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Christmas 1: The Pixel Boys Retrospective

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The Pixel Boys reflect on what they’ve learned in a year of podcasting and streaming. This episode was recorded live with our viewers at http://twitch.tv/pixelnoisefm. This is the first in a multi-part series, so subscribe to this podcast feed for updates!

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• Deadly Premonition

• Cyberpunk 2077

• Celeste

• vlogbrothers: Poopy Nintendo Mystery SOLVED WITH SCIENCE

• 35:40- Super Mario Bros 3 Cover

• RE2 Remake

• NiER

• Final Fantasy VII Remake

• Chrono Trigger

• Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow Re-releases

• MissingNo.

• “People Endlessly Spammed #FreeMelee In Nintendo's Indie World Showcase Chat”

• AnthonyCaliber on Twitch

36. The 2020 Game Awards

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The Pixel Boys review each and every category of the 2020 Game Awards. But before, we have thoughts on what makes a "choose your own adventure," what makes an RPG, a little on Cyberpunk 2077, and our histories with how we create characters in games. Strap in, my friends, this one ran long.

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• Cyberpunk 2077 (0:00:00)

  • Skyrim

• How We Create Game Characters (0:18:03)

  • Stardew Valley

  • The Sims

  • Baldur’s Gate 2: Dark Alliance

• What’s an RPG? (0:26:51)

  • Breath of the Wild

  • The Last of Us Part II

  • Trover Saves the Universe

  • The Witness

  • Detroit: Become Human

  • Bandersnatch

• What is Create-Your-Own Adventure? (044:45)

• The Game Awards (0:53:54)

• Esports (0:54:31)

• Esports Team

  • G2 Esports (League of Legends)

    • Damwon Gaming (League of Legends)

    • Dallas Empire (Call of Duty)

    • San Francisco Shock (Overwatch)

    • Team Secret (Dota 2)

  • Sinatraa

• Esports Host

  • Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere

    • Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez

    • Alex “Machine” Richardson

    • James “Dash” Peterson

    • Jorien “Sheever” Van Der Heijden

  • youtube.com/user/JoINrbs

• Esports Game

  • League of Legends

    • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

    • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

    • Fortnite

    • Valorant

• Esports Event

  • League of Legends World Championship 2020

    • Blast Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals

    • Call of Duty League Championship 2020

    • IEM Katowice 2020

    • Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020

• Esports Coach

  • Danny “Zonic” Sorensen

    • Dae-hee “Crusty” Park

    • Fabian “Grabbz” Lohmann

    • Lee “Zefa” Jae-min

    • Raymond “Rambo” Lussier

• Esports Athlete

  • Ian “Crimsix” Porter

    • Heo “Showmaker” Su

    • Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu

    • Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro

    • Matthieu “Zywoo” Herbaut

• Debut Game (0:59:44)

  • Phasmophobia

    • Carrion

    • Mortal Shell

    • Raji: An Acient Epic

    • Röki

• Content Creator (1:00:48)

  • Valkyrae

    • Alanah Pearce

    • Jay Ann Lopez

    • Nickmercs

    • Timthetatman

  • Alanah Pearce

• Multiplayer (1:01:40)

  • Among Us

    • Animal Crossing: New Horizons

    • Call of Duty: Warzone

    • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

    • Valorant

  • Animal Crossing

  • Fall Guys

• Sports/Racing (1:08:54)

  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2

    • Dirt 5

    • F1 2020

    • Fifa 2021

    • NBA 2K21

  • Mario Kart

• Sim/Strategy (1:16:21)

  • Microsoft Flight Simulator

    • Crusader Kings III

    • Desperados III

    • Gears Tactics

    • XCOM: Chimera Squad

  • Tetris

• Family (1:19:54)

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons

    • Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time

    • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

    • Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

    • Minecraft Dungeons

    • Paper Mario: The Origami King

• Fighting (1:27:10)

  • Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate

    • Granblue Fantasy: Versus

    • Street Fighter V: Champion Edition

    • One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows

    • Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late[cl-r]

• Role-Playing (1:27:31)

  • Final Fantasy VII Remake

    • Genshin Impact

    • Persona 5 Royal

    • Wasteland 3

    • Yakuza: Like a Dragon

• Action/Adventure (1:31:21)

