Sacred Symbols+, Episode 425 | Subverting (and Replacing?) The Game Awards (Video)
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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 425 | Subverting (and Replacing?) The Game Awards
The same day this podcast publishes, Geoff Keighley will hold his annual Game Awards show in LA, and naturally, we'll all tune in to see who wins (or -- much more importantly -- what's announced). But the reality is this: The Game Awards as it's currently constructed is an ad-bloated mess that focuses less on what's great than on what's next. And its results are entirely dictated by an insular group of rapidly waning media-types that don't seem to even like the industry, nor people who play g...
2024-12-12 17:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 337: 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, December 12th at noon ET to submit.
Talk to you soon!
2024-12-11 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 424 | How THQ Died, and How Ubisoft Might, Too (Video)
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2024-12-11 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 424 | How THQ Died, and How Ubisoft Might, Too
Please welcome regular LSM contributor Rick Hoeg back to Sacred+. Back in October, Hoeg and I (Colin) met twice here on this very show in order to discuss Ubisoft-related drama, and thanks to newswire Reuters, we now have renewed cause to spark up the chatter. The thing is, Ubisoft's in a lot of trouble: They are bloated, money-poor, and owned by upset shareholders, and once Assassin's Creed: Shadows drops in early '25, there will be nowhere else to hide. Such a situation reminded me of what ...
2024-12-11 17:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostSummon Sign, Episode 50 | Indiana Jones' Glorious Return (Video)
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2024-12-10 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSummon Sign, Episode 50 | Indiana Jones' Glorious Return
This week Matty and Atari's Jason Polansky join Brad to talk Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Marvel Rivals, Ys X: Nordics, and more!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:15:13 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (contains mild spoilers for locations)
1:06:27 - Marvel Rivals
1:27:00 - Ys X: Nordics
1:51:56 - Sort It Out/Keep It Up
2:21:06 - Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
2:46:59 - Reynatis
3:21:43 - Ending Questions
2024-12-10 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Colin Holiday Mailbag: The Thread
Hello!
The hosts of Sacred Symbols are recording individual mailbags for the upcoming break. This thread is for Colin.
As always, please keep your inquiries well-written and pithy. Novels, poorly-written posts, etc. are politely ignored.
You have until Wednesday, December 11th at noon ET to submit.
2024-12-09 21:00:41 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Dustin Holiday Mailbag: The Thread
Hello!
The hosts of Sacred Symbols are recording individual mailbags for the upcoming break. This thread is for Dustin.
As always, please keep your inquiries well-written and pithy. Novels, poorly-written posts, etc. are politely ignored.
You have until Wednesday, December 11th at noon ET to submit.
2024-12-09 21:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Chris Holiday Mailbag: The Thread
Hello!
The hosts of Sacred Symbols are recording individual mailbags for the upcoming break. This thread is for Chris.
As always, please keep your inquiries well-written and pithy. Novels, poorly-written posts, etc. are politely ignored.
You have until Wednesday, December 11th at noon ET to submit.
2024-12-09 21:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 206: The Thread
Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 206 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 Friday, December 13th at 12 PM ET to make ...
2024-12-09 19:24:58 +0000 UTC View PostConstellation, Episode 101 | Disney Remakes, Chivalry, 2024 Reflections (Video)
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2024-12-09 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostConstellation, Episode 101 | Disney Remakes, Chivalry, 2024 Reflections
Welcome back to Constellation, the podcast that reminds you that there's so much in life to be grateful for! This week, Lockmort gets the conversation started with a discussion about the seemingly never ending glut of Disney remakes that we' ve all grown accustomed to over the past decade. As the controversial 'Snow White' live-action movie now looms on the horizon, we are once again reminded of the Mouse House's tendency to recreate their older franchises instead of inventing brand...
2024-12-09 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostSummon Sign Episode 50
Hello,
This week, Matty and Jason Polansky of Atari will be joining me. The games on the list for this week include:
Brad: Marvel Rivals, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Matty: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Jason: Reynatis, Ys X: Nordics
Taking submissions for Sort it Out, Keep it Up, and any general thoughts, ideas, comments, or questions you’d like to share.
The cutoff for submissions is Decemb...
2024-12-07 22:41:51 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 423 | The Sacred Bets: The Game Awards 2024 (Video)
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2024-12-07 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 423 | The Sacred Bets: The Game Awards 2024
Welcome back to the Sacred Bets! In this episode, Summon Sign host Brad Ellis has 25 questions designed to test Colin, Chris, and Dustin’s ability to predict the Game Awards 2024. Only one can win, and the stakes are high. Please enjoy!
