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23:42Tim Gettys:what the fuck that's the worst time zone i don't like that one man uh in the upcoming state of play tune in for over 30 minutes of gameplay featuring a playthrough of bant bonds his first mission as an mi6 recruits the action includes everything from high speed car chases to on foot stealth sequences sex i almost said and shootouts stay tuned after the playthrough for insights from io interactive on the intense espionage gameplay tim what's the hype level what are we feeling conflicted i think you know it's on paper this is a dream where it's like all right cool IO has proven they get stealth in a modern way the Hitman games are incredible and now they're being given an IP that fits perfectly with this this on paper sounds like the dream in the way that Spider-Man with Insomniac you see the vision that's so exciting and they proved it on out on top of that them kind of talking about it and like showing it as a bit more of an uncharted like experience compared to some of the Hitman games like maybe less open sandboxy and more raw thrills give you a fun narrative to go through big set pieces and all of that so yeah everything i just said i'm like sign me the fuck up that sounds awesome and i have nothing but full faith in them then they showed it and i just feel like everything is just a little off like bond looking the way he does being played by whoever is playing him uh young dexter yes young dexter just to me turns me off and i think that there's something about it's like for a character as big of a deal is bond you gotta get that right and what does right mean i'm not saying what do you mean by that like you just don't like the guy i'm just looking at it i'm just like that it doesn't feel right because it's also a younger bond right like at least in my mind i always think like you can have the younger bond but it needs to be like a grizzled younger you know what i mean like it needs to be like i don't know i don't know what i mean like yeah it can't be like too young out of the out of mi6 like i want him to be like hey we're like maybe like he's early like late 30s like that's what i'm looking for and it's like i could be totally wrong about this but i don't the thing is i was incredibly hyped and then you see this and this trailer doesn't make me leave more hyped than i was and i feel like it definitely could have right this is the type of thing where i'm now kind of in way more of a wait and see whereas before we saw the first kind of look at it it was a oh day one must play yeah and i still think it will end up being that way like i think that the likelihood of that is still very high can't wait to see this tomorrow is it tomorrow yeah yes it is um for the state of play because i wanted to see what the actual gameplay is we saw little glimpses of what maybe potentially could be your hands with the controller playing it uh in the footage they showed but the majority of it was just kind of glamour shots like a little more like cinematic narrative trailer right and even then the narrative not the most enticing thing to me and i get that it's hard and i also get that we're in a world now where the James Bond movies tonally we have I have in my lifetime of like pop culture lived through two entire generations of Bond and they each had completely different vibes and tones on top of that I've also lived through the entirety of Mission Impossible and you look at this and I'm getting a lot of Mission Impossible vibes as well and for it to have its identity to be its own which clearly they're trying to do right now there's not enough to make it unique to me it's very early we'll see but this kind of just feels like taking a bunch of pieces and putting them together yeah we're playing slapping the james bond name on it yeah it's it's a weird one man because i i think i'm more interested in like i want to see that main character and his dialogue and the way that he interacts with people because that's going to be the selling point for me if i if this james bond is charismatic and i like him and they showed the extended gameplay and i'm like man fuck yeah like that's my guy and I can get behind it that's going to stand off a lot of the edges even if the story is you know we've been there done that we've done a million James Bond movies how much are we going to iterate on it and it's just kind of like hey we're playing the hits I would be fine with that if I have a likable protagonist that I can get behind in a cast of characters that feel like hey I can I can see myself playing multiple games within this uh James Bond IO interactive world I'm just interested with the stealth and how they're going to deal with this right because hitman of course is and i interactive is known for their stealth uh video games of course they've made a canaan lynch back in the day they've made uh their fair share of uh action adventure video games but we look at james bond we think about uh and we look at hitman we're like oh man like that's a perfect match made in heaven just because of the stealth situation so how much of hitman are we getting there is it going to be full on like hey we're stopped this is a stealth mission this is a full-on capital s stealth mission okay now we're full-on action adventure or is it going to be kind of this nice mixture and blend?

28:25Tim Gettys:I would ideally like a nice mixture and blend of being able to kind of play most missions stealth. And then if shit breaks off, oh no, this is like a souped up version of what Hitman was, where technically you could have shot people in Hitman. And I do a lot because I suck at that game, but it didn't necessarily feel as good as it should have. I would like that perfect medium ground of I can play most of this game stealth, but then I can, when shit pops off, it's going to pop off. I mean, I think the biggest thing about Bond is the gadgets, right? That is the differentiator, I would say. And gadgets and gameplay can be incredibly satisfying or undercooked.

