Overcooked 2I think Nick has become worse with his " better than you" persona.
Speaking of Nick how the fuck did he beat Andrea for the title? What did they play?
Overcooked 2I think Nick has become worse with his " better than you" persona.
Speaking of Nick how the fuck did he beat Andrea for the title? What did they play?
Here are my belated thoughts on Kinda Funny 4.0:
- It's cool that Andy is finally being a permanent chair on the Kinda Funny Podcast, but I'm not sure that'll improve the negative things I had to say about the show a few days ago. That podcast has literally become white noise and there are never any iconic or deep moments on the show anymore, and there hasn't been for about a year. The show has basically devolved into them just being wacky for the sack of being wacky, which leads me to my next point. Nothing of any sort of substance happens on it anymore.
- I see some people raving about this, but I could not care less about The Morning Show being split up into three bland shows. I have zero interest in seeing Nick and Tim be wacky for the sack of wacky while watching internet videos. Honestly, the thought of that makes my eyes roll so hard that I'm going to need to see an optometrist. KF/AF seems like just Nick and Andy being wacky for the sack of being wacky, which again, I have no interest in.
- The third of their Morning Show replacements is the worst of them all. Why on earth would I want to watch a movie critique show from literally the worst movie critics I have ever seen in my life? Kevin has some of the worst takes on movies and Nick has literally no clue what he's talking about for some who has legitimate technical film skills.
- In Review returns with something other than superheroes, which is much needed, but I really don't care about Fast & Furious and I don't care about their movie stuff anymore.
- Debatable seems awful. It seems like them trying to do a bad imitation of a Rooster Teeth show or something. In fact, a lot of these changes seem like they're trying to become Rooster Teeth Junior.
- Hopefully, Fran joining Gamescast will drown out Jared, but that's extremely unlikely.
- Arguably my biggest gripe; STOP WITH ALL THE FUCKING MEET & GREETS. Doing these actively ruin your content. It's bad enough during convention season when everybody is always away from the studio, but now they want to do a "world tour"? Hard pass. Thank god it looks like they'll miss out on hitting the stretch goals for international trips. Too often we get moments where NONE of the fulltime Kinda Funny employees are around, ruining all of their shows. It has the biggest impact on their games coverage (AKA THE SIDE OF THEIR BUSINESS THAT IS THE MOST RELEVANT) because they all come to Gamescast and say they haven't been playing anything because they've been travelling, or that they've all only been playing random older games on their Switch because they've been on planes constantly.
Overall, I'm less than impressed with this. They split The Morning Show up into three different shows for really bizarre reasons. I guess now that if big entertainment news breaks on a Saturday, Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, the fans that want to hear them discuss it are going to have to wait for an eternity. It seems like they're stretching themselves thinner and thinner, while in reality, they're putting out the exact same content. There's also a much bigger push to become Rooster Teeth or IGN with these changes, as many else have noted. Kinda Funny is becoming a lifeless, soulless husk of what it used to be. It's like a Frankenstein's Monster of what Tim thinks a successful YouTube channel looks like. It's a bunch of middle-aged people being wacky for the sack of wacky on EVERY SHOW, which waters everything down and gets old quickly. All of your fucking shows seem the same now.
Oh, and I'm not even going to touch on their awful changes to the Patreon. Your YouTube channel is not worth more than Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, PlayStation Plus, etc.
If Gamescast continues to be a chore thanks to Jared, Kinda Funny Podcast continues to be white noise, and they stretch themselves thin with this new schedule and too many meet & greets that it actively ruins the content more, I'm going to be completely done with this group. It's been a nice run, but I think it's coming to an end.
https://www.kindafunny.com/2019/I feel like people are overreacting to these changes quite a bit. That being said is there a list of everything that's changing somewhere? I'm having a hard time keeping track
THE 2019 SHOW LINE-UP
Kinda Funny Games Daily: The world's most popular daily gaming podcast runs through the biggest news of the day live on twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames every weekday, now at it's new time of 10AM Pacific. Later on YouTube and podcast services.
Kinda Funny Gamescast: We are pleased to announce brand fourth chair, Fran Mirabella! Every Monday Tim, Greg, Jared, and Fran talk about the games they have been playing as well as the biggest topics of the gaming industry. Watch live or early on Patreon, later on YouTube and podcast services.
