Pixel x Pixel Episode 82

It’s yet another fine episode of Pixel x Pixel! We’re a little late this week, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have lots of good things to talk about! Anne was busy with super-secret freelance work, while Marcus didn’t review anything new (surprisingly!), he did buy lots of new things in the latest Vinegar Syndrome sale. Plus, Anne’s watching not one, but two current anime, and Marcus rocked on by playing something with “rock” in the title and watching something with the Rock in it!

9:00 – Media Minutes: Ranking of Kings, Attack on Titan final season, San Andreas, Deep Rock Galactic, Passions Preamble (Sheridan alive?!)
31:00 – Notable News: Nintendo Direct, video game hacking group sentenced to 40 months, Wii U and 3DS eShop closing in March 2023, JFF Plus on now

♫ “Willie Lomans,” “5 minutes pleasure,” and “6 pence and moon” from Alphabet Planet by Hiroki Kikuta

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Pixel x Pixel Episode 81

Hello February, hello new episode of Pixel x Pixel! We’ve got some big gaming news to discuss, but before that, Marcus announces his latest and greatest solo podcast venture and the Pupperazzi review he’s been working on! Meanwhile, Anne has fully embraced the life of an artiste and is fully boosted against COVID-19 (complete with a weird side effect). There’s also the return of a fan-favorite segment where Marcus gets, shall we say, steamed, plus the introduction of a brand new segment for Passions soap opera updates!

17:00 – Media Minutes: Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Hereditary, Ask Iwata, Piofiore: Fated Memories, Come to Daddy, Gerald’s Game, Passions Preamble (RIP Sheridan)
52:00 – Notable News: Seven Seas launches new imprint Steamship, SEGA arcades no more, Steam Deck launches February 25th, Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard

♫ “Willie Lomans,” “5 minutes pleasure,” and “6 pence and moon” from Alphabet Planet by Hiroki Kikuta

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Pixel x Pixel Special: Garage

Marcus and Anne sit down to discuss all things Garage: Bad Dream Adventure, breaking their previous streak of only doing spoiler casts of visual novels! This obscure cult favorite deserved more than a short, spoiler-free discussion on the regular podcast, so the pair take a deep dive into this weird and wacky game, discussing everything from gender dynamics to ego and id. As with all our spoiler special episodes, the first half of the podcast is spoiler-free and includes background information about the game as well as our general impressions. After a clearly-marked break, we dive into our full spoiler-filled thoughts, so stick around until then if you’ve played through the game!

Anne’s review

Spoilers start at 30 minutes in!

♫ “Intro Theme” and “Ambience E” by Tomonori Tanaka, Garage: Bad Dream Adventure soundtrack

Pixel x Pixel Episode 80

It’s time for another episode of Pixel x Pixel – our first regular format episode of 2022! Most importantly, we celebrate the return of the Marcus Gets Steamed segment, but before that, Marcus has been busy working on switching podcasts hosts and writing a new Collector’s Cabinet article. Anne finished her playthrough of Garage: Bad Dream Adventure and wrote a review to gush about this release many seem to have missed… Plus, the two commit to recording a special spoiler episode of the podcast on Garage in just a week’s time! All that plus some shows, some movies, and a variety of Notable News in this week’s episode of the pod.

17:00 – Media Minutes: Silent Sea, Stargate, Queer Eye, Monster Hunter World, The Holy Mountain, Gerald’s Game
43:00 – Notable News: Full Metal Daemon Muramasa rejected from Steam, Troy Baker/Konami/SEGA NFT talk, E3 2022 update, Killing Stalking to be released in physical full-color edition, Kirby and the Forgotten Land releasing March 25

♫ “Willie Lomans,” “5 minutes pleasure,” and “6 pence and moon” from Alphabet Planet by Hiroki Kikuta

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Garage: Bad Dream Adventure Review

It’s not often I pick up a game based solely on a tweet, or find myself so enthralled by a game that I need to review it just to see more people talking about it, but here we are! Garage: Bad Dream Adventure came out on iOS and Android* for the first time in English on December 16, 2021, and despite being an obscure Japanese video game with a unique, unsettling vibe, I’d never heard about it before my Twitter friend @furnuss posted about the release.

Immediately intrigued, I read up on the original game from 1999 and its journey to finally being released in English and knew I had to check it out. Since there seems to be very little talk about this exciting release, I had to share the news and my thoughts after fully completing the game!

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Pixel x Pixel Episode 79

Pixel x Pixel episode 79 rings in the new year with a live show recorded on December 31st US time / January 1st Australia time! Since this was an extra-special episode, we did things a little bit differently than usual, with Media Minutes coming first, no news, and a whole section dedicated to the media we enjoyed most in 2021, from films to video games (and even a manga special mention!)

If you’d prefer to watch the video version which includes our lovely faces, you can do so at over on Anne’s YouTube channel.

49:00 – Media Minutes: Garage: Bad Dream Adventure, Snowmance, Jingle all the Way, Single All the Way, The Princess Switch, Hush, Gerald’s Game, The Head Hunter, Pink Flamingos

Marcus’ favorite media of 2021: Yentl (1983), Edge of Seventeen (1998), Ms. 45 (1981), Titane (2021), Shiva Baby (2020), Garage: Bad Dream Adventure, Bustafellows, DJMax Respect V

Anne’s favorite media of 2021: X-Files, The Terror, Beastars, Thunderbolt Fantasy season 3, Candyman (1992), Monster Hunter Rise, Resident Evil Village, Olympia Soiree, Raging Loop, Garage: Bad Dream Adventure, DRAMAtical Murder 

♫ “Willie Lomans,” “5 minutes pleasure,” and “6 pence and moon” from Alphabet Planet by Hiroki Kikuta

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Pixel x Pixel Episode 78

Pixel x Pixel episode 78 is here to bring you some festive cheer! Marcus shares a Collector’s Cabinet on Cobra Mission: Panic in Cobra City and a Checking the Score article on Princess Maker 2, and Anne has big news in the form of a brand new next-generation console. Plus, we watch both Wicker Man films together and have lots of things to say about them, an obscure Japanese PC game comes out in English for the first time ever, and Japan’s hottest game where Disney villains are transformed into cute boys gets an English announcement. We hope the final days of the year bring you joy wherever you are, and whatever you choose to celebrate, or not celebrate!

9:00 – Media Minutes: The Rental, The Green Knight, The House of Fata Morgana, Under the Skin (PS2), Garage: Bad Dream Adventure, Wicker Man (1973, 2006)
41:00 – Notable News: Kickstarter blockchain future, Twisted Wonderland English release January 20, Cupid Parasite patch live, PS Vita 10 year anniversary, Game Award things

♫ “Willie Lomans,” “5 minutes pleasure,” and “6 pence and moon” from Alphabet Planet by Hiroki Kikuta

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