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26:06I'm going to go try to buy that. I'm going to go do that. Like you got to go do that. And I know that that isn't, doesn't solve the problem of the fucking AI bullshit we're all doing. But it also seems like every so often the headline squeaks out of like, man, they're defaulting on the loan because it isn't doing what is like AI sucks. And isn't a slam dunk across the board in any way, shape or form. So as they chase this for video games and as these video games come out, they clearly are going to fucking suck with AI. Like back to yesterday's games daily, back to the Xbox developer direct, right?

26:36At the direct, we see, hey, there's a thousand NPCs in Fable, and we all immediately go, but is it going to be just fucking nonsense, garbage, AI? And then they're like, no, they're all handcrafted. They're all personally written. They all have their own stories. And it's like, if that's true, when we get Fable and we get into that game and that's fucking awesome, fucking celebrate it for that and talk about that. And then inevitably in a few months when we're given a game from whatever giant publisher who did use AI to make the most generic bullshit here it is like i always joke around about the fucking trough of bullshit open world stuff like demonize that say that that sucks make a point to do that like that's what you got to do and what we got to where we have to walk on the lines we have to go for you're right and i think that that

27:17Tim Gettys:is the the glimmer of hope is that i i think through the hellscape that i just laid out in the beginning and then i think about the media that is going to rise to the top and you hope and I believe that it will be the handcrafted ones. I don't think, I know for a fact that AI cannot create the amount of art, the high quality art that games like Exhibition 33 are there, right? Like you cannot be just typing in a prompt and then create something that is special, that's handcrafted. People are going to resent AI slop even more than they already are, right? Especially when it's gonna be thrown down our faces, especially when I'm sure Amazon will one day make a ai movie or whatever like they're like well because the first ai movie in theaters and then we're all gonna be like fuck you like this is not what we want yeah so that is the hope there i think i just again with the nihilistic point of view that i don't genuinely feel in my heart of hearts but i think i'm feeling it more so today it's easy to days yeah it's easy to fall into that is just the oh no sure of course they own uh james bond they own all these franchises we don't have to support these franchises but they also own like the back end of the entire internet right like they like google back in the entire internet right now you're talking about like just stacking the deck right where tiktok gets bought up by these american folks or whatever and now epstein is like a blocked word on it it's like you know what i mean where people are getting tanked like exactly we don't know what truth is and even when there's truth to power and people are setting like you can't even you can't even organize sometimes right it's it's really tough and i'm my heart goes out to every single person that is laid off because that's 100 true the people who are laid off hearts go out to them yeah you know but for amazon failing at this and trying to find it meta failing at vr and trying to find it like i have no sympathy for the corporation nor do i mourn those losses and even if they have the ips i care about i don't mourn those losses i mourn the jobs i mourn the people or whatever but i also know that they are going to go out and make other games and they're going to make things outside of this banner and make things that are way more interesting you know what i mean i think about that all the time to use the movie analogy right like i have the reputation of i want to see movie theaters failed because i've said that before it's a boiled down statement but what i really mean is like no i i'm not gonna go watch fast and furious i'm not gonna go watch mission impossible i don't like i don't and i'm talking very much to the us as an in-review team or whatever right like that's just not a film i give a shit about like just explosions and whatever like i'm not an action movie guy but a great independent movie like i'm gonna want to go see when i lived in columbia like i went to ragtag cinema all the time like that would be a place i would go out and give my money and again i know that's hard as theaters go away but let's be honest cinemark isn't making room for the biggest independent films so it is that idea that i still think in the same way games like consume me or and roger are going to eke out and find their place and be two hour long experiences that we fucking love and are able to celebrate and somehow the top five of the kind of funny top 10 are independent wasn't that what it was or what was the it was all indie games right i see that in film and i see that in other art as well where if you want to come in and control the means of production and make the most bullshit mal you know fucking maltoast uh yeah fucking milk toast that's what we're like bland bullshit you know what i mean we're gonna appeal to the most people and the most gamers it's gonna fail it's not gonna matter and the cool shit's gonna be elsewhere you just have to look for it absolutely absolutely i will fight you though on i mean cinemark sure absolutely we can cut down on a few of the zootopia screenings but you know they got some of the indie movies there they got some indie movies there shout out to cinemark everybody you're an idiot what what what i said happy birthday oh well thank you thank you i appreciate that uh everybody we're going to continue to talk about a bunch of stuff including some censorship going on with dispatch over on nintendo switch but before we do that i want to remind you about the kind of funny membership on patreon.com how's episode four gonna open i can't wait to hear about this explain that do they yeah they do on kind of funny and also kind of funny games over on youtube to get our shows ad free and speaking of ads we tell you about our sponsors this episode is brought to you by rocket money do you know how much money mike was wasting on hidden subscriptions that he wasn't using well it turns out mike didn't know either until he started using rocket money rocket money is a personal finance app that helps find and cancel your unwanted subscriptions it monitors your spending and it helps lower your bills so you can grow your savings rocket money tracks your subscriptions and has the ability to cancel within the app with a few taps saving time and avoiding charges it automatically categorizes your transactions and tags them to reveal spending patterns and add context getting ready to buy the steam machine rocket money helps you save for big goals by setting budgets and getting personalized insights and regular reports.

