to be. I think that needs to be, like, the baseline for all these games. If you have, like a status effect on a skin.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Yeah.

[Roger Porning]

You got to just let me transmog all my. All my stuff.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

It's a child's game.

[Roger Porning]

You can't. You can't use that as an excuse. They have a robot. You can't use that.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Let the kids play, Roger. Let the kids play.

[Roger Porning]

I. One thing that I want to talk about really quick before we get into the. We have a lot of news. We have a lot of stuff to talk about is what do you think about Pauline's voice acting? Because Lianza fucking hates it. She hates Pauline's voice.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Great.

[Roger Porning]

She thinks it's. Well, she thinks it's like. It's like super whack. Like, she doesn't. She doesn't feel like she's like an actual child talk and like, it's just weird. I love it. I think it's open your heart. I know, right? That's what I'm looking at her and telling her.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Yeah.

[Roger Porning]

I think it is hilarious the way she says dk.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Dk.

[Roger Porning]

It's the funniest in the world. It is so good. It reminds me. Chat. I wonder if anyone knows this reference is from a metal wolf. Chaos xd. There is the. The. The secretary that's in your ear every time you die. She says, Mr. President. It's like the exact same cadence. It's incredible. Yeah, I love. I love her voice acting. I think it's great.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

I love hearing some voice acting in these games. As a not Big Nintendo guy, I always am stunned whenever I jump into these games. And there is very limited to no voice acting. And so I enjoy what I'm getting out of that. I even like when the evil monkeys. Oh, I don't. I guess you haven't met Void yet.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, they talk.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

They have a. Like a simlish situation going on.

[Roger Porning]

That's kind of how. How she's singing too. So, like, I guess there is.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Oh, man, her song.

[Roger Porning]

Song is so on.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Bonanza yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's up there.

[Roger Porning]

That's a moment. And the good. And the lead up to it. The lead up to it of like, of like her getting ready to sing and then Donkey Kong's all pissed off about it. It's great.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Dude, have you felt that you get a home?

[Roger Porning]

No, I didn't get. I've been sleeping. I've slept at places, but I haven't got like a home.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Yeah, you're gonna get a home. I really enjoy every single time. Pauline will give you a different. Like she, she gives you a new voice line of where you're kind of at, what boss you might be fighting. I enjoyed that a lot. So, yeah, I'm all in on that.

[Roger Porning]

What a game, man.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

What a. What a. What a game where all of a sudden you turn it on and your brain turns off and you are just lost.

[Roger Porning]

But only a children's game. Can't. Can't compete. Can't critique a tank. Talk about it.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

No, don't get that deep into transmogging, Roger. Just let.

[Roger Porning]

I just think it's. I think it's okay to have to have the transmogging conversation. Okay, we gotta, we gotta.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

We gotta be okay with trans playing this game. Have no idea their status effects going on in that. They don't care about that. They just want to know what color Donkey Kong can be.

[Roger Porning]

Today we got a transmog, everybody. We got to bring it together. But you know, that's always the thing about Nintendo is that they're always like right there, but they're just like a little off. Just like a little off. There's always like every. Everything's great. Like the. The photo mode's incredible, but like just a little off. Like just. It needs like one to two more features. That's it. But hey, it's great. It's good stuff. Everybody remember this is kind of Funny Games daily, each and every weekday, we run you through all the new nerdy news you need to know about live on YouTube, Twitch and podcast services around the globe. If you love, we do support us with the kind of funny membership on Patreon, YouTube and now Spotify and Apple podcasts to get all of our shows ad free, watch us record them live and get a daily exclusive show again. I will always say this every time I'm on the show. YouTube music really good. I use it for all of our podcasts. It's awesome. You can watch it live and you can watch our video version and it works really well on mobile when you're walking around the world for a chance to be a part of the show. Submit your thoughts and opinions as YouTube super chats as we go. Especially I want to know your thoughts on the first story about FromSoftware and what that secret game might be. Housekeeping, our first strand type premium collector's item has arrived. It's a lore accurate recreation of myself, but putting Kojima onto Caroline's music created by the Incredible Panda Musk. Grab it before the month ends. Exclusively [e-mail] patreon.com kindafunny and this is Caroline Polachek. Approved everybody. She loves this one. She commented on it. So shout out to that. Another shout out. Tim's hosting the San Diego Comic Con panel for Marvel Cosmic invasion next Thursday, July 24th November. Get hype and let Tim host. They made it happen. That's super exciting. Hyped for him of course. We're an 11 person business. All about live talk shows today after KFGD you'll get Gamescast, which will be our Astro Bot review almost a year later. So talking about all the dlc, all of the challenge maps and all those new bots kind of going in there and seeing if this game has held up and how much it's gotten better. After gamescast, a big one everybody. Game Showdown returns for a special four episode run hosted by the one and only Nick Scar Pino. It's nine contestants all vying for a prize that is going to change their lives. Probably not, but maybe a little bit. So that's a big one. Tune into that after gamescast and support Nick and the crew because it's a fun one. Four episodes of fun and it gets weird. And some surprise guests in the later episodes. It's a bracket style thing. So the first episode you guys are going to really enjoy. Then after the stream, then the stream is more Donkey Kong Bonanza with Bless and Barrett. Will they be eating bananas? We shall see. You're a kind of funny member. Today's Greg way is 20 minutes. Honestly, Mike and I recorded Greg Way yesterday. Let's just be honest. Just don't watch this one. It might be. This might be too far. This might have been too far.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Do us a favor and skip this one.

[Roger Porning]

Just skip it.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Get the membership. Watch an old one. You know what I mean?

[Roger Porning]

Go.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Go watch an old one for us.

[Roger Porning]

Watch the ones where Mike and I talk about things that are a little bit more wholesome.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Like don't go off the rail Greg, about this one. Like whatever you do, please don't talk.

