You know, I hate to have to apologize for our behavior this early in the show’s run, but… it is what it is. This week we talk about girl fights and the future of XM radio. In case you forgot, Fistful of Pixels is an improvisational podcast where you, the listener, submit fake video game …
Surprise again! You thought you were just getting that one episode, didn’t you? Well we’re doubling up! This time and this time only, we’re giving you a double dose of Fistful of Pixels! We want to really drive it home. This is a thing we’re doing. Like it or not! …but please like it! In …
Surprise! Here’s a little something Adam Bash, Taylor Bliss, and myself have been cooking up for you off and on again for a while now: It’s the first episode of the relaunch of Fistful of Pixels! “But Mike!”, you say, “What the shit is Fistful of Pixels?” I’m glad you asked. Fistful of Pixels is …
Something is bothering me this morning about The Avengers: Age of Ultron TV spot that was released last week. Here it is in case you need a refresher: See what I mean? Unless you follow me on Twitter, you probably don’t. I was watching this again because, to my knowledge, it is the only trailer …
This is part four in a series about building your own arcade cabinet. Here’s parts one, two, and three. I’m afraid I’m going to cheat a bit when talking about controls. When I chose my controls, I based most of my decisions on this article from Tested.com. Really there’s not much I can do to …
The news of Nintendo’s partnership with DeNA to make games for smart phones has been met with some understandably mixed reactions. For one, Nintendo has a reputation for consistently creating quality portable experiences dating from the original Game Boy to the current New Nintendo 3DS. The mobile gaming market on smart phones, however, is quite …
I’ll admit it. I love Power Rangers. Furthermore, I loved Power Rangers. This seems like a very hipster thing to say, but I loved Power Rangers long after and then before it was cool to love Power Rangers. Well into my teen years, I would come home after school and turn on Fox Kids for …
This is part three in a series about designing your own arcade cabinet. Click to read part one and part two. Ok, now we have the design we’re going to be shamelessly ripping off for this cabinet. As I said before, I’m super inexperienced so I’ve decided that I want to have all the parts …
This is part two in a series about building a custom arcade cabinet. Read part one here. I am not an expert carpenter. I’m not even an amateur. I’m not an engineer or an artist and I don’t know how to use AutoCAD. When it comes to building a custom arcade cabinet, designing one myself …
I’ve often said that for someone who loves video games, I was born at just the right time. Being born in 1985, I missed the video game crash of 1983 by two years. By the time I was old enough to understand what a video game was, the Nintendo Entertainment System was in full swing …