Save it for the 'cast! — Issue #82

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!'

Per usual, Kevin gets things rolling with a handful of the games that he's been firing up on Nintendo Switch lately, with a bit of an unintentional focus on arcade action this week!

After that, we're veering away from video game territory and diving into some music chit chat, for a little change of pace this week — Kevin & John have been on a bit of a vinyl & CD collecting kick lately (respectively), which ends up leading us discussing a number of various artists & topics...

Timestamps:

Cash Cow DX - 00:01:30

BIT.TRIP FATE + VOID - 00:02:58

Wrecking Crew '98 - 00:08:05

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308 episodios

Pursuing Pixels

Save it for the 'cast! — Issue #82

Pursuing Pixels

published hace un año

MP3•Episodio en casa

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!'

Per usual, Kevin gets things rolling with a handful of the games that he's been firing up on Nintendo Switch lately, with a bit of an unintentional focus on arcade action this week!

Timestamps:

Cash Cow DX - 00:01:30

BIT.TRIP FATE + VOID - 00:02:58

Wrecking Crew '98 - 00:08:05

Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at:

🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/

👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt

🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels

308 episodios

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197: Dude, You Said Mint Condition!?! 48:57

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. We've got the whole crew back in the house once again, and all sorts of video games to discuss — in spite of our "mixed levels of gaming" lately — so let's get right into the action! John gets the party started with an update on his time with Outer Wilds — which is quickly becoming one of his all-time faves — mainly focusing on the Echoes of the Eye DLC . He also gives some more thoughts on the Metroid Prime series , after polishing off "Remastered" on Switch, and jumping right into Echoes on the Gamecube! Kevin follows that up with some more Nintendo action, after getting pretty sucked into The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap , thanks to its availability via the Switch Online Expansion Pass. Finally, Randall closes us out with some turn-based strategy tactics on the TurboGrafx-16 — Military Madness (aka Nectaris) — which he's been playing on his Analogue Pocket . Timestamps: Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye - 00:01:46 Metroid Prime Series - 00:18:11 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap - 00:19:40 Military Madness (Nectaris) - 00:33:47 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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Save it for the 'cast — Issue #95 31:10

hace 12 días31:10

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!' Kevin gets the ball rolling this week with a quick shoutout to a couple of games that he's been firing up on his recently-hooked-up Wii U lately — followed by a recap a recent game night over at a buddy's place! John jumps into the conversation after that, and we get into all sorts of gaming goodies — including flash games & Kongregate, quick time events, (more) metroidvania chit chat, and much more... Timestamps: Star Fox Zero - 00:00:59 FlingSmash - 00:01:43 Game Night at Nathan's House - 00:03:42 ↳ Boccerball - 00:05:07 ↳ NHL 2001 - 00:06:55 ↳ CyberTiger - 00:08:16 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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196: A Little Extra "Wahoo" 54:51

hace 19 días54:51

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. We're shorthanded once again, but a little long-winded nevertheless, as John & Kevin get pretty deep into a handful a various gaming goodies... Kevin kicks things off with a trio of mobile games that he's been (mostly) enjoying lately, even if he's playing one of them on PC — while John briefly jumps at an opportunity to give a quick update on his time with Outer Wilds . It's all things Metroid(vania) after that, as we've both been picking up a number of games starring the one and only Samus Aran — as well revisiting an amazing experimental mini metroidvania from the one and only Daniel Linssen . Timestamps: Monument Valley: Panoramic Edition - 00:02:18 ↳ (Outer Wilds Update - 00:08:03) Super Mario Run - 00:12:48 Lara Croft Go - 00:15:32 Another Metroid 2 Remake - 00:20:57 Birdsong - 00:22:08 Metroid II: Return of Samus - 00:28:24 Metroid Prime Remastered - 00:33:00 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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Save it for the 'cast! — Issue #94 36:40

hace 26 días36:40

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!' As always, Kevin gets the ball rolling with a few of the games that he's been firing up recently — including a couple of classics starring Donkey Kong that recently showed up on Nintendo Switch, alongside Mini Motorways , which has really grabbed his attention as of late! Randall & John join in on the conversation after that, as we dive into ALL sorts of various video gaming goodies — including (but not limited to) price points on remakes, forgotten PS2 games, Operation Rainfall , and much more... Timestamps: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD - 00:01:26 Donkey Kong '94 - 00:05:12 Mini Motorways - 00:10:29 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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195: Just Register That Checkpoint 50:16