[Roger Porning]

Nick knows about it. Tim knows about it.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Yeah.

[Roger Porning]

Greg cannot know about this one cuz he'll play it in front of his kid and it's not going to be good. Roger, Mike are fired. Uhoh.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Don't watch this one.

[Roger Porning]

Don't watch this one everybody. Thank you to our Patreon producers, Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney the Psalm Twining Today we're brought to you by Shady Rays, but we'll tell you all about that later. For now, let's begin with what is it Forever will be the Roper Report. It's time for some new six stories today.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Baker's Desert.

[Roger Porning]

I like that, I like that energy. I like that, that, that deepness in the yell. That was good. Story number one from Software reportedly has another unannounced game that could release next year. This is from Andy Robinson over at VGC Elden Ring Studio. FromSoftware reportedly has another unannounced multi platform game in development with a release likely due next year. That's according to MP1, no MP first, which claims that the Japanese developer has a game codenamed FMC at advanced stages of production alongside upcoming Switch 2 title the Duskbloods and Elden Ring Night Rains post launch support. According to the publication, the unannounced game is likely to release no later than next year year. It also conducted analysis into the unannounced titles codename, which it says is likely an abbreviation. It also notes that previous codenames starting with the letter F have been related to Dark Souls or Armored Core Games. This leads it to this leads it to speculate that the unannounced title could be a Fires of Rubicon expansion or the long expected Dark Souls 3 remaster. I didn't know that was long expected. Mike, what do you what do you think about this? What is your first initial knee jerk reaction when you heard there's an unannounced 2026 From Software game? Where did your mind go?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Oh snap. They're over there developing a lot of games. We're getting nearly a yearly cadence of fromsoft games and I love that as someone who is a fan of a lot of their titles and franchises. I'm having a great time jumping from title the title world to world and I'm enjoying where we're at right now on this cadence. Of course it's a lot and of course I'm sure it's not going to keep up on this kind of yearly track that we're on. But really when I look at it I get excited about the possibilities Roger. I know a lot of people out there weren't excited about the idea of these multiplayer offerings that we were getting them getting from them on these last two announcements, right? Night Rain into Dusk Bloods. A lot of people are like, hey, I don't want that. I'm here for the single player experience. And we always knew Fromsoft is going to give you the single player experiences. They were just trying something else out. And now it looks like we're going to get an announcement sooner than later on that, which is really, really exciting. Now the question, where do you go? I'm an armored core guy right now. I really enjoyed Armored Core. Well, I'm coming off of Lost Planets, which is heavy into the Mechs, and the final boss fight is ripped like straight out of Armored Core. So, like, I am very in tune and mindful of my mech gameplay right now. So it's like I'm into that. Especially Fighters of the Rubicon was so much fun. I played late and finally came around on that one. After being just a Dark Souls guy, playing that late and really buying into it with help of our audience, I fell in love with that. I would love to see an expansion or just another mainline game. I think Sekiro is. Is due for one. I know that kind of gets in the Activision world, but like, that game is so much fun. Or maybe a Seiro, like, would be great, right? Use all those mechanics of the Perry of the Breakdown and go from there. Instead of just saying, hey, we got to partner with them or pay licensing fees, let's just get over there and get ourselves.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah. It's so interesting, right? Because my brain goes to a Seiro like, right? But the I. Is it. Is there a world where FromSoftware is too many franchises that they just have going or they've made one game of, or we're just moving. We have Bloodborne. We have Dark Souls. We have Armored Core. We have Elden Ring. We have Demon Souls. Technically, we have. We have so many and we have the. The Duskbloods. There's. There's so many new franchises and franchises that they're that are not connected, that are one offs, that are. Is that too many or should they just. I feel like at the point now in my mind, they should just be like, hey, we're making Sekiro 2. We're making. We're making Bloodborne 2. We're just going. We're going through it.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

I think this is a really fun and rare occasion where you come for the developer, not the franchise. Name.

[Roger Porning]

Good call.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Because I think, you know, all of the franchises and what they do and there might be a lot, but they're all very similar in how you play and what goes on with it. Right? Sure. Different settings, but I think you're coming for the developer name and what the gameplay is. And so that's the positive here as opposed to some other ones where you're like, oh, I'm coming for the franchise because I love those characters in that world here. It's like, throw me whatever. You want this, we go back to Bloodborne. You want to make Bloodborne 2, I'm in on that. Right. You want to jump all the way over and just say Dark Souls 3 Remastered, we're in on that as well. So yeah, I could go any which way they want to do this. I'm coming for that team in the developments.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, if I were to a betting man, I would say it's Probably Dark Souls 3 Remastered or something to do with Dark Souls right now because we have Elden Ring, we have Night Night Rain and then now we have Dusk Bloods and those are different types of games. Elden Ring of course, is a huge open world video game. We have the multiplayer games. When it comes to Night Rain and Duskbloods, I, I feel like they want to go back to that original formula of like, hey, this might not be for everybody, but let's make sure that everybody in our, in our fan base can, can play along for the next year or two years. Right. If people are not into Dustbloods, don't have a switch. Right. Here's something that we know for sure is going to hit and that would probably be a Dark souls. Dark Souls 3 remasters. A weird one for me though. Like, does that need a remaster? I mean, I played it recently on my PS5, PS4, you know, whatever, 60 FPS on my PS5 and it looked good, it ran good. Like I don't. To me, that doesn't scream as one, like we need a remaster from it.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

I mean, well, came out 2000, came out 2016, so it's coming out nine, almost 10 years. Right. So you could celebrate the 10 year anniversary, which we've seen a lot of companies dip into that bag and celebrate the old. For me Personally, Dark Souls 3 would not be the one that I want. I don't want to remaster. The game is good enough. Of course, any sort of visual upgrade, any sort of tuning is a lot of fun and awesome to celebrate. But like, for me, I never like Dark Souls 3. The most out of the trilogy. I am actually a 2 in 1 guy over 3. I didn't like how we kind of went a little more linear on three as opposed to the other two. But it's still a great game. It just. The remaster wouldn't be the one that I want out of the options that we could do here.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah. I mean it's interesting. Remaster, right. Like is. I. I mean my brain goes to a remake of these things. Like I. We not have not gotten a remake of any of the Dark Souls games yet, right?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

No. You just got Dark Souls 1 remasters, right?

