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Episode 38: The Foodie

This week’s Pixel Podcast starts light hearted as we talk about food for 20+ minutes. Then it turns suddenly as we stare into the darkness and find that it stares back with madness in its eyes. As Matt and Ricardo head deeper into Darkest Dungeon, Ethan has found the darkness inside of THE LAW. And by that we mean he’s been stealing cars and then driving them around in circles. We also explore the darkness of Westeros, space, the afterlife, and The Internet.

Music On the Edge of Extinction and The Final Battle by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra:
http://syntheticorchestra.com/
http://blake.so/bandcamp
http://youtube.com/dummeh

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Episode 15: The Segue Squad!

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Now the air conditioning is working we bring you back for Episode 15!

We talk the addicting qualities of Skyrim and Civ, games that make you feel like a horrible person (Spec Ops), and games that haven’t come out yet! We have very different ideas about the 3DS XL and Ouya, but anticipate their releases, while rounding out with some speculation on upcoming fighting game rosters!

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What Makes a Game—In Game Advertising, Why are People Mad?

It’s not as bad as people think

Product placement is nothing new to the world of the mass media. It has been in movies and TV shows for years now and is considered a very effective way of advertising a product inside of a piece of entertainment. Reese’s Pieces probably would not exist today if it wasn’t for E.T. and M&Ms being too snobby to show their product in a movie. Of course, game publishers at some point realized that, “Hey! We can make even more money if we sell ad space inside the game!” A cry was heard from the internet as people were angry that their sacred form of entertainment was being tainted by the man.

"The trailers are the best part!"

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What Makes a Game—What makes a true sequel?

“Yeah it’s pretty good, but it’s a lot like the last one.”

A topic of fierce discussion and frustration from gamers is whether or not a sequel to a beloved game is actually a fully realized new game or could have easily been an expansion. What games can be considered expansion packs; better known today as a very large DLC? Arguably, there are games that walk the line, but there are also games that have some gamers believing that developers are just plain lazy.

One of the most prolific games that have some players hopping mad about shelling out $60, is Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. Many arguments can be made that this game being nothing more than an expansion pack or very large DLC pack for Modern Warfare 2. The most obvious issue is that the graphics remain largely the same as Modern Warfare 2. To be fair, the Call of Duty series has been running the same modified engine since the 2^nd Call of Duty, but the newest modifications aren’t showing much of an improvement to a player’s view of the game’s graphics.

Can you figure out which one came first?