The Pixel Podcast

Games we played:

Matt: Nothin’

Ethan: Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, Resident Evil VII, Skyrim: Special Edition

Ricardo: Madden 18, Life is Strange: Episode 1

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Capcom announces Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, but it’s not as bad as it sounds…

With only a week left to crowdfund, Swery still committed to making “The Good Life” happen

Hey if you’re still playing Destiny on Xbox, you finally have access to all the Playstation exclusive content…

You better not YouTube Livestream Nintendo games if you’re in the Nintendo’s Creators Program… wait what?

Wii Shop Channel is finally shutting down in 2019

Andrew House out as President and Chief Executive of Sony Interactive Entertainment

Trailer trash:

Hand of Fate 2 – Official Release Date Trailer

Flame vs. Blaze – Official Launch Trailer

Extinction – Gameplay Trailer #1

The Well – Official Trailer

Road Redemption – Release Trailer

Injustice 2 – Introducing Atom

CHUCHEL – Official Trailer

Games we played:

Matt: Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2, Fornite Battle Royale

Ethan: Destiny 2, Fornite Battle Royale,

Ricardo: Tooth and Tail

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

YouTube removing links to Patreon in push to get content creators to join Partners Program.

Voice actors strike ends as they reach an agreement with game makers.

Controversial Shadow of War “tribute DLC” to be reworked

Volition hit with massive layoffs

Skyrim somehow still getting new updates; “Survival Mode” rolling out for special editions

Swery’s “The Good Life” introduces Dogs

Trailer trash:

The Good Life – DOG or CAT

Red Dead Redemption 2 – Official Trailer #2

Fragments of Him – PS4 Release Trailer

Code Vein – Gameplay Trailer TGS 2017

Hob – Official Launch Trailer

Raw Data – Official Teaser Trailer

Golf Story Switch Launch Trailer

We’re back with a brand new schedule! Expect us every Friday from now on! Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo join forces once again to tackle difficult Destiny drudges, personal Pyre preferential plus Persona, and luscious long locks litigation. That, plus some follow up news from last week, and also some of the best trailers we’ve seen in a while. Also a special guest to weigh in on the important question of what constitutes long hair.

Games we played:

Matt: Finished Pyre, Persona 5

Ethan: Destiny 2

Ricardo: Destiny 2

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Fortnite “error” temporarily allowed PS4 and Xbox One players to play together.

Battleborn support ending just 1 ¼ years after release.

Update: YouTube accepts Campo Santo DMCA claim, Steam review bombings occur, and Valve releases a new review-monitoring tool.

Goodnight, flappy prince; Flappy Bird no longer playable after iOS 11 update.

Nintendo Arcade games are coming to the Switch

WEIRD NEWS: Game Boy Advance SP inside an ECG machine

Trailer trash:

Heat Signature – Launch Trailer

Lake Ridden – Story Trailer

Mario Party: The Top 100

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case – Official Announcement Trailer

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown – TGS 2017 Trailer

Left Alive – TGS 2017 Announcement Trailer

Battle Princess Madelyn – Teaser Trailer

Monster Hunter World – TGS 2017 Trailer

TOMB RAIDER – Official Trailer [very long hair]

It’s been a week but we’re back again! Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo are on to talk about all the new games they’ve been playing during our break (due to some traveling.) Destiny, Dads, and Mario coming to terms with his empty shell of an existence; this podcast has it all!

Games we played:

Matt: Pyre, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Ethan: Dream Daddy, Destiny 2

Ricardo: Pyre (finished), Destiny 2

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

The “hey, Nintendo is learning,” Minute;

As the SNES Classic launch approaches, Nintendo announces they’ll be producing more NES Classics in 2018.

Custom controls are coming to ARMS. Are you still playing and what kind of changes would you make to your scheme?

Blizzard to open an Esports Arena in Los Angeles

Hey, what the fuck’s up with Destiny 2 shaders?

Devs now fighting back against PewDiePie’s hate speech with DMCA

Trailer trash:

Sky – Teaser Trailer

Splasher- Release Trailer

Samurai Showdown V Special – Launch Trailer

Monster Hunter Stories – Official Launch Trailer

Battle Chef Brigade – Coming Holiday 2017 Trailer

Amber joins Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo as the team catches up on some older games they’ve still yet to finish. Ricardo has been losing all his souls to a board game, Ethan brought breakfast, Amber is has been chasing the dragons, and Matt really wants everyone to know that Luigi dabs. Meanwhile, Valve springs a story leak, Blizzard doubles down on making their trailers longer and more like other films you’ve seen, and who the hell knows what KFC is doing.