[Roger Porning]

Yeah.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

But then you also get into a blur. We live in a world where remake and remaster this world.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah. They could be saying remaster. They mean remake. Yeah, you're right about that.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Anything is happen. I think it's an interesting one. Of course is your bread and butter is these single player games. Right. We haven't really seen if Night Rain took over like we thought it would. I think it topped some of the sale charts but we haven't seen it.

[Roger Porning]

I mean it's. I just checked on today on Global Phenomenon.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Sure. And it's not selling microtransactions. Right. So like there's a couple of things when it comes in this live service world that you look for and it's not doing right. Like true from soft stuff of like there's no microtransactions. The games, the game the that upfront cost is what you're going to pay and you're going to enjoy this. Right. So like on the front side is they've dipping into two multiplayer games and genres here. That's not their bread and butter. That's not what the audience is clamoring for. But clearly they're making it work with Night Rain. But it's not as big as the next Elden Ring would be.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, I mean it's pretty. It's pretty close. I mean if I could pull up the Steam DB charts really quick. I mean Elden Ring, Elden Ring Prime. Right. Like Elden Ring AS itself has 40,000 players right now that had a peak of almost A million players. 953,000 players. And then for Elden Ring, Night Reign, Night rain is. Has 43,000 people playing right now and a peak of 313,000 people. So of course not as big as the original Elden Ring game. But that's a one in a billion game. Right. So to have a fraction of that success and have 43,000 people, is it.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

One in a billion game? Because like all of their titles are hitting this.

[Roger Porning]

But I mean Elden Ring, Elden Ring was like the breakout beyond the breakout. Like that was the game that everybody was like, you heard about Dark Souls even if you didn't play it, whatever. People bought Elden Ring. I know people that literally never played a fromsoftware game. Like I'm buying Elden Ring. I need to get into this, into the Zeitgeist, right?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Yeah. But it already been previous 10 years doing well.

[Roger Porning]

But I'm saying like it was the. It was the. It's the end game. It is the. It is the. It is the culmination of the next.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

One will be that then. Is that what you're expecting? No, no.

[Roger Porning]

Oh, whatever.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Next single player experience. Do you think it's Elden Ring level?

[Roger Porning]

No, no, no, no, no, no. To me, this is them trying a bunch of different things to get to Elden Ring to. They are. They're kind of building out the franchises. They're making sure that everyone's happy. They're having. They have the armored core ready. I don't think we're going back to armored core for a while. We're going to take a little bit. We're going to make an actual proper sequel to that eventually. Then we have Elden Ring 2, which is probably in development. There's no way that that game is not being made right now. And then we have the Duskbloods, which is a. Which is kind of towards the Bloodborne slash, multiplayer aspect side of things. And then you want to make sure your Dark Souls fans are happy. So if they can focus on the Dark Souls element of it, then I think you're good for a few years. And then you can come back with Elden ring two in, I don't know, 2028 or something like that. 2029.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

You don't think Bloodborne two.

[Roger Porning]

I mean, yes, of course. Let's. Let's get the. That's a.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

That's a great Bloodborne to multiplatform off of. Just.

[Roger Porning]

First of all, that's never happening because I mean PlayStation owns that. Yeah. They will never let that happen. Sekiro.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

What if they point to Elden Ring sales and they go, but you could have a piece of this.

[Roger Porning]

Sure. I could see them doing the PC.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

You get 30% of Xbox PC sales if we do this.

[Roger Porning]

I don't think Elden Ring becomes. I'm sorry, eldering Bloodborne 2 ever goes fully multi platform. I could see the PC thing. But also, let's be honest with Xbox sales, that's the best. That's the pie that matters. The pie that matters is PC. So if you go PC and PlayStation, you're good. Like that's the, that's the, the Helldiver situation. You. You just do that, you're going to be fine. I could see that world in my mind if I were to go outside of Dark Souls and everything. I could see Xbox playing nice with from software and just being like we make all our games multi platform anyways. Like here's Sekiro. Like just do it. Like just make Sekiro 2. Make it multiplatform. Here you go. You can put it on everything and anything as long as we are publishing this game for you as Activision.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

This is an Elden Ring DLC number two. A smaller one. You know. No Shadow of the earth tree was massive. What if this one's smaller?

[Roger Porning]

I mean no, you have to be full on like we're going Elden Ring 2 now because now you just keep on going backwards a little bit and now we're just gonna keep on updating this game forever. They have to be like one step into like we gotta make another multi billion dollar video game right now. And also the movie's happening. Like of course we don't know when that's happening but that's in the works. So you can probably see the gears turning of like we got to figure out Elder Ring two by the time the movie comes out. So then we can kind of have this massive moment. And Elden Ring 2 is bigger than Elden Ring 1. That's my thought process on it. I mean.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Yeah. The positive is, is they have nothing but winners here.

