Hey All! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 98 of Defining Duke.
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2022-11-14 21:29:36 +0000 UTC View Post
1973's Pink Floyd record The Dark Side of the Moon is easily one of the most famous albums of all-time, toting what is perhaps the most recognizable cover art ever concocted. Its 10 tracks (or 9, if you're old-school) tell a deeply human tale, celebrating the ups and downs of life with some ...
2022-11-14 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
1973's Pink Floyd record The Dark Side of the Moon is easily one of the most famous albums of all-time, toting what is perhaps the most recognizable cover art ever concocted. Its 10 tracks (or 9, if you're old-school) tell a deeply human tale, celebrating the ups and downs of life with some ...
2022-11-14 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-11-12 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
For more than two years, the conversation surrounding Naughty Dog's PS4-exclusive The Last of Us: Part II has largely been toxic, unenjoyable, and regrettable. Yet, we here on Sacred Symbols have tried to put out constructive and worthwhile conversation around the game, specifically back in its l...
2022-11-12 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s time.
As revealed last week, Last Stand Media is coming to Houston, Texas, and tickets are now on sale for you, our loyal Patrons. Come join us for An Evening With Last Stand II: Th...
2022-11-11 19:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-11-11 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We really hope you like the Horizon series, because a new rumor from a reliably-placed source indicates that much, much more of it is coming. There are purportedly five Horizon projects in the works: Call of the Mountain on PSVR2, some sort of Zero Dawn remake for PS5, the inevitable third game i...
2022-11-11 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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The relationship between Game Developer and Game Composer is a subject we rarely get a lot of insight on within the games industry. As the news of Doom Eternal's composer controversy comes to the public eye, Cog is joined by LSM family Ben to analyze the extremely fascinating implications. Matt B...
2022-11-11 00:19:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-11-09 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Matty and Cog gather today to talk about a most important subject: "Digital Bragging Rights." Indeed, there is no other way to puff out your chest in a gaming space than to say "check out my Platinums, bro." Unfortunately, Xbox fans can't do the same and that's where our talk begins. For Xbox to ...
2022-11-09 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-11-08 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
In our never-ending quest to illustrate the many ways you -- yes, you! -- can work in the gaming industry, we've decided to explore another route in. And this one's for the mathematically-inclined among you. Kurt Lewin is a Senior Analyst at EA-owned racing developer Codemasters, and on this epis...
2022-11-08 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHey All! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 97 of Defining Duke.
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2022-11-07 19:52:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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In the history of rock, there are seminal records... and then there are the true cream of the crop. The Beatles' 1967 classic Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is very much in the latter camp, a record so mind-bending and fresh that, 55 years later, it remains one of the most-revered albums e...
2022-11-07 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-11-05 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
For a surprisingly long time, PlayStation VR2 lingered at first as a rumor, then as an acknowledged but unannounced and unnamed device, then -- finally! -- we got to see what it actually is. And frankly, it looks awesome. But there's a problem. Multiple issues, actually. Where are the games? Seld...
2022-11-05 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s time for us to come out of our hidey-holes once more! (Why does that sound so disgusting?) Today, I (Colin) am pleased to reveal the next Last Stand Media live show. Indeed, if you listened to the episode of Sacred Symbols released just a couple of hours before this post goes live, you’l...
2022-11-04 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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Note: The video may still be processing at the time of release. We are aware of the small small technical errors in this episode. As you may have heard, we've been having ...
2022-11-04 16:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
It's hard to stop a moving train, and when big corporations make meaningful decisions, the results occur over years, not days, weeks, or months. It's clear now that Sony's PSVR2 is stuck between a rock and a hard place -- there's simply no way Sony could have forecasted the last two and a ha...
2022-11-04 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
What was your game of the year last year?
2022-11-03 22:10:52 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-11-03 16:01:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Phil Spencer has heard the frustration of Xbox fans regarding the absence of first party games in 2022 loud and clear. The question is can he actually keep his promises to a frustrated base? Cog is joined by the "Man with the Million Gamerscore" Rand Al Thor 19 to discuss this and the interesting...
2022-11-03 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-11-02 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Wait till next year? A phrase Xbox fans grow weary of hearing when it comes to releasing multiple AAA games within a calendar year. Cog enlists Miles Dompier to analyze 2023 potential release cadence, Game Pass impact, and try to set proper expectations. Which criteria needs to be met to have an ...
2022-11-02 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-11-01 16:01:07 +0000 UTC View Post
What's a so-called microcommunity? Well, Last Stand Media is a good example: A new kind of outlet that doesn't rely on volume, but rather a dedicated core of engaged customers. Sorta like a country diner; nothing too splashy, not a lot of growth for the NASDAQ types... but sustainable, useful, an...
2022-11-01 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: We've fixed the audio issue around the 13 minute mark and had to re-post due to Patreon's audio replace tool not working. Sorry for the repost and the inconvenience!
Truth be told, we (The Brothers Moriarty) went into The Cabin in the Woods totally blind. Unlike...
2022-11-01 15:05:28 +0000 UTC View Post