Pixel x Pixel Episode 84

Awooga! Pixel x Pixel is back for another bi-weekly dose of geek media goodness! In this episode, Marcus and Anne realize they already saw the infamous Euphoria penis episode (much to their chagrin), Marcus digs into the new BL visual novel Tokyo Onmyoji and tests out a new Razer keyboard, and Anne is knee-deep in more work she can’t talk about publically (yet!). Plus, Passions Preamble and Marcus Gets Steamed return, and even Anne gets steamed about some news of her own!

8:00 – Media Minutes: Elden Ring, Euphoria update, Turning Red, Passions Preamble
37:00 – Notable News: Funimation and Wakanim moving to Crunchyroll, Seventh Lair and Doukyuusei: Bangin’ Summer Steam issues, GSC/Koei Tecmo and more companies condemn Russia and support Ukraine, Itch.io bundle for Ukraine

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

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Pixel x Pixel Episode 83

It’s been a big two weeks in the world of Pixel x Pixel! Marcus and Anne joined Chlo of Otome Kitten and Blerdy of Blerdy Otome for a super fun Variable Barricade launch stream on the Aksys Games Twitch channel, which you can watch a recording of if you missed it live (highly recommended!). Marcus also published a Checking the Score article on River City Girls (the old one, not the new one) and Anne stepped into the world of Elden Ring despite never having played a Souls game.

20:00 – Media Minutes: Elden Ring, Euphoria
44:00 – Notable News: Doukyuusei: Bangin’ Summer release date announced, Dessert de Otomate 2022 announcements, Steam Deck launch, Nier: Automata anime, Tokyo Onmyoji out now, UUUltra C release date announced

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

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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. (Update: As of July 2022, it is also available on PC!)

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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