Pursuing Pixels

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  John is back once again, filling in for DJ this week.  Randall and Kevin descend beneath the surface and look to set the record straight on Chasm.  20 SNES games have finally arrived on the Nintendo Switch—we have a quick round table highlighting what we've been playing since they arrived, including Stunt Race FX, F-Zero, Breath of Fire, & more.  Kevin gives a quick update on his time with No Man's Sky, and continues his space travels with Astroneer & Void Bastards (both available on XBox Game Pass).  John and Kevin wrap things up with some early impressions of Risk of Rain 2, and they can't wait to play more!
 
Timestamps:
Chasm  -  00:02:11
SNES on Nintendo Switch Online  -  00:20:47
↳  Stunt Race FX  -  00:22:41
↳  F-Zero  -  00:28:01
↳  Super Soccer / Super Tennis  -  00:31:17
↳  Breath of Fire  -  00:33:37
No Man's Sky  -  00:40:08
Astroneer  -  00:44:04
Void Bastards  -  00:46:41
Risk of Rain 2  -  00:54:35
 
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Welcome back to Pursing Pixels.  John joins us once again this week, doing his best to keep us relevant with Fire Emblem: Three Houses.  Kevin and DJ build a couple empires of their own in Kingdom: New Lands.  Kevin and Randall follow that up with a look at the quickly-forgotten action-puzzler on the Switch/3DS, Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido.  We wrap things up with a little more Nintendo talk, discussing the two most recent additions to the Switch's NES Online offerings.  Randall takes a stroll down memory lane with Kung Fu Heroes, while Kevin takes a look at an overlooked gem, Vice: Project Doom.
 
Timestamps:
Kingdom: New Lands  -  00:01:44
Fire Emblem: Three Houses  -  00:20:20
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido  -  00:35:12
NES on Nintendo Switch Online  -  00:48:19
↳  Kung Fu Heroes  -  00:49:00
↳  Vice: Project Doom  -  00:54:09
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels—and welcome back to our good buddy John Heinze, who joins us once again for another Game of the Month episode.  For the month of August, we the fight the battle of Mechs vs. Veks in Into the Breach, another roguelike (chess-like?) strategy game.  Kevin finally gets around to grabbing (and playing) Super Hot after it was surprisingly released during the Nintendo Indie World showcase.  John continues convincing the rest of us to play Dragon Quest Builders 2, digging into some of the new Season Pass DLC.  We also rekindle our love for the wonderful (and super cheap) cooperative card game, Hanabi, after playing it again at John's 'bachelor party' over the weekend.
 
Timestamps:
Into the Breach - 00:01:00
Super Hot - 00:26:27
Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Season Pass/DLC) - 00:41:49
Hanabi (card game) - 00:52:47
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  It was a busy week, but as always, we still managed to squeeze in quite a few games.  DJ reminisces about the SOCOM days on the PS2 as he checks out some of the online modes in Sniper Elite 4.  Kevin and Randall check out a couple of newer bulltethell shmup releases, one a re-release/re-imagining of a 'classic' arcade series in the Vasara Collection, and the other being a newer, zany indie title, Q-Yo Blaster.  DJ (finally) polishes off Geralt's main quest in The Witcher III, though the DLC may end up calling his name in the future.  Kevin recalls the first harrowing hours of his journey into No Man's Sky.  Randall gets the retro juices flowing once again with ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove, a sequel to the games that were initially released on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.  Randall and Kevin keep things cooking with Battle Chef Brigade: Deluxe—something tells me we'll be coming back for seconds!
 
