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Defining Duke, Episode 266: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 266 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 4th at 3 PM ET to...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 500 | Running A Retro Game Store: The Coolest Job Ever? (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 500 | Running A Retro Game Store: The Coolest Job Ever?

Back in July of 2024, Dustin invited Evan Miranda to Sacred Symbols+ for a discussion about his brand new retro game shop in Dustin's hometown of Butler, Pennsylvania. (That's episode #393, and you should go listen to it and watch it now!) But -- for whatever reason -- I (Colin) was unable to make that recording. Ever since, I've wanted to pick Evan's brain about his thriving business, and ask him about the mechanics and realities of running Main Level Games. While Dustin asked him a salvo of...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 396 | These Changing Years, They Add To Your Confusion (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 396 | These Changing Years, They Add To Your Confusion

With the chase for AI obliterating affordability in computing-related markets, it should come as no surprise that Sony may be deliberating a delay for PlayStation 6's rollout and release. But recent commentary from a well-connected financial analyst suggests that PS6's purported delay may be more substantial than we thought, perhaps precipitated by more factors than we initially thought. When does the gaming world need the next PlayStation? Could we go potentially several more years on PS5 al...

Defining Duke, Episode 265 | These Xbox Stats Are BRUTAL... (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 265 | These Xbox Stats Are BRUTAL...

Well, we've seen our fair share of Xbox earnings reports. As expected, there's a lot of negative discourse around it, but this time there are some more troubling facts resting within these underlying numbers. As we've seen Xbox's hardware has been down for almost two years now. That continues in this quarter, so it is not much of a shocker by this point. That is if you only consider the console and not the recently released Xbox Ally. When it comes to gaming revenue as well as content and ser...

Punching Up, Episode 100 | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Looks INSANE! (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 100 | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Looks INSANE!

This week, the Punching Up crew celebrates their 100th episode and discusses a variety of news topics, including the new Super Mario Galaxy trailer, Pokémon coming to Universal Studios, Nintendo Direct rumors, and more!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:24:53 - New Mario Galaxy Movie Trailer

0:29:46 - Nintendo Veterans Leave the Company

0:32:41 - Pokémon is Universal Studios

0:40:48 - Blizzard 35 Showcase

0:43:06 - Tomodachi Life Living the Dream Direct 2026-01-28 17:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Summon Sign, Episode 109 | Resident Evil Requiem Is Nearly Here (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 109 | Resident Evil Requiem Is Nearly Here

This week, Gene and Simon Zijlemans join Brad to discuss Resident Evil Requiem, Final Fantasy VII on Switch 2, Big Hops, and more!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:19:30 - Resident Evil Requiem Preview

0:49:52 - Final Fantasy VII Remake (Switch 2)

1:13:20 - Big Hops

1:21:39 - Sort it Out/ Keep it Up

1:47:09 - Game recommendation

1:48:40 - 2XKO

2:10:40 - Closing Question

Defining Duke, Episode 265: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 265 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, January 28th at 3 PM ET to ...

Punching Up Ep. 100 Thread

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Please post your questions and comments for the show down below.

Cutoff for submissions will be Monday at 7 PM PST. Please keep your entries brief and well-written.

Thanks!

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 499 | Checking-In With Gene Park (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 499 | Checking-In With Gene Park

Please welcome Punching Up co-host and Washington Post writer Gene Park back to Sacred Symbols+. If you haven't heard, Gene is going through a difficult time right now. Unfortunately, the cancer he was first diagnosed with in 2022 and entered remission from in 2023 has returned, and the short story is that he's days away from a lobectomy that aims to solve this awful problem once and for all. I (Colin) know our fanbase has been concerned for Gene, and that some of you don't even know what's g...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 395 | It Never Made Much Sense (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 395 | It Never Made Much Sense

The Ubisoft that we knew is dead. In its place, a new structure has emerged, a federalized series of five "Creative Houses," each with its own studios, IP, revenue flow, and responsibilities. Ultimately, it's the new Ubisoft's way of giving their employees all the leeway they need to make great stuff. But then again, you know what they say about getting too much rope. Will the once-great French publisher survive and thrive again? One thing's for sure: The old way of doing things has long been...

Defining Duke, Episode 264 | Our Thoughts On Xbox's Developer_Direct 2026... - Did It Deliver?! (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 264 | Our Thoughts On Xbox's Developer_Direct 2026... - Did It Deliver?!

Everything from Forza Horizon 6 and Kiln to Beast Of Reincarnation and Fable was shown off here! While the other games made their own noise, the Dukes (including Gene Park) were most captured by Fable. Judging by the noise online, so were many, many other people. For the first time in a long time, it feels like Xbox has a broadly appealing hit on their hands. Playground Games showed off everything from combat and choices to the economic and social simulation elements that always made Fable su...

Sacred Streaming, Episode 31: Sacred Symbols Watches Xbox's Developer Direct '26

Like it or not, we have to start paying much more attention to Sony's biggest third party partner.

Punching Up, Episode 99 | Nintendo Continues to Dominate (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 99 | Nintendo Continues to Dominate

This week the Punching Up crew discuss Nintendo One again being on top of the charts in Japan, Pokémon's surprising long development, a new Legend of Zelda LEGO set, and more!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:27:16 - Quick Marathon thoughts

0:33:16 - New Zelda LEGO set

0:37:45 - Doug Bowser Joins Hasbro board

0:46:00 - Life is Strange Reunion

0:50:29 - Possible date for Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4

0:51:47  - What We’re Playing

1:14...

Summon Sign, Episode 108 | The Blue Bomber Returns! (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 108 | The Blue Bomber Returns!

This week Colin and Radec discuss Mega Man 1-11, Puppeteer, The Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, and more

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:39:34 - Mega Man 1-11

1:23:09 - Puppeteer

1:34:54 - Sort it Out/Keep it Up

2:28:38 - Game Recommendation

2:29:53 - Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection

2:52:28 - Closing Questions

Sacred Streaming, Episode 30: Mega Man Monday Marathon Madness

Colin has been spending a lot of time with Mega Man 1 through 11 lately. Why not run through some of them in an order of your choosing?

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 498 | Moriarty x Jaffe: New Year, Same Us (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 498 | Moriarty x Jaffe: New Year, Same Us

Please welcome storied game designer David Jaffe to Sacred+ for his first appearance of 2026. Today, I (Colin) invited him onto the show to discuss a bunch of topics in our trademark freeform style, with lots of tangents and interruptions: How we manage the endless choice of 'what game to play next,' the way the gaming industry has been morphed and altered by social media and Discord, what it's like helping to create God of War and Twisted Metal only to see them take on a life of their own, i...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 394 | You're A God (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 394 | You're A God

As PlayStation's aggressive pursuit of crossmedia success continues, we have a new piece of news worth considering in the form of the casting of Kratos in Amazon's upcoming God of War series. 6'6" American actor Ryan Hurst has won the coveted role, joining notable writers, directors, and a famous showrunner to make what could very well be Sony's most promising TV property yet. We discuss. Plus: A notorious developer known for more than a thousand asset flip-slash-Trophy farming games has all ...

Defining Duke, Episode 263 | It's FINALLY Fable Time! (Video)

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