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27. Pushing the Genre Forward

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An hour of what makes us different as people, followed by another couple on Ghost of Tsushima, Amnesia and horror games in general, and our different feelings on streaming.

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• Spaceship You – CGP Grey

• r/Aphantasia

• Tourette Association of America

• Amnesia: the Dark Descent 

  • The Binding of Isaac 

  • Thomas Was Alone

• Ghost of Tsushima 

  • Ghost stats

• Our different feelings on Twitch streaming

26. Armsgate?

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Criticisms (and spoilers) of TLOU II criticisms abound!  Dan gives his first impressions on Ghost of Tsushima and we make Alex defend his decision not to try it.  This leads to a deep dive on the value of trying new things, the definition of genre, and the value of physical games.  Oh, and we played Fortnite together for the first time.  

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• Criticizing the criticisms of The Last of Us Part II

  • The contentious video we were talking about: “Abby is NOT A Realistic Female Character!”

  • “I tried, and therefore no one should criticize me.”

  • “Naughty Dog has Misled The Last of Us Fans With Swapped Models” [with pictures]

  • Betrayals 

• Expectations in Video Games

• Ghost of Tsushima first impressions

  • Celeste

  • Overwatch 2

  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

• What is a genre?

  • RPGs

  • Roguelike

  • Contemporary Classical Music

• The Value of Physical Games

  • https://www.gamefly.com 

• Trying New Games

  • Rachet & Clank: Rift Apart

  • Twilight Princess

• Fortnite

• Fortnite performs differently on different platforms 

• The Social Value in Online Play

• Speedrunning Stardew

Criticisms (and spoilers) of TLOU II criticisms abound! Dan gives his first impressions on Ghost of Tsushima and we make Alex defend his decision not to try it. This leads to a deep dive on the value of trying new things, the definition of genre, and the value of physical games. Oh, and we played Fortnite together for the first time.

25. The Last of Us Part II... part 2

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Tiered The Last of Us Part II spoilers!  Check the show notes & chapter markers in your podcast player for timestamps. The boys also discuss big topics around audience member responsibilities, otherness, and discourse with people you disagree with on the internet.  Wouldn’t be a TLOU II discussion without it! 😅. Yes, this one ran long. Yes, it’s all being released as one episode even though it’s double length. No, there will be no intermission. Join us!

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• Alex edited episode 24

• The Project Love Release Party

• The Jackbox Party Pack

• Using shame as a social tool

  • Dixie Definition

• Dr. Anthony Fauci on COVID 

• TLOU II Internet Vitriol 

• TLOU II SPOILERS for the first chapter of the game after 29:21

• Audience Responsibilities

  • This video will make you angry.

  • A.C.A.B.

• Talking to People You Don't Agree With on the Internet

  • Political Compass Memes on reddit

• TLOU II SPOILERS through Seattle Day 1 Abby after 1:16:27

• Is TLOU II too long?

  • https://www.twitch.tv/anthonycaliber

• On Joel’s fate and not lazy writing

  • Schitt’s Creek

  • Killing Eve

  • The Demon Cycle by Brent Weeks

• On Scaling Difficulty, Trophies, & Accessibility

• TLOU II FULL GAME SPOILERS after 2:00:50

• Considering the Other 

• Representation is Important

• Breaking down Protagonist and Antagonist

  • Orange is the New Black

• The Sequencing of the Story

  • The Stanley Parable

• Thoughts on the After-Life

• On Joel's Characterization

• The Facial Animations

• Using the Trailers as Part of the Story Experience

• The Story is Not About You

• "If I Ever Were to Lose You..."

• What a Story of Vengeance Really Means

• Losing Part of Yourself

• On Dina & Ellie's Relationship

• Do We Need a Part III?

• Pushing the Genre Forward

  • The Times review

  • Seurat: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

  • The Last of Us HBO Series

• Game Time as an Accessibility Feature

• Play, Watch, Listen podcast (Overcast Link)

24. The Last of Us Part II… part 1

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It’s been a HUGE week for Pixel Noise, we tried D&D, cleared the follow up decks (Portal 2 Co-Op, The Binding of Isaac, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes), reflect on the Celeste Moonberry cup (in which Alex WON a speedrace), and, of course, begin our review of The Last of Us Part II with a spoiler-free review, and then spoiler-slot for the first 10 hours (chapter markers provided in your podcast app).  More to come... 

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• Portal 2 Co-Op (PXN Playthrough)

• Dungeons & Dragons

• Binding of Isaac

• Sonic the Hedgehog Movie

• Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (PXN Playthrough)

• Project Love premiere on July 3rd, 2020 on Twitch

• The 10th Moonberry Cup and the end of the Celeste season

  • MrMajama on Twitch

  • Cursed on Twitch 

• Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

• Under randomness, we talk briefly of Slay the Spire. 

