Sacred Symbols, Episode 180: The Lame Awards (Video) (Patreon)

The Lame Awards | Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast Episode 180

Have the Game Awards officially lost their charm? For as likable as Geoff Keighley is, this year's offering was a gratuitously advertisorial affair, and we simply have to call it like it is. What's the purpose of holding an audience captive for three hours, only to bombard them with commercial after commercial... other than bean-counting, of course? Still, through it all, it was still cool to see Quantic Dream's Star Wars: Eclipse, hear about Monolith's Wonder Woman game, get an official reveal of Alan Wake II, receive a release date for PS5 console-exclusive Forspoken, and more. Plus, there's everything else we need to talk about unrelated to the gala. Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy finally have a release date on PS5, but buying them may be a more complicated situation than you may have anticipated, while a new Bill has been cast in HBO's The Last of Us, and it may not be who you expect. Plus: Ubisoft launches an NFT program, GTA Online gets story DLC, Activision-Blizzard continues to play with fire, and more. Then: Listener questions, ranging on issues like the use of social media in the industry, the advantages and disadvantages of using fake languages in fiction, the endless potential of a LEGO PlayStation game, and the fact that Chris accidentally outed Santa as being fake to a listener's kid. C'est la vie. Get some Sacred Symbols merch! https://LastStandMedia.shop Follow the hosts on Twitter! Colin: https://twitter.com/notaxation Chris: https://twitter.com/ChrisRGun Dustin: https://twitter.com/DustinCanFly A new episode of Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast launches each Friday morning. To receive instant, ad-free access, as well as other perks, please support the show on Patreon at http://patreon.com/LastStandMedia You can also subscribe to the audio version of the podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and other podcast providers, or use this link: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GKTOA7ZhIfrxIxSR0rg25 #TheGameAwards #SacredSymbols #LastStandMedia Timestamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:05:16 - Join us on Patreon! 0:08:00 - Coin Moriarty can’t watch his own destruction. 0:10:19 - Shoutout to MrMattyPlays! 0:26:25 - The Game Awards: Overall thoughts. 0:38:31 - The Game Awards: Persona 4 Arena Ultimax 0:40:59 - The Game Awards: Star Wars: Eclipse 0:45:32 - The Game Awards: Wonder Woman 0:50:27 - The Game Awards: Alan Wake 2 0:55:20 - The Game Awards: Horizon: Forbidden West 0:56:10 - The Game Awards: Destiny 2: The Witch Queen 1:01:03 - The Game Awards: Slitterhead 1:05:14 - The Game Awards: Gollum 1:06:54 - The Game Awards: Somerville 1:08:31 - The Game Awards: Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course 1:11:43 - The Game Awards: Sonic Frontiers 1:16:19 - The Game Awards: Warhammer Vermintide II Warrior Priest, Tchia 1:16:52 - The Game Awards: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 1:22:34 - The Game Awards: Forspoken 1:26:58 - The Game Awards: Saints Row 1:27:20 - The Game Awards: Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands 1:25:01 - The Game Awards: Among Us VR, Metal Hellsinger, Genshin Impact 1:30:01 - The Game Awards: Star Trek Resurgence, Rumbleverse 1:32:52 - The Game Awards: A Plague Tale Requiem 1:34:43 - The Game Awards: Dying Light 2 Stay Human 1:35:41 - The Game Awards: GTFO 1:36:55 - The Game Awards: Elden Ring 1:37:25 - The Game Awards: Arc Raiders 1:40:17 - The Game Awards: The Matrix Awakens 1:44:09 - Masyuki Uemura, chief engineer of the NES and SNES, has died. 1:45:29 - 2K has signed a new studio. 1:46:22 - Sony has fired a PlayStation executive after allegations resulting from a pedophile sting video. 1:55:32 - Spider-Man Remastered on PS5 is getting a No Way Home tie-in suit. 1:58:53 - Gran Turismo 7 has been rated by the ESRB. 1:59:11 - Sony has quietly shown off an 8K VR unit. 2:03:04 - The DualSense has a Scuf alternative. 2:03:50 - Garfield is coming to Nickelodeon’s All-Star Brawl. 2:00:32 - What have we been playing? 2:19:51 - Details are now available about Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Uncharted: Lost Legacy’s PS5 and PC ports. 2:29:23 - HBO’s The Last of Us has secured Nick Offerman to play Bill. 2:33:50 - Ubisoft has revealed a new NFT-centered initiative. 2:48:20 - Rockstar has revealed new content for GTA Online. 2:54:01 - Activision-Blizzard has new controversy centered around layoffs. 3:03:32 - Tencent has officially established Level Infinite, it’s AAA-centered label. 3:22:42 - Sony has revealed the top-downloaded games for the month of November. 3:17:52 - PlayStation Now’s additions for the month have been announced. 3:23:31 - News Wrap-Up 3:24:01 - Was Kingdoms of Amalur underrated or have our standards dropped? 3:30:57 - How do we feel about video game languages? 3:36:53 - Would the games industry be better without social media? 3:45:05 - Does Spartacus change our minds about Game Pass coming to PlayStation? 3:49:18 - Could an Astro Bot game where you can swap between different characters work? 3:55:19 - Should reviews consider price points and business models?