Pixel Mix

This week on Pixel Mix it's the final podcast of our current run, but we're going out with a bang by breaking down our Top 15 games of the year each and we'll also be handing out some Pixie Awards to a few lucky (and sometimes unfortunate) winners.

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TimeStamps

[00:00] - Intro

Game of the Year and The Pixie Awards

[01:16] - Honourable Mentions and The First Pixie Award

[08:02] - Games #15-13 and The Second Pixie Award

[15:27] - Games #12-10 and The Third Pixie Award

[26:29] - Games #9-7 and The Fourth Pixie Award

[45:56] - Games #6-4 and The Fifth Pixie Award

[01:10:08] - Games #3-2 and The Final Pixie Award

[01:29:05] - Our Pixel Mix Games of the Year

Final Mix

[1:39:40] - Final Mix Announcement

This week on Pixel Mix it's our Christmas Special and to celebrate we've each created a devious Christmas Quiz for the other host to complete.

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TimeStamps

[00:00] - Intro

Christmas Mix

[04:02] - Andy wants to be a (Dreamcast) Millionaire

[20:25] - Josh's Change-A-Letter Videogame Challenge

Next time on Pixel Mix

[34:27] - Game of the Year and The Pixies

This week in our games of the month we take the red pill in The Matrix Unreal Engine 5 Experience, Lawn Mowing Simulator makes us wish we'd taken the blue pill, and the almost infinite wait for a new Halo campaign is finally over.

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Timestamps

[00:00] - Intro

[03:38] - The Game Awards Recap

Games of the Month

[19:26] - The Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine 5 Experience

[29:32] - Lawn Mowing Simulator

[40:41] - Halo Infinite

Next time on Pixel Mix

[01:08:04] - Next time on Pixel Mix (Christmas Mix)

This week on Pixel Mix we throw our plan to talk about snow levels in the bin and instead have a Character Battle to decide the most versatile video game character of all time because that is much more fun.

Timestamps

[00:00] Intro

[04:40] Sony is trying to do a Game Pass

[09:39] Ubisoft are at it again...

[13:12] Sakurai thinks he might be free from Super Smash Bros.

[16:07] The Top Snow Levels Feature except it's 2 minutes long

The Pixel Mix Character Battle

[19:00] - The Character Battle Explained

[20:45] - The Round of 32

[54:13] - The Round of 16

[01:10:07] - Quarter Finals

[01:18:05] - Semi Finals and the 3rd Place Playoff

[01:24:03] - Finals and The Bonus Round!

Next time on Pixel Mix

[01:34:16] - Next week on Pixel Mix (Games of the Month - December)

This week in mini console madness we’re going back to the birth of the kart racer with Super Mario Kart, but can we race to the finish before Josh has to complete his bushtucker trial?

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TimeStamps

[00:00] - Intro, £1 bonuses and GodFall manages to make itself even worse.

Mini Console Madness

[08:03] - The Making of Super Mario Kart

[12:38] - Super Mario Kart Review

[28:02] - Ranking Super Mario Kart on the Mini Console Madness Leaderboard

[30:24] - The Future of Super Mario Kart

[33:30] - Ranking every Mario Kart game

[53:37] - Do any other kart racers come close to Mario Kart?

Coming Soon to Pixel Mix

[59:35] - Next time on Pixel Mix

This week in our games of the month we unpack our thoughts on Unpacking, fall into The Forgotten City and after killing the Pixel Mix Games Club last week we flee to Mexico to lie low in Forza Horizon 5.

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Catch us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/pixelmixpod (@PixelMixPod) and email us with any thoughts on the show or on upcoming games we'll be covering at [email protected].

Timestamps

[00:00] - Intro

[04:24] - Andy vs Atari: The Endless Battle

Games of the Month

[07:25] - Unpacking

[19:49] - The Forgotten City

[38:21] - Forza Horizon 5

Next time on Pixel Mix

[01:02:59] - Next time on Games of the Month

[01:03:30] - Next Week on Pixel Mix (Mini Console Madness - Super Mario Kart)

This weeks show was planned to be about Omega Force's N64 Shooter, Operation Winback. Instead we spend most of the show reminiscing about the Wii and PS3 on their 15th anniversaries, talking through Xbox's 20th anniversary and the showcase event and going over our picks for niche games we'd like to see come to the N64 Expansion Pack on the Switch.

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Timestamps

[00:00] - Intro

[03:25] - Our favourite memories and hidden gems from the Wii and PS3

[17:53] - The Xbox 20th Anniversary Showcase Event

[29:03] - The GTA Trilogy is a mess

[35:56] - Warner Bros Smash Bros.

Pixel Mix Games Club

[41:01] - The Foundation of Omega Force

[44:55] - Operation Winback Review

[01:02:51] - The Future of Omega Force

[01:07:59] - Niche N64 titles we want on Switch

Next time on Pixel Mix

[01:17:51] - The end of the Pixel Mix Games Club

[01:18:52] - Next Week on Pixel Mix (Games of the Month - November 2021)

This week on Pixel Mix the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 go head to head over 21 equally important categories to determine the #1 next generation console so far!

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TimeStamps

[00:00] - Intro, Sega and Microsoft's strategic alliance and the worst way to announce a game delay.

Next Gen Showdown

[12:04] - The Next Gen Showdown Explained

[13:27] - Next Gen Showdown Categories #1-10

[52:17] - Next Gen Showdown Categories #11-20

[01:25:19] - The Winner Revealed

Coming Soon to Pixel Mix

[01:26:02] - Next time on the rankings special

[01:26:53] - Next week on Pixel Mix (Operation: Winback)

This week in Mini Console Madness it's 1992 and only Kid Chameleon, potentially the least cool kid in the universe, can save people from being stuck inside a videogame forever.

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TimeStamps

[00:00] - Intro

Mini Console Madness

[08:45] - The History of Kid Chameleon (but really just Mark Cerny)

[11:10] - Kid Chameleon Review

[35:17] - The MCM Leaderboard

Coming Soon to Pixel Mix

[38:26] - The Live Draw: Next months Mini Console Madness

[49:20] - Next Week on Pixel Mix (Rankings Special #5 - The Best and Worst of the Next-Generation)

This week in our October games of the month special we'll be reviewing potential Game of the Year candidate Metroid Dread, Left 4 Dead spiritual successor Back 4 Blood and a nostalgic return of some monkey madness in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania!

Enjoying Pixel Mix? Please leave us a review on your podcast platforms! It's the best way to help us grow the show.

Catch us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/pixelmixpod (@PixelMixPod) and email us with any thoughts on the show or on upcoming games we'll be covering at [email protected].

TimeStamps

[00:00] - Intro, Nintendo Switch Expansion Pack Impressions and Sassy Far Cry 6 Dictator Emails

Games of the Month

Reviews

[14:03] - Back 4 Blood

[39:16] - Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania

[58:53] - Metroid Dread

Coming Soon to Pixel Mix

[01:29:04] - Next time on Games of the Month

[01:30:05] - Next week on Pixel Mix (Mini Console Madness - Kid Chameleon)