Hunting Pixels

Ep. 124: Raise Hell, Praise Dale

What a way to start off the year, a whole bunch of basically nothing in January and then bam a whole bunch of stuff in February. Between the load of games that are challenging us here at the Hunting Pixels crew to forget our backlog and a load of announcements for coming showcases, we got news that Microsoft was planning on taking Xbox games multi-platform. This was potentially huge news and so Dylan and I sat down to talk about it for just a little bit a discuss what we think this ...

Ep. 123: The Returnal Of The Mack

We are back with our first true episode of 2024! So there you go. Get ready for a dousy! Media Discussed: Twilight New Moon Eclipse Royal Rumble 2024 Video Games Discussed: Palworld Final Fantasy Picks Of The Week: Josh: Bo Burnham vs. Jeff Bezos (youtube.com) Dylan: Dance With the Dead - Sledge As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content. Culture Bop: Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - you...

Ep. 122: 2023 Game Of The Year Day 3: The Predictions Show

Every year, it gets this time of year and everyone starts putting out their game of the year nominees and winners and we’re no different. However, in the interest of giving you smaller more digestible episodes we’ve decided that it’s more beneficial to break those things up, and as such we’re going to have separate shows for separate things. This week’s episode will be all about next year. That’s right, we’re already looking forward to next year. This will be our annual tradition go...

Ep. 121: 2023 Game Of The Year Day 2: GAME OF THE YEAR

So We are here! It has come to this. Hunting Pixels is ready to get to you, the listener, our Game Of The Year! That said, We need to go ahead and explain our system and the ground rules. First, we’re using the system that was completely ripped off from Giant Bomb and Let’s Fight A Boss and we will be listing the games that we’ve played and then cutting them one by one until we get to our ultimate winner, the Hunting Pixels Game Of The Fucking Year!!! Now, to qualify for our list, t...

Ep. 120: 2023 Game Of The Year Day 1: Categories Show

Every year, it gets this time of year and everyone starts putting out their game of the year nominees and winners and we’re no different. However, in the interest of giving you smaller more digestible episodes we’ve decided that it’s more beneficial to break those things up, and as such we’re going to have separate shows for separate things. This week’s episode will be in service of the various awards that we’ve decided to give out that aren’t Game Of The Year. This includes a multi...

Ep. 119: The 2024 Preview

It's time to take a look at the year in games of 2024. We look at all of the games we're looking forward to and whether or not this year will be anywhere near as good as 2023 (spoiler alert, we don't think so). Media Discussed: The Iron Claw Poor Things Ferrari How To Blow Up A Pipeline Video Games Discussed: Baldur's Gate 3 Elder Scrolls Online Picks Of The Week: Josh: Folgers Coffee Christmas Incest Commercial 2009 (youtube.com) Dylan: Afterhours - The Weeknd As always...

Ep. 118: Killers Of The Fork Knife Moon

Ep. 117: Chucky Wucky

Special Ep. 026: Geoff Keighley's Best Friend Hideo Kojima

Special Guest Justin Ruiss joins Josh to talk all about The Game Awards and whether or not Hideo Kojima's masterpiece Metal Gear Solid deserves to win Game Of The Year every year.

Ep. 116: The Golden Years

Talkin all about them golden years. Media Discussed: The Office Super Fan Episodes V/H/S/99 V/H/S/85 Child's Play 3 Bride Of Chucky Curse Of Chucky Cult Of Chucky Videogames Discussed: Alan Wake 2 Fortnite Picks Of The Week: Josh: Lies of P Has Ruined Dark Souls For Me - YouTube Dylan: Hollywood Principle (Ether Remix) - Breathing Underwater As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content. Cu...

Special Ep. 025: A Genre A Day Keeps The Josh Away

Just in time for... Halloween... Oh god dammit... Anyway, just in time for Halloween, Josh decided to take listeners on a journey through horror movie heaven. In this very special episode, he takes you through his top picks for horror movie subgenres to give a look at movies that he loves and that he thinks are perfect representations of what the horror genre has to offer! As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop fami...

