KnockBack, Episode 257 | Frozen (Video)
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2023-03-20 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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KnockBack, Episode 257 | Frozen
Let it go?! No. Embrace it! Frozen turns 10 this year, and in ode, Dagan thought it'd be a good idea to give the film the KnockBack treatment. And so we did just that. The tale of sisters Elsa and Anna is surprisingly emotional, and the film itself is chock-full of a small-but-solid cast of surrounding characters. Over the last decade, Frozen has turned into a phenomenon, and -- for little girls, especially -- it remains an iconographic piece of fiction. The ultimate question we want to get t...
2023-03-20 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 278 | A Completely Political Conversation About JK Rowling (Video)
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2023-03-18 16:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 278 | A Completely Political Conversation About JK Rowling
Weeks ago, I (Colin) endeavored to cover the controversy surrounding Hogwarts Legacy with as much balance as I could. I feel like this is the kinda stuff Sacred Symbols+ undoubtedly does best: Diving deep into sometimes-heated, often-complex issues in and around our industry. To that end, I sought out two different people in the political sphere that I thought could help me deconstruct this mess, but I only partially succeeded. As you'll hear during this episode's intro, I failed to find...
2023-03-18 16:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 277 | Hogwarts Legacy Spoilercast and Review Discussion (Video)
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2023-03-18 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 277 | Hogwarts Legacy Spoilercast and Review Discussion
The whimsical (and wizarding!) world of Harry Potter has never been better represented in video games than with Avalanche Software's Hogwarts Legacy. A middling critical success -- but a smash commercial phenomenon -- Hogwarts Legacy rewinds time to the 19th century and introduces curious players to JK Rowling's fictional Britain long before we get a glimpse in the main series. To discuss the game, producers Dustin and Ben are joined by Kara Lynne, who recently appeared on an episod...
2023-03-18 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAn Evening with Last Stand II: The Most Overrated Games of All Time Video Announcement
Hey everyone!
We are incredibly excited to announce that the video version of our recent live show “An Evening with Last Stand II: The Most Overrated Games of All Time” is finished and has a release date, next week on Friday, March 24th.
As you may have heard on Sacred Symbols recently, the quality of this production is extremely high. Our friends at Catalogue Co shot this with cinema grade cameras in 4K. Yo...
2023-03-17 16:56:10 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 246 | How Refreshing (Video)
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2023-03-17 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 246 | How Refreshing
Rumors are percolating anew of a PlayStation 5 Pro console that may launch as soon as 2024, but in reality, this isn't news at all. Our very own tech analyst told us about PS5 Pro last year right here on this very show, and with more information now garnered, it sounds like this thing is really happening. Or is it? Deep economic pain lingers (with more potentially on the way). And how much more power does the PS5 need, anyway? Let's discuss the freshest hardware murmurings. Then: Neil Dr...
2023-03-17 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 115 | Xbox Opens Up On Their 2023 Summer Showcase - Is It Any Good? (Video)
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2023-03-16 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 115 | Xbox Opens Up On Their 2023 Summer Showcase - Is It Any Good?
We recently learned of a Starfield Developer_Direct that will be taking place around the same time as Xbox's very own summer showcase which is undoubtedly chockful of content. Now, Xbox has pulled back the curtains on some of their plans and the Dukes has some disagreements to iron out. Xbox will not be on the show floor at E3 and plans on holding their Starfield Direct right after their own summer showcase. One Duke is in favor of this plan while another is not. Who will take the L? We'll le...
2023-03-16 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 246: 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, March 16th at noon ET to submit.
Talk to you soon!
2023-03-15 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostConstellation, Episode 10 | Embarrassing Moments, Breakfast, Escaping Technology, Documentaries (Video)
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2023-03-15 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostConstellation, Episode 10 | Embarrassing Moments, Breakfast, Escaping Technology, Documentaries
On this week's all-new episode of Constellation, the Brothers Moriarty are joined by Last Stand's coordinator and shopkeep Micah Watson and associate producer Ben Smith. Micah comes to the mic eager to talk about breakfast: Eggs, bacon, potatoes, French toast, waffles, pancakes, cereal. The whole shebang. Dagan prods each of us to share a truly embarrassing story from our past, ones we've never discussed before in any setting. Ben waxes about the power of documentaries, their endless draw, an...
