In a game full of memorable characters, David ranks near the top. One of The Last of Us' most compelling, unsettling, and nuanced personalities, David, James, and the rest of their struggling band of survivors are central to this, the penultimate episode of the HBO run's first season. Here, we see Ellie and Joel largely separated, while we also finally get the solidified father-daughter relationship we really want. There's much to discuss, so let's not delay: We'll jump right in.
2023-03-07 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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2023-03-06 22:08:32 +0000 UTC
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2023-03-06 17:01:02 +0000 UTC
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It's time for we, The Brothers Moriarty, to continue our slow trek through the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Thus, we've come to the third film in the seemingly never-ending run of new Marvel movies: Iron Man 2. Released in 2010, Iron Man 2 was actually in-production when Disney acquired Marvel, and while it's not the literal start of the MCU, you could call it the figurative beginning, one with a master plan, a host of characters, and a legion of spin-offs both planned and intended. This l...
2023-03-06 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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2023-03-04 17:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Creating a publisher requires connections galore, an eye for talent, and many millions of dollars ready for investment. Sadly, none of us meet those requirements. But what we do have is a podcast where we can pretend and play make believe to our hearts' content. The casts of Sacred Symbols and Defining Duke join for another episode of Sacred x Duke, this time with a mission: Craft custom publishers made out of any 10 game developers currently in existence. It's time for you to meet Saving Gra...
2023-03-04 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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2023-03-03 17:01:03 +0000 UTC
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As you well-know, Sacred Symbols doesn't work with any publishers, developers, or manufacturers. As such, we're excited to talk about PSVR2 for the very first time now that we've gotten our own purchased units in the mail. We go into some of our varying experiences so far, particularly with Horizon: Call of the Mountain, and Colin in particular wonders if his unit is broken or just permanently blurry ('sweet spot' be damned). We also get into all of the week's news, of course, starting with I...
2023-03-03 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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2023-03-02 17:01:02 +0000 UTC
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There's much to go over as Xbox fans wait with bated breath for information on Starfield's Developer Direct. With the Activision deal pending, the media is claiming that if it is to fail that Microsoft is ready to shut down Xbox. Just how much validity is there to such a claim? The Duke dig into the facts and find out. We also have updates from Phil Spencer in a new interview on upcoming game announcements, Obsidian clamoring for a New Vegas remaster, Shinji Mikami leavining Tango Gameworks, ...
2023-03-02 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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2023-03-01 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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2023-03-01 17:01:03 +0000 UTC
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We (the Brothers Moriarty) are pleased to welcome LSM Executive Producer Dustin Furman and LSM Coordinator Micah Watson to the show, and this week, we're focusing our topics on our recent trip to Texas for An Evening With Last Stand II. Dustin reflects on meeting our audience at not only our recent event, but events past, and on the pure and undeniable power of positive fan interaction. Micah wonders how we go about packing for trips, and how we all spin the wheel when it comes to preparing f...
2023-03-01 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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2023-02-28 17:01:03 +0000 UTC
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The aptly-titled episode of HBO's The Last of Us, Left Behind, allows players to jump backwards in the timeline to get some much-needed context. In 2014's Left Behind, the only piece of DLC for the original 2013 PlayStation 3 title (and later for PS4 and PS5, as well), players are given a glimpse into Ellie's life at FEDRA boarding school. There, we meet her best friend and confidante, a fellow girl named Riley and acquire some key details about Ellie's past. While we feel HBO's run is starti...
2023-02-28 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Hey All! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 113 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, 3/1 at 5 PM ET ...
2023-02-27 18:11:32 +0000 UTC
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2023-02-27 17:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Note: This was recorded before the recent Suicide Squad footage from State of Play.
Between Midnight Suns and Guardians Of The Galaxy's respective underperformances, it appears that the Marvel brand isn't holding the strength universally that they'd hope for. With Spider-Man on PS4 storming past 33 million sales as of June 2022, you can't blame them for trying. With such underperformances in tow, one may ask if Marvel is now oversaturated and, in turn, leading to under...
2023-02-27 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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2023-02-25 17:01:04 +0000 UTC
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Please welcome Ramon Narvaez to the show. The entire Last Stand audience will know Ramon best for his music: He wrote and performed each of our theme songs. But some will also know that Ramon is my (Colin's) best friend, and has been for 20 years. And recently, he came to Virginia to visit for a few days. While he was here, I knew I had to sit down with him for an episode of Sacred+, because as I understood things, he's rediscovered video games in a pretty major way. Thus, we sat down fo...
2023-02-25 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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2023-02-24 17:07:05 +0000 UTC
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Xbox's pursuit of Activision Blizzard reached a new crescendo in recent days, as Microsoft President Brad Smith gave both private and public presentations to the European Commission about the virtues of the proposed deal. In its persistent recalcitrance and total unwillingness to get out of the way (particularly when it comes to Call of Duty's availability on PlayStation), Sony's strategy of silence may actually be paying off. Is Cryin' Jim really Thrivin' Jim? As always, we go deep into the ...
2023-02-24 17:06:42 +0000 UTC
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2023-02-23 17:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Xbox and Nintendo have seemingly grown close during this generation and there's not a stronger sign of that than the latest agreement between the two. We already knew about bringing Call Of Duty to Switch, but if the words of Xbox Vice Chair/President Brad Smith are anything to go by then there are more Xbox games headed to Nintendo platforms. This is deal was struck as Xbox set to swing big as regulators began to put pressure on them with suggestions of divesting parts of the business. Nvidi...
2023-02-23 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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2023-02-22 17:01:59 +0000 UTC
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It's another week, which means it's time for another brand-new episode of Constellation, Last Stand Media's conversational podcast. This week, the Brothers Moriarty are joined by the Dukes: Lord Cognito and MrMattyPlays. Cog kicks things off with notions of vacationing, how we carve free time out for ourselves, and what rest and relaxation looks like in our respective lives. Matty inquires about the crew's various so-called life hacks, and how we manage our time, activity, and production in a...
2023-02-22 17:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Sometimes it seems all roads lead to Hogsmeade.
2023-02-21 21:07:42 +0000 UTC
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2023-02-21 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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2023-02-21 17:01:03 +0000 UTC
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As we leisurely explore the back-half of The Last of Us' first season on HBO, fans of the 2013 game will know that we're quickly heading towards a heartwrenching conclusion by episode six. Seeds for this are planted throughout its hour-long runtime, as Joel and Ellie's relationship softens greatly while still being tested mightily. Their father-daughter dynamic expands as they get closer and closer to reaching the Fireflies and potentially saving humankind. Of course, we see some familia...
2023-02-21 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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