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Pixel Radio
by Pixel Radio
We do podcasts about culture (mostly video games) from an analytical perspective, trying to ask the "why" questions so we can all learn something together.
Episodes
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Games and Booze Ep. #44 - How Many Games is Too Many Games?
PAX 2019 was fun! We talk about that a bit and about what makes a genre over-saturated.
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Games and Booze Ep. #43 - We're All Ninjas Really
Ninja is on Mixer, Twitch is showing porn on his channel, the Epic store and Steam continue their battles and we're here to talk all of it as we talk about the role of these platforms in the growing gaming community and what we as consumers can do about it.
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Games and Booze Ep. #42 - Who Says You Can't Go Back?
We're finally back in the saddle! And speaking of saddles, since summer is a time for kicking back and doing all the things you couldn't do in the winter, we're talking about getting back into games. What stops you? What brings you back to a game? Tune in and find out!
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Games and Booze Ep. #41 - Zach is Addicted to Stardew Valley
In this episode, Zach has been addicted to Stardew Valley and it's up to the gang to determine if this is a bad thing, why some games are so addictive, and why does it bother us when we spend time on some games vs. others.
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Games and Booze Ep. #40 - Board Game Extravaganza
Well, well, well, we're finally back! Listen, we're not just fans of video games, we're fans of board games too, so check out this episode where we compare the two and figure out what makes a board game work, as well as if there are any board games that feel like video games.
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Games and Booze Ep. #39 - What is Esports Missing?
In which the gang gets together for a rousing discussion of what esports needs as en entity in order to gain have comparable mind share in the general American population to the other major sports, what it's missing and what obstacles are inherent to that form of competition. We also discuss why...
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Games and Booze Ep. #38 - Don't Cross the Streams
Congrats to NicroVeda on the first ever sub-hour speedrun of Super Mario Odyssey! Hooo boy, we have a lot to catch you up on this week. Google's got their streaming system on the way, Halo is coming to steam, Link/Zelda are in a rhythm game. What is the world coming to?
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Games and Booze Ep. #37 - Reggie Fils-Aime, Apex Legends and...Tetris?
We catch up on all the news and games from the time since we've been buried under snow! Who would have guessed that the two biggest games and arguably best games of the year so far would be battle royale games? And who would have guessed that one of them would be Tetris? We discuss all of that…
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Games and Booze Ep. #36 - Our 2019 Predictions: 2003 Edition
Man, it really seems like all the games coming out this year are long awaited sequels to games from the mid 2000s, doesn't it? We've got Kingdom Hearts III, Shenmue 3, Luigi's Mansion 3, Gears of War 5...ok maybe not that last one... We give our predictions for the year to come, and talk about...
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Games and Booze Ep. #35 - 2018 In Review: GOTY Edition
2018 has come and gone! And now it's time to figure out our GOTY! What's GOTY? Is it Giving Out Tons of Yachts? Glorifying Okra Tactfully on Yelp? Great Owls Talking Yoga? No! It's our Game(s) of the Year! 2018 had some great ones, so who gets our award?
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Games and Booze Ep. #34 - The Carlo and Zach Smash Show
Smash is out and we've been so busy playing it we've barely had time to get an episode out! Zach and Carlo spend some time talking about the newest installment in Nintendo's bonkers beat-em-up and all of the happenings within.
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Games and Booze Ep. #33 - The Evelyn and Christine Pokemon Show
Pokemon Let's Go came out the same week as Pokemon Go community weekend so Christine and Evelyn had a whoooooole lot to talk about. Also we talk Hitman and why Zach should give the new ones a shot, when he really didn't care for Hitman Absolution.
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Games and Booze Ep. #32 - A Black Friday Filled with Pokemon
It's just about the most wonderful time of the year. Or maybe that's the steam summer sale...Oh Well. Anyway, the holidays are coming up, so you know what that means; It's time to buy some gifts on black friday for that special gamer someone in your life! We tell you what things to buy, what…
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Games and Booze Ep. # 31 - Get Out and Vote Edition!
It's that time of the year. The most important time for us folks in the United States. Election time! What, you thought I was gonna say Halloween? Or Red Dead Redemption 2? Or Hitman 2? Or Pokemon: Let's Go? Those are all well and good, but before you sit down to play those games, vote! Oh and…
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Games and Booze Ep. #30 - PAX and the Pox on Game Studios
Wow! We're back! It's been so long...I'd tell you about how we were off wandering the wilderness for the last few weeks but...well actually that isn't too far from the truth...Anyway, we're back and we're here to catch you up on everything from PAX (that we can remember) and to talk about major...