28:57And I have faith in IO to cook this shit right. I think that's the biggest thing is like gameplay wise. I think that this is going to live up to it. I just think that I'm more concerned about the actual entertainment of the set pieces and story of it all. But we'll see, man. I think it's too early to write this one off. but um i also think that it's but this is one of the the rare big ip games that were announced in the last five years that are actually seeing the light of day right like this was in that uh league of games like wonder woman and black panther that we would talk about all the time iron man's still there somewhere too um and you know here we are actually talking about a game that this actually is going to come to fruition and it's it's coming out it's actually happening which is crazy and

29:42Tim Gettys:And also it's happening through the whole broccoli family situation. And now Amazon, like it's, it's actually here and it's actually happening. And there, I think there's a lot riding on this game being successful. I think this is the perfect way to show the game in just an extended gameplay. that has the backing of state of play the way that they showed it off when they first revealed the trailer, right? And then they were like, Hey, we have the IO interactive press conference, which y 'all, if you want to see a bad press conference, like probably the worst press conference we've seen the last few years, Iowa Interactive's one from this last summer.

30:14Tim Gettys:It's atrocious, and I kind of was like, man, I can't believe that the brand of 007 would allow this to happen in such a state. Like, the audio sounded like it was cooked in through a phone microphone. It was horrible. It was so bad, and to have that be like the second time that we see 007, it was like, oof, that's real bad. So this is good that they have this day to play, and I'm excited to watch it. Yeah, I think we're going to be live reacting to it, or we will be very exciting stuff we have a lot more news to talk about and a lot more video game movie situations going on in the next story but before we do that we'll let you know about our sponsor this episode is brought to you by xreal as of august 25th xreal one pro is finally available on amazon and bestbuy.com plus it's back in stock now on xreal.com a few months ago my life changed forever when I brought a pair of Xreal One Pro AR glasses on an incredibly long flight to New York City.

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35:14Hey, everybody. You know what, real quick. I actually need to address a couple things. I'm only doing this because Bigs5 says, I want him to talk about this outside the ad like he does about TVs and headphones. I definitely do. He definitely does. I talk about this shit all the time. And J2 says, I can't imagine Tim actually wearing this on a plane. Roger, have you seen me wear this on a plane when I'm next to just a bunch of strangers?

35:34Tim Gettys:Yeah, that's the thing is that I saw him not only wearing it on a plane, but he was sitting next to two strangers. He wasn't just, he wasn't sitting next to us nerds. No, he was sitting next to two strangers and he was playing it. Honestly, they didn't give him, you know, too many crazy looks. They were like, yeah. At all. It was kind of what's going on. You were in the world. I'm in the world. You couldn't really see it. Oh, yes, you can. You have full view of your sides, dude. That is true. Anyway, I lent it to my best friend Curran, who just flew to New York. Changed man. Just like me. Damn.

35:59He's like, I can't believe you were right about this shit anyway.

36:02Tim Gettys:There we go, everybody. Don't fucking tell Tim to do something. He'll do it. He'll tell you about it. He'll do it right now. Run. What do you want me to do? Run around the studio. Don't do that. I'll do it myself. Story number three. We got some video game movie news. I'm excited about this one. He's going to tell you about this one. Paramount is making a Call of Duty movie. This is via the press release. In a landmark collaboration, Paramount, a Skydance corporation, a global leader in film production and distribution has signed a film deal with Activision, the powerhouse behind the record-setting Call of Duty series.

36:34Tim Gettys:The partnership aims to bring the iconic Call of Duty universe to life on the big screen, delivering unforgettable cinematic events for fans worldwide. One of the most successful video game franchises of all time, Call of Duty, has been the number one best-selling video game series in the U.S. for 16 consecutive years, with over 500 million copies sold globally. Under the Milestone partnership, Paramount will develop, produce, and distribute a live-action feature film based on Call of Duty, designed to thrill its massive global fanbase by delivering on the hallmarks of what fans love about the iconic series.