2023-03-15 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 276 | The Last of Us (HBO) Review Discussion and Spoilercast (Season 1, Episode 9) (Video)
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2023-03-14 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 276 | The Last of Us (HBO) Review Discussion and Spoilercast (Season 1, Episode 9)
We've finally arrived at the end of HBO's first season of The Last of Us. Just like nearing the conclusion of the 2013 game, we find protagonists Joel and Ellie getting awfully close to their destination, a Firefly hospital where they can get to work on potentially saving humanity. But as Joel finds out, such a move is final, and he simply won't have it. Invoking both his violence and rage as well as his love and empathy, Joel becomes a father again in a heartwrenching final act. The onl...
2023-03-14 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, The Thread: Hogwarts Legacy Review Discussion/Spoilercast
Hello!
Ben, Kara Lynn, and I (Dustin) will be recording a spoilercast on Hogwarts Legacy. We want you to be a part of it!
In preparation for our spoilercast and review discussion, submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas below. Please keep things well-written or pithy; poorly-written screeds and novellas are politely ignored. Please note: we ask that you keep your questions centered around the game itself, not t...
2023-03-13 17:11:58 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 115: The Thread
Hey All!
It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 115 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, 3/15 at 3 PM...
2023-03-13 16:53:30 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke Ultimate, Episode 106 | Broken Promises (Video)
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2023-03-13 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke Ultimate, Episode 106 | Broken Promises
Following the delay of Starfield and unspecified slip of Forza Motorsport, there is much discussion surrounding Xbox’s self-binding comments to begin their 2022 summer showcase. “All the games you’re seeing today will be out within the next 12 months.” Is that lining up to be true with three months to remain? More importantly, is Xbox’s arbitrary deadline more important than the quality of the content? The Dukes sit down for a meatier episode of Ultimate sift through nearly a year...
2023-03-13 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 275 | Dead Space Remake Review Discussion and Spoilercast (Video)
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2023-03-11 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 275 | Dead Space Remake Review Discussion and Spoilercast
We're a little late with this one, but better late than never! The reality is this: We friggin' love Dead Space Remake. It's a true dynamo, one that encapsulated so much of what made the 2008 original so special, while lovingly crafting a series of modern accoutrements and changes that heighten the entire experience. The USG Ishimura is indeed a haunted and dangerous place, and that alien marker... well... it makes us feel funny when we draw near it. That can mean only one thing: It's time to...
2023-03-11 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 245 | Delayed Execution (Video)
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Sacred Symbols, Episode 245 | Delayed Execution
Interesting news broke while we were recording the episode, and we made sure to incorporate it: Rocksteady's beleaguered Suicide Squad game (Kill the Justice League) has been indefinitely delayed from its May release on PlayStation 5, no doubt a response to the drubbing-by-consensus it recently took. Is such a move necessary, and could it right the game's trajectory? Did it even need saving it all? Other news items this week include a wild Jim Ryan quote regarding the Activision-Microsoft dea...
2023-03-10 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 114 | Starfield Arrives In September - What's Next? (Video)
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2023-03-09 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 114 | Starfield Arrives In September - What's Next?
After much anxiety and anticipation among Xbox fans, Bethesda has finally broken their silence on Starfield and revealed that the game will be releasing September 6th, 2023 with a showcase arriving on June 11th. There is much to be said about another "delay" for the game that puts Starfield near a holiday window for a second time. Fortunately, there is an equal amount to be said about the glimpses we've seen of notable improvements thanks to said delay. Its Xbox's biggest game of the generati...
2023-03-09 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 245: 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, March 9th at noon ET to submit.
Talk to you soon!
2023-03-08 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostConstellation, Episode 9 | Superstitions, Trading Cards, ADHD, Ketchup (Video)
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2023-03-08 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostConstellation, Episode 9 | Superstitions, Trading Cards, ADHD, Ketchup
It's time yet again for another episode of Constellation, and this week, the Brothers Moriarty are joined by Sacred Symbols co-host Chris Ray Gun and Defining Duke co-host MrMattyPlays. Chris discusses his ADHD diagnosis, the bombardment of stimuli we're all subjected to on a daily basis, and how we retain focus in such a busy world. Matty dives into his trading card obsession, specifically with Pokémon cards, which he loves to collect and grade. What are our respective histories with card-c...
2023-03-08 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 274 | The Last of Us (HBO) Review Discussion and Spoilercast (Season 1, Episode 8) (Video)
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2023-03-07 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post