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About Ethan

Having long been an avid gamer, Ethan found his niche in the PC gaming market, while still occasionally dabbling in the medium that got him into gaming, consoles. Usually, he finds time to play his Xbox 360 and occasionally will dust of his Wii for a bit to play with friends and family when he isn’t found locked in his room playing shooters and strategy games. Follow him on Twitter: @ethanhawkes

E3 2018 Blow Out! Andrew WK Did Nothing Wrong

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Games we played:

Ethan: Trials Fusion, E3 games!

Rico: Trials Fusion, Street Fighter V, More Fortnite

Let’s talk about some conferences…

EA: Battlefield V, Unravel 2, Sea of Solitude Anthem, sports and Star Wars

Microsoft: Halo Infinite, Gears 5, DMC 5, Sekiro, Forza Horizon 4, Dying Light 2, Tomb Raider, Metro Exodus, We Happy Few, Battletoads AND MORE DAMN THERE WAS A LOT HERE…

Bethesda: Rage 2 (feat. Andrew WK…), Wolfenstein 2: Youngblood, Fallout 76, TES Blades, Starfield, the NEXT Elder Scrolls game and a ton o’ DLC for their stuff.

Square Enix: I mean… I guess they showed that Kingdom Hearts trailer again… there was some more Tomb Raider… Captain Spirit… Dragon Quest… uh… like more FFXIV stuff?

UBISOFT: JUST DANCE, The Division 2, Skull and Bones, More For Honor (MORE Honor?!), Starlink, Trials RISING, GRANT KIRKHOPE, Transference, The Crew 2, Beyond Good and Evil 2 and Assassin’s Creed 300

Sony: The Last of Us Part 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Destiny DLC, RE2 Remake, Nioh 2, Control, More like… Kingdom Hearts stuff… NOT Rick & Morty VR game totally not, Death Stranding, Spider-Man!

Nintendo: Daemon X Machina, THAT STUFF FROM THE LEAK (Fortnite, Killer Queen Black, Overcooked 2, etc.), Pokemon Let’s Go, Super Mario Party, Smash ULTIMATE

Trailer Trash:

This year we selected two winners and narrowed down trailers that were getting hype and under 5 minutes long. (Sorry Last of Us 2, you wouldn’t have won anyway.)

Winners:

Cyberpunk 2077

Farming Simulator 19

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:52:23 — 118.4MB)

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Episode Pre-E3 Let’s Predict the BIG SHOW

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With Matt absent, Rico and Ethan predict E3 2018!!

Games we played:

Ethan: State of Decay 2, Dauntless

Rico: Same stuff (Overwatch/Fortnite)

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Valve’s tired of making awful, incremental improvements to Steam curation so they’re just giving up…

Stay a while and speculate; is there a new Diablo game on the way?

Crackdown 3 can’t seem to crack down on a release window. It’s been delayed again…

Evolve’s servers shutting down in September

Guitar Hero Live’s “Guitar Hero TV” is shutting down as well :C

MAD E3 SPECULATION!

EA: Dead Space, Dante’s Paradise

Microsoft: Reboot of Blinx, Conquer’s Badle Royal

Bethesda: Hexen, Doom and Wolfenstein Crossover

Square Enix: Yakotaro demo in store same day, Chrono Cross on steam n shit

UBISOFT: Prince of Persia Reboot, Tom Clancy’s Ender War

Sony: Playstation 4 Super Pro, Sly Cooper Collection

Nintendo: New Star Fox, Mii Battle Royal

Trailer trash:

PLAYLIST

Mario Tennis Aces is the winner

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Episode 194: Coloring your insides!

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While Matt’s AWAY AWAY hanging out on Maui with Maui I assume, Ethan and Ricardo talk about all the neat updates in the games they’ve been playing. Games a service sure is great!

We know you just came for the Disneyland talk tho right?

Games we played:

Ricardo: Monster Hunter World (Kulve Taroth update)

Ethan: Pokemon Go Daily Quest update, Hearthstone Witchwood

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Fortnite making some changes:

The perennially popular “Guided Missile” is being taken out of the game.