37:13Tim Gettys:while boldly expanding the franchise to entirely new audiences. Said David Ellison, chairman and CEO of Paramount, a Skydance corporation, as a lifelong fan of Call of Duty, this is truly a dream come true. From the first allied campaigns in the original Call of Duty through Modern Warfare and Black Ops, I've spent countless hours playing the franchise that I absolutely love. Being entrusted by Activision and players worldwide to bring this extraordinary storytelling universe to the big screen is both an honor and a responsibility that we don't take lightly. We're approaching this film with the same disciplined, uncompromising commitment to excellence that guided our work on Top Gun Maverick, ensuring it meets the exceptionally high standards this franchise and its fans deserve.

38:04Tim Gettys:I can promise that we are resolute in our mission to deliver a cinematic experience that honors the legacy of this one in a million brand. Thrilling longtime fans of Call of Duty while captivating a whole new generation. Someone said in the chat there was a pizza bet going on with you and bless about Call of Duty movie. Was there? Who would know? Who would know? Who would know? Tim, what is it? I have three thoughts on this. I have a lot of thoughts on this. Yes. thought number one is what I want from this movie that we're not going to get Nicki Minaj shooting Beavis in the face while Michelangelo watches the Ninja Turtle but also the painter is he in the game?

38:49he will be by the way that's what I want and we're not going to get I also don't actually want that what Andy Cortez wants and what he's not going to get is the epic story of Soap McTavish the origin story

39:01Tim Gettys:I don't like this I don't like this bit I don't like these bits but then there's the third thing this is my real thoughts on this this is a layup to just not fuck up and I know that the jump hesitation to this would be who wants this don't ask stupid questions stupid questions the fucking world is going to see this the world is going to watch this second off it's like what are we going to do what's going to make this different than any other military thing have you played a Call of Duty campaign pain it's not just another military thing all right this is perfect for them to just print cash and the thing is they could still fuck it up they could fuck it up real bad yeah it's called it's it's one person michael bay no michael bay is part of the paramount family and he's looking he's looking for something and no he's doing transformers he's doing transformers he's not going to be doing this and also michael bay is not going to fuck this up michael bay is exactly what you want for Call of Duty.

39:59Explain to me why not.

40:00Tim Gettys:Okay. Have you seen Ambulance? I have not seen Ambulance, but I've seen a lot of clips on Ambulance on TikTok. Looks really good. Thank you. I have watched Pain and Gain. I love that movie. I don't think... Michael Bay's not bad. He's not the worst choice. I'm making a joke there. I think he's fine choice. I want them to go full prestige with this. If they're going to do this, I want them to get Christopher McQuarrie. I want them to go the director of Top Gun. Okay, you're crazy. I know, but like, honestly, I don't think I am crazy because I've been thinking about specifically Paramount and the new acquisition from Skydance and David Ellison and the way that he is trying to build Paramount to be one of the big superpowers in media.

40:36Tim Gettys:He is trying to make Paramount the big new media empire. I mean, this guy is literally the son of the second richest person in the world. Like he is trying to throw all of his money at this. He's throwing his money at UFC to get all the rights to it. Like they are trying to make this a thing. They're saying all the right things when it comes to talent and looking at, I mean, well, in terms of looking at them, saying like hey from a financial perspective yeah we're gonna from a colbert perspective well i'm talking about i'm talking about movies specifically i'm talking about movies and television and they're looking at the movie stars and they're saying we're going to give you a lot of money to make your prestige movies we're looking at uh who's the director of uh logan uh that guy he's he also made the movie the with uh the bob dylan movie with uh timothy chalamet as well not f1 uh ford first ferrari right yeah probably james nangle james nangle and timothy chalamet they just signed did Indiana Jones they just signed both of them for an untitled movie just to make they don't have no script they have nothing they're just like those are names yeah those are names we're just giving you money to make this make this shit right uh so they are trying their hardest to make prestige franchises that they can look at as like these are the pillars of the box office for the next 10 years that Paramount could be a big player in and I think that they see I've been thinking about it a lot specifically because I've been listening to The Town which is a movie podcast and uh Hollywood podcast a lot and they've been talking about like hey what is Paramount gonna do because they don't have these franchises inherently.

41:56Tim Gettys:When I saw this, I was like, makes so much sense. And the fact that this hasn't been done earlier is insane to me. And a good thing. Yes, yes. And let's also go to the next question, right? A lot of people in the chat are like, well, what is the story? There's a lot of war things. Modern Warfare, like the storyline of the original Modern Warfare games, one, two, and three, is an incredible baseline for what you want these action movies to be. It has the set pieces. It has the characters. Sure, we can make fun of soap and tassiers. davish no one knows super mctavish you put a fucking put them in a movie put them in a movie you know i'm a big movie star you're gonna do that if you can have not only modern warfare going right which that first one's gonna do insane numbers right it's gonna do a really well it's gonna do great in america it's gonna do great internationally right you have that then a few years later you say by the way we're doing black ops are you fucking kidding me if you make a call of duty black ops movie bro that's making a billy like that is that is making a billion dollars like I mean, I think the first one makes a million dollars.

