Sacred Symbols, Episode 350 | The Unending Sixth Extinction
🕑 Added 2025-03-14 16:00:20 +0000 UTCThis week, Sacred Symbols is a Kojima Fanboy Podcast... for a little while, anyway. Finally -- finally! -- we have a release date for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, and it's fairly close, arriving on PlayStation 5 in late June. And as a deep love for Kojima is perhaps the biggest gaming stance all three Sacred hosts share, we thought we'd spend some time getting hyped up following an all-new 10 minute trailer, collector's edition and pre-order details, and so on. Other news this week includes word of major forthcoming updates to PS5 Pro, the leak of a mysterious PSP game called STAMP that was never greenlit into production, the announcement of PowerWash Simulator 2 (!) from FuturLab, rumors of imminent PS5 releases for Indiana Jones and an Oblivion Remake, and much more. Then: Listener inquiries! What do we think of the reveal that Naughty Dog's Intergalactic will deal with religion as a central theme? Do we have any thoughts about the copious leaks from the recent Battlefield playtests? How will MLB: The Show 25 shape-up in its first current-gen-only PlayStation outing? Does Dustin have a serious misconception of what some people actually do when listening to our shows?
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:25:53 - The audience divided
0:38:15 - PJ the Boston Terrier <3
0:47:36 - Dustin's Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
0:49:41 - FSR 4 on PS5 Pro
0:58:53 - Lost PSP game pitch found
1:04:55 - PowerWash Simulator 2 announced
1:15:44 - Indiana Jones coming to PS5 on April 17
1:18:32 - Oblivion remake coming soon?
1:23:36 - Forza Horizon 5 will require a Microsoft log in
1:32:26 - RoboCop: Rogue City expansion incoming
1:35:22 - Chrono Trigger's 30th anniversary
1:42:06 - Split Fiction sells two million copies
1:42:46 - What Are We Playing?
2:00:56 - Death Stranding 2
2:42:07 - New PS Plus Games
2:46:12 - Ubisoft selling IP
2:52:40 - New MLB: The Show
2:58:08 - Will GTA VI make fun of the right?
3:11:07 - Intergalactic and religion
3:18:56 - Battlefield leaks
3:26:15 - Path of Exile 2's economy
Comments
Marco Maluf
Queefer Sutherland broke me š¤£š¤£š¤£
Bailey Callis
Mega mans awesome tho, and the franchise hasn't gotten fuck all in like a decade
Louis Armstrong transforms into Louis Strongarm by shouting WOW, Shazam-style
bro chill
Andrew
Please just read every Chris tweet from the last 3 months on the show before he lectures us on the, literal quote, "the media literacy" of the LSM community. If he's telling the truth why does he mask himself behind his "yeah I dunno". You guys are such up your own ass it's unreal
Beaver diva
Colin is built different to us normies
Robbie Cooper
Games Im playing this week, Fallout 76 (daily challenges) Cozy Grove(Daily Quests) Dungeon Top Game of Life 2 Mostly just short experience games for now as Iām catching up on shows Iām watching.
I ate George Washington's ill-fitting dentures
11:57 Chris wasn't impressed with the Patreon tiers lol
Cormac
Colin, I canāt help but feel your plan to play DS1 and DS2 back to back is going to be a disaster.. that to me screams future burnout. Whatever about doing it for Spider-man, but Death Stranding is obviously much, much bigger and I canāt help but feel your opinion of DS2 could be influenced negatively by this plan.. just putting it out there, obviously do what you want!
Ahlickaloo
Agreed, the big bad religion storyline is tired
Butthole Surfers
Chris never ceases to amaze me with his stupidity in regard to laughing at tragic things that happen to animals.
Jacob Lesperance
I will never get got with this 3 day early access bullshit, lol
Glen Yelenovic
Iām glad someone finally gave Colin shit for constantly asking for more Megaman!
Caleb Engle
Haha I felt that way for a long time but I dunno it's kinda soothing now after hearing it thousands of times š.
