We're back with our first proper 2023 episode of the year and you know what that means. It's catch up time!

Media Discussed:

• New York City trip
• M3GAN
• Bleach (manga)
• The Last Of Us episode 1
• Avatar: The Way Of Water
• Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
• Streaming on Twitch
• Berserk (manga)

Video Games Discussed:

• Pitch Silent
• Telling Lies
• The Swapper
• Dead By Daylight
• Neon White
• Dragonball Xenoverse 2
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion
• Digimon Story Cybersleuth
• Fire Emblem Engage
• Forspoken

Picks Of The Week:

• Josh: The Birth of SaGa | The Complete History of Square | Part 3 [Documentary] - YouTube
• Austin: Fall Out Boy - Love From The Other Side (Official Video) - YouTube
• Dylan: Versus Me - Terrified 

As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content.

Culture Bop: Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - youtube.com/c/CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - The_Bebopman

Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzyTV, Instagram - @omdizzy, Twitch - OMDizzy, YouTube - @OMDizzy, 

Austin: Twitter - @bigpappaplays, Instagram - @bigpappaplays, Twitch- @bigpappaplays, TikTok- @bigpappaplays

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “The Analyst” Ruiss
• Tonny “The Viking” Sulmann
• Jeffery “The Exiled“ Szyarto
• Blake “The Rogue” Graham
• Gilbert “The Butcher” Kitchens
• Sean “The Shadow” O’Keeffe Jr.
• Bren “The Executioner” Woodham
• Dylan “The Flower Child” Martin
• Austin “The Shinobi” Stephens

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We just wrapped up our game of the year episode last week and finished up our look back at last year. Now it’s time to keep our eyes trained on what’s ahead. So the topic of discussion this week is going to be centered around just that. This week we’re going to take a look at our most hotly anticipated games of 2023 and what makes them so damn exciting!

Media Discussed:

• The Menu
• The Mean One
• Bleach
• Kabenari Of The Iron Fortress

Video Games Discussed:

• Neon White
• Gotham Knights

Picks Of The Weeks:

• Josh: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and The Art of Hiding in Plain Sight (Netflix Review/Video Essay)
• Austin: SBR & Jojolion Fandub
• Dylan: Twitch - SeeCatPlay

As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content.

Culture Bop: Twitter - @Culture_Bop, Instagram - @culture_bop , Facebook - @TheCultureBop, Youtube - Culture Bop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - The_Bebopman

Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzyTV, Instagram - @omdizzy, Twitch - OMDizzy, YouTube - @OMDizzy

Austin: Twitter - @bigpappaplays, Instagram - @bigpappaplays

Twitch- @bigpappaplays, TikTok- @bigpappaplays

And finally, if you’re looking to support the podcast or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “King Kai” Ruiss
• Tonny “Bulma” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Majin Buu” Szyarto
• Blake “Captain Ginyu” Graham
• Sean “Android 17” O’Keeffe Jr.
• Bren “Vegeta” Woodham
• Dylan “Chi-chi” Martin
• Austin “Goku” Stephens

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So We are here! It has come to this. Hunting Pixels is ready to get to you, the listener, our Game Of The Year! That said, We need to go ahead and explain our system and the ground rules. First, we’re using the system that was completely ripped off from Giant Bomb and Let’s Fight A Boss and we will be listing the games that we’ve played and then cutting them one by one until we get to our ultimate winner, the Hunting Pixels Game Of The Fucking Year!!! Now, to qualify for our list, the game had to have been released in a 1.0 release state after December 15th 2021 and before December 16th of this year. So games such as Grounded and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion are completely acceptable for this list, but games such as Phasmophobia and Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon are not. Other than that, any game was fair play.

As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content.

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Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - The_Bebopman

Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzyTV, Instagram - @omdizzy, Twitch - OMDizzy, YouTube - @OMDizzy

Austin: Twitter - @bigpappaplays, Instagram - @bigpappaplays

Twitch- @bigpappaplays, TikTok- @bigpappaplays

And finally, if you’re looking to support the podcast or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Disappointed in Dylan” Ruiss
• Tonny “Was Nice to Josh” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Almost Killed the Challenge“ Szyarto
• Blake “Should Speak More” Graham
• Gilbert “Power Wash Advocate” Kitchens
• Sean “Doesn’t Chime In” O’Keeffe Jr.
• Bren “Encouraged Being Nice” Woodham
• Dylan “Created a Horrible Challenge” Martin
• Austin “Will Succeed in the Challenge”  Stephens

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Every year, it gets this time of year and everyone starts putting out their game of the year nominees and winners and we’re no different. However, in the interest of giving you smaller more digestible episodes we’ve decided that it’s more beneficial to break those things up, and as such we’re going to have separate shows for separate things. This week’s episode will be all about next year. That’s right, we’re already looking forward to next year. This will be our annual tradition going forward. The basic premise is that we’re doing a predictions show which we will tally up every year and the winner will be the king/queen of the podcast for the year. Each Person has come up with 5 personal predictions that we will all either say yes or no to and then tally those points when this episode arrives again next year. There will be one ultimate prediction worth 10 points to those who get it right but minus 15 if they get it wrong. On top of that, Dylan has giving us our 2023 podcast challenge! We're in for a wild ride!