42:56Tim Gettys:If the first one doesn't make a billion dollars, fucking Black Ops makes a billion dollars. Abso-fucking-lutely. So that's why I look at this and I'm like, I can see them looking for that prestige. Like, hey, we're going to get all of the sides of this. We're not just going to go schlock Michael Bay. No disrespect, but also disrespect. No, I really, I think you've got to take that out of your, the Michael Bay thing is the one part I disagree with you on with all of this. I think the Michael Bay is in that conversation. And I'm not saying in terms of quality. I'm saying in terms of performance.

43:22and quality, maybe not to you, but quality for what Call of Duty can be, Michael Bay can nail that. But also, the thing that's wild to me that I'm so with you with everything you're saying, I would just be shocked about the McQuarrie side of it. That sounds too good to be true, but also like just there's so many things at play that I'm like, I have hell of faith in Call of Duty working. I don't know that I have faith in Call of Duty being a great movie, and I want a great movie for McQuarrie, but they are talking about top of the maverick but when you were reading that i hear this i'm i roll my eyes yeah because they say it all the time and i'm just like congratulations y 'all want to no you're not going to be able to do that that is pure magic there and there was so much talent and and quality and everything artistry being put into that but there is the call of

44:10Tim Gettys:duty side and the connections they have to the american military system and being able to film on these locations like that honestly is not a bad parallel to in my mind of what you could do with the call of duty right you could have the this exclusive access to these warships and to really make this movie feel at least you know huge and grandiose i think then the biggest thing that the biggest hurdle i think that they're going to face is not doing anything that gets them banned from any country because this movie needs is designed to just make money oh yeah you're gonna have generic you're gonna have america versus generic country just like in top gun maverick right you're gonna have exactly you squint a little bit oh is it russia i could be there's the difference there where in maverick like it's a big deal if you want to be a big deal but otherwise it was like that wasn't the point of the movie whereas call of duty modern warfare story that is the point so they're gonna have to be very delicate with that and delicate in a way that's very defensive like this is everything we're talking about right now is like for them to succeed with this that's not necessarily a good thing or a good idea um but that's why i i look at black ops right where black ops of course has still has the global espionage route of it but it is more sci-fi not sci it gets sci-fi but it becomes more of just like cold war thriller and you know uh back dealings and spy stuff it gets a little more heady so yeah i could see them starting with that but i don't think you do i don't think you do i think you start off it would be insane to me by the way if they start off with the world war ii call of duty i think that's a horrible choice you start off with modern warfare you start with modern warfare you start with it you call it you call it call of duty modern modern warfare you don't call it call of duty you call call of duty modern warfare and then you go black ops that's the best way to do it yeah amazing and dude you got me why did you say Christopher McQuarrie's name what the fuck are you doing to me now it's like oh I need this movie to actually be good what is he up to that's a big question I don't know Paramount will throw a fuck ton of money in his lap they will talking about money and movies and video games Modern Warfare Mortal Kombat 2 delayed this is from Anthony D 'Alessandro over at Deadline Warner Brothers and New Lines Mortal Kombat 2 will now fight toward the start of next summer on May 15th, 2026, instead of October 24th this summer.

46:24Tim Gettys:Holy shit. Yeah, we can go through it. But yeah, the movie was pushed. They talked about how well the Red Man trailer did. 107 million global views. And kind of what's in the air and why this might have been moved. And the idea here, at least specifically from Warner Brothers, is that, no, this is a good thing. They want to be able to move this to a better place where it could do even better than October. I mean, yeah. And I fully believe that. Like, I am convinced this movie is done. And this has been happening a lot recently where the box office has just been in shambles. There's been a lot of really bad decisions made that have not been in service of movies.

