Pixel Revolt is Bitmob's community podcast, in which Derek Lavigne, Jeff Grubb, Brett Bates, and a special guest dive into the Mobfeed to pull out some interesting posts written by Bitmob members for discussion. For the second half of the show, they throw a question out to the community so that you can have your own voice heard. If you'd like to contribute your opinion to the show, follow the upload instructions below.
Pixel Revolt – Episode 10
This week the guys invite James DeRosa to take a spin in the guest seat. Topics discussed include first-person movement in games, the current state of background music, gamer guilt, and using games to escape the absurdities of life. In a lengthy community question segment, the guys go through your answers to whether or not in-game advertising has gotten out of hand.
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Articles Discussed:
Defending Imagination: Movement in the Third Person – A.J. Minotti
Video Game Music Needs to Go Back to the Future – Brian Petro-Roy
My Gamer's Guilt – Tyler Blind
Why Games Matter: Because Life is Absurd – Joshua Garcia
Community Question for Next Episode:
Who is your favorite game developer and why? (Thanks to James for this question.)
Thanks to everyone who responded to the community question over the past few episodes! We will be announcing a winner for our grab bag prize this week.
How you can respond to the question:
1) Record a sound clip on your computer, upload it to Houndbite.com, and then send us an email at [email protected] (Preferred)
2) Email your answer to [email protected]
3) Leave a comment in this post!
You can stalk us on Twitter at the following places:
Pixel Revolt Podcast – @pixelrevolt
Derek – @eternalbeta
Jeff – @jeffgrubb
Brett – @bbretterson