Nerdy pals Anne and Marcus are coming straight to your ears every other week to talk all things niche and obscure video games! If you like games from Japan, retro oddities, and a dash of anime, this is the podcast for you!
We are back, back, back, with episode 131 of Pixel x Pixel, just in time for the -BER months! We’ve been keeping busy over the past few weeks and have lots of playing and watching to share. Plus, Marcus experienced the joy of watching a movie in a theater right from the comfort of home thanks to VR, and Anne finally purchased the cutting machine of her dreams!
20:00~ News Mentioned: Halloween: The Game banned in Australia, This Game is Not Real to be published by JAST Blue, Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster announced, Village in the Shade sells over 200k copies, Xbox Game Pass introducing streaming limits
41:00~ Games/Movies/TV Mentioned: Exit 8, Super Mario Odyssey, Sword of the Sea, Big Walk, I have No Mouth and I Must Scream, ****The Darkside of Society, The Castle, Ferngully, Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
♫ Intro music - “Willie Lomans” from Alphabet Planet by Hiroki Kikuta
12 Aug 2026
Pixel x Pixel Episode 130
We’ve been on a little break from recording, but we’re back with a whole lot of small art business updates, including Anne’s first workshop recap and her first t-shirt design (preorders are open until 9/21! (https://rawpaw.ink/products/where-will-you-go-by-apricotsushi)). Plus, we find gaming at the Orange County Fair, Anne has a long customer service saga with a thermal printing company, and a surprising number of games were played!
**Trigger warning for discussion of a parent’s death. If you would prefer to skip this, jump ahead to 1:42.
Unfortunately, no time stamps are available for this episode. Sorry!
News Mentioned: Wicker trailer
Games/Movies/TV Mentioned: Devil May Cry 1 and 2, Power Rangers Rita’s Rewind, Ape Escape, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, Farming Simulator 25, Onsen Shark, In the Mouth of Madness, Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives, Vampira and Me, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
♫ Intro music - “Willie Lomans” from Alphabet Planet by Hiroki Kikuta
13 Jul 2026
Pixel x Pixel Episode 129
Buttons, buttons, and more buttons! In episode 129 of Pixel x Pixel, Anne talks all about her new button machine and recent market endeavors. Meanwhile, Marcus has endeavors of his own in the form of tinkering with video game streaming. Plus, games were beaten, and an audio book was listened to!
11:30~ News Mentioned: PS3 and PS Vita digital storefront closures, Sony ceasing PlayStation disc production, PocketMage on CrowdSupply (https://www.crowdsupply.com/talisman-design/pocketmage), Rhythm Heaven Groove out now
34:00~ **Games/Movies/TV Mentioned: **Prince of Persia (2008), Final Fantasy VII, Scritchy Scratchy, Spider Man: Miles Morales, Shallow Grave, Masterchef Australia, Dead Before Dark
♫ Intro music - “Willie Lomans” from Alphabet Planet by Hiroki Kikuta
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