Pursuing Pixels

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!'   It's our first episode of 2022 and we're kicking it off with a bunch of video game chit chat that Kevin, John, & Randall got into before recording last week's  Holiday Episode ! We get into all sorts of goodies, including our fears of what Nintendo is going to do with all of our digital Switch purcha...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels...and welcome to our third annual, end-of-the-year, wrap-up episode!?!   [Click here for last year's episode!] To close out 2021, we're highlighting a BUNCH of our favorite games that came up on the podcast over the course of the year—consider it our version of the GOTYs.  And we're closing things out by looking forward to 2022, each resolving to play something from...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We're getting one more 'core' episode in this year before the calendar rolls over into 2022, and Kevin is squeaking in his resolution game just in the nick of time, so let's get right into it... John gets things started this week with the very recently released Babble Royale—a super fresh take on the genre where John can finally hold his own!  From there, Kevin di...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!'   Before we get to the usual chit chat this week, Kevin kicks things off with a handful of multiplayer games that he's been digging into over the past couple of weeks—including an awesome couch co-op session with DJ, and finally popping the latest WarioWare into the Nintendo Switch! After that, Kevin a...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  John and Kevin are back in the saddle this week and we've got plenty of gaming goodness to get to, so let's get right into it... Kevin gets things started with a couple of incredible indie shmups, Spectrum Forces and Viral Reload, both of which he's had a really tough time putting down lately! John springs for Nintendo's new 'Online Expansion Pass' and digs into t...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!'   Kevin kicks things off with a trio of awesome indie platformers that he's been absolutely loving lately, before he and John get into the chit chat—covering everything from modular synthesizers to more 'Tony Hawk Talk' ™.   We also give a shoutout to our weekly indie game book club,  PP Potpourri , in...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We've got the trio back in the studio again and we're getting things started with the 'go-to' games that John & Randall have been firing up lately before we get into the meat of the episode... From there, Kevin and Randall play a little tug-of-war when discussing Mario's first couple of romps on Nintendo's monochrome handheld—how much does nostalgia play into the...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!' Kevin kicks things off with a couple of Wario-inspired indie platformers that he's been digging into lately, as he and Randall gear up to chat about some of the garlic-loving mischief maker's handheld adventures on future episodes of the podcast.  He also takes a few minutes to shout out Rubris, an inc...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We're back with the trifecta this week, along with all sorts of gaming goodness, so let's dig right in... Kevin kicks things off with  Damocles Gaze , yet another incredibly addictive game from  PUNKCAKE Délicieux . After that, John takes us over into tactics territory with the fifth, and latest installment in the Mercenaries Blaze  franchise.  Kevin also takes a...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!' Kevin kicks things off with a TON of indie gaming goodness before we get into the banter this week, with a handful of rapid-fire recommendations—all of which are *NEW* releases!?! After that, John & Randall join the conversation and we're ALL over the map this week!  From complaining about Nintendo's n...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, John & Kevin have a handful of awesome indies to highlight, alongside an updated all-time classic that slaps just as hard today as it did way back in 1999...so let's get right into it! First things first, John kicks things off with  Murder by Numbers , which was his 'resolution game' from last year's holiday episode.  John loves him a good Nonogram, but...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!' This week, we're looking into the future with a conversation from the pre-roll of an upcoming core episode of the podcast—and we're ALL over the map!?! But before that, Kevin gives a quick shout out to a couple of awesome games from  Wired Dreams Studio . And in the interest of synchronicity, we briefl...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We've got a whole bunch of video game goodness to gab about this week—and we're even semi-timely for a change, haha—so let's get right into it... We kick things off with  Goodboy Galaxy , a *brand new* metroidvania coming to the Game Boy Advance, cartridge and all!  We hang around on the classic Nintendo handheld for a little while longer, as Randall recently poli...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, we are once again joined by the one-and-only  Matt Glanville !  We've raved about pretty much  all of Matt's games  on the podcast in the past, and it is truly an honor to have him on the show again, this time for a more in-depth discussion about his own work! We chat about everything from the quick & punchy arcade action of Matt's first three indie gam...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, we are fortunate enough to be joined by yet another indie game developer, Matt Glanville !  We've raved about pretty much all of Matt's games on the podcast in the past, and it is truly an honor to have him on the show to talk about some video games—and he'll be on again next week for a more in-depth discussion about his work! In the meantime, Matt & Ke...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!' After a bit of a hiatus, Randall was back on the podcast last week for the first time in a few months—he's done with school for good now, so it's nothing but video games from here on out... :) All kidding aside, it was great catching up with Randall last week—so much so that we ended up chatting for 2+...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  Randall is back on the podcast this week after knocking out the remainder of his chaotic school schedule—he and Kevin don’t miss a beat, so let’s talk about some video games! Kevin kicks things off with a couple of games that he was playing with his little cousins while back home in Michigan for his Brother’s wedding recently—along with the obligatory Mario Golf:...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, we’re joined again by game developer extraordinaire, dev_dwarf , to chat with him about his work —which we’ve raved about many times before on the podcast...even when he wasn’t here! :D We’ve been huge fans of everything that Dwarf has been doing ever since we first got our hands on Lianthus , a mysterious action adventure released alongside his Noisy B...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, Kevin is the only ‘Pixel’ in the building—but our pal (and incredibly talented game developer) dev_dwarf was gracious enough to spend some time chatting indie games with us before we dug into a deeper discussion/interview with him about his games & process, which will be out next week! We’re obviously big fans of what the folks over at PUNKCAKE Délicieu...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels, and welcome back to another edition of 'Save it for the 'cast!' Before we get the video game chit chat going this week, Kevin gives some quick updates on a few new things we've got going on... First things first, it's been an absolute pleasure having the guests we've had on the show recently, and we're looking forward to bringing you more conversations with some of...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  We’re back at it again this week, kicking things off with one of Kevin’s most anticipated releases on Nintendo Switch this year, Mario Golf: Super Rush .  Unfortunately, it’s a pretty big time bust in his opinion...but there is always hope for things getting smoothed out in future updates—at the very least, it’ll definitely be nice to see some new courses! Kevin’s...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, our friend (and also a game designer & composer) Megan Carnes joins us once again, this time to chat a little more about her work ! We dig into all sorts of different topics with Megan this time around, including a dive into her first game, inter-view , her musical background and influences, the logistics of balancing life and work as a freelancing arti...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  For this episode, we are joined by game designer & composer (and our friend), Megan Carnes !  She’s sitting down with us this week to chat some video games, per usual, and will be joining us again next week to chat some more about her work … But before that, John is still on his Warhammer 40,000 kick, as he’s now made his way over from the tabletop to the PC, as h...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  This week, we're joined by Rémy Devaux , who is 50% of newly-formed indie dev duo, PUNKCAKE Délicieux , alongside veteran game designer Benjamin Soulé .  They're going to be releasing a new game every month on their itchio page ...or you can snag all of their games at a discounted price via Patreon subscription —and the games will eventually be coming to Steam, as...

Welcome back to Pursuing Pixels.  Kevin and John are keeping the video game train rolling this week, although John’s dipping his toes into a little tabletop action, as well… But before we get to that, John is still spending loads of time with Monster Hunter: Rise and itching to sync up with some pals for an online multiplayer session—we’ll definitely have to check back in (again) once he does some...