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Punching Up Ep. 85 Thread

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Please submit your questions and thoughts for the show down below. Cutoff for submissions will be Monday at 6 PM PST. Please keep your entries brief and well-written.

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 481 | Silent Hill f Spoilercast and Review Discussion (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 481 | Silent Hill f Spoilercast and Review Discussion

Silent Hill is back! After last year's excellent Silent Hill 2 remake, an all new title is here in the form of Silent Hill f. Join me (Dustin), Brad, and Gene to discuss the latest entry in the series.

Warning: This show contains some spoilers for previous Silent Hill games.

Sacred Symbols, Episode 380 | Don't Fall Away and Leave Me to Myself (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 380 | Don't Fall Away and Leave Me to Myself

If you're a regular purchaser of games, you're a stark minority within the very industry you know and love. We've known all about the revenue-related trends directing games as of late, but recent data indicates things are far more dire than they seem, particularly if you're a single player purist. For instance, a third of gaming consumers purchase less than one game a year; 12% buy one game a year; 18% buy two games a year. Only 14% of players buy at least one game a month! Yet, there's more ...

Defining Duke, Episode 249 | Is Xbox Pulling Out Of The Console Business? (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 249 | Is Xbox Pulling Out Of The Console Business?

Following such erratic changes to Game Pass and a ton of wild weekend rumors, many are wondering if Xbox will be out of the console business altogether by 2027. Despite marketing for the next generation being expected to begin next year, some insiders are suggesting this is now up in the air for Team Green. Joining us to discuss the current state of Xbox is the man with a million, Rand Al Thor 19. While Xbox addressed the uncertainty surrounding their hardware and have a public agreement with...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 380: The Thread

Hi!

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.

You have until Thursday, October 9th at noon ET to submit.

Talk to you soon!

Punching Up, Episode 84 | Is Nintendo Online the Next Price Increase? (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 84 | Is Nintendo Online the Next Price Increase?

This week the Punching Up crew discuss the delay of Mina the Hollower, Nintendo's new animated short, whether of or we think a price hike is coming for Nintendo Switch Online.

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:17:06 - Mina the Hollower Delayed

0:26:21 - New Nintendo Short Close to You

0:35:44 - Nintendo Continues to Fight Switch Piracy

0:41:52 - What We’re Playing

1:35:49 - Nintendo denies Japanese politician’s AI claim

1:43:12 - Xbox raises Game ...

Sacred Symbols+, The Thread: Silent Hill f Review Discussion/Spoilercast

Hello!

Brad, Gene, and I (Dustin) will be recording a spoilercast on Silent Hill f. We want you to be a part of it! 

In preparation for our spoilercast and review discussion, submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas below. Please keep things well-written or pithy; poorly-written screeds and novellas are politely ignored.

You have until Wednesday, October 8th at 12:00 PM EST to get your thoughts in. Talk soon! <...

Baby Dustin's First Steps | Sacred Streaming Compilation, Episode 12

Can Papa Colin guide Dustin through his first steps?

Summon Sign, Episode 93 | Is Hades II the Perfect Sequel? (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 93 | Is Hades II the Perfect Sequel?

This week Colin and Jason Polansky discuss Hades 2, Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles, Ghost of Yōtei, and more!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:17:02 - Hades 2

0:41:06 - Hot Shots Golf

0:59:50 - Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles

1:18:44 - Sort it Out/Keep it Up

2:17:28 - Game Recommendation

2:20:30 - Ghost of Yōtei

2:28:46 - Quick Tshushima thoughts

2:32:38 - RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business DLC

Defining Duke, Episode 249: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 249 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, October 8th at 3 PM ET to ...

Sacred Streaming, Episode 16 | The Sacred League III: Colin As Alex Trebek

It’s time for another round of Last Stand’s trivia competition, this time with Colin in the host’s chair.

Sacred Symbols, Episode 379 | Money, It's A Crime (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 379 | Money, It's A Crime

All anyone wants to talk about right now is Electronic Arts, and reasonably so. The American publishing titan is on the verge of being purchased by external interests for $55 billion, and when we say external, we mean it. The major player in reverting EA to a private corporation is Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, muddying this already complex deal that also happens to be the largest leveraged buyout in human history. Perhaps not surprisingly, this gives us much to pontificate on. Other ...

Defining Duke, Episode 248 | Xbox Is Lost - MASSIVE Game Pass Price Hike... (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 248 | Xbox Is Lost - MASSIVE Game Pass Price Hike...

Xbox happened.

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:03:14 - Health Is Wealth

0:10:02 - Are we still Xbox fans?

0:26:22 - What’s happening with Forza Horizon 6?

0:36:23 - Xbox Ally preorders are live

0:48:50 - EA is going private in a $55 Billion deal

1:05:47 - Ken Levine interview recap

1:19:18 - Fallout 76 Burning Springs update

1:20:14 - Prototype is coming back?

1:27:07 - Ubisoft forms Vantage Studios

1:30:23 - AAA Lord Of Th...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 480 | A Leveraged Electronic Arts Buyout, Saudi-Style (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 480 | A Leveraged Electronic Arts Buyout, Saudi-Style

It's me, Colin. Please welcome SS+ regular Rick Hoeg back to the show. For the first time since Microsoft's purchase of Activision, Rick finds himself squarely in his element: Video game M&A. But this new deal has some interesting wrinkles. The target this time around is storied American publisher Electronic Arts, and the buyer is a consortium of financial interests led by none other than Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund. Thus, what makes for a straight-forward leveraged buyout (the l...

Looking For Hidden Gems (and Hilarious Duds) on PSN | Sacred Streaming Compilation, Episode 11

Let's poke around the PlayStation Store and see what we can find.

Punching Up, Episode 83 | Nintendo of America Has a New President (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 83 | Nintendo of America Has a New President

This week, the Punching Up crew discuss EA being sold, rumors of a new Lord of the Rings game, Doug Bowser's retirement, DS memories and more!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:18:08 - EA to be acquired by Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners

0:31:37 - New Lord of the Rings game

0:45:48 - Must Play Rereleases this week

0:55:10 - What We’re Playing

1:21:47 - Doug Bowser retired

1:29:23 - Switch 2 Editions of some LEGO games could...

Summon Sign, Episode 92 | Ghost of Yōtei Is Here! (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 92 | Ghost of Yōtei Is Here!

This week Gene and Radec join Brad to discuss Ghost of Yōtei, Silent Hill F, Pac-Man World 2 Re-PAC, and answer your questions!

Follow Radec on Twitter: https://x.com/realradec

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:17:09 - Ghost of Yōtei

1:03:54 - Silent Hill F

1:38:30 - Pac-Man World 2 Re-PAC

1:47:29 - Sort it Out/Keep it Up

2:45:56 - Game Recommendation

2:49:45 - Closing Comments 2025-09-30 16:00:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Sacred Streaming, Episode 15 | Baby Dustin's First Steps

Can Papa Colin guide Dustin through his first steps?

Defining Duke, Episode 248: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 248 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, October 1st at 3 PM ET to ...

Punching Up Ep. 83

Hello!
Please submit your questions for the show down below. Cutoff for submissions will be Monday at 5 PM PST. Please keep your entries brief and well-written.

Thanks!