It's a celebration! Our PlayStation podcast-that-could has reached its 200th week of existence, which of course means its 200th core episode is here. To commemorate this auspicious occasion, we decided to do thing proper-like, renting out a famous theater in Richmond, Virginia entertainers much more talented than us typically play, and recording live in front of 400+ fans. The topic? PlayStation 4's 25 best games -- ranked! -- based on a combination of our individual lists, as well as the aud...
2022-05-02 18:35:09 +0000 UTC
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2022-05-02 16:02:00 +0000 UTC
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We're halfway through George RR Martin's famous HBO fantasy series now, and some would argue that season four is the strongest Game of Thrones gets. That's high praise, of course -- the entire run (save maybe the end) is some of the best television ever produced -- but, whether you're a fan of the books or merely a lowly TV-watcher like we are, there's a whole lot to love. What's perhaps most interesting about this season (at least for us) is how different combinations of characters begi...
2022-05-02 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-30 16:01:05 +0000 UTC
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Kids say the darndest things. And so do gamers, as it turns out, who are full of infinite nuggets of wisdom that sometimes make us think, sometimes give us pause, and sometimes stretch the very limits of credulity. Today's episode of + is dedicate to your hottest takes, submitted without edit, and judged by... well... us. Is Uncharted vastly overrated? How about Horizon? Did the DualShock controller line feel cheap? Why do people care about God of War so much? Was MAG ahead of its time? ...
2022-04-30 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-28 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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During acquisition season, many of us have been surprised by targets such as Zenimax, ABK, and Bungie. However, there is one company that has been on all of our bingo cards and that's Ubisoft. Reports are arriving which state that the company is preparing to sell off in the face of yet another takeover as their share prices continue to nosedive. While Ubisoft claims they can remain independent, can they truly? Outside of the Ubisoft rumors, Bethesda is trudging through many of their own. A Ma...
2022-04-28 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-27 16:01:07 +0000 UTC
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A tired Matty and Cog have returned from a busy PAX East 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. Together, they experienced a plethora of indie titles and dropped some serious cash on older video games. It's good to see convention season back in full swing and the gamer energy is in full force here.
2022-04-27 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-26 16:02:00 +0000 UTC
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If you're American, you know all about The Washington Post. Behind The New York Times, it's the country's most prolific and most-read newspaper, and in recent years it's made a notable attempt to get into proper games coverage. At the tip of the spear is a veteran reporter named Gene Park, who was kind enough to join me (Colin!) on this episode of Sacred Symbols+. Like me, Gene went to college for something other than journalism, yet found himself in the journalistic space anyway. Our convers...
2022-04-26 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-25 16:01:08 +0000 UTC
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Our slow-and-steady voyage through the Star Wars films continues unabated this week, as we move our focus to 2005's Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (as voted on by our listeners on Patreon). Capping off a tumultuous and ill-received prequel trilogy, Episode III is widely considered the strongest effort in that specific arc. But do we, The Brothers Moriarty, agree? Not particularly. Revenge of the Sith was when Lucas ran out of runway, and as a result, we're met with a rushed film that s...
2022-04-25 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-23 16:01:06 +0000 UTC
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Tango Gameworks' newest offering -- console exclusive to PlayStation 5 for the next year -- is its strangest game yet. While still in full embrace of its horror roots (this is Shinji Mikami's team, after all), Tango has opted to get away from scripted and linear play reminiscent of its Evil Within franchise in lieu of something quite different: An open world. What results is a truly different experience, wildly underrated, and woefully-ignored by much of the press. Ghostwire: Tokyo is a uniqu...
2022-04-23 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-22 16:02:00 +0000 UTC
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Where is Kratos? Belief that we'd see God of War: Ragnarok by now has left us dismayed, particularly in light of a rather odd video from Santa Monica Studio that gives us little information about a game originally slated to launch in 2021. But without a release date (outside of year) and no confirmation it's even incoming by year's end (except for from a random Tweet from a dev), PlayStation fans are left wondering if their faith in getting something timely from Santa Monica Studio was ill-fo...
2022-04-22 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-21 16:02:00 +0000 UTC
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JET SET RADIOOOOOOO! After all this time, it looks like it may be finally back. Even 'crazier,' Crazy Taxi also looks to be in the mix as both series are set to return through SEGA's mysterious "Super Game" as fully developed AAA games. Despite Matty and Cog's optimism, we can't help but feel some ominous energy emanating from this new venture of SEGA's in a world full of microtransactions and NFTs. Furthermore, details for Season 2 of Halo Infinite have arrived and things are looking up for ...
2022-04-21 16:01:05 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-20 16:02:00 +0000 UTC
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Duke Cognito returns for another mailbag where you Ask Cog anything... within reason ;)
Gears Of War Rankings, pet ownership, good ol days of Sega, and more!
2022-04-20 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-19 16:02:00 +0000 UTC
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I (Colin) am very, very pleased to welcome my good friend David Jaffe to the show. For the uninitiated, Mr. Jaffe is the designer and director that brought you the likes of Twisted Metal and God of War, and these days, he's in what we might call semi-retirement, streaming on Twitch and making YouTube videos and sharing his wisdom. I invited Jaffe back to the show for a specific reason, though we go off on all sorts of tangents. Our main talk revolves around JK Rowling, Hogwarts Legacy, and th...
2022-04-19 16:01:05 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-18 16:02:00 +0000 UTC
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It's no understatement to say that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is perhaps the most singularly important game to ever come to a PlayStation platform, at least when taking into account the environment in which it launched. When it released in 2009, it did so at a vital time for the brand: PS3 Slim was out, its price was cut, and PlayStation had what seemed to be one last chance to best its rival and pull itself out of a dark three year period. Sony-owned Naughty Dog did a lot of the heavy l...
2022-04-18 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-16 16:01:59 +0000 UTC
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Please welcome Last Stand Media Legal Analyst Rick Hoeg back to +. Today, I (Colin!) invited Mr. Hoego to the show deal with a small collection of legal issues currently circulating throughout our industry. We start at the top, with a duo of Activision-related stories: The quitting-in-protest of a California lawyer with claims of interference from the governor's office in regards to the state's legal inquiries into Activision, and the refusal of Activision to cede a new pay structure to ...
2022-04-16 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-15 16:02:00 +0000 UTC
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The recent 20th anniversary celebration for Kingdom Hearts came with a major surprise: The announcement of Kingdom Hearts IV. While leaked in unintentional (and obviously completely accurate) GeForce documents last year, the new Square Enix-Disney collaboration is the talk of the industry, and obviously, we dedicate plenty of time to it. We also touch on the week's other news, including Ghost of Tsushima's film project procuring its writer, CD Projekt taking the Witcher III PS5 port from Sabe...
2022-04-15 16:01:05 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-14 16:01:08 +0000 UTC
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