Pixel Pints

This time we wrap up 2024 with finding out who won the Game of The Game Awards and look back on our favourite games of the past year. See you again in 2025! In the meantime follow us on Instagram @pixelpintspod Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

We are back to go through The Game Awards for 2024. Including the important stuff like the colour of #geoffkeighley suit. And NO Shadow of the Erd Tree shouldn't be up for awards. It's DLC not a game, FFS!

This week Matt, Evan and Mitch talk all things Final Fantasy. Follow us on Twitter @Pixel_Pints and on Instagram @PixelPintsPod Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

This week we talk about the week's BIG story of all RPGs having to live up to the stratospheric standards of the best video game EVER (not called Zelda), Baldur's Gate 3. Is it a non-story needed to fill a quiet time in the games industry? Are media outlets unreasonable to expect "all" RPGs to aspire to deliver to the Baldur's Gate 3 standard? Should we expect this from &quot...

This week Mitch, Keith and Evan bring up game and game related gimmicks that sounded cool when they were first mentioned but then turned out to be anything but. Follow on on Twitter @Pixel_Pints and on Instagram @PixelPintsPod Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

This time round, given the lack of accessibility options in Starfield and based on the tiny text settings in some games Keith has been playing, we talk about what settings should be standardised across all Triple AAA games. And McWomble mentions  LauraKBuzz  a lot. Follow us on Twitter (for now) @Pixel_Pints and on Instagram @PixelPintsPod Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

Do game designers think we are more stupid than we used to be? This week Berkough wants to talk about modern game design being too involved in puzzle solving. How do you handle 'hints' in games to help people who need it and not be intrusive for others? Follow us on Twitter (for now) @Pixel_pints and on Instagram @pixelpintspod

This week Evan isn't on but we steal his suggestion for a topic. We go through games that were a commercial and/or critical disaster and suggest how they could have been avoided. Can you guess what we might stop from turning into a 'live service'? Follow us on Twitter (for now) @Pixel_Pints and on Instagram @PixelPintsPod Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

This week it's Matt's birthday and will it break the Pixel Pints Birthday Curse of the stream crashing? We talk about video game remakes. Are they necessary for creators to go back to remake or reimagine old IP? Are there too many? Which one have done it right and which haven't. Plus what remakes we'd like to see. We also troll Evan for dressing like he's 19 again. Follow us on...

This week McWomble was meant to be on but accidentally pulled out of the show. So you'll have to put up with Mitch trying to find ways to slate Xbox. Because he's contractually obligated. Follow us @pixel_pints on Twitter and @PixelPintsPod on Instagram Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

This time round Matt and Mitch look back through the opening night of The Game Awards Summer Live Fest Games Showcase. Follow us on Twitter @pixel_pints and on Instagram @pixelpintspod. Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

Inspired by the "puzzles" in The Legend of Zelda - Tears of the Kingdom, Mitch wants to talk about how the game can mechanics can break its own puzzles. Is that the point? Does having mechanics that can break or circumvent parts of your own game a good or a bad thing? Would this work in other games? All this and more in this week's episode Follow us on Twitter @pixel_pints and on Ins...

The Pod was before the PlayStation Showcase (so look forward to the post mortem of that soon). We cover off what might happen at each of the upcoming gaming stream events. Based on the PlayStation Showcase the word "event" may need redefining. Editorialising again. Damn it. Follow us on Twitter @Pixel_Pints and on Instagram @pixelpintspod Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

The Podcast about Beer and Video Games (can you tell from the thumbnail?) is back talking about open world games. Evan is back asking - Is a bigger open world better? Is a smaller, more dense open world game the way to go? Mainly McWomble slags off Yakuza 0 and we gush over Ghost of Tsushima again. Follow us @pixel_pints on Twitter and @PixelPintsPod on Instagram. Watch live at https://www.twitch....

This week it's another Microsoft focused episode, following Big Phil's interview with Kinda Funny's XCast. Joined by special guest OTTAPPs from Dimp Digital and host of their "Flagship Podcast" Idle Game Chat, Mitch and Liam try to wade through what Phil said and what Xbox can do next. Follow us @pixel_pints on Twitter and @PixelPintPod on Instagram Watch live at https://www....

This week we recap the big news that the first of the regulatory bodies have blocked Microsoft acquiring ActiVision Blizzard King. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK have blocked the deal. Are the EU next? What the FTC law suit? What do Microsoft do next? Are the threats of withdrawing services real? Is this symptomatic of Xbox being missed managed? Follow us on Twitter @pixel_p...

Because the worst thing that has ever happened to people is having a video game run 30 FPS, this week the group talk about Redfall. Evan also has a statement issued by his "attorney". Follow us on Twitter @pixel_pints and on Instagram @pixelpintspod Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

This week Mitch, Keith and Liam go through the (final) demise of E3. Why did it go wrong? Mainly because of the ESA. Is Geoff Keighley the one true king to unit gaming? Or a grave robber? Will we miss E3, especially since none of us ever go to actually go? Follow us @pixel_pints on Twitter and @PixelPintsPod on Instagram Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

This week we talk about the Microsoft purchase of ActiVision Blizzard King and why people are so upset about it. And why people aren't as moany (editorialising) about other moves in the games industry. Follow us @Pixel_Pints on Twitter and @PixelPintsPod on Instagram Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

This time round Mitch, Liam and Keith talk through the Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League delay and the next Starfield release date announcement. Then they get onto time when they or their friends have trolled them in games. For fun, of course. Follow us on Twitter @pixel_pints and on Instagram @pixelpintpod Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

This time, Mitch has a game about video games gamer score for the games.   Can the guys figure out how to play The Price Is Right rules to win or keep guessing what scores they think games should have got?   Follow on Twitter @Pixel_Pints and on Instagram @PixelPintsPod   Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

After a bit of a hiatus, the topics are dropping again. This time a look back at the Nintendo Direct from last month.   Follow on Twitter @Pixel_Pints and on Instagram @PixelPintsPod   Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

This time out Mitch, Mikey and Liam talk about whether innovation in games has stopped.   Is it because of limitations in game design? Are those limitations self imposed? Is iteration better than trying to innovate?   Follow us @pixel_pints on Twitter and @pixelpintspod on Instagram   Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

This week, with so many video games coming in 2023, the crew talk through whether or not some games will just miss out.  Then Mitch turns full McWomble and forces the guys to decided which games will stay and what ones will never get played.  Follow us on Twitter @pixel_pints and on Instagram @pixelpintspod   Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints

This week Mitch, Stefan and Keith talk through their favourite video game launches.   Also, who gets game launches right and wrong. Looking at you EA!   Follow us on Twitter @pixel_pints and on Instagram @pixelpintspod   Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpints