Sacred Symbols+, Episode 84: A PlayStation Nerd Session
Added 2021-03-09 17:01:01 +0000 UTCIt's been a while, friends, since I (Colin!) have gotten a chance to talk to you one-on-one. So, today's episode of + is dedicated to just that. Let's catch up via 29 questions from the audience all about PlayStation, PlayStation games, and more. Let's talk about the first party studios, second party output, PS5, and on and on. I won't even spoil the topics! But if you're a PlayStation nerd (and I know you are!), then this episode is most certainly for you. Hit play...
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Not sure if that was an intentional I Heart Huckabees reference or not, but it was awesome nonetheless. #YouRockRock #TheRockJustSitsAndIs
Kevin Cooper
2021-04-15 15:27:10 +0000 UTCYeah. I just hate cold showers. -_-
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-16 17:06:26 +0000 UTCThank you for your kind words. <3
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-16 17:06:18 +0000 UTCWell, a little extreme, maybe.
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-16 17:06:11 +0000 UTCCertainly.
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-16 17:05:59 +0000 UTCThank you!
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-16 17:05:55 +0000 UTCThat's a good way, but seemingly complicated.
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-16 17:05:52 +0000 UTCTaking a colder shower might help. I have the same problem. Or you can wait for your body to naturally cool off. But you do you man. It works for me.
FoxHopSmash
2021-03-15 20:34:26 +0000 UTCColin, just wanted to comment once again that I’m proud of you. Your demeanor, your discipline, your happiness truly comes through on the mic during this solo-cast. You sound so damn happy at the start of this show and all the way to the final “bye” - you sound like you’re in a great place. It comes through in your speech, and it makes me smile. Been on this journey with you for a while, and you’ve had some downs.. had some way downs, I remember them. But I’m proud of you, Blue. Here’s to you. Now and always. 🍻
Tony Rivera
2021-03-13 02:28:33 +0000 UTCI assume they won’t come on because they are in fact, weak, wrong and stupid. No loss as far as I’m concerned.
BlindRiot
2021-03-12 22:30:54 +0000 UTCMysticRyan & Brian from PS5Trophies should be on the show.
Brandon Soto
2021-03-12 01:46:36 +0000 UTCReally enjoy these episodes
Reuben Barrett
2021-03-11 22:49:40 +0000 UTCYeah, someone above said that, too. My apologies!
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-11 19:26:57 +0000 UTCWe'll see!
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-11 19:26:50 +0000 UTCMaybe. =)
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-11 19:26:40 +0000 UTCYeah, I just can't do it with games like that. It's hard for me.
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-11 19:26:35 +0000 UTCOh, interesting. Well, there goes that idea. =\
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-11 19:26:27 +0000 UTCYeah, I want him on for sure. He's on the list.
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-11 19:26:16 +0000 UTCThank you!
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-11 19:26:09 +0000 UTCYes. =)
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-11 19:26:05 +0000 UTCWe have bigger needs on Patreon than emoji support, I'll tell you that.
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-11 19:25:58 +0000 UTCAh, fair enough. <3
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-11 19:25:41 +0000 UTCI'll check him out!
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-11 19:25:37 +0000 UTCI've reached out to him; he's busy at the moment. <3
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-11 19:25:31 +0000 UTCThere's a company called Currys in the UK where I am thats trying to stop scalpers that is doing a lottery on PS5 consoles where you register your interest then pull out people at random
Zack Fair
2021-03-11 19:23:28 +0000 UTCGot a correction here - DS2 is the black sheep, not 3. 3 had Miyazaki back at the helm. But as a huge fan, I would say most people just want more of the genre. I’d be fine with someone else pumping out more content on a DS or BB front, because it’s not like we are getting any otherwise.
Luke Bernhard
2021-03-11 15:22:08 +0000 UTCIf you could make your future trophy lists more difficult that would be great! I honestly found Habroxia 2 way too easy to platinum.
Sumojoe118
2021-03-11 00:20:59 +0000 UTCCan we get a "Why Nintendo?" podcast? 30+ year gaming legacy rant themed
Erk-Prime
2021-03-10 16:47:06 +0000 UTCColin, Thanks for making me realize why I put down Persona 4 Golden. As the game I bought with my Vita I really wanted to love it, but the clock kept frustrating me.
Stefan Catinella
2021-03-10 14:11:26 +0000 UTCHey Colin just wanna say that the Yuffie DLC takes places during chapter 8 when they get separated from Cloud so i dont think it relates to acquiring her for your party. To avoid the cast meeting her early they even go out of their way to disguise her when she's around them. Considering there's no sign of her in the main game I doubt whatever she does is of any real consequence to the story going forward.
Kaleb
2021-03-10 13:14:42 +0000 UTCGreat episode. I think it would be cool for you and Erik Kain to have an episode together if possible. To talk about games media and even maybe look back on Mass Effect 3 ahead of the remastered version
Kenneth Oms
2021-03-10 11:33:08 +0000 UTCLove solo colin 🙂
Asique Alam
2021-03-10 02:48:01 +0000 UTCIf, after Cyberpunk, people need ANY excuse for a delay, COVID or otherwise, then they don't deserve videogames at all.
