CGMagazine Presents: The Pixels & Ink Podcast

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: It's a full cast as Brendan sits down with Alex, Chris, Dayna and Jordan to discuss the newly announced Steam Deck— Valve's first foray into the handheld market. How does it stack up against the reigning champion: The Nintendo Switch, and will it assume dominance. They also talk about Elgato's unfortunately named, Stream Deck— a very different device which...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Editor-in-Chief, Brendan Frye sits down with Chris, Dayna, and Jordan to talk about Sony's July State of Play —the somewhat lackluster showing of games like Sifu , Lost Judgement , Deathloop , and Death Stranding: Director's Cut . The podcast gang talks a bit about their thoughts on each game, and questions when Sony is going to present proper next-gen game...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brenda, Chris, and Dayna sit down to discuss the Kojima conspiracy—it's been long speculated that the upcoming horror game Abandoned by Blue Box Game Studios, was actually a new Silent Hill game with some theories speculating that the company was yet another fake perpetrated by Kojima himself.

With E3 2021 now done for the year, the crew at CGMagazine took some time to dive into all the latest and greatest announcements to see what made this year so exciting. While not everything hit its mark, there was a solid set of games from a range of publishers, from the exciting Metroid Dread, to the range of new products from Razer. This was a unique year for gaming and E3, but it was also a yea...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Brendan takes over hosting duties as P&I tries out a new format—a more singularly focused, discussion-based Pixels & Ink. For this episode, Brendan, Jordan, and Chris crew talk a bit about Geoff Keighley's Summer Games Fest and some of the games that were revealed. The gang is particularly interested in Eldin Ring— what they can expect from the game...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Jordan, Chris, and Dayna sit down to talk about Nintendo's upcoming gaming museum—a converted Nintendo manufacturing plant that will act as a monument to their long and storied history within the game industry. The podcast gang talk a bit about Nintendo's branching out from the digital space into the physical, including some talk about Super Nintendo World...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Jordan and Chris sit down to talk about the newest rumour of the upgraded Nintendo Switch—this time a Bloomberg report suggests the upgraded console could be announced prior to E3 2021. Jordan and Chris talk about what they want from the upgraded console, both in hardware and games; this inevitably spins off into a tangent about E3 in general and what games...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Jordan is reunited with Chris as they sit down to discuss the tragic passing of acclaimed author and artist of the renowned Berserk manga series: Kentaro Miura. Jordan and Chris talk about Berserk ' s legacy, how much it influenced in popular media—particularly in games—and spin off into some tangents about different anime. Afterwards, Jordan talks a bit ab...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: It's a solo-cast as Jordan talks about the ridiculous situation that unfolded in Wisconsin involving a group assault, and a pulled firearm over some Pokémon cards—which subsequently caused Target to suspend the sale of most trading cards in store. Jordan wonders about the nature of fandoms, and the rapid toxicity of certain groups, while reminiscing on enco...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: It's technical difficulties galore—from crashing systems to weird audio glitches! In spite of this, Jordan sits down with Chris, Alex and Dayna as they discuss one of the more interesting elements from the Epic v. Apple lawsuit; apparently Sony requires compensation for cross-play if playtime and microtransaction spending get "out of sync." The gang discuss...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Jordan and Chris sit down to talk about Microsoft's announcement of their campaign to make PC gaming better for both gamers and developers alike—as they now plan to split the revenue of games published on their platform 22-88. Jordan and Chris speculate on what this might mean for the industry, and how this might shake up platforms like Steam or even the Ep...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Jordan and Chris sit down to talk about Sony's decision to keep the PS Store alive on the PS3 and PS Vita. This turns into a tangent on console ownership, the folly of trading in games and a bizarre story that DEFINITLEY didn't happen. Afterwards, Jordan and Chris speculate on Jeff Kaplan's departure from Activision Blizzard. Then the boys talk about the se...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast, Jordan and Chris are joined by newcomer, and Twitch up-and-comer: Debbie "Gluxbox." They sit down to talk about the Nintendo Indie Showcase; mostly the bigger names in announcements such as the "procedurally generated road trip," Road 96; the interestingly artistic, narratively driven: Last Stop, and Hindsight; the fresh runner with a banging soundtrack: Ae...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Jordan sits down with Chris, Dayna, and first-time podcaster Eduard Gafton; as they discuss how 2021's E3 will be a digital only event. The gang considers what this could mean for E3 going forward, how conventions like Fan Expo and Comic Con have changed over the years and whether or not it would be better for big press events to be digital. Afterwards, the...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Jordan sits down with Chris and Lane to talk a little about their April Fools—despite the current times making April Fools seem just a little in bad taste, there's no reason why the gang can't take a trip down memory lane to a time when it was a little bit more creative, and bit more appropriate; particularly with prank videogame announcements. Afterwards,...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast, Jordan sits down with Chris and Shak to discuss the allegations of sexual misconducted surrounding Dan Avidan—also known as Danny Sexbang of the band Ninja Sex Party and Game Grumps fame. They discuss their feelings on the matter, their feelings towards how the fanbase reacted, the intricacies of grooming and it's prevalence within Youtuber culture; and the...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Jordan and Chris sit down to talk about the Square Enix Showcase—they talk a little about the Life is Strange remaster, as well as the upcoming third installment to the series; the new looter-shooter Outriders, Square's new IP Forspoken, the new Black Panther DLC for Marvel's Avengers, and go off on a weird tangent about Bubble Bobble and Bust-a-Move. &nbsp...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Jordan sits down with Alex, Chris, and Dayna to talk a little about Troy Levitt "resigning" from Avalanche after the controversy around his Youtube Channel became public—although, allegedly that had nothing to do with it. That leads into a whirlwind rant about how WB was able to successfully patent gameplay with Shadow of War and Shadow of Mordor's "Nemesis...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Jordan and Chris sit down with special guest Reyna Cervantes as they discuss the rumours of a new, upgraded Nintendo Switch; and dive deep into the announcments of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl , and Pokemon Legends Arceus . Jordan has many thoughts on the original Pokemon Diamond/Pearl and even more about Legends Arceus. Afterwards, the gang take...

