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Brad is joined this week by Carrie as we give our 5 favorite games of 2018! We also discuss Capcom getting rid of their obtrusive Street Fighter V ads (for now), Bloodstained dropping support for a couple more platforms, Bethesda's homework assignment for banned Fallout 76 players, Overwatch continuing to be one of the most inclusive games out there, and what happened when Soulja Boy tried to step to Nintendo.   Headlines   Capcom bows to pressure, or it’s because the Capcom Pro Tour happened, but Street Fighter V ads are gone for nowBloodstained drops support for Mac and LinuxIf you’d like your banned Fallout 76 account back, you’ll have to write Bethesda an essayOverwatch confirms another of their heroes as LGBTQNintendo games now being sold on the Humble StoreSoulja Boy out of the console business; website redirects to Nintendo’s site                                           Top Stories   Our 2018 Games of the YearDense Pixels Post Office   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/am

Special episode of The Nerdpocalypse called 'No Time To Bleed.' A discussion of our favorite action movies. This week the guys discuss the 1985 classic Commando!  This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5941715/advertisement

It's the last Dense Pixels of 2018, and as a special holiday treat we have a return of What Do You People Want in the Dense Pixels Post Office! Before we get there though, we have to discuss the Kingdom Hearts III retail leak and why it's hilarious, Discord attempting to stand toe-to-toe with Steam and Epic Games, the desperate flailing of everybody to get their cut of Fortnite's success, and Kage (that's Kar-gay, btw!) debuting in Street Fighter V.    Headlines   Kingdom Hearts III retail copies leak well ahead of the game’s launch; game director pleads for fans to not post content onlineDiscord store now allowing developers to self-publish and only taking a 10% revenue shareEpic opening up Fortnite’s cross-platform services to all developersAlfonso Ribeiro sueing Epic Games for use of the ‘Carlton Dance’ in FortniteKage is a sort of new character that has released for Street Fighter V   Top Stories   Dense Pixels Post Office - What Do You People Want?   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepi

***Apologies for the sub-standard audio quality on this episode. We were forced to use our backup recording this week.***   This week Carrie finally joins the show to valiantly defend the dumpster fire that is Fallout 76! We also give our initial impressions of Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and Terrence makes his triumphant return after a few weeks away! We also discuss Epic being the first real contender to Steam, even more bad news for Bethesda and their cursed canvas bag, Street Fighter V getting intrusive in-game advertisements, Soulja Boy becoming a player in the console space (not really!), and we go over The Game Awards 2018 discussing the winners, our favorite trailers, and the future relevance of this awards show.   Headlines   Epic Games launched a store and is taking a lesser cut than SteamBethesda support site leaks out info of Fallout 76 customers just trying to get their canvas bagsStreet Fighter V getting in-game adsSoulja Boy makes half-hearted swing at continued relevance, selling overpriced emu

This week Brad and Micah discuss Valve increasing revenue to its most successful games, the FTC and loot boxes, Nintendo joining digital media in 2018 with the end of the YouTube Creators Program, our cautious optimism for Dragon Age news, Bethesda's falsely advertising Fallout 76's Collector's Edition, and the nasty homophobic incident that occurred in Fallout last week.   Headlines   Valve now giving larger percentage of Steam Revenue to very successful gamesFTC pledges to look into loot cratesNintendo finally ending YouTube Creators programAre we getting Dragon Age news this week?   Top Stories   Fallout 76 falsely advertises the bag that came with the Power Armor edition; throws pittance at upset fansLooks like they were able to get some pretty nice bags out to influencers though!Bethesda lifetime bans group of players after vile homophobic attackDense Pixels Post Office   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Dense Pixels You can now follo

It's a jam-packed holiday edition of the Dense Pixels Post Office where we answer a ton of your gaming queries including if it's possible to love and hate a game simultaneously and what elements are needed to tell a great story in a game. We also discuss who's going to pay $800 for a box of Amiibos, Shenmue's total haul from their fans, and the new pinnacle weapons coming to Destiny 2 and if Brad thinks the new Crucible weapon is going to break PvP.   Headlines   There’s a super-limited number of Smash Amiibo boxes that include 63 Amiibo figuresUbisoft reversing course on censoring Rainbow Six Siege for everyone because of the Chinese marketShenmue has apparently still been crowdfunding; announces their final totalNew pinnacle weapons coming to Season 5 of Destiny 2   Top Stories   Dense Pixels Post Office   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Dense Pixels You can now follow us on Twitch! Brad - DensePixelsBrad Terrence - App4RITioN410 Micah

