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Pixel Therapy Pod

Pixel Therapy Pod

Pixel Therapy Pod is a monthly podcast and Let"s Play YouTube Channel queering and transcending video games for all kinds of gamers. We believe that games can serve as tools for understanding ourselves, each other, and the world around us— and we want to celebrate gaming in its many contexts: as a hobby; as an art form; as therapy. Learn more on https://www.pixeltherapypod.com/

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01:44:33

What do Dispatch, Consume Me, and BALLxPIT Have in...

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2025/11/04

Idk, but let us know in the comments! We continue our scattershot indie game revue reviews this week with Dispatch (AdHoc Studio, Critical Role), a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter, Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia,AP Thomson), a WarioWare-esque slice-of-life RPG about that time when your parents, your friends, and society at large all conspired to make you feel ugly, lazy, stupid, and unloved despite the brilliant human spirit contained within you (aka high school), and BALLxPIT (Kenny

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01:16:32

A Bunch of Games About Little Guys

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2025/10/07

Bricks and sticks, pixels and lines. This week we cover a crop of endearing and surprisingly emotional indie games that have carried us through some tumultuous past few weeks. Also, Spencer draws an unhinged connection between Zach Cregger's summer thriller Weapons and Okomotive's atmospheric alpine expedition game Herdling. I feel like you guys will get it. Games discussed this episode: 01:36 - Phasmophobia - Kinetic Games10:19 - Herdling - Okomotive 29:29 - Is This Seat Taken? - Poti Poti

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01:59:42

Queer Theory? In Front of MY Death Stranding 2: On...

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2025/08/26

It's more common than you think. Join us this week as we load up our top-heavy backpacks, strap our tiny sentient dolls to our hips, and unpack DEATH STRANDING 2: On the Beach, Kojima Productions' and Sony Interactive Entertainment's much-anticipated sequel to 2019's polarizing Death Stranding. While we likely could have spent 6+ hours unpacking this genre-defying experience of a game, what we can promise is this: Opposing viewpoints! Can something be somehow super trans AND super not queer? Norman

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01:06:11

Everdeep Aurora Mines for Truth in the Midst of the...

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2025/07/22

In the midst of an ongoing apocalyptic meteor shower that has forced the world's population of adorable pixelated animals underground, a kitten named Shell awakens to discover her mother missing. Join us as we dig into Nautilus Games' Everdeep Aurora, published by Ysbryd Games, which we had the pleasure of demo-ing at PAX West 2024! 01:38 - Death Stranding 2 impressions08:24 - Quick film/TV talk (The Bear S4, Superman, Yuri on Ice)16:06 - Everdeep Aurora discussionReferenced in this episode:

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01:25:15

Slay the House Down Boots, Body is Tree and Forest is...

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2025/06/24

This Pride Month, we played three iconic LGBTQ+ visual novels that are each a little spooky, a little spicy, and have a whole lot of heart: Midnight Scenes: From the Woods (White Blanket Games), Mediterranea Inferno (Lorenzo Redaelli, Santa Ragione), and We Know the Devil (pillowfight)! Plus: Is the Babdook a queer icon? Are trans people actual biblically accurate angels on earth? Does kink belong at Pride? (yes) All this and more await you!! 05:18 - Why does the horror genre pair so well with

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02:21:20

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Has a Certain Je Ne Sais...

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2025/06/10

Could it really be a contender for Game of the Year 2025? Join us as we break down Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a turn-based RPG...or maybe...J'RPG (with MANY a twist) from French studio Sandfall Interactive and published by Kepler Interactive. This episode includes a heated debate on the game's endings if you wanna stick around for our spoiler discussion (and don't worry, we'll warn you when it's coming!). 0:58 - Patreon shoutouts3:10 - Game Informer's back!5:25 - Summer Game Fest25:34 - Herdling

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02:42:10

HBO's The Last of Us Season 2 Spoilercast

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2025/06/03

We didn't mean to record a 2 hour, 42 min podcast, but sometimes these things just happen. Join us as we dissect the second season of the show the internet loves to hate: HBO's The Last of Us. Episode contains full spoilers for both the games and the show.No time stamps for this one because we pretty much jump right in!Watch the live recording of this episode on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/live/tCfOAWyECX0Side Questhttps://gazafunds.com/Gaza Funds is a project that connects people to

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01:25:16

Blue Prince, Your House, and the Allure of the...

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2025/05/13

Spencer is freshly back from Tokyo and the jet lag is strong, but they're pushing through it for this month's double hitter of an episode that has the Pixel Therapy pals discussing a pair of recently released games about mysterious, abandoned houses: the visual novel/point-and-click puzzle adventure Your House, from quirky Spanish studio PATRONES & ESCONDITES, and the smash hit, first-person, genre-defying Blue Prince from Dogubomb and publisher Raw Fury. Put your thinking caps on and get

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01:25:12

Burning Out and Embracing Boredom in Wanderstop

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2025/04/08

Join us as we chat about Wanderstop, a "cozy" tea shop management game about "change and tea" from the new indie developer Ivy Road, co-founded by the creator of The Stanley Parable and folks who've worked on games like Gone Home and Minecraft. In Wanderstop we play as the young fighter, Alta, once the greatest in the world, who suddenly can't pick up her sword. And she's tired. Super tired. But it's nothing. She just needs to keep going, keep pushing, like she always has. But when Alta passes out

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01:30:38

In Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Lost Memories...

