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Constellation, Episode 83 | Game Informer's Closure, Favorite Brand Mascots, Space Travel, Road Trips (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 83 | Game Informer's Closure, Favorite Brand Mascots, Space Travel, Road Trips

Welcome -- one and all! -- to another episode of Constellation, Last Stand Media's conversational podcast. This week, Colin is joined by Punching Up's Micah Moriarty, Defining Duke's MrMattyPlays, and Summon Sign's Brad Ellis. Matty kicks things off with a soliloquy for Game Informer, the popular gaming publication founded in the early-'90s, and inexplicably shuttered right before we began recording. How do we feel about its closure, and its impact on the industry? Next up is Micah, who inqui...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 396 | Brad Mailbag (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 396 | Brad Mailbag

It's time for another Sacred Symbols+! This time, Summon Sign's very own Brad Ellis is up to do a mailbag! Through your questions submitted here on Patreon, let's get to know Brad a little deeper. Please enjoy.

Sacred Symbols, Episode 318 | Hey Man, Wake Up and Smell the Concrete (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 318 | Hey Man, Wake Up and Smell the Concrete

While Sony may have purchased Bungie with specific end-goals in mind, it's clear -- some two years later -- that the deal hasn't improved PlayStation whatsoever. In fact, it's becoming increasingly nebulous why the acquisition was made at all, with Bungie hemorrhaging money, laying off hundreds, shedding high-end talent, and churning through funds that could be better spent by Sony's actually reliable stable of teams. With further layoffs, the creation of a new spin-off first party squad, and...

Defining Duke, Episode 187 | The Numbers Are IN... - Is Xbox Hardware Dying? (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 187 | The Numbers Are IN... - Is Xbox Hardware Dying?

The results for Microsoft Gaming's FY24 Q4 is in and it's mighty telling of where the company is at. On one hand, Xbox is making more money than ever before, but it's come at the loss of hardware sales which are down a staggering 42% YOY. Can Xbox afford to keep this trend up in a world not yet ready for digital only? According to Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, this is all well and fine as the company marches toward content and services. The Dukes dive into all the numbers, including Activision's ab...

Punching Up, Episode 33 | Punching Up World Champions (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 33 | Punching Up World Champions

Welcome back to Punching Up! Nintendo is remaining tight lipped at the moment, but we’re still getting a trickle of new smaller things from the company, some that are a bit confusing. Why is Nintendo releasing a new Joycon charger this late in the game? Also, there’s a new Super Mario World Lego set that looks really awesome. The cast is also playing a slew of games on the Switch. Gene is back at Dark Souls Remastered, Micah is hitting the trail with Oregon Trail and I (Dustin) am competi...

Summon Sign, Episode 31 | PlayStation Check-in (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 31 | PlayStation Check-in

This week Brad is joined by Colin and Chris and go over PlayStations year so far and talk Batman: Arkham Asylum, Super Mario Sunshine, Still Wakes the Deep, and more!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:29:02 - Batman: Arkham Asylum

1:06:35 - Super Mario Sunshine

1:28:01 - Still Wakes the Deep

1:43:27 - Keep it Up/Sort It Out

2:39:22 - PlayStation Check in

3:21:03 - Hotline Miami

3:29:51 - Dawntrail

3:33:24 - Kinitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddes...

Defining Duke, Episode 187: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 187 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, July 31 at 3 PM ET&nbs...

Constellation, Episode 82 | Back By Popular Demand: Another Political Conversation (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 82 | Back By Popular Demand: Another Political Conversation

Welcome back to Constellation, Last Stand Media's conversational podcast. This week, I (Colin) am joined by Punching Up co-host Gene Park, Sacred Symbols co-host Chris Ray Gun, and storied game designer David Jaffe. Indeed, this is the same cast that appeared on Episode 78 of our show, and we're back just a month-or-so later by popular demand, with another four hour-long heater. As was the case last time, this conversation is virtually entirely political, and we didn't split it up into t...

Punching Up, Episode 33: The Thread

Yo!

Submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for this week's episode of Punching Up in this thread.

As always, please keep your inquiries well-written and pithy. Novels, poorly-written posts, etc. are politely ignored.

You have until Tuesday, July 30th at 9:00 AM ET to submit.

Talk to you soon!

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 395 | David Jaffe Mailbag (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 395 | David Jaffe Mailbag

Welcome back to Sacred Symbols+! Please welcome to the show storied game developer and content creator David Jaffe! Many of you already know Jaffe from his numerous appearances across the Last Stand podcast universe, so how about a one-on-one chat with him featuring your questions? Naturally, being that this is Jaffe we're talking about, this is a bit more than a simple Q&A, so you're in store for a wild episode only he could create. Please enjoy!

Sacred Symbols, Episode 317 | Cater to the Hollow (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 317 | Cater to the Hollow

Anything can happen, but it seems likely that Firewalk's upcoming hero shooter Concord is essentially dead-on-arrival upon launch in late August. But with less than a month to go until release, what more can really be done? Making it free-to-play in the pre-release environment is an admittance of defeat and a sacrifice of what paying customers you managed to garner at all, while delaying it just... well... delays the inevitable (just ask Kill the Justice League). Does this game have a chance?...

Defining Duke, Episode 186 | The Games Industry Is Deteriorating (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 186 | The Games Industry Is Deteriorating

AI, layoffs, restructuring, and so on. Indeed, we're in the midst of interesting times for our beloved industry, but the clash between creator and executive has never been greater. Jobs are being lost to AI as we expected, but it's happening now. Not later, but now. Every publishing label is claiming that times are tough, but no adjustments on spending has been made. As the industry continues to bleed talent, who will want to join it? This subject matter is the very heartbeat of this episode ...

Sacred Symbols+, The Thread: David Jaffe Mailbag

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David Jaffe will be recording a mailbag for an upcoming episode of Sacred Symbols+!    

You know the drill: Submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas to Jaffe, and as always, pithy and well-written submissions have the best chance of being used. Walls-of-text and poorly-written submissions are ignored!

Please submit your questions before Thursday, July 25th at 1 PM EST.

Sacred Symbols, Episode 317: 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, July 25th at noon ET to submit.

Talk to you soon!

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 394 | Pentiment Review Discussion and Spoilercast (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 394 | Pentiment Review Discussion and Spoilercast

In late 2022, Obsidian's period adventure game Pentiment launched on Xbox and PC, and can still be found on Game Pass as part of your subscription to this day. But here in PlayStation Land, Pentiment is a much more recent addition, and a deeply surprising one. The opening salvo of four Xbox-published games' arrival on Sony platforms, Pentiment hasn't drawn nearly the level of attention the likes of Hi-Fi Rush and (especially) Sea of Thieves have. And that's totally fine, if not completely und...

Summon Sign, Episode 30 | More Weird Games Please (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 30 | More Weird Games Please

This week Brad is joined by Gene Park and special guest FightinCowboy and talk Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, NES World Championship and more!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:06:46 - Dark Souls

0:24:14 - Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

0:46:13 - NES World Championship

1:15:28 - Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

1:23:06 - Nine Sols

1:33:47 - Sort it Out/Keep It Up

1:56:37 - Hitman: World of Assassination

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Defining Duke, Episode 186: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 186 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, July 24th at 3 PM ET&n...

Constellation, Episode 81 | Would You Rather?, Holiday Gaming, Reading (Video)

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