Games we played:

Matt: Pyre, PUBG First Person

Ethan: Pyre, Horizon: Zero Dawn

Ricardo: Dark Souls: The Board Game, Pyre, Smite

Amber: Breath of the Wild

THE BEER REVIEW: Mikkeller Brewing – Beer Geek Breakfast

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Oh boy. Former writer at Valve basically spoils what Half-Life 2: Episode 3 would have been… if ya know… it was still being made.

Speaking of which, the Steam community is taking out Half-Life 3 frustrations on DOTA 2’s Steam review, now.

And speaking of DOTA 2, can you guess which game has overtaken it in concurrent users numbers?

Indie dev would rather you pirate the game (from their torrent) than go to a key reseller

Microsoft store officially no longer selling the original Xbox One design.

Trailer trash:

Overwatch – “Rise and Shine” Animated Short

Rocket League: Car Battles Trailer

Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Trailer

Rock of Ages II Bigger & Boulder – Launch Trailer

Absolver – Launch Trailer

TEKKEN 7 DLC 1 – Tekken bowl trailer

FINAL FANTASY XV: Assassin’s Festival

The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor – Console Launch Trailer

Fist of the North Star – Japanese PS4 Trailer

Hearthstone – “Hearth and Home” animated short

The Hard Way: A Virtual Reality Training Experience

Games we played:

Matt: That’s You!

Ethan: That’s you!

Ricardo: SMITE

THE BEER REVIEW: Alesmith – Sublime Mexican Lager

The SLOW NEWS HOUR News Topics:

GAMESCOM…. Uh did anybody watch the live streams?

Horizon: Zero Dawn getting an easier difficulty mode for its story. Thoughts on trend towards giving more difficulty options for less experienced players?

HTC Vive the next piece of VR hardware to get big price cut; now $599

NO MORE CALIBRATIONS; Mass Effect Andromeda won’t be supported further with DLC or patches

Trailer trash:

Assassin’s Creed Origins – Gamescom 2017 Cinematic Trailer

Jurassic World Evolution – Announcement Trailer

Life is Strange: Before the Storm – Gamescom Launch Trailer

Heroes of the Storm: Call of Kel’Thazud – Gamescom Trailer

Biomutant – Announcement Trailer

Fe – Official Gamescom Announcement Trailer

Destiny 2 – Launch Trailer

Fear Effect Reinvented – Gamescom Trailer

Ruiner – Ugly Heart Trailer

Junkertown: The Plan – Overwatch Short/Trailer

Shadow of War: Monsters Trailer

Sorry for the long break but we’re back on schedule! Due to family stuff and trips we’ve been out, but now Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo reconvene to talk more games! Matt can’t remember any Pyre character’s names, Ethan compares Splatoon 2 to For Honor, and Ricardo’s would like to clarify that the Trailer Trash voice in no way reflects the accents of those in the Southern United States.

Games we played:

Matt: Pyre, Slime Rancher, Overwatch Summer Games, PUBG

Ethan: Pyre, For Honor, Splatoon 2, Little Big Planet 3, Zelda BOTW

Ricardo: PPKP, Card Thief

THE BEER REVIEW: Gunwhale Brewery – Majordomo

The SLOW NEWS HOUR News Topics:

For Honor tournament won by player using infamous exploit

Blizzard kinda gives up on renaming its online multiplayer service

Valve announces Dota card game… to mixed reactions

Swery’s next game is about a town whose residents become cats at night because yeah

Trailer trash:

Kingdom Come: Deliverance – Official “Born from Ashes” Trailer

Spellforce 3 – Cinematic Trailer

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – Story Trailer 3

Iron Harvest – Official Teaser Trailer

We Happy Few – Announce Trailer

Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time – Gameplay Trailer

Nidhogg 2 – Launch Trailer

Fishing Planet

Dude Matt and Ricardo really like Pyre. Matt and Ethan really like Gigantic. Ethan and Ricardo… uhhhh get along just fine. This is one of the best itmes to be playing video games, unless you’re stream sniping in PUBG! Those people should be banned!! (but only for like a day or two) Also, this weeks trailer trash was a doozy!