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34:55Tim Gettys:And we are back. Let's do some super chats before we get into the next story. This is from Nick Showtime. Oh, okay. I thought it was Nick. No, no, not Nick. He would never give us money. He doesn't know we're alive yet. Birthday text for myself and twin bro, Graphic Mark and J. Cole. Hope you had a great birthday yourself, Roger. Good luck tonight, gents. Thank you so much. We don't need it. birthday i'm gonna be two martinis in kickboxing on stage just fall to the table immediately i have to drive home eventually so i gotta drink early i gotta drink early i gotta get you know what i mean that back half of interview you gotta sober up gotta be sobering up cops comedy you got a pot of coffee send it my way i'm just the billy uh super chatson says morning y 'all excited to go to the sketch fest tonight i'll be wearing the kfaf hat say hi to me because I'm going alone and a little nervous.

35:49Tim Gettys:You're going to meet a lot of cool people and you're going to have a great time. As I always say about the kind of funny live events, if you are going to this, remember you are not alone. You are surrounded by kind of, I assure you, I assure you, everyone else in this sparsely populated comedy club is a kind of funny fan. Nobody is there because they heard, oh, Howard the duck. I have to watch it beforehand. You are surrounded by, you can turn to anybody and say, what are you playing? What do you love about Greg? Greg, what do you hate about Tam? You can have a conversation right there. That's easy.

36:18Tim Gettys:Professor White, super chat, says, we wearing our red wings and ripping heaters tonight. And Greg, I brought you a present. Would I be able to give it to you? Yeah, I think I don't know what the, I don't know much about the evening. I don't, 7.30 show time, I know. Yeah. I know we have a call time before then. I don't know how long we're there. I don't know if there's a show after ours. Yeah, that's. But I imagine we're going to meet and greet afterwards. Yeah, we'll figure it out. Yeah, we'll hang out with y 'all. uh and one more before we continue the show uh this is from kobe an art who says ah yes a company worth 2.6 trillion dollars needs to save money for ai have people um have people i know affected by this fuck amazon well let's continue talking about fucking this is a little psa dispatches visual censorship setting can't be removed on switch this from jim norman over at nintendo life ad hoc studios superhero narrative adventure dispatch made quite a splash when it arrived on pc and ps5 last year with its sweary humor and adult themes and yes spicy visuals it launches on switch one and two later this week but don't expect to see everything if you're playing solely on nintendo systems as noted in our review the visual censorship toggle which let you which lets you decide whether to see any rude visuals like nudity or did a grandmother write this some rude oh you got the sweary humor adult themes and yes spicy visuals uh like nudity and profane gestures in the pc and ps5 versions has been removed from both switch version releases the censorship setting is automatically turned on and there's no way to change that so what does this mean for the full experience on switch and switch 2 you will still get to see every scene in the games eight episodes but a black sensor bar will pop up to cover any spicier visuals by default the usual stuff genitals bare nipples gets covered obviously but we also noticed the odd middle finger getting the bar treatment too we reached out to ad hoc studios to ask why the setting has been removed and got the following response different platforms have different content criteria throw up the WNDs and submissions are evaluated individually for our switch release we worked with Nintendo to adapt certain elements so dispatch could be on their platform to be clear no scenes have been cut from the switch versions but the profanity censorship toggle remains so you can still hear swearing if you choose if you so choose however the most drastic edit we noticed was a particularly steamy scene in episode four oh yeah full of moans groans and swearing in the initial release, which now takes place with no dialogue or vocal audio whatsoever, even with profanity enabled.

