{"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":"#407 | Pleasure Spiked With Pain","slug":"407-pleasure-spiked-with-pain","published_at":"2026-04-20T15:33:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sacred-symbols-a-playstation-podcast-234431/407-pleasure-spiked-with-pain","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/STU3540411575.mp3?updated=1776700760","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/135/verifi.podscribe.com/rss/p/swap.fm/track/i7NUCPwi3tJP053nG6mP/traffic.megaphone.fm/STU3540411575.mp3?updated=1776700760","summary":"Things are quiet recently. It feels like we're waiting for something to pop-off; some new announcements, or tantalizing rumors, or whatever. We have a little of that this week, though -- perhaps as usual -- it's good news mixed-up with a few questionable items. Let's start with PS5 sales, which picked up substantially in the days leading up to the hardware's global price increase. We then move into the surreptitious release of once-hidden Grand Theft Auto Online numbers, which shows a game still making around $10 million a week, with around two-thirds of its playerbase on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Then, we get into first and second party fare: More details about the unannounced (but heavily rumored) Faye-driven God of War spinoff, casting and performance capture details for Hideo Kojima's PHYSINT, word of a Bloodborne animated feature in the works, and a Metal Gear Solid film, too, both being steered by Sony Pictures. And did Insomniac's Spider-Man 3 get leaked, too? Inquiries from the audience help us round things out, as always. Why is PlayStation 2 Colin's least-favorite Sony console? Is there room for the point-and-click adventure genre in modern gaming? Will Xbox really go back down the path of exclusivity? Can we act as an effective billboard for a listener's pregnancy announcement? Sign up for your $1 per month trial period at https://www.shopify.com/sacred Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/SACRED and use code SACRED and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! Go to PrizePicks.com/DoItLiveSweepstakes or check out PrizePicks social pages for more info. Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement.0:00:00 - Intro0:35:29 - Player 30:39:45 - Timothy's weight loss0:44:…","meta_description":"Things are quiet recently. It feels like we're waiting for something to pop-off; some new announcements, or tantalizing rumors, or whatever. We have a lit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":14883,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sacred-symbols-a-playstation-podcast-234431/episodes/407-pleasure-spiked-with-pain/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-234431/407-pleasure-spiked-with-pain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}