Outer Worlds 2 Disappoints, Obsidian Discusses Future - Kinda Funny Games Daily 02.03.26
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What does Obsidian say about the future of Outer Worlds and Avowed?
Go to boot.dev and use the code kindoffunny to get 25% off your entire first year on the annual plan. If you want to get our shows ad-free and our exclusive shows, go to patreon.com slash kindoffunny. Today, in the nerdy news you need to know about, Obsidian opens up about their games last year and the troubles ahead. Ubisoft's union wants the CEO to resign and PlayStation's craziest patent ever is here. We'll evolve this and more because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily.
what's up everybody welcome to kind of funny games daily for tuesday february 3rd 2026 i'm one of your hosts greg miller alongside a voice i haven't heard in oh so long she of course is the author of super nintendo the game changing company that unlocked the power of play it's keza mcdonald greg miller as i live and breathe it's good to see you as i live and breathe keza how the hell have you been
You know, pretty well, pretty busy. Wrote a book. Wrote a book. Right there.
Yeah. Wrote a book, raising some kids, doing the whole thing. You know, you're just about town doing everything. I miss you so much, Keza. Of course, we worked together at IGN. Even then we were separated by the pond, as the people call it. I know. But at least we get to see each other once in a while at an E3 or something. Now I never see you. And it turns out, when you've been gone, you've been writing this book, Super Nintendo. Tell me all about it.
What are the latest developments regarding Ubisoft's CEO resignation calls?
So I wrote this book after 20 years of... Basically, that's 20 years now I've been a games journalist. 20 years of interviewing Nintendo creatives, 20 years of playing Nintendo games, 30 years of playing Nintendo games, actually, if we're counting the non-professional years. And I really wanted to write a history of Nintendo that kind of did it justice, that really talked about not just how these games are made and who made them, which is information that's really hard to get And that, you know, Nintendo does not give out very much itself.
Even these days, when they announce the game, they won't tell you who's making the game half the time. You have to wait till the game of the credits.
Yeah. And like, if you look at the Nintendo Museum, the version of its own history that Nintendo likes to present is this like very product-oriented version. And so I wanted to talk more about how we love these games and how we experience them and the place they hold in the world and in our hearts. So it's like a, it's a lively cultural history. And it's kind of my life's work so far. I'm really proud of it.
I was going to say, yeah, talk to me a little bit about like, I wouldn't know where to start. Even if you were like, let's talk about, Greg, write the history of PlayStation, something I know a little bit better since my IGN backing. It would be so like, I would call shoe hay, I guess. When you wanted to do it justice and go make Super Nintendo, which is available now in Canada and the United States, available in the UK next week.
How is Sony innovating with AI-generated podcasts for gamers?
It is up as an audio book as well. You can get it wherever fine books are sold. Where did you start? How long did you gestate on the idea to find out what you actually wanted to go do with it?
Well, hilariously, I started thinking about it in 2016, so 10 years ago now. And it was because I just had my 10th anniversary as a games journalist then, and I started thinking a lot about why I'm still doing this and what got me into games in the first place.
What allegations did ex-GTA veteran Leslie Benzies face?
And the answer to both those things was Nintendo, really. But then I had a small delay caused by having two children and a pandemic.
Yeah, that happens.
And then... Once I got my handle on those things, I started writing it properly in about 2023. And the first thing I did was go and delve into all of my archives, my interview archives, because over the years I've spoken to Miyamoto, Aonuma, Fujibayashi, lots of other people who've worked at nintendo on all sorts of different games over the years and i ended up structuring it around the game franchises right so there's a mario chapter zelda chapter nintendo labo splatoon animal crossing some you wouldn't expect most that you would expect uh and i'm kind of using those games as a way to get into telling something bigger about nintendo and something bigger about video games as well the pokemon chapter was fun
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does Obsidian say about the future of Outer Worlds and Avowed?
0:00–1:34
2
What are the latest developments regarding Ubisoft's CEO resignation calls?
1:34–2:47
3
How is Sony innovating with AI-generated podcasts for gamers?
2:47–3:12
4
What allegations did ex-GTA veteran Leslie Benzies face?
3:12–4:05
5
What improvements are promised for the Epic Game Store?
4:05–4:38
6
What are the latest Nintendo Switch 2 sales figures?
4:38–5:18
7
What are the new Xbox Game Pass games for February?
5:18–5:51
8
How does AI impact the future of video game narratives?
5:51–1:02:04
Speakers
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