Creator spotlight
Last Stand Media: independent by design
Colin Moriarty's shop makes longform gaming podcasts the old-fashioned way: owned by the people making them, funded by the people listening, beholden to nobody in between. No network. No permission asked. It's the same model we run on — which is probably why we keep pointing at it.
Sacred Symbols
The flagship — Colin Moriarty, Chris Ray Gun and Dustin Furman on all things PlayStation. Hours-deep, letters-driven, the most trophy-literate audience in podcasting.
Defining Duke
The Xbox side of the house — hosted by MrMattyPlays and Lord Cognito, who happens to be a SynchPulse Founding Creator. Small world.
Summon Sign
Brad Ellis and a revolving guest chair — deep dives on the games themselves, with Colin and the wider cast dropping in.
Punching Up
The Nintendo corner of the network — hosted by Brad Ellis and Micah Moriarty.
The hunter behind the mic
longislandviper
Trophy talk isn't a segment on Sacred Symbols because it polls well — it's there because the host hunts. The receipts:
592
Trophy level
215
Platinums
16,680
Trophies
841
Games
And they make games too
Lillymo Games — Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege
Through Lillymo Games, the Last Stand orbit doesn't just talk about games — it ships them. Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege is out now, and in a detail we can't help but respect, Moriarty wrote the game's full trophy guide himself. Its lists live on our Radar across every platform:
Why we're fans
“The recent Coach Moriarty live stream — talking his beloved Jets through a Madden 27 season — is the whole channel in miniature: deep knowledge, straight talk, and someone having a genuinely good time. That's rarer than it should be.”
And he says what he thinks. When the internet melted down over GTA VI's price, Moriarty ran the inflation maths instead — GTA V launched at what would be $85 today, GTA IV at $93, and the PS1 and PS2 entries north of $100 — and landed where he usually does: on his own two feet, telling people to spend their money as they see fit. Agree with him or don't; you always know exactly where he stands. In 2026 games media, that's the scarcest currency there is.
— Marc, SynchPulse