The Pixel Podcast

Ethan, Matt and Ricardo are once again joined by Brandon to discuss pizza, tacos, video games, nostalgia being a powerful force and of course poop.

Ethan: SUPERHOT, Ori and the Blind Forest, Street Fighter V

Ricardo: Pokemon Blue Version, Street Fighter V

Matt: SUPERHOT, Warhammer 40,000 Deathwatch: Tyranid Invasion

Brandon: Plants Vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2, Pocket Mortys

Microsoft Hololens dev pre-orders are live at $3,000, but it comes with Young Conker…

Gabe Newell ripping into commentaters are firing the company

Pokemon Sun and Moon announced

Playstation TV is dead in Japan:

TrackMania Turbo

Feelings Adrift

Where’s My Mommy?

Bear Simulator

Samrost 3

Slashy Souls

For a special episode of the the Pixel Podcast we were able to chat with Eric Kieron Davis from Cloud Imperium Games via Skype. Eric is a producer on the upcoming titles Star Citizen and Squadron 42. We talk about the upcoming games, the challenges and joys of game development, communication with an international team of studios, and how crowdfunding has shaped the way games and made and affected how fans learn about game development.

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Eric has worked in the games industry for the past 10 years working for companies like Blizzard Entertainment. Eric’s wife Genese has previously appeared on our Pixel Vision series. For more information on Star Citizen and Squadron 42, visit www.robertsspaceindustries.com.

Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo are joined again by Brandon as we catch up with some games he’s played since he was last on. Turns out it’s some anime thing. Also learn more about the Early Access version of Street Fighter V, the woes of fumigating your house while you eat chips, an which waifu Ricardo would pick in the new Fire Emblem!

Ethan: Street Fighter V, XCOM 2

Ricardo: Street Fighter V, Fire Emblem Fates

Matt: The game of trying to get ComicCon tickets

Brandon: Rocket League, Not Garden Warfare 2, 100% Orange Juice

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Konami stuff keeps happening, why no one was there to accept DICE award:

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/22/11093896/metal-gear-solid-5-dice-award

The Vive costs a small chunk of change, $800. Preorders going up Feb 29th:

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/21/11081622/the-htc-vive-vr-headset-will-cost-799

Trailer Trash:

The Walking Dead: Michonne

http://www.ign.com/videos/2016/02/22/the-walking-dead-michonne-a-telltale-games-mini-series-official-episode-1-in-too-deep-launch-trailer

CARMAGEDDON MAX DAMAGE:

http://www.ign.com/videos/2016/02/22/carmageddon-max-damage-official-announcement-trailer

ARBITER TRAILER:

http://www.ign.com/videos/2016/02/22/killer-instinct-official-arbiter-trailer

Adr1ft:

http://www.ign.com/videos/2016/02/19/adr1ft-official-clair-de-lune-trailer

The gang is all here and we’ve all played Firewatch! Stay tuned for an upcoming episode of The Spoiling Point about it, but in the meantime, hear Matt, Ethan, Ricardo and Amber talk about of few of their thoughts on the game, plus Yarn Yoshis, the nature of crypts vs. tombs (Nicolas Cage has a role to play in both,) ramshackle wrestling games, and Matt’s HOT TAKES on which hip hop artist wrote *recent popular song*. Learn how Remedy and Microsoft are Quantum Breaking people’s hearts, what people think of Kanye West’s video game, why it’s a good thing we won’t have another Assassin’s Creed and Destiny this year, and what our DUMB NEWS story is this week (or cheat and look below, I’m not your dad.)

Ethan: XCOM 2, Firewatch, Yoshi’s Woolly World

Ricardo: Firewatch, 5-Star Wrestling ReGenesis

Matt: Firewatch

Amber: Rise of the Tomb Raider, Firewatch

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Quantum Break! It’s coming out on PC and Xbox One. You get both if your pre-order! Cross save and comes with Alan Wake.

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/15/11000348/quantum-break-wont-be-available-on-steam

PC gaming show is coming back to E3. Takes the spot of EA, Rico’s fav, Day9 is back hosting. Says it will be much shorter and more focused than last year.

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/12/10981634/pc-gaming-show-e3-2016

KANYE VIDEO GAME (this could be dumb news too):

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/11/10972950/kanye-west-video-game-only-one-yeezy

No destiny this year:

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/you-will-not-play-destiny-2-this-year/1100-5396/

No Assassin’s creed this year:

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ubisoft-will-not-release-an-assassins-creed-game-i/1100-5395/

Mad Catz laying off 37 percent of work force:

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/9/10954964/mad-catz-layoffs-restructuring-rock-band-4-sales

Amazon released a game engine!

