Sacred Symbols+, Episode 129: Racing Toward Excellence (Patreon)

When you do a video game podcast, chances are you're not going to do every release, every series, every genre its due justice. It's just the way it works out; we're only three guys with three distinct gaming tastes. But there's no denying that, when it comes to Sacred Symbols, our Gran Turismo coverage is unacceptably lacking, considering it's not only a first party game, but arguably Sony's most popular IP, ever (it's certainly the best-selling). Thus, today's episode of + is the first of our attempts to help ameliorate our shortcomings. To get the conversation going in earnest, I (Colin) invited Alex Jones (not that one!) to the show. Alex is an industry veteran who, among other things, worked for ESPN on their esports initiatives and tried (but failed) to get the famous sports network to cover GT and other racing series. So he's the perfect person to speak to about the past, present, and future of Gran Turismo leading into GT7's launch, as well as the promise and ultimate demise of Driveclub, EA's aggressive purchase of Codemasters and what that means for the genre, and Nintendo's clever gateway drug known as Mario Kart. So start your engines... or just hit play.