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Summon Sign, Episode 12 | JRPG Goodness with the Boys (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 12 | JRPG Goodness with the Boys

This episode, Brad is joined by Gene, and special guest Syv, and talk Dragon Quest XI, Sons of the Forest, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and more!

Check out Syv's channel!

0:00:00 - Introduction

0:10:13 - Dragon Quest 11

0:41:52 - Sons of the Forrest

0:55:32 - DBZ Kakarot

1:10:36 - One Piece Spoiler start

1:10:50 - One Piece Spoiler End

1:13:34 - FF7 Rebirth

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Defining Duke, Episode 168: The Thread

Hey, all!  It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 168 of Defining Duke.

NOTE: We are recording a day early to accommodate Cog's travel plans for PAX East, so be sure to submit ASAP!

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) igno...

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Constellation, Episode 63 | Kate Middleton, Missed Connections, Life's Little Pleasures, Favorite Living Artists (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 63 | Kate Middleton, Missed Connections, Life's Little Pleasures, Favorite Living Artists

Welcome back to Constellation, Last Stand Media's conversational podcast. Colin returns to the lineup this week to talk about the current kerfuffle across the pond. What is going on with Catherine, Princess of Wales and is this whole royal fiasco a total scandal or a complete nontroversy? Micah Moriarty explores Craigslist 'Missed Connections' and puts a question to this panel of smooth-talking casanovas; Have we ever locked eyes with a stranger across a crowded subway car or supermarket aisl...

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 371 | Moriarty x Corden: The Shifting Paradigm (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 371 | Moriarty x Corden: The Shifting Paradigm

Please welcome Xbox-centric journalist, podcaster, and editor Jez Corden to Sacred Symbols+. For this episode, I (Colin) sat down with Jez for a two hour chat that touches on a number of relevant subjects: Game pricing, the evolution of industry PR, funding AAA (and AAAA?) titles, the PlayStation brand's Apple-like evolution, the future of GamePass and other subscriptions, which Xbox exclusives may come to PS5 next, the revitalization of handheld gaming, and so much more. This is a great, met...

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 298 | I Know the Pieces Fit, 'Cause I Watched Them Fall Away (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 298 | I Know the Pieces Fit, 'Cause I Watched Them Fall Away

From this show's perspective, there simply aren't that many rational targets of acquisition in PlayStation's sphere, especially with a tightening economy all around us. But there are two teams in particular -- Helldivers' Arrowhead and Stellar Blade's Shift Up -- that seemed like obvious potential marks based on Sony's historical activity. But with Shift Up about to go public in South Korea and Arrowhead's CEO publicly stating they aren't being courted, are we overestimating these teams' want...

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Defining Duke, Episode 167 | Xbox Storms Onto PlayStation - Were They Right All Along?! (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 167 | Xbox Storms Onto PlayStation - Were They Right All Along?!

The data is starting to roll in as Sea Of Thieves is available for pre-order on PlayStation. Beating out the likes of Star Wars and Dragon's Dogma, this once Xbox exclusive has found itself at the #1 spot for the weekend. While it's initial data, it's the first sign that Xbox's big play just might pay off. Naturally, it opens the familiar can of worms in wondering what will go multi-platform next. We also discuss Todd Howard's seemingly innocent comments on Fallout 5 that, according to Matty,...

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Knockback, Episode 281 | 'Sega, Skateboarding and Shenanigans' The PJ Williams Episode (Video)

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Knockback, Episode 281 | 'Sega, Skateboarding and Shenanigans' The PJ WIlliams Episode

Dagan's best friend and Colin's other older brother finally arrives on the KnockBack scene to discuss skateboarding, video games, and growing up on the sometimes shady streets of Long Island.

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Summon Sign, Episode 11 | Champane Sussy's (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 11 | Champane Sussy's

This week Brad is back with a packed episode featuring Chris, Lock, and special guest Jimmy Champane! Games covered include Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Overwatch 2, Gears of War, Metroid Prime Remastered and more.


0:00:00 - Introduction

0:02:11 - Final Fantasy VII Remake (ending spoilers)/Rebirth (no major spoilers)

0:42:24 - Mudrunner

0:54:48 - Overwatch 2

1:21:21 - Gears of War

1:35:20 - Metroid Prime Remastered

1:50:53 - Sort It Out

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Defining Duke, Episode 167: The Thread

Hey, all!  It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 167 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, March 13th at 1PM ET to make your submi...

