In early September, prominent CRPG Baldur's Gate III migrates from PC to PlayStation 5, and it sounds like it may just be what the doctor ordered. A deep role-playing experience chock-full of choice and consequence -- and layered with a thick patina of polish -- could potentially sell millions of copies on PS5. Will it s...
2023-08-18 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-08-17 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to start believing, folks. Starfield has gone gold following multiple delays and it looks like you can finally put that September 1st (or 6th!) release date "in ink!" Alongside going gold, the information is finally starting to pour in for the game. We have a deep timeline of 300 years worth of lore to mull over. Fo...
2023-08-17 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
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2023-08-16 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-08-16 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
By popular demand, we return with our continued thoughts on Peacock's Twisted Metal series, this time examining episodes three, four, five, and six of the 10-part first season. And we're frankly glad we kept on watching, as what we would deem a decent show early on becomes good and solid during this particular run. On his jou...
2023-08-16 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 137 of Defining Duke.
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2023-08-14 18:26:16 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-08-14 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time once more for Constellation, Last Stand's conversational podcast. This week, the Brothers Moriarty are reunited, and are joined by legendary game designer David Jaffe and LSM's associate producer Ben Smith. We've split this episode in half by design, frontloading it with lighter fare and ending it with political top...
2023-08-14 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-08-13 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's not much longer now until the next open world epic from Todd Howard and the Dukes wanted to do a final gut check. Ahead of any possible previews, review codes, new trailers, and so on, we had to ask ourselves one question: What makes a good Starfield? There's no ignoring the significance of this game, so Xbox must delive...
2023-08-13 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-08-12 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Please welcome Liithos' Michael Mumbauer and John Garvin back to Sacred+. You may recall that these two industry vets last appeared on our show in the early summer of 2022, when we had a wonderful nearly-two hour conversation about wide-ranging topics having to do with their game (etc.) Ashfall. Upon meeting again, we no...
2023-08-12 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-08-11 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Is PlayStation doing well? It's easy to answer "yes" after reading Sony's recent quarterly financial reports, which shows exploding levels of revenue, with a lower-than-expected profit margin scaring markets (even as the Japanese behemoth remains in the black). Then again, that something as relatively cheap as Bungie's a...
2023-08-11 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-08-10 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Baldur's Gate has, well, stormed the gates of PCs around the globe and has managed to amass a staggering 800K+ concurrent players. Such a feat is difficult to accomplish, especially for a hardcore turn-based RPG despite how much many love them. To say Larian Studios deserves such attention and celebration would be an understa...
2023-08-10 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-08-09 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Please welcome legendary designer David Jaffe back to Sacred+. Today, Jaffe returns with intent so that we might focus-in on what is perhaps his most iconic game: Twisted Metal, the 1995 western PSone launch title, a car combat extravaganza that spawned a popular and lucrative three generation-long PlayStation franchise. Whil...
2023-08-09 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-08-08 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
After what feels like years of speculation, we finally have our first substantial leak about Nintendo's next console. Video Game Chronicle has reported that the successor to the Switch is coming next year. While this is clearly exciting, there was also some concerning information in the leak. Nintendo could be reverting back ...
2023-08-08 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey, all! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 136 of Defining Duke.
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2023-08-07 16:48:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-08-07 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, we present to you a Constellation with only a trio of participants: Colin (but no Dagan, who's on vacation with his family), joined by The Washington Post's Gene Park and LSM coordinator and shopkeep Micah Watson. Gene brings a heavy topic to the show this week in the form of heartbreak. What's our history whe...
2023-08-07 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-08-06 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
As we continue our cruise through the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters here on KnockBack, we come to the enigma that is Final Fantasy III. Like Final Fantasy II, III never got a western release at the time it came to Famicom in 1990. But unlike II, which finally saw the light of day in the west late in the PSone era, we had...
2023-08-06 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-08-05 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A couple of weeks ago, I (Colin) had a random thought: How come we never talk about physical health on Sacred Symbols+? At first blush, such a proclamation sounds peculiar. This is a PlayStation podcast after all. But the reality is, we talk about mental health all the god-damn time, and for good reason. So why do we balk at ...
2023-08-05 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-08-04 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week's episode of Sacred Symbols, we delve into a series of perplexing and puzzling enigmas. Will Helldivers launch in October, as rumors indicate? Could PS5's new firmware update allow desperate husbands to dodge the ire of their angry wives? Should Anita Sarkeesian's sunsetting Feminist Frequency brand hold a positi...
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