Etika Dies At 29 - Kinda Funny Games Daily 06.25.19

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🗓️ 25 June 2019

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Go to http://thirdlove.com/GAMES now to find your perfect-fitting bra and get 15% off your first purchase! Boost is only available at http://Experian.com/KFGAMES Police have found YouTuber and Twitch streamer Desmond “Etika” Amofah's body in Manhattan's East River. If you need someone to talk to, call The National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255. Read Greg's letter: https://kindafunnyforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=6392 Time Stamps - 00:00:10 - Etika 00:05:17 - Housekeeping It’s the project you’ve been waiting 1 year for. SUNDAY, the video version of Kinda Funny Prom goes live on youtube.com/kindafunny. Come see Smash Mouth shock the world, Greg marry two Kinda Funny Best Friends, and Tim and Gia crowd surf. Subscribe now! The Roper Report - 00:06:10 - Why’d Respawn show Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order THAT way 00:17:32 - GAME CRITICS AWARDS: BEST OF E3 2019 NOMINEES 00:30:00 - Cyberpunk Tidbits 00:36:47 - Out today 00:39:14 - “BloodStained: Ritual of the Night has been out for a few days now and I haven't seen any reviews...” - Javier Bonet-Ruiz 00:47:07 - Thirdlove 00:48:12 - Experian Reader mail - 00:49:47 - “Do you still have a habit for writing in APA when collecting show notes or emails?” - 2038 Pokémon CEO 00:53:22 - “What’s with all the hate with The Witcher 3 on Nintendo Switch?” - Brian Scollo 00:56:44 - “The rumor mills are spinning and might be going a bit bananas if you ask me…” - Borzen00 01:00:05 - Required Reading - https://bit.ly/2RykyA5 01:01:25 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Whitta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, I'm Greg Miller.
0:08.7	This is Andrew and Andrew Rene.
0:10.8	And today is kind of funny.
0:11.9	Games Daily starts on the somber note.
0:13.8	This is breaking news literally as we were going live from Kataku.
0:17.3	Cecilia there reports popular, YouTuber Edeka dies at 29.
0:21.5	Today, please confirm the death of Desmond Edeka Amofa, a well-known gaming YouTuber after
0:27.5	discovering him in Manhattan's East River yesterday evening.
0:30.8	Edeka's body was found two days after police recovered his belongings on the Manhattan
0:34.1	Bridge.
0:35.1	Last week, he had published a video that appeared like a suicide note.
0:38.2	Edeka, 29, was born in Brooklyn, New York.
0:40.6	He began creating videos on YouTube in 2012, and over the course of seven years, a master
0:45.6	following of over 800,000 dedicated fans across YouTube and Twitch.
0:49.8	He referred to them as Joy-Con Boys after Nintendo Switch controllers.
0:55.2	Being in commentating on Nintendo games for his fans, Edeka imbued what was loved with
0:59.9	electricity and personality, what he loved with electricity and personality.
1:03.6	Edeka's charisma, candor, and ingenuity as a content creator launched him into the
1:08.8	constellation of Internet Stardom.
1:11.1	Edeka began to publicly struggle with mental health last October, when he self-destructed
1:14.9	his YouTube channel and on Reddit made references to suicidal ideation.
1:19.4	In April, police detained Edeka after he threatened suicide in his apartment.
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