• The Last of Us Part II (PXN First Playthrough)

• Search Andrés Luke on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, Amazon Music, Google Play, YouTube Music, Tidal, etc.

• Andrés Links: Bandcamp, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tiktok

  • YouTube (Personal Channel)

  • YouTube Topic (Studio Recordings)

22. Practice Makes Permanent

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The boys go deep on speedrunning, good movie-making, and practice.  They also do some more defense of Stadia Pro, discuss the Unreal 5 demo, the TLOU 2 State of Play, and give you all the latest Pixel Noise content updates.

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• Stadia Pro June offerings and New Features 

  • Power Rangers image

  • Power Rangers Game Fragger Article

• Star Wars Chart

• State of Play – The Last of Us Part II

  • Play, Watch, Listen podcast

  • The Last of Us TV Series

  • The Leftovers

• Celeste (alex videos of his important moments playing this on stream)

  • Anthony Caliber on Twitch 

  • MrMajama

• Unreal 5 demo

  • Spider-Man fast travel PS4 Pro vs PS5

  • Epic Games made the unreal engine

• The Death Stranding Review

• Saturday Group Streams!

• The Crowd the Airwaves premiere party 

• The super-special bonus episode

Bonus– Education in Quarantine

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Alex has a lot of questions for Dan about what it’s like to be a teacher in quarantine.  It was just too good to lose, even though it has little to do with our normal content.  Have fun, if you’re interested in this kind of thing!

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• What percentage of American homes have a computer

• On the homework gap – PEW Research Center

• Dan’s Handwritten Notes

• Virtual Reality Engineer Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty

21. Gotta Have Fatter Thumbs

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A packed episode including Super Mash, MLB Advanced Media, quarantine talk, Tonight We Riot, politics, Minecraft, Celeste, LudoNarraCon, What Remains of Edith Finch, Coffee Talk, Eliza, Neo Cab, Cuphead, and Stadia Pro.

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• Super Mash

• The Changeup: How baseball’s tech team built the future of television by Ben Popper

• MLB At Bat app on the Apple keynote stage for its AR features

• Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

• Tonight We Riot devs want to make an unapologetically leftist game 

  • Rush 🅱️

  • Rush 🅱️, The song that went viral

• Spacegodzilla. Death Corona

• Minecraft

• Vintage electronic project kits

• Celeste

• George Mallory – “Why did you climb Mt. Everest?” “Because it’s there.” – The New York Times, March 18, 1923

  • “Everest is the highest mountain in the world, and no man has reached its summit.  Its existence is a challenge.  The answer is instinctive, a part, I suppose, of man’s desire to conquer the universe.”

• LudoNarraCon

• Ludonarrative Dissonance 

• Clint Hocking on Ludonarrative Dissonance in Bioshock - October 7, 2007

• “I am Andrew Ryan, and I am here to ask you a question: is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?”

  • “No, says the man in Washington, it belongs to the poor, No says the man in the Vatican, it belongs to God, No says the man in Moscow, it belongs to everyone.”

• What Remains of Edith Finch

• Coffee Talk

• Life is Strange 2 Episode 3 – weed cutting scene

• Marie’s Room

• Eliza (the game)

• Neo Cab

• ELIZA (the original)

• The argument against the necessity of pain to the human experience in Eliza

• Neo Cab - What is a Feelgrid?

• Neo Cab - Anatomy of a Character

• Cuphead

• Stadia Pro

20. Juilliard Full of Tigers

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What does the ideal Twitch streamer look like? What’s the difference between Emotes and Emoji? How does Mega Crit use big data to make an awesome card game? What is a AAA game anyway? The answers to these questions and many more, right here on the Pixel Noise podcast. 

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• Tiger King & McMillions

• Just chatting channels

• Emotes & Emoji (https://emojipedia.org/) 

  • Grinning Face Emoji

• The identity of the Twitch/YouTube Content Creator

• INTERVIEW: Alex and Tony talk about Music and Art with Special Guest: jdoche!

• How Slay the Spire's devs use data to balance their roguelike deck-builder

  • How Are Tesla Vehicles "Learning" To Drive By Themselves?

• Animal Crossing update

  • Boundary Break https://www.youtube.com/user/PencakeAndWuffle

• What makes a $60 AAA game

  • Remaster from RelayFM

• IR Information : Financial Data

• DualSense

• TLOU II and Ghost of Tsushima New Release Dates

  • Post Recording update from Neil Druckmann

• Play, Watch, Listen podcast