It's a jam-packed show, as Brad and Micah have both a bevy of game news and Survivor Series talk this week! On the game front, we're going over our picks for the 2018 Game Awards, PlayStation skipping E3 for the first time ever, Reggie pouring cold water on the N64 Classic rumors, a video game-related criminal being brought to justice, and the disc-less Xbox One. Then we breakdown the action from both NXT TakeOver: War Games and Survivor Series 2018 and what we thought of all the action shown over the weekend. Headlines The Game Awards 2018 predictionsPlayStation skipping E3 for first time ever in 2019Reggie pours cold water on N64 Classic rumorsCall of Duty Swatter pleads to several federal charges stemming from incident that led to death of uninvolved individualMicrosoft rumored to be working on entry-level Xbox One console that will forego disc drive Top Stories Survivor Series 2018 reviewDense Pixels Post Office Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon Subscribe to our YouTube

This week we discuss Red Dead Redemption 2's unmatched success, the death of strategy guides in video games, Square canceling the rest of Final Fantasy XV's DLC, all the news from XO18 last weekend, and what YouTube can do to combat game streamers operating in bad faith without gating the platform.   Headlines   Nintendo removing offensive imagery from Super Smash Bros UltimateRed Dead 2 has already shipped 17 million copiesStrategy Guide maker Prima Games is shutting downSquare cancels remaining Final Fantasy XV DLC, and game director leaves company   Top Stories   All the announcements from XO18: The Microsoft streaming eventYouTube pulls then reinstates Red Dead YouTube videos made in bad faith by streamer   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Dense Pixels   You can now follow us on Twitch! Brad - DensePixelsBrad Terrence - App4RITioN410 Micah - denseblacknerd   Twitter: @DensePixels Facebook: Dense Pixels Podcast Subscribe on iTunes or

This week Carrie joins Micah and Brad to discuss Micah's first impressions of Red Dead Redemption 2, Carrie's experiences in the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A., the PlayStation Classic games list, Blizzard's misstep with the reveal of Diablo Immortal at BlizzCon, the surprise release of Deltarune, our reaction to the Smash Bros Nintendo Direct, and your questions about the board game Brad wants to play with the TNP crew, whether lapsed Pokemon fans should hop back on with Let's Go, and if Anthem can be a Destiny killer.   Headlines   Full PS Classic game list revealedBlizzard announces Diablo Immortal mobile game at BlizzCon; fans...not pleasedToby Fox drops Deltarune first chapter/demo on Halloween   Top Stories   Smash Direct sure was a thing that happenedKen, Incineroar, Piranha Plant are new charactersSpirits Mode World of Light AKA Sakurai murders the entire Smash universe completely out of spite DLC will have five new characters added by early 2020 + new stages and new musicQUESTION OF THE WEEK - Dense Pixels Post

This week the whole crew is back to discuss Micah's impressions of SoulCalibur VI, the new game that Terrence invested over 20 hours in last weekend which makes him a MASSIVE hypocrite, Rockstar employees coming to the studio's defense over crunch allegations, Epic hunting big YouTube game in court over Fortnite cheats, Hitman 2 going full meta with their first elusive target, the Devil May Cry 5 Collector's Edition that may be the most overpriced CE of all time, and then we answer your questions including what the term "hardcore gamer" means to us, the best secondary peripherals in gaming history, and whether or not we can play Resident Evil with the lights off.   Headlines   Rockstar employees given green light by HR to flock to studio’s defenseEpic taking major YouTube influencer to courtJade Raymond departs EA after 3 yearsSean Bean will be Hitman 2’s first elusive targetA DMC5 Collector’s Edition with Dante’s coat only costs $8000!   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon  

