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Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

#393 | Pleasantly Caving In

Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Games, Leisure, Video Games, Hobbies

4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 295 minutes

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Summary

Happy New Year! Well, maybe not so happy for Sony. That's because -- if rumors and percolations are true -- PlayStation 5's ROM keys have been leaked, meaning that the console is likely on the verge of being jailbroken. And for veterans of the PS3 era, you know precisely what that means: Chaos. Well, maybe? Let's discuss this potentially serious development. Also: Ruminations on the passing of legendary games producer Vince Zampella, new inbound DualSense and cover colors, Marathon's exiting art director, Gran Turismo 7 quietly amassing a huge player base, Kojima's plans to cast (and begin shooting) PHYSINT this year, China Hero Project title Convallaria running into serious issues, Wolfenstein 3 whispers, and much more. Then: Listener inquiries! With computing component pricing and rarity skyrocketing, should we expect a much-delayed PlayStation 6 launch? With only a few weeks until launch, is Wildlight's F2P shooter Highguard in serious trouble? Following a second Ghost game, what should Sucker Punch make next? Is Dustin quietly morphing into a furry before our very eyes? This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/symbols and get on your way to being your best self Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro0:34:01 - Shout out to Thomas!0:35:25 - Post break mindset0:43:26 - Naming rights college trust fund0:56:34 - Dustin furry allegations1:07:54 - Vince Zampella's passing1:24:17 - Will PS5 be jailbroken soon?1:41:27 - New DualSense and covers coming1:46:19 - Marathon's art director leaves Bungie1:54:11 - GT7 has 2 million MAU2:05:46 - PHYSINT casting and motion capture in 20262:18:45 - Sony patents "AI Ghost"2:27:13 - China Hero Project game Convallaria in trouble2:35:51 - Machine Games is working on Wolfenstein 32:39:22 - New Witcher 3 DLC?2:46:48 - 007: First Light delayed2:48:25 - No Hundred Line on PS52:53:41 - January PS+ games2:57:06 - ARC Raiders dominates PSN and PSN top downloads3:14:26 - Games sales news3:15:55 - What We’re Playing (Terminator 2D, Dying Light: The Beast, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, MM Legacy Collection 1-2, MM11, Mega Man X, Fallout: New Vegas, The Alters, Dragon Quest VII demo, Skate Story, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance)3:48:22 - Is PS6 getting delayed okay?3:59:47 - What's going on with Highguard?4:13:26 - Gaming Merch4:24:22 - What's next for Sucker Punch?4:30:37 - Talking about what you like vs dislike4:37:42 - Crunch at Naughty Dog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Greetings and salutations. Welcome back to Sacred Symbols, a PlayStation podcast. This is episode number 393. My name is Colin Moriarty. I'm joined as always by my son Chris Raygon. Chris, Happy New Year. It's a new year. How are you today? My friend, good to see you. I'm pretty good. It feels like, I don't know. Now we're getting into the, we're getting into territory now with like

0:38.1

26. Yeah. Really? Like now it's like 30 is like closer than it should that it feels like it should be.

0:47.3

Yeah. And it's like, ooh, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know about it. But yeah,

0:52.8

time marches ever forward, I guess.

0:54.8

It does. Yeah, the 90s seem like a relic, a mystery of a long forgotten memory.

1:01.5

It's so strange.

1:03.4

It feels like it was just 10 years ago or whatever.

1:05.5

I was thinking about when I was in college and how I felt like things were so far away.

1:08.9

And then I was like, when I graduated college, the 90s were seven years ago. It's just like now they're 26 years ago. It's too much. Well, it's good to see you. You have a little bit of a new setup here. I was asking if you have a new desk, but I think I just never saw a shot of your desk. And you were saying you got a new computer, which is very exciting. Yeah. I also see you're growing a mustache, perhaps. No, I just, I don't know. I was going to shave this morning. I was like, I don't have energy to do it. I really do like have to just get this haircut over with. I've been talking about it for a long time, but I'm just like, I don't trust people.

1:49.3

You know what I mean? Like I walk by, sometimes I walk by a salon or like a barbershop and I'm like, maybe this is the day I walk in and just like, hey, chief. Hey, Bukaroo. Hey, Buckaroo.

1:58.2

They love that. Yeah, they love it.

2:01.9

Snap my fingers at him.

2:04.3

But I just, I don't know.

2:05.3

I chicken out.

2:07.9

I look around and I'm like, I don't know.

2:09.8

And then I leave.

2:11.3

And I just don't do it.

2:16.6

Yeah, Salon would probably be safer for hair stylings like you. You'd think.

2:20.3

Yeah, you would think. You would think. i've made that assumption before and been sorely mistaken so it really is kind of like a crap shoot it's a

2:25.9

complete luck of the draw and that's what bums me out about it it's just like i can't be sure i don't know

2:30.9

if this guy's going i've had i've showed people pictures or it's like hey listen i don't know what to i don't know what the terminology is i don't know if this guy's going to... I've showed people pictures, or it's like, hey, listen, I don't know what the terminology is. I don't know, like, oh, a two on the side and scissors cut on top. I don't know any of these... I know that those phrases mean something. I don't know what they translate to in real life or for me. So I usually show them a picture. And I'm like, just do this.

2:51.3

Just give me this.

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