NickBLeaveIt
2021-03-10 01:02:19 +0000 UTCGuys, guys, guys! Just wanted to let you all know that listening to this episode (just started) on 1/2 speed is great. Love (added question... why don’t we have an emoji of two hands making a heart yet?)
Calcifer
2021-03-09 23:54:30 +0000 UTCJust a small correction here. Colin said that Dark Souls 3 had a different director but it was actually Dark Souls 2. Miyazaki was working on Bloodborne while Tanimura helmed DS2. Thanks for a good episode as always, Colin!
Jack Palumbo
2021-03-09 23:10:15 +0000 UTCHi Colin! Wanted to throw a guest suggestion out there. I think Jirard the Completionist would make an interesting guest. He 100% completes games for a living and I think you guys could have a solid discussion about trophies and such. Not sure if he'd want to come on, but worth a try I think.
Zano McGee
2021-03-09 21:04:38 +0000 UTCHi Colin, the 1-on-1 episodes are great as always! About you reaching out for interviews for SS+, can I suggest MysticRyan? He runs a great PS centric YouTube channel; it would be great to hear your two's thoughts on PS. Thanks!
Frank
2021-03-09 20:30:50 +0000 UTCThat's big.
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-09 20:09:28 +0000 UTCYou're a real son of a gun.
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-09 20:09:23 +0000 UTCThank you!
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-09 20:09:08 +0000 UTCChris also hates Deacon's wife, so you're in good company. I personally liked the writing and plot quite a bit. I'd say that if you feel inclined, you should listen to our spoilercast when you're done, because I think that's where I go into the little things they could have done to make the game even cooler, in my opinion. <3
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-09 20:09:03 +0000 UTCTrophies would also be my biggest complaint.
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-09 20:07:50 +0000 UTCFarout, man.
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-09 20:07:34 +0000 UTCI don't think so.
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-09 20:07:26 +0000 UTCPlease try and outdo yourself next week.
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-09 20:07:21 +0000 UTC<3
Colin Moriarty
2021-03-09 20:07:13 +0000 UTCAddendum to my question: secured a PS5 today!!!!
Drew Packard
2021-03-09 19:35:12 +0000 UTCHey guy, If you’re looking for people to disagree with you to have as guests on the podcast, I’ll gladly put on my best dress-shirt (no pants), and take you to task over your opinions of Square’s PS2-era masterpiece: Final Fantasy X, which I’ve repeatedly heard you denigrate and disparage, much to my consternation. I recently acquired FFX’s platinum trophy and after 200+ hours in the game; dodging lightning bolts, grinding the Monster Arena, playing Blitzball and racing Chocobos; it has only more firmly established itself as my favourite game of all-time. Colin, Since you failed miserably last year to complete one JRPG a month, please show at least the tiniest amount of fortitude and give the last great game of the golden-age of JRPGs another try. It’s only 50 hours to complete and it’s not like you’re busy hanging up pictures or assembling furniture or anything. Don’t be a coward, Peace & Love, Madshibs
Madshibs
2021-03-09 19:33:01 +0000 UTCLove the show, Colin. Keep it up!
yosh_wah
2021-03-09 19:16:30 +0000 UTCColin, as a massive PlayStation dweeb myself, I have played all PlayStation first party games to their completion. However, one game I just couldn't get behind was Days Gone. I tried playing it soon after Ghost of Tsushima and just couldn't get down with it. I don't like the characters, and the gameplay felt sluggish on my old ps4. However, now with a 60 FPS boost on PS5, I'm happy to tell you I took your suggestion a couple of episodes ago and gave this game another shot. I have to say, I dig it. I still think the story is generic and I can't bring myself to care about any of the characters, ESPECIALLY Deacon's wife. Since I don't care about her, it makes it hard to sympathize with Deacon, an already unlikeable and generic character in my opinion. However, the gameplay loop is a lot of fun. I'm having a good time escaping after a long day of work and just running around the beautiful landscape SonyBend created, shooting down zombies (freakers...stupid). I've heard you say that this game got a lot of undeserved shit, and I agree for the most part, now. However, what are you thoughts on the writing? Does SonyBend need to focus on that for the sequel since the gameplay is already so sharp? Speaking of gameplay, what could they do to advance the gameplay? Seems like they played all of their cards in the first go. Although I'm enjoying the game, I'm not sure they should make a sequel. What say you?
yosh_wah
2021-03-09 19:15:26 +0000 UTCI gotta say I’ve had my ps5 for a month now and after the first two weeks I’ve had zero issues navigating the ps5 UI and I actually like it better and haven’t had any issues. The only real issue is like Colin said.. the trophies. They make it so hard to see them in general and even when you do get to the screen it’s really unorganized and hard to follow in the new format, and if you want the old format you have to go to your profile through all these other pages. It’s not good. The rest I’m fine with so hopefully they can fix the trophies and I’ll be content.
Adam
2021-03-09 18:53:10 +0000 UTCFar out, brah.
Max Stahl
2021-03-09 18:04:00 +0000 UTCColin did you record this in your underwear?
Dylan Manuszak
2021-03-09 17:20:12 +0000 UTCI've never hit play faster. Thank you, sir.
Dennis Johnson
2021-03-09 17:03:20 +0000 UTCLove you colin
Mitch Orobko
2021-03-09 17:02:03 +0000 UTC