This week Micah and Brad are discussing Brad's surprisingly fun time with Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Micah's existential crisis with Assassin's Creed Odyssey, the game that caused the need to forever banish the 'Game of the Year' naming convention, PSN finally allowing for ID name changes, what impact Microsoft's rumored acquisition of Obsidian Entertainment, the fact that we're totally shocked (shocked!) that Sony is working on the PlayStation 5 (PSnü), why solving the problem of crunch in the game industry isn't as easy a solution as some think, why PUBG may have shot themselves in the foot, the real-life locales we'd love to see in a video game, our thoughts on story-based DLC announced pre-launch, and what games we don't see the need to pay $60 for.   Headlines   PSA!: Set your PSN message settings to privatePSN ID change entering preview program; rolling out fully early next yearMicrosoft reportedly on the verge of purchasing Obsidian Entertainment   Top Stories   Sony confirms the obvious: they’re worki

On this week's show, we discuss why Brad has fallen back in love with FIFA 19, Micah's initial experience with Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Terrence being pleasantly surprised with Fist of the North Star, The Witcher's author and how he played himself, whether or not it's a positive thing that Telltale's Walking Dead might be seen to completion by another developer, Microsoft's announcment of xCloud and why we couldn't care less, and the Seattle Police Department stepping up to combat swatting of gaming personalities.    Headlines   The Witcher author trying to squeeze $16M in royalties out of CD Projekt RedBlizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime steps down after 27 years in charge of the companyNew Switch hardware with an updated screen coming in 2019 according to reportsAgreement reached with Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Games to complete last episodes of Telltale’s Walking Dead   Top Stories   Microsoft reveals Project XCloud, a streaming service to bring console-quality experience to tablets and smartphonesSeattle PD

Carrie joins Terrence and Brad this week to find out what YOU PEOPLE want us to talk about. Before we get there though, we discuss Carrie's early Spider-Man impressions, the newest news from the Telltale Games saga, Sony dipping their toe into the cross-play waters with Fortnite, and Google formally announcing Project Stream. Headlines  Telltale going to possibly finish the Walking Dead series>>>Telltale is also facing a possible class-action lawsuitNintendo allows cloud saves grace period to 6 months  Top Stories  Sony rolling out cross-play for Fortnite in beta formGoogle formally announces Project StreamQUESTION OF THE WEEK   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Dense Pixels   You can now follow us on Twitch! Brad - DensePixelsBrad Terrence - App4RITioN410 Micah - denseblacknerd   Twitter: @DensePixels Facebook: Dense Pixels Podcast Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play MusicThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you a

This week we're discussing why Micah's Ace of Spades in Destiny 2 will be lesser than Brad's, some Spider-Man spoilers (don't worry; we warn you before!), Sony getting in on the retro mini trend with the PlayStation Classic, Spider-Man overtaking God of War as the fastest-selling PS4 game, Nintendo going two steps forward and one step back with online accounts on the Switch, wishing the best for Nobou Uematsu, the sudden closure of Telltale Games, and the domestic violence allegation surrounding a prominent member of the fighting game community.   Headlines   PlayStation getting in on the classic mini trend with the PlayStation Classic on December 3You can now download PS2 and certain PS4 games on PS Now serviceSpider-Man overtakes God of War as the fastest-selling PS4 game of all timeYou can now have your Switch account and play your games on multiple Switch consoles, but it’s Nintendo, so there’s a catchVita manufacture and shipping ending in 2019PS4 exclusivity now only lasts a week for Call of DutyNobou U

This week, Carrie joins the crew as we talk more Destiny 2: Forsaken, Spider-Man, Octopath Traveler, and Yakuza Zero, we talk about the scary incident that occurred with Dr. Disrespect, streaming games on the Nintendo Switch, the marathon clear for Destiny's new Last Wish raid, and all the news fit to print from the recent Nintendo Direct (and why Carrie is still raging!).   Headlines (In)Famous PUBG streamer Dr. Disrespect’s house was shot at during a streamAssassin’s Creed Odyssey to become the second game to stream to NIntendo Switch in JapanLast Wish raid took a record almost-19 hours for its first clear Top Stories All the Nintendo Direct news   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Dense Pixels   You can now follow us on Twitch! Brad - DensePixelsBrad Terrence - App4RITioN410 Micah - denseblacknerd   Twitter: @DensePixels Facebook: Dense Pixels Podcast Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play MusicThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Netw