47:02years ago when things were amazing in terms of like every movie just like getting close to that billion or every franchise movie at least we're in a very different time now and years ago when we were talking about the lineup of are we really about to get a jurassic world sequel superman and fantastic four within weeks of each other it's like surely one's gonna move because that's a bad idea guess what it was a bad idea they all stepped on each other like that's on top of a bunch of other reasons but it's like yo we kind of are fucking this up royally so um and there's many other situations we'll see if doomsday keeps it like right now doomsday and doom three are coming out at the same time it's like i think so same week i think that's crazy wild stuff yeah and we'll fucking see a lot of shit can change but i'm looking at this i'm like good we need to start being more strategic is moving this to may a great call i'm not so sure like like trying to shoot your shot there may's a big time like may i don't know that mortal kombat's a may movie personally though yeah it could but i don't i don't think it's that level yeah i could see it

48:06Tim Gettys:like starting the movie the summer season you know what i mean like yeah may 15th though that's i gotta see that i gotta see the calendar yeah that's the thing now we got sequels coming yeah um but yeah it's i don't think this is a bad thing on top of that like the cat in the hat movie just got delayed i've been seeing trailers for that thing oh really yeah i don't know why i reaction like that but yeah we're gonna get like that's because i've been seeing till next year till next year and it was coming out like a couple weeks or something so yeah these studios are moving things around um yeah mando and grogu uh jack jack johnson that's crazy that's that's actually the first star wars movie in six years seven years by the time it comes out it's like uh people are going to see that oh yeah whether they're hate watching it or have been watching the entire mandoverse or anything in between yeah that's a week after this so yeah it's a tough one that's always hard with movies there's always going to be big things coming out so there's no great time and also you know you would assume that mortal kombat 2 has a lower budget than mando and grogu you would assume right like i take it first of all i i don't think that trailer looks very good at least in my opinion like i saw that i was like that looks a little weird like this looks a little off it doesn't it doesn't seem like it has the quality that i'm looking for but also it's a fucking moral combat movie yeah that's my thing it looks like a sequel to the last one and i enjoyed that enough i yeah i think that they're leaning more it seems like just from watching this trailer they're doing more of the dumb bullshit i like from the first one and getting rid of some of the things i didn't um but i am not i don't have the highest hopes of all time for it but i think it'll be a good time i'm excited to watch the movie let me put it that way yeah and i think i do think that this is a smarter move specifically because warner brothers is on this fucking hot streak they started this year in such a bad place like such a bad place when it comes to fucking mickey 17 and then alto knights and all these yeah you know just complete bombs and then now they are truly like the success the store the the success of the entire year they are like the winners of the box office when it comes to in in what sense i mean i know superman well superman weapons uh minecraft like okay yeah they have minecraft was one of those fucking uh uh sinners yeah like they are the winners of the fucking uh uh f1 yeah yeah like they they made f1 that wasn't one of brothers no yeah they they were the either the distributors or the creators of it but apple is the technically like they are involved in the creation of f1 so yeah they are insane uh they've really they've really done a good job so yeah i think they want to continue that streak and they don't want to just have a oh yeah and then just a little bit of a dip they want they want to continue that so but here's the bigger question that we don't have the answer to if Mortal Kombat 2 comes out May 2026 when Street Fighter do we have a date on that no we just know it's 2026 Christmas fucking May 15th baby oh shit let's go that's fun I like that story number four Kojima set to offer a glimpse at future projects during events celebrating 10 years of independence from Konami this is from Vicky Blake over at IGN Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima has announced plans to celebrate the 10th anniversary of uh establishing his own studio kojima productions with an event in tokyo later this month hosted by kojima himself the celebratory event entitled beyond the strand fire yeah dude that's goaded right there uh we'll include guest appearances as well as offer a glimpse into future projects it'll take place at toho cinemas um in tokyo japan on september 23rd 2025 fans in the vicinity it can enter a lottery to be in uh to be in with a chance of securing a ticket which is around 50 us when tickets go on sale tomorrow september 2nd uh right now it seems unlikely we'll see much of kojima's mysterious upcoming playstation game isn't as the developer recently told us that the game remains at the conceptual stage more likely perhaps we'll get to know a little bit more about kojima's horror project od while it's while uh which is still in development in collaboration with microsoft despite xbox's recent cancellations of a number of projects both internal and external what do you think we see because i was thinking about this weekend what do we think we see is it just concept art is there actually a trailer for od i mean that's the thing is there's so it's limitless potential here right we're going to be on the strand so like anything can happen and i say this so often but i can't believe death stranding one exists yeah i really can't believe death stranding two exists and i really can't believe that we're talking about a potential likely game of the year contender and that kojima did it kojima productions pulled this shit off they made another standout mega franchise mega ip we're getting a movie from this stuff like holy shit uh yeah and they have the celebrities they have the projects we know that od and fizzin are being worked on by kojima productions we're in a very interesting spot right now celebrating 10 years of of their their company and that's off of hot off of the success and release of a giant project so anything is possible and it's like i feel like there's a lot of things that'd be cool if no new news comes from this that wouldn't surprise me because it's just a fun anniversary celebration but it's likely we're going to get something is it just some casting announcement i think so is it just uh you know some type of character concept art treatment or logo style or something it's so interesting because we're in with od which is an xbox published joint and i i in my mind xbox would want this to be a big deal for them right they would they would have wanted any type of reveal with od to be at a jeff thing to be at an xbox showcase of some sort so it is a little bit weird but i also can see the world where it is like a light like hey this concept art with hunter shaffer's character and this is her name this is kind of like a general one sentence connection of like what she does and what her vibe is and just kind of teasing the game a little bit that's the direction i would go towards in my perfect world my crazy world i would want him to like lay out the next five like five to ten years of kojima productions like that's insane you straight up do a kevin feige a little bit That'd be interesting.