[Roger Porning]

Yes.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

No matter which way you slice it, no matter where you want to go, it sounds all like a win. Right? No matter what franchise you choose to go for, the single player bread and butter which is your go to is going to pop off no matter what. And so the excitement that we could get this next year is crazy. Crazy. That's what we as gamers should probably be focusing in on here is if you weren't excited by Dust Bloods or if you didn't have a switch 2 and you're not going to get one for this and you're like, hey, multiplayer is not my thing. You're going to get a single player from soft game sometime possibly next year is an insane thing to stay.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, absolutely. We got a few super chats about this before we move on to the next story. From 8 bit to now super chats and says imagine fromsoft goes back into their catalog and we get a remaster of a Tenshu game. Take my money. Yeah. I mean, they are now in this dominant place where they can look back at their older franchises that maybe didn't get as much love and bring them into the forefront and boom, immediately it's going to be a top seller of the year. Just that is the dominant position they are. I do think that 10 shoe is just not on their radar though.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

I want them to team up and make a Devil May Cry game. That Devil May Cry three is so good.

[Roger Porning]

I want them to make a racing game.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

A racing game.

[Roger Porning]

What if. What if they made a little racing game?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

We had Cartborn and then they took that off, but then it still came.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, it's still there. It's different thing. Danny in the middle 969 Super Chat says, Don't disrespect Seiro, their first game of the year winner. No disrespect here. I'm telling you.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

No one disrespect that one.

[Roger Porning]

Skyler for slender over on YouTube super chats and says, do you think we'll even get an Elden Ring to Miyazaki said that they reached their limit for how large a world can go. Where do you go from here? I mean, I don't think it necessarily needs to be any bigger than any bigger already. A different world. Right. Like you can take that world or you can remix it. Like you've already seen it in Night Rain. Like there's ways to. And also Mizak, he'd be saying shit. You know. He'd be saying shit like, you know, yeah, sure, we've reached our limits. Here's the bag. Like we can figure out something bigger. We.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Here's some feelings change.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, exactly. Here's some new technology. We can make something bigger. I mean, that was coming fresh off of Elden Ring. You know, I'm sure the burnout was high. So I can see. I can see a world where they're continuing to build and make something bigger. We have another one from the pen. God Duskblood. Single player game, Blood Sworn. Oh, that's interesting. If they make like a. A single player version of Duskbuds, I feel like Dust Bloods is gonna be fine enough to play by itself or some version of it. Or is that fully a multiplayer game?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

You're gonna step into the arena with me no matter what.

[Roger Porning]

Oh, really?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Yeah.

[Roger Porning]

That's interesting though. I like that thought process of like having ducks, Dust Bloods as like a multiplayer thing and a single player thing. That's Interesting. I didn't think about that with a lot of super chats. F. Sorry, says Bode Lyk also super chats and says the only IP not controlled by Fromsoft is Demon Souls and Bloodborne. Everything else is on the table. Activision has no ownership over Sekiro. Oh, I did not know that. That's cool. And of course, last one from Omega, Buster from Soft. Oh, another one before that Fromsoft X Lost Planet Collab for Micah.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

They have to learn how to shoot. Yeah, yeah, cool.

[Roger Porning]

You have to learn how to shoot. This is what I'm gonna read really quick. But I don't know anything about this franchise. 9 Sife says FromSoft should go back to Otogi. Never heard that one. Never heard the one chat. Let us know about Otogi. But I will let you know about our sponsors before we continue on for today, uh, we're gonna tell you a little about our sponsors. And of course, if you don't want to hear anything about our sponsors, head over to patreon.com kindafunny and join the Kind of Funny membership that is also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts. But you're not. So here's the sponsors. This episode's brought to you by Shady Rays. Get ready for the season ahead with quality shades built to last. Our friends at Shady Rays have you covered with premium polarized shades that won't break the bank. Shady Rays is an independent sunglasses company offering a world class product rated five.

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[Snow Bikel Michael]

Yeah, I was surprised at this one, Roger, as someone who has been in the Xbox ecosystem for a long, long time, right? And the Xbox was my home console. It was my everything. I was buying movies and TV shows back in the day via my Xbox, right? And so there's a little bit of a knee jerk reaction. There is kind of like the first moment for Snow Mike, Mike, the all digital purchaser now going, oh shit, yeah, there goes that, right? No refunds. I'm never going to chase this, right? I'm not going to chase this app. I'm never going to go find out where to watch these. Those are just gone. So like here's my first taste of like that digital purchase. Yeah, that's going to be gone sometime, right? And so yeah, I am surprised at this, especially when you and I were talking earlier this morning of the Xbox One being your home console. Everything at home is through this console. And yeah, we've made strides past that where it is about the games and we want to focus on the games. It's interesting. When you go to the store, you used to be hit with games. Oh, here's the top new movies. And it felt like everything at all, in every place at all at once. But over the past, what, five to seven years, since the dawn of Netflix app, Hulu, Disney plus, Amazon Prime, Apple tv, there's so many apps now that I go to over the Xbox Store, right? Instead of paying 13.99 for Family Guy Season 5 like I used to, now I'm going to whatever to watch those. So business wise, it makes sense, right? Here's something that probably is not really that profitable. People aren't coming to us to buy, to buy, to play or watch movies or TV shows. They're going to their apps. Let's stop doing this, turn the server off. Let's move on from this. On the flip side, how many customers are like me who are even buying stuff, right? I doubt there's that many people.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, no, it's. It's interesting, right? Because I remember, God, this is. This is the first time I feel really old in a while is I remember downloading the Netflix app on the Xbox 360, like the day it came out. And like, that was a huge, huge deal when Xbox finally started to integrate all of these streaming platforms onto their services. And now I have movies that I've purchased through the Xbox app. And I was recently actually like, literally, literally two weeks ago, Lianzen and I were on my Xbox and I'm looking through, I'm like, oh, wait, I have movies on here. I have TV shows on here that I purchased from back in the day when I didn't have Netflix, when I didn't have any of this stuff, I would use my Microsoft points that I had left over from buying, I don't know, a Walking Dead Episode two Season one. And I would buy like, you know, Stepbrothers that was like super on sale or whatever. The unrated version. I'm looking through all the things that I had and I had the moment I was like, well, let me look through, like, what is actually, that's the. The Netflix disc that you would get you put into your Wii so you can watch Netflix on your way. That's really cool. And yeah, I remember watching. Sorry. I remember looking through all of, like the storefront and seeing like, how many reviews are there for like the big movies that are coming out. And I. It was not many. It was like, it was a small amount of people that are reviewing these things that are even watching or Buying these movies. So in my mind, right, like someone that doesn't see the business, that is not. Doesn't see the numbers and see the ones and the zeros and how much this actually costs in terms of servers. I am like, oh, it's just a good to have, right? It's a nice thing to have extra money in your pocket. You get to have, oh, there's a movie came out. Oh, let me just. I'm lazy buy it on my Xbox, right? Maybe that's someone's entire platform is where they have all their movies, they have all their TV shows on this one thing. Why not keep it up? But I'm sure it costs a bunch of money. I'm sure, I'm sure it's very expensive to keep up. You know, for the, you would assume thousands maybe of people that are actually actively buying things on their platform, where most people have gone to Amazon, have gone to their Apple TVs, have gone to the other services that they have that are abundant everywhere, just are not buying movies.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

