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Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Go to http://factormeals.com/kindafunny50off and use code kindafunny50off to get 50 percent off plus free breakfast for a year. Go to http://shadyrays.com and use code FUNNY for 35% off polarized sunglasses. Go to http://auraframes.com and use promo code KINDAFUNNY for $35 off their best-selling Carver Mat frame. Pete Parsons is leaving Bungie, we live react to the new Splinter Cell anime trailer, and James Gunn says the new future of WB Games is now in the early stages. Thank you for the support! Run of Show - - Start - Housekeeping Did you know that supporting us over at Patreon.com/KindaFunny at the Premium Collector's Item tier gets you a limited edition poster made by the incredible PandaMusk? This month is Barrett themed with this Mob Psycho inspired poster featuring all of us! Grab it before the month ends. Today after, KFGD, you’ll get: GAMESCAST - Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Review After Gamescast: Kinda Funny makes their return to Mario Party with the biggest Mario Party stream we've ever done! Come join us as we play all afternoon and endure IRL mini-games that Mike and Roger have designed for us. All vying for a prize that could change their lives... and yes... we're bringing back the punishment wheel. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Karl Jacobs, OmegaBuster, & Delaney "The Somm" Twining The Roper Report - - Bungie CEO Pete Parsons is leaving after nearly a decade - Jordan Middler @ VGC - DC Head James Gunn Teases New Future for WB Games With 'Some Bigger Things' Now 'in Early Stages' - Michael Cripe @ IGN - Ad - Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’s trailer is here - Division 2 Survivors has been announced - Ubisoft Blog Post - Silksong is out soon, and indie games are getting out of the way - Jay Peters @ The Verge - Wee News! - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's stories include
0:02.9	Pete Parsons is leaving Bungee.
0:05.1	We live react to the Splinter Cell anime trailer
0:07.8	and James Guns says
0:09.9	new future of WB Games is in the early stages.
0:14.1	All this and more
0:15.7	because this is kind of Funny Games Daily.
0:32.0	What's up, everybody, and welcome to Kind of Funny Games Daily for Friday, August 22nd, 2025.
0:39.1	I'm one of your host, Snowbike, Mike, and today I am joined by The Lock, the Tastemaker, one of my best friends,
0:56.5	number 1.2, Roger, Pekorney. Roger, what's going on, buddy? How are you? What a beautiful day. I mean, to hear Splinter Cell in the top three news stories. I know Blessing was trying to cut that out of the top three. You know what I mean? Like, he's probably trying to get it to We News, but I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no, not happening. I'm very excited.
0:55.7	I've been waiting. I've probably trying to get it to Ween News. But I was like, no, no, no, no, no, not happening.
0:56.5	I'm very excited.
0:57.4	I've been waiting.
1:07.8	I've been waiting to watch this trailer. I'm excited to hang out. You got mad at me yesterday because I did click on the trailer and my cell phone at full volume. Full volume is what I hear. It's just dead silent office And I just hear
1:08.3	I hear the fucking goggles going on
1:10.9	I'm like Mike
1:11.3	Just wait
1:12.1	Like literally we're going to be
1:13.2	On content tomorrow
1:14.5	Just don't It's just dead silent office. And I just hear, I hear the fucking goggles going on.
1:11.0	I'm like, Mike, just wait. Like, literally we're going to be on content tomorrow. Just don't watch it. Just stop scrolling for five seconds. Of course, I have Splinter Cell super fan in the office. Roger McCorney here with me on Games Daily, which means we will live react to the brand new Splinter Cell anime trailer. We have some other dope stories to get through on this Friday, but the biggest story of them all. Oh, I like this. It's normally in housekeeping, but I'm going to tell them about it right now. Yes. Mario Party is going down inside the studio. It has taken months to convince these gibbons to finally play, and they have all bought in. they're all ready to sit on the couch, on the big stage, and play Mario Party together. And we couldn't make it easy for them. We couldn't just say, hey, guys, hang out, maybe drink a little bit, play some Mario Party. We're like, no, we're going to add another element of disaster of chaos to this. And you want to tell them about it, Mikey? Yeah, Roger. You and I said, how do we get them up and moving?
2:02.5	How do we get them from sitting on the couch, kind of getting into a low flow state?
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