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Sacred Symbols, Episode 260 | The Marathon Can Humble You (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 260 | The Marathon Can Humble You

Great intrigue surrounds Bungie's upcoming revival of its long-dormant FPS IP Marathon, first confirmed (but long-rumored beforehand) at the recent PlayStation Showcase. Post-show reporting outlines an ambitious service title, but questions linger about Bungie's current and continued handling of ...

Defining Duke, Episode 129 | The TRUTH On Xbox's Future - It's NOT What We Thought... (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 129 | The TRUTH On Xbox's Future - It's NOT What We Thought...

Head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty spoke with Axios in a most telling interview addressing what the future of major unknowns are. From the doors of Arkane Austin remaining open "for now" to 343 being stripped of their title as the sole Halo developer, it lets us properly understand that the vet...

Punching Up, Episode 4 | Nintendo's June Direct Was Awesome - Our Reactions (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 4 | Nintendo's June Direct Was Awesome - Our Reactions

Scheduling Note:In order to record this early episode, we had to take the KnockBack recording slot. So for this coming week, KnockBack will post on Tuesday instead of Sunday.

Surprise! A Nintendo Direct was announced and aired, so naturally, we knew we had to cov...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 260: The Thread

Hi!

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.

You have until 2023-06-21 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 305 | An Examination of The Light in the Darkness: A Game About the Holocaust (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 305 | An Examination of The Light in the Darkness: A Game About the Holocaust

Please welcome seasoned game dev Luc Bernard back to Sacred+. Luc first appeared on our show back in 2021 (Episode #126) to discuss his upcoming game concerning an unusual topic for our sphere: The Holocaust. Originally aimed for launch in 2022, it just recently launched for free on PlayStation 5...

Constellation, Episode 24 | Trigger Warnings, The Movies That Make Us Cry, Our Favorite Books and Authors, Swimming

It's time yet again for another episode of Last Stand Media's conversational podcast, Constellation. This week, the Brothers Moriarty are joined by associate editor Ben Smith and coordinator Micah Watson. Dagan's topic explores the media -- primarily the films and TV shows -- that quite literally...

Defining Duke, Episode 129: The Thread

Hey All! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 129 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 p...

Constellation, Episode 23 | Trigger Warnings, The Movies That Make Us Cry, Our Favorite Books and Authors, Swimming (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 23 | Trigger Warnings, The Movies That Make Us Cry, Our Favorite Books and Authors, Swimming

It's time yet again for another episode of Last Stand Media's conversational podcast, Constellation. This week, the Brothers Moriarty are joined by associate editor Ben Smith and coordinator Micah Watson. Dagan's topic explores the media -- primarily the films and TV shows -- that quite literally...

Sacred Symbols+: The Octopath Traveler II Thread

Hey, everyone!

Micah and I (Matty) will be sitting down this week to discuss all things Octopath Traveler II in a spoilercast/review discussion. That's where you come in!

We want all your questions in both spoiler and non-spoiler fashion. Whether it is about the respe...

Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 113 | Our Top 5 Most Anticipated 2024 Xbox Exclusives (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 113 | Our Top 5 Most Anticipated 2024 Xbox Exclusives

FINALLY! After multiple years of Defining Duke existing, we can FINALLY discuss what's to come for Xbox in a more detailed manner. The showcase brought out the heavy hitters in Fable, Avowed, Hellblade II, South Of Midnight, and Clockwork Revolution. Together, the Dukes run down this short yet ex...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 304 | Examining the Best and Worst Moments of Sony at E3 (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 304 | Examining the Best and Worst Moments of Sony at E3

Dustin had a fine idea for an episode of Sacred+, and I (Colin) aceded: Why don't we examine Sony's history at E3? After all, it's kinda-sorta "E3 time" historically, and with PlayStation giving us nothing more than a controversially underwhelming showcase, it could be fun to look back. As such, ...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 259 | Things Have Changed Like A Decade (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 259 | Things Have Changed Like A Decade

In another legendary Colin Was Right moment, Embracer Group has officially broadcast an SOS. The mega-publisher is in significant debt and severely overleveraged, with 17,000 mouths to feed over 131 studios making something like 250 games. But few of its products matter, it can't release enough q...

Defining Duke, Episode 128 | Xbox's BIG Move - Can Starfield Save 2023?! (Video)

Note: Cog's video got messed up again. I'm working to see if we can get a backup from Zencastr, but it may take a while. Sorry for the issue.

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Defining Duke, Episode 128 | Xbox's BIG Move - Can Starfield Save 2023?!

The fallout from Xbox's showcase has left us with many tantalizing topics to tackle. Obsidian's upcoming epic, Avowed, received a deep dive from game director Carrie Patel where she reveals more story and gameplay details on the 2024 RPG. From a confirmation that this is a full single player game...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 259: The Thread

Hi!

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.

You have until 2023-06-14 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 303 | Understanding Mortal Kombat (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 303 | Understanding Mortal Kombat

For my birthday in 1993, my mom bought me Mortal Kombat on SNES. In truth, I had actually pleaded for it, and timing is important, because I was doing so against the backdrop of the US government's attack on it, making things difficult (but obviously not insurmountable) for fourth grade Colin. Bu...

Punching Up, Episode 3 | Is Zelda Nintendo's Next Movie? (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 3 | Is Zelda Nintendo's Next Movie?

Nintendo is riding high on the massive success of the Super Mario Bros. Movie. Who wouldn't be thrilled after making billions of dollars? But, as with any triumph, the next question on everyone's mind is, what's next? The rumors are already swirling about a potential Legend of Zelda film. Unfortu...

Defining Duke, Episode 128: The Thread

Hey All!  It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 128 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.,...

Constellation, Episode 23 | UFOs, Fast Food, Our Horoscopes, Hills Worth Dying On (Video)

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Constellation, Episode 23 | UFOs, Fast Food, Our Horoscopes, Hills Worth Dying On

Welcome, friends, to another episode of Constellation, Last Stand Media's weekly conversational podcast. This time around, the Brothers Moriarty are joined by Last Stand executive producer Dustin Furman and coordinator Micah Watson (both also co-hosts of our new Nintendo show, Punching Up). Dagan...