Ep. 115: Lactose Tolerance

They did it. By god, those sons of bishes did it. Microsoft pulled it out and managed to get the acquisition of Activison Blizzard passed through! This is all very exciting for those of us who have been salivating over COD coming to gamepass, but what else could it possibly mean? Well that's what we're hear to talk about today! Alongside that, we've got other stuff to talk about so avast ye mateys, yo ho. Media Discussed: Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight Frozen Knock Knock Sp...

Ep. 114: Baby Gronk Strikes Again

We missed a week so you know what that means, LET'S KETCHUP! Media Discussed: Jennifer's Body One Piece (Manga) One Piece (Anime) Bones And All Deadstream Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt Infinity Pool Video Games Discussed: Lies Of P Sea Of Stars Forza Motorsports Assassin's Creed: Mirage Picks Of The Week: Josh: Why Are Modern Blockbusters So... Not Very Good? - SOME MORE NEWS - YouTube Austin: Rise Against - Endgame Dylan:Rising Insane - Blinding Lights  As always...

Ep. 113: This Is Halloween... Sorta...

This is a weird one so let's talk some horror!

Ep. 112: The Boys Are Back In Town

We're Back! And just in time to talk all about what 2023 has been like so far! We talk our current GOTY front runners, what we're excited about for this final 3 months of the year and also where we stand on the elusive challenge of 2023. On top of that Josh has started his 31 Days Of Halloween Challenge and he talks about a couple of those films, Austin has read WAY too much One Piece, and Dylan has, of course, replayed Cyberpunk in an effort to exercise some demons. All of that and...

Ep. 111: Hosts Of Bebop Past

You know em. You love em. We are of course talking about our battle royales. I kid. Well sort of. Our topic of the show here is, of course, a battle royale, but it's also about games with great art direction. Where does Bloodborne stack up again The Legend Of Zelda: Windwaker and why are they both so far behind Final Fantasy VII? Well, why don't you just listen and find out? Media Discussed: One Piece (Netflix) Video Games Discussed: Sea Of Stars Starfield Baldur's Gate 3 Arm...

Ep. 110: One Piece Of Dat Ass

We're back and it's time to catch up on all the things that we've done in the nearly month long absence we've had. Media Discussed: One Piece Red The Bear Barbie One Piece (Netflix) Oppenheimer The Boogeyman Mobile Suit Gundam Doan's Island Video Games Discussed: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Sea Of Stars Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon Pokemon Heart Gold Season: A Letter To The Future Gundam Battle Operation 2 Starfield Picks Of The Week: Josh: Headlines (From OMG ...

Special Ep. 024: Sophisticated Anime And Unsophisticated Hate

I wish I knew, but let's all be honest... I don't...

Ep. 109: Powerman 5000 Strikes Again

Games are a unique medium in that the control is given to the observer. Within this structure, systems and mechanics must be built in order to offer control to the player. As such games must constantly innovate or introduce outright new systems and mechanics at a regular pace. That also sometimes means that good mechanics get left behind. That's what we want to discuss with the topic. What mechanics of old should have stuck around or should, in the modern age, make a come back. Med...

Ep. 108: Basic Geography And Pie Making

Every so often we reach back into our old bag of topics and return to one that we have enjoyed in the past and want to discuss again. This week we've done just that and we're talking about reboots, remasters, and remakes of video games. Well not just that, but moreso what games we would like to see get that treatment. So we all picked two games a piece and talked about those! It's an interesting and fun conversation! We've also got a new movie and some games to talk about! So strap ...

Ep. 107: Dylan Isn't Allowed To Type Anymore

We're back and we've got our Q2 check in! Media Discussed: Asteroid City Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch From Mercury The Office: Super Fan Episodes Insidious: The Red Door Video Games Discussed: Dead By Daylight Final Fantasy XVI Diablo IV World Of Warcraft Picks Of The Week: Josh: Games that Don't Fake the Space - YouTube Austin: Witch From Mercury OST Dylan: Yelawolf, ft. Caskey - Just the Intro As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Huntin...

Special Ep. 023: Hello Cid...olfus

The Austin was away so Dylan and Josh decided to gush pretty much for an hour about how good Final Fantasy XVI is. So Listen to them gush. It's fun that way. As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content. Culture Bop: Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - youtube.com/c/CultureBop Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - CultureBop Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzyTV, Instagram - @omdiz...