39:12Tim Gettys:Of course, this isn't the first time we've seen censoring from Nintendo platforms, from the famous Mortal Kombat gore removal in the 90s, all the way to more modern examples like the Tokyo Mirage Sessions Encore Switch release. Nintendo is no stranger to wanting things clean on its consoles, bar some notable exceptions like Cyberpunk 2077's detailed character customization naturally so that was not censored at all um with cyberpunk 2077 greg what's your take on this what the fuck you know what i mean it's oh god like ah what are we fucking talking about why why like it's like uh there's i guess here's the problem the problem just comes down to consistency if it was they're blocking the old vulvas and penises on cyberpunk okay yeah you're weird nintendo and that's a weird thing to make a decision for for all your content but for it to be oh that's fine but this isn't and that's okay but that's not like what are we talking about what the fuck is going on and nintendo has so many of the weird little like fucking undressed people games dude i was looking at that last night there's the feet stuff and everything it's weird yeah it's crazy that they just have games that are literally entitled hentai yeah Of course, it doesn't have hentai in it.

40:25Tim Gettys:That's like a little swerve right there. But still, that's wild that they have probably some of the most lax eShop uploads. Hentai Session for Nintendo Switch. It's nuts. Yeah, it's nuts that they do that. And then, yeah, of course, here you can't. Welcome to Hentai Session. We can't put up a middle finger. Hentai Session, a relaxing puzzle experience full of color, style, and charm. Take your time to assemble vivid illustrations featuring elegant and expressive characters. Each completed puzzle unlocks a detailed image designed with care and creativity for your collection. And you're assembling photos of beautiful women.

40:57Tim Gettys:Yeah. That I imagine is AI. Yes, it is. Yeah. There's a lot of AI. Of course. Yeah. This is just so stupid. Yeah. I expected when I saw that this was coming to switch, I was like, there's going to be some fuckery. There's going to be some type of fuckery here. But the fact that we're going as far to like, actually like, like put up the black bar with the middle finger is wild. Yeah. That's a, that's a wild Nintendo decision. That's. Yeah. I don't know, man. Like, you know what I mean? Like, I get it. WNDs but it's just like aren't we beyond this to a degree Nintendo don't you understand that the Switch 2 isn't just for kids what kid is picking up fucking Dispatch I would have played Dispatch when I was a kid but I was a cool kid you know what I mean look how cool you are now it's a dumb decision it's a stupid one I can get it again if you did it for everything but it's like oh this high profile game that has sex in it and middle fingers and stuff I guess we have to make sure we protect the children And it is quite like, as Barnell puts in the chat, it is a rated M video game.

41:57Also, and that's the thing. It's like, if you didn't rate, like, what's the point of the ratings? And like, if I'm a parent and I buy dispatch for my kid and I see they block this all out, I go, great. That means all M rated games, this kind of shit's blocked out. And then I buy something else and it's not blocked out.

42:10Tim Gettys:The only thing that I can think Nintendo, the reason they did this is because this game is cartoony. And that's maybe the only reasoning that they're like, hey, this is a cartoony thing. this is this is already like the number two i saw like before it even came out it's like number two on the entirety of like the switch like uh like sales or whatever in total like even though it's a pre-order so it's like i could see them being like oh it's a cartoony thing it's superheroes maybe kids are gonna buy this but even then fucking who gets it's ready but again yeah video game yeah why do we have the the rating sport to begin with there's parental controls you can make sure that the kid doesn't buy rated m video games that's that's what it's made for Yeah, and it's also weird of this being high profile, but also Cyberpunk and Witcher are also very high profile, neither with censorship.

