Sacred Symbols+, Episode 290 | Please Stop Clout-Chasing (Video) (Patreon)

Please Stop Clout-Chasing | Sacred Symbols+, Episode 290

Welcome to another edition of Sacred Symbols x Defining Duke! Colin, Chris, and Dustin welcome the Dukes -- Matty and Cog -- to the show for a rousing 2+ hour conversation on topics covering both PlayStation and Xbox. For starters, the boys discuss their last-minute thoughts on Redfall, now that it's on the precipice of release. Are people underestimating Arkane's vampire game? The crew also talks about PlayStation 5's strong performance at a time when we know less about the brand's future than we ever have before. How can we sync the two disparate realities of a console selling at a record pace while toting little more than a promise of continued high-quality output? Finally, we discuss what we perceive as the degradation of 'the conversation' surrounding our hobby, specifically on social media. How did some folks that clearly know so little about games, seldom play them, and get so much wrong about them find themselves in positions of power? It seems like a self-fulfilling prophecy of failure at a time when our industry needs strong, sound, and knowledgeable voices more than ever. So: Let's lament.