Ep. 106: Bitches, Bros, and Non-Binary Hoes

As we all should know by now, June is the US delegated Pride Month and as such we should talk about it. That's right, our topic of the show isn't going to be related to video games.... I am or course kidding. No we want to talk about video games and politics of course and how they intertwine in the realm of LGBTQ+ people. Representation matters, so let's talk about it. The history, the current state of things, and of course, where we'd like to go! Media Discussed: The Blackening ...

Ep. 105: The Episode Josh Forgot To Upload

Last week saw the Summer Games Fest happen and boy were there a ton of really cool announcements. So we decided to recap it and talk about our favorite announcements and showcases and how Starfield might possibly be a game of the year contender again. All of that and more. Media Discussed: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Shameless Video Games Discussed: Final Fantasy XVI Demo Lies Of P Demo Diablo IV Picks Of The Week: Josh: Batman Needs Villains - Movies with Mikey - Y...

Ep. 104: Hashtag Never Forget

We're back at it again with your favorite type of episode! That's RIGHT, we're doing an all new battle royale episode! The topic? You'll have to listen to find out! Media Discussed: Succession Barry Shameless Video Games Discussed: Street Fighter 6 My Hero Ultra Rumblw Picks Of The Week: Josh: (4) The Elaborate Story Behind "Shia LaBeouf" Live - YouTube Austin: Of Mice & Men - Restoring Force Dylan: IG: @big_red_strongman As always you can find us on social media for all...

Special Ep. 022: Rule 34

Just... I don't know... As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content. Culture Bop: Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - youtube.com/c/CultureBop Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - CultureBop Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzyTV, Instagram - @omdizzy, Twitch - OMDizzy, YouTube - @OMDizzy,  Austin: Twitter - @bigpappaplays, Instagram - @bigpappaplays, Twitch- @bigpappaplays, TikT...

Episode 103: Indie Games, Schmindie Games

The year, until relatively recently, has been a little light on the massive AAA releases that everyone clamors for and has mostly been held down by a ton of little indie titles. While there were some big titles sprinkled through the first 5 months of the year, They have been few and far in between. That got us thinking, with AAA games having their time to shine, when do Indie games really get any? There seems to always be heaps of praise on games like Resident Evil 4 Remake and The ...

Ep. 102: Answering The Real Questions

The last couple of weeks have been packed to the brim with news and what better a way to get the crew back together than to discuss some of those topics. Alongside that, we finally have Tears Of The Kingdom and Austin and Dylan have some thoughts on it. In important news though, Josh saw Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 and he has some hot takes. All of that and so much more! Media Discussed: Mission Impossible Shameless Oshi No Ko Aftersun Demon Slayer Guardians Of The Galaxy ...

Special Ep. 021: Lawyer Interrogation

Another new game of 21 is upon us. That's right, this week's episode is dedicated to playing 21 questions (actually only 20 here) with our favorite degenerate, Jeffery Szyarto! We get down and dirty on topics ranging from Hoyoverse games, who will dethrone Roman Reigns as undisputed champion, and what our legacy at Culture Bop may look like in the future. It's a total blast of an episode! As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the ...

Ep. 101: Hungry Boys Say Bye

Similar to movies, Video Games often get blasted into the mainstream and achieve massive success. Other times they enter with a whimper and die out before anyone has had a chance to know what they're about. There is, however, a third, and often compelling, option. Some games come out with little fan fare and eventually grow a following. This can be seen in the Dark Souls series,  many of the Suda51 creations, and Rockstar's Table Tennis. So what makes these games so beloved by those...

Special Ep. 020: Revisiting Our Favorite Games Of All Time

With some hindsight, we should have done this for episode 100, but we're idiots. As you can tell by the title of this episode, we did some recollecting. That's right, we went back to where it all began and we decided to look at our individual favorite games ever made again. That meant looking at our very first episode and taking a look at everything we've ever played to get to our top 10s. Some familiar names pop up and some out of left field entries pop up as well, but it's a fun r...

