Pixel Revolt -- Episode 15

Pixel Revolt Logo Pixel Revolt is Bitmob's community-driven podcast, in which Derek Lavigne, Jeff Grubb, Brett Bates, and a special guest dive into the Mobfeed to discuss interesting posts written by Bitmob members. For the second half of the show, they throw a question out to the community so that you can have your voice heard. If you'd like to contribute your opinion to the show, follow the upload instructions after the break.

Pixel Revolt -- Episode 15

Jeff is back this week from his European vacation -- with Russian hat in tow. He, Derek, and Brett run a three-man show this week, discussing the future of 3D gaming, the differences in tone between speaking about games and writing about games, and the fine art of competitive victories. Also, your most anticipated games of 2010!

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Articles Discussed:

Microsoft: 3D Gaming Not Quite Ready - Omri Petitte

Formerly Free, Now a Slave of the Pen - Brian Shirk

The Many Shades of Victory in Gaming - Michael Rousseau

Community question for next episode:

Time to draw out your knives. What is your least favorite genre and why?

How you can respond to the question:

1) Record a sound clip on your computer, upload it to Houndbite.com, and then send us an email at PixelRevoltDL@gmail.com (Preferred)

2) Email your answer to PixelRevoltDL@gmail.com

3) Leave a comment in this post!

You can stalk us on Twitter at the following places:

Pixel Revolt Podcast - @pixelrevolt

Derek - @eternalbeta

Jeff - @jeffgrubb

Brett - @bbretterson

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Bryan Glynn

January 12, 2010

Thanks for reading my answer, PR team! By the way, just days after I sent that email, Zelda was officially confirmed by Nintendo for a 2010 release, so... can I change my answer? :)

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Alex Martin

Thank you for this question. It gives me a chance to rant.

Ed Tremblay

As it turns out, 3-D Dot Game Heroes was announced with a price point of $39.99. Atlus is so good to its fans. Like Metal Slug XX on PSP: Only $19.99.

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Derek Lavigne

For anyone that sent us a voicemail, I just wanted to apologize because Houndbite seems to be down and I wasn't able to get at them for the show. Sorry about that!

Dan Pradesh

Good show, Thanks for reading my response. After hearing how much trouble you guys had reading my name :D I decided to change my name into something more readable for English people. ''Anand Debusschere'' becomes ''An Ant D.''. Now everyone can read my first name without feeling like it's a challenge. My second name though, it's a bitch to write it phonetically and even more trouble to read out loud. "D." is s a lot easier. Anyways; I'm kind of surprised nobody mentioned Diablo 3. I guess nobody believes in it coming out this year. Other games that will never come out; Half Life 3... Or half life 2 episode 3. Fuck Gabe Newell for leaving me in suspense for over 2 years. >:(

Spencer Gregory

My least favourite genre is the only one I vow to never play in my entire life: Facebook games and community apps. I would readily give up gaming if the only things to play were Farmville and Mafia Wars. My hate really extends only to the Facebook games; I have nothing against Harvest Moon or other farming sims, and I regularly play web-based flash games on other sites. But something strikes a nerve in me when I see how much the Facebook games are designed for the lowest common denominator, mass-market appeal. I'm also sickened by the number of inane game updates that poison one's Facebook News Feed. The worst example I saw once was along the likes of "Shelley has doubled the size of their land in Farmville!" First of all, I don't give a flying fuck about Shelley's land in Farmville. Second, the game doesn't bother to ask or detect the gender of the player; its update throws in the plural pronoun "they" instead of correctly using "he or she." I find those game to be so base, so parasitic of people's empty time on the internet, that I cannot support them in any way.

Rafael Medrado

January 13, 2010

so gaming as it is costs a lot and they are trying to make it more expensive with 3d?? why god! why?? take that money and make your games better instead of more eyecandy >:(

Alex Gagne

Hey! You guys mentioned my response to the "Only one game for 2010" segment. Thanks! Most of all you pronounced it correctly. That rarely happens.