KnockBack, Episode 233 | No Country For Old Men (Video)
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2022-07-25 16:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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KnockBack, Episode 233 | No Country For Old Men
In 2005, acclaimed American author Cormac McCarthy released one his most famous novels, a brisk read called No Country For Old Men. Set in 1980 in Texas' sprawling border region, No Country For Old Men is all about chance and consequence set amongst the backdrop of a brewing drug war that, in modern times, we know all too well. Our audience voted for us to cover this topic -- one about money, v...
2022-07-25 16:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 209 | Call-in with Dustin (Video)
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2022-07-23 16:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 209 | Call-in with Dustin
It’s time for another call-in! Colin and Chris have each had their own, so I (Dustin) am up to bat. Beware though, weebish questions abound! Let’s discuss what the future of PlayStation Stars could look like. What should Nintendo do next after the Switch? What is the endgame of video game collections? What show can you suggest to get your significant other into anime? This was a fun time, s...
2022-07-23 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 212 | Repeat After Everyone (Video)
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2022-07-22 16:01:07 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 212 | Repeat After Everyone
There can be no doubt, now, that Sony wants to be a major player in the esports space. This was first evidenced by left-field acquisitions like EVO, moving into branding decisions like INZONE. Now, with the purchase of esports tournament operator Repeat, the writing's obviously on the wall. Can PlayStation discover success in the games-as-a-service and competitive spaces, where they've tra...
2022-07-22 16:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 81 | Can The Activision Blizzard Deal Save Xbox in 2022? (Video)
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2022-07-21 16:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 81 | Can The Activision Blizzard Deal Save Xbox in 2022?
Microsoft has provided the FTC the additional information it was seeking, potentially triggering a final window to any challenges of the Activision Blizzard acquisition. The Dukes are assisted by Rand Al Thor 19 & LSM family Ben Smith to dissec...
2022-07-21 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 208 | Gushing About Vita (and More!) With Gio Corsi (Video)
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2022-07-20 16:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 208 | Gushing About Vita (and More!) With Gio Corsi
Please welcome my (Colin's) good friend Gio Corsi to the show. Most of you know Mr. Corsi full-well -- he spent more than six years as an executive at PlayStation, particularly during the latter PS3/Vita era and into and through most of the PS4 generation -- and you saw him on-stage at events, in videos, giving interviews, and more. In 2019, Gio left Sony to go to second-party partner Illf...
2022-07-20 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke Ultimate, Episode 77 | An In Depth Look At the Microsoft & Netflix Partnership feat. Hoeg Law & Gaming Forte (Video)
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Note: There was a technical error with today's Sacred Symbols+, so we're swapping it out for Defining Duke Ultimate. Expect a new episode of + tomorrow!
2022-07-19 16:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke Ultimate, Episode 77 | An In Depth Look At the Microsoft & Netflix Partnership feat. Hoeg Law & Gaming Forte
In a time of gaming acquisitions and mergers, Microsoft hits the news once again. This time in a surprising partnership with Netflix! Cog taps in with the legal expertise of Rick Hoeg and the gaming perspective of Gaming Forte. What does the mean on the business side for both entities? Are there any future gaming implications that could result from this? Let's discuss.
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2022-07-19 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostKnockBack, Episode 232 | Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Video)
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2022-07-18 16:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostKnockBack, Episode 232 | Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
By 2011, Sony-owned developer Naughty Dog was firing out critically-acclaimed games from a machine gun. Only two years removed from near-unanimous Game of the Year Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and two years away from the even-more-unanimous Game of the Year The Last of Us, Uncharted 3 finds itself in a bit of a pickle, at least with some. After all, it wasn't directed by Amy Hennig, and many play...
2022-07-18 16:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 207 | Gamergrate (Video)
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2022-07-16 16:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 207 | Gamergrate
For some people, politics and video games go together like peanut butter and poop. But -- irrespective of the naysaying -- the two are natural bedfellows, as politics is with any entertainment medium or artform. To explore the positive and negative intersections of these two seemingly-disparate but deeply-interconnected worlds, I invited podcaster, social commentator, and Gamer (with a capital ...
2022-07-16 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 211 | It Can't Be For Nothing (Video)
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2022-07-15 16:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 211 | It Can't Be For Nothing
The Last of Us: Part I has officially gone gold, interesting news considering it doesn't launch for some seven weeks. Yet, the upcoming PS5 remake's very existence has proven mighty contentious. Some claim it doesn't need to exist at all; many others insist it's a "cash grab" of the highest order. But some folks who worked on the game have come out staunchly in its defense, not only i...
2022-07-15 16:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 80 | Is It Time To Get Hyped For Redfall?
Redfall stands as one of Xbox's most anticipated exclusives and it makes sense. Arkane Studios is a world class talent creating some of the best immersive sim titles that our industry has to offer. However, Redfall is set to be different compared to the studio's past work and a major interview by IGN shines a spotlight on why. Together, the Dukes go through it with a fine toothed comb to bring ...
2022-07-14 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 80 | Is It Time To Get Hyped For Redfall? (Video)
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2022-07-14 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke Ultimate, Episode 76 | Our Top 3 Most Anticipated Xbox Game Pass Games (Video)
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2022-07-13 16:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke Ultimate, Episode 76 | Our Top 3 Most Anticipated Xbox Game Pass Games
It's a slower week and with interview targets in limbo, Cog and I dug into the stash for a "rainy day" topic. After the Xbox & Bethesda showcase, we got a nice look at the roadmap of significant Day One Game Pass games. Certainly, the service has many surprises in store for us and these lists could change, but we feel pretty confident about it! So, individually we compiled our lists and set...
2022-07-13 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 206 | Gather Ye Sacred Dukes (Video)
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2022-07-12 16:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols+, Episode 206 | Gather Ye Sacred Dukes
We know you guys and gals love it when we get Sacred Symbols and Defining Duke together, and we figured since it's a little slow in the industry right now, now's the time to strike! As such, please welcome Defining Duke: An Xbox Podcast's co-hosts -- Matty and Cog -- to Sacred Symbols+. Today's two hour episode winds around a bit, as we talk about our feelings on Xbox and PlayStation's current ...
2022-07-12 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostKnockBack, Episode 231 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Video)
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2022-07-11 16:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostKnockBack, Episode 231 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
We promised you we'd be back! A few weeks ago, we recorded an episode all about James Cameron's 1984 film The Terminator, and we figured we'd return with haste to talk about its mega-famous sequel. Launched in 1991, Judgment Day brings the co-stars of the first flick back, but turns the story on its head. This time, Arnold is a good guy, and he and Linda Hamilton act as stewards for John Connor...
2022-07-11 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 210 | Sucker Punched (Video)
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2022-07-08 16:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 210 | Sucker Punched
It's always fun to receive a letter, unless that letter happens to be very sad. Sony-owned developer Sucker Punch penned one such melancholy note to its audience in recent days, and it relayed sorrowful news indeed: The team isn't working on Infamous or Sly Cooper games now, they won't be in the foreseeable future, and -- perhaps most surprising -- no other studio is, either. Is the abando...
2022-07-08 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 79 | Evaluating The Future Of Xbox Game Pass (Video)
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2022-07-07 16:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostDefining Duke, Episode 79 | Evaluating The Future Of Xbox Game Pass
The news has slowed that considerably compared to weeks prior, but that's fine because it gives more room to get in touch with what the audience is thinking. Our collective focus is on the future of Xbox Game Pass where many of your chimed in about a variety of paths that the brand can take. What devices or consoles could it appear on? What regions may it thrive in? Should DLC also arrive for f...
2022-07-07 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post