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Constellation, Episode 61 | Essential Luxuries, Online Advice, Taboo Humor, State of YouTube

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Constellation, Episode 61 | Essential Luxuries, Online Advice, Taboo Humor, State of YouTube

Constellation has returned for another episode. This week, the Brothers Moriarty are joined by Sacred Symbols co-host Chris Ray Gun and Last Stand’s Coordinator, Micah Moriarty. Chris asks about the optional luxuries in life we can’t go without. Micah is curious about asking for help online. Is it worth seeking advice from an anonymous forum like Reddit? Dagan wants to explore humor that goes too far. Can anything be funny in the right context, or should certain topics be off-limits? And ...

Knockback, Episode 280 | Starship Troopers (Book + Film) (Video)

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Knockback, Episode 280 | Starship Troopers (Book + Film)

With all of the hullabaloo surrounding Arrowhead's hit PS5 and PC game Helldivers 2, we figured we'd delve into its most obvious inspiration: Starship Troopers. Most people know Starship Troopers as the 1997 Paul Verhoeven sci-fi flick, but it's actually much more than that. It all started as an award-winning novel written back in 1959 by an author named Robert Heinlein, and strangely, the film and book couldn't possibly be more different in many respects. But because the book (which is ...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 369 | CliffyB: Renaissance Man (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 369 | CliffyB: Renaissance Man

Please welcome legendary games designer, producer, and entrepreneur Cliff Bleszinski -- better-known as CliffyB -- to Sacred+. On the back of his new comic series Scrapper, Cliffy is imbibing a new energy, but that always seems to be the case for the busy creative that won't (or perhaps cannot) sit still. After all, a year before Scrapper, he released a raw and honest autobiography, and before that, he produced some Tony-winning theater productions, and before that, he invested in restaurants...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 296 | A Smooth Operator, Operating Correctly (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 296 | A Smooth Operator, Operating Correctly

There's no doubt that the console games space at large is predicated on some shaky economics, and recent layoffs are just the beginning of what will likely be a substantial purging of talent from the ranks of teams around the world. Late last year, we caught wind (via the Insomniac leaks) that Sony was planning layoffs, and would close one of its teams, too. This turned out to be true: 8% of PlayStation's workforce has been released, London Studio is no more, and multiple games have been canc...

Defining Duke, Episode 165 | Crawl Out Through The (Xbox) Fallout (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 165 | Crawl Out Through The (Xbox) Fallout

The fallout of Xbox's industry shifting decisions has resulted in many-a-questions. What other Xbox games go multi-platform? What's the long term vision? Is the desire for a wider pool of consumers only going to delay obvious development based decisions that need to be made? Much of our audience here shares in these inquiries and we spend much of this Defining Duke sifting through them all. We also dig into the layoffs that continue to ravage our industry as both PlayStation and EA have enter...

Summon Sign, Episode 9 | Digging In

This episode Ben and Lock join Brad and talk Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, Penny's Big Breakaway, Enshourded, and more! 

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:11:55 - Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

0:31:44 - Penny’s Big Breakaway

0:41:52 - Suicide Squad

0:49:09 - Suicide Squad spoiler

1:17:16 - Sort It Out

1:36:22 - Keep It Up

1:48:04 - Enshrouded

2:08:24 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

2:22:32 - Final Fantasy VII Remake

2:5...

Summon Sign, Episode 9 | Digging In (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 165: The Thread

Hey All!  It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 165 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 28 at 5 PM ET ...

Constellation, Episode 60 | The Political Episode: John Stewart's Return, Social Justice, Ukraine Propaganda, 2020 Fraud (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 60 | The Political Episode: John Stewart's Return, Social Justice, Ukraine Propaganda, 2020 Fraud

Welcome to a very special episode of Constellation, Last Stand Media's conversational podcast. This year, we're going to try to execute on a small number of 'themed' episodes that revolve around certain sets of topics, and today, we present to you an all-political discussion. As such, joining the Brothers Moriarty this time around is Punching Up co-host Gene Park and storied game designer David Jaffe, and you should be warned that if you don't like politics, don't want to hear about...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 368 | Fixing the Games Industry With Jonathan Blow (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 368 | Fixing the Games Industry With Jonathan Blow

Please welcome esteemed game designer, director, and programmer Jonathan Blow to the show. In a wide-ranging two-hour interview, Jonathan and I (Colin) dissect a Tweet he sent out back in January, one that touched on many problems plaguing our industry. (Indeed, it's that Tweet that had me reach out to him to begin with.) In a sometimes-political and always-insightful commentary, Blow fields questions on myriad topics. How are modern games competing for our time? Do some people conflate "gate...

Summon Sign 9 Thread

Greetings everyone,

This week Lock and Ben will be joining me.

Games on the docket include Penny's Big Breakaway, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, Enshrouded, Suicide Squad: Kills the Justice League, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, Final Fantasy VII Remake, and, Crisis Core Reunion.

Post your comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas below. Taking fun warm-up questions, as well as Sort it Out and Keep it Up.
Cutoff is Feb 25th at 5 pm PT

Thank you...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 295 | The Love That You Need Will Never Be Found at Home (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 295 | The Love That You Need Will Never Be Found at Home

The dam has broken. After paving the way just last week, Microsoft has confirmed its four games that are coming to PlayStation platforms, and they're arriving a lot sooner than any of us thought. One of them -- Pentiment -- is available on PS4 and PS5 alike right now, while Hi-Fi Rush isn't far behind. Multiplayer titles Grounded and Sea of Thieves will round things out, but certainly, this is just the beginning of the migration, right? Other news this week includes the release date for Elden...

Defining Duke, Episode 164 | Xbox Rips Off The Bandaid - The Multi-Platform Push Is ON! (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 164 | Xbox Rips Off The Bandaid - The Multi-Platform Push Is ON!

Following weeks of rumors and speculation which led to multiple emergency Defining Dukes and even a business update event for Xbox, we finally have all the answers we desired. The games leaving Xbox are Hi Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea Of Theives, and Grounded, two of which were unveiled at a Nintendo Direct, and their arrivals are imminent. Separately, PlayStation has made several illuminating comments themselves such as discussing a more aggressive PC strategy and potentially digging into other p...

Punching Up, Episode 21 | Switch 2 Delayed... What Now? (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 21 | Switch 2 Delayed... What Now?

Nintendo fans have received some bad news: Nintendo’s next console, originally expected to release later this year, has been internally delayed to early 2025. While the reasoning may be sound, pointing to creating a better lineup of launch games, it’s still disappointing for those of us who are waiting. In the meantime, though, Nintendo still has other things to show us in the here and now, most notably with a new Partner Direct. Brad joins the crew this week to discuss all the news while...

Summon Sign, Episode 8 | Banished to the Queue (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 8 | Banished to the Queue

This episode Brad and Colin are joined by Hoeg Law and discuss Banishers: Ghosts of new Eden, Helldivers 2, Tomb Raider, and more!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:49:33 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

1:24:10 - Helldivers 2

2:08:17 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

2:21:03 - Sort It Out

2:46:15 - Keep It Up

3:03:29 - Tomb Raider

3:14:14 - Lords of Exile

3:24:00 - Ending Questions

Defining Duke, Episode 164: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 164 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 21 at 3 PM ET 2024-02-19 19:08:09 +0000 UTC View Post