Studying Pixels

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Studying Pixels combines game studies and a joyful engagement with video game culture. Every Sunday, game studies scholar Stefan Heinrich Simond and Japanese scholar Dan Hughes cover anything from reviews of contemporary games to news stories and from academic deep-dives to controversial discussions—all wrapped up in a sincere appreciation of everything geeky.





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Episode Date
Studying Pixels is taking a hiatus
May 28, 2023
Close Playing (with Theresa Tanenbaum)
May 21, 2023
Replay: Do JRPGs Need to Be Made in Japan?
May 17, 2023
Final Fantasy I-III
May 14, 2023
Origins of publisher names (Square Enix, Sony, and others)
May 07, 2023
The Story of E3
Apr 30, 2023
Back to the Mainstream
Apr 23, 2023
Tips for Neurodiverse Students and Academics
Apr 16, 2023
Replay: Learning Japanese with Video Games (with Matt/Game Gengo)
Apr 12, 2023
Revisiting Ludo-Narrative Dissonance
Apr 09, 2023
Super Mario Movie, The Original
Apr 02, 2023
The Magic of Motion Capturing (with Jimmy Corvan)
Mar 26, 2023
Review Round-Up: Wo Long, Forspoken, Fire Emblem Engage, and more
Mar 19, 2023
Like a Dragon: Ishin!
Mar 12, 2023
Replay: Terrible Marketing Choices
Mar 08, 2023
Hogwarts Legacy
Mar 05, 2023
Bizarre Gaming Gadgets
Feb 19, 2023
Surprising Post-Games
Feb 12, 2023
Replay: Games in the Box (with Claudius Clüver)
Feb 08, 2023
Reading Schrape’s Gamification and Governmentality
Feb 05, 2023
The Konami Code
Jan 29, 2023
Trauma in Video Games (with Thomas Spies)
Jan 22, 2023
Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - Reunion
Jan 15, 2023
Replay: Childhood Gaming Memories
Jan 11, 2023
10 Predictions for 2023
Dec 25, 2022
The Callisto Protocol
Dec 18, 2022
Replay: Halloween Special: Cursed Games
Dec 14, 2022
Game Awards 2022
Dec 11, 2022
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
Dec 04, 2022
True Sight (with Sarah Stang)
Nov 27, 2022
God of War Ragnarök
Nov 20, 2022
Extremism in Gaming Communities (with Rachel Kowert)
Nov 13, 2022
Replay: The Myth of Missing No.
Nov 09, 2022
Bayonetta 3
Nov 06, 2022
Games That Actually Scared Us
Oct 30, 2022
Games as Historical Problem Spaces (with Jeremiah McCall)
Oct 23, 2022
Unusual Findings & 80s Nostalgia
Oct 16, 2022
Replay: Three Truths, Two Lies
Oct 12, 2022
The End of Stadia, Dunkey Turns Publisher, GTA 6 Leaks, and More
Oct 09, 2022
Lovecraft and Cosmic Horror
Oct 02, 2022
Return to Monkey Island
Sep 25, 2022
Would You Rather?
Sep 18, 2022
How 9/11 Affected Video Games
Sep 11, 2022
Stray
Sep 04, 2022
Gamescom 2022
Aug 28, 2022
Thymesia
Aug 21, 2022
Do JRPGs need to be made in Japan?
Aug 14, 2022
Scarlet and Violet: The Past and Future of Pokémon
Aug 07, 2022
My Life in New Game Plus
Jul 31, 2022
Hidden Mechanics
Jul 24, 2022
How Video Games Became Fake News
Jul 17, 2022
Game Worlds to Take a Vacation in
Jul 10, 2022
The Ethics of Pirating Video Games (with Shlomo Sher and Andy Ashcraft)
Jul 03, 2022
Subverting Hypermasculinity
Jun 26, 2022
The Quarry
Jun 19, 2022
Summer Game Fest 2022: Mediocre at best
Jun 12, 2022
Reading Schulzke’s Defending the Morality of Violent Video Games
Jun 05, 2022
Terrible Marketing Choices
May 22, 2022
Reading Waddington’s Locating the Wrongness in Ultra-Violent Video Games
May 15, 2022
Star Wars Video Games: A Fraught History
May 08, 2022
Which Gamer Type Are You?
May 01, 2022
The Best Mashups That Don’t Exist
Apr 24, 2022
10 Awesome Easter Eggs
Apr 17, 2022
Reading Miguel Sicart’s Against Procedurality
Apr 10, 2022
Should We Shun Hogwarts Legacy?
Apr 03, 2022
Elden Ring
Mar 27, 2022
The Origins of Final Fantasy
Mar 20, 2022
Horizon II: Forbidden West
Mar 13, 2022
Spiritual Experiences (with Dr. Felix Schniz)
Mar 06, 2022
Reading Ian Bogost: The Rhetoric of Video Games
Feb 27, 2022
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Feb 20, 2022
Computer Education (with Linda Liukas)
Feb 13, 2022
Kamon: The Origin of the Triforce
Feb 06, 2022
Guess the Game in 20 Questions
Jan 30, 2022
What does Microsoft purchasing Activision Blizzard mean for video game culture?
Jan 23, 2022
Learning Japanese with Video Games (with Matt/Game Gengo)
Jan 16, 2022
Childhood Gaming Memories
Jan 09, 2022
Christmas Special: Ten Predictions for 2022
Dec 24, 2021
The Swastika Taboo (with Eugen Pfister)
Dec 19, 2021
The Game Awards 2021
Dec 12, 2021
Reading Gonzalo Frasca: Simulation vs Narrative
Dec 05, 2021
Games in the Box (with Claudius Clüver)
Nov 28, 2021
PS5 Giveaway, Essential Tips and Settings
Nov 21, 2021
Title Blunder
Nov 14, 2021
Why are all games about time loops these days? (with Federico Alvarez Igarzábal)
Nov 07, 2021
Halloween Special: Cursed Games
Oct 31, 2021
The Myth of Missing No.
Oct 24, 2021
Squid Game
Oct 17, 2021
Reading Roger Caillois: Man, Play, and Games
Oct 10, 2021
The Friends We Make
Oct 03, 2021
Three Truths, Two Lies
Sep 25, 2021