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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  John & Randall are still chipping away at Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and go into more depth on the game's pros & cons.  Kevin polished off the rest of Wilmot's Warehouse & was also able to play through the entirety of Pikuniku, which was recently added to Xbox Game Pass.  John & Kevin also talk about their SNES Stream from a couple weeks back—we checked out Kirby's Dream Land 3 primarily, but also dipped our toes into Puyo Puyo 2 & Pop'n TwinBee, neither of which were released in America prior to their arrival on Nintendo Switch.  We close things out with a discussion about Okami HD, which evolves into a conversation about when it's time to throw in the towel.
 
Timestamps:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons  -  00:01:08
Wilmot's Warehouse  -  00:17:53
Pikuniku  -  00:22:38
Super Nintendo Streaming  -  00:27:17
↳  (Kirby's Dream Land 3, Puyo Puyo 2, & Pop'n TwinBee)
 Okami HD - 00:39:47
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We're still locked down in quarantine mode and hope you're all staying healthy and safe.  Thankfully video games have been keeping us nice and distracted in these trying times—so distracted that we completely forgot to say the name of our first game of the week, Children of Morta, which we've got widely differing opinions on.  Kevin's also still chipping away at Caveblazers, and briefly talks about some of his recent runs and streams on our Twitch channel.  He also finally gets around to playing Wilmot's Warehouse, which John recommended a while back on the podcast.  We wrap things up with a sale discussion, kicked off by a brief chat about Conduct Together!, which we all picked up for the criminally low price of a penny on the Nintendo Switch eshop. 
 
Timestamps:
Children of Morta  -  00:01:43
Caveblazers  -  00:21:57
Wilmot's Warehouse  -  00:27:19
Conduct Together!  -  00:35:08
↳  Brief discussion on MEGA sales  -  00:40:51
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, John plows through Forager and is ready to get that cartridge back over to Kevin so he can finally dip his toes into the dungeons.  From there, Randall & John are living that island life in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.  Kevin & Randall both check out The Watcher, the latest addition to the roster of playable characters in Slay the Spire.  Kevin wraps things up with one of his most anticipated sequel-of-sorts, Exit the Gungeon.
 
Timestamps:
Forager  -  00:01:37
Animal Crossing: New Horizons  -  00:07:11
Slay the Spire (The Watcher Update)  -  00:23:44
Exit the Gungeon  -  00:32:32
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We're all over the map this week, with DJ & Kevin kicking things off by finally getting around to playing Mark of the Ninja: Remastered.  Randall throws in the towel on Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and goes back to his previous JRPG love, Dragon Quest XI.  John dusts off his GameCube and attempts to break Metroid Prime for the umpteenth time.  Randall & Kevin wrap things up with some retro talk, with Randall zigzagging back and forth across the field in Tecmo Bowl, and Kevin reminiscing about an old favorite, Super Mario World—both of which are available on Nintendo Switch via the Nintendo Switch Online service!
 
Timestamps:
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered  -  00:01:12
Xenoblade Chronicles 2  -  00:18:28
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age  -  00:26:13
Metroid Prime  -  00:27:57
Tecmo Bowl  -  00:42:00
Super Mario World  -  00:48:27
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We're all back this week and talking some video games—and doing our best to keep ourselves distracted.  Kevin is still hooked on Forager...to the point where he's pawned the cartridge off on John in order to move onto to something new next week.  John is in a similar boat, and gets into the minutia of Rune Factory 4: Special, which was recently re-released on Switch.  DJ gets into a couple of horror games, with SOMA & Resident Evil &: Biohazard—and Kevin invites John & DJ over to do some horror game streaming in the (hopefully near) future.  Randall closes us out with another, much needed, NBA2K20 fix, in lieu of the remainder of the 2020 season.
 
Timestamps:
Forager  -  00:06:08
Rune Factory 4: Special  -  00:13:25
SOMA  -  00:25:46
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard  -  00:34:48
NBA2K20  -  00:40:16
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, Randall's keeping the retro train rolling once again with the (somewhat) recent re-release of Disney Classic Games: Aladdin & The Lion King.  Kevin is completely obsessed with Forager, and has already dumped 12+ hours into making those numbers go up.  DJ & John test the limits of their rhythmic sensibilities with TERRORHYTHM (TRRT), a solid music-based brawler of sorts.  Kevin & John wrap things up with Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story, a charming-as-heck bullethell shmup with loads of character and various difficulty settings for all types of players.
 
