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Punching Up, Episode 76 | Nintendo’s Indoctrination Plan (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 76 | Nintendo’s Indoctrination Plan

This week the Punching Up crew discuss the new adorable My Mario products, Pokémon fans going nuts, Dragon Age Remakes being shutdown and more!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:21:03 - My Mario Products

0:38:15 - Dragon Age Remakes shutdown allegedly

0:52:50 - Pokémon Happy Meals pulled from Japan 2025-08-13 16:00:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Colin and Dustin Watch PlayStation's E3 1995 | Sacred Streaming Compilation, Episode 4

Let's go back to the beginning, and analyze a quainter time.

Summon Sign, Episode 85 | Is Battlefield Back? (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 85 | Is Battlefield Back?

This week Dustin joins Brad to discuss a variety of topics including Battlefield 6, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and more!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:32:04 - Battlefield 6 beta

0:54:57 - Metal Gear Sold 2 (Contains a few spoilers)

2025-08-12 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Defining Duke, Episode 241: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 241 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...

Sacred Streaming, Episode 6 | Colin and Gene Play MindsEye

Link to Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/live/3hBPvTZHg2M?si=knYai_bkwlJJECoA

Link to Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/live/-U6wxppSorw 2025-08-11 16:00:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Punching Up + Expansion Pack | Donkey Kong Bananza Spoilercast and Review Discussion (Video)

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Punching Up + Expansion Pack | Donkey Kong Bananza Spoilercast and Review Discussion

With the DK's glorious return in Donkey Kong Bananza, the Punching Up crew take a deep dive into every aspect of the game.

Note: Punching + Expansion Pack is not a new weekly show, but a bonus show for Nintendo spoilercasts as needed.

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 472 | It's Time to Talk About PlayStation 6 (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 472 | It's Time to Talk About PlayStation 6

Please welcome Tom from Moore's Law is Dead and the Broken Silicon podcast back to Sacred+. When we've had Tom on in the past, it's to leverage his deep knowledge of tech, and this time around, I (Colin) invited him back to Sacred+ for a similar reason. But now, Tom comes packing a series of explosive exclusives that he's rec...

Sacred Symbols, Episode 371 | Count Money All Day, Count Money All Night (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 371 | Count Money All Day, Count Money All Night

If Sony's recent fiscal report shows anything, it's that PlayStation is turning into a bona fide money printer. Yes, PS5 has surpassed 80 million units sold, and that in and of itself is a substantial figure. But the more interesting numbers reside in the financials, where the brand netted more in profit in a single three mon...

Defining Duke, Episode 240 | We Played Ninja Gaiden 4 Early... (Video)

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Defining Duke, Episode 240 | We Played Ninja Gaiden 4 Early...

The year of the Ninja rages on! Fresh off Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, we have more ninjas to talk about thanks to the new Shinobi demo alongside Ninja Gaiden 4. In a seemingly impossible move, Xbox brought together two legendary Japanese developers to reactivate a franchise that had laid dormant since 201...

Donkey Kong Bananza Spoilercast Thread

Hello,

The roster for this week will be the Punching Up crew Brad, Gene, and Micah.

Please submit your questions or comments about the game down below!

The cutoff for submissions is Thursday at 10 AM PST. Please keep your entries brief and well-written.


Thanks! <...

Punching Up, Episode 75 | Brutal Switch Price Hikes (Video)

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Punching Up, Episode 75 | Brutal Switch Price Hikes

This week the Punching Up crew discusses the Switch US price hikes, Nintendo's recent survey, updated sales numbers, and more!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:20:04 - Switch Price Hike

0:31:03 - Nintendo Survey

0:43:04 - Last week's Partner Direct thoughts

0:55:39 - Virtua Fighter 5 R....

The Sacred League Returns! | Sacred Streaming Compilation, Episode 3

Who will win? Only one way to find out.

Summon Sign, Episode 84 | Ninja Gaiden Returns! (Video)

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Summon Sign, Episode 84 | Ninja Gaiden Returns!

This week Gene and Brad discuss Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, MindsEye and more!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:05:11 - Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

0:31:08 - Ninja Gaiden Master Collection

0:48:52 - The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales (demo)

Sacred Streaming, Episode 5 | Remembering PlayStation's E3 1995

The day Sony changed gaming's trajectory forever.

Part II (we lost our connection): https://www.youtube.com/live/d5a0FlAb0sU

Defining Duke, Episode 240: The Thread

Hey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 240 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...

Sacred Symbols+, Episode 471 | Moriarty x Hoeg: Temu Horizon in Peril (Video)

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Sacred Symbols+, Episode 471 | Moriarty x Hoeg: Temu Horizon in Peril

It's me, Colin! Please welcome lawyer, friend, and long-time collaborator Rick Hoeg back to Sacred+ for another journey through various legal happenings in and around our industry. Today, Rick and I spend most of our time digging through Sony's recently-filed lawsuit against Tencent, its Level Infinite publishing arm, and oth...

Sacred Streaming, Episode 4 | Colin Plays Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

The first new side-scrolling entry in the Ninja Gaiden series in more than three decades is finally here!

Sacred Symbols, Episode 370 | Guerrilla Warfare (Video)

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Sacred Symbols, Episode 370 | Guerrilla Warfare

Earlier this year, Chinese publisher Tencent revealed a new project so shameless that it belies belief. It's called Light of Motiram, and it's no exaggeration to say that it's a pound-for-pound carbon copy of PlayStation's vaunted Horizon franchise. It crossed the line to such an extent that Sony is suing Tencent over it, pac...

Punching Up, Episode 74 | Nintendo's Game-Key Card Direct (Video)

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