Timestamps:
Sniper Elite 4 (Online)  -  00:01:11
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt  -  00:03:07
No Man's Sky  -  00:10:32
Vasara Collection  -  00:20:11
Q-Yo Blaster  -  00:32:56
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove  -  00:42:20
Battle Chef Brigade: Deluxe  -  00:52:11
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We kick things off with a little expert analysis on a game that none of us have played, No Man's Sky, which just received its new Beyond update, also being dubbed '2.0.'  Randall and DJ race through the Wipeout: Omega Collection.  DJ steers the conversation towards Sniper Elite 4, the former and the latter both 'free' offerings on PS Plus this month.  Randall follows that up with more 'free' games courtesy of the NES online service on Switch—a couple of semi-overlooked titles from the original NES library, Wario's Woods & Donkey Kong 3.  We go faux-retro after that and talk a couple of classic indie games in Super Meat Boy & Fez.  Randall and Kevin finish things off with a three-dimensional Super Meat Boy of sorts, RAZED, and a brief tease of our GOTM, Into the Breach.
 
Timestamps:
No Man's Sky  -  00:01:16
Wipeout: Omega Collection  -  00:10:54
Sniper Elite 4  -  00:20:16
NES on Nintendo Switch Online  -  00:29:44
↳  Wario's Woods  -  00:31.47
↳  Donkey Kong 3  -  00:37:03
Super Meat Boy  -  00:43:08
Fez  -  00:55:53
RAZED  -  01:10:25
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  It's been a long, draining week, but somehow we've all managed to squeeze in quite a bit of gaming.  We kick things off by revisiting one of our favorite 2D platformers, Celeste, inspired a great video from Game Maker's Toolkit.  Randall channels his inner 'Tommy' and gives us all a free history lesson on pinball, bouncing around between a handful of video pinball titles from the Wii to the Switch.  Kevin dips into the opening hours of Cosmic Star Heroine and is finding a really nice, streamlined JRPG experience thus far.  DJ is still closing off avenues in The Witcher III, while also keeping up his usual streak of plowing through indie titles one after another, revisiting Duke of Defense from last week.  Kevin & Randall also do a little revisiting of their own, sinking even more time into their current obsessions of Eagle Island & NBA2K19, respectively.  And Randall brings us back into the past once again with yet another competitive puzzler from the N64 era, Pokémon Puzzle League.
 
Timestamps:
Celeste  -  00:05:53
Video Game Pinball  -  00:32:21
↳  HOF Williams Collection
↳  The Pinball Arcade
↳  Stern Pinball Arcade
↳  Pinball FX 3  -  00:32:21
Duke of Defense  -  00:48:04
Eagle Island  -  00:58:36
Pokémon Puzzle League  -  01:03:57
The Withcher III: Wild Hunt  -  01:15:51
↳  Gwent
Cosmic Star Heroine  -  01:22:08
NBA 2K19  -  01:32:46
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, we have a highly anticipated appearance from John Heinze, as he joins us to talk about July's Game of the Month, the Castlevania-inspired Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon.  We 'casually' roll through a longer-than-usual discussion on that, and slip right into a follow-up from John, who has also been putting a ton of time into the recently released successor to Curse of the Moon, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.  Kevin & Randall talk another 8-bit throwback release from Inti Creates, this time drawing inspiration from the Mega Man series, in Mighty Gunvolt Burst.  DJ scoops up Duke of Defense on the cheap just before recording the cast and discusses the first little chunk of the cooperative tower defense experience with Kevin—and in turn, talk us all into snagging this one as soon as we finished the recording.  Randall & John dig up a few dead bodies, and into a discussion on the recently-released Dragon Quest Builders 2, and its predecessor, to close us out this week.  
 
Timestamps:
 Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon  -  00:02:57
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night  -  00:35:09
Mighty Gunvolt Burst  -  00:50:43
Duke of Defense  -  01:01:38
Dragon Quest Builder's 2  -  01:09:32
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We've got another jam-packed week of gaming to discuss, so let's get right into it. 
Kevin & DJ follow-up on their time with a couple of games from last week, Eagle Island & The Witcher III.  They also start channeling their inner Babe Ruth, calling shots in the new Astro Bears update with online Jetfish(?) leaderboards—perhaps it's all of the fine spirits we consume?  DJ also starts stacking his deck in Gwent, a formerly-fictional card game set in The Witcher universe.  Kevin & Randall scoop up Membrane on the cheap and discover a nifty little physics-based puzzle platformer, while DJ is a little let down by Nefarious, another game he snagged in a recent sale.  The ground is literally lava in Space Dave! & Randall cools things down with another super tough shmup from way back in the Genesis/Mega Drive days, the Sega Ages remastered Lightening Force aka Thunder Force IV.  Kevin plays along with the shmups, and appears to be a glutton for punishment, as he's back into TumbleSeed, and also checks out the two-player versus mode with DJ that was added after its initial release.
 