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Constellation, Episode 62 | Remembering Akira Toriyama, Amusement Parks, Blind Spots, Bad Ideas (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 62 | Remembering Akira Toriyama, Amusement Parks, Blind Spots, Bad Ideas

Constellation is back with a very special episode. This week, Colin has left the keys to the kingdom in the hands of crazy uncle Dagan while he’s away and is joined by LSM Executive Producer Dustin Furman, Defining Duke host MrMattyPlays, and Summon Sign host Brad Ellis. To kick things off, Dustin wants to look back at how the work of Akira Toriyama has impacted us after his unfortunate passing last week. Brad wonders how we feel about amusement parks and our best memories of going to them....

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Summon Sign 11 Thread

Hello everyone, Brad here!

This week, Chris, Lock, and Jimmy Champane will join me for the first four-person episode.

Games on the docket include Expeditions: A MudRunner Game, Overwatch 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Metroid Prime Remastered, and more FF7 Rebirth and Remake impressions.  

Please submit your thoughts, ideas, and comments below. Always looking for great warmup questions and Sort It Out and Keep It Up submissions as well.

Cutoff is Sunday, March 10...

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 370 | Nintendo, Yuzu, and the Hazardous Future of Emulation (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 370 | Nintendo, Yuzu, and the Hazardous Future of Emulation

Sacred Symbols+ is designed, in part, to facilitate deeper discussion about gaming-related topics that don't necessarily connect to PlayStation or its ecosystem, and today's episode is one such offering. As such, please welcome LSM legal analyst Rick Hoeg to the show, along with Punching Up co-host Dagan Moriarty and Summon Sign co-host Brad Ellis. I wanted these three folks to join me (Colin) with a purpose in mind; to facilitate a chat about game emulation from multiple, disparate ...

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 297 | There's No Magic When the Tricks Get Old (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 297 | There's No Magic When the Tricks Get Old

The last week in gaming has been a bit of a downer, no doubt. But we don't dodge the news; we lean into it. And frankly, it's not all bad. Quite the contrary: Ghost of Tsushima is coming to PC, Spider-Man 2 has finally received a major update, and the STALKER Trilogy is migrating to console for the first time ever. But then there's drama surrounding a random DEI-slanted consultancy called Sweet Baby Inc., the closure of the storied media brand Rooster Teeth after more than a decade of running...

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Defining Duke, Episode 166 | A NEW Xbox Showcase Appears... - Did It Deliver?! (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 166 | A NEW Xbox Showcase Appears... - Did It Deliver?!

This week featured the second ever Xbox Partner Preview! Consisting of 14 different games, Xbox shined a spotlight on AA partners, made some Game Pass announcements, and had a shadow drop to boot. The Dukes dive deep into each game individually and rank the showcase shortly therafter! We also get into the loss of Toys For Bob who announced that they'll be going indepedent while maintaining a partnership with Microsoft. Have they managed to escape the Call Of Duty sweatshop and will others req...

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Punching Up, Episode 22 | Nintendo Crushes Yuzu (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 22 | Nintendo Crushes Yuzu

Nintendo’s reputation for being an extremely litigious company continues. Over the past two weeks, their latest target was Yuzu, a popular Nintendo Switch emulator. While there has been legal precedent that emulation and game backups are legal, Nintendo makes the case that Yuzu has opened the floodgates for piracy, specifically citing that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was downloaded over a million times for use on the emulator a week before launch. In addition, Yuzu, while not ...

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Summon Sign, Episode 10 | Rebirth is Here! (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 10 | Rebirth is Here!

This week Dustin, and Cog join Brad to discuss Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Pacific Drive, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and more!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro and Opening Questions

0:37:21 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Light spoilers up to chapter 3)

1:50:08 - Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

2:12:43 - Pacific Drive

2:23:37 - Sort It Out

2:47:34 - Keep It Up

2:55:22 - Persona 3 Reload

3:10:47 - Tekken 8

3:21:42 - Ending questions

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Defining Duke, Episode 166: The Thread

Hey, all!  It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 166 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, March 6th at 5 PM E...

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