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Episode 169: Where’s the Centaur Man?

Matt, Ethan and Ricardo return, but haven’t played too much! Except Ethan, who went to IndieCade and has also been playing Cuphead! Matt talks a lot about Animorphs (when he’s not off mic trying to get his new puppy to behave herself), Ethan pulls his weight, and Ricardo sits in the back of a parked, driverless taxi.

Games we played:

Matt: Still nothin’

Ethan: Cuphead, Indiecade games

Ricardo: Nothin’ new

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Let’s get this out of the way; “The Good Life” fails to meet its goals on Fig, Swery vows to continue to pursue the game on Kickstarter.

Oculus announces “Oculus Go.”

Are you ready for some ESPORTS?! Hulu to introduce four new Esports-focused shows.

Let’s talk about Lootboxes (Tie-in to Star Wars Battlefront II Beta)

Trailer trash:

Hunt: Showdown – Early Access Steam Exclusive Trailer

San Giorli

Space Junkies – Official Trailer

Spintires: Mudrunner – Gameplay Trailer

The Evil Within 2 – Launch Trailer

Jump up, Super Star! – Super Mario Odyssey Musical

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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

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

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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 141: Breath of the Sueño

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The Nintendo Switch is officially out and Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo are here to talk about midnight launches as well as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, 1-2-Switch, Snipperclips, and even several non-Switch games! Matt can’t stop talking about Zelda, Ethan kills a spider, and Ricardo lights himself on fire. That plus a whole bunch of Switch news, some light editorializing headlines from Ricardo, and some only slightly obnoxious pop culture references in this week’s Trailer Trash!

Games we played:

Nintendo Switch Launch with Matt and Ethan

Matt: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, 1-2-Switch, Snipperclips – Cut it Out: Together!

Ethan: Bloodborne, Layers of Fear, 1-2-Switch, Snipperclips

Ricardo: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dark Souls 3

Beer: Sapporo Premium Beer, Simple Times Pilsner – Trader Joe’s, El Sully

The NINTENDO SWITCH NEWS HOUR News Topics (brought to you by Sony PSVita):

You cannot currently transfer save games from one Switch to another

Some issues with Wi-Fi and controller sync as well

Warren Spector fucking hates VR

Oculus drops the Oculus headset by $100 and touch controllers by $100

Netflix style gaming announced for Xbox One

No Man’s Sky wins innovation award at GDC, the team is not there to receive it

Trailer trash:

Ghost Recon: Wildlands – Launch Trailer

Persona 5 – Sizzle Trailer

Tokyo Twilight Hunters Daybreak Special Gigs – Steam Trailer

Styx: Shards of Darkness – Official Co-op Trailer

Fire Pro Wrestling World – Announcement Trailer

Overwatch – Orisa Origin Story Trailer

Shakedown: Hawaii

Wargroove Announcement Trailer

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Episode 140: Disc Jam Icon

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This week Amber joins Matt, Ethan and Ricardo as the group dives into more new games. Ethan tried to kill a brainless spider, Ricardo was thowing exploding frisbees at people, Matt makes alligator noises, and Amber plays bass in her friend’s band. All that plus news like buying games on Twitch, ZeniMax is a blood-starved beast, and Target leaking games which we’re forced to watch trailers of!

Games we played:

Matt: Hidden Folks, Disc Jam Open Beta

Ethan: Bloodborne

Ricardo: Disc Jam Open Beta, For Honor

Amber: Night in the Woods, Pokemon Sun

Beer: Toaster Pastry – 21st Amendment Brewery, Henry Hotspur’s Hard Pressed for Cider, Whizbang – New Belgium, Little Sumpin’ Ale – Lagunitas Brewing Company

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Like this game you’re seeing on a stream? Twitch will let you buy it through them!

Sony is happy with the number of PSVRs they have sold thus far

Meanwhile, ZeniMax is going for blood against Oculus

Just how sexy is sex in Mass Effect: Andromeda? Devs think it’s gonna be real sexy…

EA’s Peter Moore is leaving to run a soccer team

Target accidentally leaks that there’s a sequel to Shadow of Mordor on the way

Trailer trash:

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War Cinematic Announcement Trailer

Bulletstorm: Full Clip Story Trailer

Snipperclips Official Cut it Out, Together! Trailer

The Sexy Brutale- Full House Edition – Official Trailer

Genesis Alpha One – Reveal Trailer

2Dark- Official Gameplay Trailer

Blackwake – Release Trailer

Northguard – Early Access 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 134: Dad Bowz

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Games we played:

Matt: Hidden my game by mom 2, Journey

Ethan: Hidden my game by mom 2, Witcher 3

Ricardo: Let it Die, SFV

Beer we drank: Chai High, Avery Brewing Co

The Nintendo Switch NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Nintendo Switch Updates! nintendo.com/switch

Price: $299, Controllers too expensive?
Release: March 3rd, preorders already sold out!
Battery life: 2.5 to 6.5 hours depending on game… suuuuure
Paid online service… later! Free at first! Also free game a month but not really
Comes with a holding grip but NOT the charging grip they sell separately: http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/16/14285520/nintendo-switch-joy-con-charging-grip
Games!
- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- 1, 2, Switch!
- ARMS
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Splatoon 2
- Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Has-been Heroes
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Snipperclips
Anything else to talk about? Does it look good!?

AGDQ beats its record again and collects donation of $2.2 million for charity, surpassing $10 million total

Zuckerberg will testify as ZeniMax claims they can prove Oculus/Facebook stole secrets and destroyed the evidence

Swery back with new studio called ‘White Owls’

Trailer trash:

Rise and Shine Official Launch Trailer

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer

ARMS – Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer

1-2 Switch – Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer

Splatoon 2 – Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer

Ultra Street Fighter 2: The Final Challengers – Nintendo Switch Trailer

Super Bomberman R – Official Nintendo Switch Trailer

Puyo Puyo Tetris – Official Nintendo Switch Trailer

The Legend of Zelda: Breathe of the Wild – Nintendo Switch Trailer HD 2017

Nintendo Switch Parental Controls – Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer

For Honor Cinematic Trailer

Rime Trailer

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Episode 125: Spooky Swery Skeletons

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Matt, Ethan, Ricardo, and Amber settle down on All Hallows Eve to do a spooooooky version of the Pixel Podcast. Which is more or less the same version but the names of the segments have changed. And by changed I mean spooooooky. Matt posts phone numbers on the Internet, Ethan learns to love anime, Ricardo gets a job at games.infowars.com, and Amber trusts no one.

Games we played:

Matt: Civ VI

Ethan: Titanfall 2, Civilization VI

Ricardo: Madden 17

Amber: Mass Effect

Beer we drank: Sam Adams Rebel Grapefruit IPA

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Swery retires from Access Games

Hello Games gets “hacked.” Stupidity ensues

Green Man Gaming done fucked up, sends people invalid codes for Battlefield 1 and Titanfall

Guys, Orgin banned Myanmar

EA continues to be the worst at promoting Battlefield 1