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Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast is the internet's premiere weekly PlayStation show dedicated to coverage of PS5, PS4, PSVR2, and Sony's deep gaming legacy stretching back to the mid-'90s. Join 20+ year gaming industry veteran and PlayStation brand expert Colin Moriarty -- along with his co-hosts comedian Chris Ray Gun and producer Dustin Furman -- as they go through the news of the week, highlight the best recent games, and interact with their incredibly loyal audience, all without taking anything too seriously. New episodes post each and every Monday. To get early access to each episode, join thousands and thousands of your fellow listeners by supporting the show on Patreon at patreon.com/laststandmedia  

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Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

News is admittedly slow as the industry awaits major announcements at the imminent Game Awards. But a specific interview was recently released that still gives us plenty to discuss. The website Eurogamer sat down with ex-PlayStation executive Shawn Layden for a fascinating chat about the present and future of the console space, and he had tons to say. We spend a lot of time dissecting his thoughts on topics ranging from PlayStation 6 and console agnosticism to Sony publishing on Xbox and perhaps the most important issues of all: The cost to develop increasingly long and expensive games that few people even bother to beat. Other news this week includes the shuttering of Ubisoft's beleaguered shooter XDefiant, the announcement of a blatant ripoff of Guerrilla's Horizon series called Light of Motiram, FromSoft's puzzling claim that it's not working on an Elden Ring sequel, and more. Listener inquiries help us round things out, per usual. Is Sony quietly giving PSVR2 a new push? How can Square Enix still be publishing PS1 games? Will Sony's E3 2013 'game sharing video' truly resonate throughout time? When will the audience learn that -- yes, indeed! -- you should definitely listen to our rock-solid relationship advice?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:15:43 - Spotify Wrapped
0:32:06 - The chips in the microwave was a red flag
0:38:25 - Breakup advice
0:45:05 - Gooner rankings
0:55:07 - Joker 2
1:04:47 - The PlayStation startup returns
1:22:10 - BBC interview with Hulst and Nishino
1:43:59 - Horizon ripoff Light of Moritam
1:52:56 - Fromsoft on Elden Ring 2
2:01:17 - Xdefiant is shutting down
2:15:58 - Foamstars support ending
2:21:10 - What are we playing?
2:39:56 - Shawn Layden interview
3:41:16 - The famous "game sharing" video
3:52:10 - PSVR2's new push
4:03:07 - Picking a game for friends to play
4:11:18 - Square Enix is printing new PS1 games
4:13:12 - "Global Subscription Optimization Manager"
4:18:51 - "Take care guys"
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#336 | A Kind of Cathedral Business

Geoff Keighley's 'The Game Awards' festivities didn't disappoint this year. Quite the contrary, it was arguably the single strongest showing of new game announcements the industry has seen in seemingly forever, and it was capped-off with what many of us have long awaited: Naughty Dog's new game. For the first time since 2005's Jak X: Combat Racing on PlayStation 2, Sony's crown jewel studio is readying a product that's aligned neither with Uncharted nor The Last of Us. It's called Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, it's about a spacefaring bounty hunter and a mysterious alien planet, and it's coming to PlayStation 5 at an undetermined point in the future. Naturally, we have much to discuss. Other TGA announcements of note include a surprise update for Helldivers 2, Capcom reveals in the form of new games in the Onimusha and Okami series, a brand new multiplayer Elden Ring spin-off called Nightreign, our first look at Borderlands 4 and The Witcher IV, the long-awaited revival of the Turok IP, the first new 2D Ninja Gaiden in more than three decades, and much more. And there's a regular ol' episode of Sacred Symbols underneath all of that, too, focused on the purported leak of Bend Studio's new game, the death of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, a serious lawsuit filed against Bungie by a fired executive, final word on long-defunct vaporware PS4 project Wild, and more. We wrap things up with listener inquiries on topics like rumors of an upcoming Steam console, parasocial relationships in the creator space, the ability of dialogue to ruin a perfectly good user experience, and a conundrum surrounding perpetual hiccups and $100 million.