  • The Last of Us Part II

    • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

    • Ghost of Tsushima

    • Spider-Man: Miles Morales

    • Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    • Jedi: Fallen Order

• Action (1:44:10)

  • Hades

    • Doom Eternal

    • Half-Life: Alyx

    • Nioh 2

    • Streets of Rage 4

• Innovation in Accessibility (1:46:15)

  • The Last of Us Part II

    • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

    • Grounded

    • Hyperdot

    • Watch Dogs Legion

• VR/AR (1:47:49)

  • Half-Life: Alyx

    • Dreams

    • Iron Man VR

    • Star Wars: Squadrons

    • The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

• Community Support (1:48:34)

  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

    • Apex Legends

    • Destiny 2

    • Fortnite

    • No Man’s Sky

    • Valorant

• Mobile (1:51:55)

  • Among Us

    • Call of Duty Mobile

    • Genshin Impact

    • Legends of Runeterra

    • Pokémon Cafe Mix

• Indie (1:52:30)

  • Hades

    • Carrion

    • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

    • Spelunky 2

    • Spiritfarer

• Ongoing (1:53:36)

  • No Man’s Sky

    • Apex Legends

    • Destiny 2

    • Call of Duty: Warzone

    • Fortnite

• Games for Impact (1:57:48)

  • Tell Me Why

    • If Found…

    • Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition

    • Spiritfarer

    • Through the Darkest of Times

• Performance (1:59:26)

  • Laura Bailey as Abby (The Last of Us Part II)

    • Ashley Johnson as Ellie (The Last of Us Part II)

    • Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima)

    • Logan Cunningham as Hades (Hades)

    • Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales (Spider-Man: Miles Morales)

• Audio Design (2:01:38)

  • The Last of Us Part II

    • Doom Eternal

    • Half-Life: Alyx

    • Ghost of Tsushima

    • Resident Evil 3

• Score/Music (2:04:42)

  • Final Fantasy VII Remake

    • Doom Eternal

    • Hades

    • Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    • The Last of Us Part II

• Art Direction (2:08:24)

  • Ghost of Tsushima

    • Final Fantasy VII Remake

    • Hades

    • Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    • The Last of Us Part II

• Narrative (2:14:56)

  • The Last of Us Part II

    • 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

    • Final Fantasy VII Remake

    • Ghost of Tsushima

    • Hades

• Game Direction (2:16:55)

  • The Last of Us Part II

    • Final Fantasy VII Remake

    • Ghost of Tsushima

    • Hades

    • Half-Life: Alyx

• Game of the Year (2:21:45)

  • The Last of Us Part II

    • Doom Eternal

    • Final Fantasy VII Remake

    • Ghost of Tsushima

    • Hades

    • Animal Crossing: New Horizons

  • Untitled Goose Game

  • King of Tokyo

  • Sheriff of Nottingham

  • One Night: Ultimate Werewolf

  • Coup

  • NieR

  • Astro’s Playroom

  • Overcooked

  • Coffee Talk

  • Her Story

  • Chrono Trigger

35. “We Need to Talk.”

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Lean forward, lean back, grab a coffee, or grab a beer, the Pixel Boys wax poetic in this one. We tackle a couple of big topics: how you create and foster the right energy in your Twitch stream, and how you keep toxicity out of your online community. We cap it off with a quick jaunt back into investment and goal-setting territory as well as some thoughts on the best platformer of this year– Astro’s Playroom.

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• “We need to talk” (0:00:00)

• “Lean Forward” vs “Lean Back” gaming (0:20:49)

  • Fortnite

  • Super Smash Bros for WiiU/3DS

  • Overwatch

  • Apple vs Fortnite

  • NieR

  • The Witness

  • Stardew Valley

  • Magic: The Gathering

• Community Toxicity (0:51:25)

  • Jorbs

  • Culture of Error

  • Godwin’s Law

• Investment and Goal Setting (1:30:10)

  • Overcooked

  • Ghost of Tsushima

  • Slay the Spire

  • Breath of the Wild

  • Horizon Zero Dawn

  • Red Dead Redemption 2

• Astro’s Playroom (1:42:55)

  • Celeste

  • Super Mario Odyssey

  • Crash Bandicoot

PixelNoise.store Holiday Update! (1:55:46)

34. Breaking the Immersion

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We launched a Merch Store!  Check it out at http://pixelnoise.store

We got a PlayStation 5 delivered right before we hit the record button!  The Pixel Boys discuss the PS5 hunt and a ton of other games, including Bugsnax, NieR:Automata, Watch Dogs Legion, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, Slay the Spire, No Man’s Sky, and The Pillars of the Earth.  Also, Tony watches Steven Universe and Dan has a need for consistently themed trophies, and they’re not the kind of trophies you’d expect. 