Timestamps:
Membrane  -  00:02:06
8 Bit Invaders  -  00:14:31
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt  -  00:22:09
↳  Gwent  -  00:30:18
Eagle Island  -  00:33:32
TumbleSeed  -  00:42:45
Lightening Force / Thunder Force IV (Sega Ages)  -  00:52:07
Space Dave!  -  01:01:28
Nefarious  -  01:11:11
Astro Bears  -  01:20:34
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  Ahhh...that's more like it.  We're back to our more typical habits this week, and polishing off games that we've talked about in previous episodes.  Uncle Randall is back on his bullshit, trying to rebuild the Pistons from scratch around Blake Griffin in NBA 2K19.  But can he get past LeBron?  He also plays Miles & Kilo along with Kevin, who actually finishes a game for once.  Kevin & DJ also check out the demo for a brand new, local/online multiplayer game, Lethal League Blaze—a fighting game, baseball hybrid?!  Kevin rounds out his week with a couple more platformers—one, an action-puzzler, MagiCat, and the other...you guessed it...a roguelite, just released this week, Eagle Island.  Randall highlights a personal favorite of his on the Switch, Marble it Up!, a Super Monkey Ball/Marble Madness spiritual successor of sorts.  DJ beats the The Messenger twice and proceeds to turning his brain off to revisit an old past time of competitive online gaming.  He's back on Uncharted & Rocket League this week, and he won't stop until he wins a game, goddammit!
 
Timestamps:
Lethal League Blaze  -  00:03:22
Miles & Kilo  -  00:12:31
The Messenger: Picnic Panic DLC  -  00:22:50
MagiCat  -  00:30:15
Marble it Up!  -  00:38:05
Uncharted: Lost Legacy  -  00:46:50
↳  Uncharted 4: Online Multiplayer
Rocket League  -  00:50:22
Eagle Island  -  00:55:06
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt  -  01:06:21
NBA 2K19  -  01:14:15
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing...Polygons?  We kick things off with a journey off the beaten path with a trio of three-dimensional, Triple-A experiences.  Kevin finally starts tackling the Divine Beasts after 100+ hours of Breath of the Wild.  DJ makes quick work (per usual) of Chloe's adventures in Uncharted: Lost Legacy.  And Randall ventures back into the void that is NBA 2K19.  We stick around in the wonderful world of 'sports' for a little while longer with OlliOlli: Switch Stance & Pato Box, and DJ gets us back on track with a couple of side-scrolling platformers, The Messenger & Ink.
 
Timestamps:
Nintendo Switch Lite announcement  -  00:01:19
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild  -  00:11:01
Uncharted: Lost Legacy  -  00:22:35
NBA 2K19  -  00:33:04
OlliOlli: Switch Stance  -  00:41:50
Pato Box  -  00:49:24
The Messenger  -  00:57:51
Ink  -  01:07:44
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  Sorry for the delay on posting the episode this week in lieu of the holiday.
That said, with the little bit of extra time this week, we were all able to squeeze in some pretty serious gaming. To kick things off, we spend a little time (some of us, a lot) blowing away baddies in 20XX.  DJ plows through Venture Kid, yet another game with heavy Mega Man influences.  We dive into a trifecta of Nintendo releases, new and old, with Super Mario Maker 2, Box Boy! + Box Girl!, & Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker—all of which offer up some pretty stellar cooperative experiences.  DJ finally conquers Bad North and also gets started on The Messenger.  And finally, we wrap things up with Killer Queen, which is slated for release on Nintendo Switch & Steam very soon.  
We're also going to be veering from our original format a bit and switching to a game of the month (GOTM), as opposed to selecting a new game each week.  It was proving to be a little bit overwhelming, and also ended up dictating our gaming habits.  Plus, this will give anyone who wants to play along ample time to stay caught up—but who are we fooling?  We're doing this for our own sanity...
 
