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Sacred Symbols, Episode 168: Hold the Phone (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 168: Hold the Phone

As vaguely promised only a month or two ago, PlayStation announced the first of its new burst of mobile games. Which IP are they visiting this time? None other than dormant Liverpool Studio-driven racing franchise Wipeout. The thing is, this Wipeout game isn't what any Wipeout fan is looking for... and that's the honest truth. So what's the point of migrating your products to the world's most ubiquitous platforms if you're not going to do it well and do it right? We discuss. We also...

Defining Duke, Episode 37: Nvidia's GeForce Now Leaks Huge Upcoming 2022 Games (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 37: Nvidia's GeForce Now Leaks Huge Upcoming 2022 Games

In this week's Defining Duke, we are joined by none other than "The Mayor" Ben Smith who serves as Last Stand Media's associate producer. No, nothing happened to Sea Of Thieves! However, it appears there is a leak in a ship at sea known as GeForce Now. It is on this cloud based streaming service that recently we saw the likes of Resident Evil 4 Remake, Injustice 3, a new Lord Of The Rings game, Kingdom Hearts 4, and plenty more leak. Now, Nvidia is attempting to do damage control, but the boy...

Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 33: The Battle For Disney (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 33: The Battle For Disney

Disney owns some of the most alluring IP and game creators are taking note. The largest investor in that space is PlayStation who has locked down multiple Marvel titles and now an exclusive Star Wars game. On the other end, we have Xbox who has worked out deals for both Indiana Jones and Pirates Of The Caribbean. The real question Cog and Matty pose is, does Xbox have their finger on the pop culture pulse? Should they follow in the footsteps of PlayStation and shoot for their own Marvel or St...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 121: The Sony Strategy

On Sacred Symbols, we love to get into the nitty-gritty by talking about as many games as possible. It's easy to get excited about the plethora of releases, but what about analyzing the overall strategy? From leadership to how they interact with their audience, Sony has completely shifted their overall dynamics since the PlayStation 4 generation. I (Dustin) brought on PlayStation-centric YouTuber MBG to discuss Sony and PlayStation's overall strategy thus far, and to speculate on what's next....

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 121: The Sony Strategy (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 188 | Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 188 | Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Playing MGS2 some 20 years after its initial release on PlayStation 2 in 2001 is... well... it's an experience. In fact, it's completely and eerily prescient. What starts out innocently enough as a conspiracy theory-laden, Solid Snake-driven adventure ends up turning into a shockingly timely commentary on technology, war, government, and humanity itself. Snake's and Raiden's adventure through the Tanker and Big Shell is widely considered one of gaming history's greatest, and after giving it a...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 120: The First Party Party

At 15 studios strong, Sony's first party family of exclusive teams is looking mighty strong. This is especially true at a time when their arch-rival -- Microsoft and its Xbox brand -- are rapidly and aggressively expanding their development reach. Now that things have died-down a bit post-PlayStation Showcase, however, I (Colin!) thought I'd sit down and go through each Sony team, from Asobi through Sucker Punch, talk about what they're working on (or what they may be working on!), whether I ...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 120: The First Party Party (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 167: Sleepless in Burbank

It's been well over a year, but finally -- finally! -- Sony has given us some new, much-needed details concerning their upcoming slate of PlayStation 5 games. Word came by way of a tight, 40 minute presentation, and perhaps the biggest news of all was that Sony-owned developer Insomniac, already responsible for two PS5 games, will be delivering two more by 2023. First off, is Insomniac now Sony's uncontested crown jewel studio? And how could they possibly be working at such a rapid clip? We g...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 167: Sleepless in Burbank (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 36: PlayStation Makes Smart Delivery Shine

In a lighter news week, we shift our attention to PlayStation who was making the most noise. Thanks to next-gen upgrade backlash surrounding Horizon Forbidden West, the pitchforks were pulled out and raised high by fans of the platform. With that, Matty & Cog dip into PlayStation's incidental marketing of Smart Delivery and how the service is being pushed without Xbox doing much of anything. Scoping out the lay of the land, it appears that a $10 upgrade could be questionable depending on ...

Defining Duke, Episode 36: PlayStation Makes Smart Delivery Shine (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 167: The Thread

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Submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for this week's episode of Sacred Symbols in this thread.

As always, please keep your inquiries well-written and pithy. Novels, poorly-written posts, etc. are politely ignored.

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KnockBack: September 2021 Primary Election

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As usual, we're giving you -- our beloved audience -- the opportunity to help select an upcoming episode of our retro and nostalgia podcast, KnockBack.

Here's what you do: Submit a single topic idea in the thread below, and then use Patreon's "like" system (which is a heart) to show support for others' submissions that you like. Near the end of the month, we'll round-up your answers and distill everything to the five most-popular choices, which you can then vote on.
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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 32: Twelve Minutes Review Discussion & Spoilercast (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 32: Twelve Minutes Review Discussion & Spoilercast

Twelve Minutes is an adventure game developed by Luís António and published by Annapurna Interactive. This highly anticipated title was released on Game Pass for Xbox Series X/S & PC. Cog and Ben have now both completed it along with our amazing audience. It's time to review this extremely polarizing title in Defining Duke Spoilercast style. Let's get into the time loop!

Defining Duke, Episode 36: The Thread

Hey All!  It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 36 of Defining Duke.

Great ways to get your write-up used: Be pithy, be topical, and be insightful. Walls-of-text, posts littered with poor grammar and punctuation, etc., are promptly (though respectfully) ignored.

As this is an Xbox podcast, be sure your submission makes sense within that realm. You have until Wednesday, September 8th at 1p ET to make yo...