Emotive Pixels: 10 Years of Videogame Deep Dives

We press through the fog of trauma.

We fall into the Olympic Peninsula trauma-bonded to a four-wheel Object of Power.

We probe the tender and potentially autistic-coded Harold Halibut, a German narrative game handmade with over 200kg of clay.

Three gamers absolutely fail to grok a cultural phenomenon that uniquely represents today's neoliberal world.

• Ordered map of Elden Ring

We question the voice in our head during a surrealist existentialist Siberian adventure about faith and relationships, full of a lot of interesting and satisfying mechanics. This game has it all!

We slay a major white whale.

Pauly: Future Racer 2000/Silkbulb Test, Chess For Idiots, Asphalt Legends 9, Mullet Mad Jack, Star Trucker, racing sim updates

Nate: Night Runners Prologue, 20 Small Mazes, Sheepy: A Short Adventure, Exophobia, NASCAR Heat 4 (bad), Exit 8, The Thaumaturge

Craig: Cuccchi, Super Mario Maker 2, Super Mario Brothers Wonder, God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla, Red Dead Redemption 2

We are gripped by poker-solitaire fever.

The gang's all here! We cover racing sims, VR DJing, visual novels, aspirational Unity jank, and splatterfests.

Automobilista 2, Assetto Corsa, Hotshot Racing, Vampire Survivors, Windy Meadow - a Roadwarden Tale, Slay the Princess, Jett: The Far Shore + Given Time, Foam Stars, Persona 5, virtual reality DJing feat. Vinyl Reality and Tribe XR, Killer Frequency

• Pauly Mallwear's Necrowave Nightmare DJ set
• The Playdate Podcast
• MKBHD's podcast interview with Teenage Engineering

We regale in deep philosophy and fantastic Yugoslav architecture.