Dropping 20 massive games from one publisher onto a service that is already delivering you value hand over fist can be an overwhelming experience in the most positive way. In today's episode of Defining Duke Ultimate, I hope to alleviate some of that pressure by cutting down Bethesda's titles int...
2021-03-17 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We've stayed apart long enough, don't you think? In a (rather smart) attempt to allow Defining Duke (our Xbox podcast) to grow its own identity without me (Colin), I've stayed far away. But that doesn't mean I can't corral one of those guys every once in a while, right?! Thus, for the first time ...
2021-03-16 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
2021-03-16 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
2021-03-15 19:19:08 +0000 UTC View Post
You, our precious audience, have a wide array of wants when it comes to KnockBack. You like the episodes about games, and about movies, and TV shows, and all the rest, but you also like when we get into the ephemera of the past, too. Today's show is thus dedicated to just that. We, the Brothers M...
2021-03-15 16:12:45 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
Timestamps to skip ads:
0:00:56
0:42:52
1:18:24
2021-03-12 23:13:15 +0000 UTC View Post
The deed is done: Microsoft has officially purchased Bethesda. What's that mean for PlayStation gamers? Well, it doesn't seem good, at least if you care about many of that label's products coming to PlayStation 5 outside of Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo. But between the lines are still myriad top...
2021-03-12 22:32:14 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
2021-03-12 04:57:46 +0000 UTC View Post
No more guessing. This week, Phil Spencer, Pete Hines, Todd Howard, and many others gathered to break down everything on the future of this acquisition. Game Pass additions, exclusivity, a summer event. It is all laid out for us to feast on. Now that we know what is happening, where do we go from...
2021-03-12 04:57:09 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
2021-03-10 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Xbox has set a precedent with their support for backward compatibility. From playing your favorite original Xbox titles to boosts on modern ones, they continue to expand the offering and meaning of this very feature. This week, however, we narrow our focus on what Xbox is missing! The library of ...
2021-03-10 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
It'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, sec...
2021-03-09 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
2021-03-09 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
2021-03-08 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
For pretty much every child, going to the movie theater is a rite of passage. The thing is, the nature of that rite hinges mightily on when and where you grew up. For we The Brothers Moriarty, our formidable movie theater experiences were on Long Island in the '70s, '80s, and '90s, and it's from ...
2021-03-08 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
There's little doubt Sony is near (or perhaps even at) the front of the race for mass-consumer virtual reality, and it's done a pretty nice job of putting its money where its mouth is. But with PSVR2 tacitly acknowledged and PSVR itself more than four years old, things are starting to slow down a...
2021-03-05 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
Note: This is a repost from yesterday. We encountered a bug on Patreon that caused the post to not show up on feeds or send notifications out.
2021-03-05 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
Timestamps to skip ads:
0:32:01
1:11:04
2021-03-05 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Walkthrough and Soulsbornekiro expert FightinCowboy joins the show! After nearly two years of silence, fans of Elden Ring finally have some answers. Unfortunately for Namco Bandai, none of this was planned. The new IP by From Software has suffered a major leak boasting an internal gameplay traile...
2021-03-04 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
2021-03-03 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
BioWare has been heading down a bumpy road for years. Despite all that, the industry still pays close attention to everything they do, holding their breath that one day they bounce back. So, will they? What of the future of their IP? Do we even need BioWare anymore?
2021-03-03 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Please welcome popular YouTuber LegacyKillaHD to +! I (Colin) wanted to have him on the show for a big reason: He holds publishers and developers to account just like we do, and that's truly rare in our games industry. So, we cover four major topics that are currently bouncing around: Cyberp...
2021-03-02 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
2021-03-01 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
In the early '80s, Harrison Ford was completely and undeniably in his element. Over a five year period, he appeared in The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi, and The Temple of Doom. That's one hell of a run. But squished right in between those four movies is 1982's ...
2021-03-01 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
Timestamps to skip ads:
0:33:47
1:04:34
The PlayStation world is in absolute overdrive right now, at least on the news front (not so much on the games front). Such is typically the case when a new State of Play stream occurs. The new one gave us some interesting items to consider -- fresh looks at Returnal and Deathloop, for instance -...
2021-02-26 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
2021-02-25 18:18:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Week by week, we inch closer to the conclusion of the Bethesda-Xbox merging and, more importantly, answers to pressing questions. What of exclusivity? When is Bethesda Game Studios' Starfield arriving? It looks like in the middle of March we will be learning what this means for the future of both...
2021-02-25 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
For your viewing pleasure.
2021-02-24 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a bite-size Defining Duke Ultimate episode this week (yes, we need more write-ins), but the conversation is as delicious as ever! From taco trucks to Halo being "niche," we discuss! More importantly, is whether or not Xbox is mismanaging the talent they have acquired. Taking a look at games ...
2021-02-24 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post