Ep. 100: The 100 Sexiest Video Game Characters Of All Time

As most of you know, we have been doing this podcast for almost 3 years and this is our 100th episode. We wanted to do a couple of cool things for this one, but we also wanted to deliver on the promise of our big podcast episodes and as such we have decided that Episode 100 would feature our 100 sexiest video game characters battle royale. So with the help of the patrons we decided to wrangle 100 of the sexiest video game characters and then battle it out to find Culture Bop and Hun...

Ep. 099: Connor Auditore Of Siwa

Open Worlds are a staple in modern gaming. Whether it be the intricately connected biomes of Elden Ring or the check mark filled landscapes of Ubisoft games, this style of game has become synonymous with video games. That said, what makes these games hum? Is it having so much stuff to do? Is it having a diverse locations? Is it giving environmental looks at the game's overarching story? It could be all of these things and so much more. So why don't we sit down and talk about what ma...

Ep. 098: Peanut Butter And Peanut Butter Sandwiches

It's time for our Q1 check in so, let's talking about the first 1/4 of the year has gone! Media Discussed: Wrestlemania Windfall Video Games Discussed: Wanted Dead Picks Of The Week: Josh: Souls Inheritors: Bloodborne vs. Sekiro vs. Elden Ring [Spoilers] - YouTube Austin: Josiah Siska - 3 Tequila floor Dylan: Potatofries - Levelchip As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content. Culture Bop: Ins...

Ep. 097: The World's Premiere 90s Horror Podcast

We're back and it's time for the Patron decided episode of the month! That's right and this month it was time to finally tackle the topic of video game side kicks in the battle royale format! So we did just that! Media Discussed: House On Haunted Hill (99) The Faculty Video Games Discussed: Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Persona 5 Royale Atomic Heart Path Of Titans Picks Of The Week: Josh: Plastic Beach: The Masterpiece That Almost Ended Gorillaz - YouTube Austin: The COMPLETE H...

Ep. 096: The Subtle Art Of Fumbling Through Things

It's a catch up, sooooo here's what we talked about! Media Discussed: Scream 6 New York City Trip Planning Chainsaw Man (anime) The Last Of Us Attack On Titan (anime) The Oscars Video Games Discussed: Bloodborne Pokemon Unite Persona 4 Golden Dead By Daylight Metroid Prime Remastered Picks Of The Week: Josh: The_Last_Skittle - Twitch Austin: under the tree- SiM As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop ...

Special Ep. 019: 21 Can You Do Something For Me?

I don't even know what this is, but it's fun! As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content. Culture Bop: Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - youtube.com/c/CultureBop Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - The_Bebopman Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzyTV, Instagram - @omdizzy, Twitch - OMDizzy, YouTube - @OMDizzy,  Austin: Twitter - @bigpappaplays, Instagram - @bigpappaplays, Twit...

Ep. 095: No Brain Cells Left

In recent years there have been a deluge of social media posts regarding "cozy media". There are many a video about content creators and their favorite movies to stay in and curl up with. There are equally as many videos about books and albums. Video games are a little bit of a different story. While you won't find a lack of content focusing on these types of games and personal picks, we want to take a look at the phenomenon of these games. What makes for a good cozy game and why in...

Ep. 094: Burly Boys Go To Burlington Coat Factory

It is likely that by the time you’re hearing this Valentine’s Day is either right around the corner or is tomorrow even. That means that it’s the season of love so to speak and we wanted to inject some of our discussion with that today. Romances in video games are nothing new, of course, so what should we talk about? Well at the core of every romances is people. So what we’d like to break down today is what makes for good romance options in video games. What gets our engines revving...

Ep. 093: News Hounds Or Something

We don't know what we're doing so we just kinda talked about some news sorta... kinda... not really... Media Discussed: The Last Of Us My Dress Up Darling Video Games Discussed: Fire Emblem Engage Donut County Final Fantasy Pokemon Shield Hi-Fi Rush Picks Of The Week: Josh: How To Analyze Movies – Film Studies 101 - YouTube Austin: Sam Pounds- Just Pretend Dylan: Devin - Denji As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the...

Ep. 092: Garbage Pizza

We're back with our first proper 2023 episode of the year and you know what that means. It's catch up time! Media Discussed: New York City trip M3GAN Bleach (manga) The Last Of Us episode 1 Avatar: The Way Of Water Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Streaming on Twitch Berserk (manga) Video Games Discussed: Pitch Silent Telling Lies The Swapper Dead By Daylight Neon White Dragonball Xenoverse 2 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion Digimon Story Cybersleuth Fire Embl...

