Hey All! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 120 of Defining Duke.
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As this is an Xbox podcast, be sure your submission makes sense within that realm. You have until Wednesday, 4/19 at 3 PM ET...
2023-04-17 17:13:40 +0000 UTC
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2023-04-17 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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It's time for us to talk about a bona fide classic! Super Mario Bros. 3 -- launched in 1988 on Japanese Famicoms and in 1990 on the NES -- is widely considered one of the greatest games of all-time. And it's true: SMB3 is a masterclass in gameplay, design, and intent. But above all else, it's fun. Really, really fun, just as fun today as it was decades ago. We're excited to gush about one of our favorite games of our youth, one rife with memories and stories to tell. Indeed, we'd argue that S...
2023-04-17 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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2023-04-15 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Undoubtedly, Final Fantasy stands out as one of the most prominent and acclaimed franchises in the gaming industry, representing the most valuable asset of its developer, Square Enix. Despite the existence of 15 core installments and numerous spinoffs, the release of a new numbered title is still considered a momentous event. Just this past week, Sony partnered with Square Enix to give us an extended look at the upcoming title in the series through State of Play. Thus, the key questions are: ...
2023-04-15 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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2023-04-14 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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After witnessing its death in slow motion, Media Molecule is mercifully pulling the plug on its beleaguered project Dreams. And it's sad, no doubt. But here's the reality: Dreams was a bad idea and a waste of time. Sony voluntarily hamstrung its most creative team for the better part of two generations on a dead end, and you can't really blame artists-types for taking all the corporate rope you'll give them. After all, Media Molecule hasn't released a AAA game in more than 12 years, an unfath...
2023-04-14 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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2023-04-13 16:01:13 +0000 UTC
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Xbox fans, we have reached an impasse. It's Team Delay versus Team "Get Your Game OUT!" Arkane has confirmed that Redfall, an Xbox first party exclusive, will launch at 30 FPS on consoles with 60 frames down the line. It's clear that this generation has tested the patience of fans and, naturally, this news has led to a big blow up. The optics for this situation are clearly bad, but would things be worse if Redfall were to receive a second delay? Some fans feel that it's time for Xbox to final...
2023-04-13 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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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 13th at noon ET to submit.
Talk to you soon!
2023-04-12 19:00:01 +0000 UTC
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2023-04-12 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Friends, it's good to be back for another episode of Constellation. This week, the Brothers Moriarty welcome Defining Duke co-host MrMattyPlays and LSM Executive Producer Dustin Furman to the roster, and as usual, the conversations are wide-ranging. Matty is on the verge of buying his first house, and asks what our respective experiences were purchasing our own homes. What key pieces of wisdom and advice can we bestow upon him? Since the four of us are all ardent YouTube fans, Dustin thought ...
2023-04-12 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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As we desperately await any word whatsoever of an upcoming PlayStation showcase -- likely aiming for this May -- we're left to pick through the carcass of a slow time in news. That's when we thought: Why not go to the audience? So we did just that, taking eight calls from our listeners on a range of topics, from how publishers actually work and the wisdom of a Metal Gear Solid 3 remake to the role 100-hour games play in our lives and why developers need to rethink downloadable content. Thank ...
2023-04-11 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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2023-04-11 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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2023-04-10 21:05:09 +0000 UTC
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It's impossible to highlight the importance of Joe Staten to the Halo franchise. While it undoubtedly took thousands upon thousands of developers over the series 20+ year history, his name stands out as a key component to some of the strongest parts of the franchise whether it be story, lore, or multiplayer. This last week, Joe Staten announced he was exiting Microsoft entirely for an entirely new adventure. The news arrived rather swiftly considering it was only in January that Staten had le...
2023-04-10 21:05:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey All! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 119 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, 4/12 at 3 PM ET to make your ...
2023-04-10 17:39:14 +0000 UTC
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2023-04-08 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Please give a warm welcome to lawyer Rick Hoeg, Last Stand's legal analyst and personal friend of the company who returns to Sacred Symbols+ for the first time in 2023. For those unaware, Rick had a stroke late last year, and has been on the steady road to recovery ever since. We get Hoeg settled back in with a tried-and-true topic: Microsoft's attempted acquisition of Activision. The deal has been clearing hurdles left, right, and center, and it looks like it's on a smooth path towards compl...
2023-04-08 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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2023-04-07 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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A new Sony handheld is rumored to be in the works, but don't get all hot-and-bothered. It's not another PSP or Vita, but rather a device codenamed Q-Lite, essentially a DualSense controller with an 8-inch screen affixed to it that facilitates (presumably high quality) local remote play. But with PSVR2 seemingly floundering, is it a good idea to release another distraction from the main goal? That being the production and release of the highest-quality AAA games imaginable. We discuss Sony's p...
2023-04-07 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Live A Live, Octopath Traveler 2, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Final Fantasy 14, Final Fantasy 16, Babylon's Fall (lol), Forspoken, Theaterhythm: Final Bar Line, and many, many more games out of Square Enix have skipped Xbox. Some to people's dismay while others leave us thankful it never graced our piece of plastic in the first place. The fact remains: There's an astonishing amount of titles skipping the platform and Xbox fans want to know why. The Dukes tackle this topic following the announceme...
2023-04-06 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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2023-04-06 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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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 6th at noon ET to submit.
Talk to you soon!
2023-04-05 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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2023-04-05 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Welcome one-and-all to another episode of Constellation. This week, the Brothers Moriarty are joined by Last Stand's shopkeeper and coordinator Micah Watson and associate producer Ben Smith. Spring has sprung, and that means Easter draws near. Micah's curious how everyone feels about the holiday: The food, the Easter Bunny, and those peculiar eggs, too. Ben's topic is sleep, and whether it's something we actually enjoy or not. Sleep is necessary, sure, but is it a gigantic waste of time, too?...
2023-04-05 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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2023-04-04 16:00:37 +0000 UTC
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Rewind (if you will) back to early 2005. Resident Evil 4 -- long-in-development and showing a lot of promise in preview form -- finally comes to GameCube, and it blows everyone away. Fast-forward nearly two decades, and audiences are still wild over it, whether on GCN and PS2, Wii (the best place to play the original), or even more modern consoles. And in Capcom's recent trend, RE4 has been given the full remake treatment. Thing is, no Resident Evil game is more beloved than this one, and so ...
2023-04-04 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey All! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 118 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, 4/5 at 3 PM ET to make your s...
2023-04-03 17:48:19 +0000 UTC
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