Timestamps:
Disney Classic Games  -  00:01:57
↳  Aladdin & The Lion King
Forager  -  00:17:24
TERRORHYTHM (TRRT)  -  00:32:46
Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story  -  00:48:06
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, we're back in JRPG mode, as Randall gets pretty deep into Xenoblade Chronicles 2, while Kevin plays a bit of catch up—also rekindling John's love for this game.  DJ is still chipping away at Baba is You, and is getting well into the meta late game—yes, he's seen the credits roll, but what does that even mean?  John dusts off his copy of Advance Wars: Dual Strike on Nintendo DS after our WarGroove conversation a couple of weeks back, and we talk a bit about the pros & cons of each game's approach.  Kevin wraps things up with some more Titanfall 2 and kicks DJ's initial game challenge back over to Randall (and the rest of the gang), who will be playing Minit in the (somewhat) near future.
 
Timestamps:
Xenoblade Chronicles 2  -  00:01:15
Baba is You  -  00:28:15
Advance Wars: Dual Strike & WarGroove  -  00:42:23
Titanfall 2  -  00:52:12
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  The whole gang is here again and we're going back to our roots, squeezing in a little chaos mode (aka 4v4) in Rocket League before recording today's episode.  John also talks a bunch about the newly released console edition of Kentucky Route Zero—we also get into a bit of a lengthy chat about story-driven games in general, each of us coming at the genre from a pretty diverse set of angles.  Kevin gripes a bit about Rogue Singularity, but is having a pretty good time with it overall, in spite of its considerable levels of jank.  And everyone but Randall is still playing Wizard of Legend...and it's still getting the best of us (even DJ?!?).
 
Timestamps:
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition  -  00:01:39
Rogue Singularity  -  00:28:06
Wizard of Legend  -  00:34:58
Rocket League  -  00:42:21
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, Kevin finally puts his money where his mouth is and heads over to the Krytpon VR Lounge with DJ & John, per DJ's suggestion.  We play a little Super Hot, Beat Saber, Spider-Man, and a few other various virtual reality experiences.  From there, it's back to the strategical battlefield—Kevin, Randall, & John are heading into the trenches with WarGroove, while DJ is hunkering down at his desk with the newly remastered Warcraft III: Reforged.
 
Timestamps:
Virtual Reality  -  00:01:23
↳  (Beat Saber, Super Hot, Spider-Man, etc.)
WarGroove  -  00:25:17
Warcraft III: Reforged  -  00:47:24
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We're missing Randall once again, but we'll be back to full-strength next week!  In the meantime, John (and his wife Lauren) are getting into shape with Ring Fit Adventure—and we get a second wholehearted endorsement for Nintendo's exercise-JRPG hybrid.  DJ's hitting the rails with some sort of two-wheeled unicycle (also known as a bike?) in FutureGrind.  Kevin keeps the retro train rolling in Randall's absence once again, this time going with Kirby Super Star.  We talk a little more about everyone's favorite pink puffball after that, as DJ & John resist digging into their wallets while playing through Super Kirby Clash, a free-to-play incarnation of the franchise on Nintendo Switch.  We wrap things up with Super Time Force Ultra, which incorporates the concept of time travel into gameplay in some incredibly clever (and insane) ways.
 
Timestamps:
Ring Fit Adventure  -  00:01:15
FutureGrind  -  00:13:46
Kirby Super Star  -  00:23:55
Super Kirby Clash  -  00:32:24
Super Time Force Ultra  -  00:40:34
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We're rolling without Randall for a couple of weeks while he prepares for finals, but Kevin is keeping the retro torch lit in his stead, following up on our Metroidvania discussion from a few weeks ago with a little Super Metroid.  DJ kicks us off with a recap of his time on Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea, a wrestling-themed cruise (as the name would imply), and even finds himself roped into a small poker tournament.  John is still playing Risk of Rain 2, and there are a bunch of new updates since the last time we talked about it!  We also check out the new, free Thundering Keep DLC for Wizard of Legend, yet another roguelike action game.  Kevin & John also dip their toes into Titanfall 2, taking DJ up on his challenge from a few weeks back—we'll definitely be getting more to this game in the near(-ish) future.
 