It's such a quaint and fun idea for you to say, oh, that one person's whole entire ecosystem is right there. It's like, who's doing that?

[Roger Porning]

You know, there is, there's a few.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

You think there's.

[Roger Porning]

There's like, I'm. No, no, no, I'm not saying like hundreds of people. I'm saying like a dozen people in the world.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

There's a couple people out there.

[Roger Porning]

Exactly.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

My. This is my entire.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, exactly like, hey, I just, I started on here and I just end on here. That's all it is.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

But the world, no, nobody's doing that now is right. Everybody's on all these different platforms and apps are getting their movies and television the. Through different services and yeah, it just makes sense, right? I'm sure the numbers were small there. It was fun to go onto the store and see movies and television shows there. I thought that was always cool. But I'm coming to the console to play games. It is a games ecosystem. I'm here for the games. That's what I'm doing.

[Roger Porning]

Mellow fellow in chat says, it's Microsoft though. That's such a tiny blip. And I agree, I agree there is more that they could have done to make that more appealing. And I think they tried, they tried a lot of it, right? They tried a lot of the cross promotion and stuff. They would try like, hey, this movie's coming out. Here's a game that you would like. They would try doing this weird stuff on the on the front of your Xbox. I also wouldn't be surprised if we hear the announcement in the next few months of like, they've partnered with Amazon and now you can, you know, Amazon is now built into your Xbox or something weird like that. Like you have. You have something. Because they're not. They're out of the business now of selling these things. So why not partner with a streamer or a place that has all of these things available for you?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

They.

[Roger Porning]

They can still advertise and maybe they get a 3% cut, a 5 or whatever it is. Maybe it's just a deal where, hey, this company pays them money and now they're on the front page of Xbox. Yeah, of course Amazon has an app on Xbox. I'm saying more of like an actual, like, integrated partnership to be like, hey, people are. Are clearly okay with having advertisements for movies on their Xbox, so why not have somewhere, someone else pick it up? So I think that is interesting. A little super chat for you, Norm. Super chat says physical media for the win. Can't disagree with you at all. That is true. Physical media is more important. But also I think about it, I'm like, I want to get a physical, like, disc or whatever for. I want to buy like a Blu Ray. I'm like, I guess I have my PlayStation 5, but like, I'm never going to use it. I'm never going to. I'm just not the physical media guy. I want to be.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

I talk a big game like I want to be. Exactly.

[Roger Porning]

We want to be it, but it's just not going to happen. Story number three. Infamous director says he'd love to revisit the series, but Sucker Punch is busy with Ghost of Yote. This is from Andy Robinson over at VGC. The director of the infamous PlayStation series has said he'd love to revisit the franchise one day, but suggested that no such plans are currently on the table. Sucker Punch game designer Nate Fox, who also helmed Ghost of Tsushima and the upcoming Ghost of Yotei, was asked by Game Informer if he'd like to one day revisit the action series. Fox said that while he'd love to work on more Infamous content, Sucker Punch is currently focused on developing one game at a time. Quote, I would love to work on more infamous. I would love to see a trilogy re release, but Sucker Punch is a one game at a time shop, and right now we are focused on finishing Ghost of Yotei, he said. Interesting. It is. It is an interesting place for a company as big as Sucker Poncha that is now doing one game at a time. Like, how long do they stay doing one game at a time? That was my first thought. Here is we see all these big studios, these big AAA studios specifically. Exactly. Here's a second team making a smaller game or equally big game. But I know they're a very small studio in comparison.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

I think from the outside it's easy to say that. Right. It's like, oh, you say that now, which is totally understandable. You're asking one of the team members in the middle of it all right before game day to prepare for that. And it's like, yeah, they're full head on Ghost of Yote. But what's to say after that comes out? We don't look at it and say, what if we spin up a small team? Yeah, right. We hear all about these passion projects, these small 12 to 20 person teams that are putting out games that they love. I'm sure inside of all these walls they're saying, okay, well when this ends, what can we do? What are our two big things that we want to do? What's the three game ideas that we would love to see in? And they would figure it out. If Sony believed in it, they'd give him the money to make it up.