54:20Tim Gettys:I am very much of the mind that Death Stranding 3 is going to happen. I mean, no spoilers, but there's some teases there. There's more story to be told in this universe. And I'm very much of the mindset that Kojima should write the story and have the story written, which I think he does. He said he has something, at least the general idea of where he would want that game to go. But he shouldn't direct it. And he should make a big deal about the fact that he's not directing it. He should really be focusing on the next generation of Kojima production staff. and like put the person in front of us and say, hey, this is the guy that's going to be directing Death's Training 3 and I'm going to be working on OD and this person's going to be working on this because he's not going to be able to make video games forever and he wants his company to grow and to continue to make innovative video games.

55:02Tim Gettys:And he said that in interviews recently in the GQ article, I believe. So this is the place to do it. That's the way to do it is to say, hey, Death's Training 3 is a next generation. It's going to be a big game. I'm going to write the story. I'm going to be working on that story. Somebody else is going to be directing it and say that right now because there's no issue to say it right now. Like, I mean, fuck, I love what you just said. Yeah, I just don't. I will be shocked if that happens. Exactly. How many times? How many times? How many fucking Metal Gear Solid games? Every single one that he's like, my body, I'm broken.

55:30Tim Gettys:I can't do this again. Psych, I'm back. Like every single time. So he just loves doing it. So I don't know. But that would be I do. Like we said, and honestly, like, I don't expect that here, but that could happen. Maybe if that didn't happen, maybe even just breadcrumbs to get there. Start going down that path a bit. you know even him just saying i will not be the director of every kojima productions game gets people ready for that tease them up to make that announcement when it's time you know because we need before he retires he needs to be a part of a kojima productions game that he does not direct so then we can have something to look back towards and we don't we do because inevitably you're gonna have the thing of yep there's fucking od2 wasn't directed by kojima it's not the same and the people are gonna be picking it apart if we have the fucking blueprint of saying hey he was a part of this game it was fucking really good but he didn't direct it and we can kind of look back at it just like god of war did honestly with uh cory barlog he steps back someone else directs it and now that franchise can go on without cory and i don't think anyone would bat an eye right like it's not his baby yeah so interesting at least yeah yes yeah he wrote he wrote it if i'm not mistaken story number five cyberpunk 2077 teasing something for thursday tom phillips at ign cyber Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt has issued a bazaar in universities with a date set for September 4th, later this week.

56:51Tim Gettys:The message has since prompted an array of fan theories and debates over the franchise's canon. This afternoon, a message for new United States of America citizens posted by President Rosalind Myers appeared in the game's social media channels, dated September 4th, 2025. Three days from now, the post asks for brave netrunners to help defend the NUSA from a mounting cybersecurity threat by taking some kind of recruitment test. What exactly this means, however, has left fans uncertain. For starters, some fans are wondering whether the message, which of course in reality has come from CD Projekt Red, has gone live several days early, and whether it was meant to point to some kind of early sign-up for information on Cyberpunk 2.

