{"podcast":{"title":"Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast","slug":"sacred-symbols-a-playstation-podcast-234431","podcast_index_feed_id":234431,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/SacredSymbolsAPlaystationPodcast","website_url":"http://www.patreon.com/laststandmedia","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/84811800-e1fc-11e8-bb0b-d3c4f5d8c928/image/96cdb558ef73449381183244b4169010.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Last Stand Media & Studio71","episode_count":410,"summary":"Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast is the internet's premiere weekly PlayStation show dedicated to coverage of PS5, PS4, PSVR2, and Sony's deep gaming legacy stretching back to the mid-'90s. Join 20+ year gaming industry veteran and PlayStation brand expert Colin Moriarty -- along with his co-hosts comedian Chris Ray Gun and producer Dustin Furman -- as they go through the news of the week, highlight the best recent games, and interact with their incredibly loyal audience, all without taking anything too seriously. New episodes post each and every Monday. To get early access to each episode, join thousands and thousands of your fellow listeners by supporting the show on Patreon at patreon.com/laststandmedia We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sacred-symbols-a-playstation-podcast-234431"},"episode":{"title":"#399 | Step Back From That Ledge, My Friend","slug":"399-step-back-from-that-ledge-my-friend","published_at":"2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sacred-symbols-a-playstation-podcast-234431/399-step-back-from-that-ledge-my-friend","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sacred-symbols-a-playstation-podcast-234431","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/135/verifi.podscribe.com/rss/p/swap.fm/track/i7NUCPwi3tJP053nG6mP/traffic.megaphone.fm/STU2059279581.mp3?updated=1771717043","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/135/verifi.podscribe.com/rss/p/swap.fm/track/i7NUCPwi3tJP053nG6mP/traffic.megaphone.fm/STU2059279581.mp3?updated=1771717043","summary":"We were already recording this episode when unexpected news broke: Sony is shuttering Texas-based first-party remake and port specialist studio Bluepoint. Equally shocking -- when taking into context the many first and second party failures, flubs, and misalignments in recent years -- is PlayStation Studios lead Hermen Hulst still somehow having a job. Bluepoint has an exceptional pedigree alongside untapped potential, but that's been squandered by the same machinery that allowed them to make a multiplayer game in the first place. Who is responsible for all of this first party buffonery? What's with this obsession with established teams all chasing the same exact thing? And how lucky is Sony that the going is so good for PlayStation 5 that none of this really seems to matter? Here's hoping the bloodletting begins and ends here, but we're skeptical. Other news this week includes rumors of PlayStation 6's delayed timeline, when we might expect to see Santa Monica Studios' unannounced title, McFarlane Toys picking up the Sony toy license, and more. Then, we wrap things up with listener inquiries. On the back of Silent Hill: Townfall's PS5 console exclusivity, why does Sony bother chasing these deals these days? Does Fairgame$ have an icecube's chance in hell of succeeding? Will God of War's remake be one compilation or three separate games? Is Dustin ready for his fatherly snot-sucking duties? Sign up for your $1 per month trial period at ⁠https://www.shopify.com/sacred⁠ Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro0:29:05 - Sacred Symbol ruining lives0:32:14 - Snot sucker0:37:01 - Chris Chan sighting0:43:49 - Baby's first console0:58:13 - RIP Shuntaro Iida1:00:54 - RIP Hideki Sato1:08:…","meta_description":"We were already recording this episode when unexpected news broke: Sony is shuttering Texas-based first-party remake and port specialist studio Bluepoint.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":14587,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sacred-symbols-a-playstation-podcast-234431/episodes/399-step-back-from-that-ledge-my-friend/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sacred-symbols-a-playstation-podcast-234431/399-step-back-from-that-ledge-my-friend.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}