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0:00:00 TW: Sexual Assault

0:00:08 The Hunt for a Playstation 5
0:12:02 Bugsnax

0:19:22 PS Plus 11/20

0:21:53 No Man’s Sky

0:24:12 NieR: Automata

• NieR Remake

0:38:06 Next Gen Launch Titles

• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

• Watch Dogs Legion

• Ghost of Tsushima

• The Pathless 

• Godfall

• Demon’s Souls

• Spider-Man: Miles Morales

0:48:42 Statues, Trophies, and Amiibos

• Celeste

• Pop Figures

1:01:24 pixelnoise.store

1:07:22 24 Hour Charity Stream

• twitch.tv/daydreamboy

• Extra Life Dream Team

• Rady Children’s Hospital

• Slay the Spire

1:17:18 Halloween 2020

• Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy

• Jackbox 7

1:19:59 Steven Universe

1:28:06 The Pillars of the Earth

33. Titanium Spork

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We launched a Merch Store!  Check it out at http://pixelnoise.store

We’re also throwing a Halloween party with giveaways!  Visit http://pixelnoise.fm/halloween for details!

Dan has some shiny new DM-ing experience to bring to the table, Tony is enjoying NiER, Alex is eating with his Titanium Spork, and everyone has a lot to say on the new PS5 UI demo.  Also featured is a discussion on what makes a good boss battle, how Death Stranding was a missed opportunity, and lots of advice on working with coworkers, both online and off.  

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• 0:00:11 Dan’s WiFi Woes

  • Linksys Velop

  • Eero

  • Starry Home Internet

• 0:02:38 American ISP’s Suck

• 0:08:25 patreon.com/pixelnoisefm

• 0:09:29 Dan DMs

  • Orla the Time Traveler

  • r/DMAcademy

• 0:35:48 NiER

  • Death Stranding

  • Slay the Spire

  • Horizon Zero Dawn

• 0:55:10 Communication and Teamwork

• 1:09:58 “You’re Welcome” vs “No Problem”

• 1:12:52 Titanium Spork

  • Spork

• 1:26:44 Pixel Noise Halloween Party!

• 1:31:22 The PS5 UI Demo
  
  
  

32. The Final Exam at the End of the Game

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We launched a Merch Store!  Check it out at http://pixelnoise.store

We’re also throwing a Halloween party with giveaways!  Visit http://pixelnoise.fm/halloween for details!

The Pixel Boys reminisce about the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series, dump on some other titles (Marvel’s Avengers, Dead Space), discuss the 1985 movie Clue, and give summative thoughts on Majora’s Mask and Among Us.  Also co-op geese, Remote Play Together, Amazon Luna (and Stadia, I guess), and more.

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• 0:00:33, Owlboy

• 0:02:56, Metroidvania

• 0:09:05, Untitled Goose Game Co-op

• 0:13:32, Remote Play Together

  • Epic games store has free games

• 0:17:13, Stadia Pro

  • Celeste on Stadia

  • https://twitch.tv/mrmajama 

• 0:18:34, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 & 2

  • Fortnite

• 0:35:06, Amazon announces Cloud Gaming Software: Amazon Luna

• 0:43:01, Marvel’s Avengers

• 0:46:55, Beat-em-up games

  • Dynasty Warriors 

  • Hyrule Warriors

  • God of War

  • Horizon Zero Dawn

  • Metal Slug

  • Alien Hominid

  • Castle Crashers

• 0:54:20, Dead Space

• 1:02:34, Clue (1985)

• 1:10:56, Majora’s Mask 

  • Ocarina of Time

  • Skyrim

  • Horizon Zero Dawn

• 1:31:18, Among Us
  

31. I Don’t Like Facebook, I Use It

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Happy The Last of Us Day!  This fortnight, Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax and Bethesda, which leads into our predictions for next gen and beyond.  Also, a deep dive on Animal Crossing New Horizons, Alex started playing Horizon: Zero Dawn for the first time, Tony’s continued playing Majora’s Mask for the first time, and many more games are discussed.