[Roger Porning]

Another studio. Yeah, yeah. Another side of the studio. Yeah, it's. It is really, really interesting of you. Like, part of me like really appreciates and loves that Sucker Punch is working on one game at a time. I think there is something special with having a studio that is fully focused on one franchise, one thing at a time, moving on, kind of having that cohesion behind, behind everybody at the studio. But then also part of me is like, man, like that is really tough when you're a friend. You're making a huge franchise like this. Right? Because ghost YouTube is going to hit. Like that game is going to be big. That's going to make a lot of money. So then if they want to continue make being a one team studio, a one game studio, that means they're going to be working on Ghost for ever. Like, like, it's, it's, it's an interesting conundrum right there. I, Yeah, I, I think it's going to be. Eventually they're going to have to split off a little bit or, or they're just the Ghost studio. Maybe that's what they want to be. But it clearly there is some type of interest in Nate over here wanting to go back to infamous, wanting to potentially do something else that is outside of Yote. And Tsushima. So eventually we're gonna have to get to the place where there is two studios or maybe just another company is working on the infamous remaster or something. But it's interesting that he says that like, yeah, he wants to see that infamous remaster or that trilogy re release. But to me that doesn't even scream like something that sucker Punch would do. Like that's something that like contract that. Yeah, you would contract that one out. But maybe there is reverence enough for that franchise and he cares about that franchise so much because that's his baby that he would want to do that himself. Like they would want to make that an internal project. Yeah, that's. That's super interesting to me. Did you.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Time will tell.

[Roger Porning]

Did you ever play the infamous games?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

No, I was a prototype kid. I was on Xbox.

[Roger Porning]

You are a prototype kid, for sure.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

The prototype.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah. But you seem like a prototype one.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

And two, you know.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, you seem like that type of guy. Yeah, we were. We were Darkness guy.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Oh yeah, of course.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, of course. I was. Of course. The Darkness guy. This one, this one's interesting. I'm excited to talk to you about this one. Number four. Story number four. Valve pulls adult only games from Steam as it's. As it tightens rules to appease payment partners this is from Vicki Blake over at ign. Valve is tightening its guidelines around adult only content to satisfy rules set by Steam's payment processing partners. With dozens of sexually explicit games remove from the platform throughout the week. As spotted by GameSpark and shared by Automaton, SteamDB logs show a flurry of activity behind the scenes as Steam updated its rules and guidelines policy, making it clear that publishing certain kinds of adult only content could violate them. Certain kinds. Let's keep that in mind, everybody. The newly added clause 15 of the policy now explicitly states content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam's payment processors and related card networks and banks or Internet network providers shouldn't be posted on Steam. The X Twitter account for SteamDB revealed a long list of pornographic games recently delisted from Steam. It follows a public outcry earlier this year when UK Technology secretary Peter Kyle slammed Steam from for hosting a sexually explicit visual novel in which the protagonist engaged in non consensual sexual content. However, Valve's new guidelines were criticized by some who have expressed concern over censorship and the vagueness of Valve's language around its rules. Man, this is an interesting one because immediately you jump to, well, what's on Steam right now? Because you, you and I love to go through the new and trending list on Steam and you just see you just the wildest stuff, the wild, wild west, the wildest stuff in the world. And we were like, okay, let's see what they scrubbed. And they haven't scrubbed much. There's some stuff, of course, clearly this list has been taken down, but there's a lot of sexually explicit stuff there that is very clearly like, hey, we're trying to make an adult, adult adult game.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

The Naughty Vampire and the Moaning forest, released on July 17, 2025. So just 24 hours ago. They have about four other titles quickly, right below that. But of course, it's week one. Yeah, we'll see where this goes. It's going to be a rollout. Maybe that was already through the system and ready to rock and roll. But this will be a very interesting conversation because when I go to Steam and sometimes even the Nintendo Eshop, I am kind of stunned and surprised at the games that I see right there is a conversation of like, hey, this is their art. Art is art. We're putting it out there. And you can click on the tab that says, I don't want to see mature content. And you can hide all that from your store page so you don't have to see it. You can click on that and buy that if that's your kind of fancy. But it is interesting of we're seeing Steam here. Say, you know what, We've been working with other companies and they might not like that and we kind of have to work with them because they're processing your payment and giving us the money that you give us. And so, yeah, maybe we can't be doing that. So it'll be interesting to see. Rog, I don't have much say on this because this comes to a whole nother level above me. That's like, I'll just sell the adult games or, hey, man, I don't know if I need harem. And in the lust card game on my. On my page right here, Stepsister one.

[Roger Porning]

What was that one?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Don't tell Mom I fed my stepsister Splash emoji.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, I wonder what it was.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

That's a $10 and 4 cents game.

[Roger Porning]

Oh, wow, 4 cents.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

It's on sale. 50% off.

[Roger Porning]

Oh, wow, that's. Wow, $20. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, it's interesting to me because, of course, yeah, the stuff that Peter Kyle over in the UK was talking about, that's awful stuff and needs to be removed from Steam immediately and expeditiously. But there is Also the world where people are horny and make horny games and people have, have it's consenting adults and consenting people in these stories and I think that is, that should be fine. But it is when it comes down to it, yeah, it's. I think it's going to be Steam doing a very specific and discerning like, hey, we're going to take down this thing because it has XYZ that we find is, is above that line but they're going to keep on these things are. Yeah, are horny games that are sexually explicit but are not necessarily rocking the boat in terms of the things that they deem shouldn't be on the store. So I, at first it's going to be a lot of like they're going to be picking, choosing and then we're going to see in the next few weeks if the cardholders are still happy or are happy at all. If they're not, then we see the world where we just remove all porn from, from this site. If we remove all sexually explicit content that isn't, you know, a nude scene in a video game. But is these games like the Stepsister one where you're clearly just fucking your stepsister?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

So, yeah, content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam's payment processors and related card networks and banks or Internet network providers. Right. So these are all teams and organizations that they're partnered up with, that they're working with, that are all probably having a conversation every day of what they find. Okay, don't find. Okay. What they want associated with their companies. And Steam also at the same time is working with them because they're not doing all your card payment processes. Right. So they want to make sure it's easy for them and easy for the group as well.

