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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 13: Analyzing Resident Evil Village's Leaked Contract w/ Hoeg Law (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 13: Analyzing Resident Evil Village's Leaked Contract w/ Hoeg Law

For the first time, we are able to see what goes into drafting up a contract for the likes of exclusivity on a console, DLC exclusivity, and so on. Richard Hoeg of Hoeg Law joins this episode to analyze the leaked contract between PlayStation and Capcom. Curiously, it prevents Resident Evil Village from joining Xbox Game Pass for at least a year and it doesn't look like money changed hands in the way it is always assumed. The question is, is this legitimate? That's where Hoeg steps in!

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 91: Challenging Colin III (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 91: Challenging Colin III

It's that time again! Come tell me (Colin) how wrong I am. I dare you! On this adversarial episode of +, listeners challenge me, my opinions, views, and thoughts on all sorts of topics: My Trophy obsession, why I think PlayStation 5 should have been delayed, the financial cost of gaming, my dismissal of Jak and Daxter, TV shows and movies based on games, Naughty Dog's crown jewel status, my incessant defense of Bend Studio, and much more. Come take a swing, if you must! Maybe you'll even...

KnockBack, Episode 168: South Park (Bigger, Longer & Uncut) (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 168: South Park (Bigger, Longer & Uncut)

South Park rages on even today, but it was during a more embryonic stage in the mega-franchise's history that we got its one and only film: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Released to theaters in the summer of '99, South Park's movie foray is basically the length of three regular 'ol episodes, but produced differently. For instance, it's a musical, and a damn good one! And there's a whole lot of cursing, nudity, and more. But at its heart is exactly what makes South Park so popular even today, an...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 147: Phoenix Down

Let's face it: It's been a pretty dour few weeks in PlayStation Land. That's why it's such good news that -- this week -- things are far more positive. For starters, Sony has wisely reversed course on its intent to close the PS3 and Vita digital stores down this summer. They also recently entered into a second party agreement for a new multiplayer game made by a fresh team packing some serious firepower. They may even be investigating a TV show-and-movie-driven expansion of PlayStation Plus. ...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 147: Phoenix Down (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 16: What The Hell Is Happening Between Xbox & Nintendo? (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 16: What The Hell Is Happening Between Xbox & Nintendo?

Xbox’s executives have earned a reputation for teasing upcoming announcements in the background of their set-ups. This week, the games continued with a Nintendo Switch appearing in the studio during Microsoft’s Game Stack event. The boys sit down to investigate! In other updates throughout the Xbox world, Discord backs out on a Microsoft purchase, new Xbox Game Pass additions and subtractions, as well as the introduction of Game Pass Cloud streaming for iOS devices!

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 12: How Xbox Game Pass Impacts Game Developers (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 12: How Xbox Game Pass Impacts Game Developers

Mike Rose of No More Robots (Descenders, Yes Your Grace, Hypnospace Outlaw, and more!) joins this week's Defining Duke Ultimate to tell the story of how Xbox Game Pass has impacted the games his publishing label works on. What kind of financial deals are struck for developers and how do the nature of sales alleviate some of the pressure of making a game? Does this shape how games are made? Mike provides the answers. We dive into the metrics available through Game Pass like download and player...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 90: The Woke Infection

For millions, gaming was (and still is) an escape from the real world, where we can put away our daily troubles and concerns and be someone else, somewhere else, doing something else. So why does it seem like so many people who don't like games, those who play them, or the ecosystem everything combines in have the most power? The power to set narratives, to sink games, to disparage and defame individuals, and more? To talk about this, I brought journalist and op-ed writer Erik Kain ...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 90: The Woke Infection (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 167 | The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (film) (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 167 | The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (film)

Way back in 1954, JRR Tolkien released the first of three seminal books that are referred to colloquially as "the trilogy," but that is otherwise collectively known as The Lord of the Rings. And, believe it or not, it took decades for this wonderful fantasy franchise to see life on the silver screen. By way of the talented Peter Jackson and his extraordinary team, Fellowship of the Ring (and its two subsequent, book-based films) bring us to Middle-earth on the verge of great potential disaste...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 146: Recharted

We know it seems like everything is on fire recently, but does that feeling match reality? On the back of explosive reporting concerning Naughty Dog, Bend Studio, and an unacknowledged (by Sony) second team in San Diego, PlayStation fans are left questioning just what's going on with a company that seems more interested in smash hits, remakes, and extracting blood from a stone than trying something new. An Uncharted remake? A remake of The Last of Us?! Eh. Let's talk about if recharting old t...