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2025/02/25

Jump Over the Age and Fellow Traveller's Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is a dice-driven RPG focused on choice, risk, and survival in a hostile interstellar world. A game that is inherently queer and earnestly hopeful, it explores themes of collective care, bodily autonomy, and capitalistic greed within a compelling tabletop-inspired framework. In this episode we explore its many layers, and where it hits and misses.0:47 - Patreon shoutouts6:22 - crafting talk14:30 - Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward

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02:03:31

Crushes and Coalition-Building in Dragon Age: The...

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2025/02/04

In light of a slew of layoffs at BioWare, the future of the Dragon Age series is unclear. But at a time when storytelling like this -- of building community across differences to fight back against impossible odds, and of finding spots of joy along the way -- feels more important than ever, we kind of surprised ourselves with how much we had to talk about. It's Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the fourth installment in BioWare and Electronic Arts' long-running fantasy RPG saga full of side quests and

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01:46:17

Pixel Therapy's Games of the Year 2024

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2025/01/07

It's time for our fourth annual totally unserious end of year roundup! Let's revisit the games that got us through the trash fire that was 2024, and get excited for a new year of gaming ahead of us.1:24 - Patreon shoutouts3:56 - Holiday catch-up9:17 - 2024 year of gaming overviews20:22 - Spencer and Jamie's Top 5 Games of 20241:26:05 - Favorite characters of the year**SPOILERS** 1:30:20 - 1:33:23 for some mid-game narrative stuff in Metaphor: ReFantazio1:35:57 - Honorable mentionsSide

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01:34:59

Metaphor: ReFantazio Will Radicalize You

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2024/12/19

From developer Studio Zero and publisher Atlus (creators of the beloved Persona series)comes Metaphor: ReFantazio, the developer's first foray into the fantasy genre -- with a sprawling epic RPG that imagines a utopic new world and fights to make it real. Built upon radical ideas from as far back as 1516, Metaphor brings them to life for a new generation to draw strength from as the fight for liberation and equality across our real world continues. The game was nominated for Game of the Year at this

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01:21:54

In Neva, Making Meaning and Moving Forward

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2024/10/30

From Nomada Studio, the creators of Gris, comes new puzzle-platformer Neva: the moving tale of a young swordswoman named Alba and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world. And all we have to say is...HOW DARE YOU?! But forreal though, this game packs a ton of emotional weight in a short, beautifully wrapped package, with lessons on grief, growth, and the cyclical nature of life. Let's get into it!1:01 - Patreon shoutouts3:32 -

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01:43:01

Our Favorite Games from PAX West 2024: Part 2

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2024/09/29

Welcome to Part 2 of our PAX West 2024 coverage! PAX West is one of the biggest gaming conventions in the world, existing as a celebration of gaming and gaming culture and featuring panels, a massive expo-hall, and more. While there, Spencer and Jamie got hands-on demos with more than 40 games (!!!) and recorded interviews with over a dozen game-makers. We've boiled down our experience into the best stuff we saw presented for you in these two hefty podcast episodes.Find the full list of all our

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01:50:06

Our Favorite Games from PAX West 2024, Part 1

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2024/09/21

At the beginning of September, we spent a jam-packed whirlwind of a weekend at this year's PAX West Convention in Seattle, WA. A celebration of gaming and gaming culture featuring panels, a massive expo-hall, and more, PAX West is one of the biggest gaming conventions in the world with over 100,000 attendees present this year alone. We put our time there to good use, getting hands-on demos with more than 40 games and recording interviews with over a dozen game-makers, so now we're breaking down the

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01:15:36

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is More Than Meets...

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2024/08/27

You give me a genderless, silent protagonist, and you bet I will project ALL OF THE FEELINGS onto your tower defense game. A unique blend of action and strategy, Capcom's Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess puts players in the role of Soh, protector of the maiden Yoshiro, as they slice with elegant, dance-like sword moves and strategically command villagers against ominous foes in their journey to cleanse their mountain home of corruption. 1:05 - Patreon shoutouts4:34 - Yuri on Ice9:20 - Creatures of

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01:15:35

Struggle and Sisterhood in 1000xResist with Sunset...

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2024/07/23

We do not choose what we inherit, but we can choose what we carry. This week we're joined by sunset visitor 斜陽過客 Creative Director Remy Siu and Narrative Designer Pinki Li to chat about their journey as indie devs bringing 1000xRESIST to life -- and the resonance that has been deeply felt by players within and outside of the Asian diaspora.Hailed by PASTE Magazine as one of the best games in the genre AND one of the best games of the year (agreed), 1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure where a

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01:07:15

CRYPTMASTER Keeps the Craft (Un)Alive

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2024/06/04

This week on the podcast we're chatting about Akupara Games' CRYPTMASTER -- a bizarre dungeon-crawling adventure where words control everything. It's like Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, but with more necromancy. And we mean that in the best way possible.0:55 - Patreon shoutouts3:22 - We're going to PAX West!6:28 - Cryptmaster conversation beginsWatch the live recording of this episode on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/live/RT775n2Zep4Side Questtinyurl.com/opolivebranchOperation Olive Branch is a

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01:19:03

Little Goody Two Shoes: A Sapphic '90s-Era Shoujo...

Pixel Therapy Pod ·

2024/04/30

This week we're joined by AstralShift's Kira (António Lopes / @kirariinn) to talk everything Little Goody Two Shoes -- a lush, gorgeously detailed horror-adventure-visual novel following Elise, a rebellious young woman daring to build a better life for herself in a deceptively peaceful small town. The game expertly explores the queer subtext beneath the horrors of witch hunts and religious ostracization, and we had an absolutely lovely time unpacking it with the game's lead artist and co-director!PS

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