Sacred Symbols+, Episode 96: Call-In With Colin
Added 2021-06-01 16:00:09 +0000 UTCWe thought we'd try something a little different. In the spirit of decades of sports and political talk radio, we wanted to open our very own Sacred Symbols phone lines (so to speak) to talk directly with the audience. So -- for the first time ever! -- we take calls from listeners wanting to chat about the open world potential of Cloud Chamber's BioShock project, whether Kojima will or won't go with Sony for his next game, Square Enix's bold vow to change the very fundamentals of Dragon Quest, potential PlayStation first party studio rankings, and much more. (Thank you to all who took the time to call-in via Last Stand Media's official Discord! We will absolutely be doing this again.)
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I'll check it out. I'm watching BSG again right now and it's really scratching an itch for me.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-08 20:39:33 +0000 UTCRE: Bioshock in Space. That's the direction I would like the franchise to take as well. There is a Sci-Fi flick called ANIARA that touches on the themes of Addiction and Consumption much like Bioshock does with its Plasmids, so I think the "feel" of this movie would be a good jumping-off point for a Bioshock in Space if they go that route. Looking forward to another call-in show somewhere down the line. Cheers and Salud.
Kevin Cooper
2021-06-08 13:20:53 +0000 UTCThank you! I enjoyed doing it.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-08 00:02:10 +0000 UTCThis was a great idea. I watch Jaffe's stream all the time and I do wonder why we don't see more of this. I am a big sports talk radio fan so this is right up my alley.
Derek Alcott
2021-06-07 06:08:57 +0000 UTCYeah, I haven't bought a single PS5 game since launch - I've been coasting on my backlog, PS+, PS collection, and deals, so far. Whether tax is included, or not, at the end of the day this is the price I'm paying, and it's hard to justify for a product I don't really need ASAP. I know I'm not alone, and I feel like soft sales of launch titles, Returnal, and others, is *partialy* rooted in this price hike. I don't think Sony would be scrambling to make almost every 1st party title cross-gen, even 2 years after launch, otherwise.
MISZCZOGRZMOT
2021-06-07 04:22:38 +0000 UTCI don't even own a PS5 yet and I'm having a difficult time justifying my future 80 dollar game purchases. For the past five years or so I have mastered my self-control and not purchased any games at launch except for a few of my absolute favorites (RDR2, LOU2, GOW, things like that). I have around 70 games on my PS4 and I would venture that around 85 percent of those I have purchased on sale. I see that Colin doesn't think the price hike will affect sales but for me and people in my circle it definitely will. I am more than happy to wait 3-6 months or longer after a game releases to buy it on sale. A hundred dollar game would be out of the question for me, I would absolutely only buy it on sale. I'm not totally sure what the price of a game actually should be in relation to the production and manufacturing cost, which in the case of games like GTA5 can be a staggering amount, so a hundred dollar price tag would make sense on games like that but personally I am not willing to pay that amount for a game no matter how hyped I am.
Chrispy
2021-06-06 23:04:14 +0000 UTCWe'll see. I don't think the new price point will have any material drag on game sales at all.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-06 04:21:34 +0000 UTCThanks!
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-06 04:21:15 +0000 UTC=)
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-06 04:21:11 +0000 UTC$80 for a new PS5 game in some states is still not $100 in the entirety of EU, AU, NZ, and other regions. It's just too much for a video game (just like $599 proved to be too much for the PS3), and I feel like Sony's going to feel a drop in sales in these regions. Parents won't be buying games for their kids that are this expensive, kids won't have enough allowance to buy them, and even adults like me, that could afford them, will have a hard time justifying such a purchase, when they have a backlog, deals on PSS, and a steady drop of PS+ games every month. At least Sony should do something about the prices of their digital games, cause launch games are typically 15% more expensive then their retail counterparts here, and I'm seeing Returnal going for as low as 35% less at retail than on PS Store, atm. Shouldn't it be the other way around since there's no manufacturing costs, no disc, no box, no import taxes, etc? I guess retailers have to be competitive, but Sony doesn't? What would you say about $100 PS5 games in the US (with tax)? Would a price hike like that go over well, there? Anyway, great show as usual. Cheers.
MISZCZOGRZMOT
2021-06-05 20:47:02 +0000 UTCThis was really cool...
Pizza2047
2021-06-05 15:47:32 +0000 UTCI saw in your eyes, how much you admired the phone calls on David's Stream. I will try to call in next time Colin! :)
Aurang
2021-06-05 14:39:28 +0000 UTCThank you!
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-04 19:04:33 +0000 UTCLove this call-in format. The call quality for most callers through discord sounds great and love that the calls are more like a back and forth conversation with Colin instead of just asking a question and hanging up. Looking forward to the next one!
Brian Lau
2021-06-04 18:47:48 +0000 UTCYeah, it's a bummer. They wanted to, but it didn't get picked up, unfortunately.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-03 02:12:31 +0000 UTCThat's true, but it was a little different. =)
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-03 02:12:17 +0000 UTCNo worries! This will help: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-Get-my-Discord-role
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-03 02:12:08 +0000 UTCGlad you liked it!
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-03 02:11:53 +0000 UTCYes.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-03 02:11:42 +0000 UTCHoly shit I remember watching Ascension when it aired. I remember thinking it had Bioshock vibes. Too bad they didn't make anymore of it.