Timestamps:
20XX  -  00:01:35
Venture Kid  -  (00:15:57
Super Mario Maker 2  -  00:22:55
Box Boy! + Box Girl!  -  00:38:35
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker  -  00:51:42
Bad North  -  01:02:36
The Messenger  -  01:08:17
Killer Queen  -  01:09:35
 
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 Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, we start the morning out right with an intense action-arcade puzzler, #Breakforcist Battle.  Randall and DJ revisit a couple of games from last week—Randall polishes of Crocus and follows up on the remainder of his time with Blossom Tales, while DJ treads into the relentless waters of Bad North.  Kevin scratches beneath the surface of the procedurally-generated dungeons in Unexplored, finally has a little fun playing Splatoon 2, and chips in to save par with a nifty little card-based puzzler with some serious headscratchers, Golf Peaks. 
 
Timestamps:
#Breakforcist Battle  -  00:01:17
Splatoon 2  -  00:18:50
Bad North  -  00:32:51
UnExplored  -  00:45:28
Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King  -  00:53:35
Golf Peaks  -  01:03:36
 
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...or did he?  Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week we talk the criminally-overlooked adventure game, Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King.  We inevitably get sidetracked into a little Legend of Zelda discussion as well, as the comparisons are impossible to deny (in a good way).  Kevin plays yet another roguelike this week with the minimalist-ish RTS game, Bad North.  DJ tries to stay awake with a solo play through of Cuphead.  And Randall shows off his competitive side with a double dose of competitive puzzlers, Puyo Puyo Champions & Super Puzzle Fighter II.  We also briefly follow up on The Swords of Ditto from last week.
 
Timestamps:
Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King  -  00:01:15
↳  The Legend of Zelda series  -  00:23:55
The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse  -  00:31:04
Puyo Puyo Champions  -  00:37:10
Cuphead  -  00:47:15
Bad North  -  01:03:45
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo: HD Remix  -  01:17:21
next week's game - 01:34:27
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week we have a few (too many?) drinks as we discuss the kinetic new release from Gabe Cuzillo, Bennet Foddy, Matt Boch, & indie publishing powerhouse Devolver Digital, Ape Out.  Kevin also follows up on last week's game with the spiritual successor to Sonic, Freedom Planet--just announced as a physical release from Limited Run Games.  Randall also goes old school and plays some Battle Circuit—previously unreleased outside of Japan—from the Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle.  DJ races into our hearts with the competitive multiplayer racer, Onrush.  Kevin & DJ also breeze through the beginning stages of The Swords of Ditto and Randy snags NBA 2K19 on the cheap and explores an old addiction.
 
Timestamps:
Ape Out  -  00:01:18
Onrush  -  00:21:51
Freedom Planet  -  00:33:41
Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle  -  00:43:39
↳  Battle Circuit
The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse  -  00:50:57
NBA 2K19  -  01:03:48
next week's game  -  01:12:12
 
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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, we get maniacal with the most recent 2D Sonic the Hedgehog game (and perhaps the best one to date?).  DJ also hits the ramps in Trials: Fusion, while Kevin and Randy tackle a couple of new releases from indie-publishing giants Devolver Digital & Nicalis) in Gato Roboto and Crystal Crisis, respectively. 
 
Timestamps:
Sonic Mania: Plus  -  00:01:48
Trials: Fusion  -  00:30:37
Crystal Crisis  -  00:44:30
Gato Roboto  -  00:59:11
Next week's game  -  01:10:25
 
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