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• Nintendo Switch Makes 100 Games Less Than $1 for Very Limited Time

• Fibbage

• Happy the Last of Us Day

  • Welcome to Nightvale

  • The Moonlite All-Nite Diner

  • The mug

• Not a politics podcast: social media edition

  • Blogatog

• Animal Crossing deep dive

  • Dan’s flag in Animal Crossing

  • Biden/Harris Campaign on Animal Crossing

• Dan, Tony and Alex play Minecraft

• Follow Up: Ocarina of Time

  • Super Mario Bros. “Object of the Game/Game Description”

  • Follow twitch.tv/symmetricheart !!!

• Majora’s Mask

• Horizon Zero Dawn

• Marvel’s Avengers

• Microsoft Purchases ZeniMax Media

• Should Bethesda Games be Xbox Exclusive

• Gamesradar: “Xbox One X sales skyrocketed on Amazon today and mistakes may have been made”

• Everything we Know about Elder Scrolls 6

• Deadly Premonition

• Twin Peaks

30. Zelda and Aristotelian Ethics

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Games, ethics, aesthetics, and more!  Tony did his first playthrough of Ocarina of Time, Alex finished RE2 Remake, Dan reminisces on the joys of Kirby Crystal Shards, and many more games are discussed.  Tony discusses the PC he just built while Alex and Dan do their best to slow his roll.  Finally, a discussion of Aristotelian ethics, because Alex is worried if we don’t find objective truths we’ll have nothing to talk about on the show.

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• Ghost of Tsushima

• Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2

• Super Mario 3D All-Stars

• Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

• Tony beat The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, for the first time ever

  • Among Us

  • Werewolf 

  • Coup

  • Sheriff of Nottingham 

• Ocarina of Time Randomizer

• Slay the Spire

• Resident Evil 2 Remake

• Musical Cadences

• Pokémon Crystal

• Detective Pikachu

  • Danny Devito as Detective Pikachu

• Potatoman Seeks the Troof

  • Game Jam

• Bad Dream: Coma

• Tony Builds a Computer

  • About the NVIDIA 3000 series

  • About the AMD Zen 3 series, which are unannounced at the time of posting

• Aristotle on happiness (which Dan quotes)

• Aristotle

• AIs reinvent English

29. Theater of the Mind

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This week Pixel Noise swings into TV talk primarily.  Alex tried a bunch of shows and is concerned about authenticity in character development.  Also more follow up on work/play divide working at home, thoughts on Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and the pitfalls of nostalgia.

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• Work/Play Divide at Home

• Iterating in Tv Shows and Games

  • Living with Yourself 

  • Community 

  • Schitt’s Creek 

  • Hannibal 

  • The Office 

  • Big Bang Theory 

  • How I Met Your Mother 

  • Hot Fuzz 

  • Schitt’s Creek Fan Billboard

  • Stardew Stream Mac vs PC

  • The Last of Us 2 development 

  • Umbrella Academy 

  • Community Jump the Shark Episode 

  • Fornite Season 4 Superheroes

  • Magic: The Gathering, lenticular design by Mark Rosewater 

  • Daredevil 

  • House of Cards 

  • South Park, 6 days to air 

  • Whose line is it anyway 

  • Bill Prady: “Sheldon Cooper does not have Asberger’s”

Theatre of the Mind

• The Good Place 

• Portal 

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 

28. Yelling Loud, Emotional, & Wrong Opinions

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This week we’re serving up the main topics, including development and polish in video games, maturity, console wars, education, Breath of the Wild, and more lessons we’ve learned from streaming!

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• Educational streams

  • Streaming Slay the Spire is hard

• Development and polish in video games

  • Thomas Was Alone

  • Mike Bithel

  • High Dynamic Range

  • PS5 Sound

  • Head-Related Transfer Function 

  • Papers Please

• Console Wars

  • PS5 3D Audio

• Baseball

  • https://twitter.com/schwing32

• The Journey to Maturity 

• Breath of the Wild, revisited