Pursuing Pixels

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We're rolling without Randall for a couple of weeks while he prepares for finals, but Kevin is keeping the retro torch lit in his stead, following up on our Metroidvania discussion from a few weeks ago with a little Super Metroid.  DJ kicks us off with a recap of his time on Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea, a wrestling-themed cruise (as the name wo...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, Randall is back on the retro train, taking full advantage of the SNES games available via the Nintendo Switch Online service—this time, he's discovered a newfound fondness for Super Punch-Out!!, primarily having experience with the NES original.  He follows that up with another title from the immaculately-preserved Sega Ages lineup, Virtua Racing.  We k...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, it's ALL Metroidvanias—or maybe action-adventure platformers?  Whatever you wanna call them, we tackle a couple of games that we're checking out for the first time, and also get DJ's thoughts on a PP favorite, Chasm.  Before we get to that, followed by an open-ended Metroidvania discussion, we all sunk a little time into Ori and the Blind Forest in anti...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, Kevin's still playing Slay the Spire—and is finally able to conquer the game thanks to some tips from Randall.  Kevin is also getting pretty deep into Sparklite, and talks a little bit about the roguelite hack-and-slash adventure with John, who just booted it up a few days ago.  Randall & John each dig into some of the more recent additions to the SNES...

Welcome back to Pursing Pixels.  After wrapping up 2019 last week, we're ready to keep things rolling into the new year, and back to our usual episode antics.  Some of us are still playing Slay the Spire, but that should come as little surprise to anyone.  Apart from that, Randall & John talk a little SteamWorld Quest, another card-based RPG.  Kevin & DJ pass the controller back and forth with Clu...