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:35:57 - Tri Breaker is out now!
0:40:41 - Colin and Charli XCX
0:43:38 - $100 million but hiccups
0:50:04 - PlayStation Wrap-up
1:05:33 - Sony shares are trading higher than any point since 2000
1:07:19 - Thoughts from employees about Sony x Kadokawa
1:14:02 - Ex-Bungie director is suing
1:22:44 - UI designer leaks Bend's next game
1:27:37 - Apple and Sony are partnering on PSVR2 controllers for Apple Vision Pro
1:35:09 - Publishers are worried about their releases around GTAVI
1:37:13 - Suicide Squad support is ending
1:41:39 - What Are We Playing?
2:15:08 - The Game Awards announcements
4:04:44 - New info on Wild
4:12:28 - New PS Plus games
4:15:23 - PSN top games
4:18:16 - Does Steam OS going everywhere affect Sony?
4:34:06 - Too many tutorials
4:41:05 - Our thoughts on parasocial bonds
4:52:25 - Realizing you've changed through media
4:59:36 - Are clips hurting the industry?
5:11:10 - Main Quest vs Side Quests
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#337 | Another Dimension, New Galaxy

The holidays draw ever-nearer, making this our final recording of 2024. (Fear not, though: As tradition dictates, episodes will continue uninterrupted throughout the break, and indeed, everything is already in the can!) Not surprisingly, the news is a little light this time of year, though there are some interesting tidbits to pick up on. For starters, we take a look at two titles shown at The Game Awards that we skipped over last week, in the form of Crimson Desert and Midnight Murder Club, the latter a second party, Sony-published offering. We also delve into Mark Cerny's recent PS5 Pro technical presentation, wade through the (now rectified) drama surrounding Helldivers 2's exciting Killzone crossover, analyze whether the upcoming sci-fi RPG Exodus has the potential to be the true next Mass Effect, and more. But at the end of our show, we replace our typical six questions about random topics with six questions about something more than 50 of you wrote in about on the most recent thread. The topic at hand is obviously Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, Naughty Dog's upcoming PS5 exclusive. So many wrote in, in fact, that it felt disingenuous to ignore all of the noise. So instead, let's dive way deeper. What should PlayStation's next move be when it comes to rolling out this new product? Could the game flop on the market, either outright or by Naughty Dog's lofty standards? Do the masses suffer from some combination of Naughty Dog and Neil Druckmann Derangement Syndrome? And what does all of this insanity mean for The Last of Us: Part III... if anything at all?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:20:37 - Tri Breaker is out now!
0:33:46 - What gives us the right?
0:36:50 - Changes for LSM in 2025
0:46:09 - Gooning over the landlady
0:54:01 - Jurassic: The Hunted
0:56:00 - Chis = Smeargle
1:01:47 - New Astro Bot level
1:06:54 - Game Awards clarifications
1:15:28 - new Mark Cerny ASMR video
1:20:12 - Helldivers 2 x Killzone is real
1:31:18 - Exodus could be the next Mass Effect?
1:40:09 - Secret Level renewed
1:46:05 - Please don't make FF7 NSFW mods
1:49:06 - More Tales of remasters are coming
1:52:33 - What We're Playing
2:09:50 - Sony has bought an additional 8% of Kadokawa
2:21:18 - Circana November data
2:30:44 - Will Intergalactic flop due to the early reaction?
2:40:36 - Naughty Dog derangement
2:55:24 - Neil Druckmann derangement
3:11:16 - What will Sony's strategy be around the game?
3:20:41 - PlayStation and female characters
3:27:16 - When will we get The Last of Us Part 3?
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#338 | Naughty Dog Derangement Syndrome

Welcome to Sacred Symbols, a hardcore PlayStation podcast for hardcore PlayStation fans! In our inaugural episode, we keep it simple: What are we aiming to do with our show? What is the podcast going to be like? And how can you be involved? Of course, once we get through all that housekeeping, the lion's share of Episode 1 is full of PlayStation chatter. Will Sony ever allow cross-platform play? Is Sucker Punch preparing to be raked over the coals for its representation of 13th century Japanese society in Ghost of Tsushima? Will Final Fantasy VII Remake ever come out? Do we really need Jim Carrey playing Dr. Robotnik in a Sonic the Hedgehog movie? In our maiden voyage, we answer those questions, and many, many more.
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#1: The Maiden Voyage