57:43Tim Gettys:Or maybe the message is appearing now to trail something happening on September 4th, and this is the start of some kind of ARG. then there's the fact well this is an in-universe message from president rosalind myers who doesn't become president until 2065 as cyberpunk fans have quickly pointed out the current president should be elizabeth kress uh has myers uh figured out how to send a message back in time is this retconning of the franchise's established lore or is this simply just a fun message from cd project that fans should be reading this much into well if it's the latter it's already too late over on the cyberpunk reddit fan speculation on what to expect later this week ranges from details from cyberpunk 2 more information on the already announced cyberpunk 27 7 iphone port totally did not know about that fresh news on the new anime spinoff edrunners 2 or yet to yet more content for 2077 tim do you have any crazy ideas no last glass gaming in the chat said that uh the it's probably phantom liberty anniversary stuff which that could work too uh i if anything arg stuff just getting more cyberpunk talk going like that seems likely for what this is and how this looks like i don't think that this is teasing any type of major giant i don't think we're getting a cyberpunk 2 announcement no from this you know no no i don't think we're gonna have the big blow that's a that's a that's a keely joint right there that's a keely joint we'll see cyberpunk 2 this year next to half-life 3 this year i'm joking but we will get half-life 3 i'm not joking about that part story number six fair games director leaves studios from wario 64 daniel drapeau uh game director at haven studios fair games left the studio and joined wb games montreal in august 2025 i believe this was the linkedin update that he posted himself uh interesting i'm legitimately asking this question was fair games canceled no not officially no wow yeah okay jade raymond is left as well so now the games director left yeah okay is it hmm hmm but here's the thing hmm if fair games was canceled yeah that'd be really big news it'd be a big deal but if i wanted something smaller say the tiniest news i needed to know about where would i go you go to our last story the we news channel we cover all the small news items that you need to know about story number seven we news stelaris shadows of the shroud the next expansion for the hit sci-fi strategy game will launch on september 22nd 2025 draft it mike pax west returns to seattle friday september 4th to monday september 7th 2026 playstation tweets take full control of your audio experience on pc with p with pulse elite and explore introducing a playstation link pc driver for windows rolling out gradually starting tomorrow Cool.

1:00:53I like this. So wait, wait, wait. You're telling me that I couldn't use these fuckers on my PC before? I think that it's now you get the suite. You get to be able to like actually dial in and do all the PlayStation Link stuff.

1:01:02Tim Gettys:All right. That's fine. But I like that. I mean, it's good. It's good. Like this is the type of stuff I just want to just see standardized. Yeah. And this should be at launch. The PlayStation Link overall as a system has been a huge letdown to me. In theory, it's amazing. but they just haven't been able to like really prove that it works better than just traditional bluetooth and just traditional headphones and things that i'm used to um i also am used to using headphones that are at a higher cost and like higher level of quality than some of the cheaper things and i do think that the the pulse overall are quality headphones for the pricing but when you add all this proprietary stuff you need to then allow the proprietary systems to work in other places.

1:01:43And even if you're controlling it on all that, it needs to happen. So this is a good step.

1:01:47Tim Gettys:We got to stop e-waste. Mike is very focused on e-waste and we got to stop it as a country and as a company as well. And also this is really good news for Blessing because he's always wearing his little pulse earbuds and he's pretending he can't hear me and Mike when we try to high five him and say what's up in the morning. So this is good. He can connect to his computer as well. Yeah, I wanted it because you didn't talk shit about him. So I got to help out with that. Yeah, because we got everybody in the company. Yeah, we got most people. Yeah, we got most people. I think we got a few left. Xbox Game Pass update.

1:02:14Tim Gettys:Today, I Am Your Beast is coming out. It's in Cloud PC and Series consoles. Nine Souls. Coming to Game Pass. Yep. Nine Souls, September 3rd. Sick. Hollow Knight Silksong, September 4th. Amazing. Cataclysmus, September 4th. Never heard of it. Paw Patrol World, September 10th. Let's go. Roadcraft, September 16th. Cool. Oh. That's it for Wii News. Boom. I thought you were going to have a lot more excitement for Roadcraft. Nah. not my thing we got the chance pop for popping off for cataclysm though oh and paw patrol i see it got a lot of super chats we're gonna go through these before we end the show please send a big shout out i'm sorry there's some james waddington uh send please send a big shout out to kf offline a uk-based discord server of eight people leaving couple spots for gary witta and ben star uh to talk about all things kind of funny and gaming we love what you do love that to see the community coming together.

