We've covered the lead-up to PlayStation 5 on this podcast from every conceivable angle. In reality, there wasn't much of importance left to say, aside from idle speculation and over-analysis. Yet, the time has indeed come: PS5 is finally here, an...
2020-11-14 05:23:46 +0000 UTC View Post
In its mere existence, 2016's Rogue One is an interesting movie. It's the first Star Wars film (per se) that's unassociated from the three trilogies, yet it intimately intertwines with and sets the stage for the very first Star Wars offering: 1977...
2020-11-12 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
With PlayStation 5 mere days away (!), we thought we'd look back at PlayStation history yet again, this time with an eye for the brand's historic launch libraries. Beginning in 1994 (well, '95 for the west), PlayStation has seen six major hardware...
2020-11-10 06:50:00 +0000 UTC View Post
There was a time not too long ago when League of Legends was one of the most-played games in the industry, and even today, around a decade after launch, Riot's core offering remains popular. And now, for the very first time, a game taking place in...
2020-11-06 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're a fan of documentaries, then there's a good chance you've heard of Grey Gardens, the 1975 so-called "direct-cinema" documentary that investigates the lives of two women -- a mother and daughter -- who live in isolation and complete squal...
2020-11-05 19:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! It's me, Colin. As we've experimented with Sacred Symbols recently -- seeking how it can be better and determining how it will evolve as time moves forward -- I've noticed one thing above all else: Your outpouring of love for Chris, the essen...
2020-11-03 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Barely two months after promising not to delay Cyberpunk 2077 yet again, famous Polish dev CD Projekt has done just that, though for a mere three weeks. This pushes their open world RPG (arguably the single most-anticipated title of 2020, though c...
2020-10-30 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It's not easy for a development studio to pivot from one group of projects to something radically different, but Sony-owned Guerrilla Games did just that when it released its open world action-RPG Horizon: Zero Dawn in early 2017. Horizon was unli...
2020-10-29 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's why.
2020-10-28 18:34:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We're so close, now. So very close! With PlayStation 5's launch on the horizon (though sadly without Horizon 2), we figured we'd sit down and sift through the console's launch library, a catalog of titles some are calling the best offerings-at-lau...
2020-10-27 02:46:01 +0000 UTC View Post
When Kojima careened from Konami's cocoon (that's called alliteration!), he was left to his own devices for the first time in basically his entire career. The result was his unusual Sony-funded project Death Stranding, an interesting (if divisive)...
2020-10-23 16:07:23 +0000 UTC View Post
When you grow up with a father who's obsessed with all things retro, it's safe to assume the apple won't fall from the ever-nerdy tree. In that spirit, we have a guest on this episode: Dagan's son, Graeden. Together, father and son take a walk thr...
2020-10-22 17:39:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Killing with friends.
2020-10-21 22:28:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a few days ago, we asked you to submit your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas, not in relation to a gaming topic, but rather in relation to our show itself. Sacred Symbols is undoubtedly one of the most beloved independent vi...
2020-10-20 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We've all been dying to see PlayStation 5's UI, so it's awesome that -- finally! -- Sony has given us a little taste. In a roughly 12-minute video, we grabbed a prolonged glimpse at the basic user experience on PS5, and it looks great. Snappy. Uti...
2020-10-16 16:01:15 +0000 UTC View Post
On its periphery, the 2006 film The Prestige is about an ever-escalating rivalry between two 19th century magicians, but in reality, its thematic focus is about something far more sinister: Obsession. Christopher and Jonathan Nolan's adaptation of...
2020-10-15 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Contrast. (Pardon the pun.)
2020-10-14 20:53:49 +0000 UTC View Post
As we all know, RPG stands for "role-playing game," yet decades removed from the first video game RPGs, the genre has changed by an order of magnitude. You can still find your quaint, turn-based dice-rollin' RPGs, sure. But the makeup of the categ...
2020-10-13 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
A recent video out of Japan finally gave us our first look at PlayStation 5's innards, a nice change of pace from a mysteriously silent Sony as we approach Zero Hour. The teardown gave us a glimpse at the console's technical configurations and set...
2020-10-09 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! I'm happy to announce that $5 patrons now have access to the official CLS Discord. 2020-10-09 14:31:21 +0000 UTC View Post
There are a few holidays each year that attract near-ubiquitous participation -- think New Years Eve and the like -- but there's one such day that's especially strange: Halloween. The last day of each October is 24 hours dedicated to monsters, gho...
2020-10-08 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Confusing.
2020-10-07 22:52:13 +0000 UTC View Post
In recent weeks, there's been much chatter about Microsoft's squad of first party talent. After all, in the wake of Xbox's acquisition of all things Bethesda, the Guys in Green now have a staggering 23 studios under their umbrella, more than twice...
2020-10-06 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Complacency.
2020-10-04 17:27:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Divorce is a horrific experience for everyone involved. Spouses falling out of love is brutal, and children -- especially young kids -- end up as collateral damage. Such is the story of the 1979 film Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Dustin Hoffman and ...
2020-10-03 16:52:47 +0000 UTC View Post
PlayStation 4's smash-hit exclusive Spider-Man game was played by more than 15 million people, and when they jump into the PS5 port, they're going to receive something literally not one of them asked for: A brand-new Peter Parker. Sometimes, the i...
2020-10-02 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, everyone! It's me, Dustin, Colin's Last Stand's Executive Producer. I know you're used to hearing from Colin here on Patreon, but I have a special announcement for you. You've been asking for it, and we've been listening, so we're launc...
2020-10-02 14:07:54 +0000 UTC View Post
We're about a month and a half out from PlayStation 5's launch, precariously close to the release of a console that at one time seemed unlikely to come out in 2020 at all. Yet, there's obvious trepidation lurking in the ecosystem. There's plenty o...
2020-09-29 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Things have been looking great for PlayStation 5, but a seismic event threatens to restructure the entire landscape of console gaming. With Microsoft's purchase of ZeniMax Media (and therefore Bethesda, all of its studios, and all of its IP), Xbox...
2020-09-25 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post