Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast
RIP Xbox Handheld (For Now) - Kinda Funny Games Daily 05.27.25 (Patreon)
Fri, 30 May 2025
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Chapter 1: What happened to the Xbox handheld?
Und ich dachte, es wäre lustig, zu finden, welche Ratings der coolste, der süßeste, der am meisten nützlichsten und so weiter sind. Der am meisten nützlichste Artikel habe ich eigentlich nützlich gefunden. Also funktioniert das System. Wahrscheinlich wird der Switch 2... Ja, der Switch 2 hat ein Setting, in dem man sagt, dass man die Batterie nur um 90% ausbauen kann.
Und sie sagen, dass das System nicht so lange läuft, wenn es nur um 90% ausbaut. Aber Batterien halten eine größere Kapazität langfristig, wenn sie nicht ausbaut, wenn man ausbaut. Also ist der Unterschied, dass es gut ist für eine längere Batterie-Existenz und Leben und Zeitraum in der Zukunft. Okay, nützlich. Definitiv nicht süß. Das ist definitiv nicht süß. Nicht süß überhaupt.
Nicht süß überhaupt. Es gibt genug süße Sachen da drüben. Well, I'm excited as we go through all the news stories today, Stephen, for you to rate them if they're cute or useful. Because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily. Remember, each and every weekday on a variety of platforms, we run you through the nerdy video game news you need to know about live.
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Glad to have met so many awesome kind of funny people because of our shared love of kind of funny. Well, there you go, Cognitive Clips. Happy birthday. And of course, congratulations to the community for being so good to each other. Auf Wiedersehen. Ja.
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For now, let's begin the show with what is, and forever will be, the Roper Report. Time for some news! Six items on the Roper Report.
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Ich bin okay. Okay. We go to jazz and we'll get back to you in a second, Totello. I come to you today with some fresh news about Xbox's handheld plans. Previously I reported that Microsoft was working on a native Xbox handheld alongside an Xbox Series X successor, planned to launch somewhere around 2027. It now seems that Microsoft's priorities have shifted somewhat.
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Chapter 2: What contract agreement was reached with Microsoft?
Oh Mann, Marathon wird ein riesiger Erfolg sein. Ich bin mir sicher, dass es nicht noch ein colossaler PlayStation-Failur wird. And moving on to another Elden Ring Night Rain one for you. This is actually, I lied, it's an Elden Ring movie one. It could reportedly star a Warframe actor. This is Justin Kroll over at Deadline.
The highly anticipated Elden Ring movie at A24 in video game company Bandai Namco Entertainment is gaining momentum as director Alex Garland may be zeroing in on a familiar face to lead the epic adaptation.
While it is unknown where things stand in negotiations or if a formal offer has been offered, sources tell Deadline that the director has talks with Kit Conner, who recently appeared in his Warpick Warframe, just starting the adaptation. Sources stress several factors still need to be worked out, including scheduling, but both Garland and Conner want this to happen. It is warfare, thank you.
Demon Hacker said it's warfare, not warframe.
He made a movie about warframe already?
Here's what's so funny, when I read it, I was like, oh, the headline on GameSpot was warfare, but I read warframe, and I was like, I never knew they made a warframe movie, or that Hollywood stole the name warframe, and now you're telling me it was a war picture called warfare, and I've never heard of this motion picture in my life. Never.
But I'm not a big movie guy, but I don't know what's going on.
Yeah, we're hauntingly similar people in that regard. I gotta say, I mean, I guess I'm just a hater in this episode and unimpressed with so much of the news being shared. I am weird in that I do not get excited about the games that I like being turned into movies. Like, okay, I'm gonna still play the game. I don't
Ich liebe Zelda.
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Chapter 3: How does the new union contract affect video game workers?
It's awesome as a game. I like getting into new audiences, I guess. In a world where so many things are being snuffed out because it didn't make enough money for the shareholders, the idea that
Ja. Ja. Hey, look, we praise transferring. We've praised now transmedia. This is a trans-positive show overall, I hope.
It is. Overall, we are trans-positive. Don't worry about that. Demon Hacker agrees with you with a super chat. Elden Ring has a promising crew as a movie, but I agree. I'm not excited. Don't need a movie version of this. I'm still interested to see what they do with it. Obviously, people creating movies are a lot more creative than me, so I'll be interested. But I just like...
Some movies are not created by people more creative than you, Greg. Sure, thank you.
I appreciate that. What's the narrative of this? What's this dude? These games are so weird about their stories. How are you going to put that in there? I don't know.
I mean, should it be a movie where people who watch the first run of the movie can put messages into the movie for the people who go see it the next day?
That would be cool. Jump here. And a final Elden Ring Rockblock story for you is just a stupid fun one. This comes from Eric Van Allen at IGN. Some Elden Ring Night Rain players are fighting their muscle memory from the original Elden Rings controls and chugging flasks by mistake.
Elden Ring Nightreign ist raus und Spieler sind bereits auf dem Weg in die schwebenden Lands zu kämpfen, um den Nightlord zu kämpfen. Wenn sie sich ein wenig auf den originalen Elden Ring gewöhnt haben, könnten sie sich vielleicht ein wenig umgedreht fühlen durch einige Kontrollveränderungen.
Während die Kontrollen im Elden Ring Nightreign meistens gleich sind wie im originalen Elden Ring, haben sich einige Veränderungen gemacht, entweder um neue Fähigkeiten zu kombinieren oder einfach etwas umzuwandeln. Einige davon sind nur für neue Bewegungen oder geupdatete Versionen von alten Werkzeugen. Einer in particular, aber, scheint zumindest ein wenig Verwirrung zu verursachen, den Flask.
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