This week, the guys dive head first into their favorite environments. Check out the episode to see what took the coveted number spots. While half the crew is in Mexico, you’re still getting all the effort. Well, most of the effort. Okay, some effort.
Posts Tagged ‘Psychonauts’
Psychonauts Publishing Rights (Almost) Back Home – ‘Fun’ Announcements Coming
June 15th, 2011
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Have you played Psychonauts? No? Well don’t tell the Pixelosophy boys because that kind of stuff can get you hung around here. But fear not, as news yesterday trickled in that Psychonauts has revered back to Double-Fine, studio head (and Psychonauts creator) Tim Schaffer teased that they may have some exciting things to announce soon. [...]
Pixelosophy Episode 55: Department of Explanation
July 19th, 2010
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This week, Pixelosophy does more of the same but in reverse. The boys jump back into the adaptation pool, but this time they give you the video games they want to see adapted into other mediums like film, television or comics. So adapt yourself into your chair, and have a look.
Aaron’s Top 5 Games To Be Adapted Into Something Else
July 16th, 2010
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For the past few years, multiplexes have been filled with mostly remakes, reboots, retreads and revisions of properties audiences have either seen before or were too young to have seen the first time around. It would seem that lately, Inception withstanding, Hollywood would have an easier time contracting an STD in a convent full of [...]
Alex’s Top 5 Games To Be Adapted Into Something Else
July 14th, 2010
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Remember a few weeks ago when we revisited the idea of adapting different properties into a video game by giving you the list of what we want to see adapted? Well, we’re revisiting that again. Kind of. Only this time we’re going to scratch that and reverse it. For this round, we’re looking at the [...]
Funny How?
April 28th, 2010
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We’re taking a break from our genre studies this week, but that doesn’t mean we have to abandon it completely. No, I’m not going to look at RPG’s or the first-person shooter. Rather, I’d like to take a look at a genre that doesn’t really exist. It goes back to a discussion we had before, [...]
Pixelosophy Episode 44: Go Ahead and Jump
April 26th, 2010
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This week, Pixelosophy steps right up to the edge of the cliff and jumps. That’s because it’s the platformer genre study episode. Alex runs, jumps and double-jumps through the history of the genre while Aaron takes a look at one platformer that changed the industry. Watch now, or you will anger Mario! Also be aware that [...]
Platforming 101
April 21st, 2010
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One of the most beloved traditional genres in most people’s hearts is the platformer. Tracing its roots back to the early days of gaming, for many people, their first experience with a video game was probably a platformer. While it may not be around in its purest form as much today, elements of platformers can [...]
Pixelosophy Episode 22: Pixel Picks-Psychonauts
October 26th, 2009
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This week, Pixelosophy shines the spotlight on Tim Schafer’s Psychonauts. Alex breaks down some of the finer narrative aspects of the game while Aaron explains why the game isn’t just another platformer. Finally, Aaron reveals his latent psychic abilities.
My Brain Hurts
October 23rd, 2009
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I’m sure that this will get brought up on the episode, but allow me to explain it here first. Pixel Picks was created with the idea of presenting a game to you, the audience, that you may not have given a chance, or have played but never really took a true critical look at. Now, [...]