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

Welcome back to Constellation, Last Stand Media's conversational podcast. Today, I (Colin) man the host's chair, and welcome LSM coordinator Micah Moriarty and Virtual Legality's Rick Hoeg to the show for a trifecta of fun inquiries. Micah kicks things off with some "would you rather?" premises that she lifted from a magazine. Don't worry: Nothing perverted! Instead, would we rather see 10 minutes ahead of 150 years ahead? Would we rather be dipped in maple syrup or nutella? That sort of thin...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 393 | Main Level Games: Connecting Through the Past (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 393 | Main Level Games: Connecting Through the Past

The retro game boom is still going strong, with collectors desperate for more places to find their favorite games from the past. While we often hear the perspective of collectors, what is it like to own and run a game store? For this episode, I (Dustin) interviewed Evan Miranda, the owner of Main Level Games, the new (and only) game store here in Butler. Since opening in November 2023, Main Level Games has exploded in popularity, garnering a dedicated community of enthusiasts around the shop....

Sacred Symbols, Episode 316 | Days Pass, and This Emptiness Fills My Heart (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 316 | Days Pass, and This Emptiness Fills My Heart

We're truly in the doldrums of summer when it comes to console gaming, at least when considering news, releases, and other notable happenings. But we have a show to do nonetheless, and there are still a series of interesting tidbits worth discussing. Nexon's Bungie-inspired shooter The First Descendant has found itself in some controversy around in-game art, Amazon's Fallout TV series received a ton of Emmy nominations (with Twisted Metal on Peacock receiving one of its own), Sony will show o...

Defining Duke, Episode 185 | The Game Pass Aftermath (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 185 | The Game Pass Aftermath

A rather peaceful July continues on as we dig through the aftermath of Xbox's major changes to Game Pass. For starters, we now have clarity on the wait for Day 1 games in the service at the standard tier and those who remain will be seemingly waiting a long time for their shiny games to arrive. Furthermore, Xbox is potentially pulling out of regions like Europe, Africa, and the Middle East when it comes to their consoles. With all these parts of the business shifting in real time, many are tr...

Punching Up, Episode 32 | Emio's Big Reveal (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 32 | Emio's Big Reveal

After Nintendo posted a YouTube video featuring a man with a bag on his head, fans were in deep speculation about what the company was up to. Could it be a new horror IP, or simply a fake-out for a much less sinister project? Today, the company revealed that it was all a lead-up to a new release in the Famicom Detective Club series, the first new entry since 1988. Our original recording just missed the window of the reveal, but we've adjusted with a pickup that's already inserted into the epi...

Summon Sign, Episode 29 | Concord's Uphill Battle (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 29 | Concord's Uphill Battle

This week Gene, Lock and Ben join Brad and talk about the Concord beta, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, Once Human, and more!

0:00:00 - Intro

0:20:23 - Concord beta

0:45:25 - Alan Wake 2 Spoiler start

0:46:33 - spoiler end

1:23:15 - Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail

1:34:36 - Starfield

2:02:54 - Sort It Out/Keep It Up

2:25:32 - Once Human

2:39:50 - Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD

2:53:46 - Fable

3:08:56 - Hitman

03:24:23 - Questio...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 392 | Sacred Symbols x Defining Duke: From Concord to Call of Duty (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 392 | Sacred Symbols x Defining Duke: From Concord to Call of Duty

Hello! It's been a while since we've had an episode of Sacred x Duke, and we're sorry about that. Schedules are often hard to align, and either way, the news has been kinda slow. We're pleased to convene today, however -- all five of us -- to chat about a few items, and have some laughs along the way, too. We start by going over recent changes to Xbox's Game Pass subscription service, what the future might hold for its multi-tiered, multi-platform approach, and whether it's better for the alm...

Defining Duke, Episode 185: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 185 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 17 at 3 PM ET to make your submiss...

