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Sacred Symbols, Episode 306 | To Hell and Back
🕑 Added 2024-05-10 16:00:24 +0000 UTCWhat a week! It seemed like we were just done recording last week when Helldivers 2-related drama broke out, and yet by the time we were ready to record this time around, the situation had mostly settled. How serendipitous for us and our analysis. Now, we're left to reflect and ask some questions, starting with why Sony had to push the first domino in this scenario over at all. Couldn't they just leave well enough alone? And how does this portend the reception of future PC releases from the PlayStation camp? Other news this week includes major layoffs and closures at Fallout and Doom publisher Bethesda (plus what that means for Xbox's uncertain future), percolating rumors of an imminent PlayStation Showcase, confirmation that -- yes indeed! -- Media Molecule is making a game and not a service or toolset, Remedy bailing out of its multiplayer project as Alan Wake 2 still fails to break even, and more. Then: Listener inquiries. How do we choose what game to play next? Was Days Gone 'right-wing'? Are in-game animations getting out of control? Can Colin help revive a long-maligned (but incredibly descriptive) word?
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:27:43 - King Radec
0:33:36 - Too long?
0:45:03 - R word uptick
0:56:14 - Derek’s Journey
0:59:28 - Colin, the gardener
1:01:01 - Next PS Showcase
1:14:15 - Helldivers 2 Drama
1:45:06 - Xbox/Bethesda studio closures
2:47:55 - Switch 2 incoming
2:54:31 - Media Molecule’s next game
2:55:38 - Alan Wake 2 hasn’t made a profit
3:02:31 - April’s best selling PSN games
3:05:03 - What we’ve been playing
3:30:15 - How do we decide what to play next?
3:38:22 - Why Sony killed Days Gone
3:42:23 - Returnal turning point
3:44:48 - Too much realism?
3:53:01 - Saved video game item from a natural disaster
3:59:24 - Being watched (playing video games)
Comments
Trill Spencer
I’m not making any judgements about whether or not it’s okay to use the word retard. But I have to point out that I think Colin is confused. The fact that the word has been used to classify or “diagnose” people’s intellectual ability can’t be a justification for using the word, because it is literally the reason people frown upon it. The whole point is that the government weaponized eugenic pseudoscience to discriminate against people in a whole slew of ways that I won’t get into because the comment is already too long. People were labeled as having low intelligence or being “retarded” to justify the violation of their human and civil rights.
Chrono484
Can someone please explain explain the Tom b reference. I’ve heard it before but I’m going crazy trying to figure out what game that was from
Steve Bitto
The regional difference between PSN and EA is soccer. FIFA or whatever it’s called is likely the revenue generator that separates the two companies in these regions.
Chris Adams
Domino's not really pizza? 5 guys not really hamburgers then
Andrew Long
Colin ATE when going on with his few paragraphs
fork
Thank GOD retard is back! I mean, I never stopped using it, but still
Kevin Cooper
From the showcase, I just want the same feeling I had when we saw Horizon or The Last of Us for the first time. I want the unknown. I want something new. I want to be surprised and delighted.
Hose A Contra Razz
Papa John’s was giving examples of racism and wasn’t racist, they wanted him out of the company because he insisted on keeping the ingredients fresh instead of buying cheap ingredients. That’s why the flavors are different now.
