It's time for more Constellation, Last Stand Media's conversational podcast. This week, the Brothers Moriarty are joined by Punching Up co-host Micah Watson and LSM associate producer Ben Smith. Two of the four topics this week flow into each other rather naturally, and so we opted to start there. Micah inquires as to our respective online shopping habits, and specifically what we'd consider the negatives to the universal convenience of click-to-buy commerce. Funneling into that is Ben's topi...
2023-10-09 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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2023-10-08 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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It's the start of the football season meaning it's time for Fantasy Gaming! Cog annihilated Matty in the 2022-23 season. Now, Matty is out for redemption as he hopes to have a more competitive draft. Following a rundown of last year's results, the Dukes dive into a much slimmer pool this year requiring the addition of another "flex" alongside the "rumor monger" slot. Otherwise, the rules are simple. Cog and I shall draft from a pool of Xbox exclusives and Game Pass games coming out through th...
2023-10-08 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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2023-10-07 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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We've all heard the news: Cryin' Jim is retiring at the end of Sony's fiscal year, and will be permanently replaced by a player to-be-determined. And the reality is, we really have no idea how Jim's tenure as head-honcho will be rated by history in the mid-or-long-term, though we know he was a rousing success in the short-term. With that said, though, time marches on inexorably. So what plans, moves, etc. would we execute on if we became his replacement? I (Colin) sat down with Dustin (i...
2023-10-07 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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2023-10-06 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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A light smoke is emitting from sunny Santa Monica, but is there cause for concern? Sony's crown jewel studio Naughty Dog has recently let some contractors go, and -- worse yet, if reporting is to be believed -- its long-awaited Factions spin-off has been shelved, with an exiting bigwig and an unknown future. When combined with SEGA's cancellation of Creative Assembly's Hyenas, which was apparently the publisher's most expensive project ever, we simply have to ask: Do games-as-a-service have t...
2023-10-06 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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2023-10-05 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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In a lighter news week, there is a consistent theme that crops up across all of Xbox's games recently. From Redfall to Starfield and Forza, each of these games will be supported for an extremely long time. As the Dukes experience real-time clarity on Xbox's vision, we dive deep into the idea of Game Pass as a model changing how these games are made. With Todd Howard confirming a minimum of a five years of Starfield support, it's worth examining the library of upcoming titles and how Xbox may ...
2023-10-05 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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2023-10-04 19:00:01 +0000 UTC
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2023-10-04 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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A little more than a month ago, Quebecois developer Sabotage released J-inspired-RPG Sea of Stars to great critical acclaim and commercial success, following a rousing Kickstarter campaign that itself launched during the earliest days of the pandemic. Available across a gamut of platforms and subscription services, Sabotage is willing to spread the field with this release with good reason: Sea of Stars takes a niche genre and both positively alters its mechanics while making it more acce...
2023-10-04 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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2023-10-03 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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While we're only getting small crumbs of rumors and leaks about the successor to the Switch, there's always just enough to get our minds going on the possibilities. It's rumored that the device will feature cross-gen games with the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X, and even the new Far Cry could be a launch title. Our biggest question is, what are the compromises, and will they be as significant as the current Switch cross-gen games? Outside of that, it's been relatively quiet on the Ninte...
2023-10-03 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 144 of Defining Duke.
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2023-10-02 17:37:35 +0000 UTC
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2023-10-02 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Hello! Welcome back to Constellation, Last Stand Media's conversational podcast. This week, the Brothers Moriarty are joined by Sacred Symbols co-hosts Chris Ray Gun and Dustin Furman. Fresh off of his trip to Japan, Dustin wants to talk about our experiences with foreign food, both overseas and our sometimes-faithful replicas back home. Chris, meanwhile, is fascinated by the rise of so-called American anime, products like Netflix's Castlevania that finally pay homage to art stylings and ...
2023-10-02 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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2023-10-01 16:03:00 +0000 UTC
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2023-10-01 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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If you're an American gen-xer or millennial, there's a better-than-decent chance you were heavily influenced by MTV growing up. Launched in the early '80s, culturally crescendoing in the '90s, and still highly-relevant into the 2000s, MTV's brand of so-called 'music television' helped define a succession of generations' musical tastes, fashion, and the wider spectrum of entertainment full-stop. Today's episode of KnockBack is dedicated to MTV through the eyes of two people born in 1973 and 19...
2023-10-01 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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2023-09-30 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Going to Japan was a lifelong dream of mine, and around 2019, Holly and I (Dustin) loosely decided to plan the trip for the following year. We all know how 2020 turned out, so our trip had to wait. Finally, in 2023, we got to go for about 10 days, and we had quite the adventure. Visiting Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka briefly, we got to experience city life in Japan and unashamedly did quite a bit of touristy things since we're both huge gaming and anime nerds. Now that I'm back, I wanted to tell yo...
2023-09-30 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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2023-09-29 20:41:12 +0000 UTC
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2023-09-29 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan -- sometimes known on this show as Cryin' Jim for whatever reason -- is officially retiring from Sony next spring. Why? The demand of incessant travel, which is wearing him awfully thin after all these years (he's expected to be on three continents each and every month, an absurdity). He's been with the company since before the original PlayStation launched in '94, and his business and marketing acumen saw him rise the ranks of Sony's gaming outfit, first i...
2023-09-29 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Editor's note: I finally got it to work. 🫠
2023-09-29 04:25:07 +0000 UTC
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NOTE ON VIDEO VERSION: YouTube has thrown us for a loop and has been taking many times longer to process our videos the past two days. With that said, the video of this episode is still processing and will be delayed until it is ready. We are currently looking into solutions to speed things up. Sorry for the delay!
As we quickly approach the CMA's deadline for a decision on Xbox's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, we see another significant stride in the de...
2023-09-28 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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2023-09-27 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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UPDATED NOTE: Sorry if you were watching the other video. I finally got this one to process! Please enjoy!
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2023-09-27 16:01:06 +0000 UTC
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As we gather once more for an episode of Sacred Symbols x Defining Duke here on Sacred+, we do so with a brief agenda. Top on the list is going over our respective thoughts on the recent FTC-related Xbox leaks, which is something our audience has asked us to do as a single unit. We like to give you what you want, so that's up-top. But deeper in the show, you'll find an array of topics to complement our up-front story. Where have all the PlayStation exclusives gone? And does it even matter, an...
2023-09-27 16:00:10 +0000 UTC
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