This week was a whirlwind of things happening around the Culture Bop world and as such we weren't able to get out a regularly scheduled episode, BUT that didn't, of course, mean there wasn't something to talk about. Enter one Justin Ruiss, who some of you might now as the persona non grata of Culture Bop. He came to me with the idea to do a special on the acquisition of Zynga by Take Two and how it affects both parties, but more importantly, how it might affect gaming as a whole. So give it a li...
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 26 min
We just wrapped up our game of the year episode last week and finished up our look back at last year. Now it’s time to keep our eyes trained on what’s ahead. So the topic of discussion this week is going to be centered around just that. This week we’re going to take a look at our most hotly anticipated games of 2022 and what makes them so damn exciting! We also talk in depth about Spider-Man: No Way Home. So if you're trying to stay as spoiler free as possible skip it by following our trusty tim...
Jan 10, 2022•2 hr 1 min
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 t...
Jan 03, 2022•3 hr 22 min
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. ...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 57 min
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 eleme...
Dec 13, 2021•2 hr 30 min
Christmas is right around the corner and as such it is the “season of giving” and in that spirit we wanted to do one last light hearted topic before we get into our sort of cut throat Game Of The Year Episodes! And what might this topic entail? Well fine listeners, today we’re going to be talking about some great choices for gifts this holiday season for the gamer in all of your homes! That’s right, This is the OFFICIAL Holiday Shopping Guide for Culture Bop! So sit down, grab a warm cup of coco...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 49 min
Well, it’s that time of year again, The biggest releases in video games are either hitting store shelves or have just released. The year is winding down and getting nice and cold. And, of course, everyone is starting to look back on the year in anticipation for annual awards season. And to kick everyone off, Geoff Keighley and co have given us the nominations for the game awards. And that is what we plan to discuss for you today! Media Discussed: Midnight Mass Cowboy Bebop (Netflix) Naruto Manga...
Nov 29, 2021•2 hr 13 min
This Episode We talk about the recently revealed Elden Ring footage as our topic of the show as well as our thoughts on some video games, media, and our picks of the week. Media Discussed: You Season 3 Werewolves Within Naruto manga Video Games Discussed: Forza Horizon 5 Call Of Duty Vanguard Guardians Of The Galaxy Picks Of The Week: Josh: You're Gonna Carry That Weight: A Cowboy Bebop Video Essay - YouTube Austin: shonen jump app Dylan: Forza Horizon 5 As always you can find us on social media...
Nov 15, 2021•2 hr 14 min
Gaming has grown in significant ways since its inception in the 70s. There have been vast changes to the way systems are handled. There have been changes to hardware that have allowed for more robust music and visuals. There has been the integration of story and character to video games. For all of those changes, there has been one thing that hasn’t changed and that is art design. Art design has always and will always be an integral part to the way games are made. So what we wanted to do for you...
Nov 08, 2021•2 hr 28 min
There has been talk, including on this very program, that 2021 has not had games. I would wholeheartedly disagree on that front. We’ve had a ton of games and a ton of them have been quite good. I would even go so far as to say that some of them would be shoe-in for game of the year even in years like 2017 which is an outrageous amount of great games. But this year has also had some games that wouldn’t nearly make a top 10 list for some people but are fun little diamonds in the rough. I think I t...
Oct 25, 2021•2 hr 6 min
We’ve been away from each other for a while. I think it’s been almost three weeks since we’ve all gathered for the show and as such, it’s time for our favorite type of episode, the catch up episode. So this week we’ll just be talking about the media we’ve consumed and the games that we’ve played. All of that and your regularly scheduled picks of the week. Media Discussed: Quantum Of Solace Venom Let There Be Carnage No Time To Die My Hero Academia Formula One: Drive To Survive Pokemon: Secrets O...
Oct 18, 2021•2 hr 37 min
This past week we got a Nintendo direct for the first time since June which also happened to be the E3 show. We got a lot of information on a ton of really great looking games and we decided to talk about that and what the next several months of Nintendo look like! We’ll go through everything that happened in the show and give you our thoughts on 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: Twitter -...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 42 min
As is clearly evidenced here on this very show by our opening segment, We like more than just video games. I am the big movie guy, especially horror movies as this episode has no doubt spelled out for you. The anime king himself, Austin, is not here with us today, but if you haven’t gathered his love of anime from this show then maybe you haven’t payed enough attention to the show. Finally we have Dylan who loves nature and fishing and nothing else. Which is total untrue, because he is also a fa...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 47 min
All stories no matter the medium have patterns set within them. Joseph Campbell’s 1949 book, The Hero With A Thousand Faces, showcased just how universal storytelling is. In fact, the entire Star Wars saga is based, in part, on the teachings of that book. So what does that all entail? Well, mostly, the book detailed a sort of structure that had been apparent in storytelling for centuries, one often referred to as the Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey is an extremely useful tool in realizing wha...
Sep 20, 2021•2 hr 13 min
Sony showcased a bunch of new games with a special showcase on Thursday and the boys had a lot of thoughts on what we all saw, so what better a way to talk about all of those thoughts than with a special edition show for your entertainment? The second in two weeks! How neat! 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: Twitter - @Culture_Bop, Instagram - @culture_bop , Facebook - @TheCultureBop, Youtube ...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Gamescom happened this week and with it we got a bunch of news and so we thought it would be a great time to do a news episode and talk about all of the stuff that happened at Gamescom as well as some other news that we’ve been simmering on for a while. On top of that Josh got to some media this week and the boys got in some games. 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: Twitter - @Culture_Bop, Inst...
