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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 10: It's A Mr. Matty Mailbag! (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 10: It's A Mr. Matty Mailbag!

This time, we slot the theme of the week to the side and catch up on some missed questions throughout our show's history. From valuable feedback to our show, to Bethesda, to Game Pass, and even controllers, we hop around a lot with this one!

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 88: PSN, CD Projekt, Corporate Consolidation, and Defamation!

Welcome Richard "Rick" Hoeg back to the show for an unprecedented third time, as we jump into actual and could-be legal issues littering our industry. Such as: What's happening with the PlayStation Store on PS3, PSP, and Vita, what's the difference between owning a game versus a license, and what's Sony's liability (if any) once the stores go down? Speaking of broken things, CD Projekt released a very broken Cyberpunk 2077 into the world three-plus months ago, and they're being sued by their ...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 88: PSN, CD Projekt, Corporate Consolidation, and Defamation! (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 165: Home Cooking (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 165: Home Cooking

Depending on who you are, who your parents are, when and where you grew up, and many other factors, your experience eating at home as a kid was... well... different. We Moriartys were quite lucky, indeed: Italian Long Islanders with an extended family of talented cooks constantly putting delectable treats in front of us (carbs, especially). But some of you out there... well... you may not have been as lucky. So let's explore stories of eating at home, of breakfasts, lunches, and din...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 144: At Death's Door

The words are hard to type, but they must be typed nonetheless: Sony is pulling the plug on PlayStation Vita. Beginning in late August, you won't be able to buy any games anymore (though you'll still be able to download what you own). The same goes for PlayStation 3, though its ignominious date comes even sooner, in early July. Thus, we are left with more questions than answers, and a lot of emotion, too. And so we spend a lot of time talking about the PlayStation Store shutdowns for these pl...

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Defining Duke, Episode 13: Is It Time To Get Rid Of Games With Gold?

The monthly embarrassment has arrived! While Game Pass kills it to the point of saying it yet again feeling redundant, Games With Gold continues to meander. Bringing another package of lackluster titles leaves us with one big question... is it time to sunset this one beloved program? In the backwards compatibility world, Xbox continues to push the limits. Elder Scrolls or Fallout: New Vegas on the phone? Sign us up! The timing is great for them as it syncs up with PlayStation shutting down th...

Defining Duke, Episode 13: Is It Time To Get Rid Of Games With Gold? (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 9: Does PlayStation Need To Respond To Xbox? (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 9: Does PlayStation Need To Respond To Xbox?

For us to talk Xbox, we should always be willing to look at PlayStation. This week, we tap on the shoulder of executive producer for LSM Dustin Furman to help guide the PlayStation side of the conversation. The main question coming out of weeks of aggressive Game Pass deals and the Bethesda acquisition is what should PlayStation be doing? They continue to step further away from backwards compatibility and dominated with new IP for the entirety of the last generation. Is a Game Pass competitor...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 87: What the Hell Happened to Games Media? (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 87: What the Hell Happened to Games Media?

Journalism is broken, full-stop. Not just enthusiast press; journalism, generally. The evidence is all around us. What's interesting, though, is that its breakdown may have at least partially begun in our very own industry, and that's perhaps why today's games media is completely unrecognizable when compared to five years ago, no less 10 or 20. To talk through what's happening out there, I (Colin!) invited Nick Calandra on the show. Nick is the newest Editor-in-Chief of The Escapist, a w...

KnockBack, Episode 164 | Rewriting Star Wars: Episode VIII

KnockBack's 159th episode is a unique one in that it's dedicated to the wholesale recrafting and rewriting of 2015's Star Wars film The Force Awakens. Quite simply, we've decided to follow it up with our rewriting of Episode VIII! Now, it's important you listen to or watch Episode 159 first, or you'll have no idea what we're talking about. You've been warned! Otherwise, please enjoy yet another episode voted on by you, the fans!

KnockBack, Episode 164 | Rewriting Star Wars: Episode VIII (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 143: Pirates of the PSN (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 143: Pirates of the PSN

Recent (still unsubstantiated) rumors indicate Sony may be considering a full shutdown of its digital stores for PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, and -- perhaps most tragically -- PlayStation Vita. While we don't yet know what Sony's plans are (if any!), such a possibility raises a lot of interesting philosophical and practical questions, particularly this one: Who's watching out for the digital-only games that may be lost to history? Today, let's delve deep into the PSN, the digital...

Defining Duke, Episode 12: Xbox Stays Aggressive With New Showcase & Acquisitions Rumors

With the attention on Xbox, the time is now for them to strike and strike again. Rolling on weeks after one of their biggest moves they are now setting up an Indy showcase the debut brand new exclusives to the console. More shockingly, word has started to get around about a big Microsoft focused acquisition that could directly benefit Xbox in the name of the very popular video game chat service known as Discord. The major question has been will these games round out Xbox is big 2021 and 2022 ...

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 8: Xbox’s Next Move - What Is It? (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 8: Xbox’s Next Move - What Is It?

Let’s imagine ourselves sitting in the Xbox throne beside Phil Spencer. He turns to you and asks “what the hell are we going to do next for our GREAT ecosystem?” In today’s Defining Duke Ultimate, we join together as imaginary armchair Microsoft CEOs and fire the commands. More acquisitions, more exclusives, more on Game Pass! All great ideas, but let’s take a closer look. Who makes sense to acquire? Does Xbox even demand acquisitions at 23 total first party studios? How far is too ...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 86: The Making of Habroxia 2

Listeners of our show always ask us (well... me... Colin...) about game development. Now that I've helped create and publish two games, I have some insight, and people wanna know what making a game is like. Where does an idea come from? How do we execute on it? What's it like dealing with the platform holders? How do we iterate, polish, include, and exclude? The inquiries are seemingly endless. That's why we thought it would be fun to invite Lillymo Games' other, much more important half -- B...

KnockBack, Episode 163: PlayStation Portable

Nintendo has long dominated gaming's lucrative handheld scene, vanquishing foes who dared enter the space, one after another, from Atari to SEGA to SNK. But then 2004 rolled around. It was late in that year (and into the next) that Sony launched PlayStation Portable, or PSP, the only non-Nintendo handheld in the history of the industry to... well... hold its own against its arch-rival in an ecosystem it had to scratch, claw, and bite its way into. Yet, PSP's legacy is a mixed one, remembered ...

KnockBack, Episode 163: PlayStation Portable (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 142: Phantom Bust (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 142: Phantom Bust

Interesting news emerged in recent days: Sony is funding the creation of a new second party studio in Canada, and it'll be working on a brand new IP for PlayStation. But it's who's leading the team -- Jade Raymond -- that has people excited. But should that excitement be replaced with skepticism? Raymond hasn't released a game in years, and it's uncommon (as in, it virtually never happens) that an industry gets excited over a game producer, as opposed to someone who contributes more creativel...

Defining Duke, Episode 11: Xbox Game Pass Is Making HUGE Moves ft. Mike Williams of PCMag

Hot on the heels of rolling Bethesda into the fold, Xbox is sustaining momentum in the following week. Xbox Game Pass continues to solidify itself as the best value deal in gaming and things have somehow managed to get even better. On day one of its release, you will be able to download Outriders through Game Pass on consoles! Major third party deals will continue to lift the service to new heights and Xbox understands that as they are bringing Octopath Traveler to Xbox as well. This is momen...

Defining Duke, Episode 11: Xbox Game Pass Is Making HUGE Moves ft. Mike Williams of PCMag (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 7: Ranking Bethesda's Game Pass Games (Video)

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