Meanwhile, players are waiting for one of the game’s locales to die…

YOU DIED (original release date of Nintendo Switch’s Dark Souls Port)

The National Federation of High Schools is launching Esports programs, but shooters will be excluded

Just weird; Bully Hunters organization shuts down after single live stream

Trailer trash:

PLAYLIST

Dream Match Tennis VR – Announce Trailer

I, Hope – Official Launch Trailer

World of Demons – Announcement Trailer

Light Fall – Official Release Trailer

Dusty Raging Fist – Official Launch Trailer

Kingdom Hearts III – Classic Kingdom Trailer

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:33:31 — 128.4MB)

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Episode 175: Animal Crossing Over

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Look man, this week is all about that Animal Crossing mobile game. Boy what a game that is.

Games we played:

Matt: Night in the Woods, “Finished” Mario Odyssey

Ethan: Bound, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Ricardo: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Bloodborne enemy discovered in 2017

Rock Band is 10 years old y’all

Need For Speed Payback changes its progression system

HQ CEO is a crazy person who doesn’t understand journalism

Trailer trash:

YouTube Playlist

Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite – Venom, Winter Soldier, & Black Widow Gameplay Trailer

Valkyria Chronicles 4 – Announcement Trailer

Conquer the Seven Kingdoms in Game of Thrones: Conquest

The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights to Britannia – Gameplay Trailer

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:44:16 — 143.2MB)

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Episode 161: Light the Goblin Nest on Pyre

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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

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:38:21 — 135.1MB)

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Episode 145: Snickers Stadium

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Games we played:

Ethan: Street Fighter V

Ricardo: Final Fantasy VII, Kingdom Hearts, Eon Altar, 1,2 Switch

Beer we drank: Cali Creamin’ (Mother Earth Brewing), Boatswain Heavy Lift Vessel

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

The New Day appear as Final Fantasy classes, ride a fat Chocobo cart at Wrestlemania 33

A year follow its release, the Vive gets a major temporary price cut

Whut… We Happy Few is getting a film adaptation somehow…

PETA not happy with milking game in 1,2 Switch

The heart of battle beats no more; Mad Catz closes its doors

Trailer trash:

Jak & Daxter PS2 Classics – Announce Trailer

Agents of Mayhem – Bad vs. Evil Trailer

Total War: Warhammer 2 – Announcement Cinematic Trailer

Korix – Official Launch Trailer

Thumbleweed Park – Launch Trailer

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:34:48 — 58.6MB)

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Episode 144: But dreams of Grimace we must have

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With Matt out galavanting around Japan, Ethan and Ricardo hold down the fort. This week the two take a nostalgic look at McDonald’s characters, talk about Final Fantasy VII and if it holds up, Dark Souls and of course the hit new Super Mario Run. Nintendo’s Switch is still having issues, but maybe they’re getting fixed. Starcraft is going legit free to play! It’s a short episode, but a goodie.

Games we played:

Ethan: Super Mario Run, Bloodborne

Ricardo: Dark Souls 3, Final Fantasy VII

Beer we drank: California Creamin’ (Mother Earth Brewing), Shocktop Belgian White

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Final Fantasy XIV goes free to “try” up to level 35

Blizzard makes OG Starcraft FREE, also announces remaster coming later this year

Nintendo Switch has pricer indie games, Lego Undercover apparently is barely on disk.

Joycon official fix is with foam

Trailer trash:

Destiny 2 teaser

88 Heroes Launch Trailers

SKIPCHASER Steam Early Access

Monster Slayers Trailer

Bulletstorm: Full Clip Launch Trailer

Pokemon Go Plus Official Trailer

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:17:11 — 106.0MB)

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Episode 143: The Sexiest Aliens

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Matt and Ricardo ramble through their latest Zelda discoveries. Ethan did the unthinkable. Ricardo is mad at Street Fighter V. So all-in-all an average week on the Pixel Podcast. But this time we also talk about ARMS, which Mass Effect aliens are most bangable (hint it’s not the dog like ones) and of course how we all secretly want to work at Nintendo. Also, why is Goat Simulator still a thing?

Games we played:

Matt: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Ethan: Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Hidden Folks

Ricardo: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Street Fighter V

Beer: Fremont Lush IPA, Trader Joe’s Simpler Times

The NEWS hour:

Let’s talk about some of these Mass Effect: Andromeda animations (and why they’re not being patched out)

RUH ROH; Don’t start a new Zelda: BotW game unless you want your current one OVERWRITTEN

Guy seemingly achieves dream of working for Nintendo of Japan while the rest of us are fucking losers

RUMOR: is a proper Pokemon game actually coming to consoles?

Trailer trash:

ARMS – Character Introduction Trailer ARMS – Weapon Showcase Trailer