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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 341 | Why Immortals of Aveum Failed (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 341 | Why Immortals of Aveum Failed

Please welcome Atari's Senior Producer Jason Polansky back to Sacred Symbols+. Today, Jason returns to chat with me (Colin) about a topic near-and-dear to my heart: The magic FPS Immortals of Aveum. Just a couple of weeks ago, Jason messaged me that he too played the game, and was wondering if I wanted to chat about it. I said yes, of course, because I knew that -- with a learned and experienced industry professional like Jason -- we could skip all the nonsense and get into the nitty-gritty o...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 277 | Is the Skinsuit Complete? (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 277 | Is the Skinsuit Complete?

We've talked about it ad nauseam on this very show: With a competitor like Microsoft, Sony has every reason to be concerned. The Xbox brand is willing to spend however much on whatever's out there, and whether or not it all adds up in the end doesn't exactly matter. After all, only 6¢ of every dollar Microsoft earns comes from gaming, and that's something they want to enhance no matter the price. But in cobbling together its hodgepodge skinsuit of developers ove...

Defining Duke, Episode 146 | Xbox Opens Up On Activision's Future - What's Next? (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 146 | Xbox Opens Up On Activision's Future - What's Next?

After almost two years of going back and forth on every layer of this deal, it is finally complete. Xbox owns Activision Blizzard King and have massively expanded both the IP as well as talent under their possession. Now, the real work begins! As Phil Spencer says he's going to begin visiting all these teams, gamers have many burning questions! What is the future of exclusivity for the many upcoming Activision games? Will Xbox dig into the massive backlog of titles at their disposal? How will...

Starfield Spoilercast/Review Discussion Part 1: The Thread

Hello there!

It is I, Matty, and I think we've waited long enough. It's time to begin our Starfield spoilercast and review discussion. Here's the deal:

We're dividing things into two parts given the scale of the game. Part 1 of our discussion will be dedicated to the main story to give those who have beat it but are still crawling through the mountains of side content the ability to still listen. Part 2 will be dedicated to pulling the lid off everything from fact...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 277: 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, October 19th at noon ET to submit.

Talk to you soon!

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 340 | Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps Review Discussion and Spoilercast (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 340 | Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps Review Discussion and Spoilercast

As promised, we're back for the second of three episodes dedicated to Insomniac's brief run of Spider-Man games to date, a celebration of Spider-Man 2's imminent release on PlayStation 5. For today, Dagan and I (Colin) sat down to chat about Spider-Man's three-part expansion, The City That Never Sleeps. Naturally, Dagan has never played this DLC, but I actually haven't either (even if it did launch promptly back in 2018), so it was an exciting prospect for both of us to experience it at the s...

Punching Up, Episode 12 | To the Wonder (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 12 | To the Wonder

A new Mario game is always a call for celebration, and it appears that Super Mario Wonder is a fantastic game. While we haven't had a chance to play it yet, it seems like it's going to be one of the greats. But Mario isn't alone; Splatoon is getting a Special Halloween-themed Splatfest. As always, we're delighted to include your questions and comments in the show. What is the most underrated Nintendo game? Why are Dagan and Gene excited for a new Sonic game? Who is Kirby's hamster, really? Do...

Defining Duke, Episode 146: The Thread

Hey All!  It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 146 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, 10/18 at 5 PM ET to mak...

Constellation, Episode 41 | AI Art, Cult Movies, Separating the Art from the Artist, Suffering From Acne (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 41 | AI Art, Cult Movies, Separating the Art from the Artist, Suffering From Acne

Greeting and salutations! We're glad to see you return for another episode of Last Stand Media's conversational podcast, Constellation. This week, the Brothers Moriarty are joined by Punching Up co-host Micah Watson and Last Stand's composer Ramon Narvaez. Ramon brings a fun topic to the show this week: Cult movies. We each chose three titles to discuss (for 12 total), films we think deserve attention even if they've flown far under the radar. Micah, meanwhile, wants to chat about the plight ...

Punching Up, Episode 12: The Thread

Yo!

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

Also, we are taking submissions for podcast games to play. Please include full questions and highlighted answers.

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

You have until Monday, October 16 at 9:00 AM ET to submit.

Ta...

Knockback, Episode 271 | Avatar (Video)

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Knockback, Episode 271 | Avatar

Only a couple of months from when this episode of KnockBack launches, an Avatar-themed AAA game will launch from Ubisoft-owned studio Massive. And -- as you may already know -- I (Colin) am a fan of Massive, as I love their Division series. So when I heard they were making a Far Cry-like title that happens to be Avatar-themed, I knew I had to play it. But there was a glaring problem: I didn't know the source material. KnockBack seemed like a good place to concoct a remedy so that I could emer...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 339 | Chris Mailbag (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 339 | Chris Mailbag

It's time for a mailbag with the our very own Chris Ray Gun! Video games, music, Halo, life post-Creator Clash, Spider-man, and more! Please enjoy. 

Sacred Symbols, Episode 276 | Second Life

The new era of PlayStation 5 is here, at least in terms of a hardware revision. Like every PlayStation console before it, PS5's upgrade comes packing a smaller form factor, and increased storage and an optional disc drive sweetens the deal. But this so-called PS5 Slim comes with a peculiarly stubborn price that isn't reflective of generations past. Could it be that the dueling pressures of inflation and monetary conversion rates have finally come to bear? Either way, one thing's for certain: ...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 276 | Second Life (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 145 | Xbox Is Making A Comeback... - Will They Pull It Off?! (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 145 | Xbox Is Making A Comeback... - Will They Pull It Off?!

While modern gaming has its drawbacks, our always online nature allows any game to not be out of the fight so long as it maintains direction, funding, and manpower. That comeback story is something that continued to rear its head in this episode. From Halo Infinite's fifth season, to Redfall finally dropping much needed features at launch, and even Guitar Hero being teased for a return, much in the vicinity of Xbox is looking to make a grand return. Even beyond its green gates, Cyberpunk stan...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 276: 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, October 12th at noon ET to submit.

Talk to you soon!

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 338 | Spider-Man (2018) Review Discussion and Spoilercast (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 338 | Spider-Man (2018) Review Discussion and Spoilercast

Believe it or not, the very first non-mainline episode of Sacred Symbols back in September of 2018 was dedicated to Insomniac's smash-hit PS4-turned-PS5-and-PC game Spider-Man. We were only 10 or so episodes into the main show, Sacred+ didn't even remotely exist yet, and that episode quietly lives here on Patreon still, yes, but buried in the annals of Last Stand past. As such, and in commemoration of Spider-Man 2's imminent launch on PlayStation 5, I (Colin) thought I'd sit down with my brot...

Sacred Symbols+, The Thread: Chris Ray Gun Mailbag

Yo!  

Chris 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 Chris, 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 Tuesday, October 10th at 1 PM EST.

Defining Duke, Episode 145: The Thread

Hey, all!  It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 145 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, October 11th at 5 PM ET to make your su...

Constellation, Episode 40 | Tipping Culture, The Downside to Online Shopping, Marriage Advice, Warranties (Video)

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