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Games and Booze Ep. #29 - It All Comes Back to PAX
Once again, folks, it's time for PAX Prime! And we're here to get you totally ready for it. We talk what we're excited about, what we wish we'd known before our first PAX for newbies and trends that we're going to see a lot more of throughout PAX and the future of gaming. Enjoy!
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Games and Booze Ep. #28 - Games for Your Grandpa
We're back, we're back! With a topic that we all care about but is especially Christine's baby; Accessibility in Gaming! What games are best for people with disabilities, what creative things have we seen games do to try and bring in new audiences and what would we like to see game makers do.…
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Games and Booze Ep. #27 - History Shmistory
Obviously, people have really been talking about historical accuracy in games these days and we thought we'd bring in our Hot Taeks. In case you're wondering, while we state our opinions on the current controversy, we also try to step outside it to give a broader perspective and ask when…
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Games and Booze Ep. #26 - E3? E3?! E3!!!
T'was the day after E3 and all through the land The kids played some Fortnite, and listened to bands "So many games..." they whispered with glee For Sony, Xbox, the Switch and PC Hot takes they flew like a fleet of balloons And pirate games filled with tons of doubloons Who could make the...
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Games and Booze Ep. #25 - The Gang Goes Hard
This episode, the Pixel Radio crew talks about the recent trend of games becoming more difficult and the praise they're getting for it. Is it a good thing? Bad thing? Bit of both? We try to figure that out! Also we have our first bleep ever! Hooray!
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Games and Booze Ep. #24 - Things We Hate About Things We Love
We think it's very important to acknowledge that the things that we love aren't perfect. So that's what this episode is about! Let us know the criticisms that you have about your favorite games!
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Games and Booze Ep. #23 - There Was Whiskey
It turns out, we're still playing Far Cry 5 and Sea of Thieves (this was recorded before God of War you see), and we've been inspired by both games to talk about spectacle in a game and if it can distract from the game or hurt a game as a whole. What do you think?
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Games and Booze Ep. #22 - Lone Coyotes in the Open Sea
We're playing Far Cry 5! And Sea of Thieves! What do we think about them? Well you'll just have to listen to the episode to find out, as well as our hopes and dreams for the games in the future. Stay tuned!
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Games and Booze Ep. #21 - How to Make a Good Video Game Movie
Welcome to episode 21! We're old enough to drink now! And just like a 21 year old coming off of their birthday party, all we want to do is sit around and watch movies. It's too bad all the video game movies are terrible. So let's talk about why they're terrible and what we can do to make them...
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Games and Booze Ep. #20 - Zach Loses His Mind
Presenting, for your enjoyment, this podcast, in which the gang gets a little loopy (well, mostly Zach does) and talks about if games can be based on a true story the way that movies or other media can as well as if there are equivalent statements that seem to be instant critical bumps. Zach…
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Games and Booze Ep. #19 - Creators and Creations
Hooo boy this is a heavy one. In this one we mostly get into the issue of racism and how do you reconcile problematic material or problematic creators with games or other media that is good outside of that. Not a lot of jokes in it this time. Oh, but we do also talk about some other pet peeves we...
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Games and Booze Ep. #18 - The Peaceful and Non-Threatening Rise of eSports
The podcast is legal! We can vote! Go to casinos! Deal with the crushing ennui of adult responsibilities! Get a tattoo! So many things, but for right now we're just podcasting. Zach, Carlo and Christine talk Dragonball FighterZ, dating sims and in our main topic, what the world of esports will…
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Games and Booze Ep. #17 - No Carlo, Yes Labo
Carlo is out of town and boy he did not miss much. Everybody is still working through their holiday coma and there's just not a lot of news right now, and no Carlo to keep us on track or school us on all the games we're not playing, so mostly we talk about Labo a lot, if we want it and how weird...
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Games and Booze Ep. #16 - Predictions for 2018; We're Dumb Edition
Happy New Year Ya'll! The mess that was 2017 is over! Now the mess that is 2018 begins and boy do we have predictions for you about what the new year holds for us gamers. Short version, 2017 was bad for everything but video games and there's no way 2018 will live up to it. Optimism! Hooray!