42:56So it's like, do you have to be a really big established studio with better connections to Nintendo to not get censored? Yeah, exactly. Shitty precedent. Not going to push back, yeah.

43:07Tim Gettys:Motorworld Hype Super Chatson says, you would think Nintendo would have learned their lesson after Mortal Kombat on the SNES. Right, a lifetime ago. A lifetime ago. Whatever. and also the Tokyo Mirage Sessions thing was out of bounds during the song feel where Tsubasa is performing was modified for the western release in the western release the cleavage was reduced and the breast line was digitally removed and the V-lines around our waist were airbrushed out not the cum gutters we're gonna airbrush those out? what fucking society we are living in you know what I mean? I believe also chat let me know if I'm speaking out of school but for the dispatch like artwork of them at like the pool or whatever, like the deluxe edition, they also censored some of the cleavage out of that as well.

43:49Tim Gettys:So this is, yeah, that thing. That was a reason why I was like, what am I going to goon to? You know what I mean? I got to be gooning over here. I got to go on google.com. Gooning over here. Goon goon. Goon goon. Let it be. Let the titties be. Let the middle fingers be. Let the cocks be. You know what I mean? In fact. That's woke. Show me Mario's cock. It's time. You know what I mean? Let's just see it. Uncut or not. We've already seen his feet. That's enough. Remember his nipples too, man. Story number four. Ubisoft unions call on workers' strike in February. Enough is enough. It's from Levi Winslow over at GameSpot.

44:27Tim Gettys:Ubisoft workers in France are summoning their collective power to protest the latest restructuring and cost-cutting decisions at the mega publisher, with five unions calling for a massive international strike in early February. According to a joint statement on Blue Sky and reported by game developer five ubisoft unions stjv solidaires informatica cgt cfe cgc barrett hell brogers having a stroke something's going wrong ecoleak jeep i apologize everybody are proposing that all ubisoft employees stop working from february 10th through the 12th to combat a quote ceo who doesn't even dare talking to employees anymore this work stop dream just be siloed just be siloed i take over the conference room the walls that we put up around my desk when i was working on game of the year we can put that around your dad uh this work stoppage is in response to ubisoft's return to office mandates studio closures, and game cancellations in the wake of its major restructuring, workforce reduction suggestions, and general employee disrespect.

45:42Tim Gettys:But we are not fooled. Rather than taking responsibility for layoff, they prefer to push us out by making our working conditions unbearable. The statement reads, It's outrageous. Our colleagues carry on, hold fast, endure, out of solidarity, out of love for the industry, and out of passion. But enough is enough. It is because we love Ubisoft that this situation revolts us. The unions cited how the latest decisions, particularly the rupture conventionale collective of voluntary mutual termination agreement, that could see upwards of 200 French developers lose their jobs, were news they learned at the same time as everyone else.