In this week's jam packed Pixels and Ink Podcast: Jordan, Brendan, Chris and Dayna sit down to discuss the lackluster releases in Sony's State of Play—talking a little Crash Bandicoot 4 , Returnal, Sifu, Solar Ash, Knockout City, Five Nights at Freddy's, Oddworld, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. After that, they talk a little of the reveals at Blizzcon 2021; EA's...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast, Jordan, Chris and Brendan are joined by podcast newcomer: Dayna Eileen; as they sit down to discuss all (or most) of the games announced in the February 17th Nintendo Direct! Later on, Jordan goes on a heated rant about The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword . 

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Jordan, Chris and Alex sit down to discuss CDPR getting hacked, the fate of Bioware's Anthem, Google Stadia loosing Terraria , and the gross behavior (and subsequent firing) of Gina Carano.  Afterwards, Jordan fully discusses Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury; and Alex talks a little VR and Beat Saber . 

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast, Jordan, Chris, and Brendan sit down to talk about Google halting game development for Stadia, Gearbox joining Embracer Group, and Brendan has some thoughts about The Medium.  Afterwards Jordan talks a little Cyber Shadow— the newest ninja game from Mechanical Head Studios and Yacht Club Games—and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. Chris also has som...

In this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Jordan and Chris sit down with CGM's Lane Martin to talk about the ridiculous situation of Gamestop stonks, Konami's recent restructuring, the Resident Evil Showcase and Animal Crossing: New Horizon's recent update.  Things get heated as the gang talk's about Lane's review of The Medium , a poorly received tweet, and the impossible job of critics.&nbsp...

On this week's Pixels & Ink Podcast: Jordan and Chris get together to talk more Cyberpunk 2077— this time regarding the Jason Schreier exposé and the addition to the class action lawsuit CDPR is currently facing. The boys also discuss the retirement of Takaya Imamura, with some good ol' fashioned Zelda tangents thrown in; and Razer's ridiculous COVID "smart" mask concept.   After the news...