#250 | The Dream Is Finally Dead

Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Leisure, Video Games, Hobbies, Games

4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 219 minutes

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Summary

After witnessing its death in slow motion, Media Molecule is mercifully pulling the plug on its beleaguered project Dreams. And it's sad, no doubt. But here's the reality: Dreams was a bad idea and a waste of time. Sony voluntarily hamstrung its most creative team for the better part of two generations on a dead end, and you can't really blame artists-types for taking all the corporate rope you'll give them. After all, Media Molecule hasn't released a AAA game in more than 12 years, an unfathomable gap. How that's even possible is anyone's guess. Who's responsible for Dreams' abject failure? Why was this idea allowed to go along so staggeringly beyond its expiration date? And what's next for the House of Sackboy? Other news this week includes tacit confirmation of a Persona 3 remake, Sony's aggressive push into cloud gaming, an official delay for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and more. The conversation's rounded out with listener inquiries sent from Patreon, touching on topics like the Redfall 30-frames controversy, the cost of putting Call of Duty on PlayStation Plus, the best order to play the original Final Fantasy games, and a continued ode to a deli that's become a central icon of show lore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sacred Symbols, a PlayStation podcast is brought to you by, well, you.
0:04.6	If you want to learn how to support our show, go to patreon.com slash last stand media.
0:09.4	Greetings and salutations. Welcome to Sacred Symbols, a PlayStation podcast. This is episode
0:30.8	number 250. My name is Colin Moriardium. Join us by my son Chris Reagan.
0:36.2	This is Chris Mike Tyson. How about that? You like that? Yeah, why not? Yeah, sure. Yeah, I'll accept it.
0:44.0	You need the tribal tattoo on your face. Felon needs a side. Felon needs a side.
0:48.0	Maybe I'll sharpie a tribal tattoo across my face.
0:53.7	But also if he was there, it's like one of the analysts. That'd be so bizarre. I don't know what you love.
0:59.6	I would love to meet him. That'd be so embarrassing. You do any of that stuff in front of somebody who's like actually a professional.
1:07.0	Oh my God. It's kind of what you've been doing with your training though. Like you're really rigorous training.
1:11.6	That is true. You became you were a fake boxer and now you're a real boxer. You know, I'm at least like vaguely adept.
1:18.6	You know, it's how I like more fused. Yeah, how would you say that? Metamorphosis? Metamorphosis.
1:23.6	Metamorphosis. Metamorphosis. That's right. Is that right? Man up. It sounds fake. That sounds fake, but I don't care.
1:29.0	I'm a little out of it right now for two reasons. Number one. Just I took a bomb. We're 15 minutes ago.
1:33.8	Number two is that the pool is getting open today in the backyard. And so I was back there.
1:38.8	And do I have a little bit too much headroom? Maybe I'm going to fix that a little bit.
1:42.2	And so I was back there just roaming around. They're going to be here soon. Just pointing things out.
1:46.2	Micah and I were talking and I was pointing out like a couple of bushes that are not really thriving right now and all these things.
1:51.4	And just talking and talking and then she's like, it's one o'clock. So I have to I had to. Yeah.
1:58.0	That was basically all she said to me when I were outside. I just like went on and on and on and on.
2:01.4	I think she was just waiting for me to be done. Yeah. And then and then she you know, I found a fucking crack in the concrete.
2:08.8	I'm going to tell you what. Doesn't Furman exactly to produce her welcome to the show. My friend. How are you doing? Pretty dang good.
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