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We did Xbox and now, we're tackling Playstation! While Sony has been the dominant leader in the console space for roughly the last five to six years, in recent memory, they have seemingly fumbled the ball repeatedly. There has been consistent mishandling of messaging, bungling of price points, and a seeming general lack of creativity coming from the Sony owned company. So what happened? Where are...

Video Games can do a number of things. They can send you on unbelievable adventures. They can tell incredibly intimate human dramas. They can send you into an unimaginable world. They can even scare you. In recent years, the rise of horror games has given way to some of the most intense and suspenseful moments in all of media. So with it being Halloween (and the patrons voting for this topic). We...

Video Games can encompass a ton of incredible elements. We've talked about them before in detail as well. We've talked about video game characters, we've talked about gameplay mechanics, we've talked about visual styles, we've even talked about music. In there's is something that we've only glanced off of and that is worlds. Video game worlds are often just as important as all of the other element...

It's the beginning of the last 3 months of the year and you know what that means... That's right it's time to check in on how our yearly challenge is going and also check the temperature on the year as a whole. What's our current front runner for GOTY? Is Elden Ring still king? What are we looking forward to for the remainder of the year? And what about our Q4 tournament? All will be revealed and...

Something that has become increasingly frequent in the entire entertainment industry is remaking classics from the medium. Hollywood has been doing this for years and it has increasingly stepped into the gaming world. Recent games such as Resident Evil 2, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and Demon’s Souls have been the figureheads in this trend and it doesn’t look to be going anywhere. And, of course, we a...

We're back at it with yeat another sexiest video game characters battle royale and boy is it a doozy. Media Discussed: Barbarian Pearl Cyberpunk Edgerunners Video Games Discussed: Forza Horizon 5 Sea Of Thieves Picks Of The Week: Josh: Barbarian Austin: Bad Omens - Just Pretend Dylan: LeighXP As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop...

The console wars are dead. We all know this, but social media seems to not. Everywhere online there seem to be pockets of fanboys who are often throwing shade or outright vitriol at a console that they do not call their own. So why is this? The plan here is to take a look at why the console war sort of discourse has reared its ugly head again and what we can do as the global gaming community to ni...

After Finally getting back together after a hellish month and a half, The boys return with a proper episode where they catch up on all the stuff they've been doing since last they recorded! Media Discussed: Bodies Bodies Bodies Top Gun Maverick Better Call Saul Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean pt. 2 Death Parade Prison School Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury The Rehearsal Games Disc...

It's time for us to get back through the state of video game companies and who better to start with than the king of the subscription service, Xbox. I am joined by special guest Justin Ruiss to discuss what's going on with Xbox. Where do they stand? What is the good, the bad, and the ugly of Microsoft's current state in video gaming? We talk all about that and more! As always you can find us on so...

Honestly I don't even know what this episode was... So here's everything we discussed! Media Discussed: Prey Steel City Con/Meeting John Carpenter My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission Takopii's Original Sin Video Games Discussed: Cult Of The Lamb Doom Eternal 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Picks of the Week: Josh:  Takopii's Original Sin Austin:  Traumazine - Megan Thee Stallion Dylan: Midnight - Hotel...

In the spirit of debauchery and just down right fun, we decided that it was time to do a topic that we've been sitting on for over a month. That's right, you know it and you love it. VIDEO GAME CHARACTERS!!!!! Now, you might be thinking to yourself, "you've already talked about video game characters a lot, what makes this any different?" And the truth is that you're right. BUT! Here's the thing, w...

We're finally all back together so what better a way than to do a big ole catch up episode! Media Discussed: The Black Phone Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (1993 OVA) Look Back Nope Tony Hawk: Untill The Wheels Fall Off Just Listen To The Song Eddie: Strongman Chainsaw Man pt. 2 Severance Video Games Discussed: Power Wash Simulator Forza Horizon 5 Windjammers 2 Stray Mortal Kombat 11 TMNT: Shredder's Re...