Andrew
All I ask if for Chris to not to answer every question with "Yeah...I dunno"
Eric the human
Ayyy Runescape shout out at the end! I still play that shit. I recommend looking into the falador massacre. Very similar to the corrupted blood WOW incident.
dead again
Every time Colin "umm actually it isn't one of the best JRPGs" 's on Chrono Trigger I audibly say "I hope you never get another megaman game in your lifetime"
Play me like a Bionicle
Chris saying ācome on what are we doingā while Colin is doing the Patreon housekeeping was like a real time Lockmort edit š¤£
Cyprus Davis
Holy shit Dustin I remember Pushmo. I played this way back in the early 3DS days. It is a great game indeed. Thanks for reminding me of a core memory.
Mike Held
I think they should just stop reading comments. You can still engage with the audience through the thread/listener inquiries. You're never going to get everyone on their best behavior or same page with over 13,000 patrons. Also, can we stop talking about the rss feeds. It's not a big deal and Colin's acting like it's the end of the world for people that don't like it. Everyone will get used to the change. Stop devoting 10 minutes of an episode addressing it.
Mike Held
Colin wastes his time watching Karen freak outs, body cam videos, and predator hunters. Not exactly high brow content...
Jerry McCoy
Can we get a Sacred+ episode with both Dan Harmon and Dan Houser? I want Dan Houser on how he would improve Dan Harmon products and vice versa.
The Devmeister
I could give a shit what Colin thinks. I come here to listen to a PlayStation podcast and they constantly have to address the current state of their commenters and Iām like bro who cares just talk about shitting your pants and PlayStation please š
Adam Barnes
lol bro speaks for Colin apparently
Wayde
So Colin why did collector editions come with a physical copy for decades if it was a printing timing issue? Your argument for why it doesn't come with a physical copy goes against modern history even. The true reason why is to make more money plain and simple. If it was truly an issue they could ship a disc separately at launch. callisto protocol did this with the collectors edition.
Tim
Dustin clapping back at Colin with the Megaman comment was hilarious!
Nick Vieu
True, but to be fair Xbox is offering digital or physical for Doom: The Dark Ages. PS could absolutely do the same.
Thomas
Colin bashing One Piece like he doesnāt love the most mid media imaginable.
Jackie Rheu
Definitely cranked it with you in the background lol
Gray Gordon
Was really hoping for a Chris Trump āEverythingās computer!?ā
Caleb Engle
People who constantly spread negativity just need something better to do. They need to get busy improving their own lives. The reality is that 98% of us simply enjoy LSMās content without even noticing the negativityāunless it gets brought up on the shows. Sure, a small group of about 23 people might be loud, but the 40,000+ of us are here to support the company, the creators, and each other as listeners.
Del Griffith
This episode gets off to a rowdy start!! Love it!
Kenneth Koepnick
My biggest hang up on the ācollectors editionā debate is in the name. Itās not the collectors edition of Game X if it doesnāt come with game X. Its not an edition of the game at all. Itās just⦠a collectors kit of stuff for game X. Words & names matter.
The Devmeister
Itās definitely the climate - but realistically people also need to keep that discourse and toxicity where it belongs and that is NOT on a PlayStation podcast forum. Haha
The Devmeister
I agree about the political discourse in podcasts. I just donāt understand at all why commenters get so toxic on the forum for a PlayStation podcast haha. Also why people listen to these guys and Micah yet slang so much hate towards them. I donāt agree with all their opinions but the vitriol is completely unnecessary - just keep it chill and STAND DOWN! š¤£
DOGE enthusiast
You get treated with the disrespect you deserve.
peanutbutterloveer
thank you for continuing to prove my point and Colin's
Chris's Closeted Weeabo Side
Fucking losing it over this episode's cover art š¤£š¤£š¤£
WhatDarrenPlays
Just my two cents on ad-free video: Render one with ads, one without. The one without stays unlisted on YouTube forever. The one with ads is the live version. Making a video go out to 1000ās unlisted, then making it live 3 days later, is almost as suicidal as not using ads algorithmically, and imo its why youād donāt grow on YT much. You wonāt get any algorithm benefit having seperate audiences on one video. Having a public video where all non-patrons jump in at once to a fresh 0 views video is much better. You could even schedule a premiere to increase visibility then and optionally earn money through super chats or memberships if you wanted on YT. Iām a decent sized YouTuber, ask Matty, Iām sure heād tell you the same.