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Games and Booze Ep. #15 - The Year in Games: 2017, or Carlo Likes Nier
Spoiler: Carlo likes Nier: Automata. A lot. Like really a lot. And he wants to tell you about it. A lot. Happy Holidays and Happy 2018! Let's hope 2018 goes a little better than 2017 (my hopes are not high - Zach). In celebration of the new year and to say goodbye to the old one, this podcast we…
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Games and Booze Ep. #14 - Battle Chefs and Battlefront
Hoo boy this one is a long one. We had a lot to talk about regarding all the controversy around Star Wars Battlefront though, and we wanted to really give it the time it deserves. If that's not your jam though, don't worry, we also spent a ton of time talking about a dark horse game that Zach,...
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Games and Booze Ep. #13 - Not Your Parents Podcast
Fair warning, this one gets a little bit dirty towards the end. We may not have been a family friendly podcast ever but this definitely cements that. Listen to us talk about Mario Odyssey, Extra Life and the beginning of the controversy surrounding Battlefront II (we recorded before things got...
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Games and Booze Ep. #12 - This Time With Whiskey
Carlo brought us presents from Japan! What a nice guy! Everybody can always use a friend like that (cue the Randy Newman). All of us drank whiskey in celebration, talked about how excited we are to play Mario Odyssey and explored the possibility and implications of teaching video games in school....
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Games and Booze Ep. #11 - Welcome Christine!
Christine joins the group as a regular member! Hooray for the lot of us! We celebrate by talking about the "controversy" surrounding the new Wolfenstein game and lamenting the current political climate where it's deemed a controversy as well as talking about developers asking that their games not...
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Games and Booze Ep. #10 - Zach's Close Call
We're back! Carlo just returned from Shanghai and we're with Christine of Satius Cosplay (https://www.instagram.com/satiuscosplay/) to talk about our experiences of the games we played at PAX (and Zach's *ahem* close call) as well as whether morality systems in video games are fun and what you…
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Games and Booze Ep. #9 - Happy PAX!
Happy PAX everybody! We're back with a special pre-PAX episode to get Zach ready, since he's never been before! He's very nervous you see, but also very excited! In this episode we talk about all the things we're excited about for PAX, some of the things that you need to know to get ready and a...
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Games And Booze Ep. #8 - eSports? In My Olympics?
Come one, come all, and listen to us talk, yet again about video games! This time the gang talks about the possibility of eSports at the Paris Olympiad, DLC and the usual smattering of tangents and talk about the games we're currently playing. Enjoy!
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Games and Booze Ep. #7 - Sex Scenes are Bad and Dumb
We always here that sex sells, but in this episode we talk about the cases when it really, REALLY doesn't. Specifically, we're talking about how sex scenes in video games are universally terrible, some of why they're terrible and some of how to make them a little bit better. We decided to focus…
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Games and Booze Ep. #6 - Zach Got a Switch
Do they have a Fourth of July in England? Of course they do, it's the day between the third and the fifth! We didn't have a Fourth of July podcast though, so this one will probably count. Zach got a switch and has been playing Zelda on it during every waking moment so we discuss that. Maybe some...
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Games and Booze Ep. #5
In an E3 heavy (ok, fine entirely E3) episode, Zach, Evelyn and Carlo talk about all the cool things that came out from E3 over the last few weeks and all of the things that we thought were not so cool. Also a few of the things that were medium cool. You never know what kind of cool you're gonna...
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Games and Booze Ep. #4
Guess who's back! I mean in addition to Shady. It's us! Happy days! The Fonz! Word association! In this episode we have special guest Christine, who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/satiuscosplay/ We also talk about what makes a good game for esports and touch very briefly on the…
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Games and Booze Ep. #3
We are podcasting once again! In this episode, Zach is an idiot and we talk about our favorite video game heroes and villains, when realism in games is fun vs. when it becomes a chore and the massive influx of 2D procedurally generated platformers. And your regularly scheduled tangents and random...
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Games and Booze Ep. #2
We're back with some fun podcasting! On this episode, Evelyn, Zach and Carlo ask if games having to be fun is a problem, discuss how they feel about game preservation and talk about the joys of couch multiplayer. And go on a bunch of different tangents too. Enjoy!
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Games and Booze Ep. #1
Welcome to our first podcast! In this inaugural episode, we discuss our favorite weird moments in games, stealth games, the Nintendo Switch, remasters vs. remakes and so much more! (recorded 2/28)
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We do podcasts about culture (mostly video games) from an analytical perspective, trying to ask the "why" questions so we can all learn something together.
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