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KnockBack, Episode 260 | The 40 Year Old Virgin (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 260 | The 40 Year Old Virgin

In the summer of 2005, a comedy hit theaters that surprised audiences: The 40 Year Old Virgin. The feature directorial debut of Judd Apatow -- previously best-known as a director, producer, and writer on TV projects like Freaks and Geeks and The Critic -- the film's title doesn't exactly belie its silly nature. But that's what's so fun and endearing about it. It's far from being the perfect comedy -- it has its notable weaknesses -- but it commands your attention with snappy writing, goofy ch...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 290 | Please Stop Clout-Chasing (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 290 | Please Stop Clout-Chasing

Welcome to another edition of Sacred Symbols x Defining Duke! Colin, Chris, and Dustin welcome the Dukes -- Matty and Cog -- to the show for a rousing 2+ hour conversation on topics covering both PlayStation and Xbox. For starters, the boys discuss their last-minute thoughts on Redfall, now that it's on the precipice of release. Are people underestimating Arkane's vampire game? The crew also talks about PlayStation 5's strong performance at a time when we know less about the brand's future th...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 252 | Don’t Break the Branches off the Family Tree (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 252 | Don’t Break the Branches off the Family Tree

Naughty Dog and Insomniac are the two studios often looked at as the bulwarks of PlayStation's first party family. But it's clear that -- over in Europe -- a third team is quickly climbing the depth chart: Guerrilla. In recent days, the team revealed a complete shakeup of their executive staff, and for the second time in just a few years, they're losing their leader to PlayStation proper. In other words, many compliments are being paid to a studio not only working on Horizon 3, but a Horizon ...

Defining Duke, Episode 121 | The Xbox-Activision Deal Is Blocked - What's Next? (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 121 | The Xbox-Activision Deal Is Blocked - What's Next?

As the bad news snowballed for Xbox in recent weeks, it felt like fans could at least hang their hat on the Activision deal seemingly trending in the proper direction. Well, that seems to have gone south too. The UK regulatory body known as the CMA has moved to block the merger of Xbox and Activision due to cloud based concerns. With the FTC and CMA collectively against Microsoft, their sliver of hope rests on the impending decision of the EU regulatory body. Xbox certainly wasn't in a positi...

Sacred Symbols+, The Thread: Kingdom Hearts Anniversary Retrospective

Hello!  

Dustin and a special guest will be recording an episode of Sacred Symbols+ to discuss the recent 21st anniversary of Kingdom Hearts, along with a general retrospective on the past, present and future of the series.

You know the drill: Submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas to Dustin, and as always, pithy and well-written submissions have the best chance of being used. Walls-of-text and poorly-written submissions are ignor...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 252: 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, April 27th at noon ET to submit.

Talk to you soon!

Constellation, Episode 16 | Fake News, Subscription Services, Adult Birthdays, Tattoos (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 16 | Fake News, Subscription Services, Adult Birthdays, Tattoos

A common request has been bubbling within the audience in recent weeks, and we're glad to deliver: On today's all-new episode of Constellation, the Brothers Moriarty are joined by storied game dev David Jaffe and Washington Post reporter Gene Park. Jaffe delves head-first into the scourge of so-called fake news, how it's negatively affected his outlook on the future, and wonders whether capitalism itself is to blame for our seeming self-destruction. Gene regales us with more amazing stories, ...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 289 | Sacred Sweethearts (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 289 | Sacred Sweethearts

The wonderful Holly Furman joins me (Micah) for a very special episode! We’ll discuss how we really feel about those crazy listener write-ins, the pros/cons of sharing hobbies with your partner, and of course we'll sing the praises of our favorite games. We’ll even throw in a lively discussion about brushing our teeth. It’s all here in this first edition of Sacred Sweethearts!

Defining Duke, Episode 121: The Thread

Hey All! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 121 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, 4/26 at 3 PM ET to make your ...

Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 109 | A Big, Fat Mailbag (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 109 | A Big, Fat Mailbag

It's been a little since we've done a joint mailbag episode between the Dukes. After sifting through over 70 questions, we have MUCH to answer for. Would Matty ever sell out to a publisher? Just how many humble flexes does Cog have up his sleeve? Is microwave pasta truly a play? What are our favorite baseball memories? How about our favorite games of all time? We answer all this and plenty more in a chonker of a mailbag episode!

Sacred Symbols+, The Thread: Sacred Sweethearts

Hello!  

Micah and Holly (Dustin's wife) will be recording a special episode of Sacred Symbols+ to discuss their perspective on Sacred Symbols, PlayStation and gaming in general.

You know the drill: Submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas to Micah and Holly, and as always, pithy and well-written submissions have the best chance of being used. Walls-of-text and poorly-written submissions are ignored! Be respectful.

Please submit ...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 288 | The Sacred Sales Saga (April 2023) (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 288 | The Sacred Sales Saga (April 2023)

Gather 'round, ye nerds, for another episode of The Sacred Sales Saga. For the uninitiated, TSSS is a monthly game we play here on Sacred Symbols+, where we attempt to guess the Top 20 Most Downloaded Games for PlayStation 5 for the month in question. Thus, on this episode we grade our guesses from March and make our predictions for May, and as always, you can play along at home at https://www.sacredsalessaga.com. How wil...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 251 | The Heat Is On (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 251 | The Heat Is On

As it comes to grips with the new realities of an ever-consolidating market, Sony has opted to increase its aggressiveness by purchasing Firewalk Studios. Like Haven and Nixxes before it, buying Firewalk is an unusually premature move for a company that typically likes to conduct extensive second party dances before putting a ring on it. But its arch-rival and third party publishers alike have made it clear that the old rules of buying teams no longer apply, and that courtships can ...

Defining Duke Ultimate: Matty & Cog Mailbag

Hey, everyone!

Cog and I (Matty!) are teaming up for a mailbag in our next episode of Defining Duke Ultimate. If you have any burning questions for us that you've been holding in, now is your chance! Let's sit, have a chat, and enjoy one another's company in an otherwise slower week of gaming news. I'm excited to see what y'all come up with!

- Matty

Defining Duke, Episode 120 | Xbox Gets Skipped AGAIN - What's Happening? (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 120 | Xbox Gets Skipped AGAIN - What's Happening?

Following the Redfall 30 FPS surprise and the Square Enix debate, Xbox fans are certainly on edge now. With "check-to-check energy" in their veins, another game has skipped the platform while reaching literally every single other. That game is Oxenfree II which follows in the footsteps of Capcom's Mega Man Battle Network Collection, Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3, as well as the abundance of Square Enix games. With hardware sales falling for Series consoles in the EU as PlayStation 5 is up a...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 251: 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, April 20th at noon ET to submit.

Talk to you soon!

Constellation, Episode 15 | Gambling, Conspiracy Theories, Collecting, Milestone Birthdays (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 15 | Gambling, Conspiracy Theories, Collecting, Milestone Birthdays

It's another week, which means it's time for another all-new episode of Constellation. For today's recording, the Brothers Moriarty are joined by Last Stand's Coordinator Micah Watson and Executive Producer Dustin Furman. Micah turns 30 later this year, and wants to know our experiences with so-called milestone birthdays, the specific occasions you really want to mark. Dustin officially has the collecting bug, specifically when it comes to physical games. He's curious about which collections ...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 287 | Reminiscing About (and Reviving?) PlayStation Experience (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 287 | Reminiscing About (and Reviving?) PlayStation Experience

For a brief run of years during the PlayStation 4 era, Sony deployed a fun little idea: An annual gathering of PlayStation's most hardcore fanbase called PSX, or PlayStation Experience. Started in 2014 and abandoned after 2017, the briefly recurring show began in Vegas (2014), migrated to San Francisco (2015), did a two-year stint in Anaheim (2016-2017), and was then left for dead the following year. Between me (Colin) and Dustin, we've been to all of them. I went to the first three; Dustin w...