Please welcome Peter Pischke to the show. Peter is a freelance journalist whose latest work focuses-in on the slow-rolling demise of G4. Founded in 2002 and mothballed about a decade ago, G4 was once a vibrant television network dedicated to video games and nerd culture. Its contemporary revival, on the other hand, launched late last year and has been an abject failure by any metric. Peter's reporting suggests the end is nigh for G4 yet again, and he takes time to go behind the scenes into th...
2022-10-15 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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2022-10-14 16:01:08 +0000 UTC
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As we enter the season of spookiness, we're left wondering about the scariest possibility: Continuing PlayStation 5 scarcity. But there's good news emerging, at least if recent reports are to be believed. It appears Sony is readying to gear-up PS5 production in ways so dramatic that they plan on selling more units in one year than consoles like GameCube and the original Xbox did in their entire respective lifetimes, with millions to spare. Soon, the question may not be if you can get a PS5, b...
2022-10-14 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
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2022-10-14 00:09:26 +0000 UTC
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Producer note: We are having significant issues withe the video version of the show due to our recording service. I'm hoping we can get it out later today. Sorry for the delay!
It was a packed week for Xbox. From laying our eyes on Starfield's new dialogue system to a new Xbox console teased by Phil Spencer, there is much to analyze. Joining us for this week's episode is Dad Of Xbox: Jez Corden! He fits like a glove in this episode as much of what we discuss ...
2022-10-13 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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2022-10-12 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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One thing that Last Stand Media prides itself on is the ability to tackle the tough topics in gaming and have meaningful, insightful conversations on them. Following a slew of layoffs across G4TV, Fanbyte, Future, and the selling off of various media outlets; I asked our very own Colin Moriarty to join me (Matty) to help us see the forest through the trees. While we're not here to celebrate said layoffs, there is a brutal truth that must be received with this transformation in how media is co...
2022-10-12 16:00:13 +0000 UTC
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2022-10-11 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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It's me, Colin. As you know, I love sports. And these days, sports fandom and so-called 'fantasy sports' come hand-in-hand, and I'm no doubt a player. After all, who doesn't love statistics and rankings and all the rest? Objective and subjective alike, metagaming like this can be a hell of a lot of fun as a supplemental piece of entertainment, and it's from that space that I came up with the idea for The Sacred League, our new, monthly Sacred Symbols+ subseries that pits the show's three co-h...
2022-10-11 16:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey All! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 92 of Defining Duke.
Important Note: Barring any cancellations, Jez Corden will be joining this week's show. Due keep him in mind with your write-ins if you have anything you'd like to ask him!
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 prompt...
2022-10-10 18:59:44 +0000 UTC
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2022-10-10 16:01:07 +0000 UTC
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There's something about the time The Exorcist came to theaters, in that it almost certainly made the experience a hell of a lot more frightening than it would be today. When this film launched in December of 1973, one can imagine going to see it, being completely horrified, and then sitting at home. No internet, no cable TV, no phone to keep you busy. Just whatever's over the air and your landline, and hopefully no intrusive thoughts. Based on a novel released a couple of years prior, The Exo...
2022-10-10 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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2022-10-08 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Between The Last of Us: Part I and the rumored Horizon: Zero Dawn 'remake' for PS5, PlayStation gamers are increasingly asking themselves some logical questions, like: Is this a trend? And if so, aren't we going in the wrong direction? Today, we gather to discuss nine games -- the oldest from 1994 and the newest from 2015 -- that deserve a 'remake' treatment a heck of a lot more than what seems to be getting it. From FPS to JRPG, from open-world to linear, we think these are nine adventu...
2022-10-08 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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2022-10-07 16:01:05 +0000 UTC
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The Last of Us: Part I is one thing, but 'remaking' Horizon? Five years and change after it came out? Give us a break. Tantalizing rumors (seemingly confirmed by reliable sources) indicate Sony is indeed endeavoring to deliver a Horizon: Zero Dawn remake of some sort, a game that first came to PS4 in 2017 and PC in 2020. What level or kind of remake? It's unclear. But something akin to Naughty Dog's aforementioned PS5 foray is likely. Naturally, we discuss, while also going into the rest of t...
2022-10-07 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
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2022-10-06 16:01:05 +0000 UTC
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In a jam packed week, we have many stories that could compete for the headlines. Google Stadia's closure, Xbox's Activision propaganda, the acquisition of various media outlets, or even CD Projekt Red's slew of game announcements. In the spirit of accountability, none other than PlayStation should dominate this one. In a rumored move showing little shame, they are set to do a The Last Of Us Part 1 style "remake" for 2017's PS4 exclusive, Horizon: Zero Dawn. As the goal posts have continued to...
2022-10-06 16:00:10 +0000 UTC
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2022-10-05 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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CD Projekt Red has been enjoying the resurgence of their 2020 open world RPG Cyberpunk 2077 and it's in no small part thanks to the booming success of Cyberpunk Edgerunners. This 10 episode Netflix exclusive anime has landed firmly in the top 10 most viewed content for the service week after week. With enough time passed, Cog, Chris, and I (Matty) have gathered around to talk about the cohesion between the show and game, how it lifts up V's adventure in 2077, the fast paced nature of the show...
2022-10-05 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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2022-10-04 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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It's time, once again, for a call-in episode of Sacred Symbols+. Join us (Colin and Dustin) for 90 minutes of listener inquiries delivered by voice and on-the-fly. The topics? There are seven. What does the future hold for The Last of Us? Should we endeavor to do more expert-level commentary on the genres we love? Is a new Star Wars game every six months too much, or exactly what we should come to expect from the likes of Disney? Are we about to eat better than ever in the survival horror spa...
2022-10-04 16:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey All! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 92 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, 10/5
2022-10-03 23:00:04 +0000 UTC
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While 1977's Stephen King novel The Shining preempts (and obviously inspired) the film that would come three years later in 1980, it's the movie and not the book that's most well-regarded. That's primarily due to auteur Stanley Kubrick, who delivered a film adaptation of King's horror story for the ages, one readily celebrated and obsessed over to this day. Drawing from a unique, one-of-a-kind aesthetic, rich use of color, sound, and symbolism, and exacting expectations from cast an...
2022-10-03 19:13:23 +0000 UTC
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Please welcome Jeremiah Potter to Sacred+. Jeremiah is a senior at the University of Kentucky, and his studies there led him to an interesting experience this past summer, when he worked as an intern at Unity Technologies. Unity is a huge company in the gaming industry, employing more than 5,000 people and earning more than a billion dollars in annual revenue. (You'd probably know them best from their titular engine that powers the likes of Hollow Knight, Kerbal Space Program, Tunic, Inscrypt...
2022-10-01 16:00:24 +0000 UTC
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2022-09-30 16:01:07 +0000 UTC
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As promised, publisher Electronic Arts has revealed its all-new, so-called 'hunting' game. It's called Wild Hearts, and it's coming by way of Koei Tecmo-owned developer Omega Force very soon: It hits PlayStation 5 in February. This is a fun move to analyze, an aggressive maneuver from EA that encroaches entirely on an unexpected rival's turf. Naturally, we delve-in. Plus: The totalitarian Saudi government is prepping to spend tens of billions of dollars to whitewash its horrific image (this t...
2022-09-30 16:00:15 +0000 UTC
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