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Episode 164: SHAEKU SHAEKU SHAEKU

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 143: The Sexiest Aliens

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

Injustice 2 – Cheetah Trailer

Goat Simulator: Waste of Space – Official Announce Trailer

Kona – Launch Trailer

Senran Kagura Estival Versus – PC Launch Trailer

The Disney Afternoon Collection

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Episode 142: Calamity Poppins

Now that the One True Game™ is out in Breath of the Wild, Matt, Ricardo and Ethan don’t have much to talk about… except for more Disc Jam and The Witcher 3! Plus: Ricardo yells about Snowboard Kids, Matt is wonders what mothers will think of gore in trailers, and Ethan just up and leaves the podcast for an indeterminate length of time! That plus the revenge of John Carmack, Playstation Now adds support for last gen, and the controversy surrounding plastic figurines while sprinting to fight Ganon.

 

Games we played:

Matt: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Overwatch PTR

Ethan: Disc Jam, The Witcher 3

Ricardo: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Disc Jam

 

Beer: Shocktop Belgian White, Down to Earth Session IPA – 21st Amendment Brewery, Samuel Adams Rebel IPA

 

The NEWS hour:

Playstation NOW finally receiving PS4 game in upcoming beta test.

Quake Champions announces it’s KINDA free-to-play…

D.O.T.A. in the U.S.A.; Washington DC wiring an arena for e-sports and sponsoring a team

You better pay for your Steam games if you want to review them, now

Another Zenimax vs. Oculus update; the Carmack strikes back

CONTROVERSY IN SPEEDRUNNING! Zelda: BotW being beaten in under an hour… but with help

 

Trailer trash:

Shred It – Teaser Trailer

Innerspace – Official Gameplay Teaser Trailer

Friday the 13th – “The Killer” PAX East 2017 Trailer

Dauntless – PAX East Trailer

The Persistence –  Reveal Trailer

Discovering Space 2 – Launch Trailer

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Episode 59: The “New” New

Parker joins Matt, Ethan and Ricardo again just in time for them to miss all of the recent news from Gamescom! We still find time to talk about Batman’s lack of boss fights, MOBA’s on your phone, selling digital dances in Destiny and Konami’s intent to install nano machines into all its employees so they can watch them while they sleep! And even more news!

Check out Parker’s reviews at The Game Creator’s Vault!

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