Ep. 091: New Year, New Us

We just wrapped up our game of the year episode last week and finished up our look back at last year. Now it’s time to keep our eyes trained on what’s ahead. So the topic of discussion this week is going to be centered around just that. This week we’re going to take a look at our most hotly anticipated games of 2023 and what makes them so damn exciting! Media Discussed: The Menu The Mean One Bleach Kabenari Of The Iron Fortress Video Games Discussed: Neon White Gotham Knight...

Ep. 090: 2022 Game Of The Year Day 3: Game Of The Year

So We are here! It has come to this. Hunting Pixels is ready to get to you, the listener, our Game Of The Year! That said, We need to go ahead and explain our system and the ground rules. First, we’re using the system that was completely ripped off from Giant Bomb and Let’s Fight A Boss and we will be listing the games that we’ve played and then cutting them one by one until we get to our ultimate winner, the Hunting Pixels Game Of The Fucking Year!!! Now, to qualify for our list, t...

Ep. 089: 2022 Game Of The Year Day 2: Predictions Show

Every year, it gets this time of year and everyone starts putting out their game of the year nominees and winners and we’re no different. However, in the interest of giving you smaller more digestible episodes we’ve decided that it’s more beneficial to break those things up, and as such we’re going to have separate shows for separate things. This week’s episode will be all about next year. That’s right, we’re already looking forward to next year. This will be our annual tradition go...

Ep. 088: 2022 Game Of The Year Day 1: Categories Show

Every year, it gets this time of year and everyone starts putting out their game of the year nominees and winners and we’re no different. However, in the interest of giving you smaller more digestible episodes we’ve decided that it’s more beneficial to break those things up, and as such we’re going to have separate shows for separate things. This week’s episode will be in service of the various awards that we’ve decided to give out that aren’t Game Of The Year. This includes a multi...

Ep. 087: The Pickleball Revolution

We're getting closer and closer to Game Of The Year and as such we're winding down on the year's content and going into this week, we didn't really have anything pressing that we wanted to talk about, so what did we do? Well, we let Dylan take the wheel and we talked about our year and what we hope the new year will bring us. That and we talked about Pokemon some more and we talked about the media we've been ingesting, including a very passionate review of the first arc of Chainsaw ...

Ep. 086: The One With All The Poker Mans

Video games have combat baked deep into the core of their DNA. Whether that be Mario evading or squishing goombas or Call Of Duty making warfare something fun to play. At this point video game violence is something that gets talked about way too much, but one aspect of that isn't talked about enough. I'm, of course, talking about those killing instruments themselves. So with that said, let's do what video games do best and battle out the best and most iconic video game weapons ever ...

Ep. 085: Sour Water

Let's talk about The Game Awards Nominees and predict how things will go! Media Discussed: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Video Games Discussed: Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (Campaign talk) Persona 5 Royale Neon White Ghost Song 2022 Challenge Update Picks Of The Week: Josh: Warner Bros. Discovery And The New Batch Of Mergers – SOME MORE NEWS - YouTube Austin:  the sick ep - YouTube Dylan: Lissie - Pursuit of Happiness As always you can find us on social media for all ...

Ep. 084: The Dark Side Of The Internet

Video Games do a ton of things really great. They tell great stories. They give us power fantasies. They give us incredible music. And they also give us unforgettable images. Part of that is due to the incredible place that graphics have come to, but even more importantly, the art design. Art Design is one of those aspects of games that gets overlooked in video games and while we have talked about it before, we haven’t really gotten into games that have incredible art direction and ...

Ep. 083: Nut Butters And Spreads

We’re doing the news. That’s right, It’s been quite a while since we’ve talked about current events, but not only that, we’ve had a ton of recent news things grab our attention and because of that we’re gonna talk about it. So wanna know our thoughts on the Bayonetta pay dispute? We've got you covered. What do we think about the Silent Hill news? Listen and find out. That's just a taste of all the news we talk about on this episode! Media Discussed: Evil Dead Barbarian Hellraise...