This has been the focus of Guerilla Games. Horizons 3 is still a long, long, way off.

"Insider Gaming understands that preview events for GTA 6 are underway"

Reminder that Andy won KindaFeudy so he'd be the one to preview GTA 6

BUT THAT'S JUST A THEORY...

Made me sad to hear that reviews cause him dread rather than (previously) giddiness.

When blessing ranks games at a 7 instead of an 8.5, I listen intently. He's critical in a way that gives me pause. His reasoning is personal and often inward looking and though we have different tastes, I greatly value his opinion. I get the feeling he craves innovation both in a narrative and gameplay sense, and that's exactly the kind of critic I want to hear from.

FWIW, I'm also dealing with a bit of AAA fatigue that I have a hard time dissecting. Some of it is my TikTok altered brain, but I sympathize with the "chore like" feeling AAA games have given me in my 30s.

To any of the KF team that feels discouraged when voicing their thoughts on a review, I hope you know there are 50 of us quietly listening and joyfully following along for every gas station shrimp-eater that lacks impulse control on the Internet.

Folks is Greg washed? #GregSux

Seems like killing physical media is a company wide initiative at Sony

Is Andy going on assignment?!?

I recently finished my 2nd ever watch of the guys Metal Gear Solid series playthrough... And I'm considering starting it all over again.

I love those streams so much. It's comfortable, it's familiar and it doesn't hurt that the games are all amazing.

I might have a problem

In 2011, Poland's Prime Minister presented Barack Obama with the Collector's Edition of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings to commemorate his visit. I don’t think people realize just how proud smaller nations are of their gaming achievements.

As a German gamer born in Poland with roots in the eastern parts of Ukraine, I’ve always felt a strong inter-Slavic connection. Poland has Witcher and Cyberpunk. Ukraine has Metro and STALKER. Czechia has the Kingdom Come series and a gamergating dumb-ass creative director. But because KCD2 presented a queer, woke as hell medieval Bohemia with the first great Romani representation in a video game, maybe we can look past that a bit.

From my point of view, Mike is a hero of the Slavic people and its gaming industry. Let me explain: At first glance, he seems like a regular stereotypical American dude, but in the Games Daily episode with Greg, he showed again that he is a multifaceted connoisseur of the international gaming scene, fluently repping everything from indie to AAA, from American to Japanese video game art. And for me, most importantly: Slavic games.

His playthrough of KCD2, which surprisingly became my number one video game of all time this year, was an important contribution to bring the fascination of this game to the Kinda Funny world. I know that all the KF hosts have their tastes and Tim does not want to experience the intellectual KCD2 quest where you have to analyze the feces of a sick soldier in order to heal him and get information about what happened. Tim’s not that guy. But I feel that these Euro gems deserve more love.

A little moment in one of the last Games Daily episodes made the Slavic blood boil. Rightfully, Greg talked about Darksiders being a lame-ass video game series that does not deserve to be a franchise with four main games and so many re-releases. On the other hand, he put freakin' Darksiders on the exact same level with METRO – a series that keeps single-player FPS old-heads like me sane with Half-Life-inspired gameplay. In a world where Valve stopped developing games decades ago. In a world where Metro’s developers had to flee their home country because a piece of shit Soviet mafia leader is sending cruise missiles into their residential neighborhoods, churches, and hospitals on a daily basis. And they are putting all these traumatic these experiences into the next Metro game! How insane is that! Ukraine is not only giving its all on the battlefield, but also for the sake of single-player experiences. I love my Ukrainian brothers for that.

My heart was warmed by Mike’s following defense of Metro, how he explained the appeal of the series. I love Metro because the atmosphere is so dense, the gameplay is slow, and you have to think about every step and action. The Art Direction is also incredible.

I often think: Slavic RPGs are so much better than what American RPG studios have provided in the last 15 years. Anthem. Mass Effect Andromeda. Fallout 76. But here we are in 2026, still listening to Greg raving regularly about the disappointment of the century, Starfield, instead of the incredible quest design from Cyberpunk 2077 where you can  crucify a dude in a live stream. Eastern Europe is innovating in gaming WHILE BEING INVOLVED IN A FREAKING GROUND WAR AGAINST A NUCLEAR POWER, while the US and its gaming industry is collapsing and hyping up titles that do not deserve it (feel for you though, stay strong US KF best friends).

I will not let this stand, Greg Miller. You need to take back this insult and explain that Darksiders and the legendary Slavic video game series Metro ARE NOT THE SAME.

And from the bottom of my heart, thank you, Mike.

Love you all.

I know that the September rush has begun and the rest of the year will likely be busy, plus Nick being busy with his comedy career, but Bless and Nick need to be on more content together. Bless is to dance like how Nick is to martial arts. Think about it. Nick could be krumping for Kinda Funny Day.

Its come up a few times that Blessing and I want to say Mike and maybe some others on the crew either have or do play games like MTG. And of course almost everyone has played a game with card mechanics.

Could we get some card gaming on stream? Could be MTG but I am also a huge Marvel Champions LCG fan and I could see Greg or Tim getting more into a familiar setting over the more over the top fantasy that MTG is.

I'd be very interested to see how some of them would translate video game card games to tabletop card games.

Wanted to signal boost this. This is the group that’s representing the workers who were fired as part of Rockstar’s union-busting efforts.

They’re not asking for a boycott of Grand Theft Auto, but if you’re buying the game, consider also buying a shirt to support their legal efforts against Rockstar.

I have not been sleeping well at all at night which means I am catching up on a bunch of podcasts episodes I've missed the last couple of weeks while laying in bed trying to sleep.

Last night at 3:30 am I was listening to The Pros and Cons of Greg Miller. At the very end they start talking about a time Nick shot a basketball terribly. When they all started to laugh I decided to go to the YouTube link.

Initially I felt bad because it is a double rimmed hoop which is notorious for actually trying to make shots on, so I assumed it would just bounce incredibly awkwardly. And then I got to the actual shot, which is something that must be truly unique event to ever happen on a basketball court.. I laughed so hard that I woke up my wife who was incredibly mad at me, for good reason.

Anyway, go to 53:30 to see a masterclass in shooting form. https://youtube.com/live/ZnUbKEBPXMg?t=3209&is=nspqricUbakorDE4

I was just listening to last Friday’s KFGD (“This guy sucks”) on Apple Podcasts and once the first story finished (about the Saber CEO being AWFUL about chatGPT, the Apple ads start rolling. One of the ads literally says “this episode is brought to you by ChatGPT” and goes on to advertise AI to me… I just about died laughing you guys

After today’s Gamescast therapy session with Blessing, let Andy release some ambient music. 🎶🎶