1:03:09Tim Gettys:Hell yeah. JB in the chat. Super Chazin says, I'll sacrifice a live chicken for a token code. I believe that's the Marvel fighting game. Yeah. I think they're having out some closed betas. Exciting stuff. Scott, speaking of betas. Whoa. Who can we get there? No. Spent a lot of time playing Sonic Cross Worlds this weekend. Oh, shit. Sonic Cross Worlds racing. Yeah. Yeah. There's a beta going on? Oh, shit. Well, it was. it was it was the open network test or whatever we'll talk about that somewhere else though I mean you know that I like Sonic why didn't you hit me up like we could have played together oh I didn't like it enough to want to play it with anybody so alright me and Bless went to a preview event and we had a great time so don't you talk shit Anthony Super Chatson says belated birthday tax since the crew were off for Labor Day sad I missed Andy and Bless while they're in Seattle sad Seattle appreciate the hell out of you all hell yeah happy birthday Anthony Danesta said uh Super Chatsun says isn't it odd that they advertise Silksong being available on the Xbox handheld day one but the game is coming out over a month before the hardware is out so who is going to wait to play it on the handheld I yeah I don't think anyone's waiting to play it on the handheld but I mean it's a good connection point right there that they're that they're connecting uh silksong one of the most anticipated video games in the last decade to you know a new handheld so yeah i don't think they're expecting anyone to go out and buy it for it's it's just no i think that was just i mean it's what games do they have marketing agreements with right now or access to promote alongside other products and they had that and i mean them doing that announcement was you know for nerds like us i think to be like oh shit they're confirming hollow nights this year and also it looks good on social of people taking the screenshots and be like silksong silksong but it's also the fucking handheld right so you might get some people there yeah 8-bit luis with a huge super chat says birthday tax i want to thank uh kf crew fk uh crew for the restaurant uh recommendations okay yeah i didn't know if there was like another like uh alternate universe version of kind of funny uh group the gf and i spend uh the weekend in sf and got to try a few kind of funny spots by Fino, Suri-san, and the highlight, Chato Mate.

1:05:29Tim Gettys:Chato Mate. Chato Mate. My favorite restaurant in the city. I've never been. Fucking incredible. I mean, all of those are amazing. It's Japanese-Peruvian fusion, and it is nuts. Sounds good. So damn good. That sounds good. Yeah, all these places are great. I'm happy you had an awesome time. That is. Hell yeah. Those are some meals, though. Those are some meals. Those are some like, woo-wee. Y 'all had a good time. Hell yeah. Happy birthday, Luis. uh trevor says not alex alex garland necessarily but i want a quality director like alex garland on call of duty i mean alex garland is not a bad choice because he made warfare uh he co-directed that movie uh of course he's out here making elden ring but uh yeah i mean that would have been that that's actually an interesting choice i would have i wouldn't know no no i think the point they're making here is that like they want just the quality like a director that i know i know but also alex garland is actually an interesting one because warfare is like a very grounded warfare movie.

1:06:23Tim Gettys:I don't want a grounded warfare movie. I know, but I'm saying he can do it. He can do it. He also made Civil War. He can do these things. And also, if we get to Modern Warfare 3, that is a World War 3 inside. Yeah, yeah. Call of Duty Modern Warfare. I'm just giving the pitch for Alex Garland. I like him. I like him. I get it. But Call of Duty Modern Warfare should not be directed by Alex Garland. Call of Duty some other thing? Sure. Modern Warfare needs to be bomb fucking Bastic. JB. Call of Duty Modern Warfare starring Jack Black. That's good. Mau the peasant. Roger's glowing and that's it. Just give me a compliment.

1:07:03Tim Gettys:Thank you so much. I feel the glow. Motorworld Hype is our final super chatter and says remember May has no Marvel movie next year so there is a gap that Immortal Kombat 2 could take advantage of. Yeah. A little gap. A little opening for Mortal Kombat 2. We just gotta give Carl Urban or Keith Urban Carl We just gotta let him do his regular accent Why is he doing an American accent Cause he's fucking Who gives a shit I do It's like when we did with Doctor Strange He could have just been British Who gives a fuck Anybody that has a problem with Fuck it Him speaking English Him speaking American That's a problem with you his job i'm an american man come on what are we doing get real people he's a fucking sorcerer but who gets yeah yeah let him let him just let him just speak speak british remember everybody 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 podcast services around the globe and youtube music we do support us with the kind of funny membership on patreon or youtube to get all of Our show's ad-free and watch us record them live and get a daily exclusive show.

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