Games we played:

Matt: Pyre, PUBG, Gigantic

Ethan: Gigantic, PUBG, Pokeman GO Legendary Raids

Ricardo: Pyre

THE BEER REVIEW: Sierra Nevada Tropical Torpedo

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

OOPSIES! SNES Classic pre-orders pushed out too early and promptly cancelled at Wal-Mart

Additionally, Nintendo announces official pre-sale happening later this month

PUBG peeps… tell me about Stream Sniping and why you think it is/isn’t a big deal

For Honor finally getting Dedicated Servers a half a year after its release

The Summer Games return to Overwatch

Trailer trash:

Another Lost Phone: Laura’s Story – Reveal Trailer

Batman: The Enemy Within – Launch Trailer

Tacoma – Launch Trailer

QUBE 2 – Teaser Trailer

Mary Skelter: Nightmares – Gameplay Overview Trailer

The Lost Bear – Reveal Trailer

DrawFighters – Launch Trailer

Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night – Announcement Trailer

Persona 5: Dancing Star Night – Announcement Trailer

The boys are back in town! And they’re back together in the same room! It’s crazy! Matt, Ethan, Ricardo and Amber catch up on Evo and ComicCon stuff they missed, a few games, and plenty of Trailer Traaaash. Matt is still recovering from being sick at Evo, Ethan lined up to look at a SNES Classic, Amber is looking out for people behind her, and Ricardo is excited to announce the new character Chamilio for *next big fighting game*!

Games we played:

Matt: PUBG, Breath of the Wild

Ethan: ARMS

Ricardo: Tekken 7

Amber: Persona 5 (done!), The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

THE BEER REVIEW RETURN:

Part 1: Wht Chclt by Sonoran Brewing Co.

Part 2: Shipwrecked Double IPA by Mission Brewery

Part 3: Marshmallow Milk Stout by Garage Brewing Co.

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

THE EVO EXPERIENCE! Let’s talk about our time at Evolution 2017

And what about SDCC?

Changing now to poorly run cons, Pokemon GO Fest in Chicago was a disaster.

And Niantic knows it was a disaster…

Before the SNES Classic even hits store shelves, Nintendo has put trademark in for N64 Classic

Bioware’s General Manager and Director of Anthem, Aaryn Flynn, steps down

Terry Crews super alright with not being Doomfist

Trailer trash:

Splatoon 2 – Welcome back to Inkopolis! Trailer

Ultra Hyperball Launch Trailer

Sonic Forces – Enter Infinite Trailer

Observer – Official “The Year is 2084” Trailer

Gigantic – Official Launch Trailer

Pyre – Official Launch Trailer

OPTIONAL: EVO Trailers

Blazblue Cross Tag Battle

Blazblue Centralfiction – Jubei Intro Trailer

Arika EX – Announcement Trailer

Tekken 7 – Geese Howard Trailer

Street Fighter V – Abigail Trailer

Matt, Ethan and Ricardo haven’t prepped at all for EVO, should be fine, right? Matt gets a Chicken Dinner, Ricardo gets excited about a talking dog, and right before this podcast Ethan told us he actually liked the new Jamunji trailer.

Games we played:

Matt: Breath of the Wild DLC, PLAYERUNKNOWN’S Battlegrounds

Ethan: Anything but Injustice 2

Ricardo: Street Fighter V

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Summer Games Done Quick concludes, breaks records again

Castlevania animated series released and immediately renewed on Netflix for second season. What did we think?

Overwatch finally launching Doomfist.

Speaking of Overwatch, there are finally more details out on the Overwatch League… well about its investors, at least.

Fallout 4 publisher, Zenimax Media, are the target of a lawsuit by singer Dion DiMucci.

Not MY Pokemon anime; Pokemon remake/reboot replaces Misty and Brock…

Popular YouTube reviewer Dunkey releases video about game reviews and big gaming sites, what are our thoughts?

(Link here is Phil Kollar of Polygon’s rebuttal/agreement of his various points, video in the thread)

Trailer trash:

Next Up Hero – Announcement Trailer

Fortnite – Official Cinematic Trailer

Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire’s Conspiracy – Official Trailer

Kirby’s Blowout Blast – Nintendo 3DS Launch Trailer

Thief of Thieves – Gameplay Trailer

Shadow of Mordor – Nemesis Forge Trailer

Doomfist – Origin Story Trailer