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The Moving Pixels Podcast Kills Nazis with ‘Wolfenstein: The New Order’

This week we decide to go back to the 2014 Nazi killing game, Wolfenstein: The New Order. ‘This game is better than it has any right to be.’ That has been my quick and dirty mantra about this game whenever anyone asks. Several years later I feel it still holds true. I’m of two minds about a lot of the facets in this this game. Because so many of its statements about ideology and Nazism work, then don’t work, but then work again in this endless cycle. | more

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The Moving Pixels Podcast Visits ‘Tacoma’

This week on the Moving Pixels Podcast we go to space to talk AI and workplace drama in Tacoma. This is an interesting one for us, because Gone Home at one point was our longest podcast. There was a lot to dig into and a lot of contextual stuff to talk about. So, one does kind of have some expectations going into Fullbirght’s follow up game. We don’t get as long a conversation out of it as we don’t go into as much detail about the specifics. | more

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The Moving Pixels Podcast Plays ‘Pyre’

This week, we talk about Supergiant Games’ most recent offering, the fantasy fire Basketball simulator, Pyre. Nick stated before the recording of this episode that he didn’t want it to bloat into a behemoth like our What Remains of Edith Finch episode did. It’s a fair thing to ask given that he has to edit them. As such, our discussion is mainly centered on the big picture ideas Pyre presents rather than digging down into the nitty gritty character narratives. | more

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The Moving Pixels Podcast Tells ‘Stories Untold’

For Halloween this year, we look at the horror text adventure anthology Stories Untold. It’s an interesting game that deserves a lot more people looking at it. Is it good? Well, it’s got a lot of good things in it. Again, we ended up looking at a game that I hope is influential in future titles that pull off what it did, but better. You can also find the first tale of this “anthology” as a standalone title on itch.io. | more

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The Moving Pixels Podcast Discovers ‘What Remains of Edith Finch’

This week on the Moving Pixels Podcast, we discuss Giant Sparrow’s sophomore game, What Remains of Edith Finch. This is a long one folks. It always seems the denser video games are the ones we take longer to discuss.  At the time, I felt we kept going around in circles over the central reading of the game, but it didn’t seem that way when listening to it. There is just that much to talk about in What Remains of Edith Finch. | more

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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

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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

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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

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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