After stuffing multiple Nintendo Switch consoles in the background of Xbox executives, we have a focused discussion on the potential of this partnership. Brett Medlock, EIC of Nintenthusiast hops aboard to wrangle this topic. Is it Game Pass on Switch? An Xbox character in Smash? Master Chief Collection on Switch? However, we...
2021-06-09 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-06-07 20:37:17 +0000 UTC View Post
2021's E3 will be a most mysterious affair. Press conferences, presentations, and more are spread out over 10 days or so, and we'll have much to discuss in the coming days and weeks. But before E3 happens, we thought we'd make some predictions. Instead of spoiling them here, though, why don't you just hit play and listen for ...
2021-06-07 20:37:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey All! I hope you're well.
I (Colin) wanted to take a brief moment to write to you to let you know what our plans are for the next couple of weeks. As you know, E3 is on the horizon, and it's quite a bit different this year, spreading its press conferences and events over 10 days or so.
To keep our shows as in...
During episode #167 of KnockBack, we spent nearly three hours gushing about Peter Jackson's 2001 rendition of The Lord of the Rings' first book, Fellowship of the Ring. Naturally, we couldn't merely stop there. The following year -- in 2002 -- the second of three Lord of the Rings movies came out. It's called The Two Towers, ...
2021-06-07 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-06-07 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-06-04 01:12:17 +0000 UTC View Post
It appears PlayStation no longer believes in generations, a quick reversal from its insistence only last year that PS4 and PS5 would be separated by games, and what one console can do that the other cannot. Yet, we now know that PS5's three biggest upcoming exclusives (Horizon: Forbidden West, God of War: Ragnarok, and Gran T...
2021-06-04 01:12:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Christmas in June has arrived! With E3 season in full swing, developers are set to make major announcements on all manner of games! With that, we tap the shoulder of Lord Cognito to dissect all 23 first party studios under Xbox and give our ‘yay’ or ‘nay’ to their appearance at the grand show. Who will we see? Time sh...
2021-06-03 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-06-03 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
It's not a secret that Matty is a lifelong fan of BioWare, but Exalted March may just take the crown. Hosting a BioWare podcast and completing both trilogies of Mass Effect and Dragon Age over a dozen times, we tap Exalted on the shoulder to talk about Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the future of BioWare remasters, the potent...
2021-06-02 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-06-01 16:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
We thought we'd try something a little different. In the spirit of decades of sports and political talk radio, we wanted to open our very own Sacred Symbols phone lines (so to speak) to talk directly with the audience. So -- for the first time ever! -- we take calls from listeners wanting to chat about the open world potentia...
2021-06-01 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-05-31 16:07:40 +0000 UTC View Post
It's all been leading to this! Our audience on Patreon voted to have us rework the new Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes VII, VIII, and IX), and... well... we got a little carried away and dedicated entire episodes to our visions on a film-by-film basis. Remember! You should listen to KnockBack Episodes #159 and #164 before jumping...
2021-05-31 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-05-28 20:54:13 +0000 UTC View Post
We've known for quite some time now that Horizon: Zero's Dawn's long-awaited sequel was en route. We've even had a title (Forbidden West) and target platforms (PS4 and PS5) since it was first revealed in 2020. But now? Well, now we have 14 minutes of gameplay to talk about, along with a very, very conspicuous absence of ...
2021-05-28 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
With E3 hyping ramping up, anything is possible! Yes, that even means Valve coming to consoles. Reports are in that the company is working on their own PC handheld akin to the Nintendo Switch. What does this mean for the likes of emulation, game streaming, xCloud, and more? There's plenty to sift through. Speaking of, Karak a...
2021-05-27 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-05-27 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-05-26 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Jimmy Champane is a producer for Austin Evans, runs his own slasher focused YouTube channel, and is working on a successful PlayStation channel on top of all that. He’s a busy man, but knows his stuff as he has consistently helped the LSM staff with their titles and thumbnails in the past. Today, I pick Jimmy’s brain on t...
2021-05-26 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... is a bit of an odd release- a self-proclaimed "version update" to a 2010 RPG that suffered poor sales and critical reception at the time. While the original became somewhat of a cult classic despite its shortcomings, it wasn't until the highly successful 2017 sequel NieR: Automata that the ...
2021-05-25 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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If you'd like to hear our overall impression of the game without spoilers, the first 20 minutes or so of the show is spoiler-free with a clear audio warning of when spoilers begin.
2021-05-25 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-05-24 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of KnockBack is a little different. Instead of covering a topic or some memories, we thought we'd talk a bit about our little retro and nostalgia podcast itself. How has the show grown and changed? How do we think we're doing? What topics do we think we covered best? Which do we think we could have done be...
2021-05-24 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The last week in our beloved gaming industry has been interesting, and of course we're going to delve into all the news that's fit to print (well, say) here on Sacred Symbols. Many, many people wrote in to ask us about IGN, Israel and Palestine, and the general drama surrounding all of that -- and we oblige, complete with tim...
2021-05-21 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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This week in news that's kind of, sort of not news, we talk a ton of Starfield! Just as Head Of Xbox Phil Spencer had said, it will indeed be an Xbox and PC exclusive. This brings forward two major questions. First, what is occurring in the industry where widely known news is news? Second, what does this mean for IP such as F...
2021-05-20 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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