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Defining Duke, Episode 15: Is PlayStation Pushing People To Xbox?

So, we're an Xbox and PC show. You've read the title, you know this. However, a large chunk of the audience write-ins were reflections on the Don Mattrick era and PlayStation's major shifts that have dragged Xbox into a favorable position. I thought for this episode it would be fun with a slower news week to turn our attention toward Bloomberg's reporting of PlayStation honing in on blockbuster titles only. As we continue to say, it's more clear than ever that Xbox and PlayStation are marchin...

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 11: Gears Of War Ranked

It’s that time again! A popular Xbox series is being ranked and this time it’s Gears Of War. Joining Matty is one of his close friends, Trex, a Gears Of War nut! From the mainline series, to Tactics, and maybe even Pop, we’d love your questions, comments, etc. on the series and what is your personal favorite as well as why. <3

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KnockBack, Episode 166: Freaks and Geeks (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 166: Freaks and Geeks

Some television shows come along that are way ahead of their time, and Freaks and Geeks -- which ran for a scant 18 episodes between 1999 and 2000 on NBC -- is one such program. That's especially ironic, of course, since it's actually about the past. Taking place in 1980 and 1981 in and around a Michigan high school, Freaks and Geeks is the brainchild of writers, directors, and producers Paul Feig and Judd Apatow, who are of course wildly famous today. So, too, is much of the cast, from ...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 89: Sending Out an SOS (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 89: Sending Out an SOS

A new report from Bloomberg has us reeling, so much so that we decided to record (and release) Sacred Symbols+ some four days early (you're welcome). Here's the rub: It appears that the secret San Diego-based PlayStation team we've been talking about for a couple of years has indeed been working on something. Then another thing. Then other teams' things. Now its things are other teams'. Follow all of that? Also: Bend isn't making Days Gone 2, and -- in 2019, after they weren't greenlit on the...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 145: Green Monster

Sony's arch-rival Microsoft is beginning to make key moves that directly encroach on PlayStation's turf. Nailing down MLB: The Show 21 -- a game Sony itself develops -- as a day-one Game Pass offering is the ultimate insult. Worse yet, the swings are coming in hot from two directions: Their corporate enemy that wants to body you and a long-time licensing partner that appears to have zero problems throwing them to the sharks. One can't ignore PlayStation 5's strong sales... and yet... somethin...

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Defining Duke, Episode 14: Xbox & Bethesda's Big E3 Show Has Major Potential (Video)

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Producer's Note: Thank you for your patience regarding the video version. I ran into a few technical issues that have now been resolved. <3

Defining Duke, Episode 14: Xbox & Bethesda's Big E3 Show Has Major Potential

E3 was one of the victims of the pandemic, but with a new digital strategy in place, it will be making a return in June of 2021. Xbox will be attending and Bethesda will follow them up leaving a lot of opportunities available to make a major impact. Will Xbox ditch their CGI trailer ways of the last year and give us strong looks at the likes of Fable, Avowed, Starfield, and Forza? Is Bethesda Game Studios going to fully dedicate Starfield to next-gen hardware? After analyzing some Todd Howard...

Vita Means Death

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You’ve all heard the somber news by now: PlayStation Vita will be a storeless husk (drama!) beginning in late August. It sucks. We’re really bummed about it. Over at Lillymo, we even had to unexpectedly cancel our next game for PSV! (It’s still coming to other platforms, of course.) 2021-04-08 14:30:26 +0000 UTC View Post