Sacred Symbols, Episode 227 | Lose All Sense of Reality

It's hard to stop a moving train, and when big corporations make meaningful decisions, the results occur over years, not days, weeks, or months. It's clear now that Sony's PSVR2 is stuck between a rock and a hard place -- there's simply no way Sony could have forecasted the last two and a half years of human history when this thing was being workshopped and greenlit -- and with a high price, a bad economy, and a seeming dearth of actual games, well, PlayStation's timing may be all wrong. Does PSVR2 have a real future? We discuss at length. Other news this week circulates around updated PS5 sales data and impressive numbers for 2018's God of War, Microsoft's 700th reiteration that Call of Duty will always remain on PlayStation, Electronic Arts' new three game deal with Marvel, and much more. Listener inquiries round things out, per usual, touching on topics like a lacking creativity in PlayStation's first party, why spoilers are so detrimental and wrong, and the potentially bright future of Mega Man. We also place a moratorium on a popular user-favorite term, because we need to mix things up a bit, and because we enjoy keeping you on your toes.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:02:42 - Does LSM have a REAL producer?

0:07:19 - LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT

0:13:03 - Don’t tell your wife about the age of consent

0:17:01 - How did we trademark the show?

0:18:40 - Do we consume our old content?

0:24:43 - Has Dustin started the G4M3R pizza revolution?

0:37:45 - Gesundheit on your piss fart

0:40:25 - Will Dustin and Chris pay Elon?

0:46:58 - Will Nibellion’s absence impact Twitter?

0:55:30 - Where is Lockmort?

0:57:06 - VGC is reliable

0:58:05 - Did PSNProfiles respond?

0:59:30 - The new God of War ad is awesome

1:04:26 - Ragnarok reviews are out

1:10:13 - The Last of Us on HBO premieres January 15th

1:16:32 - Can EA and Omega Force strike with Wild Hearts?

1:26:45 - Symbiogenesis is an NFT thing

1:30:23 - The frontman of Low Roar has died

1:35:04 -  Henry Cavill is leaving The Witcher

1:42:23 - Atomic Heart has a release date

1:43:56 - What have we been playing?

2:13:01 - Sony has revealed pricing info for PSVR2

2:37:51 - PSVR2’s launch lineup has been revealed

2:53:56 - Sony has revealed their quarterly financial results

3:10:12 - God of War (2018) has sold 23 million units

3:17:49 - Call of Duty will stay on PlayStation

3:23:24 - Electronic Arts is teaming up to make Marvel games

3:33:51 - Embracer has already shut down one of their newly acquired studios

3:42:15 - Have we forgotten about these upcoming games?

3:49:44 - Have we seen the golden age of PlayStation come and go?

3:59:15 - Do we get our games graded?

4:09:36 - Father, forgive me… for I have spoiled a game

4:19:55 - Ratchet and Clank is 20 years old… do we have any fond memories?

4:24:10 - What will happen with Mega Man?