Long has it been requested that we host a special on Sea Of Thieves and, today, we are finally doing just that. Joining me (Matty) is our associate producer Ben Smith who among many other things he is amazing at is an expert on one of Xbox's most successful service games to date. Since the announcement of Xbox Game Pass, Sea ...
2022-02-23 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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I know you get a lot of posts on our Patreon, and I apologize to add to the traffic. However, I wanted to let everyone know that tickets to Sacred Symbols 200 Live at The National in Richmond, VA are now available for everyone to buy, L...
2022-02-23 16:22:31 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-02-22 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In early 2021, a hack journalist deployed a transparent political attack on a relatively anonymous game dev. The dev's name is Troy Leavitt, a veteran designer of the Utah studio scene with experience at defunct teams like SingleTrac, and more recently at the Disney-owned and then WB-owned Avalanche Studios. There, he quietly...
2022-02-22 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-02-21 20:58:53 +0000 UTC View PostHey All! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 60 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.
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2022-02-21 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We love John Hughes here on KnockBack. The (sadly deceased) American filmmaker and writer is perhaps best-known for his work on the likes of Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, and Home Alone. But before he got to any of those films -- and the rest of his legion of '80s masterpieces -- he undertook Sixteen Candles, which also hap...
2022-02-21 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
Soon, we'll be recording an episode of KnockBack dedicated to Naughty Dog's smash-hit PlayStation 3 game, 2007's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.
As always, submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas to our show concerning the topic. Pithy and well-written inquiries o...
2022-02-19 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-02-19 17:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
We are merely days away from the next anticipated FromSoftware release, Elden Ring. With the insane levels of hype surrounding the launch, I (Dustin) thought it would be a fantastic time to look back at FromSoftware's "Souls" games and what makes them great. Filled with iconic locations, characters, weapons, and boss fights, ...
2022-02-19 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-02-18 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It seems like PlayStation has taken some body blows recently, but stark reality paints a different picture. Sales data shows PlayStation 5 is steadily outselling Xbox Series X|S, while games like the original Horizon and Miles Morales are doing Nintendo first party-level numbers, something its primary competition could only d...
2022-02-18 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-02-17 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a jumbled mess of news this week. Xbox's messaging continues to puzzle the Dukes as Phil Spencer has claimed he wants games like Starfield to be the most played Todd Howard game yet it has the most walls surrounding it. We see "popular Activision Blizzard titles" are remaining multi-platform, so the situation for Bethesd...
2022-02-17 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
As usual, we're giving you -- our beloved audience -- the opportunity to help select an upcoming episode of our retro and nostalgia podcast, KnockBack.
Here's what you do: Submit a single topic idea in the thread below, and then use Patreon's "like" system (which is a heart) to show support for others' su...
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2022-02-16 17:01:07 +0000 UTC View Post
For generations, the "war" has always and forever been waged between Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo. That competition will remain forever, but there are invaders arriving shortly which will almost certainly disrupt what we're using to in gaming. Amazon, Apple, and Google. All major corporations with plenty of cash to blow an...
2022-02-16 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-02-15 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Communist-controlled China is a threat to free expression and peaceful commerce, but we here in the west are nonetheless more-than-happy to do business with them anyway. And that complicity comes at a cost, whether we want to admit it or not. To get into the nitty-gritty of just what it means to do business with, in, and for ...
2022-02-15 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
We're recording a Souls Retrospective for an upcoming episode of Sacred Symbols+ featuring Dustin and Matty! This episode is all about looking back at FromSoftware's "Souls" games, including Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1-3, Bloodborne, and Sekiro.
You know the drill: Submit your topical question, com...
Hey All! It's time to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas for Episode 59 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.
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2022-02-14 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode of KnockBack is for all you pretty young things out there. In late-1982, Michael Jackson -- already world-renowned both with his family band The Jackson 5 and via his solo vehicles -- released his most seminal work, the three-times Diamond certified record Thriller. While its title track may be what's most rememb...
2022-02-14 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-02-12 17:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Micah gets back behind the microphone to answer your inquiries about Star Wars, wet socks, life in the south, her favorite Switch games, and her opinions on PlayStation vs Xbox. Boil up some Pepsi and microwave a steak: it’s the Mama Micah power hour!
2022-02-12 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-02-11 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Microsoft's pending purchase of Activision has turned the industry upside down for weeks, but now we're not so sure it deserves too much worry, at least not for the PlayStation fanbase. In anticipation of regulatory concerns, Microsoft has explicitly and repeatedly ensured that PlayStation (and Nintendo?!) will receive plenty...
2022-02-11 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-02-10 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Dukes have spoken on multiple accounts about Xbox progress as a brand, but their communication leaves much to be desired. There has been no better public example than the back-and-forth statements on how Xbox plans to handle the games from their newly acquired publisher, Activision. From uncertainty, to delays of when the...
2022-02-10 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
