Video games (both the products and the medium) are full of untapped potential. They can be fun, sure. In fact, that's perhaps the single greatest reason we play (hence the verb). But as we've learned time and time again over the years, games can be about serious issues, and you may not necessarily describe those experiences as fun... but as just that: An experience. One such experience has caught my eye recently, not only because it's directed by a friend of mine -- Luc Bernard, one of the mo...
2021-10-05 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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2021-10-05 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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We, the Moriarty Brothers, are grown-ass men with houses, but that wasn't always the case. In our younger days, we -- like so many! -- lived in apartments, townhouses, and even entire homes with roommates, and such experiences are obviously rich for storytelling. So allow us to delve into our college years and early professional lives, and tell you about some of our living situations, from the mundane to the ridiculous... and regale you with tales of the amazing, lame, and otherwise unforgett...
2021-10-04 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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2021-10-04 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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2021-10-02 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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We are in a period of unprecedented corporate consolidation in the gaming industry. Microsoft's purchase of Bethesda is obviously the biggest recent example, but indeed it's happening everywhere: Take Two and EA had a bidding battle over Codemasters, PlayStation purchased four studios in this calendar year, and even new entities like Kepler Interactive are giving indies a way to buttress each other and not sell-out to the big guys. In other words: There's a lot of moving and shaking goin...
2021-10-02 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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The inevitable has happened: Bluepoint Games has officially joined PlayStation Studios as its 16th team. You may recall that this news kinda-sorta leaked months ago, and either way, it's the most obvious acquisition Sony could have possibly made, so we're not exactly shocked. Yet, there's much to say, because it seems like Bluepoint may be breaking the mold when it comes to what they're best known for, potentially focusing on new projects rather than remakes and remasters. Ther...
2021-10-01 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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In this episode of Defining Duke we are joined by Jeff Grubb to go over the latest in gaming! Before we get into anything, someone should call Tostitos because there are a ton of scoops this week. The biggest headline circling the Xbox camps is what is happening with Crystal Dynamics? Recently, they were brought into the fold to work on Perfect Dark, but now that partnership has expanded to a Game Pass deal for Avengers that seemed long overdue. Excellent timing or something brewing? We scoop...
2021-09-30 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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2021-09-30 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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With the news of Xbox's very own The Initiative teaming up with Square Enix's Crystal Dynamics, many an eyebrow has been raised over it. Does it give room for concern with the status of both Perfect Dark and The Initiative? Is this merely a former studio head spearheading relations between his old place of work and new? There are a lot of angles to go about this one, so Matty and Cog rounded up all the information and sit down for a talk on the latest Xbox news.
2021-09-29 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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2021-09-29 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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In early September, Last Stand Media -- Cog, Matty, Dustin, Dagan, Chris, Ben, Micah, and myself (Colin!) -- convened in Western Pennsylvania for a three hour-long live show all about the best games ever. An awesome time was had by all, but a promise was also made and kept: It was recorded beginning-to-end, and we're very pleased to present it to you today. Mind you, there's much to learn for our next live show (and yes, there will be more), but we had an absolute blast, we know the audience ...
2021-09-28 20:32:34 +0000 UTC
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2021-09-27 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Way back when, anime made its way to western audiences primarily via three important films: Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and today's topic, Ninja Scroll. Released in Japan in the summer of 1993, Ninja Scroll quickly meandered west, where it garnered a substantial hardcore audience during the VHS era and into the DVD era. That's especially strange, since -- back in its native country -- Ninja Scroll wasn't much of a hit at all. That wasn't true outside of Japan's borders, however, where nea...
2021-09-27 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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After the success of "Call-In With Colin" on Sacred Symbols+, we knew we had to expand the offering and bring Chris into the fold. In this episode, Chris took your questions, comments and concerns, thoughts, and ideas, "live" on our Discord with no prep or show notes. Should Sony license out their game engines? Is Chris wrong about the Castlevania Netflix show? What will Kojima do next? All this and more on the very first Ray Gun Radio! Enjoy.
2021-09-25 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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2021-09-24 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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God Almighty, it's finally happened: The long-rumored (and much-leaked) Castlevania Advanced Collection is indeed coming to PlayStation 4. Actually, it's available right now, bringing along with it some wondrous vampiric action out of the clear blue sky (or dark night). Surprise! Then, in another piece of news that can only be described as For Colin, Square Enix randomly revealed a remake of 1991's SNES classic ActRaiser, also available now. Talk about random (and awesome). For many, tho...
2021-09-24 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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This week, the leaky faucets of the games industry were at work! For starters, Dad Of Xbox Jez Corden went to work providing details on Project Indus & Project Cobalt which were discussed during last week's Defining Duke. Through this report, we learn a lot of secrets on what developer Oxide Games and inXile are up to. Beyond that, a new Star Wars game is reportedly in development if multiple sources are to be trusted. The team behind it? Quantic Dream who recently split off from PlayStat...
2021-09-23 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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2021-09-23 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Bungie and musical composer Marty O'Donnell go way back to the original Halo which debuted some of the most iconic music in video games to this day. Since the start of Bungie's newest and insanely successful IP Destiny, the relationship has gone sour. One so sour that it entered the courtroom in what has become a quiet, multi-year battle going back and forth between the two. With that, we tap legal expert Hoeg Law on the shoulder to give us an important angle on all that has transpired betwee...
2021-09-22 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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2021-09-22 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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With Jim Ryan's recent proclamation that PlayStation-licensed mobile games would be incoming "sooner than we think," we were left to wonder what may ultimately find its way to our phones and tablets. Then a surprise announcement occurred, one that Sony itself couldn't be any less interested in: Wipeout Rush. On the back of this relatively silent reveal, we're left to discuss what could be next. And discuss we do. Each of the three of us bring to this very episode five PlayStati...
2021-09-21 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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2021-09-21 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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By the time 2002 rolled around, people were already pretty disenchanted with what would become known as the Star Wars Prequels. 1999's Phantom Menace left much to be desired, but there was great hope Attack of the Clones would turn things around. After all, it's the Empire Strikes Back of this particular trilogy, but as we all know, it's nowhere near as good. Yet, there's no denying that, for us, this movie is better than we remembered. But there's still much to say about Hayden Christen...
2021-09-20 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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2021-09-19 19:59:26 +0000 UTC
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2021-09-18 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Over on social media -- on Twitter, specifically -- you may have encountered a gentleman named Benji-Sales. He's an interesting cat: An 'everyday retail worker' with a very sharp mind who deeply analyzes the gaming industry's sales trends and data to great effect. He and I (Colin!) have struck up an online friendship, and I've really enjoyed reading and listening to what he has to say. So obviously, I just had to invite him to Sacred Symbols+. On this episode, we delve into the Big Three: Nin...
2021-09-18 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
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