Pursuing Pixels
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Sunday Sep 27, 2020
072: Factory Sealed, Baby!
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. We've got a full house again this week and we kick things off with our recent Fall Guys burnout—after DJ wins 30+ crowns?!?!
Kevin's highlights a couple of retro inspired indie games: [Speer] is an incredibly crafty single-screen platformer & Out of Ammo is a break 'em up inspired by ZeroRanger.
John & DJ were squeezing in some Civilization VI before recording last week and they dig into their specific playstyles while trying to convince Randall & Kevin to boot up their copies.
After finishing New Super Lucky's Tale, Kevin has an answer to Randall's question as to where it ranks among the best of the best 3D platformers...
We close things out with a discussion of our general video game buying & collecting habits these days, versus the convenience and value of digital downloads & subscription services.
Timestamps:
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - 00:01:04
[Speer] - 00:05:34
Out of Ammo - 00:09:07
Civilization VI - 00:12:56
New Super Lucky's Tale - 00:28:15
Physical Copies vs Digital Downloads - 00:32:37
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Monday Sep 21, 2020
071: No Particular Order!!!
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels...and welcome back DJ! He's certainly been playing his fair share of games since he's last been on the show, and he kicks us off with a debriefing of everything he's polished off in the last six months.
After that, DJ & John take a deeper dive into Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, specifically highlighting some of the game's 'extra' modes. Randall keeps us in the metroidvania realm a little longer, as he nears the end of Monster Boy & The Cursed Kingdom.
Kevin finally gets around to checking out The Messenger, which DJ praised on the podcast a while back, and he's been harping on the rest of us to play it ever since.
We also gave Sea Salt another try after having some technical issues a few weeks back, and are happy to report that it was smooth sailing after reinstalling the game—and the game is still awesome!
Timestamps:
Whatcha been playing, Deej? - 00:02:04
↳ Zombi(U) - 00:07:04
↳ Outlast 2 - 00:10:23
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 00:12:39
Monster Boy & The Cursed Kingdom - 00:28:31
The Messenger - 00:34:09
Sea Salt - 00:39:00
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Monday Sep 14, 2020
070: Has LeBron Gotten the Double Jump Yet?
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. We've got a trio of metroidvanias on the docket this week, but before we get to that, John dusts off Rune Factory 4 in an effort to achieve some feeling of progress.
Speaking of progress, Randall's still chipping away at Monster Boy & The Cursed Kingdom and now has Kevin along for the adventure! John is looking for his next Metroid Prime fix and starts up Journey to the Savage Planet, but it's off to an iffy start. Kevin gives Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight a second chance, and this time gets sucked right into its mysterious world.
Randall takes us back to the hardwood once again, and this time digs into some of the WNBA modes & features that were added to NBA2K20.
Timestamps:
Rune Factory 4 - 00:01:45
Monster Boy & The Cursed Kingdom - 00:05:23
Journey to the Savage Planet - 00:15:05
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight - 00:22:26
NBA2K20 (WNBA) - 00:27:25
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Sunday Sep 06, 2020
069: A Lotta Bit More
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. Randall & Kevin kick things off this week with their first impressions of the new Battletoads game. From there, we talk about a trifecta of games that were both announced & released during the most recent Nintendo Switch Indie World Showcase:
John journeys into the infinitely-repeating landscapes of Manifold Garden, Kevin scratches the surface of the waters in Spiritfarer, and Randall gives us his thoughts on the wonderfully charming A Short Hike.
Kevin closes things out with New Super Lucky's Tale and places it alongside the 3D platforming greats of the N64 heyday!
Timestamps:
Battletoads (2020) - 00:01:29
Manifold Garden - 00:19:59
Spiritfarer - 00:18:35
A Short Hike - 00:26:04
New Super Lucky's Tale - 00:31:57
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Sunday Sep 06, 2020
068: Y2K-Style
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. Kevin kicks things off with a quick update on Bad North & Kingdom: Two Crowns—a couple of roguelike strategy games that are incredibly tough to put down!
Randall checks out the new demo for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater: 1+2, and we cannot wait to get out hands on the full release! John sticks to the extreme sports, and follows things up with Snowboarding: The Next Phase.
Kevin & John are absolutely enamored with A Short Hike, and we try our absolute best to keep it *spoiler free* for Randall's sake. Kevin closes us out with Lianthus, a top-down, psuedo-3D, adventure game that you absolutely need to check out!
Timestamps:
Bad North: Jotunn Edition - 00:01:14
Kingdom: Two Crowns - 00:02:13
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 - 00:04:17
Snowboarding: The Next Phase - 00:12:10
A Short Hike - 00:18:10
Lianthus - 00:27:37
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