The Pixel Response

The parallel universe starts.

Both Hank and Paul have been fans of Warcraft for a long time. From the silly game that revolutionized real-time strategy to the perfect storm that World of Warcraft was, Blizzard has consistently put out great products with the franchise name that takes a special blend of half-serious, self-aware look at a high fantasy setting of "Orcs & Humans". But what if these stories are taken from the s...

 

With the final episode of Life is Strange finally hitting the public, we got our group of panelists together to discuss the finer points of Episode 5 and the whole game at large!  -- Recorded live on http://www.twitch.tv/exfauxsure

In a time where local multiplayer death match games run rampant, Landon Podbielski releases a smooth playing “one shot, one kill” game featuring loads of different weapons, maps and (of course) a dedicated quack button. Duck Game has been one of the funnest multiplayer games we’ve had the pleasure to spend hours on recently and we are humbled to be able to steal some of Landon’s time to discuss th...

WARNING: THIS DISCUSSION WILL SPOIL ALMOST EVERYTHING WORTH EXPERIENCING FIRST-HAND IN LIFE IS STRANGE.  After the events of the emotional rollercoaster that Life is Strange is and to prepare for the final episode, we get together to form a sort of "support group" to discuss what has happened in the game so far for each of us and what we think might happen in Episode 5. Sitting at the table:...

Hank loves playing as Tembo the Badass Elephant while Paul loses his life to Terraria. Yeah. Really. Also, would you eat human meat?

With little interest in the games released this week, Hank decides to go see a whole bunch of movies including Ant Man, A Hard Day and Court. Paul gets enthralled with the television show Fresh Off The Boat and plays Earthbound for the first time in memory of Iwata. Also, Rocket League is still good!

Not a whole lot going on this week, so we brought in some guests to help us out! Joining us this week are Dani (@danistiel) and her visiting friend Ash (@ZetsubouNikki) to shoot the shit about visiting Canada, poutine and cowboys! Paul has been playing a bunch of crappy games like NotGTAV, Girlfriend Rescue and Gender Bender DNA Twister Extreme while Hank has been enjoying more Rocket League, jump...

Hank has been spending most of his time this week playing video games such as Digimon: Digital Card Battle, Pokemon Alpha Sapphire and Elite Dangerous. He and Paul also played Her Story and spend a bunch of time discussing that. Paul has been playing (and finishing) Batman Arkham Knight and finally gets around to seeing Jurassic World while Hank sees and writes a review for Terminator Genisys. Als...

The guys test out using QQ instead of Skype, so apologies for some technical issues. Paul finally sees Mad Max: Fury Road! He thought it was ok. They play the Korean MMO Blade & Soul and have a surprisingly good time. Homer gets back into Devil Survivor: Overclocked. More D&D happened, this time with a lot more role-playing. Spider-Man (SNES) is terrible and Homer has played it too much.

You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Gone home is an interactive exploration simulator. Interrogate every detail of a seemingly normal house to discover the story of the people who live there. Open any drawer and door. Pick up objects and examine them to discover clues....

Hank was away for the weekend, but he found time to watch a bunch of movies including the original Mad Max trilogy, but Paul still hasn’t seen Fury Road (ruining his life). Retro Puppet Master is the missing link of bad movies and Die Hard is still great. They also talk about not being able to talk about Life is Strange – Episode 3: Chaos Theory. Wasps are terrible.

Hank sees Mad Max: Fury Road and loved it, but Paul hasn’t… yet? They talk about how no one can go to PAX anymore and then shift to general talk about conventions. Guns of Icarus was played. League of Legends was dabbled with but they still don’t really have a handle on it. Smite comes to XBone and GTA V mods are actually malware. Also D&D finally happened! And more Heroes of the Storm talk… o...

Paul and Homer spend an inordinate amount of time talking about MOBAs this week as Sins of a Dark Age officially comes out and Heroes of the Storm gets more play than before! When not meeting in the lanes, however, both have been playing Wolfenstein: The Old Blood and Homer tries Splatoon. Also, Sailor Moon is great and Tuxedo Mask ssssssssuuuuuucks

The guys expect to have a short podcast, but fuck it up and just keep talking. Paul’s computer hates Swery65 games so instead of trying D4 he’s just been playing a lot of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Hank’s not sure if he wants to play it which turns into a conversation about open world games. Also, they’re kinda over the hill with GTA V and Heroes of the Storm. Instead, Paul’s been spending some qua...

For your listening ease, we’ve released this episode in two parts; the first part contains in-depth talk about The Avengers: Age of Ultron including spoilers. The second contains more movie talk and video game talk as normal. Enjoy! The Avengers: Age of Ultron is out and we spend a long time talking about it. With spoilers. Seriously, don’t listen to the first part of the episode if you haven’t se...

For your listening ease, we’ve released this episode in two parts; the first part contains in-depth talk about The Avengers: Age of Ultron including spoilers. The second contains more movie talk and video game talk as normal. Enjoy! The Avengers: Age of Ultron is out and we spend a long time talking about it. With spoilers. Seriously, don’t listen to the first part of the episode if you haven’t se...

We’ve been gone for two weeks! Where, you might ask? Well… nowhere! While not podcasting, we’ve been playing video games like Killing Floor 2, Crypt of the NecroDancer and Heroes of the Storm. Speaking of Heroes of the Storm, eSports and ESPN invite Blizzard into their domain as the Heroes of the Dorm tournament happened over the weekend so we discuss some of that as well. Hank went to see Ex Mach...

Nathan has a movie secret and he’s not telling anyone. Can we crack his mystery?

This week, Hank and Paul swoon over Life is Strange in a big bad way while also enjoying Ori and the Blind Forest and reliving Tekken days. Paul plays Battlefield Hardline and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number while Hank checked out Yoot Tower (yeah, I dunno either) and goes hard in Heroes of the Storm. In movies, Hank watches some good stuff including It Follows (which you can read a review of it her...

Paul and Hank spend a lot of their time this week playing Diablo III: Reaper of Souls and loving every minute of it. Due to this, Paul revisits Diablo II to his disappointment. Speaking of disappointment, BloodLust Shadowhunters fails to impress in its current state as well. Meanwhile, Hank reads some great comics like Sex Criminals and Jack Staff and gets weirded out by Marvelous Melmo. Also, Bat...

Due to real-life making scheduling harder for Paul and Nathan to get together frequently, Hank (@iam3Dhomer) joins Paul for a new era of podcasting history to talk a whole lot of movies and games. Paul finally watches John Wick and loves it and has been playing a bunch of Heroes of the Storm. Hank enjoys some time with Project Almanac, gets some good grizzled Jude Law in Black Sea, has fun with Ju...

New Amiibos means more Amiibo talk! Nathan goes to see a 10 year old God throw plagues around in Exodus: Gods and Kings while Paul watches that new Carrie movie with Chloë Grace Moretz. Trying to find a new game to get into, Nathan scoffs at Gears of War 3, gets bored by Borderlands 2 and find some solace in… Resident Evil 6?

Nathan catches Amiibola and we discuss the rarity of Amiibos, their release dates and make some predictions. Weird Kijiji stories happen and somehow Nathan acquires a box of old Atari PC games (sans computer). Paul finally sees Interstellar, is playing a lot of World of Warcraft and talks about dumpster diving.