As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content.

Culture Bop: Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - youtube.com/c/CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - The_Bebopman

Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzyTV, Instagram - @omdizzy, Twitch - OMDizzy, YouTube - @OMDizzy,

Austin: Twitter - @bigpappaplays, Instagram - @bigpappaplays, Twitch- @bigpappaplays, TikTok- @bigpappaplays

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “PP Up” Ruiss
• Tonny “Max Potion” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Rare Candy“ Szyarto
• Blake “Sea Incense” Graham
• Gilbert “Black Sunglasses” Kitchens
• Sean “Antidote” O’Keeffe Jr.
• Bren “Max Elixer” Woodham
• Dylan “Dusk Stone” Martin
• Austin “Dawn Stone” Stephens

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Every year, it gets this time of year and everyone starts putting out their game of the year nominees and winners and we’re no different. However, in the interest of giving you smaller more digestible episodes we’ve decided that it’s more beneficial to break those things up, and as such we’re going to have separate shows for separate things. This week’s episode will be in service of the various awards that we’ve decided to give out that aren’t Game Of The Year. This includes a multitude of elements including Best Character, Best Music, and Biggest Shit Show. To be nominated for any of our given categories the games or events must have happened between December 16th of 2021 and December 15th of 2022. So without further ado, let’s get right into it!

As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content.

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Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - The_Bebopman

Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzyTV, Instagram - @omdizzy, Twitch - OMDizzy, YouTube - @OMDizzy

Austin: Twitter - @bigpappaplays, Instagram - @bigpappaplays

Twitch- @bigpappaplays, TikTok- @bigpappaplays

And finally, if you’re looking to support the podcast or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “The Contact” Ruiss
• Tonny “The Godfather” Sulmann
• Jeffery “The Problem“ Szyarto
• Blake “The Solution” Graham
• Gilbert “The Muscle” Kitchens
• Sean “The Accountant” O’Keeffe Jr.
• Bren “The Gunner” Woodham
• Dylan “The Inmate” Martin
• Austin “The Seductress” Stephens

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We're getting closer and closer to Game Of The Year and as such we're winding down on the year's content and going into this week, we didn't really have anything pressing that we wanted to talk about, so what did we do? Well, we let Dylan take the wheel and we talked about our year and what we hope the new year will bring us. That and we talked about Pokemon some more and we talked about the media we've been ingesting, including a very passionate review of the first arc of Chainsaw Man. It's good stuff.

Media Discussed:

• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
• Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
• All Quiet On The Western Front
• Chainsaw Man

Video Games Discussed:

• Pokemon Scarlet/Violet

Picks Of The Week:

• Josh: Untangling God Of War - YouTube
• Austin: Austin John Plays 
• Dylan: Nickelback - San Quentin

As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content.

Culture Bop: Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - youtube.com/c/CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - The_Bebopman

Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzyTV, Instagram - @omdizzy, Twitch - OMDizzy, YouTube - @OMDizzy, 

Austin: Twitter - @bigpappaplays, Instagram - @bigpappaplays, Twitch- @bigpappaplays, TikTok- @bigpappaplays

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “PP Up” Ruiss
• Tonny “Max Potion” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Rare Candy“ Szyarto
• Blake “Sea Incense” Graham
• Gilbert “Black Sunglasses” Kitchens
• Sean “Antidote” O’Keeffe Jr.
• Bren “Max Elixer” Woodham
• Dylan “Dusk Stone” Martin
• Austin “Dawn Stone” Stephens

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Video games have combat baked deep into the core of their DNA. Whether that be Mario evading or squishing goombas or Call Of Duty making warfare something fun to play. At this point video game violence is something that gets talked about way too much, but one aspect of that isn't talked about enough. I'm, of course, talking about those killing instruments themselves. So with that said, let's do what video games do best and battle out the best and most iconic video game weapons ever put to code. We’ve each brought 5 weapons and we are going to now battle royale them out for your listening pleasure.

Media Discussed:

• The Banshees Of Inisherin
• Smile
• Pokemon Journeys
• Fate/Zero

Video Games Discussed:

• Pokemon Scarlet & Violet
• Ghost Song

Picks Of The Week:

• Josh: Ghost Song (Original Game Soundtrack) - YouTube
• Austin:  Fate Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works OST
• Dylan: Pokemon Twilight Wings (YouTube Series)

As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content.

