Passive Pixels: A Media Catch-Up Podcast

We try to cut down the episode's topics and yet still cross 3 hours. I need to figure something out in shortening these. This episode involves strippers and drugs, both named Destiny, theaters have reopened so we can actually see something new and 4 different topics get spoiled because surface level is weak. Oh also E3 talk at the end I guess   00:00 Intro 01:56 Table of Contents 02:46 Rapid...

I watched an anime, never ask me for anything ever again. I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion and The End of Evangelion and am so conflicted that I still have no idea if I even like the thing that as punishment, Dustin Furman of Handsome Phantom and Last Stand Media, the man who recommended the show to me, is tasked with helping me figure out how I feel about NGE and the general state of anime. Also...

Look, I don’t have an excuse. In yet another 3 hour episode which for the love of God, use time stamps if you’re gonna listen to it, Dorian joins me as I slowly lose my mind trying to make sense of how I feel about Neon Genesis Evangelion, we share some opinions about maybe the only game that exists on PS5 Returnal, and Weeb Trial commences its death march to end all sentient beings who dare quest...

We specifically tried to record this when we both had to go meet up our own friends and family so we wouldn't talk for too long. Well the episode is 3 hours and we were both late to meet our own loved ones. Oops. In the first episode since I popped too hard off into a void about Nier Gestalt and Replicant and spoiled v1.2 last month, Dorian and I discuss sure, I guess movies and games and shows bu...

Hey, remember episode 5? Neither do I. Well, I invited StrawhatNinja and the moose formerly known as Brandon Addiholic Moosington for a short section of the episode to talk about 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, but I have no idea how to actually curtail myself when it comings to digging too deep so it ended up being a special episode. Oops. Anyways, Strawhat is a good boy, so here's where I put in his wo...

SPOILERS FOR AUTOMATA AND UNCHARTED 4 This is it, it's finally over, almost 8 hours in total of Nier (2010) Lore, Summary and Impressions. MugetsuRoyal joins in again. Let's get Yoko Taro out of the locker, shall we? 00:00 Intro + Audio/Music Discussion 04:27 Nier Replicant v.1.2 News Updates 11:28 Nier Game A Run 7 35:42 Nier A Run Thoughts 40:13 Nier Game B Run 1 44:15 Witches’ Sabbath (Kainé’s...

SPOILERS FOR NIER: AUTOMATA. ALSO LISTEN TO PART 1. YOU'LL BE LOST. Ok, I have a plan. It's a trilogy now. MugetsuRoyal joins me again as I monologue about a fictional character having drip, my discomfort with a 40 year old man telling a 20 year old girl on his hands and knees that they're friends and I read Grimoire Nier Short Stories to you with funny accents. Two Spoilercasts down, one to go, N...

SPOILERS FOR THE LAST OF US AND HORIZON ZERO DAWN, AND DRAKENNIER AS A SERIES (Drakengard 1, 3, Nier Automata) Here it is. The reason I even created this podcast, so I can git gud at podcasting and give Yoko Taro's twisted works the love and attention they deserve. I started a replay of Nier (2010) in January of 2021 and finished in March with a platinum trophy, having done all endings, all side q...

SPOILERS FOR EDITH FINCH, TENET AND MGS2 The year is 2067. After a devastating nuclear bombardment by the northern border to the United States, Canada has invaded as a hostile insurgent and began to round up those who defy the laws of the Canuck. Kangaroo Courts has become the norm. Anime movies are outlawed. Freedom dies in one court room. The scumbag anti hero tries to plead his case, but will y...

SPOILERS FOR JOKER AND MR ROBOT S1 AND 2 I made it to my own deadline, good because this 4 1/2 hour recording session accidentally had it's opening become a special episode for 13 Sentinels. This is the second half, so now I have a timeline not on the level of a 13 Sentinels and maybe more of a Fast and Furious timeline. In this episode after escaping from a fire that threatened life and limb, Add...

SPOILERS FOR LA LA LAND Another special episode, I should cancel the podcast before I gets too powerful.  Today's special episode, we'll be talking about the forgotten anime classic from the 1960s, One Piece and the deep psychological impl- no, we're talking about the masterpiece of a film from one Damien Chazelle blessed us with in 2014, Whiplash, starring Miles Teller but really starring J....

23:40-24:18 Mad Men Season 2 Finale Spoilers Uplifting episode title, huh? On a very standard episode, I watched a movie. Maybe even two. A TV show? Hell, a game I think at some point. In the first episode where I don't pine over a male actor, I talk about getting rid of the albatross that is Nier Gestalt off of me, I go down to South Park the Stick of Truth to have a time, I bring chips to dip in...

"this one is gonna be an instant classic!" said no one ever about this episode. This is the first episode without any movies or any new thoughts on TV shows but I did include a book. People fire General Managers over bad trades, right? I should find one. In this miss of an episode, I discuss the finer points of Uno and why I might have made enemies of many people, why Texas Hold Em is the only way...

CHECK TIME STAMPS TO AVOID SPOILERS Here is it, the first one off episode of the podcast, which means I’m sure that next week will be my final episode. Today’s special episode will be about the first three episodes of The Leftovers, so assume full spoilers for those. I am joined by two people I found on match.com (no that isn’t true but if I explained how I found them, I’d be explaining a book wor...

I haven't quit making the show so it's obviously going to become a staring match between you and I; who will blink first, you or me? Probably me. A threadbare episode and yet I still made it to almost an hour of runtime, I have no concept of time. In this episode, I continue my streak of heteronormative crushes on male actors with complimenting Brad Pitt, turn my back on my generation by talking i...

Congrats, if you're reading this, we survived another 14 years since the previous episode and I overcame laziness to record another. This episode has me gushing over Patrick Swayze, explaining why I learned to stop caring and love Tom Cruise, and why trophies are a horrible addiction you should never have to see a loved one experience. Do I solve the energy crisis this episode? Of course I do, but...

Well, against all odds that I mostly bet against myself, I'm actually doing something creative now. Welcome to Episode 0 of Passive Pixels: A Media Catch-Up Podcast, where I record myself endlessly babbling twice a month, and give my thoughts on the movies, TV shows, games and other forms of entertainment that catch my attention, whether I love it or hate it. In the inaugural episode, I jump on to...