[Roger Porning]

So yeah, we'll keep an eye on this one for sure and see how that evolves. Talking about Steam story number five, Valve boss Gabe Newell says he's been retired in a sense for a long time, but in reality works seven days a week from his bedroom on his boat because he's having so much fun. This is from Vicki Blake at IGN Valve co founder and boss Gabe Newell has offered a rare insight into his life, talking about his days living, working and enjoying life on a quote, boat. I don't know why it's a quote, maybe it's a yacht. In conversation with a YouTuber called Zalcar Saleep, who had just 19 subscribers at the time of this interview, clips went live. They've since acquired several hundred more the 62 year old Gabe Newell said he's worked seven days a week from his bedroom on his superyacht. There's the boat quotation because it's fun and he still likes working. Asked to describe his daily routine in an interview Valve has confirmed to PC Gamer is real, Newell said, I get up, I work, I go scuba diving, work some more. I either go on a second scuba dive or I go to the gym and work out. Then I work. I live on a boat, so I just hang out with everybody on the boat. That's awesome. Quote, I work seven days a week. He added, I'm working from my bedroom. As you could tell, I like working. It's fun. To me, it doesn't feel like work. The things, the kinds of things that I get to do every day are super awesome. I've said it before, but when you retire, you want to stop doing your horrible job and then you go do what is most fun and entertaining. So in that sense, I've been retired for a long time. Expanding on the types of work that keeps him busy these days, Newell said, get to work with Drew and Jeremy on AI stuff or Chris on Steam stuff. In one of the companies we're working on an aerosol pathogen detection device. So you can see all the pathogens that are in the air. Holy shit. That's me saying, holy shit. Not game. No brain. Computer interfaces are incredibly cool and all of the associated neuroscience is incredibly cool. So I just work all the time. But it's not like, oh my God, I'm up at. I'm up late at night slaving away on some stuff. It's more like I can't go to sleep because I'm having fun, you know? Pretty sick.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

That's called rich. Rich dudes.

[Roger Porning]

Dudes rock. Yeah, dudes absolutely rule, dude.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

That's called living deep in the golden triangle. That's the life you want to be a part of. Yeah, I mean that's. I think everybody wishes we could be that, right? So, Rich, we live on a yacht and we're so passionate about something that is fun to us, that we can pour our hearts and soul into while still scuba diving, chatting with our best buds on our big mega yacht and still having fun and sleeping well at night. Right. I mean, the guy has created something where he can live that life now. And so that's what it looks like and that's what could happen.

[Roger Porning]

Bro, is incredible. Like, first of all, like, this is insane that this is an interview From Someone had 19 subscribers. Gets like the most, most Insane access to like the most mysterious man in the world. And then also, like, shout out to Gabe Newell, like having more money than Jesus Christ and God and everybody combined in this world. Having so much money just doesn't make his bed. It just doesn't make his bed before he does an interview. Doesn't even do the Blur thing. You don't even give a shit. You don't even give a shit. He's just like, this is my life I'm living.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Dave the diver, bro.

[Roger Porning]

Just going scuba diving doesn't make his bed. It's incredible stuff.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

The computer. Having some fun.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, I mean, it's kind of cool. I didn't know that. He's working on all this different stuff.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

How exciting.

[Roger Porning]

Out, out. Outside of stuff. I mean, he's working on AI stuff. I mean, like every tech billionaire and person is working on AI stuff in some regards. Working on Steam stuff. Still do too, which is nice. He's a Steam specifically. I like that. That's interesting. Like, I wonder how date, like, does he mean.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Maybe he knows about the adults only content?

[Roger Porning]

Maybe that's the reason he put the button on it. He's.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Maybe he's having a conversation about it.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, yeah. But he didn't say Valve though, right? Like, I think we all associate him with more of like the. The oversight of like Valve as like a creative division, like Half Life and all that stuff. But he said specifically Steam there. It might just be him using it as the same word, right? Valve and Steam. Same thing, but still interesting to me. And he's working on the thing to figure out the aerosol pathogen detection device. Like, that's wild stuff. That's some. That lots of big money stuff right there. Some big money stuff. But Mike, I'm tired of all the big money stuff. I want something small if I wanted something way smaller. Maybe the tiniest news I need to know about. Where should I go?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Roger? I take you to our last story, the WE News Channel, where we cover all the small news items you need to know about.

[Roger Porning]

Story number six. WE News Shadow Labyrinth Reveal Roundup. This is the Pac Man, Metroidvania type deal thing going on here.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Oh, snap. Okay.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Metacritic sitting at a 74. Open critic 75. PC gamer gave it a 74 out of 100. They say a good Metroidvania trapped in the shadow of too many better ones. Banger. Give that person a raise. That's a banger. Push square. Give it a 6 out of 10. It says. Unfortunately, while there are some fun elements taken from the arcade classic and a few neat ideas sprinkled in. The majority of the game is, by the numbers, Metroidvania. That doesn't quite come together. Yes, this is about what I expected. Just like, I don't know, from looking at the trailers and stuff, it looks interesting and weird, but I don't know. There's so many Metro. I feel like we're now in a super saturated Metroidvania landscape right now. So unless you're making some of the goats, I'm not. I don't think I want to.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

But this one has Pac Man.

[Roger Porning]

I guess. This is not the Pac Man I want, though. They sent over some really cool, like, merch and stuff, but like, it's not the Pac Man I want. I just want Pac Man. Yeah, it's like if they put Tetris in here, it's like, I just want to play Tetris. I just want to play Pac Man. I don't want. Whatever. I get it. Even something cool. But like, I don't. That's not what I want for this ip.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

We met Pac man once, bro.