Sep 06, 2021•2 hr 45 min
The Pokemon Direct showcased more details about Shining Pearl, Brilliant Diamond, and Legends Arceus and of course that means that Dylan and Austin just had to talk about it! So the boys break down the event and give their thoughts on all of the games coming!!! So strap in and enjoy the fun time! 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: Twitter - @Culture_Bop, Instagram - @culture_bop , Facebook - @T...
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr 16 min
During the last several months there has been a weird little rabbit hole of the internet that I have been traveling down. The hole in question involves an unknown dutch developer known as Blue Box Game Studios and a project known as Abandoned. And as we discussed last week the internet did what the internet does and the entire thing began to morph and become something that it was never intended to be. Or at least from the outset. As we dove deeper and deeper into the entire Blue Box Conspiracy, ...
Aug 30, 2021•2 hr
During the last several months there has been a weird little rabbit hole of the internet that I have been traveling down. The hole in question involves an unknown dutch developer known as Blue Box Game Studios and a project known as Abandoned. Enter… well, the internet… and what started as a video game trailer appearing on youtube warped and became something much bigger. The prevailing theory of this was that this was another ARG type marketing gimmick for the next Hideo Kojima game and that bro...
Aug 23, 2021•2 hr 34 min
On one of our previous episodes, we did something that was a little bit of fun where we sat down and crafted our own stable of studios from which we would create our own fictitious game publishing company. And on another episode we sort of crafted our own horror game from story to mechanics and then laid that out for everyone as a sort of Halloween present. Recently in our discord, one, Justin Ruiss posed an idea that sort of melded those two ideas together but with a twist. We all love music an...
Aug 16, 2021•2 hr 22 min
It’s about that time again, we’ve been hard at work playing games and watching media for your entertainment and we’ve got so much to talk about that we wanted to sit back and grace you all with another catch up episode. We’ll be talking about all of the games we’ve played and all the media we’ve consumed over the past week, all for your entertainment! Loki contains spoiler talk lasting from 38:16 until 1:01:49 As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, ...
Aug 03, 2021•2 hr 53 min
Everyone has opinions. “Opinions are like assholes”, goes the famous quote. That said, some opinions are seen as controversial and by some people even flat out wrong. And today, we’re going to be expressing some of those opinions for your entertainment. As a full disclaimer, this topic is meant in good fun. We’re in no way saying that your opposing views may be wrong, more so that this is just how we all feel. The other things we talk about this episode are cool as well. Josh finished up the Fea...
Jul 26, 2021•2 hr 26 min
Well it's been a year and we didn't kill each other. Jokes aside, it was one year to the day one week ago that we sat down to record our very first episode of the show and we wanted to reminisce and talk about the year that we've had and potentially what's to come! We also sit and talk about a bunch of horror movies, some anime, and of course games. On top of all of that we have our picks of the week and the Patreon Shoutouts! As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop,...
Jul 19, 2021•2 hr 54 min
Hellooooo everyone!!! Welcome, welcome, welcome. It has been a while, BUT we are back with another entry in our special episode series. This is episode Six of our special episode series where we go really in depth on a topic. Today’s episode, as you may be well aware of if you’ve listened to our previous special edition episodes, will not run like our usual episodes. Instead we will be entirely focused on the topic at hand and today’s topic is the state of Playstation. As always you can find us ...
Jul 12, 2021•2 hr 12 min
As of today, our recording date, The year has just hit the halfway point and while we have several topics that we would love to get into, we thought it might be best to do a quick check in on what’s going on in the world of gaming. So we’ll cover several topics here, what we’ve thought of the year thus far, our reactions to some of the biggest stories in gaming, how we think the rest of the year will play out, and, of course, we’ll take a look at our current GOTY contenders as well as where we c...
Jul 05, 2021•2 hr 10 min
We’ve talked about games from the past many a time on this here podcast and it’s because we really love the games that we either grew up with or were formative experiences in our tastes. We’ve talked about our favorite games of all time and we’ve talked about games that we want to see return or even get remade. But what about games that are perfect as they are, but we want more? Well listeners, we’ve decided that that’s what we want to talk to you about today and we’re going to talk about games ...
Jun 28, 2021•2 hr 31 min
E3 HAPPENED!!!! And we Talk about it. That's just about 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: Twitter - @Culture_Bop , Instagram - @culture_bop , Facebook - @TheCultureBop, Youtube - Culture Bop Hunting Pixels: Twitter - @PixelsHunting, Instagram - @hunting_pixelscb Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182, Instagram - @bebopman182, Twitch - The_Bebopman Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzy, Instagram - @omdizzy,...
Jun 23, 2021•2 hr 7 min
With Josh gone on vacation for the first time in forever, Dylan and Austin sat down to do a special episode all about their favorite topic, Pokemon. Over the course of two hours they sat and ranked their favorite pokemon games from least to most favorite and pontificated on what makes Pokemon such a great series. 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: Twitter - @Culture_Bop , Instagram - @culture_b...
Jun 14, 2021•2 hr 21 min
As everyone who has listened to this podcast will note, I am a pretentious film kid that loves TV and Film more than almost anything. Somewhere near the top of that list is video games. I’ve had arguments before, and I’m sure we’re about to have them again, about how storytelling between the two mediums differ. While I’m not the only one who feels this way, the two mediums draw from one another over and over. And the biggest way that this is done is adaptations. Now video games have adapted movi...
Jun 07, 2021•2 hr 2 min
Things have been hectic for all of us for a good hot minute and things don’t seem to be changing for at least a couple of weeks. Dylan is out tonight and because we thought it would do him a disservice to continue on with our topic of the show we’ve decided to scrap that until next week and do a quick little catch up episode on everything that we’ve been playing and watching and doing since we last sat down to record an episode. In this episode we talk about a bunch of horror related things and ...
May 24, 2021•2 hr 9 min