Constellation, Episode 80 | Becoming a Dad, Flying, Appreciating Our Parents, Hypochondria (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 80 | Becoming a Dad, Flying, Appreciating Our Parents, Hypochondria

Welcome back to another Constellation conversation! Dagan finally returns to the fold to host the latest exciting discussion with a cast of some of your LSM favorites. First, Dustin wonders about becoming a dad. As he and his wife Holly prepare for the imminent birth of their first child, the soon to be father asks for the crew's thoughts and advice on parenting. Next up, Ben wants to pick our brains about flying. What do we think about air travel, and what were some of our best and worst exp...

Punching Up, Episode 32: 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.

Dagan will not be returning this episode. More details to follow.

You have until Tuesday, July 16th at 9:00 AM ET to submit.

Talk to you soon!

The Future of KnockBack, Sacred+ Addendums, and More

Hello!

I wanted to write an (exceedingly rare) update post to let you guys know what’s going on with a couple of things. We typically let the content do the talking six times a week, but sometimes, there’s more to be said. So let’s get right into it.

The show that this post hinges on is KnockBack, our oldest-running program on Last Stand, and the third-oldest product LSM has ever offered (with Fireside Chats and Side Quest coming first). For the uninitiated, KnockBack is o...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 315 | Beta Energy (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 315 | Beta Energy

The next PlayStation Studios game in the pipeline is Concord, and we're all interested to see how it pans out. But by opening up its imminent beta weekend to all PS+ subscribers instead of those who pre-ordered the game, it's obvious that the pre-release energy for this title simply isn't there. Will a mass of people going hands-on change its trajectory? Or do things seem a little bit dire for Firewalk's maiden voyage? Plus: Bloodborne for PS5 appears on PlayStation Stars in a cruel tease, Ze...

Defining Duke, Episode 184 | The Xbox Game Pass Squeeze FINALLY Happened... (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 184 | The Xbox Game Pass Squeeze FINALLY Happened...

After years of conversation on the topic, Xbox has finally made long anticipated adjustments to its popular subscription service. Day one Game Pass games are gone from its standard tier and all have seen a price hike. The conversation naturally navigates itself to the "why" in this situation. All subscription services go up whether it's Netflix, Disney+, or Spotify. Is it because of Black Ops 6 impending? Is Day One Game Pass hurting Xbox? Is $20 enough to stop any form of bleeding with that ...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 391 | Moriarty x Jaffe: Slow Times Make Talkative Men (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 391 | Moriarty x Jaffe: Slow Times Make Talkative Men

Please welcome storied game designer David Jaffe back to Sacred Symbols+ for another rousing rendition of Moriarty x Jaffe. For today's show, I (Colin) emailed Jaffe four different topics I thought we could discuss, a necessary step considering how slow things have been in our space as of late. But as we often do on this show, we talked so damn much that we only got through the first two topics and figured we'd leave the other two for another time. The first half (or so) of our chat revo...

Summon Sign, Episode 28 | Beyond Retro (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 28 | Beyond Retro

This week Brad is joined by Dustin and Jon of Spawn Wave and talk Beyond Good and Evil, The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, and the retro gaming scene.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:22:58 - Beyond Good and Evil

0:53:15 - The Misadventures of Tron Bonne

1:11:04 - WWE 2K24

1:24:41 - Sort It Out/Keep It Up

1:53:06 - Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess demo

2:02:38 - Shadow of the Erdtree

2:29:02 - Retro talk/ending Questions

Defining Duke, Episode 184: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 184 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 10th at 3 PM ET&...

Constellation, Episode 79 | Micah's Mini D&D Campaign, LEGO, Assassin's Creed's Future, Schadenfreude (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 79 | Micah's Mini D&D Campaign, LEGO, Assassin's Creed's Future, Schadenfreude

It's time for more Constellation, Last Stand Media's conversational podcast. This week, I (Colin) am joined by my lovely wife and Last Stand's coordinator Micah Moriarty, Summon Sign's Brad Ellis, and Lockmort's Edit's Lockmort. And boy, do we have a nerdy assortment of topics for you. Micah kicks things off with a short D&D-like campaign she wrote for us to participate in, complete with branching paths and dice rolls. Will we survive? Brad follows-up with a chat about LEGO...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 390 | Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Review Discussion and Spoilercast (Video)

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