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Sacred Symbols, Episode 268 | Baldur's Great

In early September, prominent CRPG Baldur's Gate III migrates from PC to PlayStation 5, and it sounds like it may just be what the doctor ordered. A deep role-playing experience chock-full of choice and consequence -- and layered with a thick patina of polish -- could potentially sell millio...

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Defining Duke, Episode 137 | Starfield Goes Gold - It's Really Happening! (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 137 | Starfield Goes Gold - It's Really Happening!

It's time to start believing, folks. Starfield has gone gold following multiple delays and it looks like you can finally put that September 1st (or 6th!) release date "in ink!" Alongside going gold, the information is finally starting to pour in for the game. We have a deep timeline of 300 years ...

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 268: The Thread

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Submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for this week's episode of Sacred Symbols in this thread.

As always, please keep your inquiries well-written and pithy. Novels, poorly-written posts, etc. are politely ignored.

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 321 | Twisted Metal (Peacock) Review Discussion and Spoilercast (Season 1, Episodes 3-6) (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 321 | Twisted Metal (Peacock) Review Discussion and Spoilercast (Season 1, Episodes 3-6)

By popular demand, we return with our continued thoughts on Peacock's Twisted Metal series, this time examining episodes three, four, five, and six of the 10-part first season. And we're frankly glad we kept on watching, as what we would deem a decent show early on becomes good and solid during t...

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Defining Duke, Episode 137: The Thread

Hey, all!  It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 137 of Defining Duke.

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Constellation, Episode 32 | Pandemic Nostalgia, Faking It 'Til You Make It, Illegal Immigration, Getting Away (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 32 | Pandemic Nostalgia, Faking It 'Til You Make It, Illegal Immigration, Getting Away

It's time once more for Constellation, Last Stand's conversational podcast. This week, the Brothers Moriarty are reunited, and are joined by legendary game designer David Jaffe and LSM's associate producer Ben Smith. We've split this episode in half by design, frontloading it with lighter fare an...

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 117 | What Makes A Good Starfield? (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 117 | What Makes A Good Starfield?

It's not much longer now until the next open world epic from Todd Howard and the Dukes wanted to do a final gut check. Ahead of any possible previews, review codes, new trailers, and so on, we had to ask ourselves one question: What makes a good Starfield? There's no ignoring the significance of ...

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 320 | How Ashfall Became Trace War: An Industry Conversation (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 320 | How Ashfall Became Trace War: An Industry Conversation

Please welcome Liithos' Michael Mumbauer and John Garvin back to Sacred+. You may recall that these two industry vets last appeared on our show in the early summer of 2022, when we had a wonderful nearly-two hour conversation about wide-ranging topics having to do with their game (etc.) Ashf...

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 267 | Funny Money (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 267 | Funny Money

Is PlayStation doing well? It's easy to answer "yes" after reading Sony's recent quarterly financial reports, which shows exploding levels of revenue, with a lower-than-expected profit margin scaring markets (even as the Japanese behemoth remains in the black). Then again, that something as ...

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Defining Duke, Episode 136 | Starfield VS Baldur's Gate 3 - Should Xbox Be Concerned? (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 136 | Starfield VS Baldur's Gate 3 - Should Xbox Be Concerned?

Baldur's Gate has, well, stormed the gates of PCs around the globe and has managed to amass a staggering 800K+ concurrent players. Such a feat is difficult to accomplish, especially for a hardcore turn-based RPG despite how much many love them. To say Larian Studios deserves such attention and ce...

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 319 | The Making of Twisted Metal (1995) with David Jaffe (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 319 | The Making of Twisted Metal (1995) with David Jaffe

Please welcome legendary designer David Jaffe back to Sacred+. Today, Jaffe returns with intent so that we might focus-in on what is perhaps his most iconic game: Twisted Metal, the 1995 western PSone launch title, a car combat extravaganza that spawned a popular and lucrative three generation-lo...

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Punching Up, Episode 7 | Switch 2 Leaks... We're Concerned (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 7 | Switch 2 Leaks... We're Concerned

After what feels like years of speculation, we finally have our first substantial leak about Nintendo's next console. Video Game Chronicle has reported that the successor to the Switch is coming next year. While this is clearly exciting, there was also some concerning information in the leak. Nin...

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Defining Duke, Episode 136: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 136 of Defining Duke. 

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Constellation, Episode 31 | Heartbreak, Ice Cream, Life/Work Balance (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 31 | Heartbreak, Ice Cream, Life/Work Balance

This week, we present to you a Constellation with only a trio of participants: Colin (but no Dagan, who's on vacation with his family), joined by The Washington Post's Gene Park and LSM coordinator and shopkeep Micah Watson. Gene brings a heavy topic to the show this week in the form of hear...

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KnockBack, Episode 266 | Final Fantasy III (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 266 | Final Fantasy III

As we continue our cruise through the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters here on KnockBack, we come to the enigma that is Final Fantasy III. Like Final Fantasy II, III never got a western release at the time it came to Famicom in 1990. But unlike II, which finally saw the light of day in the west...

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 318 | Health Is Wealth (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 318 | Health Is Wealth

A couple of weeks ago, I (Colin) had a random thought: How come we never talk about physical health on Sacred Symbols+? At first blush, such a proclamation sounds peculiar. This is a PlayStation podcast after all. But the reality is, we talk about mental health all the god-damn time, and for good...

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 266 | Mysteries of the Universe (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 266 | Mysteries of the Universe

On this week's episode of Sacred Symbols, we delve into a series of perplexing and puzzling enigmas. Will Helldivers launch in October, as rumors indicate? Could PS5's new firmware update allow desperate husbands to dodge the ire of their angry wives? Should Anita Sarkeesian's sunsetting Feminist...

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