[Roger Porning]

That was pretty sick. That was sick. FBC Firebreak is getting a major update in late September. Remedy has detailed a lot of what they're going to do with FBI, NBC, Firebreak, and a blog post on their Steam page really quick. They did talk about how they're overhauling the way that gun progression works, which was a huge negative that Mike and I had throughout our review time. And they also said that they're going to. From what I gathered, they said that they're going to have like every. All the guns are going to start off like, pretty. Like you feel good using them. Like, it's not like they're super underleveled. Like they start off now. So I'm willing to try this out again. Maybe we should schedule a stream and try it out when the new update goes live. And I'm hoping that game turns around because I feel like that team, there's something there. It just needs some tweaks. So I hope that there's an audience that comes around to them. From VGC Mario Kart Tour, the mobile game from Nintendo and DNA is Go is getting its first update in years. This month the pair have announced it. The Sunshine Tour will roll out starting on July 22, with content designed to celebrate the recent release of console game Mario Kart. World on until Nintendo Switch 2 Dream of Another launches October 10th. Pixel Junk Eden 2 for PS5, PS4 and PC launches October 10th. And Nintendo Switch Online New Feature closed. Play test returns from July 28th to August 10th. And that is the end of we news. That is the. That is like the weird MMO thing that they're going for that people have already leaked from the under NDA, but people just start streaming it.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

I didn't know about that.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, so that's. That's out there.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

What is that, like a Roblox? A psi?

[Roger Porning]

I don't even know from what I've seen in, like, chat. You can let us know, but, like, yeah, I. It seemed like we were built. You're building stuff with people, so. Yeah, it's interesting. We'll see how that goes. It seemed pretty early before. Let's get into some super chats. I'm gonna look around a little bit. We did answer some before, so I'm gonna try to find some more. Guitar Hero. Arrow says FMC equals Felden Ring two.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Nice. That's good. That's good.

[Roger Porning]

That's good. That got me nine. Cipher writes in again and says, Otagi was in the original series by Fromsoft. Like Sekiro, but with magic and destructible environments. It's sick. That's awesome.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Okay.

[Roger Porning]

Oh, we got the trailer over here. We got. Oh, damn. Is that a fish?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Giving original Xbox vibes.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Yeah, I like that.

[Roger Porning]

It's given Otogi video games. Cool, man. God, that guy's cool game. Yeah. They should remaster. You know what?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

You want this now? This is gonna be.

[Roger Porning]

This is gonna be my niche thing. I'm gonna start saying this thing. I'm gonna start saying this. Then people are gonna be like, wow, you're smarter than you are. And I'm like, I'm not. Well, I know from soft games, I watched a trailer once, a lot of jokes about Gunin. A lot. I'm gonna skip over those. I'm sick of it. A lot of jokes of Raunin. Okay. Bode in super chats and says, look, I know this is a hot take given the context of the games that got hit by this, but I really don't like the precedent the sets. Yes, it starts with these weird games, but it sets a precedence that we can deem anything taboo at their will. I get it. I like. I'm not. I'm not a. I understand that. That idea here, but at the end of the day, this is a private company having to deal with the. The literal thing that keeps it alive, and that is the credit card companies and the people that are. That are allowing the card swipes to go through. So they're at the will of them. And yes, ideally they would have the press. The thing of like we are standing by our artists. Of course we'll take anything down that has sexual assault or anything awful in it. But if people are making horny games, let's just let them have horny games. Like, who cares? That would be the ideal world. But that is not specifically when you see the credit card holders who have stopped payments on porn websites and marijuana establishments that are legal. It's that that is literally their will and that is their right to do it. And now Steam is at their.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

They got to play ball.

[Roger Porning]

They got to play ball. They got to play ball. So it sucks. And yes, ideally that's what it would be. But I understand the sentiment and it sucks. Mike, we're going to go to your wrong. When I pick it up really quick, I can't find it. I'm scrolling, I'm scrolling, I'm scrolling. But you know what? I don't think we got anything wrong. I think we're perfect.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Yeah, we learned that and we're perfect, man. We learned that. Sekiro is fully owned by FromSoft. No more Activision. So that's always good to have in your back pocket to know.

[Roger Porning]

And that is it. That is it for kinda Funny Games Daily. Mike, I had a good one with you.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

A nice little calm, easy Friday. We're heading into the weekend. Donkey Kong Bonanzas on the mind. Go out and play a bunch of video games. Of course I've been at the pretty derby. I've been Donkey Kong Bonanza in it Up. I'm playing Vanquish. I'm just playing games.

[Roger Porning]

You're just all over the place.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Play some video games. Have a wonderful weekend, everybody.

[Roger Porning]

Yeah, I'm excited. I'm gonna play some Donkey Kong. I'm gonna. I'm gonna play some Death Stranding too as well. I'm gonna just be. I'm just gonna be like second screen in it. I'm watching a lot of Taskmaster Master. I'm just lost. I'm just lost in the world that you like. You like Taskmaster?

[Snow Bikel Michael]

I've never watched Taskmaster.

[Roger Porning]

You should.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Okay, that's the one from Marvel.

[Roger Porning]

Yep, exactly. This has been kind of Funny Games Daily where each and every weekday we run you through the nerdy news you need to know about live on YouTube, Twitch and Pod podcast services around the globe. If you love what we do, support us with the kind of funny membership on Patreon or YouTube to get all of our shows ad free. Watch us record them live and enjoy a daily exclusive show. But don't watch today's episode, Greg.

[Snow Bikel Michael]

Watch an old one.

[Roger Porning]

Enjoy the Gamescast next, and of course, Game showdown after that and then a stream. But until next time, it's been our pleasure to serve you.