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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.
You have until Thursday, February 27th at noon ET to submit.
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2025-02-26 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-02-26 17:23:44 +0000 UTC View Post
This week the Punching Up crew discuss the recent layoffs at Warner Bros., Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, Pokemon Presents predictions and more!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:19:47 - Warner Bros. Layoffs
0:33:57 - Pokémon Presents
0:39:43 - Pokémon Concierge
0:41:13 - Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
1:08:23 - Tony Hawk is Back
1:14:42 - Mario Wonder Switch OLDED Bundle
1:15:33 - Nier 15 livstream
1:18:40 - Wha...
2025-02-26 17:23:39 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-02-25 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week Chris and Matty join Brad and discuss games like Avowed, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and more!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:20:17 - Avowed
1:15:08 - Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
1:29:33 - Sort it Out/Keep it Up
2:34:10 - Final Fantasy X-2
2:54:23 - Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
3:09:01 - Closing Questions
2025-02-25 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 217 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, February 26th at 3 PM ET 2025-02-24 17:56:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-02-24 17:01:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Time for Constellation, isn't that grand?
The most awesome podcast in all the land.
If you're grinding at work or enjoying vacation,
you get three fun topics for conversation.
This week Hoeg, Col-man, Dagster and Matty
talk things over, and things get chatty.
Best historical eras, bad music, Ai ...
Enjoy the discussion, you're welcome, goodbye!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:30:55 - Historica...
2025-02-24 17:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostLet’s-a go!
Please post your questions, thoughts, and comments below. If there’s a topic you’d like us to cover, let us know! The cutoff for submissions is Monday at 4 PM PST. Please keep your entries brief and well-written. Thanks!
2025-02-24 00:09:32 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-02-21 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This has been an exciting week in Sacred Symbols World. We're riding high off of our two hour interview with ex-Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida, and we're eager to reminisce and reflect on it. (You can watch or listen for yourself on Sacred Symbols+.) But as far as news is concerned? Well, this week is a little slower than most, which is why we packed extra listener inquiries into the show, and still covered what was there: Fresh rumors of a Tony Hawk 3+4 Remastered Collection, leaker updates c...
2025-02-21 17:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-02-20 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: If this episode isn't in your feed, please check out our recent post about the new individual RSS feeds. <3
This week, Xbox unveiled MUSE, a generative AI model aimed at boosting creativity and possibilities for gameplay. Published in the journal Nature as well as announced by Microsoft Research, the Xbox team shared findings alongside Ninja Theory ...
2025-02-20 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate: We hear your feedback on having the option of retaining a 'unified' RSS feed, and we've passed it along to Patreon for their consideration. We will keep you updated.
To give some (perhaps useful) background on our RSS reform efforts:
Outside of people hating this show or that opinion or whatever, by far the most common complaint we've received on Patreon since we launched Last Stand in 2017 is that our universal RSS feed was too cluttered and chaotic, feed...
2025-02-19 21:31:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-02-19 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week the crew discuss Nintendo ditching Gold Points, the Dice Awards, games from the latest State of Play and Xbox's continued movement to third party.
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:16:44 - Nintendo getting rid of the gold points program
0:24:37 - Switch Games at State of Play
0:34:11 - Dice Awards
0:47:21 - More Xbox
0:57:54 - What we're playing
1:38:19 - Final Fantasy X Magic The Gathering
1:46:02 - Marvel Rivals Switch 2 and layoffs 2025-02-19 17:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-02-19 04:27:12 +0000 UTC View Post
It's me, Colin. In my lengthy experience covering PlayStation professionally, I've had the pleasure of speaking with and interviewing legendary Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida many times. But today, I'm pleased to present you our very first chat in more than eight years. (Indeed, I approached him to talk with me because so many of you asked me to. So thank you for that.) Shu and I touched on a lot of things here, far too many to list. Some points of interest: Thoughts on Sony's pursuit of games...
2025-02-19 04:26:53 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-02-18 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week Dustin and Syv discuss the Elden Ring Nightreign beta, No Skin, Civilization VII, and more!
Check out Syv's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgrNV7wX3dodL1PhijFYCLg
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:11:16 - Elden Ring Nightreign
0:33:30 - No Skin
0:45:06 - Civ VII
1:06:41 - Sort It Out/Keep It Up
1:30:39 - Lies of P
1:38:39 - Lies o...
2025-02-18 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson stopped me on the street once. You can tell he was a little nervous at first, but he finally managed to pull himself together, exclaiming that he was Constellation's biggest fan. I acted surprised and we exchanged pleasantries. It quickly became awkward though, so I thanked him and glanced at my watch with feigned concern before dismissing him with a tussle of his hair. He's a good kid, and so are you. Dwayne (we're on a first name basis now) would definitely love th...
2025-02-17 17:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-02-17 17:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Since the brand launched in 2001, Xbox differentiated itself with robust features and services. What it lacked was games, at least in contrast to its competition. In trying to earnestly fix the problem, however, a lumbering Microsoft fell into a trap of its own design. Now, Xbox is PlayStation's single biggest third party publisher. How could it be?!
2025-02-16 17:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-02-15 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's me, Colin. In search of a new episode of Sacred+ this week, we accidentally stumbled into at least two. That's because we -- myself, Dustin, and Brad -- bit off a little more than we could chew, albeit serendipitously. Thus, we present to you the first of a two-part episode dedicated to the ranking of Sony-owned PlayStation IP from both first and second party, from the very beginning of the PSone era to today. The only rule here is that Sony must own the game or franchise in question (so...
2025-02-15 17:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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0:20:49
2025-02-14 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A recent presentation showcased a diverse array of some 35 games coming to PlayStation 5 over the next couple of years. But -- perhaps unsurprisingly -- that hasn't stopped boo-birds from raining down upon Sony yet again, at least from some particularly loud corners. It seems that some people will literally never be satisfied, no matter what. But for those who are looking forward to new games to play, there was much to be excited about in the form of Lost Soul Aside, Metal Eden, Borderlands 4...
2025-02-14 17:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-02-13 14:01:14 +0000 UTC View Post
After a long build up, the boys have played and finished Avowed! Joining the Dukes is Gene Park where we discuss everything from our combined experience with Avowed, to a preview with South Of Midnight, and even Sony's recent State Of Play. While there are few subjects to tackle, each of them have a lot of meat on their bones. So, let's not delay any further. Is Obsidian's latest RPG worth the dive?
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
00:07:31 - State of Play
01:53:21 - WB Games...
2025-02-13 14:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-02-12 17:01:15 +0000 UTC View Post