46:29Tim Gettys:noting the dismissive way with which Ubisoft management has disregarded or ignored its workers, creativity and dignity. The unions said they felt compelled into stringent action. It's time for our management to understand that they cannot do whatever they want, whether with public money or with the work of hundreds of people. The statement continues. without us ubisoft would never have conquered and transferred video games as it has done we are history we are ubisoft this comes just two days after a report found that anger and despair reign supreme at the company with all of the news that is coming to light following the massive restructuring greg yes is a time that they strike yeah of course yes everybody's getting treated like shit at ubisoft i mean everyone's getting treated like shit every big publisher but yes i you know we're always very pro unionizing we're always very pro uh workers rights we're always very pro developers being treated right especially when it seems like the upper brass of every major publisher is being treated very very well uh so yeah i think the time to their point has come maybe even past and that's the biggest concern i have is that as ubisoft is closing things down and shutting down games and laying it's like i feel like they are setting themselves into this autopilot sleep until they get acquired or whatever the fucking next big thing is so i don't know how much this is able to rattle the cages of the guimol family because i know it doesn't seem like they're in this anymore for the long haul but who the fuck really does know what's going on over there but ubisoft seems on shakier ground than ever so it's you got to make your move when you make your move but it would have been awesome to see this move happen a while back when it seemed like there was more of a firm ground for ubisoft and its employees yeah i mean collective action is always great i'm glad that they're coming together and they're making their voices heard but yeah i think you're right like they're checked out it feels like ubisoft is especially when the when you break down the five pillars of what their studios are it's like oh you're trying to sell these you're trying to break these off into pieces you're trying to have here's the fucking splinter cell division well i mean not the splinter cell i guess the division the guy the splinter cell guy the shooter division right you have the just dance division essentially right So, yeah, they're fucking ready to go.

48:49Tim Gettys:Yeah, so I hope that they're able to be heard and things are able to change, but it seems like they want pretty much as many people as possible to lead this company. Because they're trying to just cut costs without having to technically fire people by bringing them back into the office and everything five days a week. The Splinter Cell Division is a broom closet. That's great. That's great, kid. A little bit more Ubisoft news. It's good news, though, right? A week from its company reshuffle, Ubisoft has announced a Just Dance Plus price increases from Tom Phillips over at IGN. Ubisoft's next change following last week's major company reorganization will be a price increase to its Just Dance Plus service.

49:32Tim Gettys:As Ubisoft tightens its belt across the company, its Just Dance Plus streaming service will be more expensive whether you purchase access via a one-month pass, three-month pass, or a 12-month pass. In a blog post to fans of its veteran music franchise, Ubisoft says it has re-examined the cost of running Just Dance Plus over the last few months and come to the decision that the price rises were necessary to ensure it remains, quote, meaningful and sustainable for players. As a result, a one-month pass will increase in price from$399 to$599, while a three-month pass will rise from$999 to$1299. Finally, a year-long pass will go up from$29.99 up from$25.99.

50:24Tim Gettys:These changes will be applied from April onwards. Quote, Just Dance Plus is built around music, and that comes with some important truths Ubisoft wrote. every song available in the service relies on licensing agreements that evolve over time and these conditions directly affect what we can keep renew or add to the catalog taking this into account we've had to make a few adjustments to ensure the service can keep growing in the long run i just want to read this really quick upcoming content coming to just dance plus includes songs from the franchises 2023 and 2024 editions such as toxic by britney spears driver's license by Olivia Rarigo and Walking Out Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves.

51:07Tim Gettys:Nice. A new Wonder Tales pack inspired by the Melogia Realms Danceverse will arrive this spring. Another new track, 360 by Charli XCX will arrive later this year. A two-year-old song. I did not know what Just Dance Plus was. I just assumed it was all the games in one. Yeah. But no, it's not. It is them piecemeal taking the old stuff and then putting it into this thing that you then have to spend what fucking$30 a year on it's just like I guess sure bizarre that's a bizarre concept I didn't realize I thought those are just all the games in one no you'd wish that yeah you fucking wish another subscription service to get you the things to go dance for I would love to know what we're looking at in the Just Dance audience like how big it is how many people are actively playing Just Dance yeah and stuff like that I mean Ubisoft's keeping it around in creative house whatever you know i mean good for them i know i know it sells this isn't me saying there's nobody playing it i mean how many people are actually playing it it's clearly success it's clearly a money maker for them and yeah these incremental increases right whether it be a dollar or five dollars they think can do it and will the audience respond to that do they care will they notice what are they doing it's just crazy i'm just like that is a subset of gamers i just don't have eyes on and wouldn't know anything about yeah in terms of who's doing whatever and they keep on expanding it so it's like how many people are playing on their like LG TV, right?

52:29I just noticed my LG TV had it just forcibly downloaded on there. And I was like, that's fucking weird. Yeah, against my, it was like the YouTube album all over again. I was like, why the fuck is this on my TV? I didn't realize it was on TVs like that.

