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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 246 | Ranking PlayStation's First Party Studios (2022 Edition, Part I) (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 246 | Ranking PlayStation's First Party Studios (2022 Edition, Part I)

Who doesn't love ranking things? Your favorite and least favorite, the best and worst, the top and bottom. On this two-part episode of Sacred Symbols+ (which we only realized was a two-parter about halfway through, around the same time we realized we didn't need to do this every few months), we try to order PlayStation's 18 fully-owned teams in some sort of quantitative fashion. That'...

The Last of Them - Lockmort's Edits

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Defining Duke, Episode 100: The Thread

Hey All! 

It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 100 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 promptly (though respectfully) ignored. 

As this is an Xbox podcast, be sure y...

KnockBack, Episode 251 | The Future (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 251 | The Future

Wait, what?! KnockBack is about the past! Well, that's typically true, but today we wanted to do something a little bit different. Why? Because beginning in 2023, KnockBack is going to change. And it begins with a month hiatus, while we retool. We wanted to explain where our heads are at with KnockBack, what the coming years hold, and deploy a new schedule that'll move the show to every-ot...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 245 | PlayStation 5's and Xbox Series' First Two Years (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 245 | PlayStation 5's and Xbox Series' First Two Years

It's time once again for Sacred Symbols x Defining Duke! This time, a trio of us -- yours truly (Colin), Cog, and Dustin -- take some time to go through our ecosystems' two dueling consoles, the PS5 and XSX. With two years on the market and lots of user engagement and promising numbers for both machines, we thought we'd reflect on how they've done over the last 24 months: The highs, the lows, t...

Friendly Reminder: Last Stand's Black Friday Sale Is On!

Hey All,

I don't like cluttering the newsfeed with randomness, but I felt like this was somewhat important for our most hardcore fanbase (our Patrons) to learn, in case you didn't already know.

In short, we're having a Black Friday sale on our online store. You can find the storefront here, or by ...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 230 | Confidential: Contains Business Secrets! (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 230 | Confidential: Contains Business Secrets!

The British government has released a mildly-redacted -- but largely intact -- 20-something page writeup from a law firm representing PlayStation. Dated late October of this year (but new to all of us), Sony attempts to retort, basically line-by-line, Microsoft's various contentions about the pending Activision-Blizzard-King deal that has fascinated the industry for the better part of 12 months...

Defining Duke, Episode 99 | Is the Xbox-Activision Deal in Trouble? (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 99 | Is the Xbox-Activision Deal in Trouble?

Bethesda seemed to be an answer to a prayer when it came to Xbox fans in 2022. With Starfield and Redfall, they were set to deliver new AAA exclusives that the platform is hungry for. While that obviously got pushed back, Bethesda may have a surprise reveal up their sleeve. Zenimax Online Studios, keepers of the Elder Scrolls Online, have amassed a 200 person team to work on a new Xbox IP. It i...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 244 | The Sacred Sales Saga (November 2022) (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 244 | The Sacred Sales Saga (November 2022)

It's time once again for our data-driven miniseries, the Sales Saga! Predicated on Sony's monthly official download lists, the game is simple in premise, but complex to near-absurdity in reality: Guess the 20 most-downloaded PS5 games for, in this case, November. Think it's easy? It truly isn't. The proof? We score October's guesses in this very episode, too! But what we're most excited to reve...

Defining Duke, Episode 99: The Thread

Hey All! 

Note: We're recording on Tuesday instead of Wednesday to make sure we have properly adjust for the holidays. You will have a little less time than usual to submit inquiries. My apologies for not getting the post up sooner! - Matty

Great ways to get your write-up used: Be pithy, be topical, and be insightful. Walls-of-text, po...

KnockBack, Episode 250 | Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Red Hot Chili Peppers album) (Video)

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KnockBack, Episode 250 | Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Red Hot Chili Peppers album)

Red Hot Chili Peppers were cruising along for nearly a decade by the time their most famous record, 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik, came to store shelves, the radio waves, and MTV. But it was a particular fusion of time, place, talent, and execution that propelled it to the stratosphere. Here in the US, it's a seven-times Platinum album teeming with earworm singles that explore the whole gamut of...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 243 | The Sacred League: November 2022 (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 243 | The Sacred League: November 2022

Welcome back to The Sacred League! As you may recall, we launched this Sacred+ subseries just last month because, well, we like playing games. And we're back with an all-new episode, going over the previous month's answers and rendering verdicts on 10 all-new inquiries, five objective and five subjective. We answer questions like: Which PlayStation studios are we most grateful for? What fall re...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 229 | Shimmy Simulator (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 229 | Shimmy Simulator

God of War: Ragnarok has finally arrived, and with it comes opinions. A whole slate of them. The three of us have sat with the newest PlayStation 5 smash-hit for varying amounts of time, and we come away with equally-varying opinions that we're eager to share, expand upon, and challenge. Needless to say, we spend a whole lot of time talking about the game this week, so buckle-in. We also delve ...

Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 95 | Josh Sawyer On Obsidian, Game Pass, & Pentiment (Video)

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Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 95 | Josh Sawyer On Obsidian, Game Pass, & Pentiment

Today, the Dukes are honored to welcome the legendary Josh Sawyer to our show. Following the release of Pentiment, we speak with Josh on a number of topics as we catch Obsidian both their best and most diverse. From subjects like the pitch process of Pentiment all the way to what's next for Josh and his 13 man team, we learn quite a lot from one of the greatest minds in gaming.

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