Gaming, unfortunately, is a business and as such companies have to market their products to us in order for us to buy them, but what makes us buy them? Our topic of the show is dedicated to talking about what makes effective marketing campaigns for games and how they sell us on experiences that we have not yet had before. Media Discussed: Dr. Stone Video Games Discussed: Returnal Dead By Daylight...

Another day, another special episode! That's right, because of some circumstances that were out of our control, I sat down with Patron and The Bop co-host, Jeffery Szyarto to talk all about his love of WoW, where the game stands for him currently, and what the future may hold! It's a good one! As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop...

The end of the journey has come. Our Q2 tournament spoilercast has FINALLY dropped and we are talking about The Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga!!! As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content.   Culture Bop: Twitter - @Culture_Bop, Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - Culture Bop   Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Ins...

Josh's PC decided to die on him so he was unfortunately out for this week's episode, so the boys did what the boys do best... talk nonsense for an hour and a half. The episode is roughly formatted like a normal episode but with no real topic and lots of Austin and Dylan being... well, Austin and Dylan. So enjoy and we'll be back next week with an all new episode of the show! As always you can find...

The first half of the year is done and we’re once again checking in on our community challenge. On top of that we’ll be talking about the games we’ve been playing, the media we’ve been consuming, and, of course, our regularly scheduled picks of the week. Media Discussed: Barry Ruridragon Dr. Strange in Multiverse Of Madness Video Games Discussed: World Of Warcraft The Quarry Returnal Picks Of The...

It's that time again! Time for the Patreon voted topic of the month and this month we had a dousy of a topic. That's right, with all the hype around the Summer Game Fest and the games that look to be releasing over the next 12-18 months, it was decided that we should let our cynical flag fly baby! So what is the topic? Well we all get hyped for things from time to time and sometimes that hype is j...

So we’ve got news. Lots of news. So much news, it would make your head spin. And because of that, we have decided that we will be doing a news episode this week. What exactly will we be talking about? Well we’ll be talking all about the Summer Games Fest of course and all of it’s announcements and surprises. So strap in folks, this one is gonna be fun. PS State Of Play Summer Games Fest Devolver D...

Well guys, it’s that time of year again where companies decide that they’re going to pander to their LGBTQ audience by making their logos rainbow and trying to sell them products. I only joke… a little… But seriously, it is pride month and we thought there would be no better way to celebrate the community than by running through some of the best examples of LGBTQ representation in gaming. So we’re...

We talk an awful lot about video games on this show and we also talk alot about anime. We were recently talking about topics that we wanted to see come up on the show and one immediately jumped out to us, Anime Video Games. The question, though, is how do we talk about them? What about them? Then, as we are want to do, we took a simple topic, put a little spin on it and then complicated it even mo...

This year has seen a ton of triple A releases that have dominated sales charts and come to define the year in gaming thus far. What has been missing, however, has been the top tier indie games that have been seen in years past. This year has, of course, HAD indie games with things like Trek To Yomi, Nobody Saves The World, and Weird West getting attention from press outlets and Nintendo having its...

We’re going BACK to a catch up episode after having taken a week off. So we’re going to talk about all of the media that we’ve been ingesting… all of the games we’ve been playing, and of course, we will have our regularly scheduled picks of the week. Media Discussed: Wrestlemania 38 The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent The Northman Dr. Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Sonic 2  Jujutsu Kaise...

You know them, you love them, you might even support them, BUT do you know what makes them tick? Well why don't you find out? This special episode is an interview focused on the one of the cohosts of Hunting Pixels, the one and only Austin "I only do one thing and that's watch Anime" Stephens! He sat down with patron, Justin Ruiss, to get interviewed. They talk about his love of (if you couldn't t...

It seems like every other day there’s news of a new video game company being bought by a gigantic corporation to stick in their portfolio of video game studios. This week brought us the news that Square Enix selling off three of its western-based development teams in, Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, and Square Enix Montreal alongside all of their IP. Meaning that all of their teams and game fran...