52:44Tim Gettys:Yeah, no, it's super interesting. But yeah, I mean, heads up for all the Just Dance players and maybe something to look forward to, to Ubisoft Plus, if that service still exists. I'm sure that's... I'm going to try to hit, I'm going to try to get Matt Piscitell on the line. I want to know about Just Dance. Yeah, I love that. I'm working on it. Okay. We'll jump over story number six while we try to do that. Silent Hill 2 Remake Studio teases something with a creepy website. This is from Eddie Macu over at GameSpot. Polish developer Bloober is teasing some kind of new announcement with a creepy website.

53:14Tim Gettys:The teaser website at, and I'm not even going to try to read this website because it is just fucking gibberish. And I'm sure you can decode it, but it is just pure gibberish and it's very long. includes a countdown clock ticking to February 14th, at which time the announcement will be presumably made. The teaser website doesn't give much away, but it states, quote, some things never leave the walls. They only learn to wait. The teaser website was first discovered in 2025, at which time Bluebird Team said, dare to peek into the darkness. Bluebird Team has multiple games in the works, including Project M for Switch 2 and a Silent Hill remake that's in development with Konami.

53:54Tim Gettys:In 2024, the developers said it was doing something, it was done making shitty games. I forgot about that quote. That was a great quote. Piorder Bibino told Nintendo Insider that Project M will introduce a bold twist and one that, quote, no horror game has ever explored before. This is a vision that could only exist on Nintendo hardware, he said, adding that fans of Resident Evil and Silent Hill will be right at home. It's rumored that there will be a Nintendo Direct and State of Play event in February, but whether or not bloopers reveal the game is unknown. I got it. Project M. M. Mario. A game that can only be on the Nintendo platform.

54:38A Mario horror game. But it's Luigi's Mansion. Project M. Mansion M. Oh. But Mario's the one in the walls, and he's hunting Luigi. Mario is dead. Now you got to catch his soul.

54:51Tim Gettys:Finally. Bring him back. Interesting. I'm so interested in Project M because first of all, they're doing a countdown. So if you would think that Project M would be connected to some type of Nintendo Direct, but usually you don't do countdowns leading up to an Nintendo Direct. Usually it's just there. Well, my thought on this would be you're not getting a countdown to the Nintendo Direct. If that's, you're right on the money. And I think that Nintendo usually pretty notorious on not wanting people doing their own fucking thing. Yeah. If this was Nintendo Direct related, I think you get the cinematic project M trailer at the direct.

55:22And then it's like, go to the website for more details. You go to the website and the countdown is five days till a gameplay review. Yeah. And it's like, Hey, now we're going to go walk you through what the big thing is here. Whatever.

55:31Tim Gettys:Uh, are you excited for what bloopers got up their sleeve? I am. Yeah. You know, we like blooper here. You know, I like them taking the swings. I like them taking the chances. I like the horror stuff. They're out there doing it. Uh, so yeah, to see what they are doing and what they can do only on the Nintendo switch. That's exciting. What's up there. I'm at Piscatella. I've DM'd him. I'm waiting for it. I said, you around? Not in a meeting? You up? I want to know how popular Just Dance is. You got any vision on that? Huh, tough guy? Well, if Matt were able to join, that'd be really big news. But if I wanted something smaller, say the tiniest news I need to know about, where would I go?

56:03You'd go to our last news story, the We News Channel, where we run you through all the tiny news you need to know about.