Welcome back to Pursing Pixels...and happy holidays to you & yours.  We're wrapping up our first (half) year of podcasting with each of our favorite games that we've talked about since we kicked off the show, and gearing up for 2020 with a game that we're resolving to play in the coming year.  We're also forcing DJ to play Chasm because that game is just plain awesome!  Thanks for tuning in over t...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We squeezed in a marathon recording this week and knocked out a trifecta of episodes, including a holiday special that we will have out next week.  In the first, regular, episode of the batch we're keeping up with the trends and playing a bunch of new (and 'new') releases.  We kick things off by digging into the Shovel Knight: King of Cards campaign, the final, an...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We're shuffling things up a little bit this week with Kevin, Randall, & John finally get around to seeing what all the hubbub around Slay the Spire is all about.  DJ, feeling a little left out, sinks some time into the Euchre 3D app on his phone, getting some practice in for the euchre league he plays in on the weekends.  DJ primarily sticks to the online games th...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We're back and sounding better than ever, and we're taking another shot at Baba is You, which was our GOTM for the month of November (and our final GOTM for the time being).  Kevin tries his best to figure out what is going on (and what DJ is talking about) in the retro-tinged metroidvania, Overwhelm.  We all take advantage of another ridiculous deal from Qubic Ga...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  What happened to episode 30?  Only the GarageBand gods know.  Thankfully we had an extra episode in the can and we're back with number 31 without missing a beat.  And we're all still playing Baba is You, so we'll be getting back to that soon enough. Until then, this week we're all pretty into everything we've been sinking our time into.  DJ, Kevin, John (& our bud...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  Last episode with the slight change in the audio set up here, but we'll be back to normal next week.  This week, we all take advantage of Qubic Games' loyalty program of sorts, and pick up Mana Spark for a buck on the Nintendo Switch—we're a little more mixed than usual on this one.  After that, John look for some big air in Snowboarding: The Next Phase, and then...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We've got the whole gang back, this time with a new video setup so Kevin, DJ, & John can look Randall in the eyes—unfortunately, there's a slight dip in audio quality thanks to the new & untested setup, but we'll have things back to normal in a couple of weeks.  That said, there's nothing that will keep us from our weekly videogame gabbing, and we kick things off...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  John is on an impromptu honeymoon, so we're back to the original trio for this week.  Randall is on the Nintendo beat per usual, and gets in the Halloween spirit with their newest release, Luigi's Mansion 3.  Kevin is bent on his usual tough-as-nails platformers and digs into a couple of small-ish indie titles, Kuso & Atomik RunGunJumpGun.  DJ & Kevin are still ch...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  Kevin finishes another game, believe it or not, and digs into Anodyne with John, who is just getting into its early stages.  Randall journeys back to an Elusive Age and somehow remembers the full title for Dragon Quest XI on Switch.  John sticks in the realm of JRPGs and gets into the many quality of life improvements offered up in the new Remasters of the Final F...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  Randall's back this week just in time for October's GOTM, Caveblazers.  He's also back to give us some early impressions of Nintendo's latest exercise-centric endeavor, Ring Fit Adventure—though it is certainly not the ideal game when you're under the weather.  Kevin introduces DJ & John (and himself) to Race the Sun, a mighty thrilling, minimalistic auto-runner (...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels .  We're bent on utter destruction with a bunch of combat-heavy games to talk about this week.  John is on the crew full-time, but we're still missing Randall for this one.  Kevin gets things started with a new release of an early indie classic from Vlambeer, Super Crate Box.  DJ finally gets around to trying his hand at 20XX—he beats it on hard mode and unlocks new...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, John fills in for Randall, and also joins the podcast full-time!  (Or, at least whenever he can.)  He's also a man of his word and is back to share some brief thoughts on a PP favorite, Chasm.  Apart from that, we dance over to Cadence of Hyrule thank to a little nudge from Link's Awakening last week.  John and Kevin each dip into new puzzle games out o...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, Randall and Kevin take a trip to Koholint Island in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.  Kevin and DJ can't resist the call to the throne, this time taking a look at a 'sequel of sorts,' Kingdom: Two Crowns.  Randall finishes off Chasm completionist-style, and shares some closing thoughts on one of our favorite indies in recent memory.  DJ closes us...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels—and welcome back to DJ!  He's back with us this week for a discussion on September's GOTM, Katana Zero.  Apart from that, we've all (for once) been playing through some new releases lately.  Randall and Kevin give some early impressions on Untitled Goose Game.  Randall also checks out one of the most intriguing games in the Apple Arcade lineup (though he's playing i...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  John is officially paying Kevin rent, as he joins us for yet another week of gaming chatter, filling in for DJ.  He's also the only one playing anything shiny and new, with the delightfully charming Wilmot's Warehouse.  Kevin finally gets around to checking out NieR: Automata, crossing his fingers that his PS4 doesn't take flight.  From there, Randall and John hac...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  John is back once again, filling in for DJ this week.  Randall and Kevin descend beneath the surface and look to set the record straight on Chasm.  20 SNES games have finally arrived on the Nintendo Switch—we have a quick round table highlighting what we've been playing since they arrived, including Stunt Race FX, F-Zero, Breath of Fire, & more.  Kevin gives a qui...

Welcome back to Pursing Pixels.  John joins us once again this week, doing his best to keep us relevant with Fire Emblem: Three Houses.  Kevin and DJ build a couple empires of their own in Kingdom: New Lands.  Kevin and Randall follow that up with a look at the quickly-forgotten action-puzzler on the Switch/3DS, Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido.  We wrap things up with a little more Nintendo talk...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels—and welcome back to our good buddy John Heinze, who joins us once again for another Game of the Month episode.  For the month of August, we the fight the battle of Mechs vs. Veks in Into the Breach, another roguelike (chess-like?) strategy game.  Kevin finally gets around to grabbing (and playing) Super Hot after it was surprisingly released during the Nintendo Indi...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  It was a busy week, but as always, we still managed to squeeze in quite a few games.  DJ reminisces about the SOCOM days on the PS2 as he checks out some of the online modes in Sniper Elite 4.  Kevin and Randall check out a couple of newer bulltethell shmup releases, one a re-release/re-imagining of a 'classic' arcade series in the Vasara Collection, and the other...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We kick things off with a little expert analysis on a game that none of us have played, No Man's Sky, which just received its new Beyond update, also being dubbed '2.0.'  Randall and DJ race through the Wipeout: Omega Collection.  DJ steers the conversation towards Sniper Elite 4, the former and the latter both 'free' offerings on PS Plus this month.  Randall foll...