Party Mode: Party Mode is the show where every Thursday we all hang out playing games together. We are expanding the brand to include Party Mode Pre-Game where we play through early parts of new releases and Party Mode After Party where we play though chunks of games unedited. You asked for longer uncut gameplay videos, and now you are getting them. But what is Andy gonna do with all that free time? Watch early on Patreon, later on YouTube.
The Kinda Funny Podcast: Every Friday four best friends get together to talk about their lives, adventures, and pretty much any topic under the sun. We have heard you and this show is focused on the Kinda Funny crew. Hosted by Greg Miller, Tim Gettys, Nick Scarpino, and Andy Cortez. Watch live or early on Patreon, later on YouTube and podcast services.
Internet Explorerz: Live every Monday at 11AM Pacific on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames Tim and Nick do what they were put on this planet to do: Watch Fun Clipz, talk to the chat, and explore the deepest darkest corners of the internet. There might also be housekeeping. Later on YouTube and podcast services.
Kinda Funny In Review: The fan favorite show returns live 11AM every Tuesday on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. The first episode will close out Spidey In Review with Into the Spider-Verse next week, then ask and you shall receive, it is time to go from Fast to Furious! Later on YouTube and podcast services.
KFAF: Live every Wednesday at 11AM Pacific on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames it is time for KFAF. Nick and Andy promise they are going to figure out what this show is one day, once they figure a way out of their mom's basement. Later on YouTube and podcast services.
Debatable: Live every Thursday at 11AM Pacific on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. What's the best '90s movie? Who's the best hero in the MCU? What's the best PS4 game? The answer? It's DEBATABLE! Each and every week, Debatable host Jared Petty brings Professional Bad Guy Greg Miller and a guest together to argue their way to the ultimate Top 10 where Jared's the judge and the audience is a contributor! Later on YouTube and podcast services.
Kinda Funny Screencast: And live every Friday at 11AM Pacific on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames, we FINALLY have an entertainment news show! Kevin Coello hosts his first ever show alongside Nick Scarpino and Tim Gettys as they go through all the biggest movie, TV, and streaming service news and trailers of the week. Later on YouTube and podcast services.
They're not really hardcore fans of movies. They'll see all the big popcorn flicks and may occasionally see something else if it gets enough buzz. Even Nick doesn't even go out of his way to watch most of the Oscar-nominated movies despite the fact he watches the Oscars every single year. They've also proven through In Review that they have no idea how to critique films. Everything is judged on a gut feeling and there's literally zero discussion of any technical or tangible aspects. Not to mention they all have this fucking weird bias against animated films, and only relent for something like Spider-Man.I really agree with a lot of the points you raised. From how the GOG show is basically white noise now. I got no interest to watch it.
As for the morning show changes, honestly, how often do the KF crew watch new TV/movies to talk about? I really feel like they just watch a couple blockbuster movies every year and talk about those.
The Fast franchise in Review is just utter bleh. I feel like fast has already been talked to the death on other shows. They should really start exploring uncharted territories. That's what makes watching people discuss movie/TV fun. Not something they know and have talked a bunch of times. In review series could have been a great choice for them to watch new stuff but I have a feeling it's just gonna be these popcorn, talked to death movies non stop.
The meet and greet is just again non-consequential for a lot of viewers. You will get a couple tweets and reddit posts from these but that's about it. It's the internet people. Focusing so much money and effort towards real-life meet and greet is not a smart way to use the money.
I honestly feel like those reaction channel's patreons are more appealing in many aspects now. They watch new stuff suggested by their viewers, they also have discussions and personalities. Why would I sub to KF when all they discuss are Fast and Furious which had been discussed for years and being wacky and laughing and drinking beers during podcast while regurgitating topics.
Gamecast and GD's topics overlap a ton and since they don't play that many games anymore, I just find gamecast boring as hell.
"I'm only 3 hours into [insert game] because I went to this event/meet and greet in [insert place]. "
Hey! I'm not the only one haha.One thing I would've like to see is ending the Gamescast intro. I really like the quick KF jingle and feel the longer show introductions are not necessary. With GOG being replaced, I felt this was the time to have the Gamescast just use the jingle as its intro. It already uses the jingle before the intro, so I feel they could just drop the longer intro. I felt the same way with GOG, but that's obviously no longer an issue.
Hey! I'm not the only one haha.