56:11Tim Gettys:Skiddy bum bum bum. We News time, everybody. New upcoming, hashtag deadbydaylight collab, Bellatro featuring new head for the unknown, available February 20th. I didn't put a link here. I should have put a link here. Barrett, whenever you get a chance, if you can look that up, it is fucking horrifying. The Bellatro character is nuts. I can't believe they're doing it, but I'm very happy. Good for them. Great. As we figure that out, I'm going to keep on reading. Bluey, the incredibly popular animated TV show, is crossing over with Minecraft as part of the upcoming Bluey DLC, bluey's house arriving on the minecraft marketplace on february 5th the dlc is developed by uh jaigarbav in partnership with bbc studios and ludo studios that's very nice and that's exciting yeah has ben tried minecraft yeah we did it a long time ago him and me jumped in co-op and he liked it fine but not enough that he's wanted to go back to this kid i mean one day he smashed with their pills and i'm sorry barrett i need your help and it's not a bit the donkey kong they just updated he was playing that the other day too whichever one returns hd or whatever yeah i don't know i wasn't there was when he's been home sick the last two days so jen let him play it that one and then tim sent when she sent it to him he sent the sticker brush symphony that sound is that whatever one has sticker bush he's such a thing i know i ain't fucking dude look how fucking horrifying you think ben star is voicing him no hope so that'd be great god that is horrifying like if you hear a handsome voice come out of this it makes it less scary he's got range though he can do he can do a shriek he can do a he can do an unsexy shriek I don't know if it's possible.

58:00Tim Gettys:Scott Pilgrim EX launches March 3rd on Xbox, PlayStation 4 and 5, Switch, and PC. We got a new trailer that shows off Matthew Patel and Robot 01. What is Robot 01? I've read these entire books. Robot 01, I think, might have been a newer character from the Netflix adaptation, which was a really smart, like at first they tried to sell it as like, oh it's us retelling scott pilgrim and then it's not actually that spoilers it's like uh essentially a sequel series that i think is a really great uh really oh yeah and it's a fantastic kind of look back and critique of like the i think problems of uh the original scott pilgrim and like what they were going through and like actually breaking that all down so i'm pretty sure what robot 01 was i forget who but i forget if patel made robot 01 or what but oh wow okay Well, that gets me where I should have watched that show is fucking fantastic.

58:57Yeah.

58:57Tim Gettys:Cause I was, I was actually kind of annoyed that they were doing like the, Oh, here, the whole cast is back. I was like, okay, like whatever, I guess, but we're just doing it again. But that's cool. I didn't know that. Yeah. That's like full on sequel. That's neat. Uh, February's PlayStation plus games have been revealed. That's undisputed sub Nautica below zero. Ultros and Ace Combat seven. If you're trying to get excited for Ace Combat eight, perfect time. Never been a better time. also check out Ultros if you're in the mood for a neat weird artistic metroidvania oh okay well shout out there and that is the end of we news everybody super chats before we sign off Zach lives super chats and says happy belated birthday Roger listen to bunny is a rider by Caroline Polachek yesterday got goosebumps and now going through her entire discography nice the tastemaker still I love it uh golden spider 666 super chat says the hope imo is that when ai slop like ai movies comes out it'll be so bad that it won't sell and then that will force companies to realize that people want creative succeeding industry you have to support that i completely agree correct i completely agree uh kevin super chats and said kevin no different kevin kevin and nick are not watching this kevin might be isn't kevin no he's not enough every once in a while he'll check in have fun i keep telling to rest kevin tried to come in today yeah you don't worry about it barricade i was like we got it covered you're good you rest this i'm glad you feel like you you could don't stay home today we love you feel better kev have fun at the live in review tonight my flights my flights kept getting canceled so i won't be able to make it will you guys be recording it yes we will just for you kevin uh but that will go up next week uh we're so sorry you can't make it i know everything is fucked when it comes to flights but just as a heads up remember can't get the one yeah i don't a lesson.

1:00:49Kevin, there are rental cars. You know what I mean? Like, you say my flights keep getting canceled, and it sounds like you were trying to get in earlier than today because today would have been cutting it close, probably. So, I really do feel like you could easily say on Sunday when the flight got canceled, shit, better get in the car and drive. Power through the storm. Get on the other side and get over here. Because where are you coming from, Kev, huh? New York? I doubt it. Alright, so it couldn't have been that bad. Should have gotten in the car. taking two pudgy little fingers turn it on the radio listen to some Vanessa Carlton how are they only driving with two fingers that's what they're using for the radio

1:01:30Tim Gettys:Greg almost died trying to go to San Francisco I did so if he almost died you can almost die don't you want to be like me kids Sam Sam Hezaretz Greg and team apologies this isn't gaming related and not sure if mentioned but Bruce Springsteen was just released an anti-ice protest song written and released in three days. Hard hitting. Love to all. That was not mentioned. I did not know that. I don't follow the boss that close. No, I don't follow the boss. Did you watch this movie? No, I don't think anyone did. I heard it was really bad. No one saw that movie. Fucking no one saw that movie. Good for the boss.