DOGE enthusiast
Iām not trying to take the high ground, I simply said people like you are annoying cry babies and Iām unable to help myself. I just didnāt NameDrop you and yet you still found a way
Romeo
The One Piece is indeed real š„š¤£
Yalingo
Dustin getting a little saucey at the start, love it š
peanutbutterloveer
donāt take the high ground doge, iāve seen your comments basically do the opposite in glazing everything trump does, ie your username⦠however the comments really only get political if the show talks about it. last week tariffs were discussed, so some of the comments brought it up. iām not saying for the show to not bring up politics bc it is important, and people DO need to be respectful, but at the same time they canāt be surprised if people are discussing it since itās such a sensitive topic nowadays and we hear it in the show.
dead again
Excellent thumbnail Dustin
Dante B
Itās hard to deny the behavior going sideways with growth, but I really do think itās the current climate more than the size of the community.
Kevin Miller
I can take jokes all day buddy. But being offensive and belittling people because you think you better then everyone isn't a joke. I'm not mad about it. Just calling it out. Calm down guys
Kevin Miller
There's no lack of awareness at all.
Stephen Lucey
Gatekeeper of kindness
Jake Z
The word you're looking for is "edifying" Colin. Art can be just entertaining or edifying
DOGE enthusiast
What do you mean you donāt wanna see the same 10-15 people whining in the commons about whatever Trump/musk did the following week? Honestly they take the joy out of it and Iām to stupid to leave it alone
The Devmeister
Thereās nothing wrong with Chris but clearly there is something wrong with you. STAND DOWN! š¤£
The Devmeister
What I donāt understand is this is a VIDEO GAME podcast with jackasses that talk about dumb shit and itās hilarious and informative. I come here to escape not to talk about the state of the world or politics. Every one needs to chill out. STAND DOWN PEOPLE! š¤£
GenesisPoint
The thumbnail is cursed
Adam Barnes
This place was a lot friendlier in the beginning, thatās for certain. The biggest asshole back then was Jesse, I almost miss him
lazer_josh
This thumbnail is top Tier boys š
Diddyās Dong Quest
Is it possible that the issue with this community is simply the size? Back when CLS started it was much smaller. I donāt remember these issues. But now the audience is way bigger and politics are only getting more and more heated. People care more about being smart than they do about being kind, so they fall down whatever conspiratorial rabbit holes they like the best. I think Colin is being far too optimistic. He keeps saying he wants people to ācontrol themselvesā but letās be honest- they canāt.
Bogey
They probably wouldnāt bring that up since it has nothing to do with PlayStation. They generally only cover Xbox if it also pertains to PlayStation in some way, like multi platform releases and acquisitions.
Bogey
No YOU are whatās wrong with this country. Not your political alignment, but your inability to even hear other points of view or take a joke without getting mad about it.
Robbie Agnew
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Louis Armstrong transforms into Louis Strongarm by shouting WOW, Shazam-style
Dustin giving me PTSD reminding me of that episode of Black Mirror. š
Eric the human
respect
Zac
I'm surprised Colin doesn't think religion will be a major part of Intergalactic. I mean the subtitle is literally "The Heretic Prophet". I don't know how much more you can evoke religious themes other than that
Dante B
Comical lack of self awareness here. You are the exact person heās talking about.
DOGE enthusiast
Geez, i didnāt even listen to the podcast yet
peanutbutterloveer
cringe man, comments like yours are the problem.
Kevin Miller
Adam Barnes
Hahahahahahahaha
Adam Barnes
Iām not superstitious⦠but I am a little stitious
Drew Hamilton
I really like these episode lengths, beyond 4 hours feels like too much but this is much more digestible to me.