This week Micah and Brad are discussing the THQ Nordic acquisition of the Kingdoms of Amalur license and what that could mean for the series' future, Henry Cavill's being cast as Geralt in the upcoming Netflix Witcher series, and who still is dying for voice control for their Xbox One. We then discuss our pretty robust impressions of both Marvel's Spider-Man on PS4 and the Destiny 2: Forsaken expansion! Headlines  THQ Nordic acquires the Kingdoms of Amalur license! (but needs EA’s permission to do a Reckoning remaster)Henry Cavill to star as Geralt in the Netflix live-action Witcher seriesXbox One Insiders get Alexa and Cortana support   Top Stories Destiny 2: Forsaken and Spider-Man Impressions! Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Dense Pixels   You can now follow us on Twitch! Brad - DensePixelsBrad Terrence - App4RITioN410 Micah - denseblacknerd   Twitter: @DensePixels Facebook: Dense Pixels Podcast Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Mu

This week it's a mega-sized episode! We give impressions of Yakuza Kiwami 2, Dead Cells, and Destiny 2's Gambit mode (GAMBO!). Brad talks about his hands on time with Call of Duty Black Ops 4, the SCUF Vantage Controller, and more from his recent trip. We detail the absolute bevy of new releases from the past two weeks. Then we discuss Streets of Rage 4, the Microsoft All Access Pass (and why financing a game console is a horrible idea!), the Super Smash Bros Pro Controller, Cyberpunk 2077's fantastic extended look demo, 2K stripping some features out of NBA 2K19 to comply with loot box laws, the senseless tragedy at the Jacksonville Landing Madden tournament, and finally, Epic's terrible decision and reaction to putting profits over security in Fortnite.   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Dense Pixels   You can now follow us on Twitch! Brad - DensePixelsBrad Terrence - App4RITioN410 Micah - denseblacknerd   Twitter: @DensePixels Faceboo

This week we discuss Mario Kart rip-offs, Patrick Soderlund's insane bonus from last year, whether or not video game film properties would work better as TV shows instead, the new DualShock 4 colors, and Amazon ending popular benefits for both Amazon Prime and Twitch Prime. We then give our thoughts on all the action from WWE SummerSlam 2018!   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Dense Pixels   You can now follow us on Twitch! Brad - DensePixelsBrad Terrence - App4RITioN410 Micah - denseblacknerd   Twitter: @DensePixels Facebook: Dense Pixels Podcast Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music   Headlines   Patrick Soderlund has left EAA Vampyr TV series is in the works at FoxFour new DualShock 4 colors announcedAmazon ends 20% discount program for Prime pre-orders and Twitch eliminates ad-free streaming for Twitch Prime   Summerslam 2018 ReviewThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podca

Terrence makes his triumphant return as we discuss the new PlayStation 4 Pro celebrating 500 million units sold, all of the news from the Smash Brothers Ultimate Nintendo Direct, Discord venturing into selling games, Tyler "Ninja" Blevin's lack of desire to stream with female gamers, Microsoft's new studio acquiring some big names, Bethesda blocking game sales, IGN's firing of an editor caught plagiarising, and whether Sony should consider crossplay.   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Dense Pixels   You can now follow us on Twitch! Brad - DensePixelsBrad Terrence - App4RITioN410 Micah - denseblacknerd   Twitter: @DensePixels Facebook: Dense Pixels Podcast Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music   Headlines Super Smash Bros Ultimate new dumpSimon and Richter Belmont added as charactersSo was King K. RoolAnd Dark Samus and Chrom were added as echo fightersThe game will feature 103 stages as well as a stage morph featureDiscord is going t

Micah and Brad discuss changes coming to Destiny 2 and why Micah is back on the Sparrow, Fallout 76 avoiding Steam, why gamers bitch and moan about games we know they love, the nonsense that is the Zelda timeline, and our thoughts on EVO 2018 weekend and the new characters coming to our favorite fighting games.   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Dense Pixels   You can now follow us on Twitch! Brad - DensePixelsBrad Terrence - App4RITioN410 Micah - denseblacknerd   Twitter: @DensePixels Facebook: Dense Pixels Podcast Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music   Headlines   Fallout 76’s PC version won’t be releasing on SteamNintendo places Breath of the Wild square at the end of the “Zelda Timeline”   Top Stories   EVO 2018 ReviewG and Sagat both available in Street Fighter VNegan headlines new Tekken 7 fightersCooler coming to Dragonball FighterZNintendo announces a Smash Direct for WednesdayThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network,