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Sacred Symbols, Episode 193: The Small Scream (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 62: New Bethesda Game Leaks + Halo Infinite In Trouble (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 62: New Bethesda Game Leaks + Halo Infinite In Trouble

All is quiet on the Xbox front as they churn away on their plans for late 2022. In the meantime, fans are beginning to get a tad restless and with the recent update on Halo Infinite, it seems those feelings may persist. Delays, developers leaving, and an unclear road map paint a not so good picture for the service game. Beyond that, Bethesda Game Studios has had a rare leak revolving around a new IP called "SpyTeam." What is this new game and is the team behind Starfield working on it? We inv...

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 58: The Xbox Direct (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 58: The Xbox Direct

Xbox is growing mighty large these days with Zenimax in house and, hopefully by summer 2023, Activision as well. This will present Xbox with a plethora of riches and a relatively good problem to have. That problem being, they have so many games to show off and how they approach such a monumental task? They must still honor third party marketing deals, feed the day one Game Pass machine, and promote their vital indie community on top of all of this. How can they tackle this? Cog and I (Matty) ...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 170: 22 Questions With Colin (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 170: 22 Questions With Colin

It's been a while since we've conducted a Colin-centric mailbag -- you'd have to go back to November to find the last one -- but the wait, my friends, is over. On today's Q&A special, I delve into many a fan-submitted topic. How ugly is Babylon Fall's reception and performance? Has developing games given me a new outlook on the difficulty of dev? Do I undersell my gaming skill for comedic effect? What's the story behind IGN's infamous The Last Guardian cancellation story? Does Gamerg...

KnockBack, Episode 213: Ghost in the Shell (1995 film) (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 213: Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)

While Ghost in the Shell began its life as a manga in the late '80s, the 1995 animated feature film that interpreted its story is what most people are familiar with. Created by renowned artist and writer Masamune Shirow and brought to the big screen by Mamoru Oshii, Ghost in the Shell deals with surprisingly heady subject matter: Science, politics, philosophy, and morality, amongst many other themes. The future world of cyborgs and humans envisioned in this work isn't too far off the mark, ei...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 169: Uncharted Movie Spoilercast and Review Discussion (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 169: Uncharted Movie Spoilercast and Review Discussion

Tom Holland as Nathan Drake? On paper, it's a tough sell. But, having seen the Uncharted film in all its big-screen glory, we were left surprised. Why? Because Holland's Drake is a lot better than we thought it'd be. Indeed, the entire film is. Not everything is well done -- are they kidding with Mark Wahlberg's rendition of Sully? -- but Ruben Fleischer's somewhat controversial interpretation of one of PlayStation's biggest games has turned into a commercial hit, with fan opinion diverging h...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 192: Modern Warfare (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 192: Modern Warfare

The eyes of the world are on Eastern Europe, where the Russian invasion of Ukraine has unsettled the post-World War II order. Perhaps not surprisingly, external forces in the west are bringing their economic might to bear to help halt the senseless violence. While Ukrainian politicians ask the gaming industry to do more, some have already started to do what they can. EA, for instance, has removed the Russian national teams and associated clubs from their FIFA and NHL games, while developers l...

Defining Duke, Episode 61: Obsidian Making Fallout New Vegas 2 + Game Pass To Steam Deck (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 61: Obsidian Making Fallout New Vegas 2 + Game Pass To Steam Deck

A new Fallout game has long been the request of the Dukes, especially Matty. Finally, we have a nugget of information that suggests this one day might finally become a reality. If reports are to be believed then the talks have begun in earnest at Microsoft to make this a reality. What does this mean for the likes of Fallout 76, potential remasters, and the setting of the next entry? Matty has been patient, so there is much for us to discuss. Beyond that, the release of the Steam Deck has been...

Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 57: Mark Darrah on BioWare, Dragon Age 4, & EA's Impact (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 57: Mark Darrah on BioWare, Dragon Age 4, & EA's Impact

Mark Darrah spent over 20 years with BioWare and has overseen its many incredible RPGs such as Baldur's Gate, Knights Of The Old Republic, Jade Empire, Mass Effect, and most notably on his portfolio, Dragon Age. He was also present during the pre-EA era and experienced much of the changes within the company after BioWare had been purchased by them in 2007. Today, he joins the show for a sobering conversation on the status of this once beloved gaming titan after speaking out in a recent YouTub...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 168: Fighting Frenzy (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 168: Fighting Frenzy

We like to be as all-encompassing as possible here on Sacred Symbols. PlayStation, after all, is a mighty large topic. Yet -- between the three of us -- there are some games and genres that slip through the cracks. In our continuing effort to ameliorate that issue, I (Colin) invited fighting game expert Vince Ingenito back to the show. Now, Vince and I worked at IGN together, and, as I say on the show, there's no one I've ever met who knows even half as much about the genre as him. So he is t...

KnockBack, Episode 212 | Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 212 | Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

It's no exaggeration to say that 2007's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune launched at the perfect time. Naughty Dog's Indiana Jones-and-Tomb Raider-inspired adventure was released exclusively on PlayStation 3 when the console was in dire straits, getting beaten badly on the market by both Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii. In fact, that era may be the lowest point ever for the entire brand. But, for the first time for many PS3 players and would-be owners, Uncharted gave them something to be tr...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 167: Gaming While Christian (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 167: Gaming While Christian

It's interesting: Nearly a third of the Earth's population is Christian, and yet they have virtually no meaningful representation in video games, whether in the products themselves, in the studios and publishers that make and manufacture them, and in the outlets and entities that cover them. Yet, on the periphery are people doing the work of fusing religion and gaming into something coherent, and one such person is Paeter Frandsen. Paeter runs Spirit Blade Productions and its Christian G...

February 2022 KnockBack General Election

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This month's primary election is over, and it's time to cast your vote on February 2022's winner for another fan-voted topic on KnockBack!

Below are the five most-popular selections from this month's primary election, listed in order of their popularity (by initial votes cast), with the submitter in parenthesis.

(We have five outstanding fan-voted topics to record, at present: Metal Gear Solid 4, Red Dead Redemption, Uncharted...