Sacred Symbols, Episode 28: Game of the Year Awards 2018 (Patreon)

We like to do things just a little differently here on Sacred Symbols, even with tried and true industry-wide traditions like Game of the Year. For our First Annual Prestigious Sacred Symbols Game of the Year Awards, we opted to dole out 20 accolades, but not in the way you'd probably expect. What's the best action game? Best RPG? Best exclusive? No, no, and no. Instead, we dole out our high honors like The What Could Possibly Go Wrong Award, The Best Unintentional PlayStation-Related Entertainment Award,  The Game I Forgot I Played And Couldn’t Tell You Anything About Award, and much more. Of course, we also cover the news! The return of Telltale's The Walking Dead has a release date, From Software both apologizes to and teases its audience in the same interview, EA and BioWare are prepping two Anthem demos, et cetera, with your questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, and ideas sprinkled in, as always.

Timestamps:

0:00:17 - Intro.
0:02:26 - A correction on Nintendo (per last week's episode), plus a word on their 2019 lineup.
0:04:29 - Patreon "stretch goals" introduced: Sacred Symbols Let's Plays and Sacred Symbols ON CAMERA!
0:07:15 - Will we start interviewing developers on the show?
0:08:37 - A listener wastes everyone's incredibly precious time.
0:08:49 - What games have we been playing?
0:13:52 - January, 2019's free PS+ games have been revealed, and are now available (plus Q).
0:16:28 - The Dreams closed beta is open and still accepting applications.
0:17:26 - Sony apparently declined a third party studio's offer to make a Days Gone multiplayer suite (plus Q).
0:21:42 - The newest episode of Telltale Games' The Walking Dead: Season Three is imminent.
0:22:19 - Atlus announces Persona 5 R, though no one knows what it is (yet).
0:23:46 - Anthem is getting two demos in anticipation of its late February release.
0:25:38 - From Software apologizes for all the Bloodborne Easter Eggs in their PSVR game.
0:27:07 - The Hitman HD Enhanced Collection is coming to PS4 very soon (plus Q).
0:29:54 - From Software reveals it has two unannounced games in the works.
0:33:12 - The ESRB rates The Serious Sam Collection; could be the same as 2013's PS3 collection.
0:33:40 - WB has pulled LEGO Lord of the Rings and LEGO The Hobbit from digital stores for reasons unknown (plus Q).
0:36:20 - The First Annual Sacred Symbols Game of the Year Awards (plus Qs).
1:06:28 - How do we feel about games that try to tackle mental health-related themes?
1:09:42 - Would Sony ever "try again" with a new PlayStation Classic-style retro console?
1:10:55 - What happened to "experimental" PlayStation games like Eyepet, Wonderbook, Eye of Judgement, etc.?
1:13:48 - One listener is excited for Cyberpunk 2077, but doesn't play FP/FPS games. Where should he begin?
1:16:01 - When a company markets an older game, could they be inadvertently revealing soft sales?
1:17:16 - A listener has us choose which games (in multiple sets) will sell best vs. get the best critical scores.
1:20:52 - Does Chris prefer playing FPS games on console or PC?
1:24:22 - How will Sony treat PlayStation 4 after PlayStation 5 launches?
1:27:11 - Is Slightly Mad Studios really going to release a console?
1:30:03 - Why do women have a harder time in gaming fandom than men?
1:42:02 - Outro.