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Defining Duke, Episode 266: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 266 of Defining Duke.

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 500 | Running A Retro Game Store: The Coolest Job Ever? (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 500 | Running A Retro Game Store: The Coolest Job Ever?

Back in July of 2024, Dustin invited Evan Miranda to Sacred Symbols+ for a discussion about his brand new retro game shop in Dustin's hometown of Butler, Pennsylvania. (That's episode #393, and you should go listen to it and watch it now!) But -- for whatever reason -- I (Colin) was unable to mak...

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 396 | These Changing Years, They Add To Your Confusion (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 396 | These Changing Years, They Add To Your Confusion

With the chase for AI obliterating affordability in computing-related markets, it should come as no surprise that Sony may be deliberating a delay for PlayStation 6's rollout and release. But recent commentary from a well-connected financial analyst suggests that PS6's purported delay may be more...

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Defining Duke, Episode 265 | These Xbox Stats Are BRUTAL... (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 265 | These Xbox Stats Are BRUTAL...

Well, we've seen our fair share of Xbox earnings reports. As expected, there's a lot of negative discourse around it, but this time there are some more troubling facts resting within these underlying numbers. As we've seen Xbox's hardware has been down for almost two years now. That continues in ...

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Punching Up, Episode 100 | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Looks INSANE! (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 100 | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Looks INSANE!

This week, the Punching Up crew celebrates their 100th episode and discusses a variety of news topics, including the new Super Mario Galaxy trailer, Pokémon coming to Universal Studios, Nintendo Direct rumors, and more!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:24:53 - New Mario Galaxy Movie ...

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Summon Sign, Episode 109 | Resident Evil Requiem Is Nearly Here (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 109 | Resident Evil Requiem Is Nearly Here

This week, Gene and Simon Zijlemans join Brad to discuss Resident Evil Requiem, Final Fantasy VII on Switch 2, Big Hops, and more!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:19:30 - Resident Evil Requiem Preview

0:49:52 - Final Fantasy VII Remake (Switch 2)

1:13:20 - Big Hops

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Defining Duke, Episode 265: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 265 of Defining Duke.

Great ways to get your write-up used: Be pithy, be topical, and be insightful. Walls-of-text, posts littered with poor grammar and punctuation, etc., are...

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Punching Up Ep. 100 Thread

Hello everyone!

Please post your questions and comments for the show down below.

Cutoff for submissions will be Monday at 7 PM PST. Please keep your entries brief and well-written.

Thanks!

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 499 | Checking-In With Gene Park (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 499 | Checking-In With Gene Park

Please welcome Punching Up co-host and Washington Post writer Gene Park back to Sacred Symbols+. If you haven't heard, Gene is going through a difficult time right now. Unfortunately, the cancer he was first diagnosed with in 2022 and entered remission from in 2023 has returned, and the short sto...

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 395 | It Never Made Much Sense (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 395 | It Never Made Much Sense

The Ubisoft that we knew is dead. In its place, a new structure has emerged, a federalized series of five "Creative Houses," each with its own studios, IP, revenue flow, and responsibilities. Ultimately, it's the new Ubisoft's way of giving their employees all the leeway they need to make great s...

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Defining Duke, Episode 264 | Our Thoughts On Xbox's Developer_Direct 2026... - Did It Deliver?! (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 264 | Our Thoughts On Xbox's Developer_Direct 2026... - Did It Deliver?!

Everything from Forza Horizon 6 and Kiln to Beast Of Reincarnation and Fable was shown off here! While the other games made their own noise, the Dukes (including Gene Park) were most captured by Fable. Judging by the noise online, so were many, many other people. For the first time in a long time...

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Sacred Streaming, Episode 31: Sacred Symbols Watches Xbox's Developer Direct '26

Like it or not, we have to start paying much more attention to Sony's biggest third party partner.

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Punching Up, Episode 99 | Nintendo Continues to Dominate (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 99 | Nintendo Continues to Dominate

This week the Punching Up crew discuss Nintendo One again being on top of the charts in Japan, Pokémon's surprising long development, a new Legend of Zelda LEGO set, and more!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:27:16 - Quick Marathon thoughts

0:33:16 - New Zelda LEGO set

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Summon Sign, Episode 108 | The Blue Bomber Returns! (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 108 | The Blue Bomber Returns!

This week Colin and Radec discuss Mega Man 1-11, Puppeteer, The Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, and more

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:39:34 - Mega Man 1-11

1:23:09 - Puppeteer

1:34:54 - Sort it Out/Keep it Up

2:28:38 - Game Recommendation

2:29:53 - Mortal ...

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Sacred Streaming, Episode 30: Mega Man Monday Marathon Madness

Colin has been spending a lot of time with Mega Man 1 through 11 lately. Why not run through some of them in an order of your choosing?

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 498 | Moriarty x Jaffe: New Year, Same Us (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 498 | Moriarty x Jaffe: New Year, Same Us

Please welcome storied game designer David Jaffe to Sacred+ for his first appearance of 2026. Today, I (Colin) invited him onto the show to discuss a bunch of topics in our trademark freeform style, with lots of tangents and interruptions: How we manage the endless choice of 'what game to play ne...

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 394 | You're A God (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 394 | You're A God

As PlayStation's aggressive pursuit of crossmedia success continues, we have a new piece of news worth considering in the form of the casting of Kratos in Amazon's upcoming God of War series. 6'6" American actor Ryan Hurst has won the coveted role, joining notable writers, directors, and a famous...

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Defining Duke, Episode 263 | It's FINALLY Fable Time! (Video)

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