Luke Silletta
2021-06-03 00:31:20 +0000 UTCI heard you give all the credit to Jaffe for the calls but I remember you taking calls on Beyond back in the day....Brandon.com sticks out as a memory π
leaf lettuce
2021-06-02 21:46:08 +0000 UTCDustin sit and listen like a good boy
lazer_josh
2021-06-02 19:20:05 +0000 UTCThis was great! Thank you
Anthony J Sanchez
2021-06-02 18:35:10 +0000 UTCThis may be a dumb question, but how do I get access to the Discord server? I never use it, but Iβd like to be more involved in the community. π€·πΎββοΈ Thank you.
Brandon McDade
2021-06-02 16:47:53 +0000 UTC<3
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 16:43:57 +0000 UTCThank you. =)
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 16:43:54 +0000 UTCI have it, but I'm gonna get to some other stuff, first.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 16:43:50 +0000 UTCThank you!
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 16:43:39 +0000 UTC<3
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 16:43:34 +0000 UTCWas always intended to be SS+.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 16:43:29 +0000 UTCThe McDonalds call in was priceless
GameSimp
2021-06-02 11:54:48 +0000 UTCItβs called a Discord server :P
Josh Lucas
2021-06-02 10:03:57 +0000 UTCHey Collin slay the spire is a great deck building game where your deck is different every time that you play and there are multiple characters that do different things. I wouldn't say that it's a true roguelite where you have persistent upgrades as much as card unlocks over the course of the game. Monster train is kind of in the same realm but a little bit more of upgradable cards and characters during your play.
Wayde
2021-06-02 07:14:27 +0000 UTCMan this was great. Nice job all
James McGivern
2021-06-02 05:56:25 +0000 UTCMuch love :)
Jacob R.
2021-06-02 05:01:10 +0000 UTCSince I was the one who put the original comment shitting on this idea on the last episode of Sacred Symbols, I thought it fair to do a mea culpa here. When Colin brought this up on the show last week I had assumed he meant take calls as a new feature of sacred symbols itself, say in place of listeners questions. But if it is it's own thing as a separate call in show, then that changes my opinion of it in that I won't listen to it and not have to skip around on the normal show if it were on that.
Piston Pants
2021-06-02 01:50:59 +0000 UTCMe too, truth be told.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 01:17:30 +0000 UTCI agree! Audience performed wonderfully. =)
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 01:17:25 +0000 UTCI agree. Everyone did a great job. We cut some folks out, but only because of connection issues, not content.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 01:17:10 +0000 UTC=)
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 01:16:51 +0000 UTC<3
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 01:16:48 +0000 UTCThank you!
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 01:16:43 +0000 UTCI agree. We're working on it.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 01:16:36 +0000 UTCYes, please do!
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-02 01:16:30 +0000 UTCWow, such a great episode! Iβm gonna try to make the next one. Still tryna learn how to use Discord. π
Brandon Soto
2021-06-02 00:59:08 +0000 UTCFantastic episode, really enjoy the on the fly nature of it. Callers did great
Michael Limauro
2021-06-01 22:12:32 +0000 UTCEveryone was so excited and well behaved. I never finished the jaffe pod when Colin went on his show so maybe there's some shit talking in that episode that's funny. Keep it up! I thought for sure when the UK caller asked about pricing it would devolve then but alas politeness was center stage.
Dang
2021-06-01 21:36:29 +0000 UTCStraw hat ninja XD
Eebo85
2021-06-01 20:43:40 +0000 UTCYou guys keep adding more and more for us supporters. Great to listen to you once again. Thanks for the ever high quality content. Oh and Dustin....... good boy.
Aaron Murray
2021-06-01 19:51:58 +0000 UTCMan, I love talk radio. Colin I'm so happy you decided to add this to the brand. I grew up listening to stuff like this, maybe I'll call in soon!
brody_low
2021-06-01 19:42:24 +0000 UTCLike this new episode style, however, I'd like a little more conversation from our boy, Dustin. We can share the love.
PuppiesOnParade
2021-06-01 19:38:44 +0000 UTCThis was good, I would love to call in next time. Gonna be thinking about what to ask or say until then.
Asique Alam
2021-06-01 19:35:53 +0000 UTCThank you.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-01 19:12:39 +0000 UTCGreat job as usual
Andykapped
2021-06-01 18:59:12 +0000 UTCThey did great!
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-01 18:54:26 +0000 UTCYeah, I watched it on Netflix I believe.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-01 18:54:18 +0000 UTCTry again next time. =D
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-01 18:54:12 +0000 UTCThank you! You will see it again shortly.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-01 18:54:05 +0000 UTCIt's okay.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-01 18:53:56 +0000 UTCThank you!
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-01 18:53:51 +0000 UTCWe'll do more.
Colin Moriarty
2021-06-01 18:53:48 +0000 UTCProps to the callers. I thought it was going to be a stuttering mess like sports radio call-ins.
BM
2021-06-01 18:19:38 +0000 UTCAscension was a Sci-Fi channel miniseries not Netflix. Still peeved it didn't get a season.
Jacob Lewis
2021-06-01 18:10:17 +0000 UTCMy call was dropped, came so close to getting on. Next time!
Dave Ramos
2021-06-01 16:33:58 +0000 UTCI had the time to call and thought it would be really cool to call in but than I realized I had nothing to say besides Hi. So βHiβ. Also looking forward to seeing this format again.
Nathan Favreau
2021-06-01 16:19:53 +0000 UTCI'm sorry.
Passive Pixels Edwin Castillo
2021-06-01 16:04:38 +0000 UTCGood shit sir
Dom posa
2021-06-01 16:03:24 +0000 UTCDang it!!!! I would of totally called. I'll have to watch discord closer.
Anton Kaye
2021-06-01 16:02:56 +0000 UTC
