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Sacred Symbols, Episode 316 | Days Pass, and This Emptiness Fills My Heart
🕑 Added 2024-07-19 16:00:23 +0000 UTCWe're truly in the doldrums of summer when it comes to console gaming, at least when considering news, releases, and other notable happenings. But we have a show to do nonetheless, and there are still a series of interesting tidbits worth discussing. Nexon's Bungie-inspired shooter The First Descendant has found itself in some controversy around in-game art, Amazon's Fallout TV series received a ton of Emmy nominations (with Twisted Metal on Peacock receiving one of its own), Sony will show off a slew of games on the show floor at Beijing's ChinaJoy '24 convention, Black Ops 6's beta details have been revealed, and more. We round things out with listener inquiries, as we usually do, this week approaching topics like our game of the year so far for 2024, immersion, playing games with our spouses, and the generational gap (in player age) when it comes to the hardcore space.
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:41:47 - Snark Tank dash cam crash update
0:46:10 - F Cancer
0:48:56 - Where was Dustin on Saturday?
1:13:28 - Dustin's baby publicity
1:29:50 - Too similar?
1:38:14 - Sony at ChinaJoy
1:42:03 - Black Ops 6 beta details
1:49:39 - New Emmy nominations
1:54:07 - Crash 5 cancelled?
1:58:19 - First Descendant copies Destiny?
2:03:59 - Gamers love microtransations
2:11:32 - AAA console games bomb on iOS
2:20:49 - Valve's low employee count
2:24:01 - What we're playing
2:44:29 - GOTY so far?
2:54:20 - Gaming nostalgia
3:13:18 - Immersion problems
3:21:24 - Gaming with your significant other
3:26:30 - Gaming demographics
3:37:45 - DEI layoffs
Comments
Taylor kazemba
The perfect rainbow is when you fly thru one in a helicopter. They are actually a circle if they are high enough in the air. I flew thru on in Hawaii
Misko 1023
How in the world do I join the discordβ¦β¦ I canβt figure it out. π
Kevin Cooper
My oldest child was also "classically raised" on old skool games, and also inevitably got sucked into the Fortnite/Roblox/Rocket League vacuum. What got him out of that loop was getting him a PS Plus Extra subscription, where he now organically seeks out different games. It didn't matter that I already own hundreds of physical games for him to try; he ironically didn't break free from the Fortnite bubble until I got him a subscription. So weird.
S Walters
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Aaron B Vick
We freeze bread all the time. The loaf really does bounce back
Bobby T
Wait, what was Chris playing this week
Malcolm Jee
Loved the 25 minutes of fart talk. I honestly hope real news never returns!
Bailey Callis
I always love when Dustin complains about how dated a very old game is π
Simmo
Wait.. A deep fried pop tart? Thats one toke over the line