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. We're back at full strength once again, and we've got all sorts of video gaming goodies to discuss, so let's get right into it... John gets things started off with a proper shoutout to Fields of Mistria , which has only come up briefly in passing on previous "Save it for the 'cast!" episodes. Kevin takes the torch from there, and gets into some of his first impressions on FTL: Faster Than Light , now that he's finally had a chance to check it out, nearly 13 years after its initial release! Finally, we wrap things up in rare fashion with a brand new game that we've all been playing (and eagerly anticipating), Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders . Timestamps: Fields of Mistria - 00:01:43 FTL: Faster Than Light - 00:12:34 Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders - 00:28:24 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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Save it for the 'cast! — Issue #93 31:03

hace 6 weeks31:03

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!' Kevin gets the ball rolling with a handful of the games that he's been playing (and livestreaming) lately — including a few Nintendo classics, and a quick UFO 50 spotlight (after earning his very first gold cartridge). John & Randall take the torch from there, and dive into all sorts of video gaming goodies — including first impressions on the new Lonely Mountains game , semi-forgotten games from Intelligent Systems, Steam Deck woes, and much more... Timestamps: Metroid Prime: Remastered - 00:02:08 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap - 00:04:26 Wave Race 64 - 00:09:32 UFO 50 (Mooncat) - 00:11:29 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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194: Marinated On The Shelf For A While 45:50

hace 7 weeks45:50

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. For the first time ever, Kevin is out of commission this week — but that won't stop Randall & John from chatting about some video games, so let's get right into the action! Randall gets the ball rolling with his first impressions on WarioWare: Get It Together! — after finally getting a proper chance to dive into this multiplayer driven experience with his wife, Tina. John takes the torch from there, and dives into a trio of idle games that have been occupying the majority of his time on the Steam Deck lately — including the all-time classic Cookie Clicker ! Finally, Randall wraps things up with a little TurboGrafx-16 talk, after he & his daughter decided to dust of the ol' Neutopia cartridge — after the mini TG-16 console wasn't quite getting the job done. Timestamps: WarioWare: Get It Together! - 00:02:29 John's Idle Game Adventures - 00:13:52 ↳ Cookie Clicker | Magic Research | shapez Neutopia - 00:31:40 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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Save it for the 'cast! — Issue #92 35:08

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!' As always, Kevin gets the ball rolling with a handful of games that he's been both revisiting & checking out for the first time — including a few games from Nintendo on Switch, along with a batch of new(er) indie gems on PC. John & Randall join in on the conversation after that, as we dive into all sorts of video gaming goodies — primarily focusing on metroidvanias, after each of us recently fired up the Strider "reboot" from over a decade ago! Timestamps: Nintendo Games on Switch - 00:01:08 ↳ Super Mario 3D World & Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy PUNKCAKE Délicieux - 00:04:42 ↳ Hot Wax & HORIZONS: The End of the Words Promenade - 00:10:41 ROTA - 00:13:40 Strider (2014) - 00:17:25 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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193: It's Still Sealed, Of Course 41:38

hace 9 weeks41:38

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. We're back to full strength once again this week, and we've all been doing a whole bunch of video gaming since we all sat down together, so let's get right into it... We kick things off with a discussion on a trio of games from the wonderful Team Ladybug — a studio that has continued to perfect their craft of both bullet hell shmups & metroidvanias (with another brand new game on its way)! Randall takes the torch from there, and gushes about his time spent with Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons , after ripping through the game with his wife (and itching to fire it up again!) Finally, Kevin wraps things up with LocoRoco: Remastered , which he's been playing quite a bit of after recently dusting off his PS4 again. Timestamps: Team Ladybug - 00:01:28 ↳ Record of the Lodoss War | DRAINUS | Touhou Luna Nights Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons - 00:18:53 LocoRoco: Remastered - 00:30:46 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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Save it for the 'cast! — Issue #91 26:58

