Nate, Craig, Will, and sometimes Pauly

Emotive Pixels — Marginalia on Videogames

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A one-game-at-a-time deep dive podcast where we treat videogames like texts worth reading closely. Each episode, we pick a game, spoil its story, and dig into it the way you would with a book club—except we’re usually reading an academic book alongside it and using it as a lens for discussion. Season 5 focuses on AAA games and what that label actually means in practice. Friendly to listeners who haven’t played the games, but unapologetically spoil-heavy and discussion-driven.

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Nate, Craig, Will, and sometimes Pauly

Episodes

Tomb Raider (2013) 21.08.2014 2:38:17

BACKLOG EPISODE! Introductions (Tien was wet) The origins of the tomb raider and a quick reboot. Oreo negotiation techniques. Was the queen more like a Goa'uld or a Tok'ra. Justifying the supernatural. Indiana Jones and the trapping of Laura. Contextualizing craziness with black box mysticism. An occult cult and Alberto's (anti)climax. Zip lines, how do they work? Taboo emotions in video games. Be...

The Walking Dead: Season 2 Episode 1 [part 2] (2013) 20.07.2014 1:30:57

We walk through a game that's just barely holding on to life.

The Walking Dead: Season 2 Episode 1 [part 1] (2013) 20.07.2014 59:19

We walk through a game that's just barely holding on to life.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons spoilercast 02.07.2014 1:52:54

In a series of escalating buffoonery, we attempt to describe the plot of this beautiful game and merely end up vaguely outlining some of the concepts that make it so great. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is another indie darling put on the level of Braid and Fez : a game you should definitely play. Here today to talk about it are Will, Brian, Nate, Alberto, Geoff, Tyson, and Tien-ju. Fundamentally,...

The Final Fantasy X rantcast - Our first episode! 07.06.2014 1:39:37

This episode, our first as Emotive Pixels, shows us we have much to learn and much ahead of us. We gathered around the table today to discuss the 2001 Square classic Final Fantasy X , the 'tenth' Final Fantasy game released, the story of Yuna and her quest to take on Sin with the help of blond whiny/lovable Tidus (nominated as Nate's favorite female character). The crew on this first episode is Wi...

2022 EP Re-introduction! 06.06.2014 0:31

What this show is, viewed from 8 years in the future!