Tanner Triv
I honestly thought the real reason they don't put discs in collectors editions anymore is because a lot of ps5 owners don't even have a disc drive, whether its the digital ps5 or the ps5 pro. So just to cut out any confusion it's just all digital codes. Plus the Series S on the xbox side
Louis Armstrong transforms into Louis Strongarm by shouting WOW, Shazam-style
oooooh yeeeeuuhhhh
Robbie Agnew
WHAT A THUMBNAIL
Jason Thompson
Wonder if this story happened to late for this episode for anyone to comment about Xbox taking Alan Wake Remake out of your library even if you bought it but not at the price point they wanted. Also removing all the mistaken free copies.
Halphworm
ban this man
PairOfShuse
Death Stranding 2 looked really good. I played like 5 hours of the first game and just wasnāt feeling it. This trailer though got me to re-buy it on PS5 and Iām going to give it another try. The reason why people are annoyed that Debra Wilson is in the game might not be the same reason why I am (though I think it is). My main reason goes back to not liking actual people or actors being ācastā in the game. I donāt want one person to be 90 different characters in games. I donāt go to games to get a Hollywood feel. I know Kojima gets real people for some of his games but I just donāt like the trend. It completely takes me out of the experience. Also about Dustin talking about religion in Intergalactic. I get what you mean Dustin, itās interesting when something does something different with different talking points about a subject. Iād argue though that the whole berating religion is the trope and actually saying good things about it would be something different for a change. I canāt really think of a game in recent memory that touches on it in a good way. A lot of JRPGs usually go the route of the church is actually evil thing and itās done decently most of the time but itās sorta the same thing over and over
Stephen Lucey
Damn all this conduct code talk is nontent though
Garrett Shelton
āSomeone has probably jerked it with our content onā. I wait all week for Friday just TO jerk it with them on in the background.
Marcos Aquino Pimentel
The thumbnail is a potential Tshirt
Dante B
Iāll be the first to admit Iāve cranked it with LSM on and Iāll do it again.
Big titty drinker
I read the Neil interview. TLOU 2 is one of my favorite games of all time Iām really glad they laugh at the hate. Cream always rises to the top you dusty bitches. š
Benji_B2sick
Iāve not even listened this podcast. I might never listen to it. Iāve just come here to say I want this thumbnail printed off super large and hung over the head of my bed. And I donāt care what my wife has to say about it.
DRoot21
Chris, the word you're looking for is telomeres (a marker of age)
Gabriel SG
This is the best thumbnail you have ever done - genuinely laugh out loud like a mad man
Ross Stoddart
I heard Chris say āoh come on, what are we doingā and was so confused š¤£š¤£
Pauly Twos
The actual Japanese word for "one piece" translates better into English as "MacGuffin"
TreyDogg
That dog drug supposedly only extends life by about one year only
Doug Abaire
My guy this thumbnail šš
Ben Haner
Iām glad you didnāt think Iām crazy Colin lol itās going to be pretty cool if my hunch is right
Trent Miller
That thumbnail! šÆ
Allan Sweeney
Dustin wasn't having a crumb of One Piece slander today
RD_21
Why is homeless ND Vance kissing a baby Chris on the forehead
JR
I'm not super stitious but am a little stitious
Breno Bezerra Bluhm
Thumb is diabolical work š
SourdoughNorsk
Love when Colin was reading the normal rigamarole that Chris said, "Oh Come on, what are we doing!?" ššš Sometimes technical difficulties create some good humor
Stu Pedasso
This thumbnail š
Deemac
That thumbnail is eldritch
Forrest Hunter
Holy shit hahahaha I need this shirt. Please.
Connor Reese
Cursed thumbnail
Aaron Temple
Not gonna lie I read āKojima Femboy Podcastā at first.
Seany Mac
Gimme a graphic tee of this thumbnail, stat
Michael Mashpotato
Lou = Chris all grown up.
MayorGarbageMan
I hate this thumbnail, why did you have to do this to us
Daddy T
Goated thumbnail