CGMagazine Presents: The Pixels & Ink Podcast

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brendan, Chris, Newcomer David, Dayna, and Jordan sit down to talk about the massive announcement from Paramount+ on ViacomCBS' Investor day—including the third Sonic movie being greenlit alongside a Knuckles Spinoff series; Halo being greenlit for a second season, South Park and Bevis and Butthead being Paramount+ exclusive and much more. They gang goes on...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brendan, Chris, Dayna and Jordan sit down to talk about the biggest news of the week—the February 9th 2022 Nintendo Direct. The gang talks about all the big reveals, from Fire Emblem to Xenoblade Chronicles 3, to the massive announcement of No Man's Sky landing on the Nintendo Switch; and how they feel about them. There is also an extended conversation abou...

In this week’s Pixels & Ink Podcast: Alex and Khari come to chat with Brendan, Chris, and Dayna to catch up on this week’s latest news, including the Sony Bungie acquisition, Activision Blizzard, Nintendo and more. The gang kicks off this week's chat with talk about Sony's purchase of Bungie. Naturally, that leads to more conversations about Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, and their trouble...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Pretty Boy Lane makes an appearance with Brendan, Chris, and Dayna to catch up on this week's latest news. Check out the Pixels & Ink LIVE Podcast on our Twitch , or Youtube channel . With more negative Activision Blizzard news, the team talks about what could come from a brand-new Blizzard IP , the first one since Overwatch in 2016. Three new Star Wars...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: the long lost Alex returns; as Brendan, Chris, Dayna and Jordan sit down to talk about the recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft—further cementing it's status as gaming's de facto monopoly. The gang talks about whether this is a good course correction and house cleaning for the publisher that has been embroiled in controversies and abuse al...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brendan, Chris, and Jordan sit down for the second attempt at a live podcast—which you can watch on our Twitch , or Youtube channel . The podcast gang sit down to discuss some of the news they missed last week, starting with Days Gone director Jeff Ross talking about the game's failure in comparison to Ghost of Tsushima. They also take a look at Konami gett...

On this weeks Pixels & Ink Podcast: we welcome 2022 with the first podcast of the new year, and what better way to do that than with the first Pixels & Ink Podcast Livestream! The gang talks about CGM's Reader's Choice awards across tech—including Best Laptop, Best Keyboard, Best Wired, and Wireless Mouse; Best Earbuds, Best Headset, and Best Webcam.  Afterwards, the gang talks about...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: as 2021 comes to a close, Brendan, Chris, Dayna, and Jordan look back on the year; the highs, the lows, and CGM's new GOTY nominations as voted on by our wonderful audience. The gang talks about their favourite reviews from the year, and their own personal Game of the Year choices. Happy New Year from CGM and here's to another year of friends, family, safet...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: It's our official Holiday Spectacular as Brendan, Chris, Dayna, and Jordan sit down for a late night, fireside chat about Embracer Group purchasing Dark Horse Comics—because nothing says Christmas quite like some corporate mergers.  Afterwards, the gang sits down to talk about all things Christmas, both the weird and the wonderful. From their favourite...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Chris, Dayna and Jordan is down to talk about Nintendo's surprise Indie Showcase and some of the games that got announced—Jordan is really excited for the spiritual prequel to The Messenger: Sea of Stars but was mostly disappointed that Hollow Knight: Silksong didn't get a release date. The gang moves on to talk about Ubisoft's brilliant move into the NFT-s...

On last week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: it's an extra long MEGA episode as Brendan, Chris, Dayna, and Jordan sit down to discuss the 2021 Video Game Awards. The gang talks at length about the event itself—how it feels like it may have lost it's way amongst corporate sponsorship; and needs to focus more on the awards themselves. They also talk about the actual reason for the Game Awards: REVEAL TR...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brendan, Chris, and Jordan return after a one-week break to talk about the new Democratic bill to discourage product scalping with bots, aptly named the "Stopping Grinch Bots Act." Naturally, this devolves into a strange tangent—Jordan thinks the name is inaccurate, and sympathizes with the Grinch's plight in the book. They continue on into the week's bumme...

On this week's Pixels & Ink podcast: it's another late-night podcast as Brendan, Chris, Dayna, and Jordan sit down to talk about the latest batch of bad news surrounding Activison Blizzard; as employees staged a walkout and petitioned for CEO Bobby Kotick to step down. Moving to more cheerful news, the gang talks about the newly released Spiderman: No Way Home trailer, that showed a lot more o...