1:02:03Tim Gettys:Shout out to the boss, though. Everybody looked at that trailer and was like, why is Jeremy Allen wiping? Well, no, he's going to be Jabba the Hutt's son now, so it's going to be good. Sergio McDonald. Super chat says, Fallout just dropped a new 76 ad promoting free-to-play week and is also running a sale on steam but don't think we're getting those remasters anytime then what's the fucking countdown to thought 76 something amazon related and nothing xbox specific and what that aaron lime super chaslin says according to grub a couple days ago a state of play showcase whatever should be the week after next any predictions for a sony show give one greg oh shit that makes a lot of sense remember there's always a goddamn state of play when i'm at dice so of course there'll be a state of play when i'm at fucking dice uh predictions uh you want what one one prediction is one uh legends release date ma 'am ghost yote legends release date is legends officially announced or we just assume it's officially announced okay cool what i do want to call out while barrett thinks is the protest strong song is streets of Minneapolis, which of course he had a song called streets of Philadelphia.

1:03:14Right. So did he just change the words? I hate that shit. Elton John should have written a new song for princess die. When she died, I'm saying it. All right. I'm sorry. I know. I know it's a hot take. I've been sitting on it since I was six years old or seven years old when it happened. All right. Elton John fucking hat phoned it in. And I know he was sad because his friend died, but you're Elton fucking John sit down to the piano and fucking create something. Brave. don't tell him i feel like it's too early for wolverine release date but oh you think so i don't i don't know february like that early in the year so i don't know that feels like a summer we announced it the the date in summer time coming out sometime in the fall i think we did the god

1:03:55Tim Gettys:of war 2d metrovania thing and that's around june july so you can play it at summer game fest okay get some impressions there okay and then right before release uh a few more super chats before we round out to Mike on drums. Remember echoes of wisdom started as Zelda maker. Oh, good call. Yeltsin says UB has been behind on every trend for the last 15 years, burning so much money going to catch up sooner or later. And Meta with the final super chat for the day. Can we still buy Sketchfest tickets last minute? You sure can. Kindoffunny.com slash Sketchfest. Sorry, Greg's listening to the song. I gotta know.

1:04:32Tim Gettys:I gotta know. I gotta know about it. I got to know what's going on here with the fucking goddamn boss. My first thought was like, man, he's really checked out with this episode. He's ready for this. I'm so checked in. You know what I mean? Like, it's the opposite. I'm not checked out. I need to know. Everybody, that has been kind of funny at Games Daily. Well, Greg continues to listen to the song. Is it the same song? I can't tell. I don't know the streets of Philadelphia. I don't know if that's the name of the song. So, Bruce, you get a pass, I think, from Greg. You get a pass, everybody. You're not fucking half-assed like Elton John.

1:05:00Tim Gettys:And also, you get a pass, Matt Piscitella, because he didn't fall in fast enough. This has been Kind of Funny Games Daily for January 28th. Of course, J. Cole's birthday. If you love it, we do support us with the Kind of Funny membership on Patreon or YouTube to get all of our shows ad-free and get a daily exclusive show. Enjoy the Gamescast next, which is... I don't know. Okay. What is it? Blessing and Mike finally reacting to the IGN Top 100 Xbox games. We know they're out on assignment, but we pre-recorded this one. We did. We wanted to make sure we got that for you. Or they just have teleportation powers.

1:05:31Tim Gettys:Whoa. But until next time, it's been our pleasure. Serve you.

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