2024-12-07 16:59:40 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 336 | A Kind of Cathedral Business (Video)
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2024-12-06 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 336 | A Kind of Cathedral Business
News is admittedly slow as the industry awaits major announcements at the imminent Game Awards. But a specific interview was recently released that still gives us plenty to discuss. The website Eurogamer sat down with ex-PlayStation executive Shawn Layden for a fascinating chat about the present and future of the console space, and he had tons to say. We spend a lot of time dissecting his thoughts on topics ranging from PlayStation 6 and console agnosticism to Sony publishing on Xbox and perh...
2024-12-06 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 205 | Indiana Jones & The Great Circle Is HERE - Did It Deliver?! (Video)
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2024-12-06 00:00:27 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 205 | Indiana Jones & The Great Circle Is HERE - Did It Deliver?!
As the industry prepares for 2024's final and massive news week in The Game Awards, we sink our teeth into Indiana Jones & The Great Circle! This is the final massive (and temporary) Xbox exclusive for 2024, but more importantly, this is Machine Games's first release since the disastrous Wolfenstein Youngblood. What has the team been cooking in the time they've been away? The results just may surprise you if your expectations were in the company of Uncharted and Tomb Raider. We also dive ...
2024-12-06 00:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostPunching Up, Episode 42 | Switch 2 Joy-Con Leaks? (Video)
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2024-12-04 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostPunching Up, Episode 42 | Switch 2 Joy-Con Leaks?
This week the Punching Up crew discuss Switch Online going away in China, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete, Leaked LEGO James Bond game, and more!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:34:12 - Switch online shutting down in China.
0:41:33 - Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete
0:52:38 - Tales series 30th-anniversary broadcast
0:59:28 - What we're playing
1:26:09 - Leaked Lego James Bond Game
1:30:32 - Echoes of Wisdom Timeline
1:33:59 - Switch...
2024-12-04 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostSummon Sign, Episode 49 | Persona 5 is Still Incredible (Video)
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2024-12-03 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSummon Sign, Episode 49 | Persona 5 is Still Incredible
This week Hoeg and Gene join brad and discuss Gene's journey through Persona 5 Royal. The recent updates to Star Wars Outlaws and Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:06:08 - Persona 5
1:03:26 - Star Wars: Outlaws
1:27:47 - Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
1:38:32 - Rise of the Golden Idol
1:55:04 - Sort It Out/Keep It Up
2:33:10 - Mouthwashing
2:46:36 - Closing Questions
2024-12-03 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostConstellation, Episode 100 | Masculinity, Social Media Exodus, Writer's Block (Video)
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2024-12-02 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostConstellation, Episode 100 | Masculinity, Social Media Exodus, Writer's Block
It’s time for another episode of Constellation, Last Stand Media’s weekly conversational fever dream. On this week’s episode, the illustrious Gene Park (formerly known as Jeen “Mac Daddy” Parc) discusses “Masculinity” and how he and the crew feel about what it means to be a man in a modern world. We’re also joined by Ben Smith, the disgraced former mayor of Assassinland PA, who shrewdly used his inability to bring a topic AS a topic with “Writer's Block.” What a clever fel...
2024-12-02 17:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 422 | A Console That's Also A Portable, Sony Style (Video)
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2024-11-30 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 422 | A Console That's Also A Portable, Sony Style
With rumors circulating anew of a portable PS5, it seemed appropriate to welcome Tom from Moore's Law Is Dead and the Broken Silicon podcast back to Sacred+. You see, Bloomberg has new reporting out of Japan that Sony's prototyping not a successor to PSP and Vita, but a handheld version of PS5 itself, a Nintendo-like move that seeks to unify the home and portable gaming segments. But to be fair, what's being suggested here is a bigger lift, because not even Switch's imminent successor is like...
2024-11-30 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 335 | Time To Go Mobile
Over the past year or so, rumors have percolated surrounding a future PlayStation handheld, but in reality, no one knew what the exact nature of this hypothetical device would be. Could it be a successor to PSP and Vita? Or perhaps a portable PS4 or PS4 Pro? Well, it's neither of those things, if recent reporting is accurate. Instead, Sony is apparently building a fully portable PlayStation 5, which -- if accurate -- could completely upend not only the core gaming market, but the traditional ...
2024-11-29 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 335 | Time To Go Mobile (Video)
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