Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

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- Start - Fans Believe Cryptic Naughty Dog Dev Post Is Teasing Uncharted 5 - State of Decay 3 alpha tests to begin in May - 'Any Update Is a Bonus Not a Right' Says Peak Dev in Response to 'Lazy Dev Cycle' Accusations - Ad - SuperChats - Jason Blundell Starts Yet Another Studio Magic Fractal, Says “Third Time’s The Charm” - Wee News! - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong


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- Start - Last Of Us Online Dev Says It Was Around ‘80 Percent’ Complete Before Its ‘Soul-Crushing’ Cancellation - Super Mario Galaxy Movie has a better opening day than the first film, is expected to finish behind for the weekend - Sony Interactive Entertainment Acquires Cinemersive Labs - Ad - SuperChats - Xbox FanFest Tour 2026 has been announced - Pokémon has opened a Pokopia-themed ‘immersive space’ in London - Wee News! - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong


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Critics have harsh words about the Super Mario Galaxy movie, Mindseye’s DLC will reveal how the game was sabotaged, and Stellar Blade’s developer acquires Shinji Mikami's new studio.



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Run of Show -
- Start - Mario Galaxy Review Round Up - New MindsEye Mission Will Reveal 'Evidence' the Game Was 'Sabotaged', Claims CEO - Ad - Long Starmie & SuperChats - Stellar Blade developer Shift Up acquires Shinji Mikami's new studio - US patent office revokes Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle - Optional Reading: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/us-patent-office-revokes-nintendos-patent-on-summoning-characters-to-make-them-battle/ - Wee News! - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong


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Disney may be interested in acquiring Epic at some point, Eidos Montreal is in big trouble, and Pokemon Pokopia is getting an unexpected crossover.



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Run of Show -
00:00:00 - Start00:05:06 - Disney may be interested in acquiring Epic Games at some point, it’s claimed00:29:42 - Ad00:30:55 - Eidos Montreal studio head departs as it lays off another 124 employees 'across production and support teams'00:33:29 - Eidos Montreal Cancels 7+ Year In-Development Title That Cost Hundreds of Millions00:47:27 - Pokemon Pokopia Is Getting an IKEA Island00:51:56 - InZOI boss made his "untalented" son play the successful life sim to "learn game development" as "he did not have the talent for it"00:57:07 - Wee News!01:00:35 - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong








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Run of Show -
- Start - Xbox Games Showcase 2026 Followed by Gears of War: E-Day Direct Airs June 7 – and Xbox Fanfest Returns - Microsoft Gaming Chief Asha Sharma Killed 'This Is An Xbox' Campaign as It 'Didn't Feel Like Xbox' - Ad - ‘We are in it for the long haul’: Bungie says Marathon will be steadily improved for ‘many years’ - Neil Druckmann reveals 2003 art that would eventually become The Last of Us - Wee News! - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong



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