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Episode 166: Snirkles, From the Makers of STARK

We’re back with a brand new schedule! Expect us every Friday from now on! Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo join forces once again to tackle difficult Destiny drudges, personal Pyre preferential plus Persona, and luscious long locks litigation. That, plus some follow up news from last week, and also some of the best trailers we’ve seen in a while. Also a special guest to weigh in on the important question of what constitutes long hair.

Games we played:

Matt: Finished Pyre, Persona 5

Ethan: Destiny 2

Ricardo: Destiny 2

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Fortnite “error” temporarily allowed PS4 and Xbox One players to play together.

Battleborn support ending just 1 ¼ years after release.

Update: YouTube accepts Campo Santo DMCA claim, Steam review bombings occur, and Valve releases a new review-monitoring tool.

Goodnight, flappy prince; Flappy Bird no longer playable after iOS 11 update.

Nintendo Arcade games are coming to the Switch

WEIRD NEWS: Game Boy Advance SP inside an ECG machine

Trailer trash:

Heat Signature – Launch Trailer

Lake Ridden – Story Trailer

Mario Party: The Top 100

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case – Official Announcement Trailer

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown – TGS 2017 Trailer

Left Alive – TGS 2017 Announcement Trailer

Battle Princess Madelyn – Teaser Trailer

Monster Hunter World – TGS 2017 Trailer

TOMB RAIDER – Official Trailer [very long hair]

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Episode 153: Show me your Tamagatchi

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The whole gang is back to talk about all the video games we’ve been playing, and it’s a lot! Matt’s been on a journey, Ethan has found multiple games that will kill him repeatedly, and Ricardo’s been playing a ~~children’s~~ adult’s card game! That plus Monster Hunter double crosses Nintendo, Blizzard is making phone games, and we talk about that there new Far Cry that done got announced. Plus we all time travel to 2014.

Games we played:

Matt: Overwatch, Old Man’s Journey, Dead Cells, PLAYER UNKNOWN’S Battlegrounds

Ethan: Dead Cells, Injustice 2, PLAYER UNKNOWN’S Battlegrounds

Ricardo: Injustice 2, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Overwatch Skins issues

MONSTER HUNTER ON SWITCH: the announcement driving largest rise in Nintendo stock in 8 years

Unsurprisingly, Nintendo gearing up for a big manufacturing push for Switch

Blizzard hiring for potential mobile project? What could it be?

Update: Hitman is NOT DEAD. Searching for “new steward” to lead the franchise

Trailer trash:

Angry Birds Evolution

Deliriant – Official Launch Trailer

Quarantine – Official Launch Trailer

Neighborhorde – Official Release Trailer

Million Onion Hotel – Trailer

Monster Hunter XX Switch Trailer

Far Cry 5 – Announcement Trailer

Far Cry 5 is about living under fear in America

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Episode 145: Snickers Stadium

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Games we played:

Ethan: Street Fighter V

Ricardo: Final Fantasy VII, Kingdom Hearts, Eon Altar, 1,2 Switch

Beer we drank: Cali Creamin’ (Mother Earth Brewing), Boatswain Heavy Lift Vessel

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

The New Day appear as Final Fantasy classes, ride a fat Chocobo cart at Wrestlemania 33

A year follow its release, the Vive gets a major temporary price cut

Whut… We Happy Few is getting a film adaptation somehow…

PETA not happy with milking game in 1,2 Switch

The heart of battle beats no more; Mad Catz closes its doors

Trailer trash:

Jak & Daxter PS2 Classics – Announce Trailer

Agents of Mayhem – Bad vs. Evil Trailer

Total War: Warhammer 2 – Announcement Cinematic Trailer

Korix – Official Launch Trailer

Thumbleweed Park – Launch Trailer

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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 139: There Will Be Bloodborne

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The Pixel Podcast gets brutal this week as Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo bathe in the blood of their enemies! Ricardo has been slaying every Viking, Knight, or Samurai that gets in his way, Ethan has been killing werewolves and injecting their blood into his leg, and Matt makes cute anime creatures battle one another for sport! That plus some of our final Switch news before it comes out, the rise and fall of YouTube sensation PewDiePie, and refreshingly good trailer trash!

Games we played:

Matt: Pokemon Moon, Dandy Dungeon

Ethan: Bloodborne

Ricardo: For Honor

Beer: Eye of the Hawk Imperial Ale – Mendocino Brewing; Trader Joe’s Peach Ice Tea

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Nintendo may have actually done something right for once as your eShop purchases look like they’ll be tied to account, not system…

Except apparently you’re gonna need substantial external memory if you want to download anything on your Switch.

Sony is discontinuing Playstation NOW support for PS3 (naturally) and PSVita (ruh-roh) among other devices

Erik Wolpaw, writer for Portal and Left 4 Dead, has left Valve

PewDiePie series dropped from YouTube, G2A still loves him, blames the media

Trailer trash:

Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 3 – Prophecy of War Trailer

Typoman – Xbox One Launch Trailer

Vertical Drop Heroes HD – Launch Trailer

Mutant Football League – GORE Trailer

Mothergunship – Announcement Teaser Trailer

Dropzone Gameplay Trailer

Hidden Folks Trailer

Sumer Gameplay Trailer

Where Cards Fall – Release and Platform Trailer

Oἶκοςpiel Book I Release Trailer OFFICIAL

Full Metal Furies

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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!?