Pursuing Pixels
Episodes
Monday Nov 30, 2020
080: Be Prepared For Pain
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. We're back with a full house again this week, and we kick things off with a little gaming session in the clouds!
John snagged Control on Switch immediately after it was announced, during the most recent Nintendo Direct. He shares his initial thoughts on both the game, and the prospect of streaming games over the interweb.
Kevin & Randall are getting their asses handed to them by Sky Racket, a tennis-inspired bullet hell shmup that's bursting with character!
Kevin also circles back around to briefly mention a couple of games he's finished off recently, Gato Roboto & Kero Blaster, before digging into his latest arcade obsession, Null Drifter.
DJ closes us out with a trio of games as well, beginning with follow-ups to our conversations on Undertale & Haque, before getting into his initial thoughts on Watch Dogs 2 after checking out the trial...
Timestamps:
Control (on Nintendo Switch) - 00:01:44
Sky Racket - 00:17:23
Gato Roboto - 00:26:48
Kero Blaster - 00:28:07
Null Drifter - 00:29:22
Undertale - 00:34:04
Haque - 00:39:57
Watch Dogs 2 - 00:43:40
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Monday Nov 23, 2020
079: Should I Pet This Puppy?
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. DJ & Kevin are both getting their resolution games from 'Episode Number Holiday Edition 2019' in under the wire this week, before we start thinking about wrapping things up for 2020.
DJ gets us started with Deadbolt from Hopoo Games, stealth-driven action platformer that (mostly) lives up to our lofty expectations from the mighty Risk of Rain 1 & 2 devs!
Before Kevin gets to his own resolution, he takes a stab at Transistor from SuperGiant Games—after being both in love and overwhelmed by the intense combat in their latest release, Hades—and ends up plowing straight through it. It was also John's resolution game, but he already talked about it earlier this year like a responsible human being.
After that, it's onto Undertale, which Kevin, unfortunately, bounced off of pretty hard. However, it did get Randall to fire up the game for the first time and he ended up playing all the way through to the end, while DJ dives deep down the rabbit hole of 'multiple endings.'
Finally, we close things out with Ikenfell, another cheeky turn-based RPG with its own set of unique combat mechanics, pulling heavily from series like XCOM & Paper Mario.
*Ikenfell also has an INCREDIBLE original soundtrack and we were fortunate to sit down with two of the game's composers, Aivi Tran & Sabrielle Augustin, for a fun and informative conversation! The interview episode will be coming SOON...stay tuned!*
Timestamps:
Deadbolt (DJ's Resolution) - 00:01:04
Transistor (John's Resolution) - 00:05:27
Undertale (Kevin's Resolution) - 00:08:26
Ikenfell - 00:32:02
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Sunday Nov 15, 2020
078: It‘s Video Game Time
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. This week, John kicks things off with a new arcade puzzler, Petal Crash, and he's certainly got the rest of our attentions!
Kevin spotlights Yin and Yang, the latest release from mmatt_ugh, and it's yet another slam dunk puzzle platformer. After that, it's onto the buttery precision platforming of RITE.
Speaking of slam dunks, Randall is back on his NBA2K20 bullshit, this time digging deep into the depths of MyGM mode!
Timestamps:
Petal Crash - 00:02:28
Yin and Yang - 00:12:49
Apple - 00:16:07
RITE - 00:16:46
NBA2K20 (MyGM mode) - 00:22:00
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Sunday Nov 08, 2020
077: You Guys Are Nuts
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. Although we're missing John this week, all four of us have been playing some Killer Queen Black thanks to another ludicrous deal on the Nintendo Switch eshop!
From there, Randall & Kevin have mixed thoughts on The Gardens Between, which we discussed digging into a few weeks back on the podcast—once again, thanks to Xbox Game Pass.
Kevin tackles Zangyou mode (aka 'New Game +') in Kero Blaster and moves onto another game with an amazing 'New Game +' all its own, Super Mario 3D Land—Randall also joins in on the gush-fest!
DJ ended up picking up Super Mario Bros. 35 again and is seemingly trying to '100%' the game, in typical DJ fashion. Please don't take this game away from us, Nintendo!
Timestamps:
Killer Queen Black - 00:01:09
The Gardens Between - 00:14:15
Kero Blaster (Zangyou mode) - 00:24:05
Super Mario 3D Land - 00:29:55
Super Mario Bros. 35 - 00:41:13
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Sunday Nov 01, 2020
076: There‘s a Price to Pay
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. It's a full house once again and you know we couldn't talk about Hades for only one week!