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!' As always, Kevin gets the ball rolling with some of the games that he's been firing up lately — this week, digging into a handful of goodies on his Nintendo Switch. John joins the conversation after that, as we graze on all sorts of various gaming topics — including a few PlayStation exclusives, control scheme muscle memory, re-imaginings versus faithful remakes, and more... Timestamps: Monomals - 00:01:04 Marsupilami: Hoobaventure - 00:02:55 Kingdom: Eighties - 00:05:58 Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker - 00:08:53 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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192: Better If You Bought Something 45:42

hace 11 weeks45:42

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels. We're limping into the new year shorthanded without Randall this week, but we've still got plenty of gaming goodies to discuss, so let's get right into it! Kevin kicks things off with a trio of games that he's been enjoying on his Nintendo Switch lately — including an incredibly fun & fluid 2.5D platformer & a couple of fantastic pixel art, bullet hell shmups. It's all things Bethesda RPGs after that, as John revisits (and in some cases, boots up for the first time) a handful of classic games from the AAA giant! Timestamps: Marsupilami: Hoobaventure - 00:01:52 Risk System - 00:07:15 Rival Megagun - 00:12:15 Bethesda RPG Extravaganza - 00:17:40 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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Save it for the 'cast! — Issue #90 28:15

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!' Kevin kicks things off this week with a few games that he's been playing on his PS4, after dusting off the console (again) in preparation for getting an early start on his resolution game for this year. John & Randall join in on the conversation after that, as we stick around in PlayStation land for the majority of the discussion, along with a little retro gaming chit chat, as well. Timestamps: PixelJunk Shooter: Ultimate - 00:04:00 Horizon: Zero Dawn - 00:06:37 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - 00:08:27 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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Episode Number Holiday Edition — 2024 55:55

hace 13 weeks55:55

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels...and welcome to our fourth annual, end-of-the-year wrap-up episode!?! [Click here for last year's episode!] To close out 2024, we're highlighting a BUNCH of our favorite games that came up on the podcast over the course of the year — consider it our version of the GOTYs. And we're closing things out by looking forward to 2025, each resolving to play something from each of our respective backlogs before the clock strikes 2026... Our (sort of) GOTYs: Kevin - 00:02:23 ↳ Fire Tower | DRAINUS | Shogun Showdown John - 00:18:51 ↳ Outer Wilds | Disco Elysium | Hexle Randall - 00:29:56 ↳ Balatro | SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters' Clash | Ys: Book I & II 2024 Resolutions: Randall: Yakuza Zero - 00:47:59 John: Umineko: When They Cry - 00:49:45 Kevin: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - 00:51:38 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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Save it for the 'cast! — Issue #89 30:26

hace 14 weeks30:26

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Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!' Kevin frontloads the intro this week with a handful of video gaming goodies that he's been playing on Nintendo Switch lately — (mostly) switching gears from his recent physical copy obsession, and veering back into digital download territory! After that, John & Randall join in on the conversation for a bit of a "hodge podge" discussion — as we share a little behind-the-scenes episode coordinating, while primarily hanging around in Nintendo territory. Timestamps: Marble It Up! Ultra - 00:01:33 PixelJunk Eden 2 - 00:06:43 Kingdom Eighties - 00:10:45 Comet Striker DX - 00:13:25 Tanuki Justice - 00:16:41 Thanks for taking the time to listen! If you'd like to find us elsewhere on the Internet, you can find us at: 🌐 Links to everything: https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/ 👾 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/VJMpaRQmvt 🙏 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pursuingpixels…

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191: Grab The Mancala Beads! 51:57

hace 15 weeks51:57