Hunting Pixels

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 potentially means for the future of the industry.

Media Discussed:

• Lisa Frankenstein

Video Games Discussed:

• Helldivers 2
• Final Fantasy II
• Final Fantasy III

Picks Of The Week:

• Josh: AURORA - Cure For Me (youtube.com) 
• Dylan: MEDUZA, Hozier - Paradise

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, Twitch - CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Agente Colorado” Ruiss
• Tonny “Roast Lord” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Lars“ Szyarto
• Bren “Incinerator Kuno” Woodham
• Dylan “Raven Team Leader” Martin
• Austin “Deimos” Stephens

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 - youtube.com/c/CultureBop, Twitch - CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Agente Colorado” Ruiss
• Tonny “Roast Lord” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Lars“ Szyarto
• Bren “Incinerator Kuno” Woodham
• Dylan “Raven Team Leader” Martin
• Austin “Deimos” Stephens

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 going forward. The basic premise is that we’re doing a predictions show which we will tally up every year and the winner will be the king/queen of the podcast for the year. Each Person has come up with 5 personal predictions that we will all either say yes or no to and then tally those points when this episode arrives again next year. There will be one ultimate prediction worth 10 points to those who get it right but minus 15 if they get it wrong. So with all that out of the way, Let’s get into it!

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, the game had to have been released in a 1.0 release state after December 15th 2022 and before December 16th of 2023. Other than that, any game was fair play.

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, Twitch - CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Agente Colorado” Ruiss
• Tonny “Roast Lord” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Lars“ Szyarto
• Bren “Incinerator Kuno” Woodham
• Dylan “Raven Team Leader” Martin
• Austin “Deimos” Stephens

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 multitude of elements including Best Character, Best Music, and Biggest Shit Show. To be nominated for any of our given categories the games or events must have happened between December 16th of 2023 and December 15th of 2023. So without further ado, let’s get right into it!

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, Twitch - CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Agente Colorado” Ruiss
• Tonny “Roast Lord” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Lars“ Szyarto
• Bren “Incinerator Kuno” Woodham
• Dylan “Raven Team Leader” Martin
• Austin “Deimos” Stephens

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 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, Twitch - CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Agente Colorado” Ruiss
• Tonny “Roast Lord” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Lars“ Szyarto
• Bren “Incinerator Kuno” Woodham
• Dylan “Raven Team Leader” Martin
• Austin “Deimos” Stephens

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.

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.

Culture Bop: Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - youtube.com/c/CultureBop, Twitch - CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Agente Colorado” Ruiss
• Tonny “Roast Lord” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Lars“ Szyarto
• Bren “Incinerator Kuno” Woodham
• Dylan “Raven Team Leader” Martin
• Austin “Deimos” Stephens

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 family of content.

Culture Bop: Instagram - @culture_bop, Youtube - youtube.com/c/CultureBop, Twitch - CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “J. Jonah Jameson” Ruiss
• Tonny “Gwen Stacy” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Cletus Kasady“ Szyarto
• Bren “Uncle Ben” Woodham
• Dylan “Miles Morales” Martin
• Austin “Harry Osborne” Stephens

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
• Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
• Saw X

Video Games Discussed:

• Voice Of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Picks Of The Week:

• Josh: (11) MGMT - Little Dark Age (Video) - YouTube
• Dylan: Marc Madness - Arrakis

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 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, Twitch - CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Usopp” Ruiss
• Tonny “Nami” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Buggy“ Szyarto
• Bren “Shanks” Woodham
• Dylan “Sanji” Martin
• Austin “Zoro” Stephens

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

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 so very much more!

Media Discussed:

• Resurrection
• Dashcam
• One Piece
• Gundam Seed

Video Games Discussed:

• Lies Of P
• Cyberpunk 2077

Picks Of The Week:

• Josh: This is Financial Advice - YouTube
• Austin: Coma- My Sails Are Set- AURORA 
• Dylan: Wuki - Edge of Seventeen 

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, Twitch - CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Gunther” Ruiss
• Tonny “Roman Regins” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Bianca Belair“ Szyarto
• Bren “Brock Lesnar” Woodham
• Dylan “Becky Lynch” Martin
• Austin “Asuka” Stephens

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
• Armored Core 6

Picks Of The Week:

• Josh: Is Nope a Western? - Movies with Mikey - YouTube
• Austin: Coma- My Sails Are Set- AURORA 
• Dylan: The Weeknd, Daft Punk, Kygo - Starboy

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, Twitch - CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Astarion” Ruiss
• Tonny “Gale” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Lae’zel“ Szyarto
• Bren “Karlach” Woodham
• Dylan “Minthara” Martin
• Austin “Shadowheart” Stephens

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 Everywhere 2023) - YouTube
• Austin: Coma- Taylor Acorn ft Cassadee Pope
• Dylan: Helynt, GameChops - New Bark Town

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, Twitch - CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “” Ruiss
• Tonny “” Sulmann
• Jeffery ““ Szyarto
• Bren “” Woodham
• Dylan “” Martin
• Austin “” Stephens

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

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.

Media Discussed:

• Talk To Me
• Euphoria

Video Games Discussed:

• Final Fantasy XVI
• Dead By Daylight
• Cyberpunk 2077

Picks Of The Week:

• Josh: The Making of IMMORTALITY - Noclip Documentary - YouTube
• Dylan: Wake Up Hate (Glide Remix): The Cure

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, Twitch - CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Up Up” Ruiss
• Tonny “Down Down” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Left Right“ Szyarto
• Bren “Left Right” Woodham
• Dylan “B A” Martin
• Austin “Start” Stephens

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 in!

Media Discussed:

• Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1

Video Games Discussed:

• Diablo IV
• World Of Warcraft

Picks Of The Week:

• Josh: Islands - Superstitious (Official Video) - YouTube
• Austin: wage war - Blueprints 
• Dylan: The Classic Crime - Blisters and Coffee 

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, Twitch - CultureBop

Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182

And finally, if you’re looking to suppizzle the podcizzle or any of the endeavors that we’re undertaking as Culture Bop, then go to Patreon.com/culturebop and toss us a pledge, we’re offering some very cool perks and once we start hitting our goals even more content will be on its way.

Special Shout Out To Our Patrons For Making This Podcast Possible:

• Justin “Scribe” Ruiss
• Tonny “Leatherworker” Sulmann
• Jeffery “Blacksmith“ Szyarto
• Bren “Jeweler” Woodham
• Dylan “Herbalist” Martin
• Austin “Miner” Stephens