On this week’s Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brendan, Chris, and Dayna sit down to talk about The Skyrim Anniversary, Weta being sold to Unity Software, the reaction to Fortnite removing the Travis Scott emote, and Paul Rudd and his new role as the sexiest man of the year. If that were not all, there is plenty to talk about in the world of gaming, with Dayna diving into My Singing Monsters Playground,...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brendan, Chris, and Jordan sit down to talk about Facebook's parent company rebrand—renaming to "Meta," and showcasing a greater emphasis on VR content—and what the future might hold for Facebook. Afterwards, they talk a little about the announcement of a sequel to Dune , following the success of recently released film. Continuing the film buzz, the podcast...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brendan, Chris, Dayna and Jordan sit down to talk about Animal Crossing: New Horizons ' final piece of DLC and why no one is happy about it; the official trailer for the Uncharted movie starring Tom Holland and Mark Walberg; and the allegations of toxic set conditions on Batwoman put forth by Ruby Rose. Also, Dayna went all the way to Austria to talk about...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brendan, Chris, Dayna, and Jordan sit down to get a little night sassy while talking a little Marvel news—Will Poulter of We're The Millers fame, cast as Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; as well as the short trailer for Hawekeye . Dayna has strong feelings about both. Continuing the comic book movie news, the gang talks a little about the sho...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brendan, Chris, Dayna, and Jordan sit down to talk about the reveal of Kingdom Hearts' Sora for Super Smash Bros Ultimate— a long requested character who is definitely and interesting inclusion, but seems a bit lacking without any Disney connection. Jordan talks a bit about Smash Bros transcending itself and Kingdom Hearts as a bit of a messy game.  Af...

On this week's episode of the Pixels and Ink Podcast, Brendan, Chris, Dayna, and Eduard are back to discuss all things to with comics, gaming and film. With the Epic Vs. Apple still waging, the CGM crew jump in to discuss the latest news, and how it will effect gaming and mobile going forward. This did not stop there, with plenty of news and details about the Nintendo Direct, discussion about the...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brendan, Chris, Dayna, and Jordan get together after a two-week absence (we were really busy with TIFF and playing video games). To kick off the podcast, the gang talks about the tragic passing of Canadian comedy legend: Norm Macdonald—our introduction to him and his dead-pan style, and the legacy he leaves behind. Moving on from that, the gang talks a litt...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brendan, Chris, Dayna and Jordan slowly lose their minds as they endure a week-long heat wave, but that wont stop them from delivering a quality podcast. To start, the gang talks about Gamescom 2021—a thing they watched, but didn't quite seem to register. Jordan talks a little Midnight Suns and has mixed thoughts on the Saints Row reboot. The gang talks abo...

In this week's Pixels & Ink podcast: Brendan, Chris, Dayna, and Jordan sit down to talk about the August 18th Pokémon Presents— Jordan and Chris talk a little bit about Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl , it looks pretty good. After an extended gameplay trailer for Pokémon Legends Arceus, Jordan still isn't convinced. Afterwards, the gang talks about the investigation at Ubisoft Sing...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brendan sits down with Jordan and Dayna to talk about the recent firings at Activision Blizzard, specifically that of Daniel Klien—lead game developer of Apex Legends , who was let go after some derogatory posts from 2007 resurfaced. Afterwards, they go on to talk about the reveal of Idris Elba as Knuckles in the upcoming sequel to the Sonic the Hedgehog mo...

In this week's Pixels and Ink Podcast, we have a full house ready to talk all about the games and film industry with Chris Alex, Brendan and Dayna. With more issues now facing Activision Blizzard , problems with contracts at Disney and overall issues with Apple and Niantic, it is a full week of problems. But There is a lot to talk about when it comes to games, with Chris talking about Sonic Colors...

On this week's Pixels & Ink podcast: Brendan sits down with Chris, Dayna, and Bryan sit down to discuss the ongoing Activision/Blizzard situation—the company's less than stellar response to the accusations and the developers staging a walkout in protest of the company's (alleged) past behaviour. Afterwards, the podcast crew talk a bit out CGM's Brand of the Year—the nominee's, their reasons fo...