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Episode 131: Bankruptcy Engaged

Matt returns and the trio is reunited for another episode of the Pixel Podcast! He tells us a little bit about Portland. Meanwhile Ethan is getting to know his Uncle Death, and Ricardo has been discovering the Wii U has good games on it! This plus Overwatch debt (not the kind you think of), stupid Russian robot teddy bears, and a rendition of one of your favorite rock star songs!

Games we played:

Matt: Competitive Overwatch

Ethan: Let it Die

Ricardo: Let It Die, Super Mario 3D World

 

Beer we drank: Fusty Puckett – Warmer Winter Brow Ale – Barley Forge

 

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

TODAY: Twitch is streaming games from the White House to promote Obamacare sign-ups…

Dude gets effed over by Paypal/Microsoft and goes into Overwatch debt. Blizzard to the rescue!

Like to get paid? DON’T WORK FOR CRYTEK.

In crazy EVE Online news, 5,700 players gathered to destroy massive player-made structure christened “The Death Star.”

 

Trailer trash:

Space Hulk: Deathwing Launch Trailer

Perfect Official Launch Trailer

Maize – Launch Trailer

Strafe Uber Gore 2.0 Trailer

Sea of Thieves Technical Alpha Gameplay Trailer

Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead Season 3 — Launch Trailer

Monster Hunter XX Official Trailer (Japanese)

Senran Kagura Peach Beach Splash Official Gameplay Trailer (Japanese)

Her Majesty’s Spiffing

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Game Dev Story: Mixing depth and instant gratification.

Mobile gaming is a strange beast that many companies have been recently capitalizing on. The audience of these games is generally casual gamers, so usually mobile developers show no love for the mainstream audience. This works for the mobile platform because most of the time someone, including gamers, don’t have enough time to actually play a full on game during a train ride or in the waiting room. Although are there games that walk on the thin line of being just short enough yet are deep enough to be addicting for a long period of time. Game Dev Story is just one of those games.

A fantasy where bugs always get fixed.

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Bastion: How to Perfectly Mix Story and Gameplay

If you’ve been listening at all to our podcast, you might have heard me raving several times about Bastion by Supergiant Games.  There are several reasons why I simply adore everything about this game. The smooth gameplay, the beautiful art design, the superb musical score (which you would have heard in our first episode) all work together seamlessly.  But what really draws you into Bastion is its engaging and genuinely interesting story.

“That [story] may not sound like much…but wait till you hear it.”

And isn’t that the truth.

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