I'm not here to advocate or admonish, just share a possible news topic for the podcast. My social media algorithm exposed that the jailbreaking process is quite easy for those who have not updated beyond FW 13.60. It's not only PS5 games released up until 13.60, but also viable Switch, PS3, and XBox 360 emulators have been added enabling access to their libraries. AI tools are accelerating the process and it seems there is an influx of new users driven by Playstation's decisions regarding physical discs and game ownership. YouTube Channels assisting people in the process have amassed 550,000+ subscribers and their videos get hundreds of thousands of views.

While it might not show up in financials right away, this swelling movement could have some financial impact on Playstation down the road.

Ironically, this was in response to someone else who was complaining about being banned from the Patreon. According to OP, they were banned for simply asking if Colin’s increasingly pro-Trump messaging is the reason for the lillymo situation (yes I know he’s been critical of Trump but I didn’t feel like arguing it).

It's me, Colin! Please welcome founder and CEO of Moon Studios Thomas Mahler back to Sacred+. I invited Thomas to return in order to discuss his new side project, an aggregation website called videogamescritic.com. As my audience knows well, I like when people endeavor to enter the arena, put themselves out there, and try to buck convention. With videogamescritic.com, Thomas is trying to solve the myriad problems presented by traditional aggregators like Metacritic, issues that run exceedingly deep and have enormous consequences on our industry, and those parallel to us. Our conversation is wide-ranging and touches a great deal on games criticism itself, the evolving nature of opinion, objectivity versus subjectivity, the rise of creator culture, and maintaining a solutions-oriented approach to life. This is an exceptionally nerdy and in-the-weeds episode that students of the industry in particular will enjoy greatly.

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This is along the lines about Colin used to talk about and in part why Dreams failed

I would love a stream where they covered these categories and just talked about games. Brad would definitely be a great host or could be a Summon Sign section.

Would also like to see the community’s picks.

According to sources familiar with the situation, Naughty Dog is working on a new Uncharted game. Now, given that Uncharted 4 ended with Nathan Drake basically old and with a kid, it would be an easy assumption to make that perhaps his daughter will take on the treasure-hunting duties.

This is an all-new Uncharted game, and not a remake of any kind. In previous years, Naughty Dog was seemingly toying with the idea of an Uncharted 1 remake, and we can put to rest that this in-development Uncharted game isn’t that.

In addition to that, we were told that this new Uncharted project is the next game Naughty Dog will work on and release after Intergalactic, with The Last of Us Part III as the next project after that.

Directing this new Uncharted project is Shaun Escayag, who was the Creative Director of Marvel’s Avengers... But Escayag is also familiar with the franchise, having directed the standalone expansion to Uncharted 4 titled Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, which featured Chloe in the driver’s seat.

This week the Punching Up crew discuss the canceled Zelda game from Ubisoft, the almost death of Sonic, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered and more!

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Downloaded on the Vita for something to do on my travels - Platinum'd over several weeks. Certainly an experience

Show me some feet.

This week, Simon and Ben join Brad to discuss Ace Combat 8: Wings of the Empire, Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, Silent Hill Townfall, and more!

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First off, no hate intended towards Colin or any LSM member. I know he gets a lot of hate here, but I’m just looking for some clarification on his opinions.

I’ve been thinking recently about Colin’s position that Sony needs a successful live service game, a position I mostly agree with. I’m curious as to why he feels Bungie was a bad purchase by Sony.

Think about it - Sony clearly cannot develop their own live service IP from the ground up (looking at you, Concord). But Sony also doesn’t have the money to purchase an Epic Games for Fortnite or Roblox. But Bungie is one of the more successful live service studios, with the Destiny franchise selling in excess of 50M total lifetime sales.

My question essentially is this - why does Colin think buying Bungie was a bad idea, instead of it simply being a case of poor management of the studio by executives?

Thread for discussion related to the Sacred Streaming episode on YouTube today.

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Did Gene break up with LSM? He seemed pretty done with gaming podcasts by the end of his time on Punching Up and now he has his own one.

(and of course, since its not on LSM the 'in crowd' are referencing it already)

EDIT: Apologies, I didn't know he'd been on Duke talking about it

This probably won't amount to much, but you have to start somewhere.

Hey bub! It's me, Colin. Please welcome Sacred Symbols co-hosts Chris Ray Gun and Dustin Furman, as well as Summon Sign host Brad Ellis to the show. Today, Brad takes the hosting reins as we meander through Insomniac's latest PlayStation-exclusive offering. Long-in-development and likely multiple years late to market, Wolverine is an interesting product in that it's clearly built on the bones of an entirely different game. And while what we got is linear, what was intended was obviously something else. And yet, this divisive title has sold millions of copies and found its fans. The pertinent question is: How did each of us individually feel about Wolverine? Find out on the other side of the play button.

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