It's been seven years since Sony-owned studio Media Molecule released a full-fledged triple-A game, which is ridiculous. So today, we figured we'd answer a listener inquiry about Dreams, Media Molecule's perpetually-upcoming game first rumored in 2012, shown in 2013, properly revealed in 2014, and... *looks at watch*... well, it's 2018, and it's still not here. We also take the time to chat about Nathan Drake's astounding luck, sales expectations for Red Dead Redemption 2, the status of the long-in-development Dead Island 2, possible release dates for Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us: Part II, the future of EA's Star Wars games, the recent God of War movie rumors, and much, much more.
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#2: Media Molecule and the Phantom Game

Nathan Fillion, an actor beloved in nerd culture from his Firefly days, released a movie-quality Uncharted short film, and it has the Internet abuzz. So we chat a bit about it. But in reality, news is pretty light this week, so we rely on a ton of awesome listener inquiries to fill our 100+ minute run-time. Should Sony's studios have Nintendo-level clout? Will we ever get a sequel to The Order: 1886? Is games journalism failing? How can Sony make PSN better? Will we ever do Sacred Symbols Spoilercasts? The questions are many. Many more than this. So, thankfully, are our answers.
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#3: The Kinda-Sorta Uncharted Movie

Sony-owned studio Guerrilla Games, the minds behind Killzone and Horizon: Zero Dawn, recently announced that it's expanding its roster from 250 employees to 400. This is huge news, indicating that Guerrilla is going to start releasing games at a far greater clip. So naturally, we discuss. Of course, there's other pertinent news to chat about, too, including expectations that the battle royale genre is set to gross $20 billion next year, Fallout 76's newly announced beta, Spider-man's exclusive PS4 Pro console, the fate of Telltale's The Walking Dead, tons of Bethesda-related chatter, an update on the upcoming Sly Cooper cartoon, and much, much more. All capped off, as always, with your questions.
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#4: Expanding the House of Killzone

Developers are getting less and less stingy with their games' Trophies, almost to a comical -- and dare we say destructive -- degree. So this week, we discuss the Trophy ecosystem in-depth, and reflect on how Sony can better protect and nurture the ecosystem. But of course, we also get nitty-gritty with the games themselves. Chasm is out, and Chris has played it extensively, so we chat about the newest entrant to the Metroidvania genre. Old video game website The Escapist is returning, but is its apolitical slant too little, too late? Plus, Spider-man and Shadow of the Tomb Raider have gone gold, Quantic Dream lost an important court case, Capcom is making tons of money, and much much more. Get ready for a jam-packed episode, rounded out as always with your questions.
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#5: Ruining PlayStation Trophies

At 82+ million sold, PlayStation 4 is still lighting the gaming world on fire, and will sell in fewer than five years what PlayStation 3 sold in nine. Indeed, it's all but assured -- barring a mega meltdown at Sony, or within the gaming industry itself -- that PS4 will sell 100 million units, a number only three other home gaming consoles (two of them PlayStation-branded) ever reached. So naturally, we discuss what that means. We also take the time to chat about the Metroidvanias that are currently occupying all our gaming time, the newest NPD sales numbers, BioWare's strange insistence that it's still working on Mass Effect and Dragon Age, a possible (but unlikely) comeback for Resistance, FIFA 19's all-new survival mode, and much, much more, rounded out per usual with your questions.
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#6: PS4's March to 100 Million Sold

In just the last few days, we were treated with the first gameplay footage ever for both Red Dead Redemption 2 and Doom Eternal. So naturally, we take the time to discuss what we thought of both demonstrations. Meanwhile, Chris is worried that Insomniac's Spider-man is being shown way too much, and so we dive deeper into his concerns. IGN's plagiarism scandal also keeps us busy, with a nearly half hour conversation about that alone. News ranging from a new PS4 Pro and God of War's New Game+ to Bethesda's newest in-house studio and Child of Light II rumors keep us busy otherwise, rounded out -- as always -- by your questions. Oh, and we sacrifice a baby during the show, too, in the name of the Dark Arts. Sorry about that.
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#3: The Kinda-Sorta Uncharted Movie

#3: The Kinda-Sorta Uncharted Movie

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