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/9/10949002/amazon-lumberyard-free-games-engine

Dumb NEWS!

Destiny Megablocks coming this year! Build your own sparrow.

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/15/11002874/destiny-mega-bloks-toys

Matt, Ethan and Ricardo are joined once again by Laurentius for a chat about Helldivers, XCOM 2, the various Final Fantasy games Ricardo is playing, frustrations with The Witness, our 3 month check up on Destiny, angry cats and their gaming peripherals, and a chunk of other news about video games!

Ethan: XCOM 2

Ricardo: FFXIV, Guitar Hero LIVE, Helldivers

Matt: Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witness, Total War: Shogun 2

Laurentius: XCOM 2, Destiny, Metal Gear Solid V

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Mad Catz replaces CEO and chairman right before earnings report. They said that Rock Band , which they co-published, needed to be a success.

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/8/10939752/mad-catz-executive-board-changes-rock-band-4-earnings

Red Dead Redemption was backward compatible! But then it wasn’t…. but then it was!

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/8/10936850/red-dead-redemption-backward-compatibility-xbox-360-microsoft

Hearthstone is scraping it’s old TCG expansions to keep the meta from getting bad:

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/blizzard-plans-to-drop-old-card-sets-from-standard/1100-5388/

Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo hang out over the Internet just to make sure you don’t miss the latest episode of the Pixel Podcast! Ricardo’s been trying to get to heaven via a Final Fantasy MMO, Ethan took out some rogue agents in the dark during The Division beta, and Matt has been Witnessing to all he meets. Also: DETECTIVE PIKACHU.

Ethan: The Division BETA, Super Mario Land

Ricardo: Final Fantasy XIV (whatever the subtitle is these days)

Matt: The Witness

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

EA OUT OF E3 and Bethesda IN:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/bethesda-e3-2016-briefing-confirmed/1100-6434381/

http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/27/10842598/electronic-arts-e3-2016-booth-press-conference-ea-play

Trademark react and you get you in trouble:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/popular-youtubers-trademark-react-find-themselves-/1100-6434399/

DETECTIVE. PIKA. CHUUUUUUUUU

Saint’s Row game surfaces as free ISO:

http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/29/10868846/canceled-saints-row-undercover-psp-free-download

Peter Molyneux account hacked:

http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/28/10862734/peter-molyneux-hacked-retirement-godus

Insomniac reveals Song of the deep, which is published by Gamestop:

http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/28/10854186/song-of-the-deep-insomniac-games-gamestop

Matt, Ethan, Ricardo and Amber try to make sense of this week’s news and also some games we forgot to talk about before, as well as some new games we’ve played (like Oxenfree) and some we haven’t (like The Witness.)

Ethan: Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide 

Ricardo: Super Mega Baseball?

Matt: Darkest Dungeon, Oxenfree, Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide

Amber: Oxenfree, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

FNAF RPG sucks so much it’s pulled off Steam

Mortal Kombat X dropping PC support for future DLC and XL Edition

Street Fighter V story mode coming later (June)

Machinima on my TV?!

Her Story 2 to be spiritual sucessor

Mighty No. 9 is, you guessed it, delayed again

It’s been a long time since we met each other and talked about video games, so we have a lot of news to talk about! Also we’ve been playing some games as well. Ethan and Ricardo are excited for Thai food. Will their cravings be satisfied?

Ethan: That Dragon Cancer, Until Dawn, Rise of the Tomb Raider

Ricardo: Broken Age, Star Wars Battlefront, Grim Fandango

Matt: Kerbal Space Program, Darkest Dungeon

Leslie Benzies leaves Rockstar after nearly two decades.

New games and pre-orders get 20% off at Amazon.

Origin Access comes to PC for $5 a month.

Sony tried to trademark ‘Let’s Play’.

Oculus pre-orders announced at $599 and Vive pre-order date announced.

Supreme court to see if disk scratching is a class action law suit.

ESPN Starts a new ESports Wing/Division; DOTA, LoL and Hearthstone main features.

Iron Maiden free-to-play RPG announced. (It better have a great soundtrack)

For the final part of our Game of the Year 2015 discussions, Matt, Ethan, Ricardo and Amber dig in for the long haul to decide the best multiplayer*, best new character, best Metal Gear buddy, best story, and the coveted Pixel Legends Game of the Year! Warning: potential spoilers ahead!

Matt, Ethan, Ricardo and Amber return for more shouting and discussion on this years best games, including the weirdest, spookiest, funniest, and best sounding games of the year. As well as, Soniciest? Warning: potential spoilers ahead!