Culture Bop: Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - youtube.com/c/CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - The_Bebopman

Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzyTV, Instagram - @omdizzy, Twitch - OMDizzy, YouTube - @OMDizzy, 

Austin: Twitter - @bigpappaplays, Instagram - @bigpappaplays, Twitch- @bigpappaplays, TikTok- @bigpappaplays

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Magnemite” Ruiss
• Tonny “Feraligatr” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Azuril“ Szyarto
• Blake “Empoleon” Graham
• Gilbert “Bisharp” Kitchens
• Sean “Klefki” O’Keeffe Jr.
• Bren “Lycanroc” Woodham
• Dylan “Dragapault” Martin
• Austin “Quaxly”  Stephens

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Let's talk about The Game Awards Nominees and predict how things will go!

Media Discussed:

• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Video Games Discussed:

• Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (Campaign talk)
• Persona 5 Royale
• Neon White
• Ghost Song
• 2022 Challenge Update

Picks Of The Week:

• Josh: Warner Bros. Discovery And The New Batch Of Mergers – SOME MORE NEWS - YouTube
• Austin:  the sick ep - YouTube
• Dylan: Lissie - Pursuit of Happiness

As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content.

Culture Bop: Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - youtube.com/c/CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - The_Bebopman

Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzyTV, Instagram - @omdizzy, Twitch - OMDizzy, YouTube - @OMDizzy, 

Austin: Twitter - @bigpappaplays, Instagram - @bigpappaplays, Twitch- @bigpappaplays, TikTok- @bigpappaplays

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Mikey” Ruiss
• Tonny “Neon White” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Gabby“ Szyarto
• Blake “Neon Yellow” Graham
• Gilbert “Neon Green” Kitchens
• Sean “Neon Violet” O’Keeffe Jr.
• Bren “Neon Red” Woodham
• Dylan “Raz” Martin
• Austin “God”  Stephens

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Video Games do a ton of things really great. They tell great stories. They give us power fantasies. They give us incredible music. And they also give us unforgettable images. Part of that is due to the incredible place that graphics have come to, but even more importantly, the art design. Art Design is one of those aspects of games that gets overlooked in video games and while we have talked about it before, we haven’t really gotten into games that have incredible art direction and that’s what we’re going to do today!

Media Discussed:

• Chainsaw Man (manga)
• Mob Psycho 100
• Cyberpunk Edgerunners

Video Games Discussed:

• Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2
• OLED Switch review
• Final Fantasy VIII
• Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel
• Elden Ring

Picks Of The Week:

• Josh: How Mother Miranda Rewrote Resident Evil - YouTube
• Austin: stiff socks 
• Dylan: Edge of the Earth - HBO Max

As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content.

Culture Bop: Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - youtube.com/c/CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - The_Bebopman

Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzyTV, Instagram - @omdizzy, Twitch - OMDizzy, YouTube - @OMDizzy, 

Austin: Twitter - @bigpappaplays, Instagram - @bigpappaplays, Twitch- @bigpappaplays, TikTok- @bigpappaplays

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Faraday” Ruiss
• Tonny “Maine” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Pilar“ Szyarto
• Blake “Tanaka” Graham
• Gilbert “Gloria” Kitchens
• Sean “David” O’Keeffe Jr.
• Bren “Dorio” Woodham
• Dylan “Becca” Martin
• Austin “Lucy”  Stephens

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We’re doing the news. That’s right, It’s been quite a while since we’ve talked about current events, but not only that, we’ve had a ton of recent news things grab our attention and because of that we’re gonna talk about it. So wanna know our thoughts on the Bayonetta pay dispute? We've got you covered. What do we think about the Silent Hill news? Listen and find out. That's just a taste of all the news we talk about on this episode!

Media Discussed:

• Evil Dead
• Barbarian
• Hellraiser
• Edge Of The World
• Terrifier 2

Video Games Discussed:

• Nobody Saves The World
• Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2
• Pokemon Legends Arceus
• Clash Royale

Picks Of The Week:

• Josh: Evil Dead Official Full-Length Red Band Trailer #1 (2013) - Horror Movie HD - YouTube
• Dylan: Lissie - Night Moves

As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content.

Culture Bop: Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - youtube.com/c/CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - The_Bebopman

Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzyTV, Instagram - @omdizzy, Twitch - OMDizzy, YouTube - @OMDizzy, 

Austin: Twitter - @bigpappaplays, Instagram - @bigpappaplays, Twitch- @bigpappaplays, TikTok- @bigpappaplays

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Wallbreaker” Ruiss
• Tonny “Archer Queen” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Inferno Dragon“ Szyarto
• Blake “Archers” Graham
• Gilbert “Fire Spirit” Kitchens
• Sean “Ice Wizard” O’Keeffe Jr.
• Bren “Fireball” Woodham
• Dylan “Royal Giant” Martin
• Austin “Princess” Stephens

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