Year: 2017

Eric Swain External Sources

The Moving Pixels Podcast Discusses ‘Tales from the Borderlands Episode 5’

Weeks later, we finally finish up our mini-series of episodes on Telltale’s Tales from the Borderlands. This podcast episode did not go the way I thought it would. See, Nick had steadily become more and more hyped on the game with each passing episode. So, I figured episode 5 would continue our enamored love fest of the game, while trying not to retread all the jokes in it, as with the previous episodes. I did not expect the contentious argument regarding the game’s conclusion that would result. | more

Eric Swain External Sources

Critical Distance Confab – Heavy Eyed

Last week, we released our next podcast interview with one Mitch Cramer aka HeavyEyed on the Critical Distance Confab. This Kiwi (is that derogatory? should I just go with New Zealander?) relatively new voice on the scene and our discussion is mostly about him finding his footing as a critic. We are rapidly approaching the present with this series as Mitch only started near the end of 2015. It’s getting to the point where there just isn’t enough material or work to talk about for the people who started so soon, relatively speaking. | more

Eric Swain External Sources

The Critical Distance Confab Minisodes Are Back

August 31, 2017 | Filed under: External Sources, Recent Posts and tagged with: Critical Distance, Podcast Yesterday, I published the first minisode in over a year for the Critical Distance Confab, the Critical Distance podcast. Instead of just advertising the fact that minisodes are back, I’d like to take this chance to go over the whole story behind them: the behind the scenes thinking that went into them, why they left and why they’re now back. | more

Eric Swain External Sources

The Moving Pixels Podcast Goes Crazy in ‘Knee Deep Episodes 2 and 3′

This week we finish up the swamp noir, theatrical play, adventure game Knee Deep with episodes 2 and 3. Can a game be so bad it’s good? I don’t know, but Knee Deep is definitely a game that’s so bad it’s interesting. I know the angry video game critic is … (This post is lost beyond this point.) The Moving Pixels Podcast Goes Crazy in 'Knee Deep: Episodes 2 and 3' » PopMatters "After all, you can drown in knee deep water, if you stand on your head." | more

Eric Swain External Sources

Critical Distance Confab – The Critic and the Dragon

Joseph Anderson was one of the bigger YouTubers I managed to get for an interview. The larger one’s subscriber count, the harder it is to get a hold of them. (At least if you don’t already know them like I did with Chris Franklin.) So, I was really glad that I kept pinging away until one of my messages got noticed the deluge of emails he gets. Apparently, I was also the first interview and podcast he’s ever done. I should probably frame this tweet or something. | more

Eric Swain Game Essays

Thoughts on Batman – The Telltale Series Episode 1

August 11, 2017 | Filed under: Game Essays, Recent Posts and tagged with: Batman, Batman - The Telltale Series, Telltale After finishing the first episode of last year’s Telltale Batman game I was just gushing with observations, criticisms and other related thoughts. Instead of trying to pound them into a coherent essay (any one of these points could make an essay unto itself), I figured it would be more accurate and honest to leave them as the grab bag of thoughts they were. | more

Eric Swain External Sources

The Moving Pixels Podcast Prepares for ‘Titanfall 2′

This week we welcome guest Max Bernard of ‘Great Levels in Gaming’ YouTube series to talk Titanfall 2. We take a break from the episodic games we’ve started to dive into one of the best shooters of last year, that statistically you haven’t played. It’s a masterclass of design and spectacle and we take a roving tour of the game’s level highlights from beginning to end. The episode is live on PopMatters, SoundCloud, iTunes and through the RSS feed. | more

Eric Swain External Sources

Moving Pixels Podcast: Tales from the Borderlands Episode 3 – Catch a Ride

This week we continue our drive through Telltale’s episodic adventure game, Tales from the Borderlands, with episode 3 “Catch a Ride.” Sorry about last week, there was a slight snafu hitting the Monday release date. Then then episode was supposed to go up mid-week last week, but that didn’t happen either. So, it’s released this Monday and we’ll be back on schedule next week with the next episode. No extra waiting for it. | more

Eric Swain External Sources

Critical Distance Confab – A Measured Response: Hbomb

A new interview on the Critical Distance Confab is up. This time with YouTube critic and vaudevillian Harry Brewis, also known as Hbomberguy. (I will never get tired of that moniker. YouTube Vaudevillian.) Proving once again that preparation and not being hocked up on cold medication makes for a better, livelier interview. I was extremely happy with how it turned out, so of course this is first episode I get actual feedback about my worst nightmare: the audio. | more