Extinguished: Fireside Chats Ends This November
Hey All.
It’s with a heavy heart that I announce Fireside Chats will be wrapping up towards the end of this year. While I don’t want to “retire” the brand forever -- because maybe on...
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Sacred Symbols+, Episode I: The First Party Draft
Welcome one and all to the inaugural episode of Sacred Symbols+, our weekly Patreon-exclusive supplement to Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast. As promised, we're going to try to explore some di...
2019-08-09 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostKnockBack, Episode 78 | The Road (novel)
Even the darkest fiction we watch and read typically has some sort of light at the end of the tunnel. But not Cormac McCarthy's The Road. First published in 2006 (and later turned into a film in 20...
2019-08-08 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostFireside Chats, Episode 101: The Pushbroom Philosopher
There are only a few questions that have truly consequential answers. "What's for dinner?" is a far more common (and certainly useful) inquiry than "what's the meaning of life?" It's just that one ...
2019-08-07 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 58: The Unpersoning
The popular gaming convention PAX West chose to host the first-ever live show in Sacred Symbols' history. We were excited, and so were many of you. Oh, but wait, never mind! Weeks after confirming ...
2019-08-06 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostIntroducing CLS' First Full-Time Employee: Dustin Furman
Hey Everyone!
I hope you're well. Fun week, huh?
So, I had intended on announcing this ea...
KnockBack, Episode 77: Our Favorite Teachers
No matter where we're from, many of us spend something like 14 years in mandatory school systems that served only to distract us from our toys, video games, and watching cartoons. Yet there we were...
2019-08-01 20:33:43 +0000 UTC View PostSide Quest, Episode 62: Gaming's 10 Most Emotional Moments
We're now all caught-up on Patron-selected topics! (Voting for Side Quest topics will begin again in the coming months. We're eager to get a few of our own out into the world, for the time being!)<...
2019-08-01 12:43:38 +0000 UTC View PostSide Quest, Episode 62 (Audio)
Gaming's 10 Most Emotional Moments!
2019-08-01 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon-Exclusive Sacred Symbols (July, 2019): Uninvited
The powers-that-be at PAX West have uninvited Sacred Symbols from performing at its previously-scheduled panel, weeks after extending an invite and encouraging us to tell our audience we'll be ther...
2019-07-31 22:09:56 +0000 UTC View PostFireside Chats, Episode 100: A Conversation With Colin II
50 episodes ago, we flipped the script here on Fireside Chats. Instead of being the interviewer, I (Colin!) became the interviewed. Episode 50 quickly went down as a fan-favorite, and with that in ...
2019-07-31 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 57: Dreamstate
Sony-owned Media Molecule is hiring for a most unusual task: The studio is seeking small dev teams to create experiences inside the Early Access version of its PS4 exclusive Dreams. And they're wil...
2019-07-30 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChris Ray Gun, Driving Teacher: Sacred Symbols Plays Crash Team Racing
Colin Moriarty, Student Driver.
2019-07-29 20:06:46 +0000 UTC View PostKnockBack, Episode 76: Rosemary's Baby
When Rosemary's Baby hit theaters in 1968, the horror genre as we know it today didn't really exist yet. The scariest flicks of the era were low budget, poorly lit, and corny beyond belief. But Rom...
2019-07-25 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostFireside Chats, Episode 99: Metalhead
Things tend to lean in a serious direction here on Fireside Chats, and that's all well and good. We often delve deep, get real, and challenge ourselves. But today's episode veers in a decidedly mor...
2019-07-24 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 56: The Sinking Ship
Resistance is futile: The future of video game distribution is digital whether you like it or not. But we're an agile sect of consumers, and even the most stubborn among us can change our buying ha...
2019-07-23 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostKnockBack, Episode 75: Meet Mr. Moriarty
Our beloved KnockBack is a lot of things. It's a celebration of nostalgia and memory, of reminiscing and remembering, and, as it turns out, the many characters that make up The Moriarty Cinematic U...
2019-07-18 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostFireside Chats, Episode 98: The Addict's Wife
Back on Episode 80 of Fireside Chats, we welcomed Kris Hall to the show, a man who was willing to openly talk about his battle with alcoholism, how adversely it affected his life, and how it almost...
2019-07-17 16:01:32 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 55: Game of the Year 2019 (So Far)
Our beloved industry has a decades-long tradition of declaring a Game of the Year, which usually occurs in December or January. But such decisions can be quite overwhelming, especially with 12 mont...
2019-07-16 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols: Live at PAX West 2019!
Hey All,
I hope you're well!
I wanted to let you know that our panel submission for Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast at PAX West in Seattle has been accepted (I announced this
KnockBack, Episode 74: Resident Evil 2
In 1998, Capcom followed its beloved survival horror game Resident Evil with a sequel. But Resident Evil 2 wasn't just any sequel. It experienced a tortured development, coming to store shelves a f...
2019-07-12 02:32:04 +0000 UTC View PostA Devious Platinum Trophy: Sacred Symbols Plays Titanfall 2
Avenge me!
2019-07-10 19:53:54 +0000 UTC View PostFireside Chats, Episode 97: The Future is Now
Meet Jeremy Goldman, an expert in computer learning algorithms and AI who has worked for some of the world's biggest tech companies. And boy, does he have a ton of insight into what's going on with...
2019-07-10 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 54: eGirl Arms Race
The free market is a splendid thing. And sometimes, it's even a little scary. Today -- unplanned and at the tail end of our episode -- we discuss the eGirl Phenomenon on the back of the Gamer Girl ...
2019-07-09 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA Tour of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, One of 2019's Best Games
On the nose.
2019-07-05 20:23:10 +0000 UTC View PostKnockBack, Episode 73: Dagan's Great Adventures
The Brothers Moriarty co-host KnockBack, but it's no secret who the star of the show is: Dagan. So let's focus solely on him today, and hear some of his stories from the '70s, '80s, and '90s. The t...
2019-07-04 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostFireside Chats, Episode 96: Dog World
People either get dogs or they don't. Heck, sometimes a person doesn't get dogs, and then suddenly, they do (like yours truly). But one way or another, they're an essential part of human life, and ...
2019-07-03 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSacred Symbols, Episode 53: The Plot Thickens
Until recently, we've been left to wildly speculate about PlayStation 5. And boy, have we speculated! But since spring, Sony has been more than willing to talk about its next-gen machine, though it...
2019-07-02 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon-Exclusive Sacred Symbols (June, 2019): Ask Chris Anything
Hello!
This month's Patreon-exclusive podcast is an episode of Sacred Symbols starring the one and only Chris Ray Gun.
Last week, y'all submitted like 150 questions to Chris, and he c...
KnockBack, Episode 72: The Fourth of July
In America, The Fourth of July -- our so-called "Independence Day" -- is a time of raucous celebration. Families and friends gather around the country for burgers and hot dogs, slaw and baked beans...
2019-06-27 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post