Stray Pixels

This week, the Pixels (with new co-host Madison Berge!) discuss the embarrassing current state of the console war, their hopes for its resolution, and the frustrating launch of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet!

"The Secret of Pokémon's Success" by Mother's Basement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zadf8SBlic

Our Pixels this week:
Host: Colin Buchanan (he/they) https://noisypixel.net/author/colin-buchanan/ @thearcaneranger
Co-Host: Madison Berge (they/them) https://noisypixel.net/author/madison/ @Mads_In_Zero
Guest (Part 1 & 2): Semy Rahman (he/him) https://noisypixel.net/author/semy/ @semysin
Guest (Part 2): Wade Hilton (he/him) @CrepusculusXIV

This week, the strays talk about the most important thing in the industry, the video game awards. They also decide to talk about the current state of the Ninth Generation of consoles and whether or not they have actually begun.

This week the strays dive back into the revamped PS+ service, has anything changed for the better since it was released? Spoiler alert, not really.

This week the pixels take on the scariest monster of all, audio issues. Despite this, they decided to shoulder on and take about the Resident Evil and Silent Hill showcases.

Spooky season is still underway and this week the pixels discuss the end of life for the First Soldier as well as continue to talk about some of their favorite horror titles over the years.

This week, the pixels take a look at the launch of Overwatch 2 along with a small history that leads us to this point. They then indulge in some talk about spooky scary games. As is the style at the time.

This week the pixels decide to take you back to the past by remembering the juggernaut that was the Nintendo DS, as well as the late blooming successor, the 3DS. Be warned, tangents and showing off game collections abound all around.

This week, the pixels dive into the mess that is Kingdom Hearts Dark Road and the takedown of the Zerofield spreadsheets by NISA. Expect some twists along the way and submit yourself to everlasting darkness.

This week, the pixels talk about what it means to go woke, and the origin of the phrase. The talk goes a bit long but there is a lot of information to go through.

This week the pixels tackle a topic that's on everyone's mind. How in the world do the steam guidelines actually work? Warning there will be some sensitive topics this time around.