Second Screen Experiments | Sacred Symbols, Episode 269
524The long-awaited Project Q is officially called PlayStation Portal, and the reaction to it has been surprisingly divisive. Priced at $200 and intended purely as a remote play option for PS5, some potential players see obvious use cases while others think this entire initiative is a waste of time and money. Here on Sacred, we have three different opinions to present you with about the future of Portal, and why it might be a mightier machine than some think. Plus: Sony announces new high-end audio devices for PlayStation while gobbling up a boutique headphone company, release dates have been revealed for games like Granblue Fantasy: Relink and Persona 3, BioWare lays off 50 employees, Geoff Keighley finds himself under siege on-stage at Gamescom, and more news followed -- as always -- by listener inquiries. Has game writing hit an all-time low? Which game world (if any) would we like to visit? Will we ever escape the era of the sequel? Is Colin a secret glizzy gobbler?
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Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:31:12 - Colin has a fat guy voice
0:32:57 - Who can swallow the most hot dogs?
0:39:59 - When will Colin hang up his Catherine poster?
0:43:06 - The Southern Man
0:44:07 - Why is Matty wearing sunglasses?
0:47:17 - Another idiot storms the stage at a Geoff show
0:54:47 - The Game Awards is December 7th
0:54:59 - Sony has purchased Audeze
1:01:48 - A live action Jak & Daxter film may be coming
1:06:16 - Medieval may be getting an adaptation
1:11:00 - Younger Japanese gamers are showing a preference for consoles
1:17:28 - Crimson Desert looks slick
1:23:06 - What’s up with the MGS Master Collection?
1:31:31 - Bulletstorm VR is coming to PSVR2 on December 14th
1:35:20 - Bungie held a Destiny showcase
1:43:21 - Persona 3 Reload releases February 2nd
1:45:00 - Tekken 8 releases January 26th
1:45:18 - Star Wars Dark Forces is coming to PlayStation
1:47:54 - Turok 3 is headed to PlayStation
1:48:55 - Sony has trademarked a new theater concept
1:53:18 - What have we been playing?
2:17:49 - The PlayStation Portal has been detailed
2:42:01 - PlayStation has revealed their new audio devices
2:50:35 - Granblue Fantasy: Relink is coming in February
2:54:51 - Bioware has suffered layoffs
3:13:48 - New sales data for PlayStation has been revealed
3:15:31 - What’s going on with video game writing?
3:22:06 - How do we feel about game sharing?
3:26:57 - What gaming environment would we live in?
3:31:51 - How can we encourage development of new IP?
3:42:29 - What genre wars do we remember?
3:49:01 - Have we tried No Man’s Sky recently?