Month: May 2017

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The Moving Pixels Podcast Discusses ‘Tales from the Borderlands Episode 1′

And so, we begin a new series of episodes on a Telltale Adventure game. This time the action/comedy Tales from the Borderlands. We’ve been away from Telltale for a while so covering Tales from the Borderlands both felt like coming home to a knowable, comfortable quantity and getting a splash of cold water to the face. If there’s a through-line to our discussion, it’s this dichotomy. In changing up to a comedy instead of another tragedy, Tales feels fresh and something of a clearing the air over our burnout of the relentlessness of Telltale’s other titles. | more

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Critical Distance Confab – Documentary Delight

I interviewed the director of the gaming documentary Gaming in Color, Philip Jones. This was a bit different from the other interviews, as it seems every interview in this series is, that instead of a whole body of work that I could discuss we focused solely on a single piece, the film. Can’t think of anything else to add that didn’t make it into the interview. I will admit, this one is a little behind the original schedule. | more

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The Moving Pixels Podcast Seeks the ‘Lost Constellation’

This week, we discuss the free Kickstarter teaser, demoish thing for Night in the Woods, Lost Constellation. I personally didn’t get much from the game other than a nice, pleasant feeling from the game’s art style, but fellow podcaster Nick liked it a lot. I didn’t have much to contribute this time around, but Nick and Chris went in depth on a discussion of folklore and rituals and how Lost Constellation reflects that aspect of human behavior. | more