Month: April 2017

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The Moving Pixels Podcast Becomes The ‘Beholder’

This week we look at the Russian indie game on living in a totalitarian society, Beholder. It’s one of those games where I found the discussion engendered by the game far more interesting than the game itself. I contend on the podcast that this was by design as it felt thematically appropriate to withhold certain aspects of how to play the game but nonetheless makes it a frustrating experience to play in the first place. Nick got more out of it and gleaned some facets about how the game makes you behave by subsuming yourself to the system. | more

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Moving Pixels Podcast Finally Plays the Long Delayed ‘Last Guardian’

We finally get around to talking about the finally released The Last Guardian. This one has been a long time coming. This is one of those titles that has always been on the docket to be discussed, basically as soon as enough of us have played it. We discuss the wait that The Last Guardian put us through and how the expectation game might effect our appreciation of it. Though we do get into a discussion into how The Last Guardian delivers its story and develops the relationship between Trico and the boy through its play. | more

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Critical Distance Confab – A Cagey Interview

This month I interview Scotsman YouTuber Kevin John for the Critical Distance Confab. We’re getting closer and closer to the present day. Going in chronological order means that the later interviews will be with people who have started not so long ago. Cagey, as he calls himself, started less than two years ago. He also has the smallest and least known channel of the people I’ve interviewed so far. Add that up all together and even John himself makes no bones about how rubbish he is at interviewing. | more