#408 | The Thin Line Between Entertainment and War

Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Games, Leisure, Video Games, Hobbies

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 224 minutes

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Summary

A duo of interesting stories quietly circulated around the PlayStation ecosystem over the last few days, with potential clarity shone on some lingering, years-long issues. For starters, beloved ex-Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida recently spoke at a gaming event in Australia, where he revealed more precious information on his departure from first party, noting that ex-CEO Jim Ryan ultimately fired him from his role for not acceding to his demands. Meanwhile, an ex-Naughty Dog lighting artist seemed to spill the beans on some of the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding Uncharted 4, which -- as you may recall -- was a tortured project. But no one knew things were as bad as they seemingly were, until now. Plus: Age verification is coming to PlayStation hardware near you in the UK and elsewhere, Assassin's Creed IV's remake has finally officially emerged, SEGA's classic Ecco the Dolphin franchise is being revived, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! With Kotaku making aggressive new hires while touting increasing traffic, can the once-storied media brand be saved? Do any of us mess with motion aiming on DualSense? Is there a feeling of melancholy when deleting an old online friend from your PSN list? Would you believe that Colin never even one time suffered from "imposter syndrome"?Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement.0:00:00 - Intro0:18:01 - Saint Slayer is here!0:34:43 - Gaming with a new baby0:46:30 - Imposter syndrome0:54:21 - Colin power0:55:07 - More details on Shuhei's exit from Sony1:21:11 - Uncharted 4 drama1:38:29 - PlayStation age verification1:42:25 - Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced1:49:51 - Ecco the Dolphin returns1:54:56 - March 2026 Circana2:01:29 - What We’re Playing (Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege, Pragmata, Mouse PI for Hire, Tomodachi Life,Vampire Crawlers)2:31:12 - Communism and Tetris2:35:44 - Fired for a review?2:48:44 - Can Kotaku be saved?3:00:35 - Motion aiming3:05:37 - Learning from video games3:22:33 - Deleting PSN friends Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Greetings and salutations.
0:18.5	Welcome back to Sacred Symbols, a PlayStation podcast.
0:20.4	This is episode number 408, only 92 more episodes till episode 500. Very exciting. We're getting very close. It's good to be here today. Let's go around to horn and say hello to everyone. I'm joined, as always, by my son Chris Raygun. Chris, good to see you today. How are you? I'm doing all right. Just got back from a walk, got some coffee, got a baking, egg, and cheese.
0:41.5	Nice.
0:43.1	Finished uploading a podcast episode that I edited.
0:47.1	So we're, it's good.
0:49.2	It's a good early start to the day.
0:51.4	Good.
0:51.8	SBK on your egg sandwich or?
1:11.4	Sometimes. Today I did. Oftentimes I don't though. Yeah, that's bold. I usually, I don't, well, not, well, salt pepper, no ketchup. I'm not a ketchup person. Yeah, yeah. It's too sugary. I'm like, I don't know, it feels like candy at a certain point. Sure. But salt pepper for sure all the time.
1:12.1	God,
1:12.9	I fucking love ketchup.
1:13.9	It's weird because I don't,
1:24.9	I don't naturally have a sweet tooth, but that is, I guess, the thing I like that sweet is ketchup or like Pepsi or whatever. But I don't like, you know, we talk about candy and all these kinds of things. But maybe that's how I get my fix.
1:26.0	You're not a candy guy?
1:27.0	You were never a candy guy?
1:27.7	No, never.
1:29.8	I was grossed out by like it's funny, man. I'm so, it's, I get my fix. You're not a candy guy? You were never a candy guy? No, never.
1:27.8	I was grossed out by like, it's funny, man.
1:29.8	I'm so, it's, I've always been weird, right?
1:31.6	Like when I was a little kid, I was grossed out by candy.
1:34.9	I was grossed out by gum.
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