Tag Archives: Dark Souls

Episode 164: SHAEKU SHAEKU SHAEKU

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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

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Episode 138: Just a punk and useless junk

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The gang continues with the podcasts despite the distance between them and finds what could be one of the greatest mobile games ever created. If you’re not into mobile games, maybe you can fight some knights as a samurai? That’s what Ricardo did! Ethan just banged his head against Dark Souls some more.

 

Games we played:

 

Matt: Dandy Dungeon, Pokemon Moon

Ethan: Dark Souls

Ricardo: For Honor Open Beta

 

Beer: Sneak Attack Saison – 21st Amendment Brewery, Passion Fruit Kicker Wheat Ale Passion Fruit, Trader Joe’s Boatswain Double IPA

 

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Activision Blizzard had their best year EVER…

Call of Duty going “back to roots” in this year’s game

A Costume Quest animated series is coming to Amazon

Steam Greenlight is going away and indie devs are PISSED

The saddest news… no new Skylanders game this year…

Pewdiepie dropped by Maker Studio (Disney Subsidiary) over anti-semitic video clips

RUMOR: Nintendo ceasing production on NES Classic

 

Trailer trash:

Perception; Teaser Trailer

Seabed Prelude; Teaser Trailer

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns; Bachelorettes Trailer

Diluvion – Launch Trailer

LogicBots

Phoning Home

For Honor; Gameplay Launch Trailer

Injustice 2; Swamp Thing Trailer

 

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Episode 137: Satisfying Simulations

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Matt is out of the great state of Southern California, but that doesn’t stop him from hosting the Pixel Podcast. The gang gathers around to talk about satisfying simulations, great customer service, awful free to play games and the Killers!

 

Games we played:

Matt: A Fire Emblem

Ethan: Project Highrise, Dark Souls, Fire Emblem Heroes

Ricardo: Oops forgot to play new games

 

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

WOW Tokens can now be used in other Blizzard games such as Overwatch and Hearthstone…

Separation of church (consoles) and state (PC’s) in Overwatch!

Death Stranding will NOT be a horror game, and Kojima doesn’t wanna make those kinds of games anymore…

Psychonauts 2 still has no release date, but it DOES have a publisher,

Carmack attack; following Oculus verdict, John Carmack makes a statement

It’s the circle of life, or actually the circle of used games Gamestop is pressuring employees into selling

 

Trailer trash:

Rock Band VR Release Date Trailer

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Closed Beta Teaser

The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind TV Spot

Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Beta Trailer

FlatOut 4 Total Insanity Reveal Trailer

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Episode 120: Politics for the lolz

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We recorded this podcast in the middle of a heated debate between two presidential nominees. Surprisingly not a lot of debating on this podcast, but there was at least 400% more political discussion this week than normal so watch out!

 

Games we played:

 

Ethan: Egg Inc, Sunset Overdrive, Diablo III co-op

Ricardo: Dark Souls III, Diablo III co-op

Matt: Nothing!

 

Beer we drank: Angel City Brewery Lager

 

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Daily Beast reveals Palmer Luckey secretly funded anti Hilary, Pro Trump Reddit “shitposting” organization

Blizzard retiring the Battle.net name

Street Fighter V update pulled due to malware concerns

Valve tweaks review system, again

Firewatch movie announced

 

Trailer trash:

Runner3

Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors – Mizuki

Yooka-Laylee Official Character Trailer

Sundered*

Watch Dogs 2

Infinite Minigolf

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Estus for the Restus Ep. 2: Not a Good Guy, Not a Bad Guy

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In this second episode, Rico confesses his Souls sins and immediately tries to justify his poor decision-making. Today we’re talking light/dark themes in Souls games! Listen to the rambling.

Warning: This podcast may contain spoilers!

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Estus for the Restus Ep. 1: This Soul’s for You

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It’s a podcast about nothing… except Dark Souls! Man, how do you know when it’s over? Join Ricardo on a weekly journey into the dark. In this first episode, Rico tackles the question, “Who is Dark Souls for?”

Warning: This podcast may contain spoilers!

 

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