DJ & John are digging deeper into the depths of hell this week, but before we get there, we've all been dabbling in the newly released Super Mario Bros. 35—another addition to Nintendo's ongoing celebration of Mario's 35th anniversary!
Kevin's doing his usual thing and highlights a couple of little indie gems! We stick with the devilish theme first, and discuss yet another game entitled Imp, this time from developer Andy Miller. After that, it's time to deliver some pizzas to some cute lil' rabbits in Bunny Eats, from Securas, aka 'SunshineMan'.
John closes us out with another overlooked indie, Super Crush KO, from Vertex Pop—a side-scrolling, high-score chasing beat 'em up that sounds right up all of our alleys!
Timestamps:
Super Mario Bros. 35 - 00:01:38
Hades - 00:14:28
Imp - 00:29:17
Bunny Eats - 00:31:59
Super Crush KO - 00:35:46
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Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Episode Number: Interview Edition — Lewmoth (Indie Game Composer)
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. We're breaking the formula a bit this week, as we had the pleasure to sit down with Lewmoth, a game composer & sound designer who's worked on a number incredible indie games—with even more still in the works.
We had already played stuff like Lianthus & Control Co., but Lewmoth has worked on an incredibly wide variety of games, as well as within many different musical styles & genres.
We'll be back with a normal episode next week, but we're looking forward to lining up some more guest interviews in the future. Stay tuned!
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Sunday Nov 01, 2020
075: It‘s in High-Definition Now
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. This week, we're finally getting into some of the recently released heavy-hitters on Nintendo Switch, starting things off with a discussion on Super Mario 3D All-Stars. Continuing the Mario celebration, John checks out Mario's Super Picross, which recently came to North America for the first time via Nintendo Switch Online.
From there, Kevin highlights Guardian Sphere and a few other indie gems from a team of brothers, Pixel-boy & AAA. He also gets his first taste of a Project Touhou game & is really digging the insanity that is Touhou: Luna Nights.
DJ follows up on his brief DOOM: Eternal experience from a few weeks ago now that he's polished it off and he loved it from start to finish! We stick around in Hell for the rest of the episode, as we're all still trying to escape from Hades, the recently released action roguelike from Supergiant Games—well, all of us except for DJ!
Timestamps:
Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 00:01:07
Mario's Super Picross - 00:10:02
Guardian Sphere - 00:13:45
Touhou: Luna Nights - 00:18:01
DOOM: Eternal - 00:22:13
Hades - 00:26:35
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Sunday Nov 01, 2020
074: This is My Comfort Food
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. Kevin's been gushing about New Super Lucky's Tale like crazy lately, so Randall & Tina booted it up this week to plow through a few more levels; once again, thanks to Xbox Game Pass.
Speaking of Game Pass, Randall & Kevin are loving the retro-arcade vibes of Hotshot Racing, which hearkens back to SEGA's best low-poly arcade racers, Outrun & Virtua Racing.
After that, DJ & Kevin dig deep into a couple of turn-based roguelikes, starting with Invisible, Inc., just before Kevin's PS Plus subscription expires. After that, we finally get around to discussing Haque from Kevin Cole & the rest of the team at SuperTry Studios.
Randall & Kevin close us out with a commitment to play & discuss The Gardens Between in the near future, once again thanks to our Xbox Game Pass subscriptions.
Timestamps:
New Super Lucky's Tale - 00:01:55
Hotshot Racing - 00:09:39
Invisible, Inc. - 00:17:40
Haque - 00:30:18
Syncing up on Xbox Game Pass - 00:46:04
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Saturday Oct 31, 2020
073: I‘m in My Mid-30s With a Family...
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. DJ kicks us off this week with a trifecta of games that he's been playing since we chatted last. He's conquered Civilization VI from virtually every angle, earned a victory in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and started up DOOM: Eternal—and he's encouraging us all to check it out!
Speaking of conquering games, Randall finally wraps up Monster Boy & The Cursed Kingdom and shares a few general metroidvania thoughts after seeing the credits roll! And now that Monster Boy is wrapped up, he's hopping back on the board for some more Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2 HD.
John scooped up inbento from Afterburn games right before we started recording and got sucked into the clever puzzle mechanics, wordless storytelling, & super cute aesthetics.
Kevin closes things out with Indivisible, a sidescrolling platformer with turn-based combat that draws close comparisons to the Mario & Luigi series of RPGs on Nintendo's handheld consoles.
Timestamps:
Civilization VI - 00:01:55
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - 00:06:42
DOOM: Eternal - 00:10:04
Monster Boy & The Cursed Kingdom - 00:13:15
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2 HD - 00:17:50
inbento - 00:24:04
Indivisible - 00:33:30
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