The Unified Field Theory | Sacred Symbols, Episode 303

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Published 2024-04-22
For better or for worse, modern console manufacturers like Sony and Microsoft -- and even Nintendo -- are slowly learning that sustained success in the mid-to-long-term will require a wider view. Whether via mobile, or PC, or even your competitors' own machines, a certain message is getting through to the powers-that-be, and when it comes to Sony, the Japanese giant seems committed to opening a second front on home computers in particular. Thus comes word of a new PlayStation overlay that will launch with Ghost of Tsushima on PC this May, another step in a direction towards an inevitable conclusion. Other news this week includes so-called "transmog" drama in Helldivers 2, pending layoffs at publisher Take Two, compelling rumors of remakes for the original Persona game and its sequel, additional PS5 Pro details, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Do we track our gaming backlogs? Does Tencent's minority ownership of Stellar Blade developer Shift Up give us pause? How far back in time could you go before you could -- in no way, shape, or form -- explain what a video game was? Can British people ever overcome their insane shared vocabulary?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:28:44 - Sacred in Antigua
0:32:02 - British Vernacular
0:38:11 - Colin's Networking Solution
0:42:59 - Chris Ray Trump
0:44:59 - Dustin's vacancy
0:57:34 - Marriage insight
0:59:55 - Chess.com
1:12:28 - Ampere Analysis
1:18:13 - No Helldivers 2 transmog
1:23:53 - Take Two layoffs
1:37:57 - Ascendant Studios furloughed
1:39:27 - Persona remakes?
1:44:06 - March top downloads
1:47:29 - Possibility Space shut down
2:03:27 - Keanu Reeves cast in Sonic 3
2:04:37 - What We’re Playing
2:39:48 - PlayStation trophies on PC
2:58:44 - New PS5 Pro leaks
3:20:51 - Have we used Backloggd?
3:28:05 - Will companies chase the success of Helldivers?
3:37:37 - How do explain video games to the past?
3:45:22 - Shift Up and Tencent
3:50:23 - Divergent timelines and parallel universes
3:56:46 - How do our personalities play into our taste?
All Comments (21)
  • @TheApexHound
    Just FYI Chris, Backloggd absolutely is like Letterboxd for games and you can rate every game and keep track of them like that haha
  • @gregoryjoslin3173
    I'll just say this again. Let's get Brad to sub in for Dustin when he takes his leave.
  • @XeromusPrime
    LMAO, the British slander section had me dying. 🤣
  • @BLonsdale912
    I laughed way too hard at "someone put on the flashy mashy" 😆😆
  • @shaaaaaake3348
    What if the IT guy is from resetera and he's going to cut all your cables?
  • @jarvideo
    Chris stepping in to relief the tension between C and D 😂 57:04
  • @Nilly-tube
    1 can of Pepsi has 10 teaspoons of sugar. That's why you'll lose a bunch of weight if you quit drinking soda.
  • @legendaryskinman7305
    You guys should do a quick segment every week about the Playstation stars challenges for points only
  • @PHILLIPAYx
    2:23:00 I am playing Fallout76 while listening to the podcast and walked by a radio playing atom bomb baby while Dustin was singing it. I felt an immediate sense of distorted unease
  • @ChrisWTube
    Colin laughs at a dessert being called ‘Jam roly-poly’ then shortly after refers to crossing your legs as ‘criss cross apple sauce’ haha
  • @Spr1ggan87
    There is a distinction, we call thick cuts chips, and the thin ones fries. Also black pudding with the runny yolk from a fried egg is amazing
  • @mcfeddz44
    I cant drink my soda without my chips 😂🤣
  • @darkredash2317
    I’m glad I’m not the only one that wakes up and lays in bed on his phone. But the bad thing is that time gos by so fast.
  • @MrJamess1982
    One of my issues with the PS Stars program is how game purchases do not count retroactively for those rewards. Which sort of punishes players for buying a game Day One when it will be included in a rewards package in a few weeks. I hate that.
  • @rawteeb
    Colin definitely has that rich person laugh
  • @Dbucket23
    This whole episode built up to Chris saying “Sephiwrong” lmao
  • @NileSings
    I feel like I would pay for ASMR clips of Colin's southern gentleman voice😳