To be fair to Kinda Funny though, I hate intros on all podcasts if they go longer than a couple seconds. They're pointless and are often annoying. It's such a little thing but it bothers me haha.
Yeah, Tim being buzzed during the GotY Gamescast kind of soured it a bit.I haven't been able to watch the last GoG show yet (they just put it up on YouTube), but to anyone that has, is it watchable? Tim was pretty gone during the Jeopardy segment and I fucking can't stand drunk people trying to talk.
So I guess when a patreon person pays to get on the show, they'll be on "We Have Cool Friends?"
Yeah, that would be the show for it. Essentially GOG is split into two shows: The Kinda Funny Podcast and We Have Cool Friends. The latter will be GOG with only the KF crew. As for the content of We Have Cool Friends, I can only assume it's somewhat along the same lines in terms of content, but will probably focus more on the guest and have fewer participants. Though, I can see Screencast getting its share of guests as well. Also sounds like Andrea is planning her own KF show, though wasn't ready to announce it. It's probably will be one of the goals that will be added (maybe during the stream at the end of the month).
Apparently that podcast guest thing was taken off of the patreon tier.
I haven't been able to watch the last GoG show yet (they just put it up on YouTube), but to anyone that has, is it watchable? Tim was pretty gone during the Jeopardy segment and I fucking can't stand drunk people trying to talk.
Maybe it's because I got a bit sappy, but I thought it was one of the best GOGs ever. I put it up there with the Kinda Funny 1st Anniversary GOG.
Because that's all it was meant to beAnyone watching this Internet Explorers show right now? Seems like it's basically the Morning Show at the moment.
Yeah, I'd rather it be like how it is now... Monday's can be the crazy stuff and then the other days they can actually get through news and other topics, lol.
Yeah I've enjoyed it. It's only a matter of time until they stumble upon something extremely NSFW though lol.Yeah, I'd rather it be like how it is now... Monday's can be the crazy stuff and then the other days they can actually get through news and other topics, lol.
Yeah, they're playing with fire right now. They need to really vet the stuff before they're ready to show it and have all the pages/links ready to go and not refresh them. Especially when they're visiting World Star or some random clickbait site.Yeah I've enjoyed it. It's only a matter of time until they stumble upon something extremely NSFW though lol.
Are they still uploading the podcast to YouTube? Usually up by now.
Oh, yeah, I dunno. Should be up in the next half hour maybe?
The sad thing with Jared on KF shows is that Tim and Greg don't know how to handle him, they just let him be when he starts to go off tangent and it sucks all the oxygen out of certain conversations. Their politeness in not interrupting him actually hurts in the long run. Compare it to when he was a Gamescoop regular and Daemon and Sam never let that happen. They'd give him a few moments to waffle off topic and then shut it right down to get back on topic. Sam even seeming to find sport in baiting Jared into starting stories that he won't get to finish.All the negativity surrounding Jared honestly makes me sad. I watched him on IGN podcasts for years, and he always seemed like one of the best, most positive voices in gaming. He has more knowledge of games and gaming history than just about anyone I've ever heard podcast, but he gets so much hate. Don't get me wrong, it's fine to voice your opinions, it just bums me out to see such a kind and positive man get so much shit.
How you described Daemon and Sam with Jared feels similar to how I felt with the latest Gamescast with Fran lol. At one point he put his hand on Jared's shoulder and said, "Why do you say the things you do" or something like that. It's hilarious to see the back-and-forth jabs between Jared and Fran lol, and the long connections these four have with each other make for great viewing. Their chemistry is pretty great.The sad thing with Jared on KF shows is that Tim and Greg don't know how to handle him, they just let him be when he starts to go off tangent and it sucks all the oxygen out of certain conversations. Their politeness in not interrupting him actually hurts in the long run. Compare it to when he was a Gamescoop regular and Daemon and Sam never let that happen. They'd give him a few moments to waffle off topic and then shut it right down to get back on topic. Sam even seeming to find sport in baiting Jared into starting stories that he won't get to finish.
I do love Jared, he's a voice of a type of gaming I'm into that doesn't get much attention time on KF unless he is present. His top 10 being much closer to mine than Tim or Greg.
I've been thinking about doing this for a while, but in 2019 I want to keep an active tally of how many games Greg gives his bullshit "I'll definitely come back and finish this" line to.