Timestamps:
Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea - 00:01:23
↳  (DJ discusses his recent voyage, including: AEW Wrestling, his time at the casino, and a poker tournament that he got himself roped into...)
Risk of Rain 2  -  00:15:53
Wizard of Legend (Thundering Keep Update)  -  00:23:15
Super Metroid  -  00:32:40
Titanfall 2 (tease)  -  00:45:35
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, Randall is back on the retro train, taking full advantage of the SNES games available via the Nintendo Switch Online service—this time, he's discovered a newfound fondness for Super Punch-Out!!, primarily having experience with the NES original.  He follows that up with another title from the immaculately-preserved Sega Ages lineup, Virtua Racing.  We kick things off with a follow-up from John on Ashen, discussing some more of the dungeon mechanics—and he's getting awfully close to the end of the game.  Kevin talks a bit about Gris, an absolutely stunning work of art, that happens to have a clever little puzzle-platformer attached to it.  DJ wraps things up with an old favorite pastime of ours, Catan, though this time he's playing on the Nintendo Switch and we discuss the (mostly) pros & (a few small) cons of digital board games.
 
Timestamps:
Ashen  -  00:01:35
Gris  -  00:11:56
Super Punch-Out!!  -  00:18:15
Sega Ages: Virtua Racing  -  00:27:54
Catan  -  00:31:50
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, it's ALL Metroidvanias—or maybe action-adventure platformers?  Whatever you wanna call them, we tackle a couple of games that we're checking out for the first time, and also get DJ's thoughts on a PP favorite, Chasm.  Before we get to that, followed by an open-ended Metroidvania discussion, we all sunk a little time into Ori and the Blind Forest in anticipation for the game's sequel, which comes out in a couple of months.  John & Kevin also take a look at yet another Metroidvania with procedurally-generated roguelike elements, A Robot Named Fight!, which is the game that sparked the discussion to begin with. 
 
Timestamps:
Ori and the Blind Forest  -  00:01:19
A Robot Named Fight!  -  00:19:31
Chasm  -  00:28:34
*Metroidvania Discussion  -  00:32:32
* (Eagle Island, Metroid Fusion, Yoku's Island Express, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Super Metroid, Gato Roboto, Hollow Knight, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, Kevin's still playing Slay the Spire—and is finally able to conquer the game thanks to some tips from Randall.  Kevin is also getting pretty deep into Sparklite, and talks a little bit about the roguelite hack-and-slash adventure with John, who just booted it up a few days ago.  Randall & John each dig into some of the more recent additions to the SNES library of games available via the Nintendo Switch Online service—Randall plays all the way through the previously-unreleased Star Fox 2 (why was this game not released again?!?) & John takes us on a journey through a semi-forgotten Capcom JRPG series, Breath of Fire 2.  John & Kevin wrap things up with the short, sweet, and honestly pretty challenging, Whipseey & The Lost Atlas, which certainly takes a visual cue or two from everyone's favorite pink puffball.
 
Timestamps:
Slay the Spire  -  00:02:13
Sparklite  -  00:08:18
Star Fox 2  -  00:18:41
Breath of Fire 2  -  00:32:40
Whipseey & The Lost Atlas  -  00:42:01
 
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Welcome back to Pursing Pixels.  After wrapping up 2019 last week, we're ready to keep things rolling into the new year, and back to our usual episode antics.  Some of us are still playing Slay the Spire, but that should come as little surprise to anyone.  Apart from that, Randall & John talk a little SteamWorld Quest, another card-based RPG.  Kevin & DJ pass the controller back and forth with Cluster Truck thanks to Kevin's Xbox Game Pass subscription before moving along to a truly cooperative experience with Strikey Sisters, a Breakout clone with a ton of charm & 16-bit style.  DJ & John kick things off with Bleep Bloop, a super clever little puzzler that was getting everyone in on the action.
 
Timestamps:
Bleep Bloop  -  00:01:22
SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech  -  00:14:20
Clustertruck  -  00:28:14
Strikey Sisters  -  00:34:51
Slay the Spire  -  00:41:43
 
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