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